"Mother, I don't want to marry Miss Qin's little tigress!"

After the Zhao family came back from the reunion dinner, Li Hongyu made his attitude clear to her, he didn't want to find guilt, a girl with Qin Yue's personality could not be provoked, otherwise it would definitely turn the family upside down.

"Yue'er's child is also very pitiful, and a good marriage was ruined like that." Zhao sighed when she heard this, of course she would not agree to this family business, wouldn't this be no different from sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth? With Li Renhe's help, Qin De was able to easily control the Li family's three-room industry.

Besides, Qin Yue's reputation is extremely bad now, and she will never let Li Hongyu marry a woman with a tainted reputation to be the young grandmother of the Li family's third room.

"Mother, you better set up a family affair for the child as soon as possible, so that they won't beat the child's idea." Li Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was obvious that the Zhao family did not agree with this family business, but it was not a way to keep this matter hanging like this, he wanted to let the other party die of this heart, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

"Yu'er, you're not young anymore, and there are some things that you should know." Zhao pondered for a while, and said solemnly to Li Hongyu, "Actually, when your father was in Jiangnan, he once sent a letter to his mother, saying that he had set a marriage for you, and he didn't elaborate on the details, but he only knew that the other party was from a merchant family, and he was going to come back to surprise his mother." ”

"My dad is betrothed to me?" Li Hongyu couldn't help but be stunned, this matter was indeed beyond his expectations, and he had never heard Zhao talk about it before in his impression.

"Your father only came with a letter at that time, and there was a token of kinship, and my mother didn't know the identity of the other party at all, so she couldn't mention it." A gloomy look flashed on Zhao's face, and he said to Zizhu who was standing on the side, "Bring the letter and the token." ”

Hearing this, Zizhu got up and walked to a locked cabinet, took out the key, took out a delicate red brocade box from it, and handed it to Zhao.

"This is your father's letter, and the token of the relatives he entrusted someone to bring back with the letter." After opening the brocade box, Zhao took out a letter and something wrapped in red silk and handed it to Li Hongyu.

Although Li Hongyu is only fifteen or sixteen years old, a series of recent incidents that happened to Li Hongyu have made Zhao realize that Li Hongyu's mind has matured and he is no longer the confused and ignorant teenager he used to be, so he should know about this matter.

Li Hongyu first looked through the letter, and couldn't help but become a little sad, Li Renhai's words in the letter all revealed his thoughts about the Zhao family and himself, and from the content, Li Renhai's business in Jiangnan was very successful.

At the end of the letter, Li Hongyu told the Zhao family somewhat mysteriously that he had met a like-minded brother in Jiangnan, and had already set up a family affair with the other party, and the other party was born in a family of merchants, which would be of great benefit to the Li family's business in the future.

It's a pity that the Zhao family couldn't wait for Li Renhai, and when Li Renhai returned to the shipwreck, he didn't even find the bones, and the Zhao family naturally couldn't know who the family who was married to Li Renhai was.

After reading the letter, Li Hongyu opened the mass wrapped in red cloth in a gloomy mood, which was half a crystal clear blood-red jade pendant, the jade pendant was semicircular, and a three-clawed cloud dragon soaring in the sky was vividly carved on it.

Li Hongyu saw at a glance that this jade pendant is only half, and the other half of the jade pendant should be carved with a phoenix.

"Mother, why didn't you tell the eldest aunt about this matter just now, so that the eldest aunt will also die of the heart of being a matchmaker for the child." Li Hongyu rewrapped the half of the jade pendant, and asked the Zhao family with some curiosity, if he took these things out, no one would give him Zhang Luo's relatives in the future.

"It's been more than ten years, the other party has not heard from the slightest, my mother can't be sure if this family business still exists, if my mother says it and the other party doesn't show up for a long time, won't it become a laughing stock in the outside world." Zhao smiled slightly when he heard this, his smile was full of helplessness and bitterness.

Although Zhao said more tactfully, Li Hongyu knew what she meant, there was no news from the other party for more than ten years, and it was clear that the other party wanted to repent of marriage, otherwise he would not have come to Zhao for such a long time, after all, in a few years, it will be time for the children of both parties to talk about marriage, and there are many things that need to be prepared in advance.

"You can keep this jade pendant, this is your father's keeping, and my mother should have given it to you a long time ago." Seeing that Li Hongyu fell into silence, Zhao smiled and said to him, anyway, the owner of this half of the jade pendant is Li Hongyu, and now it is time to return the thing to its original owner.

"Mother, I'll take care of it." Li Hongyu clenched the red silk cloth in his hand and nodded solemnly, very curious about the origin of the family that Li Renhai had set up for him.

"By the way, how are you preparing for this county test?" Zhao Shi bowed slightly when he heard this, and then remembered something and asked, he was surprised by Li Hongyu's request for five hundred taels of silver tickets a few days ago, but after thinking about it again and again, he finally gave it to Li Hongyu, and she couldn't hit Li Hongyu's self-confidence at such a critical moment.

"Mother, the child will do his best." Li Hongyu didn't know if he would be able to win the county exam this time, so he said to Zhao seriously, he could only do his best to see the destiny of heaven.

Zhao smiled when she heard this, in fact, she didn't expect Li Hongyu to be able to pass the first exam, and she didn't even think that he would be able to gain fame in this imperial examination, anyway, he was still young, and he would have the opportunity to continue the exam in the future.

However, if Li Hongyu can get a blockbuster this time and become famous, then this is a great joy worth celebrating, and the Zhao family can finally breathe a sigh of relief, at least the Li family's three-room property can be saved.

According to local customs, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the children of various branches of the Li family gathered in the Li family's mansion to worship their ancestors, and Li Hongyu naturally could not be an exception, and then gave New Year's greetings to the elders in the clan and the town.

The Li family is a native of Baihe Town, so it has a close relationship with the families in the town, and the exchanges between the ancestors are very frequent, and the generations between each other are naturally closely related.

This is also an important reason why the Li family can take charge of Baihe Town and stand tall, all the families and even the people in the town support the Li family's rule and are powerless to challenge the Li family's authority in Baihe Town.

Although Li Hongyu is the person in charge of the Li family's third room, his seniority is relatively low, so compared to Li Renhe, there are naturally more people to visit than Li Renhe's uncles, and he is tired and has back pain at the end of the day.

Only then did he realize how weak his physique was, so he secretly decided to exercise his body well, no matter how he said that the body is the capital of the revolution, and a good body is the premise and foundation for his grand plan.

Due to Li Hongyu's failure to die in the Han River last year, the amount of red envelopes that Zhao gave to his family this year was twice as much as in previous years, in order to seek good fortune, so that the people in the family were grateful and happy.

Of course, the Zhao family naturally did this to win over those subordinates in the family, and as the actual principal of the Li family's third room, she had a lot of things to consider.

It is worth mentioning that the bonuses of the employees in Li Hongyu's shops at the end of the year are also much higher than in previous years, which can be regarded as appeasing the hearts of the people who are in some commotion.

As the grain business was taken away by Li Renhe, the employees of Li Hongyu's shop became panicked, and everyone knew that the young Li Hongyu could not fight against Li Renhe, and sooner or later he would be annexed by Li Renhe, so his morale was very low.

It wasn't until Li Hongyu unexpectedly saved Qin Yue, who committed suicide by hanging beams, that this situation was improved, so that the Li family's third room, which was extremely suppressed commercially, could take a breath.

However, the disadvantageous situation of the Li family's three rooms in the business has only been temporarily alleviated, and in the long run, it will inevitably be swallowed by Li Renhe, even if Li Renhe does not do it, it will decline on its own.

The Zhao family has no way to do this, after all, she is from a scholarly family and knows nothing about business, and it is difficult to find a big shopkeeper who can lead the Li family out of the business predicament, so she can only maintain the status quo.

Zhao once also wanted to hire those capable big shopkeepers to sit down, but unfortunately those big shopkeepers are the treasures of various merchants, naturally they will not let go easily, and she has no friendship with those big shopkeepers, how can those big shopkeepers give up the old owner to help her, and the reputation is not good, after all, everyone pays attention to the word "faith" in business these years.

It is precisely because of this that Li Hongyu wants to sell the properties under his name to donate to Chen Yu, anyway, he doesn't have the energy to run too much business, so it is better to specialize in the fabric business.

The Qin family.

"Miss, the maid heard a news, my aunt is going to marry you to Third Young Master Li!" When Qin Yue was bored playing the piano in the house, Xiaolan walked in briskly and said coquettishly, the aunt in her mouth was Li Renhe's wife.

"What?" Qin Yue was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and looked at Xiaolan with a stunned expression, she couldn't believe that this was true for a while, could it be that her aunt was going to push her into the fire pit? Li Hongyu is a timid and wooden fool, so she shouldn't marry him.

In Qin Yue's mind, her future husband must be a man who stands up to the sky, and it is obvious that Li Hongyu does not meet this point.

"Miss rest assured, my aunt just tried it, but was politely rejected by the third lady of the Li family." Xiaolan then hurriedly said, since they were not from the Li family, they naturally could not attend the Li family's reunion dinner, she had just learned the news, so she hurriedly came to report to Qin Yue.

Qin Yue immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and at the same time there was a trace of unwillingness in her heart, she didn't expect that the Zhao family would refuse this family business, where could she not be worthy of Li Hongyu, a hateful stupid melon?

"Miss, according to the news from the maidservant, my aunt seems to want to promote the matter between you and Third Young Master Li, and I am afraid she will not give up." Xiaolan looked at Qin Yue worriedly, thinking that Li Hongyu was not worthy of Qin Yue.

If it had been left in the past, Xiaolan would not have such worries at all, but now it is different from the past, Qin Yue's reputation has been completely destroyed with the two turmoil caused by Li Hongqing and Li Hongyu, so now it is impossible for Qin Yue to join the wealthy family, and there is no power to pick and choose, and it is possible to cheapen Li Hongyu.

Qin Yue couldn't help but bite her lip, the expression on her face became extremely complicated, she never thought that she would fall to the point where she couldn't get married, and the loss in her heart can be imagined.