Chapter 33 The shopkeepers are scorching in summer, sparkling, and the lake is full of water.

A flat boat, floating in the lake.

There were three people on the boat, one man and two women. The man was dressed as a scholar, dressed in white and sitting at the stern of the boat with a relaxed expression, and another young woman sat beside him with a sweet and warm expression.

At the head of the boat, there was a little girl of seven or eight years old, holding a peach in both hands, gnawing and gnawing so that her face was full of juice, and her cheeks were bulging, like a little squirrel.

"Xiao Rou......" Liu Ming smiled, "Eat ...... slowly"

I said...... You shouldn't ......" The girl was Xing'er's personal maid Xiaorou, and she croaked while eating: "Put me in someone else's house, and it took so long to take the palace back." Do you know how lonely this palace is outside......"

Liu Ming couldn't cry or laugh. Some time ago, because of Xing'er's marriage problem, I was afraid that Xiaorou would not be able to figure it out, so I put her in the house of a subordinate in Liufu. Wait until the marriage contract is settled, and then take her back.

Obviously, the little girl is very dissatisfied with this plan and has been chattering.

I said...... Xiao Mingzi ......" Xiao Rou chirped: "I said you, why do you always have trouble with this lake?" Knowing that the main palace had stumbled in the lake, he also brought the main palace here to row a boat. ”

Lost your footing in the lake......

Liu Ming's face was full of black lines, and he thought to himself, this awkward word can only be thought of by this Xiaorou.

He held Xing'er's hand tightly beside him, and his fingers were interlocked. Apricot also snuggled up to him, smiling and enjoying the scenery by the lake.

It seems that there is no need to express themselves in words, as long as they look at each other, they can understand each other's intentions. After going through hardships and ups and downs, it is difficult for Lao Yan to fly apart, and he knows that he can't leave each other.

"Apricot...... What are you thinking? Liu Ming stroked her long hair tenderly.

"Brother Ming, I'm thinking...... People live for a lifetime, and being able to swim with their loved ones on the boat and enjoy this gorgeous scenery is not in vain. Apricot eyes were full of happiness.

Liu Ming put his arm around Xing'er's shoulder and gently kissed her on the cheek. He has always believed that as a man, he must be happy as a woman.

To this day, he is working hard for this family.

For Dad, for Uncle, for Love. Liu Ming is a sensitive and warm person. He knew that the strength of his life in the world was these relatives.

"Apricot...... If you are willing, let's row for three days and three nights......" Liu Ming saw that the scenery by the lake was beautiful, like a heavenly palace fairyland, and he became angry.

"Brother Ming, whatever you do, I will follow you." Apricot is now a happy little woman.

"It's three days and three nights...... Xiaorou chirped as she nibbled on the peel of the melon, "and I'm not afraid of falling down again...... This palace will not accompany you. ”

Liu Ming and Xing'er looked at each other, and suddenly their mischievous hearts suddenly rose, and they hugged and kissed each other in front of Xiaorou.

"Oops...... You adults are disgusting......" Xiao Rou jumped up as if she had been stung by a bee, "don't do this inappropriate thing again." ”

The lake burst into laughter.

At this time, the sky is late, and the evening breeze on the lake is gusting, with the fragrance of lotus leaves.

A faint mist rose in the lake, and in the haze, it was like a stacked brocade.

Under the gentle moonlight, the apricot rows the oars. Liu Ming simply lay flat in the boat, looking up at the starry sky. At this time, in the dead of night, in addition to the fluctuating sound of wood pulp and lake water, it is the friction sound of lotus leaves and the rustle of the hull.

The years are quiet, and the present world is stable.

Letting the boat move forward, Liu Ming closed his eyes and thought to himself, it would be really good if he could be safe and stable for the rest of his life......

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After spending a few days with Xing'er, Liu Ming received a notice from his father to meet with the pharmacy shopkeepers in Liu's mansion. Liujia medicine has spread branches and leaves, and there are dozens of them. It's just that on weekdays, Liu Ming's father and son are not familiar with these shopkeepers. The business in the house is basically controlled by Liu Xianda alone.

Nowadays, the sky in the house has changed, and it has become very important to be able to calm the emotions of these shopkeepers.

After Liu Xianda's accident, the maids in the house didn't say anything on the surface, but behind the scenes, they were gathering together to chat and gossip. At this time, rumors were rife in the county. It is said that Liu Xianda not only used poison on the old lady, but was also ready to attack other relatives. Anyway, Liufu is a big household in the county, and the people in the county are talking about the parents of Liufu after tea and dinner. Restaurants and teahouses are even more rampant with gossip and gossip.

Don’t wait for prosperity to care for the things important to you.

The sky was overcast and dusty.

The curtains in the main hall of the Liufu moved with the wind, and the cabinets in the house were covered with fine dust.

Seeing this, several servants immediately stepped forward and wiped them with a cloth.

"Hurry up, hurry up, wait for Young Master Ming to use this main hall."

Footsteps outside the hall.

When the servants saw the visitor, they immediately greeted them familiarly.

"Good shopkeeper Wu."

"Good shopkeeper Li."

Seven or eight middle-aged men in brocade robes and scarves and hats rolled up their sleeves and gathered in a pile, waiting at the entrance of the main hall.

These people seem to be quite familiar with each other, and they have a very lively chat together.

"Young Master Ming is here." One of the servants shouted.

Liu Ming was dressed in stone blue Hangzhou silk, showing a maturity that was not commensurate with his age. He arched his hand at everyone and sat in the main seat of the main hall with a bitter face.

My dad was hangover all night, and he couldn't get up in the morning. It is up to me to take his place for the time being.

Sometimes, Liu Ming wonders if his father is doing it on purpose, and he has already thought about being the shopkeeper.

"Miaorentang Li shopkeeper asks to see, Huichun Hall Wu shopkeeper asks to see, Hanging Pot Hall Chu shopkeeper asks to see ......"

The subordinates signed up one by one.

These people are all the shopkeepers of Chenfu Pharmacy in various counties and prefectures, and they are also the store leaders who were firmly controlled by Liu Xianda before. Liu Ming has been in the mansion for half a year and has never dealt with him. Of course, even if they met before, those shopkeepers would not care about themselves. At the beginning, I just returned to the house for refuge with my unpopular father. has no power and no power, and sends people under the fence.

Now, however, everything is different.

These shopkeepers who have gone through ups and downs, even if they are far away in the state capital or Bianjing, can hear all kinds of magical rumors about this young man from Liu Chen Mansion from time to time. The record of the confrontation between Liu Ming and Liu Xianda in public has been compiled into multiple versions, which has become a topic of conversation after everyone has eaten and drunk.

It is conceivable that these shopkeepers trembled and felt after reading the letter from Liufu, and there was only one - the sky was about to change.

These seven or eight shopkeepers, who are also from well-off families, stood in a row with a little bit of life and respect, looking at this young descendant.

Liu Ming tapped his fingers on the armrest of the chair, and took the lead in breaking the silence and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, my father is unwell and is resting in bed today. It is really helpless for the younger generation to preside over this meeting, and if there is something inappropriate to say, I hope Haihan. ”

The shopkeepers glanced at each other. Most of them, Ben didn't have much hope for Liu Yuanzhi. Because I heard that it was this young master Ming who could help Liu Yuanzhi, the mud that couldn't support the wall for 10,000 years, to ascend to the position of the big treasurer.

If it is in another ten years, this young master Ming will become the chief treasurer, and everyone will not be surprised. Only now, it seems that everything is coming too fast.

Most of these shopkeepers have passed the age of establishment, experienced the rise and glory of the Liu family, and are also accustomed to Liu Xianda's overall arrangement. Now, it is really a bit impossible to let these people reach the middle-aged shopkeeper and suddenly listen to the arrangement of a sixteen-year-old young man.

"Young Master Ming......" Shopkeeper Wu arched his hand and said, "We are waiting for the king's luck and the matter of loyalty." We, the subordinates, are not qualified to judge the master's family. As long as the master has made up his mind, he has ...... the meaning of the shopkeeper's words, we have to obey if we don't obey.

Another shopkeeper Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Our old shopkeepers have followed the big shopkeeper for many years, and now there is such a sudden change...... Now, the master's family is going to be reformed, and we old bones ...... I don't know if I can bear it......"

As soon as these words came out, several shopkeepers also had anxious looks on their faces. They have followed Liu Xianda's policy and policy to govern the medicine hall for more than ten years, and it has almost become a habit. Now that this high-spirited young master has come to power, he will definitely make a big change. A generation of newcomers replaced the old, and these shopkeepers who originally wanted to retire safely in Liujia Pharmacy suddenly felt uncertainty.

Liu Ming smiled lightly, waved his hand and said, "Shopkeepers, please relax." This set of rules in Liufu has gone through many years, and everyone is used to it. Even though my father was the big shopkeeper, I still suggested that he follow the previous rules. Everyone has followed Liufu for many years, and I also know that if you set a new rule, it will be more difficult to adapt. My father and I, even if we are not very good at the operation of the pharmacy and medical hall, I hope you will give us more suggestions. ”

After saying this, these big shopkeepers all showed comfortable smiles. Liu Ming's words show that the successor of the big shopkeeper of Liufu does not want to change in many aspects.

At the same time, several big shopkeepers had a further understanding of Liu Ming's modesty. Obviously, he just made a lot of money in the typhoid fever, and he made money like robbing the rich and helping the poor, that is, he won gold and silver, and he became famous, but he still shirked that he didn't know very much.

"So...... A few shopkeepers tell me about the shop. Liu Ming said with a smile.

In the study, Liu Ming held a book of accounts and checked with the shopkeepers.

These shopkeepers were more and more surprised. This Liu Ming, in the face of seven or eight different accounts, can answer them in an orderly and clear manner.

These old shopkeepers, on the one hand, envied Liu Ming's good memory as a young man, and on the other hand, they were surprised by his extremely fast mental arithmetic ability.

How did they know that Liu Ming played bridge with Mensa's members every day in his previous life, and he was used to processing multiple pieces of information with multi-core frequency division in his brain.

Liu Ming was halfway through the accounts, and suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Which shopkeeper is in charge of the peace hall in this state capital?" Liu Ming looked up and asked. So far, the other medical halls have checked, but this one is the Peace Hall.

"Peace Hall?" The shopkeepers glanced at each other, but no one answered.

"What's wrong? Liu Ming asked.

One of the shopkeepers replied: "Young Master Ming, this peace hall is a newly opened medical hall opened by Master Xianda before. The shopkeeper in there has no contact with us on weekdays. ”

"Yes, then again, Young Master Ming. The shopkeeper of this peace hall has always been a loner, and he has nothing to do with us. The other treasurer should also be kind.

"Oh?" Liu Ming frowned slightly, thoughtful.