"Presumptuous!" With a loud bang, the bowls and dishes on the table of the Eight Immortals were smashed, and when they fell, they crackled again, and the hands that fell on the table were still propped up on the table, and the green tendons burst out.

Ma Bin stood up, blocking the brightest light in the hall, shrouding Mingyi and the others in shadows, but a pair of eyes shone in the night, staring fiercely at this most regular niece on weekdays, and said through gritted teeth, "Then it's not your turn to meddle in the affairs of the Xia family, don't think I don't know what the hell you guys have done this year." ”

"Why can't it be your turn! In that year, the mountain flood was flooded, the tea mountain suffered serious losses, and the silver in the big house was not enough. But uncle, you only remember that the Xia family helped you that year, and forgot that our family was in the same boat, and they were desperately trying to save this tea mountain. Mingyi was also ruthless, stood up, and roared back.

When everyone at the table realized that the two of them had torn their faces, they quickly got up and separated the two and didn't let them continue talking.

Ma Liugu was the most active, came to the obviously weaker Mingyi, pulled the person away from the table with a pair of hands, and said bitterly, "A good Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, why do you have trouble with your uncle, what can't you do, you talk to your sixth aunt." It's a big New Year, and you can't do it. ”

"Nothing! The tea mountain of the three families, is he still messing around like this? To put it mildly, for so many years, a decent tea merchant has not been found, so it has been consumed with the Naxia family. To put it mildly, the silver of tea farmers has not risen in recent years, and there are several of them who have run away and stopped doing it every year, is this a tea mountain that can continue to be done for a long time! Mingyi didn't care about her, turned sideways and still stared at Ma Bin.

Although these words were aimed at Ma Bin, Ma Liugu felt that her face had been damaged, and said again, "Don't listen to persuasion, good days, don't be so blind." ”

Ming Yi glanced at the sixth aunt and said coldly, "You are really his own sister, but when you were wronged in the Shen family, who went to take you back, and who got the dowry left there for you." You think he is your brother, but it's hard to say if he has a sister like you in his eyes! ”

When the words came out, it was difficult to take them back, Ma Bin looked at Ming Yi in a daze, couldn't speak for a while, and after a long time he dropped his sleeves and said, "Huangkou Xiao'er really doesn't know that the world is difficult, if you really think that this tea mountain is a fragrant dumpling, you can take it!" As long as the fourth family has no opinion, it will be given to you tomorrow. ”

Just as he was talking about Ma Siye, someone really came over in the shadows, it was none other than Jinshan's father, Ma Siye, wearing a heavy coat and a thick felt hat, and walking towards the hall with a cane.

It was when the cold was severe, Ma Siye entered the house, and before he could stand still, he had already coughed first, and when he was a little better, he dragged his tired body and came over and said, "Mingyi, this is not something that can be solved on impulse, don't be angry." I also heard about the fire on the mountain in the afternoon, and it is only serious after passing this pass. ”

"Fourth uncle, if you don't make this matter clear, this tea mountain has nothing to do with me, in the years when the new tea and old tea were sold, I only got a hundred taels of silver, which is not as much as the shop outside, even if it is the tea mountain that has been rescued and what is the difference between it now."

"Silly girl, Guan Chashan is very tired, your uncle always has his difficulties, some things, you don't know it's difficult until you get to that position. Don't make trouble at this time, the fourth uncle has some silver left this year, and someone will send it to you another day, you take it to renovate the old house, and you should give Mingxin a congratulatory gift in advance, as long as your sister still thinks about him, he won't feel inferior. Ma Siye said.

Ming Yi shook his head and said, "Fourth uncle, I can't accept your money for no reason, and I won't give in to the matter of Chashan." If I remember correctly, during the flash flood that year, the third grandfather had a deed in his hand, which said that the annual profit distribution of Chashan, the fourth uncle might as well take out that one and let everyone see how much the promise was fulfilled that year! ”

"Enough! If you want to take care of it, you can take care of it, I'm tired too, you can do it yourself. Ma Bin finally ran out of patience, threw down a sentence, and went back to the house by himself.

A table was scattered into several places, and after Ma Bin left, the sixth aunt pulled the newly arrived Ma Siye aside and said something. Jinshan and Mingxin came to Mingyi's side to appease the people who had just made trouble. Ma Qiye was still sitting, but his mind was no longer on the food, he looked at the fourth master, and then at Mingyi, sighed, and drank by himself.

The two outsiders in the seat were eating lively, and they toasted each other, Siming was too strong to drink, only drank a few glasses, his face was flushed, he said goodbye to the old lady, and staggered back to the south of the city.

Only Pinyuan, who had been silent for a night, still sat in his seat, without saying a word, neither paying attention to the old lady's eating and drinking as at the beginning, nor participating in the later conflict between Mingyi and his father, just sitting there, with his head down, not knowing what he was fiddling with.

When everyone dispersed and the guys came to clean up the table, Pinyuan was still sitting there, looking at the ground in distraction. The other guys didn't dare to step forward, so they had to call Xiao Qiang to take a look, and touched his forehead, it was hot like freshly boiled tea.

The guys had to work together to carry the person back and put him on the bed, and he applied ice and wiped his body. In the middle of the night, the fever had not subsided, and the doctor he often invited did not come, so Xiao Qiang had to go farther away to try his luck. The man who stayed behind had no idea, and he didn't dare to call the angry master, so he had to go back and forth in the house, waiting for the principal to come back.

Everyone thought that Lin Liang, who was busy on the tea mountain, would not come, but they didn't expect him to appear in the house in the north of the city with a face full of charcoal ash, and he didn't even drink a sip of water, so he came to the house that was far away.

"Why don't you go to the master yet!" Lin Liang, who rushed back in a hurry, was more anxious than the guys in the house, and after washing his hands with the cold water in the house, he warmed up in his arms for a while before he went to test his forehead, and the temperature on the back of his hand was shocked, and the startled person quickly withdrew his hand.

How can this be obtained! Lin Liang got up and straightened his clothes, and was about to go to the master, but he heard a weak voice behind him, and when he looked back, it was the young master's lips slightly open, muttering something, and when he heard it closely, he realized that he didn't want to let himself go to someone.

When he woke up late at night, he only felt very thirsty, struggled to sit up, and asked someone to get some cold water, before asking, "Have they all gone back to my fourth uncle?" ”

Lin Liang was busy on the mountain for a night, how did he know what was going on in the house, and when he heard that Ma Siye was also here, he felt a little strange, but he also replied, "It's all back." But these are not important, seeing that the person has some energy, he asked, "Young master, what's the matter, it's fine during the day, why do you have a fever." ”

Pin Yuan waved his hand and said, "It's out of the way, I squinted for a while in the afternoon and didn't pay attention to the weather." I haven't even had time to see what happened to the tea mountain. ”

"It's, it's dry, and it's normal to have a wildfire." Answering the question, Lin Liang had something in his heart, afraid that he would see it, and when he said it, he knew that he had exposed his bottom.

The person on the bed didn't care, shook his head again, and asked, "I mean, how are the tea seedlings, are they burned?" ”

It turned out that it was tea seedlings, Lin Liang thought about it slightly, and replied, "There should be a small half of those that were burned by the fire, and some of them were affected, and it is estimated that they will have to be replaced in the coming year." ”

Pinyuan also knew that the loss of Chashan was serious, but he didn't expect it to come to this point, and he glanced at the clothes and accessories that Xiao Qiang had packed up, which was obviously a drop in the bucket.

The cold water in the teacup went down his throat to his stomach, and he felt better, leaned his head to the side, thinking about tonight's events, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of my father?" ”

Lin Liang didn't know what he meant, and it was always right to say some good things, so he replied, "The master is a good owner, he has done his best for Chashan for so many years, and the mountain fire was an accident, and no one can complain." ”

As soon as his throat was soothed, he felt a burst of fire again, and Pinyuan gasped and coughed, and said in a dumb voice, "I mean how to treat people?" ”

"This..." Lin Liang thought that someone had leaked out about Tong Chunsheng, so he didn't know how to answer for a while, his mouth was spitting, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"The owner is always good for Chashan, and if there is anything that makes people resentful, it is also a last resort. For so many years, Chashan has come smoothly, and it is supported by the owner alone, and it is normal to have one or two unsatisfactory places. Even if it is a good thing like silver, some people regard it as dung, and there is no need to demand it. Young master, think about it for so many years, the owner has not taken care of you, if it hurts the relationship between father and son because of this matter, it is cold. Lin Liang replied.

Pin Yuan originally thought that this person was just a bastard who liked to form gangs and flirt with good families, but he didn't expect that he also had these sensible places.

Xiao Qiang, who had been wandering outside for a long time, finally invited a doctor to come over in an inconspicuous place in the south of the city, gave Pinyuan an injection, prescribed some herbs to reduce fever, and waited to rest.

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But it was said that Siming, with the support of the guys, came out of the Ma family's house and took a carriage back to the south of the city. was already a little drunk, and the bumps along the way were really uncomfortable, so Siming got out of the car, lit the lantern and walked back.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Baidi City is always more prosperous than usual, large and small houses are full of festive lanterns, three or five children put firecrackers outside the door, and pedestrians do not avoid outdated.

It's just that in these thousands of lights, no one is waiting for Siming, so what's the harm if you go faster or slower. After walking farther, Siming simply sent the lantern to the pedestrians who were still going to walk a long way, and went home in the cold moonlight.

I thought that tonight would be so deserted, but Siming didn't expect that someone would make a mess in the house earlier, and the mess was waiting for someone to go back and clean up.