After lunch, Gao Guiying seemed to be fine, happily came to the back room with Li Hongji, about ten zhang away from the house, swept away the snow, sprinkled pine cones, Gao Guiying covered a bamboo sieve in this open space, Li Hongji put a short stick, tied a long rope to the short stick, and led it indoors.

"Hongji, is that all right?" Seeing that Li Hongji was spilling pine cones on the snow, Gao Guiying was a little dissatisfied, "Such a waste? If it is sprinkled on the snow, if the bird is full, will it still enter the bamboo sieve? ”

"Don't worry, it's been snowing for several days, and the birds and finches have nowhere to forage for food, once they encounter pine cones, they won't leave if they don't finish eating," Li Hongji has already sprinkled pine cones, put the rest in his pocket, and keep them for next time, "Sprinkle pine cones on the snow, that's to attract the attention of birds, sprinkle pine cones in the snow, very eye-catching, birds and birds can see from high in the sky." ”

"Ao," Gao Guiying rarely sang with her husband, "then what are we going to do now?" ”

"Don't do anything now, just wait, let's go, let's go inside and warm up." Li Hongji carried the remaining pine cones and walked side by side with Gao Guiying to the house.

Gao Guiying kept walking around the house like a child, and from time to time she had to look at the bamboo sieve in the snow, "Hongji, how long has it been here, why are there still no birds coming to peck at it?" Is this your method going to work? ”

How can you eat hot tofu in a hurry? Li Hongji had to divert her attention, "Gui Ying, don't worry, let me tell you the story of Qin Huaihe, right?" ”

"Okay," Gao Guiying clapped her little hands, as cheerful as a lark about to fly to peck at her, "Last time, I talked about the woman on the flower boat, why is she worth ten thousand taels?" I don't believe it, are the women in Jiangnan all made of water? Besides, who is idle and has so much silver taels to support her? ”

"Actually, no one can say if it's worth it, the key is whether anyone is willing to pay so much silver for her," Li Hongji added some firewood to the brazier, and made the flames smaller, "Gui Ying, do you know who spent the silver on the flower boat?" ”

"Who? It's not like us, it's a rich businessman, and there is so much money that there is nowhere to spend it. Gao Guiying said angrily, and looked directly at Li Hongji with his eyes, as if he was the wronged man.

"You're right, most of the people who spend money are those rich businessmen, ordinary people, how can there be this silver, although Jiangnan is rich, the people are the same as us, and eating a full belly is the goal," Li Hongji paused, "However, their money is not too much and there is nowhere to spend, businessmen, spending money naturally has a reason to spend money." ”

"Is there any other reason to spend money on these girls?" Gao Guiying said in her heart, it's not that the general mind is making trouble, but if you want to say it nicely, will there be a second reason?

"You don't understand this, there are two main reasons why businessmen are willing to spend money on these girls," Li Hongji stretched out his hands on the firewood and roasted them, and rubbed them again, "Well, it's better to buy a reputation, the more money a businessman spends, not only the more popular the girl is, but also his own reputation, which will also rise." ”

"I understand a little," Gao Guiying nodded slightly, "Actually, the businessman doesn't fancy the girl herself, and spends money to buy a value for herself?" ”

"That's right," Li Hongji stretched out his thumb and praised for a while, "Secondly, a certain boy took a fancy to that girl, but he didn't have enough silver in his pocket, so he had to be done by the merchant." ”

"This ...... Is it a disguised gift of silver? Gao Guiying raised her eyes and suddenly realized.

"Clever!" Li Hongji said in his heart, this mother-in-law is a little thorough, "Since the businessman is friends with Brother Gongzi, he needs to be taken care of by his family in business, if he sends silver directly, it will be too cheesy, it is better to raise the value of the girl, and then give it to Brother Gongzi, not only to send silver, but also to let Brother Gongzi save face among his friends." ”

"Speaking of which, it's all a big family's business," Gao Guiying knew that Li Hongji was talking about other people's affairs, and she originally listened to it as a story, but suddenly thought of something, "Hongji, have you ever been to the Qinhuai River?" ”

Li Hongji smiled awkwardly, "It's good that I can eat my belly, how can I spend money in that place?" ”

"Then how do you know so clearly? Is it to coax me? Gao Guiying looked at Li Hongji, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Li Hongji can't say that he heard it from later generations, and there are still traps in this mother-in-law's words, so he said: "What am I doing?" The post guards can naturally see the information coming from all over the country, including the ...... of the Qinhuai River Hey, Gui Ying, there are birds in the bamboo sieve, be careful! ”

Gao Guiying grabbed the rope, held it in her hand, and pulled it suddenly, and there were several birds and finches in the bamboo sieve, but unfortunately, the biggest was the starling.

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Today's dinner, because Gao Yigong hunted a lot of wild things, Gao Ligong rewarded some soju, Gao Yigong finished eating, he was a little drunk, but he was pulling around, refusing to go back to the room to rest, until Li Hongji and Gao Guiying returned to the room, Gao Ligong couldn't help but catch him, "Yigong, it's hard enough to go into the mountains today to fight so many wild things, you go back early to rest, and you will go into the mountains tomorrow." ”

Liu said with a smile: "Yigong is like a wild child who can't be well-behaved on weekdays, as soon as he loses his job, he disappears, how can he be willing to stay until now?" Tell me honestly, do you have a crush on someone's daughter-in-law and need your sister-in-law to be your matchmaker? ”

"I don't want to marry my mother-in-law so early!" Gao Yigong looked at the back room, saw that the west wing of the back room was lit up, and pointed to Gao Guiying's bedroom with his finger, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, sister-in-law, didn't you find anything?" ”

"What did you find?" Gao Ligong was confused by this younger brother, "Yigong, what do you want to say?" ”

"Don't you understand?" Gao Yigong sat down at the table that had been wiped clean, and beckoned to Gao Ligong and Liu, asking them to move closer to him.

"What? It's mysterious! Liu said so, but he still glanced at Li Hongji's west wing, and pulled Gao Ligong to Gao Yigong.

"Big brother, you asked the second sister to take care of Li Hongji, right?"

"Yes, Li Hongji is not in good health, Gui Ying doesn't take care of him, do you take care of him?" Gao Ligong took a sip of tea, found that the tea was too hot, and put down the teacup again.

"Big brother, I don't mean that," Gao Yigong dipped his fingers in water, drew two circles on the square table, and used his fingers to guide the water stains, so that the two circles slowly merged into one, "Now Li Hongji's injury is almost healed, and he no longer needs to be taken care of by others, but you see, the second sister still stays with Li Hongji all day long......"

Gao Ligong glared, "Now on this snowy day, Gui Ying has nowhere to go, and she is a familiar person, so it's okay to stay together, Yigong, you don't want to chew the root of your tongue like a woman." ”

Liu Shi glanced at Gao Ligong, "Meritorious, don't say it, Yigong makes sense, although we are not a scholarly family, but ...... But they stay together all day, if ...... If...... That's not okay either? ”

Gao Ligong frowned, "Then what do you guys say?" Do you want me to blow Li Hongji away? ”

"That's not what you mean," Gao Yigong waved his hand and leaned forward again, "Big brother, you said that Li Hongji is not a thing in the pool, since that's the case...... Why don't you fulfill them, and save ...... in the future?"

"You mean......" Gao Ligong raised his head, looked at Gao Yigong, and then looked at Liu.

"That's not good," Liu shook his head like a rattle, "I heard that Li Hongji already has an aunt, do you want our sister-in-law to be a little boy for him?" Meritorious, can you afford to lose this person? ”

"Sister-in-law, it's not right for you to say that," Gao Yigong categorically denied, "Since we are not a scholarly family, we can't control these etiquettes, the problem is, we can't take Li Hongji away now, if we ...... In case ......"

The Liu family was originally opposed, Li Hongji couldn't see anything special, Gao Guiying married him, the Gao family didn't get any dowry, and they couldn't get any cheapness, but if Gao Guiying didn't marry for a day, the Gao family would have to support her, plus Li Hongji, I don't know when to leave, if the two of them become relatives, they can't still stay in the Gao family, "Yigong is right, meritorious service, didn't you say that Li Hongji is not a simple character?" Now that he is down, he just happened to envelop him - it's not that our family wants to use our sister to curry favor with Li Hongji, but my sister is afraid that she has already taken a fancy to Li Hongji. ”

"That's what you mean?" Gao Ligong pinched his chin with his left hand, thinking about it, he didn't see this problem, but he always felt that Li Hongji was fleeing now, and he wouldn't think about these things for the time being, if the dream that day was true - in fact, he would rather lose his errand than save Li Hongji, that is, he would take the dream as true, since he has already paid this high price, it is better to ......

Gao Yigong hurriedly said: "Actually, it's not bad for the second sister to marry Li Hongji, at least it's better than the sick seedling before." ”

"After all, Gui Ying is a married person, Li Hongji will always have thorns in his heart, right?" Gao Ligong still has some concerns, in his mind, he has long regarded Li Hongji as the status in his dreams, and if he deceives Li Hongji, it will be self-defeating.

"Don't worry, I asked Gui Ying, although she was married, she didn't have a round house, and our Gui Ying is still innocent," Liu covered his mouth and smiled, "You men, you are all a virtuous person, you don't talk about your three wives and four concubines, but you don't let go of women's problems." ”

"Really?" Gao Ligong had a hope in his heart, since Gui Ying was perfect, with Li Hongji's current situation, it would not be an insult to him, but in the future, Gui Ying's status would not be too high, "Even so, after all, I have been married." ”

"Big brother, they are in love with each other, and we didn't force Li Hongji to marry the second sister, besides, I'm afraid he won't be able to get a penny of the dowry now, and he has to pick and choose, is there such a cheap thing in the world?"

"Gui Ying is already married, what else do you need?" Gao Ligong wasn't worried about this, "You say, will Gui Ying really agree?" ”

Liu Shi lay on the square table, his right hand supported his cheeks, and his elbows were propped up on the table, "Catch up with Ming'er and ask them, if we are wrong, they don't mean this at all, so let's give up, if they all have such intentions, then follow their wishes, hey, I'm afraid it's going to be cheap Li Hongji." ”

"Well, that's it, then you go and ask Gui Ying first, and if she agrees, I'll ask Hongji again." Gao Ligong made the final decision.