The brothers of the Liu family are all surnames who sit on their words and deeds, but they just said that they want to buy a house, and the next afternoon, the two brothers came to Li Xi hand in hand, and wanted to take him to the house of the Liu family to have a look.

Early in the morning, Wu Lan had been picked up by the carriage sent by Pei Yang's family, and Li Xi was also idle at home, so he took a carriage with his brothers and went to the house of Li Yifeng, the chief bookkeeper of Jinyuan County.

Old man Li Yifeng looks only in his forties, with long hair under his chin and fluttering hair, and a tall and strong body, but he has a good demeanor. After getting the report from the porter, he knew that it was the Liu brothers who brought a guest to visit, he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly greeted him in person, and welcomed a few people into the front hall very politely between words, but Li Xi saw that he was walking briskly between actions, but he couldn't see that he had reached the point of "suing for illness" at all, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Liu Rong at the moment.

Liu Rong seemed to have expected that Li Xi must have this doubt, and just when Li Xi looked over, he turned his head and winked at Li Xi narrowly, with an ambiguous smile on his face, but it made Li Xi even more confused.

After the maid came up and served tea, Old Man Li understood the intention of the three of them, but he was suddenly a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands and said: "Don't hide it from the two sons, just before you came, the old man was accompanying a guest just now, he had already seen the courtyard, and he had already negotiated the price with the old man, this ...... I'm sorry, but you guys are a step late! ”

The three of them were a little surprised when they heard this, Mr. Li's house is located in Jingbianfang, although it is not a top corner in Jinyuan County, it is also a rare good place, and what is even more rare is that the house is very large and cleaned up very well, so it is not surprising that it is more popular, but even if Mr. Li is in a hurry to get rid of it, the price of this house must not be low, and there are not many people in Jinyuan County who can afford it and are willing to spend a lot of money to buy this house.

When the eldest brother is present, Liu Rong generally does not speak unless necessary, and when Liu Lan heard this, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since Lord Li has already negotiated a price with someone, we naturally can't snatch love, however, Lord Li can help convey that we want to meet the buyer, and if it is feasible, we are willing to buy it from him at a higher price." ”

Old man Li Yifeng didn't mind selling the Liu family a favor before leaving, he was only in his early fifties, although he was sick now, this career could not be said to be stopped. Therefore, after hearing this, he only hesitated for a moment and then nodded angrily, and said, "Then please use the tea first, the buyer is still in the old man's house, and the old man will go to help you pass on a word." ”

Liu Lan got up and thanked him, and Li Yifeng said goodbye and left, leaving only an old housekeeper at home to serve the three distinguished guests. The brothers of the Liu family took the opportunity to talk, and after a piecemeal run, they asked the price at which the old man of the Li family sold the house.

Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be honest, is not expensive.

Not to mention anything else, just by seeing the solidity of the corners of the house on the way in Li Xi on the way in, and the exquisiteness of the furnishings in the main hall of the Li family, you can roughly know that the old man Li has lived in this house for five or six years, and during this period, he has taken a lot of effort to arrange and rebuild, I am afraid that the home furnishings in the house alone are 300,000 yuan that cannot be stopped, not to mention that in addition to the house, people also give away a lot of slaves who can't be taken away, which is a lot of money.

The brothers of the Liu family were pulling the old housekeeper of the Li family, and they wanted to ask the buyer of the Li family's house in advance, and they also planned in advance how much to increase the price, but at this time, they heard a lot of noise in the back house.

When the old butler heard a voice behind him, he jumped up from his chair almost all at once, and said again and again, "Ladies and gentlemen, sit down for a while, sit down for a while, and the little old man will go back as soon as he goes, uh, forgive me, forgive me." After finishing speaking, he hurried to the back house.

When he left, Liu Lan couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, seeing that there was no one else in the room, Liu Rong touched Li Xi's arm, leaned over and whispered with a smile: "You are very curious about the tough body and bones of Old Man Li, which disease you are suing, aren't you?" ”

As soon as Li Xi heard it, he knew that there must be something wrong here, so he nodded in wonder and waited for him to speak.

Liu Rong smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Old Man Li is not returning to his hometown this time, but he is really returning to his hometown when he is pregnant." ”

Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, and said in wonder: "Is his family happy?" That's a good thing, why do you want to complain about this? ”

Liu Rong laughed again when he heard this, and said: "But the problem is that this pregnant person is actually the little daughter-in-law of Old Man Li, but his son died of illness last spring, you think, this is not right." ”

Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, and then thought that it was no wonder that Old Man Li wanted to sue for illness, it turned out that in addition to the scandal of such a daughter-in-law stealing people in the family, but think about it carefully, even if such an ugly thing happened in the family, the old man would not just quit his illness and resign!

Immediately, he turned his head and saw the ambiguous expression on Liu Rong's face, but he suddenly thought of a possibility, his eyes widened in surprise, and he pointed at Liu Rong and asked, "It won't be Old Man Li himself......"

Liu Lan coughed heavily when she heard this, picked up the teacup, but sighed, and said to herself: "Master Li is actually a quite capable official, and in the past few years he has served as the head of Jinyuan, he has made some political achievements, but he ...... Alas! ”

Liu Rong smiled when he heard this, winked at Li Xi, and then laughed at the eldest brother's words: "It's just that the old man is disrespectful!" ”

After thinking about it, seeing Li Xi's surprised face, he said again: "Although this kind of thing is dirty and has a bad reputation, it is actually nothing, and the fat and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, it is not uncommon these days!" ”

"Lord Li has been widowed for many years, and he has long had the meaning of continuation, but because he is an official in a foreign land, he has been hesitant and has not set a message, and it has been difficult to endure these years, but a surviving daughter-in-law was born young and beautiful, and they are lonely men and widows in the huge house, Old Man Li, you have also seen it, although he is in his fifties, he is personable and tight, so the little lady does not want to be widowed, and is unwilling to leave the wealth of the Li family...... It's not a shame that the old man can't bear it. ”

Li Xi slowly came back to his senses from surprise, and couldn't help but shake his head, suddenly remembering the matter of the old man and his daughter-in-law of Tang Xuanzong, what do later generations often say about dirty Tang stinky men, at first Li Xi thought that this dirty Tang Dynasty was referring to the things done by generations of emperors of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't expect that the reason why even Huang Yanjing did it like this was because of the current folk customs!

It's just that he thought about it and couldn't help asking: "Even if such a scandal happens, why don't you try to cover it up, but you have to resign for this illness?" ”

Liu Rong sighed when he heard this, "I guess it's hard to say, I heard that this matter actually leaked out of the mouth of his daughter-in-law's mother's family." Old man Li's family is strict, so no one in the house dares to chew his tongue, outsiders didn't know about this at first, but then the new daughter-in-law became pregnant, it is said that Old Man Li is ready to send his little daughter-in-law back to his hometown to protect the fetus, but he just went back to his hometown to guard, and there is no one around him who can rely on it. ”

"Besides, Mr. Li's eldest son is in his hometown right now, and it is said that his daughter-in-law is not easy to mess with, and the new daughter-in-law is afraid and does not dare to return to her hometown, which is understandable. It's just that as soon as she stayed like this, she came and went, and her mother's family saw that something was wrong. ”

"When the old man Li came here to take office, the second son who came with him was still underage, so he did not marry in his hometown, after coming to Jinyuan, the old man simply gave him a local parent, and the new daughter-in-law's maiden family is not a prestigious family in the local area, but in the past three or two years, with the help of the old man Li, this has gradually raised its head, but it is a lot of bullying men and women. Ah, it's probably those people who are making trouble right now! ”

"Originally, seeing that the new daughter-in-law was widowed, they thought that they had lost their biggest support, who thought that instead of falling out of favor, they jumped on the branch and became a phoenix, it is said that the family should be happy, but they were overjoyed, and they actually thought that they had grabbed the handle of the old man Li, so they actually took this ugly thing to blackmail the old man, the old man did not agree, they would be stupid enough to let the news of this matter out, and even let people come over every once in a while!"

"It's okay now, the matter is getting bigger and bigger, don't talk about them, even Old Man Li can't hold it down, and even Lord Shi Zhou has to ask about it, forcing Old Man Li to sit down in the seat of the main bookkeeper without the face, so he has to resign! Alas, lifting a stone but hitting one's own foot, that's the kind of person you're talking about! ”

Listening to Liu Rong's explanation, Li Xi couldn't help but sigh, but felt sorry for Old Man Li.

According to Liu Rong, Old Man Li's son is gone, and there is no bitter master in this matter, although the relationship between the two parties is really embarrassing, but according to the current customs, this kind of thing, everyone is just chewing the root of the tongue behind their backs, and no one will really hold it down, and they have to talk about any moral issues.

Nowadays, the Tang Dynasty pays attention to the wind and comments, morality and articles are valued by people, but lust is not within this range, the family accepts a few rooms or even a dozen rooms of beautiful wives and concubines, and also has to raise a large group of singers, as long as you have the ability to raise it, it will only be praised as a romantic gentleman, and it will not lead to a moral loss, and even between literati and scholars, there will be concubines in each other's families, people will only think that Shilin is beautiful, and no one will think it is wrong.

Although Mr. Li's dust-picking matter cannot be classified into the above categories, after all, the bitter master is no longer there, and after the matter comes out, everyone is just talking about it for a while.

But now it's good to make a fuss about those who don't know the importance of the goods, this time, as Liu Rong said, the more troublesome things go, even the top can't pretend to be deaf and dumb, after all, this pass. Annihilation is a big crime written in the law, although there is no one to sue without the bitter master, but after all, it has been full of storms, no matter what, Jinyuan County and Shuzhou Thorn Mansion must also have an attitude to come out, so the old man Li Yifeng had to "tell the sick".

Moreover, although the people are now open, since this kind of thing has reached this point, it is difficult to say anything else, at least Mr. Li will not want to continue to be an official for the rest of his life. According to Liu Lan, in fact, he is still a good official who is quite capable and capable of doing things, because such things have ruined his reputation and future for a lifetime, which is really embarrassing to think about.

Thinking of this, Li Xi couldn't help sighing, listening to the voice at the other end of the back house seemed to stop, thinking that it was the old housekeeper who persuaded the matter in the past, so he asked Liu Rong, "Since the old man has resigned from illness, and his daughter-in-law's maiden family is also a chicken and egg beating, then why are they still running to make trouble at this time?" ”

Liu Rong smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed to the ground, Li Xi suddenly realized, it turned out that they wanted to ask for this house before Old Man Li left, and after that, Old Man Li returned to his hometown, no matter how long their hands were, they couldn't reach it, and now it was the last chance to open their mouths to ask for something, no wonder they would make trouble like this.

At this time, Liu Rong saw Li Xi shaking his head and sighing, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't feel sorry for others, although the old man Li was forced to complain, but after all, the beauty is in his arms, it is not good to say whether it is a profit or a loss, it is said that his daughter-in-law is only twenty years old this year, but she is very delicate, maybe we are here to choke his wrist, but the old man himself is very satisfied!" ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Rong smiled ambiguously, while Li Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

But if you think about it carefully, what Liu Rong said may not be unreasonable, when I saw Mr. Li Yifeng just now, I felt that his face was quite full of spring breeze, maybe people are really the kind of romantic seeds who don't love the country and love the beauty!

But when I turned my head and thought about it, I was busy staging a play in Pei Yang's Mansion first, and then I was busy holding a wine tasting party in Na Laoshizi, and I was really busy with my feet on the ground.

While thinking wildly, Liu Rong suddenly reached out and touched him, Li Xi came back to his senses and looked outside, but he couldn't help but be taken aback-

The person who walked into the hall with the old man Li Yifeng was actually the third uncle Li Qiu!

"Third uncle, are you the one who wants to buy this house?"

Li Qiu walked up to the hall and laughed, but he raised his hand and punched Li Xi in the chest, scolded the stinky boy, and then said: "It's not that I don't have a place to live, I want to buy such a good house, and the person who wants to buy this house is you!" ”

His voice fell, and without waiting for Li Xi to answer, he saw the old man Li Yifeng laughing and said: "It's all strange to be rude, these people are entangled in everything, and they don't belong to their hearts, and they actually forgot to ask the name of the visitor, so they made such a joke!" ”

Then he pointed at Li Qiu and said: "This Brother Li just said that he wanted to buy this house for his nephew Li Xi and Li Zi, and said that only this house can be worthy of the new noble who is about to enter." Oh, speaking of which, I still have to blame the old man for being confused, all over this Jinyuan County, can I be qualified to ask the two young people who came to ask the old man this house together, except for Li Xi, who else can there be? ”

At that moment, everyone in the hall laughed when they heard this.

Old man Li Yifeng hurriedly called the servant to serve the tea again, and everyone sat down to talk again.

Since the third uncle Li Qiu has already bought the house, and even according to Mr. Li, he even came with a deposit, so the house has been taken, and the rest is just a transaction for his family behind closed doors, so naturally there is no need to say this in front of Mr. Li, so everyone sits together and just chats about idle topics. Seeing that it was getting late, the old man Li even had to invite a few people to stay and use the wine, Li Xi and the others originally felt that there were miscellaneous things at home and were unwilling to disturb, but the old man was very sincere, and in the end he couldn't refuse, so everyone had to agree.

Before it was dark, candles were lit in the front hall of the Li family, and after the wine and food were served, everyone pushed the cups and changed the lamps, but it gradually became warm.

The old man Li Yifeng is very talkative, and it is rare that he is witty in his words, even if he drinks alcohol, he is also undiminished, but he is worthy of staying in the seat of the county master for so many years, and drinking with him makes people feel a little like sitting in the spring breeze.

During the banquet, Li Xi's poem was mentioned, and the old man Li naturally praised it, and at the end of the mention, Li Xi's new wine, the old man put forward a lot of suggestions about sales and confidentiality, and it makes sense if you think about it carefully, obviously this old man is not an old pedantic official who has read rotten books, as Liu Lan said.

And listening to his words, unlike many officials who talk about agriculture as the foundation and business as the end of the table, but always grasp relatives and relatives to make a lot of business to make money, the old man's view on the relationship between agriculture and commerce is very insightful, and maybe this is about to resign and leave, so there are a lot less things to be afraid of between words, and he even admitted that he has also invested in many shops in the county, and laughed that it is with the support of the money and interest rolled out of these parts of the money, he does not need to be greedy for ink, You can also have leisure and leisure to raise flowers and grass in addition to official duties, and save this big mansion in a few years.

After eating a table of wine, Li Xi felt very good about this old man, the most important thing is that he found that this old man Li was almost true to his word, and what he talked about during the banquet was nothing false, he had a unique view of people's emotional intelligence and even the way of being an official, especially his views on the past history, which made Li Xi, a person who was educated and raised by Marxist historical materialism, have a feeling of suddenly meeting a bosom friend.

Mr. Li Yifeng believes that sooner or later, when the whole country develops to the extreme in agriculture, then unless we change the path, attach importance to commerce, let businessmen use money to make money, and continue to accumulate wealth for the country and society, that is, change to use capital to promote the continued development of the whole country, otherwise the development of the whole society will enter a dead end, and in the end it can only lead to collapse, prosperity and decline, so after the end of one dynasty and turmoil, another dynasty will stand up and rebuild.

Although the old man's views are still immature and biased compared to Marx and his old man, a person who grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics and doing poetry and songs can actually read and think about these things by himself, which makes Li Xi have to be in awe.

At the end of a banquet of wine, the old man was excited, he was a free and easy character, this time he drank a lot of wine, especially during the banquet and Li Xi had a bit of a contract, and there was a feeling of forgetting the year and meeting a confidant, so without waiting for the end of the banquet, he ordered someone to invite the new lady out of the back house, and generously introduced his original daughter-in-law to everyone.

He was generous and not embarrassed at all, and everyone didn't have to be embarrassed, and seeing the old man's face full of spoiling when the new daughter-in-law came out, everyone understood that it seemed that the old man really loved the little daughter-in-law, so everyone simply said hello to each other in accordance with the rules of the old man's main room, and the bride also said a few blessings to everyone, and personally held the pot and poured wine for everyone, and then went back to the back house.

Speaking of this action, he dragged everyone to stay to eat and drink, and asked the new lady to come out to visit, the old man was really frank and tight, but he had some intention of making friends, so Liu Rong, who was used to talking little in front of people, suddenly became even more silent.

Li Xi also vaguely guessed some of his meaning, and his heart was slightly moved, thinking that if this new wine business was only operated in Shuzhou, with his own ideas behind his back, and the support of the Liu family, with the third uncle's business talent, it would be enough, but how many people can there be in Shuzhou, that is, everyone drinks their own new wine, how big can it be? If you go out, it won't be much, even if it's just the entire Jiannan Dao, I'm afraid that with the ability of the third uncle, you will not be able to catch it.

And this old man Li Yifeng, whether it is official or business, is very knowledgeable, and rare bearing is extraordinary, and his vision is lofty enough, what is even more rare is that he has really been mixed in the bureaucratic circle of the Tang Dynasty for many years, although the official is not big, but after all, he is an insider, speaking of which, if this new wine is going to go to the whole country in the future, it is necessary to deal with the boss and even Chang'an, Li Xi really lacks a person like the old man Li Yifeng.

However, since he didn't mention it himself, whether he couldn't let go of his body to change from an official to a businessman, and felt that he couldn't erase his face, or he felt that he was not without the possibility of a comeback, so he was still hesitating whether to take some steps to change the sentence to a foreign officer, Li Xi didn't need to take the initiative to invite.

After the banquet was over, everyone drank some tea and soup, and then stood up in unison to say goodbye.

Old Man Li sent it to the gate, watched everyone get into the carriage one after another, and then turned around and went home.

As soon as he left the alley of Li's house, Liu Rong immediately called for a stop, and had to squeeze into Li Xi's car, but after coming in, he said with a smile: "Old man Li is here to rob me of my job, what do you think?" ”

Li Xi was noncommittal when he heard this, but asked rhetorically: "How can you say that you are robbing your job?" ”

Liu Rong smiled when he heard this, but he talked about him left and right, and said: "Speaking of liking beauty, you two really have a similar smell, but you can also forget about the New Year." ”

looked at Li Xi with a smile again, and said, "But I'm your eldest brother, how about it, you should leave this stall of your new wine to me?" ”

Li Xi wondered when he heard this, "It's so decent, why do you want to get involved in this kind of thing?" Aren't you afraid that the old man will break your legs? It's just that you really want to reconcile, and you just mix it behind your back, and this thing is ......"

Liu Rong waved his hand, looking disapproving, "I don't expect to take any Jinshi in my life, but if I start as a small official, I can't bear the surname, and with your cleverness, you should be able to see it, don't look at my heart, but I am destined not to be a person who can read and do things, I am resourceful!" So, I'm eyeing you, the current stall of new wine, how can we all say that we are all our own family, you can't leave outsiders with this fat water! ”

Then he said: "As for the old man, you don't have to worry, his old man knows my surname better than anyone else, it's good to be an official, but this official is not something that anyone can do, such as me, it's not good." So, I'm responsible for standing up and helping the two of us take care of some of the industry! ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Li Xi, uncharacteristically put away the unserious energy on his face, and said very seriously: "But fortunately, the eldest brother is a good material to be an official, although he is not from a Jinshi background, but if he has a good chance in the future, it should be no problem to mix up with the county order of a broken family, and even if you go to the step of Daddy, it is not impossible, and the most important thing is that your talent as an official is countless times better than that of the eldest brother!" ”

Li Xi couldn't help but feel funny when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "Me? Official? ”

Liu Rong nodded very seriously, "Otherwise, you thought that you were so foolish a few days ago, and my father would ignore you?" Do you think that Li Yifeng's old slippery head will really just take a fancy to the interests in your new wine? ”

Li Xi was even more puzzled when he heard this, "But, I won't take any Jinshi exam, and the folk reputation is so bad, can I be an official?" ”

Liu Rong scoffed when he heard this, "Folk comments? Do you think that the discussions on the streets and alleys of the common people can be called wind comments? What is a wind review? What can reach the ears of those above is called wind commentary! And those little people in the streets and alleys, their words are not qualified to go up to heaven at all! ”

Li Xi pondered for a moment when he heard this, but he still shook his head, but Fu Yi smiled and said: "Actually, I am very similar to your surname, and I will resolutely refuse to ask me to go to the yamen to start as a small official." ”

Liu Rong thought about it when he heard this, but he didn't say anything anymore.

It's just that at this time, looking at the slightly mysterious smile on his face, Li Xi somehow suddenly remembered Wu Lan's words on the eyebrow page of the "Yongshi"-

Feng Gonghu? Ermarten?

Can I be an official...... At?

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Well, this chapter is 7,000 words, so do you need to say more about this recommendation ticket?

But think about it.,There's really a few words of nonsense to say.,It's the weekend again.,Unconsciously,It's been 26 days since the book was released.,Next week will be the last week of the book.,Because the site's recommendation is not very powerful.,So I don't have to ask everyone to help make the list.,New book period?,It's over.,Anyway, we're going to have a long book.,I don't care how the past few days are.,Right now, I just think the recommended votes are too few.,A little embarrassed on my face.,If you think this book is pretty good., I think I'm still diligent in the past 20 days, so let's vote for a few more recommendations, I don't want much, and I'm content with the top 50 on the weekly push list.

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