"Madame, ma'am, the lord is back!" Xiao Ju whispered softly in the ear of their wife, with joy on her face, and waited for half the night, and finally looked forward to the master's return.

"Huh? Well! Di Lu, who was napping with one hand on the table, was awakened by Xiao Ju's voice, looked around and asked anxiously, "Where, where is the master?" ”

"I just returned to the house not long ago," Xiao Ju replied in a low voice: "I just asked Di Liang's housekeeper, saying that the master went to the study, I don't know what he is busy with?" ”

"Going to the study again?" Di Lu was stunned, what's wrong with the lord recently? I was busy outside until midnight every day, why did I finally go back home, but I still couldn't rest for a while?

"Xiao Ju," Di Lu stood up, straightened his clothes and demeanor, and whispered to Xiao Ju as he walked out, "You go and tell the stove to heat up the ginseng soup again and send it to the study for the master." ”

"Yes, ma'am!" Knowing that Mrs. must be looking for the master, Xiao Ju answered, and went to the back kitchen to get the ginseng soup that had been prepared.

In the study, Dickson was looking down at a certain volume of official letters under the lamp, and from time to time he would take a pen and write a few strokes on the white paper next to him, sometimes frowning, sometimes sighing, and his expression was focused, and no one noticed that someone pushed the door in and stood behind him.

"When I was in Kuizhou before, my lord never brought his official business back to the house." Stretched out his hand on his husband's shoulder and gently pinched it, seeing Di Zhixun's tired and tired appearance, Di Lu couldn't help but complain at the same time: "Why now, when I arrived in Chang'an, my lord has also been promoted to an official position, but he is much harder than before?" ”

"Madam," Di Zhixun stopped his pen, put down the official letter in his hand, glanced back at his daughter-in-law, and said apologetically and gently: "I thought that Madame had fallen asleep, so I didn't let people inform you, but I didn't expect you to come over." ”

"If the master doesn't return, how can the concubine sleep so well?" Gently slamming Di Zhixun's shoulder back and forth, Di Lu said: "I have been busy outside all day, but I can't live in peace when I come back, according to the concubine's body, in Chang'an, it is better for us to come at ease when we are in Kuizhou." In the past six months, the old man has lost a lot of weight. ”

"Alas, who said no," Di Zhixun also sighed softly: "Since I took over the household department, I found that the household problems are like a tide, if you don't solve it in time to clean up, there will be a big mess at any time, and now the emperor intends to send troops, so I can collect grain and grass, but the treasury is ......."

Speaking of this, Di Zhixun couldn't help but stop his voice, after all, it is a state affair, and it is not appropriate to talk about it with his family, sighed again, raised his hand and patted his daughter-in-law's little hand, and said apologetically: "I am busy with business, and I can rarely go back to my home, but I neglect my wife!" ”

"The concubine body is nothing here, the main thing is the master's body," feeling the worry in the husband's heart, Di Lushi said softly: "Although the state affairs are important, the master can't take care of his body in vain because of this." What's the matter, just do it during the day, why do you have to stay up late and hurt yourself? ”

"Sir, ma'am!" At this time, Xiaoju came in with a tray and bent over to salute the old lady.

"This is the ginseng soup that the concubine ordered her subordinates to prepare," beckoning Xiao Ju to approach, Di Lu reached out and took the soup bowl and gently handed it to Di Zhixun, and said softly: "Master drink it while it is hot, and after that, go back to the room to rest for a while, no matter how urgent the business is, there is no hurry for such a while." ”

"Thank you, ma'am!" did not respond to his wife's words, Di Zhixun took the ginseng soup with a smiling face, drank it one after another, and at the same time took advantage of this rare time to chat with his daughter-in-law: "Has Zhizhi's girl come back?" The husband hasn't seen her for a while. ”

"I went back once three days ago, saying that I was going to rush to Sanyuan with my mother-in-law for the New Year, and I came to bid farewell to us." Di Lu replied softly: "It's just that the husband was busy that day, and he never returned home, so he didn't see him." ”

"Went to Sanyuan?" Di Zhixun said: "Are you going to Liu Yiyi's house?" ”

"Besides Mr. Liu, does the husband think that Sister Qi has other relatives in Sanyuan?" Asked Di Zhixun rhetorically, Di Lu said softly: "Sister Qi has already recognized Chu Chu under her knees, isn't the husband unaware of this matter?" ”

"Yes, yes," Di Zhixun nodded again and again, and said, "It's just that my husband is a little strange, why do you want to go to Sanyuan, isn't it the same when you come to our mansion?" is both a family member and a cousin, wouldn't it be lively to celebrate the New Year together, why do you have to go to the countryside? ”

"Isn't Chang'an's Nianguan husband not going through?" Di Lu said: "False, polite, and social, how can you really have time to have a good meal with your family?" If it weren't for the fact that the husband couldn't leave, the concubine would also want to go back to her hometown in the countryside to hide for a moment. ”

"Well, that's right." Di Zhixon nodded approvingly, knowing that what Madame said was the truth, and every time the New Year passed, these ceremonial exchanges in the officialdom would flourish, and there was no way to avoid it when he was in it.

"But this Liufu is not bad," Di Zhixun may not have known before, but since he took up the post of head of the household department, Di Zhixun will have some understanding of the business situation of the Liu family, after all, the current Liu family can be regarded as one of the top two chambers of commerce in the Tang Dynasty, and it guides nearly half of the economic pulse of the Tang Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, the tax alone had to surprise Di Zhixun, the head of the household. The reason why there is still so much money in the current treasury, and one-third of the income comes from the taxes of their Liu Chamber of Commerce.

"If," thinking of this, Di Zhixun's heart moved: "If we can temporarily borrow some silver money from the Liu family to alleviate the current urgency of the imperial court, and return it after the next year's crops are bumper and the national taxes are full, I wonder if Liu Yiyi will agree?" ”

Liu Yiyi now, although he is not a rich country, but in Chang'an City, and even in the entire Tang Dynasty, he should already be regarded as the richest man worthy of the name, and it is impossible for his family to have some extra savings, anyway, it is useless to put that spare money there, if he is willing to be seconded to the imperial court......

The more Di Zhixun thought about it, the more he felt that there was this possibility, in case it was successful, he would be relieved of the household Shangshu, not to mention the great merit, and the emperor would no longer have to worry about money and food, borrowing money from the people, this kind of thing had not happened before, as long as the money and interest were returned, the Liu family could be both famous and profitable, and it could be regarded as a move that would benefit both parties, and Liu Yiyi would not refuse.

Give it a try anyway!

The idea must be that Di Zhixun's whole person felt relaxed, and he tilted his neck and drank the ginseng soup in the bowl in one go, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

"What interesting story did you think of, sir?" Seeing the smile on her husband's face, Di Lu's mood couldn't help but be relieved, and he reached out to take the empty bowl and put it on the tray that Xiao Ju was holding, and at the same time asked Di Zhixun gently.

"It's just a feeling for a while." Di Zhixun stood up, glanced at his daughter-in-law warmly, and said, "Didn't Mrs. Fang Cai say that she wanted to hide in the countryside for a few days?" This is also the intention of being a husband. ”

"It's not as good as tomorrow," Di Zhixun said: "As a husband, I will accompany my wife, and also go to Sanyuan, see Zhizhi, and then accompany my cousin to recount the past, and steal half a day of leisure, how about it?" ”

"Good is naturally good, but," Di Lu looked at Di Zhixun with some confusion and said: "Isn't the husband still busy with many official affairs, how can the concubine let the husband abolish his official affairs for personal reasons?" ”

Fang Cai still looked exhausted and worried, why did he remember to accompany himself to the countryside after only a while? It's no wonder that the Dilu clan is suspicious.

"Madame is too worried," Di Zhixun laughed softly: "My husband just thought of a strategy, which can solve the siege of the current household department, and we need to go to Sanyuan and his party, so we can be regarded as taking into account both public and private interests, even if the emperor knows, he will not blame." ”

"That's great." Di Lu's face also showed a little joy, counting the days, since Kuizhou moved to Chang'an, their family has not gone out to play together for a long time.

"Oh, that's right," Di Zhixun seemed to remember something important, and continued: "Remember to let Di Liang prepare two gifts, Liu Yiyi is also Shijie and Renjie's husband, let's go to the meeting, we can't leave empty-handed." ”

"This is as it should be, even if the master doesn't mention it, the concubine won't forget it." Di Lu replied with laughter, and said: "The master is often not at home, Shi Jie and Renjie's change of concubine body has always been in the eyes, the two boys have become much more sensible than when they came to Chang'an, and they don't need to be strictly disciplined by concubines to read and learn words, every time they come back from the school, the two of them will consciously come to the study to practice." ”

"Mr. Liu can teach their brothers to be so sensible and studious, and the concubine will never forget to go and thank you." Di Lu said: "Originally, the concubine thought that at the end of the year this year, regardless of whether Mr. Liu was in Chang'an or returned to Sanyuan, the concubine would take her two children to Liufu to pay a visit. ”

"Well, that's basic etiquette, and it's as it should be." couldn't help yawning, Di Zhixun nodded with a straight face, the gift of humanity, don't slack off, not to mention the two sons under the knees, even his own students are the same, every year's holidays, every birthday, his students will also rush to the house to pay respect, even if someone is not in time, they will also ask someone to bring a letter or a congratulatory gift to show respect.

Therefore, Di Zhixun also attaches great importance to the New Year's visit of Di Shijie and Di Renjie brothers.

"Okay, husband, anyway, there are still more than a month before the end of the year, and it is not unreasonable to talk about the New Year's greetings when the time comes." Seeing that the husband was a little tired on his face, Di Lu said loudly: "Let's rest early, otherwise we will run out of energy when we go out to play tomorrow." ”

"Well, it's all up to Madame." Let go of his thoughts, his energy will inevitably be relaxed, and Di Zhixun, who has shown that he has had a good rest for a few days, is indeed a little tired.