"Mother, when I came back, the silver on my body was replaced with cloth and seeds, and I don't have any silver in my hand now." Pei Ze said calmly, "Don't worry, I will find a way to solve the silver matter by myself, and I won't let my family suffer." ”

It's inconvenient to tell his family what he's done.

I don't want to say it either.

"You're empty-handed, how can you solve it!" Wang was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "That's ninety taels, and you are engaged in those medicinal materials in the back mountain, and you can't see the harvest in a year and a half, our family can't stand the toss." ”

The Golden Tree told him to prepare the silver as soon as possible.

In such a short period of time, is he going to steal or rob?

"It's my business, don't worry about it." Pei Ze looked at the Wang family expressionlessly, frowned and said, "Tomorrow I have to go on a long trip, and it will take about seven or eight days to come back, don't worry about you and your father." ”

"Where are you going?" Wang looked at him vigilantly, "You're not going to leave us again, are you?" ”

She said that people who are used to wandering outside can't stay at home.

"Mother, where do you want to go, I want to cover the mountain, where can I go?" Pei Ze couldn't cry or laugh, got up and said, "Okay, I'll go out and talk to the seventh master." ”

"Third brother, I'll go too." Pei An poked his head in from outside the door, Pei Ze stepped forward and took his hand, and said, "Okay, let's go together." ”

"Third brother, your hands are so hard, they are full of calluses!" Pei An squeezed his hand and looked at it seriously, "Hey, there's a scar here, how did you get it?" ”

Pei Ze smiled but said nothing.

dragged him out of the door and went to Wang Qi's house.

Wang's family is in the east of the village.

The house at home is very magnificent, and there are a total of eight side rooms in the main house, which is one of the best in Tonghua Village.

Before the brothers arrived at the door, they saw a big yellow dog rushing out of the yard and barking wildly, Pei An was so frightened that he hid behind Pei Ze, Pei Ze picked him up and comforted: "Don't be afraid, it won't bite you." ”

Wang Qi greeted him with a smile: "The third child is here, please come in." ”

As he spoke, he reprimanded the yellow dog: "Rhubarb, this is your own person, stay on the side." ”

The big yellow gray slipped to the base of the wall and lay down.

"The third child is here!" Seeing that it was Brother Pei Ze who came, Wang Qi's wife Yang welcomed the two of them in happily, wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve and said, "You are back, your father and mother have been looking forward to you all these years, and their hearts are broken!" ”

Pei Ze led Pei An into the house and said to the two: "Seventh master and seventh aunt, happy New Year." ”

"Good, good." Yang made tea and prepared chestnuts, and said with a smile, "Sit down on the kang quickly, I'll eat here tonight, and my aunt will make dumplings for you to eat." ”

The old man of her family just helped carry the pig, and he divided twenty catties of pork.

Seeing Pei Ze, Yang was very happy.

"Then there's Aunt Lao." Pei Ze did not shirk, and sat down on the kang with his robe.

Pei An sat beside him in an orderly manner, grabbed the chestnuts from the plate and nibbled them without saying a word, and said in a low voice: "Third brother, the chestnuts of the seventh aunt's family are not as delicious as those made by the third sister-in-law." ”

"That's right, it's not as delicious as your third sister-in-law." Wang Qi laughed.

Tea over three rounds.

The two talked about Baoshantou, and Wang Qi patted his chest and said: "If you are tight, even if you open your mouth, if you don't have more, you can still take out twenty or thirty taels of silver." ”

"I have a way." Pei Ze said lightly, "Don't work for the seventh master." ”

Wang Qi nodded, and asked again: "Third brother, I heard that after the war in the northwest stopped, His Royal Highness King Qin returned to Beijing to succeed the emperor, is it true?" ”

He knew that there had been war in the northwest in the past few years, and it was not peaceful.

Every time he went to the northwest to buy goods, he was afraid that he would be blocked by others, so that every time he went, he had to hire people from the dart bureau to accompany him to protect him.

"It's true." Pei Ze bowed slightly, took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice, "The new emperor is heroic, and the northwest border should be peaceful in twenty years." ”

"That's a good idea." Wang Qi's eyes lit up, "In the future, when I go to the northwest to buy goods, I don't have to deal with the people in the dart bureau anymore, and I can save a lot of money!" ”

said, and sighed: "Although I don't often go to the northwest, I heard Boss Tu say that this battle has been fought for ten years, and if it weren't for General Li Quansheng's bravery and strategy, this battle would have to go on." ”

Pei Ze nodded and was silent.

"By the way, the third child, you have been in the northwest for many years, have you ever seen General Li Quansheng?" Wang Qi asked.

Over the years, as soon as he entered the northwest, he could hear the prestige of General Li.

Everyone said that General Li was invincible and invincible, and often made the enemy army frightened and retreated without a fight.

"Nope." Pei Ze said lightly, "Over the years, I have followed Engong everywhere to do business, and I have not stayed in the northwest all the year round, and once I came to our Tongzhou, but at that time, I have no memory, and I don't remember that I am from Tongzhou." ”

"Alas, it's not easy for you all these years!" Wang Qi picked up the teapot and poured tea for Pei Ze, grabbed another handful of sesame oil fruits for Pei An, and said with a smile, "Look, when you left, Brother An was not born yet, and now he is so old!" ”

Pei Ze smiled and didn't squeak.

Pei An snuggled up to Pei An's side and ate sesame oil fruits with relish.

Early in the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Pei Ze went out and didn't even eat breakfast.

Wang sent it all the way to the entrance of the village, and repeatedly told him to come back early, not to worry about the family, and when he returned home, he was not at ease, and sent Pei Chunshan to chase Pei Ze: "You go with him to see what he does." ”

"Don't worry, he'll be back." Pei Chunshan couldn't cry or laugh, "He told me that he was going to visit an old friend in Tongzhou, what are you talking about." ”

"Well, he won't tell me anything." Wang sighed.

When Pei An heard that Pei Ze was out of the courtyard, he simply cried: "I'm going to go with the third brother, why don't you wake me up, the third brother is gone, won't you come back!" ”

"Come back, he's back." Wang pointed to the pepper house and said, "Look, your third sister-in-law is still here, and your third brother will definitely come back." ”

Pei An thought about it, wiped his tears, entered the house of Huajiao, and saw that Huajiao was weaving a back basket, so he asked, "Third sister-in-law, what are you doing with a back basket?" ”

"Let's sell chestnuts!" The movements in Hua Jiao's hand did not stop, and he asked casually, "I'll go after fifteen, will you go?" ”

"Go, I'll go!" Pei An burst into tears and laughed, "I'll take you to the dock to sell, and after selling for money, let's buy meat buns to eat." ”

"Okay, that's it." Sichuan pepper.

The next day, Pei Chunhua brought Yang Liu, a girl from Yangliu Village, to see Pei Man at home as agreed.

Yang Liu's girl is not tall, but her complexion is fair, single eyelids, cherry mouth, her appearance is quite attractive, her waist is slender, and she walks with lotus steps, the first time she came to her mother-in-law's house to see each other, she didn't seem to be as shy and shy as an ordinary woman, but looked around very boldly, and when she saw Pei Man, she lowered her head a little embarrassed, sat on the edge of the kang, and kept twisting the corners of her clothes.

Mrs. Yuan was so happy that she took her hand and praised vigorously: "Look, this girl looks really good, her waist is her waist, her crotch is her crotch, oops, being young is good, look at this little hand." ”

The main thing is that the buttocks are round, and it is a good birth.

It's not like that peppercorn, it's as thin as a bamboo pole.

Wang also sat on the side of the kang and looked at Miss Yang Liu.

As soon as she saw this girl, she didn't like it, how could she look around as soon as she entered her mother-in-law's house, it was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Mother, you're right." Pei Chunhua is a matchmaker and an aunt, sitting on the kang with peace of mind, spitting and saying, "The Yang family has seven daughters, but the village says that the best thing is our six girls, six girls, if you have any requirements, just say, we can respond to you, and we will respond." ”

"I heard that your family bought a daughter-in-law for three taels of silver?" Miss Yang Liu was also unambiguous, and said confidently, "My mother said, my dowry cannot be lower than this number, and the rest is easy to say." ”

Wang became angry when he heard it.