When the three of them entered the courtyard before and after, it was noon, Aunt Wang and the two girls were busy in the kitchen, and Chungui and Guo Ruyi put a few paintings in front of the hall to pick and choose.

After putting the melons and fruits sent by the villagers into the kitchen, the three of them arrived at the main hall, and Chungui and Guo Ruyi were talking, and they didn't bother.

"I've done all the simple paintings, you should try the more complicated ones, the craft of hand-painting is always practiced, and when Qi You and Zhixing are going to the cave, take them away."

"Speaking of yesterday, Zhixing was also a little unhappy after I went back, and I talked to me a lot."

Guo Ruyi put aside the selected painting samples, and talked about the situation last night with Chungui.

Chungui patted her hand and sighed: "On the road to being an official, there are always more good and bad than we have seen, and it is inevitable that there will be times when we are tired, and we can't do it, and a few persuasions are still okay." ”

Guo Ruyi smiled: "Sister Yue is modest, in the past, it was your sister who supported these two people, this family, I never felt empathy before, but now I know that it is not easy for you." ”

She stopped laughing after she said: "Now I don't have to worry about my family, Zhixing and Qi You can also discuss things together, and it's my stupid brother who only worries me." Today, I don't know if it will be like a stick to drink a little more awake, and I will burn high incense if I can do things in a measured way. ”

A year ago, the Guo family retired to Song County, Qizhou, but a year later it was in the limelight, after the completion of several official kilns, the plaque of the loyal and righteous family was hung high, and it was inevitable to undertake the hand-painted porcelain. Now that the three families of Cheng Liu and Guo are bound, how can they still have the intention of retreating.

She is married, her father and mother are old, Zhanpeng will take over the huge family business of the Guo family sooner or later, and her father and mother kicked out their own son at the beginning of the year and handed it over to Chungui for discipline, so why not have this thought.

If her brother hadn't finished the cave and put the hand-painted porcelain up before the agenda, it would have been much more troublesome.

She can't be asked to take on the identity of a bride and go back to her mother's business.

Chungui looked at her with a sad face, and clapped his hands to reassure. Both of them knew that no matter how many times Guo Zhanpeng was given experience, if he didn't wake up and reflect on it himself, it would be useless, but it would be in vain.

Just look at how this trip went, as well as Geng Rong who she specially sent, if it can be handled properly, Geng Rong should also be reused, and there will be one more helper at that time.

The two of them did not avoid people when they spoke, and they happened to be heard by the three people who came in.

Guo Zhanpeng stood in front of the main hall with his head half-hung down, tasting the apprehension and uneasiness in Guo Ruyi's tone, and it seemed that he was no less than himself who had just been resented by the villagers.

His own sister has beaten him to adulthood since he was a child, but his father and mother are outside, and she has always led her to eat and sleep with one hand, obviously she is about the same age, but she has coaxed him to sleep while holding the account book.

And he has been in a mess for many years, but he can't even do a small thing.

Geng Rong and Liu Ren saw him standing in front of the hall in frustration, and they didn't wait anymore, and called people directly.

"Sister Chun, Sister Ruyi, we're back."

Before the words fell, the two turned around.

"Coming back?"

As soon as Guo Ruyi turned his head, he saw his younger brother standing in front of him with his head down.

As soon as she saw this look, she felt like a mirror in her heart, she should have suffered a lot.

The two looked at Geng Rong and Liuren, Geng Rong nodded, and said, "Sister Chun, I'll call some people after dinner, I have to dig up all the sweet potato seedlings, and distribute them to the villagers tomorrow." ”

Liu Ren handed her the registration book in his arms again.

Chungui took it and flipped through it, most of the people in the three villages remembered it, and a hint of realization flashed in his eyes, this matter is over, and that Young Master Guo has suffered a lot if he wants to come.

As for Ah Rong Ah Ren, as she thought, she ended this trip.

She looked at the two of them approvingly: "Okay, you can settle this matter with Zhanpeng." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Guo Zhanpeng, who looked downcast: "Eat first, if there is anything you want to say after eating, let's talk about it together." ”

Guo Zhanpeng lowered his eyes, glanced at his sister in the afterglow, and did not squeak.

Guo Ruyi said softly: "I don't expect you to become a fat man in one go, think about what you haven't done well later, and talk to my sister after eating." ”

Guo Zhanpeng's head hung lower, rubbing his fingers, his eyes turned red again, and he followed Guo Ruyi without saying a word, and then sat down at the dinner table.

The maid called Qi You Zhixing, and the two glanced at Guo Zhanpeng, who hung his head silently, and knew in his heart that this young master had his own spring return beating, and they didn't open their mouths.

The food was served on a simple table.

is not like Guo Zhanpeng's malaise, Geng Rong is still the same, he was hungry all morning and shouted to start eating, and when he saw that the Cai couple was missing from the table, he hurriedly asked, "What about Sister Cai and Brother Li?" Just now, Uncle Lizheng asked me to bring a message, saying that the day is almost over, and my aunt is going to come up! ”

Chun Gui first filled a bowl of soup for him to pad his stomach, and when he heard the words, he replied: "Sister Cai is inconvenient now, and she has moved around when she should have moved, so now she is resting in the room and waiting for the time to come, and Brother Li will also accompany her." ”

"I also said yesterday that Aunt Cai will definitely come, with Aunt Cai and Aunt Cai by her side, Sister Cai is also more confident."

At the dinner table, they were chatting casually, and after gossiping, Chun Gui and Guo Ruyi told Zhixing Qi You about the paintings they had just picked out, and Ah Rong Ah Ren discussed when to call for people in the afternoon.

There was only one lonely Guo Zhanpeng left, chewing his food without knowing the taste. He still looked smug when he ate yesterday, and to this day, he can't even taste what the food tastes like.

After the meal, they were busy again. Guo Zhanpeng sat on the stool in a daze, this family has its own value, and he alone is of little use.

I don't know how long I sat there, and Guo Ruyi's voice suddenly came from above.

"Come here, tell me where you made a mistake this time, where you didn't think well, where there is merit, what you have learned, what you have woken up, and what if you do it all over again, what will you do?"

A series of questions fell on the head, directly smashing Guo Zhanpeng, who was in the midst of grief, to be extremely sober.

He hurriedly looked up and winked at his sister in a daze.

"What are you still doing? Come here. ”

Guo Zhanpeng hurriedly got up and walked all the way behind Guo Ruyi, and he walked to Qi You and Zhixing's study.

Guo Ruyi had already stepped into the door, Guo Zhanpeng raised his steps and stepped in.

The study rooms under the world are almost the same, the tables, chairs, books, pens and ink, only Guo Zhanpeng entered this room, and the overwhelming situation was that he was silly in front of this table the day before yesterday, thinking about it and hanging his head.

Qi You and Zhixing were already talking together in the study, and Chun Gui was also sitting on the side of the desk, listening carefully, and there were several pictures on the table from a distance.

The three of them were talking about hand-painted porcelain, and Chungui smiled when he saw him coming: "Talk to your sister first." ”

Qi You and Zhixing also glanced at it casually, and Guo Zhanpeng immediately had the feeling of being stared at by the master of the school, and then turned around slightly and avoided it.

Guo Ruyi sighed: "After reading it for a long time, no matter what, you should have some regulations in your heart, just talk to me." ”

Guo Zhanpeng raised his eyes and glanced at it, then lowered his head again, and added Liu Ren's words in the carriage all morning, no matter how foolish he was, he also knew how naïve he was in doing things, and if he wanted to talk about it in detail, he didn't know where to start for a while.

He sat down next to Guo Ruyi, put his hands on his legs, and shivered a little when he looked closely.

I turned around in my heart for the past few days, opened my mouth several times, and finally gritted my teeth, and finally opened my mouth.

“…… I, I didn't check in advance how many sweet potatoes were missing in Kyoto, and I ...... It is not clear what the yield of a piece of land is, so it ...... Just rash...... I promised the villagers. ”

Doing business pays attention to the accuracy of every penny, but he takes it for granted on his own, immersed in the enthusiasm of the villagers to treat him, and wants to enjoy the flattery of the villagers before he acts.

And in front of his sister, he didn't want to be too embarrassed, he racked his brains to think about what he did well, thought about it, thought about it, and hurriedly continued:

"Sister, I also thought of remedying it, I figured it out by myself in the morning, and set a piece of land for each person for the villagers, estimating the yield, which is almost enough for Sister Shangchun's requirements, no more, no less."

He looked at Guo Ruyi with wide eyes and hope.

But Guo Ruyi shook his head:

"Have you thought about it, those villagers were ready for an unlimited number of four, five or six yesterday, but you blurted out a piece today, as if you were forcibly slicing meat on them."

"When you tell you about a piece of land, do those villagers still have that kind face to you?"

Guo Ruyi's words fell, and he saw his younger brother's face turned white.

Naturally, there is no good face......

Thanks to Geng Rong's mouth, he turned things around again.

Guo Ruyi shook his hand and said softly: "Business is not only about dealing with money, sometimes the state of the world is also important, cold-hearted, stubborn and self-conscious, sometimes it is a good thing. ”

"You are young, others are happy to give a good face, and it is true that some people can make one or two friends in a business, just like Sister Yue and us, as well as your brother-in-law Brother Qi You and Zhou Gongzi in Kyoto. And more often than not, business is just a simple business, you put too much true feelings, and when you look back, others turn their faces, and that's when you are sad. ”

"Sister Yue, haven't you forgotten the goat's milk at the beginning?"

Guo Zhanpeng's expression tightened, and his face suddenly became nervous.

When the spring return was tricked and calculated by the villagers, the loss was expected early, and second-hand preparations were made.

However, even though she has a good friendship with her fellow villagers now, she has never thought of collecting goat's milk again.

"It's this sweet potato, I was afraid that there would be any more calculations that day, Sister Yue personally added a rule of paying a hundred taels of silver, you probably heard about it today."

Guo Zhanpeng seemed to understand something, glanced back at the spring return who was picking out a picture and examining it carefully, and then nodded.

Favors belong to favors, and business belongs to business.

"If I asked you to do it all over again, would you know what to do?"

Guo Zhanpeng lowered his head, was silent for a long time, and nodded slowly.

Guo Ruyi smiled: "That is the case, Sister Yue said, Ah Rong has found someone in a while, you still go over together and follow this matter from beginning to end." ”

"After that, you will stay with your sister for a long time, and Sister Yue still has a lot of work for you to do, so you will follow Ah Rong and watch and learn."

Thinking of Geng Rong, and then thinking of Chungui's expectations for him, Guo Ruyi smiled: "Ah Rong's burden in the future is not light, and it will not be easy for you to follow him." ”

After hearing this, Guo Zhanpeng's eyes were a little obscure: "...... Sister Chun...... Don't you think I'm stupid? ”

The simplest business can be done without success and failure, so he is not afraid that he will continue to drag his feet and show foreign appearance.

Guo Ruyi was amused and helpless, and touched his stupid brother's head: "How can everything go smoothly at the beginning, Sister Yue said, allow you to try and make mistakes, once or twice, you can always stand up slowly." ”

"My brother is not stupid, as you said, didn't he also think of reducing the sweet potato field to a family in a hurry, he is still smart."

Guo Zhanpeng's eyes, which had been red all morning, had finally faded away, and now they were red again.