Although it is said that it is a farmer and a businessman, the merchant is at the bottom.

But isn't this scarce and expensive? There are so many talents in Jing County that they are not worth much, but the business is done to the Tian family, and it is already a small face in Jing County.

What's more, because of the reasons of the Li family, this dynasty has always been very lenient towards merchants, especially the Li family, which is ordered to do business, and the head of the Li family still has the title of the imperial court!

Thinking of the Li family, Tian Shanglang carefully calculated it in his heart again, and he really felt a little tricky.

If Mei Xiaotong only relied on the Li family, it would have to be solved.

If An Huahao is just an ordinary talent, it would be easy to do it without Mei Xiaotong who could make money to catch up with the relationship between the Li family.

As the saying goes, a poor show is a poor show, not to mention the countryside, it is an ordinary family, if you want to provide a showman, it is also necessary to clean up the family.

He only needs to say two good words and fund more money, An Huahao will not worry about money when he studies, and he will also have one more connection.

However, Mei Xiaotong got in touch with the Li family, thinking that there was no shortage of silver, otherwise she would not be able to hire two mothers-in-law, and she didn't even take a look at the gold collar she sent.

Naturally, it is confident, not uncommon.

Mei Xiaotong's affairs have to be discussed in the long run, he thought too much about yesterday and today.

Fortunately, he made two preparations, since Mei Xiaotong's side is not moving for the time being, he can only stare at that side.

Thinking so, Tian Shanglang instructed the coachman to turn the carriage around and go to the county office.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Wu went out to buy some odd things, and when she came back, she reported to Mei Xiaotong: "Xiucai lady, it's not good-"

Mei Xiaotong put away the last bit of the robe made for An Huahao in her hand, and then said unhurriedly: "What's wrong?" ”

Mrs. Wu whispered: "When I went shopping this afternoon, I heard everyone on the street say that the county magistrate had issued a notice, and those women sent it to the yamen, and then took the rouge gouache that the doctor had tested in the medicine hall, and there was no problem." ”

Mei Xiaotong was stunned: "What did the notice say?" "No, didn't someone take it to the spot yesterday and say that it did contain lead powder?

"No one came out to be suspicious?" Mei Xiaotong asked.

Mrs. Wu shook her head: "I heard that a few ladies who took it for inspection yesterday said that there was no problem with those who sent it for testing today." ”

After Mei Xiaotong listened, a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Tian Shanglang is a good trick to draw salary! How much did it cost to shut the mouths of those women yesterday?

As she was talking, the ancient lady on the other side knocked on the door again and came in.

Seeing Mei Xiaotong, she smiled embarrassedly: "Wang Niangzi, what's that, I-"

Seeing Mrs. Wu on the side, the rest of the words were swallowed back into her stomach.

Mrs. Wu was very discerning, so she made an excuse and retreated to the back room.

Gu Niangzi came to Mei Xiaotong's side and whispered: "Wang Niangzi, didn't the Tian family's rouge gouache you said in the morning say that there is a problem?"

Why did the county magistrate issue a notice in the afternoon, saying that the rouge gouache was fine, and said that it was specially sent to the most famous peace hall in our county for the old man Qin to check——"

Mei Xiaotong didn't answer and asked: "Then Gu Niangzi, do you believe what I say, or do you believe the notice of the county master?" ”

Gu Niangzi suddenly showed a tangled look, and after a while, she said in general: "Wang Niangzi, sister!" Sister told you something from the bottom of my heart, it stands to reason that I should of course believe the notice of the county master, after all, it was endorsed by the old man Qin of Ping'an Hall himself! This old man Qin's reputation for a lifetime will never lie! But I don't know why, I just don't dare to use the Tian family's rouge gouache anymore. ”

Speaking of which, Mei Xiaotong still didn't understand anything, and smiled at the moment: "Then don't use the ancient lady first, I'll give you a jar of alabaster in a while, and you can use it for two days first." ”

When the ancient lady heard it, she was overjoyed, this alabaster was rubbed on her face in the morning, and in the afternoon, it was still very moisturized, and even her own man went home for dinner at noon, saying that she looked much better today.

Such a good thing is stronger than Natianjia rouge gouache!

After thanking and thanking at the moment, he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Mrs. Wang, why did I hear the owner of the Tian family calling my aunt sister in the morning?" Are you two related? The county master said that the Tian family's rouge gouache is fine, so the owner of the Tian family won't trouble you, right? ”

Mei Xiaotong smiled: "It's okay!" We have nothing to do with the Nada family! It's just that the owner of the Tian family wants to build a relationship! Just ignore them. ”

Gu Niangzi saw that Mei Xiaotong didn't want to talk about it, and she was very interested in saying goodbye.

Mei Xiaotong did what she said, sent a jar of alabaster to Gu Niangzi, and went home happily.

As soon as the ancient lady left, An Huahao came back.

When he saw Mei Xiaotong, he threw a thing he was holding in his hand to her before washing his face.

Mei Xiaotong looked down, it was a piece of paper, opened it and looked, good guy, isn't this a notice?

What is written above is indeed as the ancient lady said, saying that it has been sent to the yamen for inspection of hundreds of rouge gouache, randomly selected more than a dozen, sent to the old man Qin of Ping'an Hall for testing, after the Ping'an Hall test, there is no lead powder in this rouge gouache, hereby announced.

Mei Xiaotong sneered, threw the notice on the table, and waited for An Huahao to sit over before asking, "What's the matter?" This farmer is so hand-eyed in Jing County? Did you buy off the county master or the doctor of Ping'an Hall? ”

An Huahao's face was not good-looking, he received news from his subordinates in the afternoon, and he asked his subordinates to keep an eye on the people of the Tian family.

Sure enough, Tian Shanglang did have a backhand, and when the Tian family was at stake, he made a move.

He didn't buy Ping'an Hall, nor did he buy the county master, but bought off a confidant master under the county master, and replaced his own ones with some good rouge gouache from other families.

At the same time, it also supports the relationship and the men of yesterday's lady family who had heads and faces

All gave a generous gift.

It was only said that it was for the wife at home to be shocked.

Those men, who have also heard a little about it, and then received such a generous gift, look at their mother-in-law, all of them are old and yellow, and they don't use rouge and gouache? It's not as good as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young girl.

Where can you blame someone for rouge gouache? It's clear that I'm getting old!

Therefore, they all accepted generous gifts with a smile, and after returning home, they warned their mother-in-law not to make trouble.

A crisis of the Tian family was resolved by Tian Shanglang's concealment.

An Huahao still felt sorry for Mei Xiaotong and Mrs. Zhang when he thought about it: "This Tian Lang still has some connections in Jing County, after this incident, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to catch them for a while!" But I have already ordered to go down, dig forward, and I don't believe that I can't catch their sore feet! After hesitating for a moment, he was afraid that Mei Xiaotong would not be happy in his heart, so he impulsively went to find trouble with the Tian family, and then slowly said the results of the analysis with Gu Zikai and the two: "This matter, I can't be in a hurry for the time being!" Although the Tian family is temporarily out of danger, once this reputation is flawed, the three of them will become tigers, and one day, it will break out again! The Tian family must be cautious now, it is better to let them go for the time being, let's look carefully, as long as they have bad deeds, they will be exposed. ”

"Moreover, although the county magistrate has repeatedly ordered and said that he wants to protect the students of the imperial examination, he may not be willing to let the Tian family make trouble. Not to mention, if the matter of rouge gouache is really big, it is not a trivial matter for one family, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of involvement! ”

"I'm afraid that the county master also knows about the Tian family's transfer of flowers and trees, but he just pretends not to know. It's also that I'm just an ordinary showman now, and if I were a lifter, I'm afraid it wouldn't be like this. ”

An Huahao knew that he was just a talent himself, and he had too few chips in his hand.

What's more, the relationship behind the county master is also complicated, how could this kind of thing happen under his rule at this critical moment when the autumn test is about to begin?

If you really want to deal with it, you have to do well in the autumn test, and the county master will have the confidence.

He doesn't have any grievances, the world is unfair, he has experienced too much, if he complains about others and feels sorry for himself because of this, then it is not him!

What he wants, he will naturally go for it himself!

Isn't his status now insufficient? Then he will fight! Go for the test! Step by step, one day, he can become Xiaotong's support, so that she will no longer have to be wronged.

Mei Xiaotong only thought about it in her heart and understood, if the Tian family was really so easy to fall, she would be strange.

But Tian Lang actually has such energy, which is beyond her expectations, since this is the case, she is not in a hurry, and she will make the Tian family pay the price.

If nothing else, she's still young and can afford to wait! is Mrs. Zhang, after this recuperation, she must be able to live a long life.

Didn't you say that? Time will avenge you, as long as you outlive your enemies!

Therefore, seeing that An Huahao was a little depressed, he comforted: "I understand!" Besides, I'm afraid that the Tian family is more cowardly than us, we have messed up their business, and in the end, we have to apologize with a generous gift! And you have to be polite to us in the future, I see that the farmer has a smile on his face, and I am afraid that I will vomit blood! ”

"We don't have anything to lose, this is a gold collar and some gifts, a few more times like this, our family will be rich." said and smiled playfully at An Huahao.

Smiling so much that An Huahao still remembers what kind of field merchant, local merchant.

The little couple here are affectionate and unaffected.

After a day of running outside, he came home and collapsed in his chair, only to tell him to pour tea quickly.

Zhang Qiuju was frightened at home, worried for a day, and finally saw his man come back, and hurriedly greeted him, and before he could speak, he heard Tian Shanglang ask for water.

Turning his head, he commanded: "Old man, are you a dead man?" Didn't hear your dad ask for water? Why are you so blind? ”

At this time, Chen should have prepared the tea a long time ago, and no matter how bad it was, he should have promised to prepare.

But after Zhang Qiuju scolded, he didn't hear any movement, and when he turned around, he found that Chen, who had been standing at the door in the past, didn't even see a shadow of a person today.

Zhang Qiuju remembered in a trance, in the morning, she was worried that breakfast was bought by the boss Wuhu, and at noon the boss Wuhu came to ask her what she was eating, she was not happy, scolded Wuhu away, and ate two pieces of dim sum to pad her stomach.

At this moment, I realized that I hadn't seen everyone this day.

immediately looked out the door: "Boss, where is your daughter-in-law hiding and lazy?" When has this been? There is such a big thing at home, I don't expect you to help, you are good, your father came back from running outside for a day, and he couldn't even drink hot tea, and when he said this, people can't laugh at our Tian family——"

Before the words were finished, Tian Wuhu didn't know where to get out of his head, and stood at the door and said angrily: "Mother, you don't have to scold Ah Fang, she has been retired by me and returned to her mother's house!" ”

"What? You have no conscience - what do you say? You divorced your daughter-in-law? When did it happen? Zhang Qiuju was about to scold the boss for having no conscience, but when she heard the back, she was dumbfounded.

This eldest daughter-in-law has not been happy for many years when she enters the door, no matter what she says as a mother, how she tortures the eldest daughter-in-law, the elm pimple of the boss gritted her teeth and did not divorce her wife.

Why did this good and decent person give Chen a break?

Tian Shanglang, who was lying on the chair, couldn't care less when he heard it, sat up straight all of a sudden, and said sharply: "Boss, what are you talking about?" Why do you want to take a break from Chen? But the Chen family heard that something had happened to our Tian family, and they thought that the Tian family was about to fall, so they ran away? You're a! I can't even look at my mother-in-law! ”

One side again

instructed Zhang Qiuju: "Since you have already taken a break, you will go to the Chen family tomorrow and ask them how the Chen family taught their daughters in front of his father and mother——"

Tian Wuhu kept gritting his teeth, and he couldn't help it when he heard this, "Enough!" It has nothing to do with Ah Fang! I'm going to divorce her! I can't bear to let her follow me for half my life, suffer for half my life, and in the end I have to give people my life-"

"What are you talking about-" Zhang Qiuju was angry when she heard this, and she was about to beat her son.

Tian Wuhumu stood there stunned, with no intention of dodging.

Tian Shanglang's expression suddenly became gloomy: "You overheard our words yesterday?" ”

Tian Wuhu reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, and the smile that hooked up was indescribably bitter: "Yesterday, I heard that the second brother and sister were pregnant, and the two of us were happy to be uncles and aunts, and we searched in the house for a long time, and finally found a good thing, and planned to give it to the child in the belly of the younger brother and sister." ”

"But Ah Fang and I had just walked into the courtyard, when I heard my father tell the second brother and the second brother and sister to hide out first with the silver ticket, I am afraid that if something happens to the Tian family, they can have a way to live——"

Speaking of this, Tian Wuhu smiled miserably, and looked at Tian Xianglang and Zhang Qiuju: "I heard everything with Ah Fang, I am a member of the Tian family, born to my father, and my father and mother asked me to give my second brother my life, but I didn't have a word." But Ah Fang was not born by her father, I can't protect her, and I can't give up Ah Fang's death, naturally there is only this way! Ah Fang is no longer my mother-in-law, not the daughter-in-law of the Tian family, and nothing in the Tian family has anything to do with her! "Are you blaming us for being a father and mother?" Tian Shanglang asked with a gloomy face.

Tian Wuhu's eyes were red: "My son doesn't dare!" The son was born and raised by the father, and the father and mother wanted the son to be born, and the son was born. The father and mother want their son's life, and the son has no complaints, and he offers it with both hands! I only hope that in this life, I will pay off my father's nurturing grace, and in the next life, my son would rather be a cow and a horse, and never dare to bother my father and mother anymore! ”

When Zhang Qiuju heard this, she suddenly couldn't stand it.

What do you mean, Boss? Is this a grudge against them for being a father?

How can I say that it is also the flesh and blood that I gave birth to in October, Zhang Qiuju was angry and anxious, and stretched out her hand to pat Tian Wuhu: "You conscienceless, when my mother gave birth to you, how much suffering did I suffer?" If you are reluctant to eat or drink, you will save what you eat. I finally raised you and opened a shop in the county seat, every day your father is not in a hurry, I take you with me, and I have to take care of the shop, I can't get a bite of food, I can't drink a mouthful of hot water, and I haven't let you suffer! ”

"You're good! Just because of such a small thing, you remember that we are our fathers? The old lady can't beat you conscienceless bastard! You're lost in that slut of Chen, aren't you? Since marrying her, you have had other thoughts, and you listen to that slut of the Chen family with one mind! Is she your mother? ”

Tian Wuhu was beaten a few times by Zhang Qiuju, his body shook, and he simply knelt on the ground: "My son's life was given by my father, and now my father thinks about it."

Take it back, take it back! It's boring for my son to live anyway-"

When Zhang Qiuju heard this, her eyes suddenly turned black and she almost fell to the ground.

It's Tian Shanglang, I don't like it anymore, this is also my own son, and I have hugged it myself, played with it, and had high hopes for my son.

When he saw the boss, he looked disheartened and not angry, but he still felt a little guilty.

It's just that his face is not revealed, and he said with a cold face: "You heard those two sentences yesterday, do you really think that your father and mother want to leave you behind?" Isn't that to coax your second brother and second brother and sister to go? You have to be considerate, don't you? Now your brother and sister are the roots of our Tian family in their arms, if there is a good one, this Tian family will be lost in the hands of your father! How did my father explain to the ancestors and ancestors underground? ”

"Besides, isn't Daddy just in case? You Lao Tzu, I also have prepared a backhand! Can you really watch something happen to your family? The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, although your father and mother are partial to your second brother on weekdays, but they are not thin on you! raised you so big, just for this sentence, you broke up with your father and mother, can you hold a grudge? ”

"Don't say anything else, your old man has been running outside for a day today, giving up this old face, and using up all the favors he has saved for most of his life, and finally solved this matter! Our Tian family is fine, you can't withstand a little wind and waves! If you still feel uneasy in your heart, how about you go to Zhuangzi to pick up your second brother and younger siblings tomorrow? You should believe them when they come back, right? ”

(End of chapter)