The little couple ate all kinds of cooked food bought by Yu Jiayan, and occasionally said a word or two to each other, and waited until the winter solstice to quickly send tomato and egg soup, celery and peanuts, cold cabbage shreds, boiled dried tofu shreds, vinegared shredded potatoes, Mingyue was already half full.

She asked Dong Solstice to put the soup and four side dishes on the table, and then kept a little bit of the various foods that Yu Jiayan bought, and let Dong Solstice take them and share them peacefully.

Dong Solstice smiled and thanked Mingyue for the reward, and then took a wooden tray and brought all the cooked food that Mingyue asked her to take to the front yard.

"Mingyue?" Mingyue was about to close the door and continue to eat, when a clear voice came from the courtyard, which she was particularly familiar with.

"Big brother? Why did he come over at this time? Mingyue muttered while raising her feet to greet her, and Yu Jiayan hurriedly put down her chopsticks and followed out.

The two let Ming Xu sit down in the house, and Ming Xu opened his mouth to explain his intentions, "I told our grandmother that our Zhuangzi will also plant rice with you this year." ”

Mingyue was taken aback, "Our grandmother actually agreed?" Didn't she count me down before? ”

Ming Xu couldn't help laughing, "Didn't I buy a lot of cooked food home today, and as soon as my grandmother was happy, she agreed that I would follow you to plant rice." ”

Moon:......

Yu Jiayan: Speaking of business, can't you take it a little more seriously, big brother?

Ming Xu smiled and narrowed a pair of Danfeng eyes, "I lied to you, in fact, I united Erlang and a few of our grandmothers to fool together, and our grandmothers are probably busy regretting it now." ”

Mingyue was completely speechless.

Her brother wasn't such an unreliable person before, could it be that he was damaged by her family's Jiayan's black sesame stuffed buns?

Ming Xu wiped the sweat on his forehead, "Don't care about such small details, I came to you to ask you to help me run to Mrs. Gu." ”

Mingyue nodded, "No problem, I'll go to Mrs. Gu in the afternoon." ”

Ming Xu breathed a sigh of relief, he took out two silver tickets and handed them to Mingyue, "Deposit." ”

The corners of Mingyue's mouth twitched, "I've already given two hundred taels." ”

"Isn't this adding more rice seeds?" Ming Xu looked at Mingyue with a smile, "With these two hundred taels, Master Gu's family should no longer have to owe foreign debts." ”

Mingyue glanced at him, "You think too much!" Mrs. Gu would not embezzle this money. ”

She borrowed one hundred and fifty taels of silver from Mrs. Gu before, and after Mrs. Gu returned home, she immediately asked Gu Zhixian's nephew to send her and Yu Jiayan sixty taels of small silver bills, and also said that the remaining ninety taels would be returned one after another.

Mingyue, who received the silver, was both amused and helpless, and after thinking about it for a while, she simply asked Yu Jiayan to learn from Mrs. Gu's style, and wrote a receipt of sixty taels of silver to Gu Zhixian's nephew.

Gu Zhixian's nephew didn't dare to say no for Mrs. Gu, but he felt that it was really not good to ask for the receipt, and later Yu Jiayan showed him the IOU written by Mrs. Gu, and he took the receipt away with an embarrassed face.

Such a Mrs. Gu, Mingyue dared to pack a ticket, she would not embezzle the four hundred taels of deposit given by the Yu family and the Ming family.

At most, she used the broken silver in her hand to exchange for a few silver tickets given to her by Mingyue, after all, silver tickets were more convenient than scattered silver, and she bought Zhuangzi from Sun Yaren.

Mingxu was suddenly listless by Mingyue's words, and he asked Mingyue, "Can't you think of a way?" The Gu family should have been emptied by you by now, right? ”

Mingyue glanced at him, "What do you mean that I have emptied my family?" It's as if I deceived Mrs. Gu for the money. ”

Ming Xu touched his nose, "Okay, I said it wrong." In short, you should help the Gu family solve the imminent money problem. ”

"Without my help, his family will have money soon." Mingyue counted it with her fingers to Ming Xu, "February 2nd and March 3rd, Gu Zhixian will definitely hold a banquet to contact the squires and subordinate officials in these two days." There is also Mrs. Gu's birthday, I heard Mrs. Gu say that her old man has a 50th birthday this year, so on February 16, the Gu family will definitely set up a wine and treat guests. ”

Other families have a treat, Mrs. Gu went to condescend to the lord and give face to the main family, and if she didn't go, she couldn't say anything to others, but the Gu family invited guests, but there were almost no people in Fuxing County who dared to ignore it and not go to the banquet.

That's the benefit of status.

As the leader of Fuxing County, even if Gu Zhi County has not yet grasped all the real power, those county officials with lower official positions than him, or even squire merchants who have no official positions at all, none of these people dare to sweep his face in a grand manner.

After all, making small moves behind the scenes and slapping parents and officials in the face are definitely two different things with completely different effects.

Engage in small actions behind your back, even if you are discovered, you will not immediately tear your face, and the next time you see each other, everyone can still pretend to maintain harmony on their faces.

But if you slap your parents in the face in public, then even if the other party doesn't want to clean you up for the time being, you will inevitably treat you as the chicken that scares the monkey out of various considerations.

None of the petty officials and squires who can occupy a pivotal position in Fuxing County are two fools, and of course they will not do such stupid things.

As for those small landlords and small merchants who have little influence in the first place, of course, they will not offend the magistrate of their county.

Whether it is the county magistrate or the county order, and even the anonymous scribes and errands in the yamen, they will only politely coax and respect.

Without him, the king of Hades is good-looking, but the little ghosts are difficult, and they don't want to blame these people who have a relationship with the government and are fully capable of causing them troubles and troubles.

Of course, for a little person like them, Gu Zhixian would not post to them.

But what does it matter if you don't have a post?

They can come uninvited without a post.

You think it's going to be shameless?

Just kidding, is it important to have a good relationship with the magistrate?

No matter how bad it is, it's good to be familiar with the county magistrate!

If you go out and say to your neighbors, "I'm going to the county magistrate's house for a banquet", the lost face will immediately be ten times and a hundred times more likely to be recovered, not to mention that there will be a lot fewer people who dare to embarrass them in the future - who will let them be people with status and status who can eat and drink at the magistrate's house.

In her previous life, Mingyue watched others go up to camp in every possible way, so she was very sure that those people in Fuxing County who had heads and faces, no matter how much they despised the Gu family's "mud legs" in their hearts, they would still take the initiative to hold the Gu Zhixian family when it was time to go to the horse.

It's one thing to think in their hearts, but in terms of action, they will never give others, especially those who are of the same status as them, the opportunity to climb the big tree of Gu Zhi County first.

There are more people who are more motivated and less than they are, and there is no doubt that the Gu family will make a profit in this regard.

Even if Gu Zhixian is a principled person and will never accept any expensive gifts that exceed his psychological expectations, there are too many people in Fuxing County who want to please him.

Gather sand into a tower, gather armpits into furs, no matter how meager the gift, a large number of copies will become extraordinarily rich, not to mention that as a local squire and the guests of Gu Zhi County's subordinate officials, everyone can only rack their brains, within the scope that Gu Zhi County can accept, as much as possible to give the gift to the valuable.