Sima Ji was reading in his own house, and the servant ran to report that the old doctor of the Wei family planned to open a medical center in the east of the city, but the Jiang family, who was originally in the medicinal materials business in the east of the city, deliberately suppressed it, and has not found a suitable shop until now.

"Why did the Jiang family do this?"

The old doctor opened a medical clinic and did not sell medicinal materials, and the Jiang family said that there was no reason to suppress it, and there must be something inside to such an unusual thing.

"I heard that it was instructed by the Duan family." The little servant came to report to the little grandfather after inquiring clearly, "The last time Miss Wei San had a banquet, she really didn't give the Duan family face, the Duan family didn't say anything at the time, and even deliberately lowered their posture, but they were unwilling to come. ”

Sima Ji pondered for a moment, asked the steward to take all the land deeds of the mansion in the east of the city, selected a few suitable ones, and asked someone to send them to Wei Jin.

Thinking about it, the Jiang family actually knew that their methods could only disgust Wei Jin, and they would neither offend people completely, nor would they evil the Duan family.

It's a pity that the Jiang family still didn't think about it well, they didn't expect that the little grandfather would intervene sideways and directly make their plans come to naught.

When the little grandfather asked people to send the land deed to Wei Jin, the four young ladies of the Jiang family were getting together to talk about it.

"Grandpa didn't offend the Wei family by doing this?"

"What is the Wei family. Don't look at them as a big family in the Northland, in our Zhangzhou, no matter how powerful he is, he is also an outsider, only we give them face, and it is not their turn to find fault with us. ”

"Second sister, last time you went to the Wei family, tell us, what are the two young ladies of the Wei family like?"

The second lady of the Jiang family glanced at the three younger sisters, said a few words casually to fool the past, and then went back to the room under the pretext of being a little dizzy.

"Auntie, I always don't think it's good for Grandpa to do this."

"It's not for us to say whether it's good or not." Miss Huang Er's mother glanced at her daughter, "You find a time to send some gifts to visit Miss Wei, and quietly tell her that it is not our turn to talk about this matter." ”

Miss Huang Er frowned and nodded, and before she could say more, she saw Aunt Cui, the maid who had to be used by her mother, rush into the house.

"Madam, Second Miss." Aunt Cui saluted and said in a low voice, "The one in my family came back from outside, and I heard that the little grandfather directly gave the two shops at the entrance of Dongjiekou to Miss Wei San to open a medical workshop." ”

Mrs. Huang's face changed greatly, and she sat up and grabbed Aunt Cui's hand: "How can the relationship between the little grandfather and the Wei family be so good?" Does the third master know about this? ”

"My family has already gone to inform the third master, and now everyone outside is saying that the little grandfather is annoyed by the Huang family."

"How did this news come about? You can inquire again and see if there are other families behind the scenes. ”

Mrs. Huang leaned back and stroked her chest: "Your grandfather only thinks about the Duan family's ruthless methods, why doesn't he want to think about it, falling into the hands of the little grandfather, it is no better than the Duan family." ”

"In the end, the little grandfather is young, and the grandfather is afraid that he didn't take him seriously."

Miss Huang Er said in a low voice: "The Su family was so flamboyant a few years ago, and they could compete with the old man, but when it came to the little grandfather, the Su family had to stop fighting. Grandpa only said that it was because the little grandfather was supported by the Su family, but he didn't think that if the grandfather and his wife hadn't died early, where would there be anything behind. ”

Mrs. Huang is also a local, although her mother's family is not very powerful, but after many years, her understanding of the grandfather's mansion is not bad. Even if the Su family is reined in now, it is not something that the Duan family can match.

"A-Niang, I still heard a piece of news." Miss Huang Er leaned over and whispered to her aunt, "The Duan family controlled the grain before, so they acted arrogantly, but I heard that Miss Wei San had discovered other grain seeds, and now they have been handed over to the grandfather's mansion to try to plant." I've heard that the grain is different from the rice we normally eat, and the yield is higher. ”

"How did you find out?" Mrs. Huang turned her face to look at her daughter, "You go to inquire about these things in private, if people know about them, it will not be beneficial to you." ”

"Auntie, don't worry, my daughter knows how to measure."

It didn't take long for the same news to spread throughout the city of Zhangzhou.

After the Duan family knew about this, Old Man Duan's face was as dark as ink.

"Daddy, the little grandfather is determined not to be good friends with my Duan family, we might as well ......" Boss Duan stretched out his palm and made a downward cutting posture.

"Idiot." Old Man Duan glared at his eldest son, "Do you think the Su family will watch it?" ”

"Daddy, this can't be done, that's not it, you say, what to do? This little grandfather doesn't get in oil and salt, and marrying such a beautiful girl in our family is not insulting him, right? He didn't even bother to look at it. ”

Although Boss Duan was full of righteous indignation, the schadenfreude in his heart was actually something that everyone could hear.

Old Man Duan's heart was so stuffed that he wanted to slap him, and he thought that he was his eldest son, so it was not good to make him lose face.

"You go back and talk to your daughter-in-law, and let her take Yi Zhen and Yi Yu to the Wei family to talk to Wei San and find out."

"That Wei San is not a peasant girl, and she really thinks of herself as a young lady of a noble family. According to me, it is better to ask a matchmaker to propose marriage and give her to the nineteenth ......."

"Bastard!" Old Man Duan is really angry, does this thing want to make the Duan family and the Wei family oppose?

"Nineteen is just a concubine, or a servant, you ask him to marry Miss Wei San, are you married? Feud, right? ”

Old Man Duan doesn't have any hope for the eldest son's brain, just this ability, and he still wants to compete for power with the second child? If he hadn't been in the town above, the eldest wouldn't have known what it would have been like to be eaten alive by his two younger brothers. It feels good to lie to him, and he feels that the Duan family should belong to him.

Sending the eldest son away, Old Man Duan poured two cups of tea in his heart before suppressing his anger.

"You go and watch the boss, don't let him come nonsense. Besides, if the Wei family's medical hall is opened, remember to send a congratulatory ceremony. ”

If the suppression fails, then it can only be co-opted, Duan Jiaming controls the grain on the surface, but in fact, one-third of the medicinal materials are under their control. The Huang family said that it was a medicinal herb merchant, and when the source was pinched, they could only listen to the Duan family's words.

Where did Wei Jin think of so much, and she didn't have to worry about these things, so when the eldest lady of the Duan family came to visit her with two young ladies and "clarified" the rumors by the way, she was actually confused.

"They all said that it was the means of the Duan family, which is too much to overestimate our family. They are all big families, and the Duan family can still command the Huang family? Third Miss, don't listen to those villains. Our Duan family really wants to be good friends with the Wei family. ”

The eldest lady spoke well, and she was good at observing words and feelings, and she picked what Wei Jin liked to say, and praised all the bonsai and flowers and trees in their garden, and even Wei Jin was a little reddened when she heard it.

Finally dealt with the three members of the Duan family, and after sending them away, Wei Jin poured himself a cup of herbal tea.

"Is this eldest lady incompatible with the second room? I listened to her words, as if Duan Yixian was separated from the other sisters. ”

The old lady of the Duan family has three sons-in-law, four concubines, and more than ten daughters, and only three sons-in-law who are qualified to inherit the family property. It's just that except for the second child, the other two are mud that can't support the wall. Especially the eldest son of the big house, who is stupid and bad, and feels good about himself. With his back to the Duan family, he did a lot of knocking on the widow's door and digging up the grave of the household.

"The eldest wife of the Duan family and her husband have long been separated, especially the year before last, the eldest lady's niece came to Zhangzhou to play, and was almost forced by the eldest master. If it weren't for the old man Duan beating the eldest man and making the eldest lady's mother's side angry, I guess the eldest lady would have the heart to kill her man. Since then, the eldest lady's maiden family has had little contact with her, and this year her niece got married, and even the makeup she gave was returned. ”

Lanxiang has heard a lot of rumors during this time, I don't know if it's true or not, but most of them are not groundless.

"The people of the Duan family have little contact, if they take the initiative to come over, they must be careful to deal with it." Wei Jin emphasized and emphasized to the two younger sisters that they were especially not allowed to meet with the young lady of the Duan family alone, and it was best not to meet.

Because Wei Jin's mind was half on her grandfather, and half of her mind had to observe the growth of the potatoes, corn and other things planted, the two little girls had fun to pass the time.

The two of them were addicted to making bonsai, and after tossing the things at home, they were not satisfied and wanted to go out to find materials.

It just so happened that Wei Jin's grandfather's treatment had entered a critical period in the past few days, and she was distracted, so she asked Lan Xiang to accompany the two girls to walk in the mountains and forests in the backyard.

The mountains and forests leading out of the backyard of the Wei family are connected to the academy where the students study. But there is also a not short distance in the middle, especially there is a mountain stream, the two sides are connected by iron cables, and the wooden planks are paved underneath, and the wind and sun are exposed for a long time, and the wooden planks are incomplete, and there are many decayed potholes, and they are not sure whether the wooden planks that are stepped on will suddenly break. Therefore, although the iron cable connects the two sides, no one has ever tried to walk through it.

Lan Xiang accompanied the two young ladies to the edge of the chain bridge to take a look, dug up some wild flowers of unknown species and went back.

Before leaving, Lan Xiang always felt that there seemed to be someone hiding in the shadows on the other side, but the mountains were full of tall trees, and it was difficult to find them if she really wanted to hide.

Urging the two young ladies to leave quickly, and when they returned to the backyard, she also gave special advice to the maid guarding the door.

"Sister Lanxiang, don't worry, the chain bridge hasn't been used for many years, don't worry, no one will come from there."

Lan Xiang frowned and swallowed her uneasiness.

After two or three days, there was no movement in the backyard, and Lan Xiang slowly forgot about it, and only detained the two young ladies and did not allow them to go to the back mountain.

After about half a month, Wei Jin's grandfather's health improved significantly, and he was able to stay awake for a long time, but he was still a little slurred in his speech, but he could recognize Wei Jinlai, and he was reluctant to let go of her hand every day.

Ah Ah saw the sticky appearance of the two, and he was about to be jealous, and he came to the old man every day to compete for favor, and the old man also watched him play treasure happily.

Wei Jin's impression of the old man is actually not deep, but her blood nature makes her very close to the old man, and after she is busy with business every day, she takes the book and reads it to the old man by his side.

"These two days are the days of the township exam, and Ah Ah also went to sign up, you said that when the list is released, how can I appease him so that he will not burn the yamen?"

Wei Jin massaged the old man's legs and feet, and complained while pressing.

"Not only did Ah A's go, but I heard that the little grandfather also went. These two people are funny, one can't even speak official words well, and the other is the heir of the Zhennan Mansion, running to grab the name of Xiucai, I guess the academic master will cry. ”

"A, smart."

"I know he's smart, but he hasn't even memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, can he really get in?"

The old man stopped talking. He taught him a lot, but he really didn't teach him any of these things. After all, in Ata's tribe, the art of power and the art of war are the most practical learning. Those Confucian miscellaneous studies are not necessary for the leader of a tribe.

Wei Jin simply complained, and she was happy when she saw the old man happy.

"In two days, when your grandfather is sharp, I will take you to the dock of the Su family to play, there are a lot of strange things over there, I didn't have enough time to go last time, so I didn't finish reading it." Next time we go over and stay for two days, shall we? ”

The old man touched her head, smiled and nodded.

While the two were talking, they saw Hua Yan rushing in.

"Third Miss, Fourth Miss and Third Miss He are gone."

"What's going on? They don't have a maidservant by their side? ”

"The fourth lady said in the afternoon that she wanted to rest for a while, and Sister Lanxiang and I took the opportunity to choose fabrics and plan to make clothes for the two young ladies. It was Mother Rong who was guarding the yard. I went back to get something just now, and when I entered the yard, I found that Rong's mother and the two little girls had fallen under the porch, and the two young ladies in the house were gone. ”

The little face of the flower face was white, and the whole person was trembling when he spoke.

"Sister Lanxiang has already called someone to look for it in the back mountain, what, what should I do, Miss Three?"

Wei Jin stood up suddenly, glanced at Hua Yan with a frosty face, then bowed his head and confessed to the old man, and walked briskly with Hua Yan to the courtyard where they lived.

On the way, I ran into the steward of the outer courtyard who rushed to hear the news, and the other party said that he had already found a guard to go out to look for him, and sent someone to the city to find Mr. Zhan, and it was estimated that he should come back.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Wei Zan and Ah Ah appear at the gate of the side courtyard together, accompanied by a young man from the Su family.

"Don't worry, I've already arranged for someone to look for me. In addition, some of A'A's subordinates are good at tracking, and they also went together. You must be steady, don't run around, I suspect that it was the Duan family or the old man's hands. ”

The young man from the Su family stood up and said that his brother had sent someone to check where the old man lived, and if there was any news, it would definitely come as soon as possible.

"I don't understand, they are just two little girls, what is the use of those gangsters kidnapping them?"

"You can use this to threaten the Wei family and the He family."

Wei Zhan's heart was extremely angry, but his expression became more and more calm.

"When Shi Cai came back, I had already asked someone to inform He Da Shao, and there would be guards from the Grandpa's Mansion to help later. Relax, that villain will not be able to escape. ”

"It's also because my brother was negligent, Lan Xiang said a few days ago that there were suspicious people in the backyard, and I didn't go to my heart at that time, so those bad people had a chance to take advantage of it."

"The backyard leads to the cliff, there is a chain bridge over there, Brother Azan can send someone to see it, is there any trace of people coming and going on the chain bridge?"

"No suspicious marks were found on the bridge, and I suspect there is another way."

When Wei Zan was talking to Wei Jin, Ah Da's subordinates ran over and said that they had found those villains, but they didn't see the two young ladies, and they didn't know if someone had rescued them or if they had been hacked.