Siqi didn't bring any expensive gifts to Zhou's house, just like when Mrs. Zhou went, she only brought some snacks made in her own house.

They just went out on the front foot, and Mrs. Lin arrived on the back foot, and the gift prepared today was a few points thicker than before, what Master Lin meant was that he had fallen behind, and if he didn't do enough about this gift, then there was really no hope, and he had to be higher than others.

I've been here several times in a row, and I'm still angry, according to Mrs. Lin's meaning, she really doesn't want to come again.

But she also knew that what Master Lin said was right, this was about the face of their family in the county in the future, if they fell behind at this time, no one would take them seriously in the future.

She didn't want to be looked down upon by those people, she had to be above them.

If she didn't have this concern, she wouldn't have taken this matter to heart at all, Master Lin always said that this business is very important, to make money, in fact, the most important thing is not money, but face.

Both of them need face now, and this face has to be given by the county magistrate and his wife, if they lose this time, Master Lin, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, is estimated to be short.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this matter is the same in a small place, a county official comes, he will naturally cultivate his own power, if he can't become a person around him, he will definitely be suppressed.

In this way, it won't be long before the Lin family can't stand it, no matter how long you are a big family, as long as someone targets you, can the business still be easy?

As long as he has his cronies now, can he still be the president of this chamber of commerce? It's just whimsical!

Mrs. Lin went through several struggles, and finally got ready to come to Gu's mansion, but when she got here, when she knocked on the door, the door opened, and before she could speak, the people inside directly said, "My wife went out, not at home, please go back." ”

Mrs. Lin was stunned, "What? Mrs. Zhixian is not at home, where did she go so early? ”

The person who opened the door was Aunt Liu, and when she left, she specially instructed that if someone came to her, there was no need to hide where she went, just say that she went to Zhou's mansion.

Aunt Liu said according to her meaning, and Mrs. Lin was so angry that she almost turned her back on her, "What did you say, went to the Zhou Mansion?" Zhou Shunsheng and their family? ”

Aunt Liu said, "I don't know if it's Mrs. Lin who said this Master Zhou, Mrs. left and right to explain when she left, she went to the Zhou Mansion, if Mrs. Lin has something to do with Mrs., then come back tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Lin's eyes widened, "Come back tomorrow, isn't it possible that Mrs. Zhixian will be going for a long time?" ”

Aunt Liu smiled, "Mrs. brought the two little girls from the family today, saying that she wanted to teach Mrs. Zhou to knit sweaters, Mrs. Zhou was particularly interested in this, and Mrs. went to the house to ask her for advice." "Just love

After finishing speaking, Aunt Liu closed the door, and they peeked inside through the crack in the door, and found that Mrs. Lin and her party had not left, and they were so anxious that they jumped outside, and after a while, Mrs. Lin got into the carriage and left.

Aunt Liu smiled and said, "Now she is angry, Madame let us say these words, and we are not afraid of forcing her to be anxious, how can we use some means behind our backs when the time comes?" ”

Zhengyuan said, "Aunt Liu, what are you worried about this?" Our lord has the sword of Shang Fang given by the emperor, and what he does now is acquiesced by the emperor, no matter how bold they are, can they still get along with the current saint? Of course, there is no need to be afraid of this. ”

Aunt Liu smiled, "That's right, hurry up and get to work, I can't say that there will be people coming to the door for a while, and they all have to be sent away one by one." ”

Mrs. Lin didn't see Siqi, so she hurriedly asked someone to drive the carriage back to the house, she had to tell the master about it, it was all fine yesterday, why did she suddenly go to the Zhou Mansion today? She was afraid of being scolded, whether she was going out late again, or why she couldn't meet her.

When she returned home, Master Lin didn't go out today, knowing that she was back, he let her go to the study.

Mrs. Lin didn't hide it anymore, and told the matter directly, and Master Lin was also surprised, "What did you say?" I went to Zhou's mansion, what happened? ”

Mrs. Lin shook her head, "How do I know, master, you quickly let people go out to inquire, there must be something, otherwise Mrs. Zhixian would not suddenly be like this." ”

Master Lin let his subordinates go out to inquire, and after a while, he got the news, it turned out that Zhou Shunsheng asked the people under him to go up the mountain to find sea buckthorn saplings last night, which is exactly what Mrs. Zhixian wanted to get, he would be clattering, and when he got the news, he asked people to find it overnight, and he could do it.

Knowing that there are still many people following suit today, Master Lin is even more angry, he hasn't gone out today, and he doesn't know about it, if there was anything going on in the county before, those people couldn't have come to ask him? And now that I have discussed it, I don't have to go through him at all, this is about to change.

He felt more and more that his position was about to be unkept, and now Governor Zhang was unwilling to meddle in the affairs of Lu County, and only listened to the little magistrate, but he offended him again, and it would be difficult to do business in the future.

Mrs. Lin said anxiously, "Master, you should think of a way, now Mrs. Zhixian has gone to Zhou's mansion and said that she wants to teach them how to knit sweaters, doesn't this make it clear that Zhou Shunsheng and their family are identified?" In this way, the Zhou family will soon step on our heads, master, you quickly think of a way, don't stop talking. ”

Master Lin slapped the table, "What are you yelling about?" If you weren't useful, how could it be like this? Thanks to you being dozens of years older, it's better to be a little girl, Zhou Shunsheng is blessed, married a powerful one, if I also marry such a powerful one, is the Lin family like this? You can't do such a thing, what else can you do? ”

"It's good yesterday, you didn't see this person, you were angry, and you went back to the house directly, what's the use of you being angry? When you're gone, will someone send you the message? I have been the lord of Lu County for so many years, and many people can't look at it, but now they have seized the opportunity, and they still have to punish me to death? But you don't understand this truth, now that you have gone to the Zhou Mansion, what else can we do? I can only wait for the news, wait for her to come back, and then go to the door together, I don't believe that this thing can't be done. ”

Mrs. Lin said again, "Now that many people are following to find sea buckthorn saplings, do we have to follow along, anyway, we have to sell it in front of her, everyone has done it, if we don't do it, won't we be left behind?" ”

Master Lin thought about it for a while, and instructed his subordinates to do it, what other people do, they will do it, try to find as many as possible, there must be one thing to go over others, otherwise there is really no room for turnaround.