After sending Liang Tian back, Siming happily returned to the inn, took out the bracelet from time to time to look at it, and when it was time to sleep, he took a box from the bookshelf. When I opened it, there was a handkerchief used by Liang Tian inside, and I took it out and looked at it again, and then put it in with the bracelet.

In the early morning of the next day, Siming went to Ma's house in the north of the city again, just in time for the shopkeeper of the Zeng family to come from out of town.

The Zeng family and the Ma family have been doing business for more than 20 years, starting from Uncle Ma's father's generation, and they also have some friendship with Siming's father.

The Zeng family is good at using people with the same surname, the owner's surname is Zeng, the shopkeeper's surname is Zeng, and the guys are also surnamed Zeng. The shopkeeper who came this time is the second shopkeeper of the Zeng family, named Zeng Sheng, who is the descendant of the very remote relatives of the current head of the Zeng family.

Naturally, there is also a part of the Ma family. When Ma Bin first took the position, Zeng Sheng also followed the shopkeeper at that time to carry tea, and other guys either relied on their high position, or relied on themselves to get close to the shopkeeper, most of them didn't do any work, just blindly went to their own shopkeeper, and the errands to Ma's house fell into Zeng Sheng's hands.

Although Zeng Sheng has been working in this tea shop for several years, he has not been promoted, he was very unambitious at that time, and he was always depressed when he spoke, but in the end he still made a good microphone. When the shopkeeper went back, Ma Bin casually said a few good words for him, but he didn't want to, but he changed the trajectory of this person.

In the second year, this Zeng Sheng came again, more rosy than before, and worked harder than before. When I asked, I found out that the shopkeeper listened to Ma Bin's words and thought that this guy was very popular with Ma Bin, so he gave him a promotion, a salary increase, and let him be responsible for the promotion of Ma's tea.

In the years that followed, Zeng Sheng went from the leader to the shopkeeper, and he actually got a seat in the Zeng family, and his relationship with the Ma family became better and better, often helping each other.

Siming was originally a person who made suggestions in private, and he didn't deal much with the tea merchants on this bright side, only because Zeng Sheng had some friendship with his father, so he had more contacts.

Zeng Sheng is not tall, his horse face is not outstanding, and he was even a little ugly in the early years, but he has a tenacity in his bones, which is very popular with familiar people.

Siming heard from Shopkeeper Xiao that the Zeng family was also here, so he didn't go to Uncle Ma's study to wait, and went directly to the main hall to ask for peace.

"Uncle Zeng." Siming stepped forward to speak.

Something was being said in the main hall, and it was not surprising to see Siming coming, Zeng Sheng got up and came over to help Siming, and said, "I'm praising you, you're here, did you hear the sound?" Zeng Sheng has always liked young people who can do things, and he naturally likes Siming very much, and has persuaded Siming to become a tea merchant many times, and even the first pot of gold has been prepared for him.

Siming naturally knew that this shopkeeper liked him very much, and he was not pampered, so he said politely, "I heard that Shopkeeper Xiao said that you are here, and I will also come to join in the fun, and I will only see you once a year." ”

"San'er, you can sit down too, don't always stand and talk." Before the words fell, someone had already brought tea up.

A few people happened to talk about the turmoil of the Ma family this year, Zeng Sheng also said that he had heard a little, and said a few words that the Xia family was too bad to do, so he went to the northwest.

"The land of the Western Regions is not peaceful at this time, last summer when I drove the camel caravan over, it was still peaceful, this year has not yet started spring, it was a fuss, it was a lot late, fortunately the letter arrived first, I missed this year's tea, my sin is great." Zeng Sheng apologized again for being late.

Ma Bin sat in the master's seat, with a kind face, and said with a smile, "That's not in the way, the tea that was once in charge of the shopkeeper, even if other people don't sell it, you have to keep it." ”

Pinyuan sat aside, but a little anxious, these people only said these words back and forth, not mentioning the rest of their tea this year, last year my father hid it, but I can hide it once, I can't hide it for the second time, this year everyone knows that the Ma family has another batch of tea that can't be sold.

I want to break it, but I am afraid that I will be reckless and ruin a lot of things, since Siming came, Pinyuan began to look at Siming, and wanted him to bring this matter out to discuss decently.

Siming didn't appreciate it, raised the teacup, and covered his eyes, so that he couldn't see the pin. It's not that Siming doesn't want to do it, but this thing can't be done in front of everyone, so he can only beat it in private, and point to the end. Although he is an old customer, he has been much longer than those small tea merchants who have been running water, and he can't act arbitrarily.

After a while, Siming suddenly asked, "Uncle Zeng, when you came to Baidi City, did you ever pass by Mincheng?" ”

"Naturally, you have to pass by there, what? Are you homesick, or you go back with me this time, the shop in Mincheng, I took it back, although the owner will not let go for the time being, but there is no idea of operating too much, you have to go, it will not take three or five years to go back. When Zeng Sheng said this, he suddenly smiled and continued, "Look at me, do something outside of eating." ”

Ma Bin also smiled and said, "If you want to do this thing, you have to pass my level first, San'er was brought up by me, how can you be regarded as half a father, you want to take people away in a few words and be your son-in-law." ”

As long as Siming appears, these two people will have to make trouble like this every year, and they don't see a winner in the end, but they can always fight indefinitely.

Zeng Sheng picked up the tea on the side, tasted it again, and said, "Siming is a natural tea merchant, you should almost let him out, always stay in this white city, like you like a piece of black charcoal?" Zeng Sheng recalled the past, "When I was in Mincheng, I was only eight or nine years old, and I knew that I was selling tea on the counter, and at that time there was no high counter, so I stepped on a bench and asked me, this uncle, how much tea do you buy, our tea is delicious." ”

Ma Bin glanced at Siming, and then said with a smile, "After these two years, I won't keep him, and when the time comes, you can go to your house to be a son-in-law, or a shopkeeper, and I will prepare a bride price for you." ”

Pinyuan had never heard of his father sending Siming out before, he just thought it was Uncle Zeng's heat, but he never did it himself, and he didn't want his father to be relieved this year, so he was a little panicked.

finally managed to get through until a few people dispersed, and then Pinyuan pulled Siming to his room and asked, "Third brother, what my father said just now, is it your own idea?" ”

Si Ming knew what Pinyuan was talking about, but he was determined to tease Pinyuan, made a puzzled expression, and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Pinyuan was in a hurry, and said in a throat, "It's a matter of tea merchants, didn't you say you wouldn't do it in previous years, why did you say that it's been two years this year, and I can only see you once a year in the future." ”

Siming said with some seriousness, "I'll talk about this later." Just now I knew that you wanted me to help ask for tea, don't worry about this, wait for the amount of Li Dong's side to be negotiated, and the rest will naturally have a way. Although things are not good-looking this year, they are not as passive as last year, and the money can be turned, not to mention that there is still the Xia family to take care of it. Don't be in a hurry, He Mingxin should drink and eat. ”

Pinyuan is a very affectionate person, and even said that he was a little reckless, and he wanted to say that Siming went to other places, but he was still blocked back.

"Are Wanjia's clothes ready? His family's craftsmanship is not bad. Siming diverted the conversation and asked again.

Pinyuan also knew that there was no result, so he was no longer entangled, "Not yet, the clothes of the She family are all on, Mingxin and I are still doing it, I just made up the rest of the materials and sent it over, and it is a pity that I didn't catch up with the tea party." By the way, you wait, I'll go get an old dress for you, and you can help me give it to Ah Wu. Saying that, Pinyuan really went to the house to rummage through the cabinets, and took a set of silk clothes out, "I heard that Ah Wu is going to get married, and I don't have any other congratulatory gifts, you can help me give him this old dress, he can wear it if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to wear it, he will exchange it for a few taels of silver." ”

Siming took it, touched the material, and then looked at the condition, this is not a few taels of silver, it costs at least forty taels of silver to make a new one, although it is an old clothes, it is no different from the new one, and now it has to be sold for thirty taels, and it can't be discounted, this is a big gift.

"You can send more than me, then I will thank you for him first, he will definitely be happy to take it, and I will thank you in person in a few days."

When Pinyuan heard the compliment, he was also happy, and said, "It's no need to thank you, he also ran a lot for me, and he deserves such a dress." But this was Uncle Lin's idea, he said that many of my clothes have only been worn once or twice, and it is not good to reward silver places, and it is not bad to reward decent clothes. I didn't know that they would like it, I hadn't rewarded it before, and I didn't dare to give him the old one rashly, so you sent it over, and Ah Wu really liked it. ”

"I will like it, this kind of material, whether it is changed to wear it by myself, or used to pawnshop, it is all suitable, how can they think it is old."

Pinyuan and Siming said something else, and just came out, just when they met Mingxin outside, with tears in their eyes, walking alone.

Pinyuan hurriedly stepped forward to grab Mingxin and said, "What's wrong with you, why are you crying like this." Although Mingxin is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, it has always been rare to cry, so the two of them are very concerned.

Mingxin turned his face away, wiped his face with the handkerchief in his sleeve, and said, "I went to see my sister just now, my sister and brother-in-law are quarreling again, Xiao An'an is still sick, I really don't know what to do." With that, he sobbed again.

"Why did they quarrel again, weren't they okay before?"

"It seems that it is for a singing commentary, my brother-in-law didn't go home all night, and when An An had a fever, my sister sent it to the hospital alone, so she lost her temper, and now she is making a lot of trouble."

Siming didn't want to care about this matter, so he left by himself, leaving Pinyuan to talk to Mingxin alone.