Zhao Yuanzhi pulled a single stool and sat in front of her, turned over the cup and got a cup of water, and refilled half a cup for her, Yang Baodai looked at him: "What's the matter?" You're really not lying to me? ”

Zhao Yuanzhi took a sip of tea, pinched the palm of his hand, cleared his throat, and said frankly: "The two rooms of the Zhao family were in business at first, and then slowly developed, and once I went to the side to stuff the goods on the way to meet bandits, my father died, and the second uncle spent a lot of money to hire the dart bureau to escort my father's remains back, so as not to let my father be left behind, Zhao Yuanchun is my second brother, if she is alive, you will definitely look down on me, three years ago I will try the water and encounter an accident, at that time I was still keeping filial piety to my father, and the second brother asked me to help take care of Lan Guidan······"

"Lan Guidan doesn't know when to think about me, first, I can't do anything deviant to take in the widow's brother and sister, and secondly, I don't like Lan Guidan, I feel annoyed when I look at her, but Yuan Chun is leaving, I ······ On the day of the wedding, she lost her heart and went crazy to jump into the lake, and I could only stop it, which delayed ······"

Yang Baodai was taken aback, hesitated for a long time, and then asked lightly, "Don't be annoyed if I say something more decent, if your younger brother and sister are really devoted to you, why do you want to marry your second brother?" ”

Counting the time, Lan Guidan is nineteen this year, and Lu married into the Zhao family, at that time, the two rooms of the Zhao family were still quite rich, Yang Baodai squinted at him, "You say that the second brother is amazing and talented, and my mother also praised me for the second brother Jiaojiao gentleman, such as learning from the mountains, it stands to reason that such a good uncle, how can he get Longwangshu?" ”

“······ It has nothing to do with me, but the second brother likes her very much. Zhao Yuanzhi had pain on his face, and there seemed to be confusion in his eyes, but he still said righteously: "I don't like her again." As he spoke, he gently placed the cup on the edge of the table, his fingers bent and slowly buckled the table, making a low and dull sound, turning his eyes to look at the embroidery of the veil on the bed, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly: "Yuan Chun and I are very good, I am not as good as him in reading, I have failed once, after he married Lan Guidan, he often said in front of me, if he is not at home, let me take good care of her." ”

Yang Baodai faintly noticed that Zhao Yuanzhi had a good relationship with the dead brother Zhao Yuanchun, and hummed softly, her watery eyes were relieved, she raised her hand to hold the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "In the future, I will respect my younger brother and sister." ”

"Don't!" Zhao Yuanzhi hurriedly interrupted her, took her hand and kissed her, "She is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if she bullies you, you just have to tell me, I will support you!" ”

After Zhao Yuanzhi finished speaking, he suddenly stood up, his eyes were cautious, he first closed the window, and then poked his head out of the door to look left and right, making sure that it was impossible for Zhu to listen to the corner, so he locked the door, walked to the place where the room was specially sorted out for him to read, knelt on the ground on one knee, and suddenly lifted a bluestone slab.

Yang Baodai was dumbfounded, her brows jumped, and she subconsciously got up slightly, but in an instant, she was still curious and surprised and sat down slowly, holding her chin and watching his movements.

Zhao Yuanzhi tinkered for a while, walked over with a stack of things and spread them on the table, lowered his head and carefully placed them one by one, motioned to Yang Baodai to look, and then walked to the back of the bed and felt out a linen belt.

The things on the table looked inconspicuous, but looking at the words written on it, Yang Baodai's eyes immediately lit up, they were all shops in the town, there were two millet shops, three small fabric shops, and a small pharmacy.

Yang Baodai pinched the title deed of the shop and observed it carefully, and Zhao Yuanzhi, who came over, shook his feet with a sack of linen, and many silver tickets were scattered, as well as a gold stator.

"What is this?" Yang Baodai looked stunned.

"Money!" Zhao Yuanzhi looked at his daughter-in-law's simple appearance and couldn't cry or laugh, the two pear vortex smiled sweetly, and said in a low voice: "This is your man's net worth, all of which were left by our father." He sat down, picked up the Jin Dingzi that had fallen to the ground, and put it to his mouth to blow the dust, "Since ancient times, brothers have been doing business together, and many things are uncertain, these are all privately placed by my father, only I know." ”

"Ah, what about what my father-in-law earned before?" Yang Baodai asked subconsciously.

Zhao Yuanzhi smiled, placed the account book in front of her, and chuckled: "The second uncle is shrewd in his calculations, coaxed my wife to give up the inheritance, and gave a few hundred taels of silver to deal with the aftermath." He paused, turned into a gentle smile in a blink of an eye, and said neatly: "In short, these are ours, although there are not many, it is enough to barely spend the day alone, although there are not many shops, the shopkeepers are my father's henchmen before his death, except for them, no one knows that the master behind the shop is me." ”

His tone was sarcastic and a little self-deprecating, but Yang Baodai understood people, businessmen were profitable, and the second room had a beastly heart to take away the property that should have been divided equally, if he knew that there was still hiding, he might not know what it would be, there was not too much money, but Zhao Yuanzhi was suffering, and he had to go around in front of the coveted second room for the imperial examination.

Zhao Yuanzhi glanced at her, drank tea by himself, and said with a smile: "These are all yours in the future, you look at it first, and ask me if you don't understand anything." As he spoke, he went to read with half a pot of tea and a teacup.

The housekeeper settled the accounts Yang Baodai came easily, opened the account book page by page and looked at it, the six stores were all profitable, the pharmacy was worse in the end, but it was not a loss, looked through the old accounts and took out the silver ticket to reconcile, after thinking about it, Yang Baodai got up and took out the abacus that Jia Zhu gave her on the day she returned to the door, crackling and fighting in full swing, and gently reading the number addition and subtraction in her mouth.

Zhao Yuanzhi held his chin and looked at Yang Baodai under the dim candle fire opposite, dignified and gentle, with affectionate eyebrows and eyes, skin like clotted fat, no powder but delicate and shy, very pleasing to the eye.