Chapter 12: Overstretched

Xiaoqiao listened to it for a while, and laughed secretly in his heart, Sun Shao's song is elegant and calm, it is clearly a new song of his sister, and Sun Shao came to show his face, but he said what kind of wild tune. Is there such an elegant wild tune? She glanced at Daqiao, suddenly remembered something, and involuntarily turned her gaze to Zhou Xun and Zhou Yu. Both of them are smart and arrogant people, and they must be able to guess Ohashi's mind as well as they are, and their competitive spirit will definitely play a trick again.

Zhou Xun's mind was just like what Xiaoqiao thought, he listened to a few words, and then became suspicious, and no longer believed Sun Shao's pretext of saying anything wild, but he didn't think that it was Daqiao, but that Sun Shao came to test his knowledge. He inherited the elegance of his father Zhou Yu, he is well-informed, and has a super memory, as long as it is a famous tune, he knows most of it, but now Sun Shao plays the tune he has never heard of, and the competitive spirit that has just been suppressed is irrepressibly rising again.

was asked by Sun Shao, a rough man, in his own strengths, which made Zhou Xun very uncomfortable, although his surname was generous, but after all, he was still a young man, and his inevitable competitiveness still prevailed for a while.

After the song was played, Sun Shao returned to the seat with a nervous look, Xiaoqiao looked at the three children with different expressions, crying and laughing, and then looked at the bridge with a calm expression, and became more and more sure that this was done by the bridge, feeling angry and funny, and feeling that the bridge was a little unkind, just thinking about the grievances that my sister has suffered over the years, I don't want to be more serious.

"Good song." Xiaoqiao first stroked his palm and sighed, breaking the silence. Zhou Xun and the others were taken aback, and they hurriedly followed suit.

After the banquet, he said goodbye to Xiaoqiao's family, and when he returned to the car, Daqiao showed a satisfied smile, and Qiaoying, who was accompanying the car, was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Madam, the young master finally has the upper hand in front of them this time." ”

Daqiao nodded, pondered for a moment, and sighed again: "Ah Xun is going to Jianye to lead the troops, and their family is leaving, so it stands to reason that we have to send them off." Just ......"

When Qiao Ying heard this, he also frowned, and said after a while: "Go back and check again, do your best, the strength of the mansion cannot be compared with the Zhou mansion after all, presumably they can also understand." ”

Ohashi nodded helplessly, and the little smugness just now disappeared without a trace.

Sun Shao sat triumphantly in the car, thinking of the expressions of Zhou Xun and the others just now, he felt funny, he was also young and frivolous, of course he knew what Zhou Xun was feeling now, although this victory or defeat did not have any substantive meaning, but for Zhou Xun, who had always had the upper hand, it was definitely a difficult thing to let go of in a short period of time.

"Young Master ......" Qiao Yue, who was accompanying him on the side of the car, pointed in the direction of the bridge behind him and called softly. Sun Shao looked back and saw that although Daqiao couldn't see his face, Qiao Ying had a sad face, obviously encountering something difficult. He couldn't help but be a little strange, when they just went out, they were still smiling, why did they change their faces in a blink of an eye?

After returning home, after listening to Daqiao's worries, Sun Shao realized that his feelings were tight on money.

Sun Fu has no income now, and Sun Quan allocates money and grain every year according to the standard of a thousand households, which sounds like a lot, but in fact it is not enough at all. Ordinary Hou only enjoys taxes, and the annual income is about 200,000 yuan, and the food and drink of dozens of people in the house are all on this, and the most basic food consumption alone will consume more than half, plus the purchase of clothing and the monthly money of the servants, it is not enough at all. In the end, the rent income of a thousand households is not as real as that of a 2,000-stone official, because the official still has the gray income brought by power. If you want to buy a banquet of the same specifications as the Zhou Mansion, even if there are not many people, it will cost tens of thousands of dollars, and for the Sun Mansion, these tens of thousands of dollars are not a small amount. It's not that you can't get it, but you need to plan it carefully.

Sun Shao sighed at the gap between the rich and the poor, and wanted to say what to eat, but after thinking about it, he swallowed that sentence back.

"Why don't you go to the market and buy some beef, if you have cows, this size is enough." Qiao Ying saw that Sun Shao was a little embarrassed, and said: "Don't buy the buckle, I used it this time, and I don't know when I will use it next time, it's a pity to put it away." It's better to save this money and buy some good wine. ”

Daqiao nodded silently, although he felt that this was a bit of a loss, but the current situation of the Sun Mansion could only be done like this.

"I have some ideas." Sun Shao raised his head to look at the bridge, then at Qiao Ying, and slowly opened his mouth: "Since it can't be compared with the Zhou Mansion in terms of preciousness, it is better to rectify some new tricks, and it will not lose face." ”

"New tricks?" Qiao Ying glanced at Sun Shao and was a little surprised: "The method is a way, but what tricks can those cooks in the mansion rectify that the Zhou Mansion has not seen?" ”

"Since this method is feasible, then you don't have to worry about it, leave it to me, and I will definitely let you eat some fresh dishes when the time comes." Sun Shao smiled heartily, stood up and saluted, and turned to leave. As soon as he reached the door, the bridge shouted:

"Aman, you wait."

Sun Shao stopped, turned to look at the bridge, only to see the bridge pointing to a comb next to him, Qiao Ying walked over knowingly, took out an embroidered bag from it, and stuffed it into Sun Shao's hand: "You take this money and use it first." ”

Sun Shao looked at the embroidery bag in his hand, although the embroidery bag is exquisite, but it is a little old, it looks like it has been a few years, although it is not big, but it is heavy, he opened it and saw that it was two pieces of horseshoe gold, about the size of a catty, according to the current market value, about 25,000 yuan. The gold price of Dahan usually swings around 10,000 yuan per catty, and the world has been turbulent in recent decades, and the price of gold has risen slightly, probably 12,000 yuan per gold.

Sun Shao didn't want to treat it, but when he thought that he only had about 2,000 yuan in his purse, it was indeed a little difficult to rectify these dishes, but he answered, put the embroidered bag in his arms, and turned to leave.

"I don't know if the young master can do it?" Qiao Ying said with some unease.

"It's okay for him to do it, those people in the East Kitchen, you can't command it anyway." Ohashi smiled faintly, sat in front of the piano case, Qiao Ying hurriedly came over to remove the covering, Ohashi rolled up his sleeves, pressed his hands on the strings, but did not play, his eyes stared at the strings for a moment, and said to himself: "If he can live with peace of mind, it is not a bad thing." ”

Qiao Ying glanced at Daqiao with some surprise, thought about it, and nodded and said, "Yes, there is no man in this mansion to support it, and it will not work after all." Since it is impossible for the young master to lead the troops, it is better to learn some paperwork, even if he can't be an official in the future to earn a living, it is good to cultivate his mind and surname. ”

Ohashi didn't answer her words and plucked the strings slightly.

Sun Shao, who was about to leave the backyard, heard the soothing sound of the piano, stopped, glanced back at Xiaolou thoughtfully, nodded slightly, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a slight smile.

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