On the 10th day of the first month of March, it began to rain before dawn. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The dark sky was piled up with lead-gray stratus clouds, and a dull spring thunder could be heard in the distance, and occasionally a bolt of lightning tore through the sky and lit up the sky. The rain was drowning, and the servants hurried under the porch, busily collecting the clothes drying in the patio before they were soaked with the rain. The servants closed the doors and windows at the shouts of the steward, while the nimble servants, holding the air dead wind lamp in one hand and the wooden ladder in the other, tried to lean over the roof to see if there were any missing tiles on the roofs of the stalls.

Li Yongbo rarely got up early, and after being served by his wife and washing, he ate breakfast in two bites, as if someone was chasing him behind him, and hurriedly went out with the ingots. He has rarely entered Chen's door recently, but yesterday he walked straight to Chen's room like a ghost, and when he saw his wife's slightly cold face after being surprised, he realized that he hadn't seen his wife and children for a long time.

"How is Brother Zhang's health now? Still sick? Last night, when he and his wife sat silently for a long time with a stick of incense, Li Yongbo finally asked his son.

"Thank you, sir, for asking." Chen lowered his eyes and softly called the big girl beside him, Zhuxiang: "Now Brother Chenzhang hasn't slept yet, go and bring him to see the master." ”

Li Yongbo clenched his fist to his mouth and coughed uneasily, although his wife was also docile and quiet before, she was not as cold as she is today, and he rarely felt a trace of guilt in his heart. And this guilt reached its peak after seeing the eldest son - Brother Zhang, who was dressed like a little adult, looked delicate, with a long-term illness and weakness, and when he saw his mother's eyes, he naturally brought out a sense of admiration, but when his eyes fell on his father Li Yongbo, he retracted, and the child was momentarily overwhelmed, and he opened his mouth and called out quietly: "Dad." Then he had to duck behind Chen.

Chen comforted his son for a while, and did not let Li Yongbo get closer to the child for a while, so he instructed the nurse to take Brother Zhang'er back to his own bedroom - "His body is just right, he is still weak, and the weather is bad, let Brother Zhang drink the warm medicinal food and go to sleep." ”

In short, when Li Yongbo sat in the car, his mind was still recalling the coldness and embarrassment of the husband and wife last night. He thought for a while, and suddenly anger surged up—"What a woman! Long hair and short vision! Li Yongbo scolded in his heart, "I know that I eat that flying vinegar all day after night, and I don't think about my hard work all day long!" Even Brother Zhang complained: "Little rabbit! It's really unripe! For his flowers, but even his own father refused to be sideways! It must have been his mother who taught him badly! ”

His face was gloomy and dripping, and he scolded his wife and children over and over again in his heart, and felt more and more that his uncle Liu Sankui was right, and the Chen family could give him a housekeeper, but he was really not a good match for Li Yongbo! The sick eldest son and his mother and son are one heart, and he still wants to have a considerate and clever son!

Soon after, the Fushun Salt Division Division lifted Cui Yongming to the main hall and sat for half an hour, then got up and went to the back hall to work. Copywriter Chen Yuan helped him sort out the official documents, and an hour later, the official of the main hall suddenly came to report: "Master, someone handed a post in." ”

Cui Yongming was surprised, and while putting the wolf pen on the pen mountain, he turned his head and asked Chen Yuandao: "I haven't heard who is coming today?" ”

Chen Yuan also looked confused. It had been a day of salt payment lately, and he hadn't had a good rest for a few days, and now hundreds of numbers were flying in his head, and they were a mess. frowned and thought for a while, but still had no impression, so he had to say to Cui Yongming with a guilty face: "Master, I really can't think of it." ”

"That's it. You are also a tired person, after today, I will give you a few days off, so you can relax and relax. After reassuring his friends, Cui Yongming turned around, pondered for a moment, and lightly instructed the respectful servant waiting on the side: "Since you handed over the post, send it in." The official was ordered to leave, and he suddenly shouted to the person again: "Wait, whose family is this sending the post?" ”

"The villain looks like the Li family."

"Which Li family?"

The official was stunned for a moment, then woke up and said busily: "It's Li Yongzhong." ”

The rain fell in one fell in one breath to the middle of the hour. Because of the rainy weather, Liu Sankui abandoned the sedan chair and took the carriage instead. He hadn't slept well all night last night, and now his eyes were blue and black, and his chest was also full of dryness. The partial student has to go out to the Yamen of the Salt Division - this is a first-class event, and he must not be sloppy in the slightest, not to mention the rain, even if there is a knife in the sky, he will have to go out hard.

It's just that the mournful and weeping appearance of the concubine Wu kept shaking in front of his eyes last night, which made him a little more impetuous. The luck of the Liu family in the heirs is only a few points better than the in-laws Li family, Liu Sankui's own brother and sister all died early, leaving him a single ding, finally supporting the family business, marrying relatives and starting a family for so many years, there are only two sons and two daughters under the knees, not to mention the son, the daughter married to the family in the same county, and now there is a little daughter who has just been left.

However, when he said that he wanted to marry his daughter to his nephew Li Yongbo as a concubine, although his wife did not object to it in person, she did not agree with that face. The daughter's biological mother, Wu, has been in tears since she heard about it - she is looking forward to her daughter marrying a good family and being the lady of the main house, how can she be willing to marry a prodigal son who everyone in the county knows!

Liu Sankui sighed, rubbing his forehead and not wanting to think about it again. "What a backhouse woman!" He was angry in his heart, "One by one, the rats are blind! It's better to be glamorous on the face than affordable on the inside! What a fool! Liu Sankui soothed his muscles in the carriage, and said silently in his heart: "The matter of the well field is important in the past two days, let them make trouble for two days, and when this matter is settled, there is no reason for them to intervene!" ”

The two of them arrived in front of the Salt Division one after the other, Li Yongbo bowed his head and bent down and just came out of the car, when he saw his uncle Liu Sankui jumping out of the carriage with the support of the servants, and hurriedly walked over and greeted him first: "Uncle." ”

Liu Sankui looked him up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Okay, be careful today, and act according to the plan when we discussed it before." ”

Li Yongbo hurriedly bowed his head and responded: "Yes." The two of them went to the salt division at this time, handed the name card to the officer, and secretly sent a heavy red envelope over, the officer couldn't help but smile, and spoke with a little politeness: "Wait a minute, wait for me to report to the master for the two." ”

The two uncles and nephews waited only for a moment, and the previous official came out and invited them in, entered the hall, and after passing the mezzanine, they turned into the second hall where the guild guests were usually held. The two of them didn't dare to slack off, shook their sleeves, straightened their robes, and waited for the officials to go in and report, and then waited outside the door with bated breath.

"Let's go inside." The official came out and said to the two: "Go in, wait for the two of you, don't be rude." ”

The second hall of the salt division is similar to the main hall, but there are two columns of **** cards that are quietly avoided, and the plaque hanging high on the wall is not a mirror hanging, but the words "clear and prudent". Under the plaque, Cui Yongming was raised to wear a seven-grade green robe, embroidered with a Xiyi on his chest, and sat in the hall, and Chen Yuan, a copywriter behind him, was looking at the two of them together.

Liu Sankui and Li Yongbo didn't dare to slack off, knelt down and kowtowed according to the etiquette, and then each rolled up and said: "The villains Liu Kui and Li Yongbo have seen the old man lifting." ”

Cui Yongming bowed his head slightly and said, "Get up." Then he asked, "Why are you coming?" ”

Liu Sankui took a step forward and said: "The villain is Li Yongbo's own uncle, and he discussed stopping the work, and put money into several shares of the well site in his name, and the shares of the money have been negotiated. ”

Copywriter Chen Yuan stood up and said, "Do you want to get the deed or not?" ”

Li Yongbo hurriedly took out the deed from his sleeve pocket and respectfully handed it to Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan looked at it once, nodded and said that there was no mistake in what was written, and then handed it to Tiju. Cui Yongming was not in a hurry to look at it, but put the deed aside, looked at Li Yongbo, and asked: "As usual, about the transaction, ask the clan first." Li Yongbo, about the shareholding, asked the clan or not? ”

Liu Sankui's heart jumped suddenly, and he almost rushed out of his throat and exclaimed. He narrowly closed his mouth as he blurted out. Although they had thought about it when they discussed it before, neither Li Yongbo nor himself thought that the clan that had long been tightly pressed by the Li family's big house dared to say anything, and it was only Li Yongzhong who was on guard, and this had already made Li Yongbo memorize the answer well.

In order to prevent accidents, the two of them originally sent some filial piety to this salt priest, but they didn't expect that the copywriter surnamed Chen next to him politely stopped the gift and sent them back. They were puzzled, and later learned that the mention in Xuzhou was said to be angry because a salt merchant complained that the salt divisions in eastern Sichuan had extorted money, and he was beaten down harshly. Therefore, the two of them actually have a lot of worries, but the matter has come to this point, and there is no way out.

Layers of sweat gradually appeared on Li Yongbo's forehead. He didn't dare to wipe it, so he shrunk his shoulders and slumped in place. Hearing Tiju's questioning, he first shook his body, forced himself to swallow his saliva, and said tremblingly: "Villain, there is no such intention in the villain. ”

"Oh?" Cui Yongming looked at him with a smile, and asked him in an accentuated tone: "But no one in your clan has such a meaning?" ”

Liu Sankui quietly pulled Li Yongbo's sleeve, he finally calmed down, cleared his throat and explained to Cui Yongming: "The Li family has always respected my big house, and now there are only two brothers and sisters in my big house. The cost of buying shares is very expensive, and no other house owner has the financial resources to do so. ”

Cui Yongming smiled strangely, as if he meant something: "Since you have a brother, why don't you discuss with your brother and find two uncles with the surname?" ”