The lunch of the annual meeting has always been lively, and the tea merchants from afar are sitting in the center of the courtyard, taking a seat with Ma Bin and Pinyuan, and the local small merchants and hawkers are sitting with Mingyi and Jinshan, as well as the steward on the tea mountain sitting in the corner.

When the drunken Ma Qiye arrived at the annual meeting, the banquet had already begun. A person was eating the first course, and Ma Qiye, whose face was flushed, entered the door like this, holding the wine jug that had not yet been drunk in his hand, and shouted by the door with his legs crossed.

"Second brother! I'll call you second brother today! Don't be angry, I don't want to talk about the eldest brother who was not there in the early years, I just want to talk about how pitiful the third brother who disappeared a few years ago is now. Ma Qiye, who drank the wine, spoke much clearer, and said a sentence clearly, but before he could say a few words, a guy came up to dissuade him.

"What are you doing! It's unspeakable! When I divided my third brother's property, I didn't see anyone to stop me, but I pity my two nephews, one is miserable, and the other is a son for someone else! Ma Qiye became more and more inches, and what he said after being stopped was even more unkind.

Ma Bin, who was sitting in the first place, didn't look at him, glanced at the corner where the stewards were sitting, then closed his gaze and persuaded the tea merchants present, "Eat, it's okay, my brother has drunk too much." ”

Lin Liang in the corner was not a vegetarian either, and with the master's instructions, he immediately left the table, greeted the two capable guys, and went to the door to invite someone back.

If the usual Ma Qiye still knew a little bit of proportion, it would be enough to make a fuss, but today he didn't know what the demon was, endlessly, seeing that Lin Liang came to stop him again, he said again, "Mingyi!" Mingxin! What are you still doing there! No wonder my third brother didn't give you a dream, he found me! said that he was pitiful underground, and he didn't even have a hot meal to eat during the New Year's holidays! ”

"Uncle Seven! What are you doing! Chinese New Year, what are you doing here! ”

It was no one else who got up, it was Mingyi, who was still coaxing the child just now, her eyes were red, like aggrieved, and like angry, just looking at Ma Qiye there.

Ma Qiye was a little frightened, took two steps back, straightened his chest again, and scolded, "Trouble! You think I'm messing around! I'm your own uncle, I'm doing all this for you, I don't show you something, the third brother left so much stuff and sooner or later he will have to take it to his big house! ”

On the day of the New Year's dinner, how could he be allowed to continue to make trouble, the two guys led by Lin Liang had already arrived at the door, one on each side, and directly put Ma Qiye out and went to the alley.

Ma Qiye, who went out, didn't know if he was hurt by his niece's words, or was thrown out of the face by the guy, deflated, sat on the ground with his ass, and scolded and said in his mouth, "Everyone in this big family has lost their conscience, one is more ruthless than the other, poor my third brother Quanxia knows, I'm afraid that I will be angry to death again." ”

After scolding for a while, Ma Qiye felt embarrassed again, and wanted to get up and go back to scold again, but was stopped by Lin Liang, "Seventh Master, you are deliberately going to smash the jobs of our brothers." ”

"You kid is not a good person, he is used to using some cheap methods, you can stop me for a while, you can't stop me for a lifetime." As the seventh master spoke, he felt that something was missing in his hand, and shouted, "Wine jug, where is my wine jug?" ”

Lin Liang sneered, handed back the wine jug he was holding in his backhand, and said, "Let's go, Seventh Master, let's each take a step back, find a place to drink, chat, and pass the time." ”

Ma Qiye took the wine jug and said angrily, "Whoever wants to drink your wine, I think it stinks." I'm telling you, you'd better stop me, I have to make this clear in front of so many people today. ”

Seeing that Ma Qiye was going back again, Lin Liang didn't stop him, but said in the back, "I heard that Xiao Ya'er of Qingfeng Pavilion has a noble person visiting today, isn't Seventh Master going to take a look?" ”

The seventh master, who was halfway through the road, stopped, turned his head, and said with some disbelief, "You lied, he just said yesterday that he would be free today." And how do you know him, you dare to check me! ”

Lin Liang took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and said, "That was yesterday, today the owner was kind enough to give the brothers New Year's money in advance, who can refuse silver in this world." ”

Ma Qiye was short, and when he was angry, he jumped up and scolded, "You dare to try him!" I'm not done with you! ”

"If this silver drinks wine, naturally you can't go anywhere else, Seventh Master, let's go." Lin Liang said and invited Ma Qiye to the alley.

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But it was said that the Ma family's annual meeting after being troubled by Ma Qiye did not cause any ripples because of this little thing, and the tea merchant sitting in the middle pushed the cup and changed the lamp, as if he had not heard anything. Only Ming Yi, who got up and spoke just now, couldn't contain her emotions, and didn't eat a few chopsticks, so she took An An and found an excuse to stay in Mingxin's house.

After less than a stick of incense, Jinshan followed in, holding a few handkerchief-wrapped pastries in his hand, coaxed An An to eat them, and whispered to Ming Yi, "Sister Yi, why are you doing this?" What to be angry with a drunken man. ”

"I'm fine, why don't you eat it." Ming Yi wiped his eyes with the handkerchief in his hand and said with a reluctant smile.

Ma Jinshan got up, patted the pastry crumbs on his hands, and said with a smile, "What is there to eat, it's like this every year, we are just the companions of those tea merchants, and we will be lively and lively ourselves in the evening." ”

Jinshan has always rarely come to the north of the city, less to the uncle's house, for Mingxin's bedroom is even more unfamiliar, look around, except for a bed, a desk, there is no other decoration, much simpler than the place where he lives, it is not uncommon to say that it is a temporary guest house.

"Sister Yi, has your family's old house been renovated? Now Mingxin can still move in like this. Jin Shan thought that the room was boring, so he looked around and sat down next to Mingyi again.

Ming Yi sighed and said, "Your brother-in-law has squandered all the money he has saved in the past few years, where can he get the refurbished silver, seeing that he is also older, it is time to understand his predicament." ”

Jin Shan shook his head and said with a smile, "Our brother is very elegant, he doesn't fight or grab, and he has a soft heart, I don't think he will realize when he is under the fence." ”

Hush! Hearing that Jin Shan was still so open-mouthed, he hurriedly stepped forward to cover her mouth and whispered, "This side is not as good as your south, they sent people to keep an eye on it." ”

Jin Shan blinked, broke free from Ming Yi's hand, and whispered, "I know, that Lin Liang is simply the shadow of the uncle, and he has saved his strength to deal with his own people." ”

The two were talking, when they heard a sound by the door, and they didn't know who was coming, so they quickly separated, pretending to be having fun. It was a guy who came in, took a new handkerchief for Ming Xin and went out.

"Don't talk about this, do you feel about the tea that Pinyuan said just now?" Jin Shan played with the teacup on the table in his hand and asked as if chatting.

"I don't know about the tea, but the things in the city have been much more expensive recently, and the new cook has been complaining that the silver given is not enough to spend, and the two taels of beef cost eight dollars of silver, which is not as good as in previous years." Mingyi said.

Jin Shan had never been clear about these trivial matters, and when he heard that eight coins of silver could buy two taels of beef, he asked rhetorically, "Is this expensive?" ”

When Ming Yi heard this, she laughed and said, "I don't think you really know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, although beef at this time in previous years was also expensive, it was only five or six dollars of silver, but this year it is more expensive." If the price of rice is still excusable, there is a famine in the north, it is normal for this side to be affected, even the beef, I don't know if there are big households covering the cattle and not killing, and wait until the beginning of the year to raise the price and make a lot of money. ”

Jin Shan became more and more puzzled, waved his hand, and said, "Then these have nothing to do with tea, whether they rise or not." ”

"Silly girl, we rely on tea to eat, when other things rise, it is like a rising tide, and the price of tea can only rise. Ming Yi got up and glanced outside, and saw that Ma Bin was drinking around, so he pulled Jin Shan to his side and whispered, "A few days ago, when I came to look for Ming Xin, I saw the uncle coming back from outside, his face was flushed, I was afraid that I went to see the shopkeeper of the Long family, and if I set up tea next year, didn't you find that there are a lot of small traders invited this year?" ”

While the two were talking, An An, who was sitting on the side, suddenly babbled, Mingyi hurriedly went over to coax, and when she turned around, she saw Pinyuan pestle at the door, she was startled, took two steps back, and said, "When did you come here, you scared me to death." ”

Pinyuan didn't expect that he would scare people, smiled awkwardly, and said a little embarrassed, "I saw that you didn't eat a few bites, so I went to the kitchen to get a dish alone and brought it to you, my little nephew is also hungry, and I am happy when I see the food." ”

After putting the food in his hand on the table, Pinyuan said again, "Sister Yi, don't take what Uncle Seven said just now, don't take it to heart, he must have drunk too much in the morning to say these nonsense, my father is not the kind of person he said." ”

Without waiting for Mingyi to answer, Jin Shan had already snatched the chopsticks in Pinyuan's hand and said, "I know, the uncle is all for our good, you hurry up and go out to greet those tea merchants, don't delay selling tea next year." ”

Pin Yuan wanted to say something, but he was choked back, so he had to go out with a smile and go to deal with those small traders.

Although it is not the first year to deal with tea merchants, this year's sales are already twenty-nine years, and in two years, it will be time for housework, and I have really been poured a pot by these uncles who have known each other since childhood.

I don't know if it's because the old wine is too intoxicating, or if it's become too fast this year, I don't know if the drunk is far away, but I'm really drunk once, and with the support of the guy, I barely went back to the house and snorted and fell asleep. Until the tea mountain was in a panic, alarming the villages under the tea mountain, and did not wake up from the drunkenness.