Chapter 12: A Guest Comes

"Saijia can actually have a relationship with the emperor? How good does that have to be? Xia Shang sighed when he heard it.

Li Cripple continued: "That's nature, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely suitable for the growth of flowers, and one-tenth of the flower fields in the south of the Yangtze River are Saijia, which is specially supplied to Saijia. There are also exclusive secrets for the production of Saijia dyes, which have always been passed on to the elders but not to the young, and to the men but not to the women. Relying on the Jiangnan fathers and elders, and relying on the unique secret recipe, it is difficult to make a fortune. ”

"Then our masters are all characters with heads and faces?"

"That's nature! The Saijia master played chess with the emperor, and the emperor also gave the chessboard to the Saijia master. And the eldest lady of the Saijia family has a plaque of 'virtuous and virtuous' from the emperor. ”

"I'll wipe it, this is really a big family! Enough scenery! We guess we can get a little bit of light, right? ”

Speaking of this, Li Cripple suddenly sighed: "To say that it is indeed possible to stain the light." Who doesn't want their own family to be prosperous? A rising tide lifts all boats! It's a pity that it's not the right time for you to enter the Saijia. ”

"What? Isn't it time? Do you have to divide the solar terms when you come to Saijia? ”

Li Cripple looked at Xia Shang suspiciously: "Do you really not know or fake don't know?" ”

"Lieber, you have what you say! What can I know? ”

Li Cripple pulled Xia Shang to his side and lowered his voice: "Say it first, don't talk nonsense if you know, let alone say that I said it." ”

Xia Shang nodded again and again.

Then, Li lame sighed again: "Hey! The days of Saijia's scenery are not long! ”

"Where do you start?"

"Don't say you don't know what happened to the Saijia family a month ago!"

"Uncle Li, don't sell it, I said that I don't hear anything outside the window, what happened a month ago?"

"You don't know anything! A month ago, the Saijia master died! At that time, although it was not full of wind and rain in the city, it also made the capital wear all over, you actually said you don't know? ”

"Master Saijia is dead?! No wonder I only saw the lady and couldn't see the master, it turned out to be dead! How did the Sai family die? ”

"Do you know about tuberculosis? I coughed endlessly, and a month ago, I suddenly fell ill and returned to the West without mentioning it in one breath. ”

"That's really pitiful, but life and death are always reasonable in the world, and the impact of a master's death on the Sai family is not so great, right? Didn't you hear that there is still a young master? ”

Li Cripple looked at it, and his voice was lowered: "You don't know the situation of the Saijia." There is only one lone seedling left in the Sai family. What's even more tragic is that the eldest young master was born with the old man's tuberculosis, and his condition is more serious than the old man. I can't cure a lot of doctors, and many people say that this young master won't live to be twenty, I guess I will be like the old man one day, and if something is wrong, he will return to the west.

Think about it, with such a big industry as the Saijia, there is not even a man at the helm now, and the eldest young master is in the house every day, and he doesn't even dare to touch the wind. Originally, the business should be in charge of the eldest lady, but the eldest lady was too sad and absent-minded.

Well, now that the family doesn't care about business, they have put such a heavy burden on the eighteen-year-old lady. A girl's family in the boudoir, but she has to show her face and run around. I heard that the young lady went to Jiangnan to negotiate, this walk is half a month, and I still don't know when I can go back, how can a little girl know how to do business? I don't think the good times of this race family will last long. ”

Hearing what Li Cripple said, Xia Shang also knew about the situation of the Sai family, and when he saw that the time was about the same, he said, "That's it?" It's really a little difficult, Xie Libo pointed out, I'll go and get busy first. ”

……

At noon, the meal was prepared in the living room.

"Two uncles, I've asked the cook to prepare the meal, so I'll have a light meal here today, right?"

In the main hall of the outer courtyard of the Sai family, the eldest lady gossiped with her two brothers of the dead ghost master for a while. During the conversation, they talked and laughed with each other.

But the eldest lady knew in her heart that it was not a good thing for the two uncles to visit today, and they still had a bunch of words hidden in their stomachs!

They were sure to eat this lunch, and they knew that they were going to eat lunch before leaving, so they simply took the initiative to invite and were too lazy to ink.

In the guest seat of the main hall, two middle-aged men in brocade clothes and jade belts leaned on the chairs and were comfortable, and the one with a goatee was the second eldest of the Sai family, called Sai Jiayuan, and a pair of walnuts in his right hand never left his body. The other person was a little younger, with a jade face and no beard, and always maintained an evil smile, called Saiqing, who was holding the jade wrench of his left thumb at this time.

The eldest lady had already invited the two to dinner, and the second brother looked at the brother: "Third brother, what do you say?" ”

Sai Laosan didn't look up: "The younger brother listens to the second brother." ”

"Uh...... Even so, it is rare for my brother to come to the eldest brother, although the eldest brother is gone, but we don't need to be polite to the sister-in-law. ”

The eldest lady walked out of the main hall with a smile: "Two uncles come with me, I just invited a new cook yesterday, and I asked the two uncles to check the gates." ”

"So the two of us brothers are still blessed?"

When the three of them said polite words to the living room, they could smell the smell of meat from afar.

On the table are a few of the simplest side dishes.

Braised peanuts, salt-fried pork, stir-fried anchovies, pumpkin and mung bean soup......

The plate in the middle that resembles braised pork is very eye-catching.

"Sister-in-law, is this braised pork? It's really amazing! ”

The eldest lady was also stunned: "It should be, right?" ”

"Oh? Even the sister-in-law herself doesn't know? He looks like a new chef! Don't dare to do anything, taste it first. Sai Lao Er said that he did it himself, sandwiched a piece and put it in his mouth, the rich aroma of meat mixed with viscous juice stimulated the rapid secretion of saliva, and the rich taste was very wonderful.

"Shhh It's delicious! Sai Lao Er looked surprised, and then frowned slightly, "Why is this braised pork so competitive?" Doesn't it look like pork? ”

"Oh? Not pork? ”

The other two also tasted it one after another, and they were all pleasantly surprised.

"Sister-in-law, your chef is good! The same dishes are better than ours! There is also this strange braised pork, the meat is fragrant, and it is the first time I have tasted it. ”

The eldest lady smiled: "Then eat quickly, and I will ask my uncle in the future to see what kind of meat the cook is made of." ”

The eldest lady thought that the two uncles would open the topic when they sat down, but they didn't expect the two uncles to be really attracted by the dishes on the table and taste them one after another.

After this taste, the Saijia brothers' faces changed slightly, and after glancing at each other, they moved their chopsticks again.

This time, the Saijia brothers' chopsticks did not stop, and they swept a table of dishes without stopping under the surprised gaze of the eldest lady. It's clearly a beggar on the street who hasn't eaten for days!

This meal, patronizing and eating, how can you remember the purpose of coming here?

Until the end, the Saijia brothers all blushed when they saw the mess at this table.

The eldest lady was dizzy, and asked tentatively, "Two uncles, is your family in any difficulties?" If you are short of money, you can go to the cloth village to get a little subsidy. ”