Li Yanqing came to the door of the house with the wild goose, and the magpie who had been waiting at the door for a long time finally recognized that the person behind the little official was actually her sister, she couldn't help but be shocked when she saw her sister's hair scattered, and hurriedly ran up, "Sister, what's wrong?" ”

The wild goose finally saw her relatives, she hugged her sister tightly, and cried bitterly, the magpie was frightened, and hurriedly whispered to comfort her sister. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, Aunt Gu San next door came over with two new chicken coops, she looked at the wild goose, and she actually wore her hair out, so she asked Li Yanqing in a low voice, "Brother Qing'er, who is she!" What's wrong? ”

Li Yanqing smiled bitterly and said, "It's Magpie's sister, her father wanted to sell her to Yichun Yuan, and I happened to save her." ”

Aunt Gu couldn't hear the words 'Yichun Courtyard' the most, she suddenly raised her eyebrows, and said angrily: "They are all shameless stinky men, who bully their wives and daughters without ability, if he dares to come here, see how I clean him up!" ”

Aunt Gu San's heart suddenly felt deep sympathy for Dayan, and stepped forward to persuade: "Don't be afraid, little lady, Brother Qing is a good person, you can live with peace of mind, he will definitely help you deal with it, don't worry!" If your unconscionable father dares to bring someone here, your aunt will mobilize the whole village to protect you. ”

Dayan was even more moved in his heart, knelt down and kowtowed to Aunt Gu, and choked up: "Thank you Auntie for your love!" ”

Aunt Gu hurriedly threw away the chicken coop, helped the wild goose up, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but smile and praise: "What a handsome little lady, go back and freshen up first, and Auntie will come to see you again when she has time." ”

The magpie helped the elder sister into the house, and Sister-in-law Ju also understood, and hurriedly boiled water for her to wash her face, Aunt Gu Sanjiao smiled and watched the wild goose walk into the yard, she couldn't help but think of her son, just now I heard the pillar complain that she couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, isn't this a good thing?

........

Things developed faster than Li Yanqing imagined, at dusk, a carriage came galloping, stopped abruptly in front of Li Yanqing's house, the coachman jumped out of the carriage, opened the door and helped the patriarch Li Wenyou out.

Li Wenyou's skin has darkened, and he has obviously lost a lot of weight, his robe was originally worn on his body like a bean soaked in water, but now it is hanging loosely on his body, and even his hat is worn backwards, but his face is full of anxiety, and he can't care about his image, pointing to Uncle Zhong who came out to greet him and said, "Let Qing'er come to see me!" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing walked out quickly, and when he saw the patriarch, he almost didn't recognize it, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Wenyou, "Patriarch slow down!" ”

Seeing Li Yanqing, Li Wenyou breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm afraid that if you are not at home tonight, you will miss a big incident." ”

"Patriarch, what's wrong?"

"What else can you do except the business house, your father is so anxious that he can't eat for a few days, but you are leisurely at home, and you are still fighting everywhere, are you really idle and have nothing to do?"

Li Wenyou's tone was dissatisfied, Li Yanqing didn't know what was going on, and he didn't dare to talk back, so he invited the anxious patriarch to the guest hall, and told Sister-in-law Ju to order a bowl of tea.

Li Wenyou was so anxious that he slapped the table, "Don't care about any more tea, I've been drinking water for the past two days, so sit down!" Let me finish the big thing. ”

Li Yanqing didn't dare to mention the matter of the wild goose, so he hurriedly sat down and listened.

Li Wenyou raised his head and closed his eyes, calming down his anxious heart first, and after a while he said: "The Beijing Cao Ji Grain Store is our biggest customer, at the beginning of the year he ordered us 20,000 stone of wheat, 250 wen per stone, a total of 5,000 taels of silver, and paid us a deposit of 2,000 taels of silver, we must transport the wheat to Bianjing before February 25th, if we miss the time, not only will they not receive the goods, we must also return the deposit double." ”

Today is the tenth day of the second lunar month, and there is only half a month left, Li Yanqing hurriedly asked: "Then where is the wheat now?" ”

"It's still in the Anyang warehouse!"

"Ahh Li Yanqing was taken aback, "Is it still too late?" ”

"Why else would your father be so anxious that he can't eat? The fleet from Anyang to Bianjing will take ten days at the earliest, but now we don't even have a shadow of the ship. ”

Li Yanqing didn't ask any more questions, something must have happened to their fleet, otherwise the patriarch would not be in such a hurry, he restrained the countless questions in his heart, and patiently listened to the patriarch.

At this time, Sister-in-law Ju came in with two bowls of tea, Li Wenyou calmed down, took a sip of hot tea, then put down the tea bowl and continued to Li Yanqing: "Our fleet should have transported grain south ten days ago, but at this juncture, our fleet was forcibly requisitioned by the army, and the army said that the Liao army had a change and might have to fight, not only our ship, all the civilian ships in Anyang County were requisitioned, and we couldn't find a ship to transport the grain out in Anbei, so I had to come back and find a way." ”

Li Yanqing understands very well why the patriarch is so anxious, in the past five years, their grain business has gone through many twists and turns, and it took a little effort to do it, seeing that the business was about to embark on a broad road, but such a thing happened, if it was not handled well, their five years of hard work would be in vain.

At this time, Li Wenyou wondered in his heart: "There is actually a strange thing here, I don't know who secretly told the military and framed us for selling military rations privately, but the army came to our door and sealed our warehouse, and demanded that all our 20,000 stone grain be confiscated." ”

"Has the patriarch found a solution?" Li Yanqing asked worriedly.

"I spent 1,000 yuan to get up and down, and the military reluctantly agreed to temporarily lift the grain seizure, but asked us to transport the grain away within five days, otherwise it would be confiscated directly."

Li Wenyou rubbed his hands and said anxiously: "There is a time limit in the capital, and the military requires us to dispose of the grain within a few days, but we don't have a ship in our hands. ”

"Wasn't the Wang family's fleet forcibly requisitioned by the army?" Li Yanqing was puzzled.

Li Wenyou smiled bitterly, in the past, he always laughed at Wang Wanhao for spending a lot of money to fight the army, but now it seems that Wang Wanhao is indeed prescient and can see farther than himself.

"This is Wang Wanhao's shrewdness, his fleet is attached to the name of the Xiang Army, itself is the fleet of the army, of course it will not be requisitioned again, at this time they can be unimpeded, and the ships that can go on the road in the entire Xiangzhou have fifty cargo ships of the Wang family.

I went to Wang's house today to borrow a boat from Wang Wanhao, and I learned that he still had 20 ships unused, just enough for us to transport 20,000 stone wheat. ”

"Why?" Li Yanqing's heart was in a ball.

Li Wenyou sighed lowly, "Things have to start from ten years ago, ten years ago there was a great drought in Xiangzhou, the Yongji Canal was cut off, the soup almost dried up, and it became a trickle, the land of the Zhang family was upstream, the land of the Li family was downstream, the Zhang family cut off the water, no matter how my father came to the door to plead, the Zhang family did not agree, as a result, the two families grabbed water and fought, and five descendants died, two of the Zhang family, three of the Li family, and the feud between the two families was just concluded, and now the relationship between the two families seems to be okay on the surface, but that is only the surface!" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, he had never heard anyone talk about it, and the former patriarch and Zhang Junbao still greeted each other with a smile! Unexpectedly, there was such a blood feud hidden between Li Zhang's two families.

"What did the patriarch say..... Could it be that Zhang Junbao took the opportunity to fall into the well? ”

Li Wenyou nodded, with an irrepressible look of resentment on his face, "Today is the first day of the Wang family's treat, Zhang Junbao also came, he heard that I was going to ask the Wang family to borrow a boat, he also immediately proposed to borrow a boat, he said that he wanted to transport a batch of cloth to Bianjing, obviously taking the opportunity to stab me in the back, but the Wang family and the Zhang family have a deep interest relationship, although I proposed to borrow the boat first, but Wang Wanhao did not want to offend the Zhang family, so he said neutral, no one from the two families borrowed, the Zhang family has no loss, but we are miserable." ”

"The patriarch just said it! What do I need to do? Li Yanqing also asked bluntly.

Li Wenyou picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and then said slowly: "Wang Wanhao's grandson won the ninth place in the county examination, and he specially set up wine for three days to celebrate. ”

Li Yanqing understood, "Is the patriarch asking me to talk to Wang Gui about this matter, and let Wang Gui persuade his grandfather?" ”

"That's exactly what it means, tomorrow is the first day for the Wang family to entertain, Wang Wanhao also invites you to go, you have to let Wang Gui persuade his grandfather to lend us a fleet tomorrow no matter what, I will go to Anyang with the ship overnight tomorrow night, and the time can still be in time."

Of course, Li Yanqing understood that the situation was urgent, so he immediately nodded and agreed, "I'll go early tomorrow morning." ”

Li Wenyou also wanted to try his luck at the other two families with boats, so he got up anxiously to leave, and Li Yanqing kept sending him out of the gate.

Li Wenyou got into the carriage, pulled the curtain and said apologetically to Li Yanqing: "It stands to reason that I should first congratulate you on the first place in the county exam, and then celebrate with a wine like Wang Wanhao, but now this matter is imminent, and I can't take care of you for the time being." ”

"I don't care."

"Oh well! We'll see you tomorrow. ”

The carriage started and galloped away into the darkness, until the carriage disappeared, and then Li Yanqing returned to his room, and he sat down in his seat, pondering how to raise the matter with Wang Gui tomorrow, when the magpie brought him a bowl of hot tea.

Li Yanqing took a sip of tea and asked, "How is your sister?" ”

"She's already asleep, and today's events have scared my sister."

Li Yanqing nodded, "The patriarch has been very busy in the past two days, and she has no time to take care of her, so she will temporarily stay with me for a while, and when the patriarch is busy for this time, I will intercede for her, and she can go back." ”

．．．．．．．．

The next morning, Li Yanqing rode a donkey to Tangwang Village, Tangwang Village is the largest village in Xiaohe Township, with a population of more than 300 households, and the Tang family and the Wang family live among the four major squires of Xiaohe Township.

Today is the second day of the Wang family's treat, and it is also the first day, the people who come are basically filial piety and township with heads and faces, the guests gather in front of the gate of the Wang family, and Wang Wanhao personally led several sons to greet the guests at the door.

A squire dressed in a black brocade coat walked forward quickly and handed a gift wrapped in red silk to Wang Wanhao, "Congratulations to Lingsun County for taking the high school entrance examination, this is a small gift from me, not a respect!" ”

"Where! Where! Brother Yan is too polite, he has worked hard all the way, please come into the room to drink tea and rest! Wang Wanhao hurriedly asked his youngest son to lead the guests into the courtyard.

"Congratulations! Congratulations! ”

Another guest came, with a smile on his face, Wang Wanhao stepped forward with a smile, patted his arm affectionately, the two exchanged a few words, laughed, Wang Wanhao personally sent the guest into the courtyard.

The Wang family is young and old, busy inside and out.

But today's protagonist, the petty official Wang Gui is idle, he holds a pair of bows and arrows, and Tang Huai shoots birds and hunts in the woods at the entrance of the village.

In the woods, Wang Gui aimed at a pheasant in the treetops, 'Whoosh! An arrow shot through the pheasant's body with precision, and the pheasant fell from the tree.

A little lady ran up happily, "The second one was also shot by your brother!" ”

Wang Gui said to Tang Huai triumphantly: "This is what your sister said, the first pheasant was shot by me, and your arrow was missed." ”

Tang Huai pouted, "My arrow didn't miss, it's my little sister's heart that is biased, and she has been biased towards you since she was a child, you know it!" ”

"Brother! What are you saying bad things about me? ”

The little lady jumped up with a pheasant, her name is Tang Yuan'er, Tang Huai's baby sister, two years younger than Wang Gui, and she follows Wang Gui all day long.

She was dressed up very beautifully today, wearing a light green embroidered half-sleeved undergarment, wearing a baby yellow undergarment, a pomegranate pleated skirt underneath, her hair was neatly combed, thin long eyebrows, a bright big eye, a round face, and a cute little dimple appeared on her cheeks when she smiled.

She happily handed the pheasant to Wang Gui, "Brother Gui, here you go!" ”

Tang Huai coughed heavily, "Ah Yuan'er, I'm your brother, how do you favor Ah Gui?" ”

Tang Yuan'er glanced at him, "Where am I eccentric, because this is your brother's shot, of course I have to give it to him!" ”

Wang Gui smiled, "Or Ah Yuan understands things, some people are not as good as others, but they refuse to admit defeat, and always say some sour and cool words, Ah Yuan, let's shoot rabbits." ”

"Okay!" Ah Yuan clapped his hands with joy, "Let's go to the river!" There are the most rabbits there. ”

Tang Huai was so angry that he turned his head away from them, and at this time, he suddenly pointed to the path in the distance and shouted in surprise: "Huh! Isn't that Lao Li? ”

Wang Gui also saw it, and saw Li Yanqing riding a donkey to the entrance of the village leisurely, and the two were overjoyed and ran up together.

"Brother Gui, wait for me!" Ah Yuan'er hurriedly followed.