The sky asked for the price to repay the money on the spot, and Li You asked for fifty percent of the shares in one go, which was really a bit of a lion's mouth. Although there are six left, it does not mean that they agree to this ratio, and they always have to negotiate a bargain.

The high shopkeeper over there was almost the same as the previous eight families, and the article was as Li You had opened, and the Taisheng Coal Shop collected all the coal for eight coins of silver and assumed the debts owed. When he came over to report it, he saw that the owner had come up with a new robbery to buy shares, and he had nothing else to think of in his heart except for the word "service".

Looking back on the past ten days, the new owner's methods have simply opened his eyes to the old rivers and lakes of this shopping mall, and savoring it always contains a special feeling, but he can't remember any words to express it.

"Fifty percent of the shares can't be less! In addition to the purchase price of coal at 100 catties and 2 taels, I can give you an extra 1,000 taels of silver per family! Li You said to these six companies strongly, "If you agree, you will make a contract; If you don't agree, you will be at your own risk, and you will blame me for not being benevolent in the future! ”

In this way, the remaining six families were soft, the situation was stronger than people, and people were under the roof and had to bow their heads. Even the slaves of the Tianzi family were defeated in the hands of this person, and how could their coal shops stand up.

Li You is clear about their psychology. At present, it is a special time for them to make a lot of noise, so it is easy to take advantage of the situation, and the effect of bluffing and intimidation is obvious. At other times, it may not be possible to take half of these coal shops so easily.

Li You, accompanied by the shopkeeper Gao, walked out of the office and instructed him: "In this world, the root of all economic problems is still a political problem. This matter is probably like this, there is nothing to worry about, and the following will be entrusted to you for a few days of hard work. ”

The shopkeeper Gao confirmed again, "This time, a total of 50,000 taels need to be paid in advance, and it is estimated that 80,000 taels of cash and some coal shop stocks can be returned." But he also has a debt of 40,000 yuan..."

"I have already instructed the treasurer of the silver trumpet, that you can take the contract as collateral, withdraw 50,000 silver from the silver trumpet, and lend 100,000 taels to scare people. But 50,000 taels is not a big problem. As for the debt of 40,000 taels, don't worry about it, I have my own way to deal with it. Li You said lightly, it really can't be done, so he will throw these debts to the eldest princess...

The shopkeeper Gao was speechless, if the owner could rely on the 40,000 taels of debt from the father-in-law, then it would be profitable to sell.

As he spoke, a few snowflakes fell on his face. Li You looked up at the sky. But I saw that the sky began to snow little by little.

The shopkeeper was instinctively surprised, and subconsciously said: "The price of coal can rise..."

Li You categorically rejected the opinion of the shopkeeper Gao, "No." It must only be two taels! He said to the people that this is the grace of heaven, the mercy of the Blessed Mother, and the love of the people. Let the coal market sell at half the price! ”

The shopkeeper sighed, remembered a word, and everyone was happy. He finally understood what the owner's business style was, in fact, it was to use officialdom routines to do business.

Li You shook his hand and threw everything to the shopkeeper Gao, which naturally had his own reasons. It must be known that it is now at the end of the year, and from today onwards, the yamen will begin to seal the New Year, and according to the traditional habits, it will be the peak period of the party and public banquet, and he will take time to rush to the venue. It is impossible to squat in the coal market and count the silver.

In the past, Li You may not rarely go to one banquet after another, but now he has a strange status and resolutely can't be treated as a marginal person, so he has to brush up on his sense of existence and understand various trends.

On the way home, Li You deliberately took a slight detour and passed by the door of the middle left of the Ministry of Writing. He planned to visit Zuo Langzhong and inquire about the time of the public banquet of the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials. In the past two years, he has been so familiar with the officials, and Li You does not treat himself as an outsider.

It was very coincidental that Li You met Lord Zuo Bangrui at the gate who was about to go out. Hurriedly saluted: "Where are you going?" ”

"It turned out to be Brother Li Xian, a rare guest!" Zuo Langzhong also saluted: "There is no it." My department will have a banquet and party tonight to celebrate the New Year, and I am going here. ”

It's better to come early than to be lucky. Li You said smoothly: "It's okay, let's go together." ”

A look of embarrassment appeared on Lord Zuo's face, "This... You're still going to go. ”

"People are warm and cold, and the world is cold! Look down on it! Lord Zuo is too disappointed! Li You said cynically.

Lord Zuo sighed, "What are you talking about?" But I know that you and Lin Yuma are a pair of unlucky eggs, and they were ordered by Chitose to be banned at the party, but tonight I invited a prostitute to help the fun, and took you to do it count as breaking the ban? What if it gets into trouble? So, don't call me hard man. ”

Li You was furious, "Your ministry is facing the first yamen, and I'm afraid that the eldest princess of Guide will not succeed!" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, it's unreasonable to call prostitutes to help the fun, as long as it makes trouble, we will lose face, and there is no place to reason. Besides, you are too eye-catching, you can't hide it, and if you go, it will inevitably spread. Zuo Langzhong explained earnestly.

Li Daguan was speechless, and he had no choice but to bury himself in the sedan chair and go home.

Even the officials are so taboo, and the other yamen can imagine that the interested Li Daguan seems to have been splashed with a bucket of snow on his head. originally thought that he was going to be a busy celebrity in the wine shop these days, but it all failed.

Helpless, Li You had to completely retract his heart, and it was rare to completely stop and spend the New Year at home peacefully. In the last few days of Jinghe's ninth year, he either led a pair of children out to enjoy the snow and visit the temple fair, or instructed his subordinates to clean up the house, and occasionally counted the silver sent by the coal shop.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the family was reunited (in fact, there was one less), and a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was placed on the backyard hall, and Li You and his wife and concubine talked and laughed while eating. The eldest sister and Erlang couldn't stay up, and when the two watches were in the air, they were so sleepy that they rolled on the soft couch next to them and fell asleep.

You don't need to look at the time, as long as you listen to the sound of firecrackers getting louder and denser, you know that the New Year is gradually approaching.

Li You suddenly came up with an idea to make fun, and said to his wives and concubines: "New year, new atmosphere, who will my scenery and the first night of the tenth year give to you?" But there is a game here, whoever can guess the meaning of my heart at the moment can sleep with me from the first to the third year of junior high school! How is it? ”

The joy of the boudoir is to joke with each other, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose. But Mei Zhi, the maid of the big house, said more seriously: "Master, how can you be accurate? It's just that you guessed correctly, if you want to be biased and disagree, what can you do? ”

Li You smiled at Mei Zhi and scolded: "It's just that you little maid is too careful, can't you trust me!" Then you go get a pen and paper, and I'll write down what I think first. After you have all guessed and then revealed the answer, you will never be able to fake it. ”

Mei Zhi really went to get the pen and paper back, Li You carried a few wives and concubines on his back, wrote on the paper, and then folded it tightly, and no one could see the handwriting inside.

"Now it's time to get started." Li You glanced at it and said to Liu Niangzi: "You guess first?" ”

Mrs. Liu frowned for a long time and guessed: "Is the family safe?" ”

Li You smiled and said nothing, and then gestured to Aunt Jin in the second room, Jin Bao'er looked at her sleeping daughter first, and then guessed with a smile: "The children are healthy." ”

Without waiting for the old man to signal, the next Guan Xiuxiu took the initiative to guess: "Get promoted and make a fortune." She was quite sure of the answer, and she must be right!

Li You laughed a few times, but still didn't speak, and went to see Aunt Cheng in the fourth room again. Cheng Saiyu's little lady rolled her eyes a few times, clapped her hands and guessed: "Yes, needless to say, the old man must be thinking about Yu Niangzi who is far away in the south!" ”

In the last room, there was Ma, who was pregnant, and he bit his mouth and said softly: "Bought the house next door?" This answer surprised the women, and they laughed at her for being tricky.

After the wife and concubine guessed, it was Mei Zhi's turn, and she said without thinking: "Someone from the Li family will attack the lord as soon as possible!" This answer, without anyone else's guess, is absolutely expected.

Li You couldn't help but laugh, "None of you guessed correctly!" As he spoke, he was about to open the paper ball.

Jin Bao'er suddenly remembered something, and shouted softly: "Don't worry, master! Xiaozhu hasn't guessed yet! ”

Xiaozhu sat under the window, I don't know which heart was touched tonight, a little depressed, not quite like a happy New Year. Hearing someone call her name, she suddenly raised her head, her big eyes were very blank.

Jin Bao'er knew her daughter's thoughts, and prompted: "Guess what the old man is thinking in his heart, and guess that there is a good thing." ”

Xiaozhu was still thinking about his thoughts, and unconsciously said, "The fourth year." ”

Hearing this answer, Aunt Jin sighed helplessly, this inexplicable answer was really a waste of opportunity. When I looked back, I found that the old man looked stunned...

Mei Zhi couldn't help it, snatched the paper ball from the master's hand, opened it and displayed it in front of the women, only to see the two big words "four years" written on it.

Everyone is surprised, this answer is quite biased, but such a biased answer can actually be guessed accurately... was still guessed by Xiaozhu in a daze, which is too smart.

Mei Zhi's black and white eyes glanced at Xiaozhu, and then at the old man, and asked in an uncertain tone: "Can you guess this?" Downsides? ”

Li You patted her a few times dissatisfied, "What nonsense are you talking about, master, I'm just commemorating the fourth New Year after getting married!" ”

What everyone doesn't know is that in fact, what Li You is thinking about is the fourth year since the crossing, so he wrote the word "four years".

Jin Bao'er couldn't cry or laugh, this was too much of a coincidence, she lit the note and said to Li You: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, and the old man must regret it." ”

Then he turned his head to Xiaozhu and smiled: "Congratulations!" But he added a sentence of teasing Xiaozhu very improperly: "After four years of wishful thinking, I finally got what I wanted." ”

There seemed to be a hint of cold wind in the crack of the window, and in the laughter of the women, the dizzy Xiaozhu woke up and obviously understood something. The drooping cheeks instantly turned red and red, like coals in a furnace. Originally, she sat on the side, fidgeting and twisting a few times, even more outward.

I was dizzy and sober and thought, is there really such a thing as heart-to-heart connection? She just remembered that she had been by the master's side for four years, and she had never had a home, and she was about to change from a little girl to an old girl, so she casually said "four years". I didn't expect that my wish came true in a blink of an eye, it must be because of the appearance of the gods the day before yesterday...