Before Xie Mulin could figure out why, the Song family took his daughter Xie Meijun, as well as his grandson, heirs, nephews and others, to the house of his former best friend, Tao Yu's old lady, Tao Yu.

Mrs. Tao's son, Tao Tuiguan, lives in the official residence of the prefect's rear office. The neighbors are all officials and officials of the prefect's yamen, and it is also very convenient to go to work in the front yamen. Because there are officials in charge of security, the security is also very reliable.

When the Song family took people out to be guests, Xie Mulin was not idle. She also has a few capable little stewards, and the people in the fleet are also experienced, so she doesn't need to worry about trivial matters such as supplies and repairs. But she thought that she was about to enter Beijing, and the situation in Beijing was complicated, and the family needed to deal with it carefully, so just in case, she took out a pen and paper, listed what her whole family needed to do in Beijing, and then analyzed the risks that might be encountered in doing so one by one, and then combined with the information provided in Xiao Rui's latest letter, analyzed. When encountering something that is not clear, I will go to Xie Yinghui to ask to see if the other party understands.

After Xie Yinghui roughly knew what she was doing, she was quite supportive: "It's okay, if we can avoid all things that may lead to risks before entering the capital, we can finish things with more peace of mind and continue to go north." ”

She looked at the list of things to do that Xie Mulin had listed, and she was a little puzzled: "Why do you want to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine?" I heard that there are a lot of medicinal materials in the north, especially in Liaodong, and if people in Beijing want to buy ginseng and deer antler velvet and the like, they have to find merchants there. ”

Xie Mulin laughed dryly, and covered up: "Our family is old and young, many people are not in good health, the old lady's old problems have not been eradicated, and the grandmother has just been raised." Now that everyone is about to go to the unfamiliar north, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day. When you reach the north of the Huai River, you will really have to face ice and snow at any time. Which of us can hold back? It's better to have more herbs on hand, just in case. Medicines for wind, cold and cough must be available, and medicines such as headache, brain fever, and water and soil failure are also indispensable. It's best to add some ointments to keep out the cold, carminate the wind, or something...... Be prepared. Lest there be a sudden need for someone on the ship, and we are busy buying locally, who knows which pharmacy is reliable? ”

Xie Yinghui suddenly realized: "You are right, but I thought it was too simple." She thought for a while, "Although the Cao family's family style and character are not good, his family is a general who has led the army for generations, and there are also several ancestral elixirs, which can be used." Since I have gotten the Chengenhou Mansion to show my face anyway, and I have all the courtesies, it is better to take this opportunity to get some useful medicine back, which can be regarded as some compensation from the Cao family for our brothers and sisters. ”

Xie Mulin did not object: "The eldest sister just speaks, if the Cao family is not happy, it is nothing, at most it is a few gossips from his family, but if his family really gives it because of the situation, he can help the eldest brother and sister, and it is also for the Cao family to accumulate virtue!" ”

Xie Yinghui snorted and laughed: "That's right!" How can the Cao family also be my grandfather's family, I can't get used to it in my heart, and I can't bear to see that his family will not end well in the future, if I can accumulate some virtue for them, just accumulate a little. ”

She turned and went back to the cabin. After leaving the Cao family for three years, she still has to carefully recall which ancestral secret recipe of the Cao family is useful to her family, so that she can ask for it when the time comes.

Xie Mulin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that the eldest sister was still a fool.

In the list she listed, it was written that she would go to the pharmacy to buy some over-the-counter medicines or medicinal herbs, of course, not only for the reason she told Xie Yinghui, but also for an important reason, that is, Xiao Rui is currently living in seclusion in a small house behind a pharmacy. It was an estate that he privately purchased from his family.

In the letter he had just sent, he mentioned that this property was originally a small house with a front shop and a back residence, located on a generally prosperous street in the capital, not facing the street but still a convenient location. This small mansion is hung in Dong Huiwu's name, and the pharmacy in front of it is also under the banner of Dong Huiwu, which is actually Xiao Rui's private property. But with Dong Huiwu in front as a shield, even if this small mansion is discovered by Mrs. Xiao or her children in the Zhuguo General's Mansion, Xiao Rui does not have to worry that his property will be confiscated by the family.

Dong Huiwu's insidious and mean stepmother couldn't hold on after her own son died of illness, and she had already passed away at this time. Qishanbo was hit by this, and people lost their hearts. Although many people persuaded him to remarry a wife and have a few more children to Cheng Huan, he seemed to be afraid, and refused to agree to continue the string, only accepting two beautiful concubines, one room is from a good family, has a few talents in charge of the family, and has a gentle and virtuous temperament, which can help him take care of the middle feed; The other room is a thin horse in Yangzhou, which is intimate and pleasing, and can serve him physically and mentally pleasantly, and will not compete with the concubines of the good family. Uncle Qishan sat on Ermei, lived a leisurely and comfortable life, and simply lost all the affairs of the Bofu to his eldest son Dong Huiwu, and also determined the status of his son, so he left his son to do his own thing.

Although Dong Huiwu has a reputation for being a gentleman, he is not stupid, he was only squeezed by his stepmother and younger brother in the past, but he is still talented. has been friends with the Jingzhong circle for many years, and he also has a lot of contacts. In times of trouble, there may not be people who lend a helping hand, but when they are prosperous, there are many people who are willing to come and put the icing on the cake.

So, as soon as Dong Huiwu's position as the son of the world stabilized, he immediately entrusted himself with a relationship and found an idle position in the Five Cities Terracotta Division, getting rid of the idleness of the white identity. In this job, he can do his duty, but he will not be too positive, he will not get in the way of his colleagues, but he will not neglect his duties and let people seize the handle. So, within a few months, he made a lot of brothers and friends in the Five Cities Terracotta Division. Relying on these connections, even if he is still only a small military attache from the sixth rank, with no soldiers and no power, no one in Beijing dares to provoke him easily. He ran the family's business, opened a few shops by himself, and made a lot of money, and no one would come to him to force him to get a piece of the pie.

Xiao Rui's pharmacy was opened with the help of Dong Huiwu last year. used Xiao Rui's own people, but also hired Dong Huiwu's nurse's son as a helper, and by the way, he was a shield. The pharmacy concentrates on selling several kinds of medicinal materials produced in large quantities in the north, and occasionally there are precious goods from Liaodong, but there are very few, and you need to try your luck.

It is worth mentioning that the shop sells a plaster for bruising and rheumatism, which is said to have miraculous effects. More than a dozen civil and military officials in Beijing who have stayed in the bitter cold land of the north for many years and have left sequelae in their bodies are quite fond of buying. Relying on the orders of these officials, as well as the good and bad business, Xiao Rui's pharmacy successfully gained a firm foothold in the capital in less than half a year, and did a peaceful business without revealing the mountains.

If it is not noticeable, not many people will notice that Xiao Rui has often lived in seclusion here recently.

The pharmacy also maintained a stable relationship with Gu Niangzi's family. If Xie Mulin arrives in the capital and wants to see Xiao Rui, or send a message to Xiao Rui, this pharmacy is more private and convenient than the shop of Gu Niangzi's house.

Xiao Rui suggested in the letter that after arriving in the capital, he would use the excuse of buying medicine and sit in the back hall of the pharmacy for a while, so that he could see him smoothly and covertly!

I haven't seen each other for three years, and now I finally have the opportunity to meet, how can I miss it? Of course, Xie Mulin had to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine. If she doesn't go, what will Xiao Rui do?