The time that passes in a hurry seems to be unwilling to stop its footsteps. In the blink of an eye, it was the wax moon again.

It's almost the New Year, and the imperial capital city is lively again.

There are more people, and more goods come from all over the world.

Some anxious merchants and families hung up red lanterns early. The night in the imperial capital was much brighter than usual.

The smell of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

A month ago, the construction of the Provincial Family House in Jia Province was completed.

Jia Fu reported the news to the palace, and the great eunuch Dai Quan came to check with people. And a message came that after the New Year, Concubine Jia Guifei will return to her hometown to save her relatives.

In a very short period of time, the repair of the provincial hospital was completed, not only did she not owe debts, but also saved more than 30,000 taels of silver, which made the old lady very happy.

The old lady passed down the word, saying that this year's New Year's expenses would increase by 10% compared with previous years, and the people would each buy a set of clothes to wear when the concubine was in the first month of next year.

Although the fourth master of Min and Miss Lin are not at home this year, the second master of Lian is back, the second master of Bao welcomes back the lord of Yongping, and is happy to have a son, the grandmother of Lirong in Dongfu is also happy to have a son, and the fourth master of Min has a daughter Aunt Ping'er, and the import of Tianding in the house is also a big joy.

Generally speaking, this year in Jiafu can be regarded as a prosperous year. Therefore, before the New Year, it was lively early.

Although there are many affairs, the house is busy up and down, and they are all preparing for the New Year and the first month of next year.

Zhou Guifei's provincial courtyard has also been completed, but the news that came was not very happy.

It is said that the Zhou family owes hundreds of thousands of taels of silver because of this, and now Zhou Guozhang sighs every day for this, and is worrying about when he will be able to repay this money.

The Zhou family has already cut back on food and clothing for this reason, and they have also cut down a lot of subordinates.

Now, Zhou Guozhang has just left Jiafu.

He came to borrow money this time, because the Zhou family's New Year's money was gone.

I borrowed all the places I could borrow, but I really didn't have any tricks, so I came to Jiafu to speak.

Jia Yu and Jia Zheng didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they came to ask the old lady.

The old lady was very happy, and agreed as soon as she opened her mouth, and lent Zhou Guozhang 5,000 taels.

Zhou Guozhang originally came with the attitude of trying it out, but he didn't expect to borrow money so happily, but he regretted that he said less.

"Look at it, this is what the Zhou family can't calculate. It is also a repair of the provincial hospital, and our family has easily repaired it, and now there is no need to worry about money, his family will not be able to open the pot. ”

Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, Wang Xifeng, Li Kun, Qin Keqing, You Shi, Shi Xiangyun, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Xue Baoqin, Xing Xiuyan, etc., all gathered in the old lady's upper room.

What is more rare is that Tana also came with a child today.

A group of female dependents chatted while teasing Qin Keqing and Tana's children.

In winter, it is cold outside, which is not convenient for outdoor activities, so the ladies regard it as a pleasure to go to the ancestors every day.

The old lady was also very happy, and the whole family, young and old, was together lively, a scene of harmony and joy.

From the old lady to Qin Keqing's son, it is now five generations in the same house.

"I went to my brother's house a few days ago, and I heard from my sister-in-law that Wu Guifei's life is also having a hard time now, and it is said that she owes hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and now she is worried about repaying the money."

Mrs. Wang said slowly, with a sense of pride in her words.

People are afraid of comparison, and when they compare, they will go up and down.

"Yes, when I first heard about the repair of the Provincial Hospital, I was worried, where to raise such a large amount of money. This money has become stone and tile, but it has become dead money. Unexpectedly, the fourth brother Min planned and came back to life. Not only did it not crush our family, but this provincial hospital will still be able to make money in the future, which shows that the fourth brother Min has seen that he is slightly higher than others after all. ”

Wang Xifeng did not hesitate to praise Jia Min.

These words are from the bottom of my heart.

"At the beginning, I said that Brother Min was a good person, but now it seems that I made the decision to take him back to the house, and I did the right thing. The house can have today, and Brother Min'er has contributed a lot. ”

The old lady did not forget to mention her own merits in passing.

A group of people, all of whom were praising Jia Min at this time. Qin Keqing listened, not only Wan'er.

Alas, now everyone says that Fourth Uncle Min is good.

I think that at the beginning, when Fourth Uncle Min first came, almost everyone in the house excluded him, if it weren't for Fourth Uncle Min's ability, I don't know where he was excluded now.

Fortunately, now that I have finally woken up, I still have some conscience.

It's just that now Fourth Uncle Min doesn't know where he is, whether he is doing well, and others are by his side, and I don't know if he can take care of him?

I always met him, looked at him face to face, asked him, and felt more relieved.

Looking down at the child, recalling the time with Jia Min, his heart gradually rippled with sweetness. Unconsciously, my face turned a little hot.

looked at everyone with a weak heart, and saw that no one paid attention to her, so she felt a little relieved.

"Fourth Brother Min not only has his own talents, but everyone who follows him has all made a difference. Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan are all outstanding characters now, but I didn't think that calling the fourth brother Min such a belt would be cheaper for our family. This is called the fact that the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders. ”

"Why is it cheaper?"

Xichun is relatively small, I don't have so many eyes, and I don't think much about it, so I asked casually.

"Second sister-in-law Lian, if you don't say a word, you can sell you as a dumb person?"

Although Tanchun is shy on his face, he is unforgiving on his mouth.

"Yes, she has sharp teeth and sharp mouth all day, and she talks and plays."

Shi Xiangyun also began to attack Wang Xifeng.

"Yo, this hasn't passed the door yet, so I said that my sister-in-law is not good and spoke for outsiders. If I go out in the future, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will have no way to live. ”

Although Tanchun is more spicy, Shi Xiangyun also dares to say and do, and wants to talk about bickering, but he is not Wang Xifeng's opponent. Seeing that the more she spoke, the more unspeakable she became, she was ashamed and anxious, and stamped her feet away. It made everyone laugh.

"You monkey, you just don't let people talk, the two girls of their family, where can they stand up to you saying that."

"You give a commentary, I said that the ancestors are biased, and you still don't believe it, but now you have seen it, right?"

"You shabby, where am I eccentric?"

"One day he used me as a cow and a horse, and he knew that he was facing the girls. In the eyes of the ancestors, daughters-in-law are not as distressing as girls. ”

Wang Xifeng pretended to look aggrieved.

"Oh, speaking of the girls, I remember. Daiyu and Miss Bao, I don't know what is going on now? And Miaoyu's girl, who has been gone for several years, and she doesn't know how to come back to see me. ”

"Ancestors, don't worry, they will not be wronged when they are with Brother Min."

Although Aunt Xue said it lightly, she was thinking about Baochai in her heart.

"Bao girl has an idea, I'm not worried, I'm afraid it's Daiyu and Miaoyu, the two of them are cold, Daiyu is weak, I'm afraid they will be wronged outside. Alas, I don't know if they will be able to come back for the New Year. ”

The old lady is lively here, and Jia Zheng has a relaxed atmosphere here.

As usual, Zhan Guang, Cheng Rixing, and Shan Pingren were a few Qingke, who accompanied him to drink tea here.

Zhou Guozhang came just now, and several people also knew his intention, and sighed for a while, and the topic turned to the current situation.

"Alas, I didn't expect that Xie Kun, who was arrogant, now the wall is down and everyone pushes it, and he ends up with Bu Kui."

"Why should Brother Zhan sigh for him, there is always a reward for good and evil, and there are too many evils."

"Yes, I don't know who posted his debts overnight, if not, you will have to hesitate for a long time. This behind-the-scenes promoter is a master, and unknowingly, he brought down Xie Kun. ”

"This person acts ruthlessly and aggressively, but he is comparable to Huaiyuan's work. By the way, Shiweng, where is Huaiyuanjin? ”

"It's been a long time since there was any news. It was only said that he had gone to the Great North to do business, but the government did not know where it was. The deputy head of the Zongren Mansion didn't do it, but it was a pity. ”

"Don't worry about the world, Huaiyuan is far-sighted, this should be a big plan, he will return one day, there will be an amazing move."

"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Now I don't expect him to do anything big, as long as he is safe. ”

As Jia Zheng spoke, he remembered Jia Huan, and his heart was inevitably a little miserable.

Seeing that Jia Zheng seemed reluctant to talk about this topic, several people changed the topic.

"I heard that the suppression of bandits in the south is not effective now, and the emperor is quite dissatisfied with the three feudatories."

Zhan Guang set up a topic again.

"I'm surprised, Huaiyuan was only 1,300 people, and he was able to defeat 20,000 iron horsemen in Southern Wendula, and 6,000 people to defeat 100,000 Tatar iron horsemen. Hundreds of thousands of people in the three feudatories can't even exterminate thousands of bandits, where can this make sense? ”

Cheng Rixing said, a little angry.

The matter of suppressing bandits in the south has recently become a hot topic in the imperial capital.

At first, the bandits were only in Guangxi, and it is said that there were two or three thousand people.

Although this number is quite large, the three feudatories have hundreds of thousands of troops in the southwest, and they are all elite divisions of the imperial court.

At this time, there was no other war, and it was said that it would be easy to exterminate this group of bandits.

As soon as the army arrives, the bandits will be eliminated, which is almost the consensus of the people.

Unexpectedly, after a few months, not only did the bandit not get rid of it, but it became more and more serious.

Not only has the bandit problem in Guangxi not been eradicated, but the bandit has also spread to Hunan. Two more bandits appeared in Hunan, each with more than 2,000 people.

At present, the three feudatories have mobilized 15,000 men and horses to suppress bandits in Guangxi and 20,000 men and horses to suppress bandits in Hunan, but there are still no obvious results.

However, he often came to complain to the court, asking for military salaries on the left and grain and grass on the right. It annoyed the emperor. The condition that had been getting better was repeated.

People naturally compared this matter with Jia Min's record in Windula, so there was a call for Jia Min to be recalled and go to suppress the bandits.

Jia Min can win more with less, defeat the strong with the weak, and has the experience of suppressing bandits in Wulong Mountain, so it must be no problem to suppress bandits.

However, then it turned out that this idea was just an idea.

Jia Min didn't even do the deputy head of the Zongren Mansion, and now he doesn't know where to go. Now if you want him to suppress the bandits, can you count on it?