But it was said that Ye Meng sprouted out of the flower hall, paused in the corridor for a while, and said, "Pea, you go back to the courtyard first, make a pot of good tea for me, and I'll go around and come back." ”

Pea answered and turned away.

As soon as the peas walked away, Ye Mengmeng quickly turned around and walked into the hut.

The three people in the house had not yet discussed a good way to revitalize the family, and when they were worried, Ye Mengmeng pushed the door and entered.

The three of them were taken aback, and Wen hurriedly walked over and hugged his daughter: "Mengmeng, have you run out of lunch?" Have you eaten enough? ”

"I'm full, mother!" Ye Mengmeng nodded, turned her head to look at Ye Chengxuan, and asked, "Big brother doesn't plan to leave when he comes back this time, right?" ”

Ye Chengxuan shook his head and said, "If you don't leave, I'm tired of wandering outside for the past few years." ”

Ye Mengmeng said with a smile: "Big brother is right to think like this, no matter how high the sky is, no matter how big the outside world is, no matter how wonderful the outside world is, but the wanderer will return home one day." Big brother, my father and mother are getting old, and my little sister will get married one day, this family, it's time for you to support it. ”

The three of them looked at each other as they spoke. If these words are replaced by Ye Jingjing, it is normal, but it is Ye Mengmeng who said this, which is too surprising, after all, Ye Mengmeng has been speechless since he was a child, and he has never said a decent word.

Ye Mengmeng lowered her head, brewed her emotions for a while, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were already full of tears, and she said in a low voice: "Dad, mother, eldest brother, I already know, now the Hou Mansion has fallen into a desperate situation, and I can't even eat." My father and mother are anxious about this, if I don't wake up, I'm afraid it will be really unfilial. ”

Hou Ye and his wife looked at their daughter in a daze. Wen couldn't hold back any longer, hugged his daughter and cried.

"Mengmeng, it's my father and mother who are sorry for you......"

Hou Ye was very pleased. His daughter is sensible, he should be happy, shouldn't he? Why is the nose sour?

Ye Mengmeng coughed and comforted her mother: "Mother, don't be sad, don't cheer up." This is the most difficult time for our family, and we must cheer up to overcome this difficulty. ”

"Yes," Ye Chengxuan took over and said with a straight face. "My little sister is right, Daddy, from today onwards, my son must be a serious person, and strive to make my father and sister live a better life in the future."

"Good, good, all good boys!" Hou Ye was both relieved and ashamed, and patted his son on the shoulder.

Ye Chengxuan thought for a while and asked, "Dad, don't we still have a Zhuangzi and a shop left in our house?" Early in the morning, my son went to Zhuangzi to have a look. ”

Ye Mengmeng hurriedly said: "Big brother, don't be busy yet." "Turn your head and ask Master Hou." Daddy, what is the situation of the rest of the Zhuangzi and the shop now? ”

Hou Ye looked a little lonely: "The remaining Zhuangzi is the Zhuangzi of Taohua Village in the eastern suburbs, and the shop is the one in Xicheng." ”

"Only these two?" Ye Mengmeng frowned.

As far as she knew, Taohuazhuang in the eastern suburbs was the worst of all the farms in Houfu, because the soil there was not good, and the harvest was very poor, and the general tenant farmers were reluctant to plant.

The other Zhuangzi of the Hou Mansion are all in the western suburbs, and the harvest of the Hou Mansion for a year and the fresh goods needed for eating, drinking and having fun are almost all provided by those Zhuangzi. It can be said that Peach Blossom Village is basically idle.

And there are several shops, four in the east city are silk shops, and only one in the west city is a pawnshop. Several silk shops are located in the downtown area, and business is very good. Although the pawnshop is also in the downtown area, there are several pawnshops on that street, and the competition is too fierce, and there is no one to manage the Hou Mansion, so it can't make any money.

Ye Mengmeng frowned and thought, the Zhuangzi with good soil quality and the shops with good locations have been exported, and there are only these two places that can almost be said to be empty shells? That's weird.

Ye Mengmeng couldn't help but remember, the book said that Ye Jingjing once took a fancy to several Zhuangzi in the western suburbs and wanted to use them to grow medicinal materials, and she also took a fancy to a few shops and wanted to use them to open a semicolon of Jirentang. But Hou Ye and his wife were not willing to give, so the matter was stopped.

Now, they have been won away, and who is winning them?

"Dad, who are the people who gamble with you?"

Hou Ye sighed and said, "You don't know those people either, why mention him?" ”

"That's not going to work." Ye Mengmeng said, "Daddy, this matter is very important, you must explain it carefully." ”

"Is it important?" Hou Ye scratched his head.

"Of course, Dad, are those gamblers your acquaintances or strangers you've never met?" Ye Chengxuan also said.

"Strangers, of course."

"Okay, when you start betting, what do you say you want to use as a bet?" Ye Mengmeng hurriedly asked.

"In the beginning, the bets were all on small things, such as jade pendants, fans, etc...... Later, it was gambling silver, silver tickets, and then it was land deeds, Zhuangzi, shops, ......"

"Who proposed to bet on Zhuangzi and Shop?"

"Of course they brought it up."

"Then have you told them before what are the Zhuangzi and shops in the Hou Mansion?"

"Of course not."

"Did they directly propose to use the Zhuangzi and silk shops in the western suburbs as a bet?"

"Yes, daughter, how do you know?"

Hou Ye glanced at his daughter a little strangely, and suddenly felt that today's daughter was too calm and smart to speak. This girl used to be an embroidered pillow, where is there such a meticulous thought?

Ye Meng smiled cutely, and sure enough, she guessed that there was something boring.

"Daddy, you see, you don't know those people, how do they know the details of our family's Zhuangzi and shop? I would never believe that they were not premeditated. ”

Hou Ye was speechless. yes, such an obvious loophole, why didn't he find it before?"

Ye Mengmeng thought for a while and said: "Daddy, in my opinion, those people are obviously prepared, they have premeditated and deliberately let you lose money, maybe their purpose is our family's Zhuangzi and shop." ”

Hou Ye and his wife were stunned when they heard this: "But, who would do such a thing?" ”

"Well, I can't figure it out for a while...... Ye Mengmeng propped up her chin, shook her head, and asked, "Daddy, have you offended anyone before?" ”

Wen's face changed: "Won't it?" How can your father be such an honest person, how can he offend people? ”

Ye Chengxuan frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Mother, I think what the little sister said makes sense." Our Hou Mansion has been in the capital for so many years, although my father is deliberately low-key, it is difficult to offend people. It's the kidnapping of the little sister a few days ago, I'm afraid it's also the enemy's hand. Otherwise, where will the strongmen come from at the feet of the Son of Heaven in the capital? If they are really strongmen, then these strongmen are too bold, and their identities must be very special, so they are so fearless. ”