"Here, try this dish." Zhang Jing said.

Duan Jie looked at the bowl of boiled fish, the red soup, the green vegetables, and the smooth color of the fish, and it made people have an appetite when they looked at it.

He moved his chopsticks and put a piece in his mouth, "Well, it tastes good!" Very to my taste. ”

The two drank two glasses of wine leisurely, Duan Jie hugged his fist to Zhang Jing, and said, "Duan sincerely asks Mr. to come to my house as a guest, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Zhang Jing also bowed to Duan Jie and said: "Boss Duan thinks too highly of me, hehe, I'm just a down-and-out reader, thanks to the big man of the Mei family, he took me to run around to see a lot of the world, and I also met a lot of people, and being called a gentleman is really lifting me."

I am grateful to Master Mei for treating me for kindness in this life, and I don't want to go anywhere else. ”

Duan Jie gossiped that Zhang Jing had just passed the year of establishment, and he should still have unpaid ambitions in his heart, right? Why not give it a try, and maybe it will make a difference!

"Sir, if there is anything difficult, just tell me, Duan will definitely help." He said.

Zhang Jing drank the wine in the toast and said: "I have more than half of my life, and I only hope that my children and grandchildren can make progress in the rest of my life, and I have nothing else to ask for." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and beckoned his man to serve him two bowls of rice.

"Sir, it's indifferent to fame and fortune!"

Zhang Jing smiled, "Boss Duan has an overreputation!" ”

Duan Jie filled Zhang Jing with another cup and asked, "What does Mr. think of Miss Mei?" ”

Zhang Jing picked up the book on the corner of the table, patted it lightly in his palm, looked at Duan Jie and said, "Smart and assertive, he is a rare businessman." ”

Since she took over the Mei family last year, the eldest lady has made several decisions, although there are some things that he can't understand, but the results are unexpectedly good! This made him admire him very much.

"Smart is smart enough, to be a businessman, she still has to be a little worse." Duan Jie put down his chopsticks, picked up the wine cup and gestured to Zhang Jing, and drank it in one gulp.

Zhang Jing also picked up the wine and drank, and listened to Duan Jie say: "Miss Mei is too strong, not tactful enough, and I don't know the reason to take a step back and open the sky in case of trouble, let's take the gambling appointment as an example, she doesn't have to participate at all, just push: This matter is important, you have to go back and ask the elders." How easy! ”

Zhang Jing looked at Duan Jie with a smile and said, "It was forced by you and Old Man Huang that she would be like this." ”

Duan Jie smiled embarrassedly, "At that time, Mr. could have spoken out to stop her, why didn't Mr. do that?"

With Mr.'s status in the Mei family, it shouldn't be difficult to stop her from doing something. ”

Zhang Jing sighed, "Speaking of this, I regret it!" He said.

"Does the gentleman regret not stopping her?"

"Definitely!"

"What's that?"

Zhang Jing turned his head to look at the few people on the table in front of him, and said faintly: "I hated myself for being a villain at that time!" At that time, the eldest lady had just taken over the family business, and I also wanted to make a contribution to her, but after several contacts, I found that the eldest lady was decisive and did not need my advice at all.

I wanted her to suffer a loss at the time, so that she would have to ask me for ,...... in the future."

Zhang Jing raised his hand and rubbed his face twice, and said, "I'm a villain!" I...... I don't even have the face to stand in front of the eldest lady now. ”

Duan Jie said: "It can be seen that Mr. still has unpaid ambitions in his heart. ”

Zhang Jing waved his hand, "It's gone, it's gone, now I don't think about anything." He said.

Duan Jie smiled and didn't dwell on this question anymore, but chatted with a wide range of sky.

When Zhang Jing returned home, his daughter-in-law told him that not long after he went out, someone came to the house with a few gifts, saying that they were given by Master Duan, and he left after putting them down.

Zhang Jing took a look, there were two pieces of jewelry, six brocades and an old mountain ginseng, "It's okay, keep it." He said.

His daughter-in-law couldn't close her mouth happily, such a good fabric was just enough to make two autumn clothes for her daughter and a cheongsam for her son.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Zhang Jing, forget it, let's make one for Xianggong.

Huang Bingshan was startled when he saw Duan Jie, and asked him what he had to do with Jinling, but he didn't say anything, so he could go and greet him.

Duan Jie said that there was nothing to do, he just wanted to buy some more brocade from him.

Huang Bingshan didn't believe that he was here for the brocade, and besides, he didn't have any brocade in his hand, so he bluntly said that he couldn't give him the brocade now, and the dozens of horses in the shop were just decorations, and he didn't mean to sell them.

Although weaving is being carried out in the weaving workshop, you can't weave one horse and take one horse!

Duan Jie asked him why he didn't buy back the silk from Ruoxue, and his tone was quite unkind.

Huang Bingshan was surprised how he knew, could it be that someone was spying on him, he only said that he would let him buy silk, but he didn't say how much it was, and he didn't give him silver, what did he buy it.

These things are not easy to study in detail, he had to say that he went to Mei's house when he received the news, and Miss Mei's family told him that the silk was burned, and he had no choice.

Duan Jie didn't want to expose Huang Bingshan's face, and said, "Give me the money you borrowed from Jiutong Fortune before, I'll be useful." ”

Huang Bingshan had another sigh in his heart, he hadn't gotten all the silver tickets from Li Tao yet, so he came here to ask for it.

He asked Duan Jie if he needed silver, and if he needed to help make peace.

"I have bought four thousand brocades from Miss May, and I need to settle the bill with that silver." Duan Jie said lukewarmly.

"Four thousand, so many?"

Huang Bingshan looked at the look on Duan Jie's face, but he didn't see the truth or falsehood, "She sold it all to you?" He said.

"She said there were more than 6,000 horses, and I guess she had as many as 8,000." Duan Jie sprinkled a handful of coarse salt on Huang Bingshan's heart.

Huang Bingshan heard this, and jumped out of the chair at once, and his fat and oily body did not affect his movements.

"What? How is this possible! How could she have so many? ”

Duan Jie smiled without saying a word, holding the teacup and slowly scraping the foam on it.

Huang Bingshan looked at Duan Jie's face, the smile seemed to be mocking him, and he fell back into his chair, "She didn't sell it at all before, right?" He said.

Duan Jie said: "The brocade in her hand is a strange commodity now, and it can be sold at a high price in the next few months." ”

Huang Bingshan thought of something, turned around and asked, "How much money did you buy a horse?" ”

Duan Jie said lightly: "Fifty taels and one horses." ”

"What!"

Huang Bingshan almost jumped up again, his body and mind were hit once just now, and he no longer had the strength to jump.

Thinking of the more than 2,000 brocades that he had been bought in batches, his heart was tormented for a while, those brocades couldn't have been bought by Miss Mei, right?

"Now it's only thirty-nine taels and one horses, why do you want to give her a price of fifty taels?" He said.

Duan Jie let out a cold snort from his nose, "If you buy those silks, I only have to give her the price of thirty taels." ”

Huang Bingshan was choked and speechless, and after a long time, he asked again: "I don't know what you are doing when you buy so much?" Can you tell me? ”

Duan Jie said again about the royal family's happy events this year, "I have already asked my shop to be sold out for fifty taels and one horses, and it is estimated that it will be sixty taels next month, and it will be more than eighty taels by the end of the year." She said.

Huang Bingshan felt a pain in his heart again, he knew why Duan Jie did this, he had to negotiate with the Internal Affairs Office at a higher price to have some profits

"Then I wish you a lot of money in advance!" Huang Bingshan arched his hand towards Duan Jie, meaning for a moment.

Duan Jie put down the teacup and saw that his face was not good, so he said slowly: "I have another thing to tell you, the bet contract should be fulfilled in advance, now that the general trend is gone, there is no point in holding the bet contract until the end of the year, it is better to give Miss Mei a good impression now." ”

Huang Bingshan's eyes darkened for a while, he knew that what Duan Jie said was right, but before he had time to hide the family property, he was about to give it to others.

If he can hide some of the family property, then he can give less to the Mei family, and he can leave more for the family.

"Good! ……”

Before Huang Bingshan finished speaking, his body slid to the ground, and the two maids who were waiting in the house went up to help him in surprise, how could his body be heavy, how could the two maids be able to pull it.

Duan Jie was also taken aback, and hurriedly called someone in, and asked someone to ask for a doctor, and the doctor soon came, and Huang Bingshan woke up quietly.

The doctor said that Huang Bingshan's heart was blocked and his life was in danger, so he asked his family to prepare for the future, and prescribed a few doses of medicine to eliminate qi and blood stasis.

The Huang family was gloomy, and the meaning of sorrow permeated the Huang family and lingered.

After Huang Bingshan woke up, he also knew that he was seriously ill, so he called Huang Ji to his side and explained to him: "Find someone for your sister to marry, don't delay her Shaohua because of me." If you have a favorite woman, find a matchmaker to propose marriage, don't let the family wait too long, and if you marry again, you will regret it too late. ”

When he was helping in Mei's house, he once talked to Mei Jishan and Mei Jitan about family affairs, and Mei Jishan said that his son was married, and his in-laws also came to mourn.

Mei Jitan said that his son Mei Zhigao would not marry him before he was twenty years old, and it was really not good to delay the young lady of the Huang family, so he politely refused.

Huang Yun'er was lying on the table on the side and whimpering, and Mrs. Huang was choked up next to her, and her hand was gently patted on her daughter's back.

Huang Ji followed his eldest brother Huang Ji to stand in front of the bed, listening to Huang Bingshan's arrangements for the future, he would speak: "Daddy doesn't have anything to say to me?" ”

Huang Bingshan was already very tired, and when he saw his son's expectant eyes, he took two deep breaths before saying, "You study hard, add glory to the Huang family, and don't make trouble anymore." ”

Huang Ji pulled his brother's sleeve and said in a choked voice: "Daddy is tired, let him rest." ”

The Mei family was also a little busy at this time, and Aunt Zhou was about to give birth.

In the afternoon, Aunt Zhou woke up and wanted to go to the back garden for a walk, which was also explained by the doctor and Mrs. Wen, which was conducive to the child's birth.