Old Man Lin thought that he had figured out the mind of the county, and hurriedly asked his wife to prepare two thousand taels of silver, but when he was about to leave, he felt that it was not enough, plus one thousand taels, a full three thousand taels of silver.

There are two thousand taels of silver tickets, and another thousand taels of silver ingots.

He also prepared some excellent gifts, and even took two ginseng, and he couldn't get this gift without five thousand taels of silver.

This little money is really nothing to him, under the protection of Governor Zhang over the years, he has become bigger and bigger, although he lives in this poor and remote place in Lu County, but he has a lot of industry, this is the time to save his life, where will he feel sorry for money, even if he usually does not pull out a dime, he has to spare his life at this time.

The husband and wife prepared their things and hurriedly went to the Gu Mansion.

After Chen Qiuchi left, Siqi took Zhou Hao Zhou Xing to prepare for the New Year, only a few days is the Chinese New Year's Eve, in previous years, the family was already very busy at this time, this year only the three of them prepared the New Year's meal, and a few more people ate, then it had to be earlier, otherwise it would be rushed.

The weather here is cold, and if you do something, you can take it to the empty house and put it, which is equivalent to a refrigerator, and it won't be bad at all, and it doesn't matter if you do it four or five days in advance.

And the three people who stayed at home helped them to work, thinking that they wanted to make some glutinous rice cakes to eat, and they just needed someone to fight, and the three of them had great strength, so it was most suitable for them to do it.

The glutinous rice was steamed and put into the stone trough, and several people took turns to ensure that the glutinous rice was beaten properly.

Tiankuo is writing in the study, he usually likes to write the most, there are not many opportunities after coming here, running outside all day, but it is more leisurely during the New Year, and no one comes to visit the New Year, he likes this the most.

His cold attitude before, it is estimated that the rich people here don't take him seriously at all, is this good?

There are advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that it is quiet on weekdays, and no one comes to the door again for a while and dangles in front of him.

The disadvantage is that no one gives him face, for example, this time he wanted to raise funds to repair the river, and those rich people took dozens of taels of silver and gave him a perfunctory.

Everything is a mixed bag, there is a give-and-take, and if you think about it, you don't feel anything.

Everyone was happy to do their own things in the morning, but when it was almost noon, there was a knock on the door.

Si Qi was stunned for a moment, looked up, and said with a smile, "Could it be that you will come back at this time?" That's too fast, isn't it? ”

"No, the boss's hometown is an hour away from here, and it's impossible to come back at this time." ”

Thinking about it, it's the same, I still have to do business when I go home, how can I come back now.

Before she could speak, Sanzhu went over to look at it and opened the door directly, they are usually used to it, they are like this everywhere, they can scare people down casually, basically no one will not take them seriously.

As soon as the door opened, seeing the two people outside who were shrinking their heads and feet, Sanzhu frowned, "Who are you doing here?" ”

Master Lin and Mrs. Lin originally raised their smiling faces, thinking that there was no one in the Gu family, and the one who came to open the door was either Gu Zhixian or his wife, but it turned out to be a tall man, they had never seen it, so they were naturally frightened.

When he asked, Lin Lao said hesitantly, "We, we are here, here to pay New Year's greetings, can the county magistrate be at home?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Sanzhu nodded, "You wait a minute." ”

Since he is here to pay New Year's greetings, he has to ask the meaning of the master's family, and he can't say that he will let people in when someone comes, and he doesn't know this Master Lin, otherwise, he can kick him out of the old way, if it weren't for him, the eldest family wouldn't have suffered so much.

Siqi saw that it was Master Lin and Mrs. Lin who came to the door, and after a change of thought, he directly let them in.

asked Zhou Hao to call Tiankuo out and saw the two of them in the upper room.

Looking at the large number of things they were carrying, Siqi raised his eyebrows, how did he choose this time to come to pay New Year's greetings? This thing is quite strange, they haven't come to the door for a few months, and suddenly they come again, they really didn't just come to pay New Year's greetings, otherwise they would have come over a few days ago.

This is already at home waiting for the New Year to come, how is it not appropriate, if you really want to be later, then you should come again during the New Year, this is not up or down, people can't understand.

Looking at the flattering appearance of the two of them for a year, they knew that they were not good people, and the few of them put down the work in their hands, and they all went to the upper room, standing directly behind Siqi and Tiankuo, the bodyguards who were alive.

Tiankuo and Siqi didn't open their mouths to let them out, it was good to stand like this, the husband and wife both had the same thoughts, they originally wanted to use Chen Qiuchi to scare these rich families in the county, and they all took the initiative to come to the door, of course they had to act according to the plan.

With these three people here to support the scene, this Master Lin will be more disciplined no matter what.

This effect is really there, as soon as Master Lin saw the three tall men behind them, his back was sweating again, he usually saw a lot of the world, but these people looked really scary, fierce and vicious, and tall.

He and his wife glanced at each other, and they all knew in their hearts, these three were most likely the people Chen Qiuchi was carrying, they were bandits, they still had daggers pinned to their waists, and they also lived in the mountains all year round, what if they weren't bandits?

I thought that there was no one in this Gu Mansion, but there were still three people in the house, and I didn't ask it clearly just now, but now that I think about it, it seems that Chen Qiuchi did leave the Gu family alone, and did not take his subordinates with him.

Tiankuo asked directly, "What is Master Lin doing when he comes to the mansion at this time?" The weather outside is so cold, the road is frozen, it is not convenient to travel, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve soon, Old Master Lin has done business for a year, and it is always time to rest at home during the New Year, this is still running outside, but it is really hard enough. ”

Master Lin immediately said, "Alas, this is just empty, I immediately prepared a gift, and brought my wife to visit, but my wife she doesn't remember, there are many things on weekdays, and she forgot to send the county magistrate here, and the gifts that have been prepared a few days ago have been forgotten." ”

"Today, we are the husband and wife together, and I hope that Lord Gu will not go to my heart, I am negligent, and I will send a gift to the adult early next year."