"Brother Hua, the former sages created it, and the future generations can't keep it, it is the fault of the gentlemen in the city. As the gentry of Xinyang, you and I are the first of the four people, so we can't sit idly by in this situation! ”

"What Brother Yu said is that now that the New Year has just passed, the butchers have gone out of the market, and there is no meat to sell in the market, so we must not sit idly by. Tomorrow, I would like to go to the mansion with Brother Yu to meet the boss and discuss the plan in order to resolve this dispute. ”

The person who talked to Hua Qingfeng with a righteous and stern appearance was called Yu An, who was a local gentry. After receiving Hua Qingfeng's accurate reply, Yu An said happily: "Brother Hua is so sympathetic to the people's feelings, it is a blessing for the place!" You and I, as gentry and a bridge between the government and the people, should come forward at this time. Then it's decided, Yu doesn't bother much, and there are still a few comrades who need to be contacted. ”

"Brother Yu, please!"

"Brother Hua stays, you don't have to send each other." Yu An arched his hand to Hua Qingfeng, and left in a hurry accompanied by the manager of the Hua family, Hua Qingfeng stood under the corridor, watching his figure turn around the wall, and then turned back to the hall.

Hua Qingfeng is now enjoying the forest and is very comfortable. Usually accompany the wife and concubine, tease the children, or go to the mountains and rivers, which is very comfortable. As a local gentry, he was also very attentive to local affairs, and he actively participated in all affairs such as industry and commerce, water conservancy, and social studies.

Today's incident is because the local government concocted a new tax name to increase the tax on the butchers, and the butchers felt that the tax was too heavy and refused to raise the tax, and the conflict between the two sides intensified.

Hua Qingfeng returned to the hall and sat down, and asked the little girl who served the tea, "What about the second lady?" ”

Yahuan replied: "The second lady is taking the little master to set off fireworks in the back garden." ”

Hua Qingfeng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, his precious son is not big, and he looks very cute. On Chinese New Year's Eve, when I saw the family setting off fireworks, the tightly wrapped little guy stared at a pair of round eyes and looked extremely fascinated.

He didn't dare touch the fireworks. But he likes to watch it, but now it's the New Year, and he still pesters his mother to set off fireworks for him from time to time. However, what children like is the kind of small stick-shaped fireworks in their hands, which are not worth a few dollars, otherwise they really can't afford this expense with the income of the flower family.

Hua Qingfeng is a crown belt idle, and there is still a chance to make a comeback, but before his comeback, his income is very limited. The Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Song Dynasty, and the treatment of officials was not high. The treatment of officials is even lower, if there is no special gift in the early Ming Dynasty, the official will not have a penny of salary after the official is given, and even if there is a special gift, it is only half a lot.

It wasn't until nearly a hundred years ago that the imperial court changed its rules, and the officials of Zhishi could get "Yueli" and "Suifu", that is, they could receive a ration from the yamen every month, and every year the government would send some servants to their homes to help clean up.

Hua Qingfeng is a six-rank official, and he can receive two stone rice every month. With the consumption level of Wanli years, it is equivalent to one tael of silver, which is certainly not enough to maintain the dignity of his official status. Her father-in-law's family is in the silk business, and Su Ya has the heart to let her husband follow her to do some silk business, and she has her father's support. There will be no compensation.

But Hua Qingfeng was worried that doing business would lose his status as an official, so he insisted on refusing, but fortunately, he was an official and had the privilege of being exempt from taxes. Some of the local people "surrendered" their land to his name. Relying on this income, he can compensate for his family.

Hua Qingfeng's son is not easy to come by, and he is naturally very cherished. Now that his concubine Ziyu is pregnant again, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, but he already has a son, so he is not so eager. At present, the second child has not yet been born, and his whole mind is still on the eldest son, and it is like losing his soul if he does not see him for a day.

Hearing that the baby son was watching fireworks in the back garden, Hua Qingfeng couldn't help but smile, he picked up the tea, and just wanted to moisten his throat and went to the backyard to see, the steward who sent Yu An out hurried in, and when he saw Hua Qingfeng, he said: "Master, uncle is here!" ”

Hua Qingfeng was overjoyed when she heard this, and said, "You said that you came to Xinyang from the sky?" Oh, you old killer, Xuntian is not an outsider, do you want me to meet him, you invite him in! With that, Hua Qingfeng had already stood up happily.

The steward said: "Master, you don't know, there is also an official master and uncle who came together, that official master's surname is Ye, according to him, he is your old subordinate, and he also brought a lot of people!" ”

"Smack!" Hua Qingfeng, who had already suffered from "leaf phobia", was at a loss when she heard the old subordinate surnamed Ye, her hand trembled, and a teacup fell to pieces: "Surname Ye? Ye Xiaotian? He...... What did he do in Xinyang? ”

The steward replied: "Back to the master, Lord Ye said that he went to Beijing to face the king, and now he is going back to Guizhou, and after passing through here, he has come to visit the master." ”

"Oh? Oooh! Hua Qingfeng suddenly came to his senses, and laughed at himself in his heart: "Ye Xiaotian is not a flood beast, you have already revealed a festival at the beginning, and now there is no benefit, I am afraid of what will happen to him." Hua Qingfeng was calm, and said: "Quick! Hurry up, please! ”

Hua Qingfeng is an old boss, even if Ye Xiaotian's current position is higher than him, he doesn't need him to welcome him to the mansion, not to mention that he doesn't know that Ye Xiaotian is like a monkey, and he has actually worked hard to become a toast in the past two years.

However, although he didn't need to go out of the house, he couldn't sit in the hall and wait, Hua Qingfeng went to wait in front of the wall, and after a while, he saw Ye Xiaotian, Su Xuntian, Li Qiuchi and a large number of people walking in.

But Hua Qingfeng's heart was just startled, and when his eyes turned again, he froze: "Why are there two Ye Xiaotian?" ”

There are three courtyards in front and back of Hua Qingfeng's home, which sounds not small, but it is not big, but the sparrows are small and have all the organs. There are nearly 200 people in Ye Xiaotian's entourage, and the Hua family can't live there, but Ye Xiaotian didn't plan to live in someone's house, so when he came to see Hua Qingfeng, he asked someone to find a place to live.

Here, Hua Qingfeng heard that the old man and the old lady of Ye Xiaotian's family were also here, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, because Ye Dou was sick, so he didn't get out of the car, and after meeting Hua Qingfeng in a hurry, he was accompanied by Doni to the inn that was set.

Hua Qingfeng listened to Su Xuntian's explanation of the situation, and hurriedly sent the servants in his house to drive to pick up a man with excellent medical skills in the city, and went to the inn to treat Ye's mother.

Ye Xiaotian was worried about his mother's condition. I wanted to sit down for a while and want to say goodbye, but Su Xuntian is Hua Qingfeng's brother-in-law, and at the same time he is his subordinate, but he doesn't want these two people to have a mustard in their hearts, this opportunity is rare, so he has to let the two of them have a glass of water and wine together, so Su Xuntian tried his best to stay.

Ye Xiaotian was so enthusiastic that he couldn't refuse, and Ye Xiaoan, who was sitting on the side, saw this, so he took the initiative to ask for help. proposed that he go back to accompany his mother, Ye Xiaotian saw that his eldest brother was taking care of him, so he was relieved, so he promised Su Xuntian to stay for the time being.

There is only one cook in the Hua family, and she can't afford a sumptuous banquet, so Su Xuntian often corresponds with her sister, knowing that the situation in her brother-in-law's family is not very good, so she took her own private money and asked the housekeeper to go to the restaurant to book a good banquet. Wait for the banquet to arrive. Hua Qingfeng accompanied Ye Xiaotian to eat and drink, and Su Xuntian and Li Qiuchi accompanied the last seat.

There are too many people in the Ye family, although Xinyang is a key point in the north and south, it is prosperous and rich. But after all, it can't compare to the capital, there is no inn here that can accommodate so many people, and in desperation, Ye Xiaotian's attaché stayed in four inns respectively. Ye's father, Ye's mother, brother and sister-in-law and others naturally live in the best family.

This inn is called "Xianyin Inn", and there is a Xianyin Mountain not far from Xinyang, which probably comes from which the name of this inn comes from. But aside from this reason, the name is also very elegant.

The famous doctor that Hua Qingfeng helped the Ye family find went to the inn to see Mrs. Ye, in fact, she was even frightened and tired from the cold, but the old man was weak, and it was not good to use the medicine for a while.

The old man prescribed her a few more doses of medicine according to her current situation, and also said a few nourishing foods for Sister-in-law Ye and Dou Ni, the two of them wrote it down, and then went to do it, Ye Xiaoan sat aside, and when her mother fell asleep, she came to the front hall alone.

Ye Xiaoan ordered four appetizers, a pot of wine, and poured himself a drink. Thinking of Fang Cai's clumsy appearance in Huafu, Ye Xiaoan was very embarrassed, his face was hot, and he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get in, so as to relieve his embarrassment.

He and Ye Xiao were born exactly the same, he was still a brother, but now the gap between the two brothers is really worlds apart. When Xiao Tian introduced him to Hua Qingfeng, he heard that he had been the magistrate of Fang County, and he subconsciously wanted to step forward and kneel, but fortunately, his second brother quickly grabbed him, otherwise this face would be lost.

When Master Hua talked to him, he said a few words, and he didn't know how to answer correctly, so he could only laugh. When he sat in the hall, he was even more restrained, asking him to take the initiative to interject and he couldn't think of a reason, people were afraid that he would be snubbed to talk to him, and he didn't answer correctly, but if people didn't talk to him, he felt very lost.

With the same background and appearance, he is still an elder brother, the more he is like this, and compared with his younger brother, the more he feels that the gap is already different. When I was a child, my younger brother used to go to the prison to listen to the stories of those prisoners and teach him to read and write, so why didn't I go? The second brother was a jailer at the beginning, and my business had just collapsed, if I had taken my brother's class, but I had to deliver a letter to Yang Lin, then I had an adventure, and now I should be the master of the toast, right?

"Hey......, who called me a nest, the same umbrella has a different handle, the same person has a different life, this is my own choice!" Ye Xiaoan felt sorry for himself, remembering that his wife and father looked at him with some disgust at that time, and he felt ashamed.

Before he knew it, he drank most of the pot of wine. At this time, a big hand suddenly put heavily on his shoulder, and a hearty voice sounded: "Haha, brother, you are so comfortable, you don't call me when you eat and drink here alone?" ”

Ye Xiaoan raised his head drunkenly and saw that it was Yan Shiwei who walked to his side. Yan Shiwei was originally going to Tongren to do business, and it happened that Ye Xiaoan was also going to move his family to Tongren, so he took the Ye family's ride.

Along the way, Yan Shiwei and Ye Xiaoan communicated more than Ye Xiaoan's two brothers, not that Ye Xiaotian deliberately alienated his brother, but that it was impossible to talk about the short things in the family every day after all, and once they left these topics, the two of them were indeed not on the same level, and they could not communicate at all.

Ye Xiaoan was a little drunk, and smirked: "Oh! It's strict...... Big brother, sit! Sit down, let's have a drink together! Little two, another pot of good wine. ”

Yan Shiwei sat down opposite and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao An, our brothers are not outsiders, don't worry about what I say, hehe, just now in Huafu, brother, you have embarrassed your brother." ”

Ye Xiaoan was red-faced by his words.

Yan Shiwei hurriedly said, "Brother, don't be embarrassed. We are originally from Shengdou Xiaomin, and we have never dealt with these officials and grandfathers, can we be worthy of our words and deeds? However, it will be different in the future, your brother is Tusi, and Tusi's brother can be named Tushe, which is the second only official under Tusi's rule. ”

Ye Xiaoan's eyes lit up and said, "Really? ”

Yan Shiwei said: "Then there is still a fake, you will have a great future in the future, at least ordinary outsiders and officials can't compare to you." However, there are some things that you have to study hard, or even your subordinates will secretly laugh at you, so how can it be done? You, usually pay more attention to how your brother walks, how he talks, and how he looks and behaves. ”

Ye Xiaoan thought so, and said sincerely: "Thank you Brother Yan for your advice, you are right, I also feel that I am really far from my second brother now, I have to learn from him to succeed!" I don't believe it, what the second brother can do, I can't do! ”

Yan Shiwei raised his thumb and praised: "Ambitious!" Come, let's drink,! ”

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(To be continued......) R1292