Yang nodded dumbly, indicating that he understood.

Shopkeeper Zheng smiled: "It's a loyal servant!" "Forget it.

Although it is a pity in my heart, this kind of loyal person has a right heart, but he cannot be bought for profit, so he does not force it.

However, Li Jiushao showed some interest in Yang Mute, although there were many people under him, the more such people, the better.

For him, there is nothing in this world that cannot be obtained, it is just that the price is not enough.

It's a pity that this Yang mute is Mei Xiaotong's person, and it's not easy for him to start.

So I didn't look over my head in a daze, thought about it, felt unwilling again, and glared at Mei Xiaotong.

Mei Xiaotong was explaining the matter of Yang Mu, and felt a sight behind him that could not be ignored, and when she looked back, she had some doubts in her heart about the head of the nine young people in the previous calendar, but she didn't feel malice, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

Yang Mu, who was facing Li Jiushao, saw the glance of Li Jiushao in your eyes and remembered it in your heart.

After arranging the place where Yang mute went, the three of them got into the carriage and walked back.

It's almost noon at this moment, and it stands to reason that I am very satisfied with what I talked about today, so I have to invite Mei Xiaotong to dinner.

The shopkeeper Zheng had all the words in his mouth, and when he saw his own nine sons sitting next to him, he swallowed the words back.

Li Jiu Shao glared at the shopkeeper Zheng several times, he was really blind, at this time, he didn't leave anyone to have a meal? How do you negotiate business with people?

Zheng shopkeeper pretended not to see it.

Li Jiushao couldn't help it, and was about to speak, Mei Xiaotong spoke first: "Put me down when you get to the front." ”

When the coachman outside heard this, he made a hard effort in his hand, and the carriage slowed down.

Before she could stop, Mei Xiaotong lifted the curtain and jumped down.

The moment Li Jiu Shao jumped down, his face changed, and the whole person suddenly stood up. The exclamations reached his throat, and when he saw Mei Xiaotong standing firmly, he immediately returned to that arrogant appearance, sat down coldly, and pretended that nothing had happened.

Mei Xiaotong waved at Shopkeeper Zheng and Li Jiushao, then turned around and squeezed into the crowd.

When the shopkeeper Zheng saw Mei Xiaotong walking away, he put down the curtain, and when he turned around, he saw Li Jiushao with a cold face of a late mother, and stretched out his hand to him: "Bring it-"

Shopkeeper Zheng came to his senses, hurriedly took out the jade pendant from his arms, and carefully placed it in Li Jiushao's hand.

Li Jiu Shao snorted coldly and hung up the jade pendant back.

Shopkeeper Zheng carefully suggested: "Nine Princes, the matter of this dyeing workshop and the matter of fabrics are almost solved, plus there is also Wang Niangzi's plan, if you want to implement it, it is not a trivial matter, everything has to be decided by you Nine Princes!" The location of this Jing County is still a little remote, and it is not as prosperous as the capital city, and the transportation is not very convenient, not to mention, it is not convenient to live in an inn all the time-"

"Then you can inquire if there is any better house nearby and buy it!" Li Jiu Shao played impatiently

Cut off the words of the shopkeeper Zheng.

Shopkeeper Zheng really wants to slap himself in the face, and wants you to talk more!

Originally, he meant that in Jingxian County, there were all kinds of inconveniences, and the pampered young master of Jiugongzi should go to a prosperous place like Fucheng and harm other people.

But I didn't expect that this ninth prince is different from others, and he actually wants to buy a house, which means to live permanently?

Shopkeeper Zheng only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he wanted to faint.

But the last reason still made him hold on, and he could even ask with bated breath: "How big of a house does the ninth prince want to buy?" What are the requirements? ”

Li Jiushao said casually: "The house is cleaner, bigger, and cleaner!" When it's done, just find someone to buy a few honest maids! Do you want me to give you the rest? ”

Shopkeeper Zheng didn't dare to make a sound.

Mei Xiaotong went home, Mrs. Li happened to have made lunch, and yesterday she said that she would come home to eat, and as soon as she arrived, the hot water towel was handed over.

wiped his face, just two people, and it was rare to set the table, and put the meal on the kang table in Mrs. Li's room.

The two mothers and daughters sat on the kang and ate hotly.

Mei Xiaotong roughly said today's events, and then said apologetically: "Mother, when I am busy for a few days, I will come back to accompany you!" I'll go to find a Chinese person in the afternoon, hire two mothers-in-law, buy two maids and come back to serve you! In the future, you don't need to get up early in the morning to cook, you can enjoy the blessings! ”

Mrs. Li is not a pretentious old lady, she said in Lingshan Village that she wanted to live a life where the old lady in the city was served.

Now that I see that my daughters and sons-in-law are filial, I want to buy someone to come back and be filial to myself, and I am suddenly happy.

"That's a good feeling! Mother should also be a broad old lady! When the time comes, two maids, one mother, and one you! My daughter is a person who does big things, and now she is also a talented lady, so she has to have a maid. Let's eat and go! ”

Looking at Mrs. Li's posture, she couldn't wait for a moment.

Mei Xiaotong rarely saw Mrs. Li so proactive, after eating, the mother and daughter didn't hire a car, so they walked slowly down the alley to eliminate food.

Yan Zhong's house was not too far from the small courtyard, and the two of them walked about two teas before they arrived.

Yan Zhongren was at home, heard someone knocking on the door, came out to take a look, hurriedly smiled and welcomed the person in, invited him to sit down, and asked him to bring tea and snacks.

After a while, a stupid girl in green cloth came up with tea and snacks, although she was a little clumsy, but her hands and feet were quite sharp.

After taking two sips of tea, Mei Xiaotong explained her intentions.

When Yan Zhongren heard this, this was business again, and he hurriedly asked, "What are the requirements?" ”

Mrs. Li immediately made a bunch of conditions: "Just look stupid, you can't be too good-looking anyway; The hands and feet should be quick and can work, Miss Jiao, we can't afford it; Be honest and can't have crooked thoughts; Net worth must be innocent

can't be pickled; It's best to have a craft, whether you can cook or make shoes, we don't have idlers! ”

Thanks to Yan Zhongren, there were many people, but he listened to them without changing his face, and he was very patient: "What my aunt said is very true!" ”

Mrs. Li met her bosom friend: "No, what are we buying them back for, isn't it just for work?" Otherwise, buy it back and be an ancestral offering? Our small family can't afford to raise a young lady like that in the play! I think it's good to look like the girl who served the tea! ”

Yan Zhongren had a number in his heart: "Auntie, please rest assured, I have taken this matter to heart, it just so happens that a group of people will arrive in two days, and then the aunt will come to pick it up in person, okay?" ”

Mrs. Li nodded again and again!

Mei Xiaotong asked Yan Zhongren to find two nearby mothers-in-law, or the mother-in-law who sold her body, she had to be innocent, she could cook and wash clothes, and she would be honest and not pass on right and wrong.

Yan Zhongren also wrote them down one by one.

The mother and daughter went home satisfied.

When I walked to the most prosperous county avenue, I saw more than a dozen people surrounded by people in front of me, and there was a thin figure in the circle of people.

Mei Xiaotong's ears are good, and she heard something from a distance, "Sell yourself to bury your father-"

What "can it cost ten taels of silver......

……

and so on, and immediately knew in my heart, I was afraid that someone had betrayed his body to bury his father.

Mei Xiaotong didn't like to join in the fun, and she couldn't stand Mrs. Li's sullenness at home, seeing that there was a strange excitement to see, where could she bear it, and dragged Mei Xiaotong into the crowd.

Mei Xiaotong had to follow.

In the middle of the crowd, a thin girl knelt on the ground with a straw mark on her head, and a corpse hastily rolled up with a bamboo mat behind her.

As I got closer, I heard the chatters more clearly: "We haven't seen our county sell our body to bury my father for many years!" ”

"But no, look at that girl's body and bones, what can you do if you buy it back?"

……

Mei Xiaotong looked at it, the thin girl had her head down, her hair was yellow and frizzy, and the clothes on her body were already early spring, but the girl was still wearing a shabby cotton jacket.

In the hole exposed by the cotton jacket, the reed flowers were exposed, and it turned out that the cotton jacket was not cotton, but reed flowers.

In the past, many poor people had no money to buy cotton, so they stuffed the reed flowers in the middle of the cotton jacket to keep warm.

Some people also use reed flowers to fill cotton tires as quilt covers.

It's just that in recent years, because the price of cotton has fallen, most of them can afford to cover quilts, but few people use reeds.

And the girl, whose hands were exposed, had chilblains on all ten of her fingers, swollen like carrots.

When the wind blew, it blew up the hair that the girl was blocking in front of her, revealing a delicate face, although the complexion was sallow, and there was no flesh, but the eyebrows and eyes could be seen

It's delicate.

Mrs. Li was originally rushing in, but when she saw the girl's appearance, she frowned, and before she could speak, she heard a voice.

"Wang Niangzi? What a coincidence! We meet again! ”

Mei Xiaotong and Mrs. Li both turned their heads to look, but Mei Xiaotong didn't react, and Mrs. Li couldn't help but slap her face: "Whose descendants are here, they are really handsome, more handsome than their daughters!" ”

Li Jiushao, who was originally smiling, heard Mrs. Li's words, and his face drooped suddenly.

Whose mother-in-law is this, why are your eyes so bad? I'm a gentleman! Pure gentlemen!

If this is in the capital, he will not say that he picked up the guy and went up to beat people, and he would have to let the dogs around him go up and teach a lesson or two.

As soon as the shopkeeper Zheng next to him saw Li Jiushao's face, he knew that things were going to be bad, and hurriedly whispered: "Jiu Gongzi, this is Wang Niangzi's mother-in-law." ”

Not much to say, just one sentence, point to point.

Li Jiushao rolled up half of his sleeves, put it down silently, and barely squeezed out an ugly smile: "It's an old lady!" ”

Mrs. Li smiled politely, looked at Li Jiushao suspiciously, turned her head and asked her daughter in a low voice: "Girl, whose child is this?" How come I've never seen one? “

After a pause, he said again: "After that, he grew so handsome, and even spoke well." Your wife and I are so old, it's the first time I've heard someone call me an old lady! ”

I was still very satisfied, this person was good-looking, and his mouth was like honey.

Mei Xiaotong introduced in a low voice: "Mother, this is the ninth son of the Li family"

Mrs. Li just showed half of her smiling face, and immediately froze, it turned out that this was the wrong person who had a strange temperament and made things difficult for her daughter, and was later fooled by her own daughter to spend 10,000 taels of silver to buy the dyeing workshop and fabrics?

This is a rich man! The girl's 10,000 taels of silver haven't arrived yet, so you can't offend!

Mrs. Li squeezed out the remaining half of the smiling face without any problems: "It turned out to be the ninth son, the ninth son is good!" The Ninth Prince came to shop in person? ”

Nine young ......

The onlookers next to him are all paying attention to Li Jiushao's side at the moment, it is not unusual to sell himself to bury his father or something, but such a big beauty is still a man, but it is really unusual.

I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see it in my life!

Especially the big girl and little daughter-in-law, all of her eyes are about to get on Li Jiushao.

"This boy is so good-looking!"

"Not really! If such a handsome boy could say a word to me, I would be able to close my eyes when I die! ”

……

There is even more bold, throwing flattery and handkerchiefs at Li Jiushao.

Fortunately, Li Jiushao was surrounded by guards, and they were all accustomed to it, and they kept people out of the periphery with understatement.

Li Jiu Shao has long been accustomed to this kind of battle, and has practiced a deaf and blind kung fu!

Anyway, none of these people looked better than him, and he wasn't even interested in taking a second look.

If you want to talk about the quality of beauties, the quality of the capital is definitely better than that of Jing County, and he can't even look down on the beauties of the capital, not to mention these.

Ignore it directly, "Mrs. Wang, do you want to take the old lady out for a walk?" ”

Mei Xiaotong hadn't spoken yet, although Mrs. Li felt that this Li Jiu Shao couldn't be offended, but she didn't want her daughter to talk to Li Jiu Shao more, so she hurriedly stopped in front: "My daughter-in-law is filial, and she said that she was afraid that I would be tired, so she wanted to buy me two girls to serve me, and I came out today to buy two girls." ”

Li Jiushao's eyes lit up: "That's too coincidental, I'm planning to buy a yard in Jing County to live temporarily, and I also need to buy a few girls to serve, can Wang Niangzi have a suitable Chinese introduction?" ”

The shopkeeper Zheng and the little servant of Li Jiu Shao were speechless in the back, they were rich and rich, and their requirements were naturally strict, how could they buy a girl here in Jing County? They are all bought from the people in the capital, so that there is a guarantee!

It's just that they are embarrassed to expose Li Jiushao.

Mrs. Li slapped her thigh: "That's really a coincidence!" When my mother and I walked here, we just saw someone selling themselves to bury our father! I think the little girl who sold her body is quite pitiful, but it's a pity that it costs ten taels of silver, people like ours can't afford it, but it's a family like Jiugongzi who is suitable."

Nine young ......

Mei Xiaotong held back a smile, not daring to look at Li Jiushao's face.

Zheng's shopkeeper looked at the sky, and Li Jiushao's personal servant looked at the ground, but he didn't dare to look at his son-in-law.

Instead, the onlookers became lively.

"It's not, when I see that this boy is a rich man, he wants to buy a girl anyway, and spending more money to buy this little girl back can be regarded as accumulating virtue and doing good."

"Ten taels of silver is worthy of it, I look at the little girl with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, go back to recuperate for two years, I can't say that she is a little beauty like a flower, I am afraid that you will still earn it!"

"That's not it, such a little beauty, cultivate it by yourself, train it yourself, and add fragrance to your red sleeves at night......"

……

Even the little girl who sold herself to bury her father, when she heard this, looked straight over with a pair of big eyes.

Where can Li Jiushao see such a black, thin and yellow girl? Such a girl can't even enter the door of Li's house, okay?

Say no now!

Before she could speak, the black, thin and yellow girl kowtowed to Li Jiushao: "Childe, you can buy me!" I eat less and can do anything! I will make cattle and horses for Childe to repay Childe! ”

In a few clicks, the forehead was covered with blood marks on the ground.

It made the onlookers look at Yu Xin and couldn't bear it.

They all spoke: "No, this son, you can buy it, look at the girl so pitiful!"

"Buy it! Seeing that her head is bursting, why is she so hard-hearted? ”

"That's it! The sons of these rich families, all of them are above the top, but I am afraid that they are

I don't like this girl for not looking good, right? ”

……

Although Li Jiushao is young, he has been walking in the mall with his father for many years, what kind of scene has he never seen, just by a few people saying a few innocuous sour words, he wants him to comply?

Stop dreaming!

At that moment, he sneered, his eyes were frosty, and he turned around and ordered.

The little girl Zhaocai walked up to the girl who sold herself to bury her father, took out two ingots of snowflake silver and threw them in the girl's arms: "Our son sees you pitiful, reward you with ten taels of silver, and take it to bury your father!" Don't be so pitiful and sell yourself! ”

The girl looked at the two ingots of silver in her arms, couldn't believe it, and trembled and grabbed the two ingots of silver tightly.

It took a while to come back to his senses, and kowtowed a few more times to Li Jiushao: "Thank you, son!" Childe's great kindness, Xiaocui is a cow and a horse to repay Childe! Don't know where Childe lives? When my father is buried, I will go to work as a girl, wash clothes and cook, I will do anything! ”

The little guy Zhaocai sneered: "Didn't you hear clearly? My son-in-law took pity on you and gave you this silver! You don't need to be a cow or a horse! Still whimsical and want to be a girl for my son-in-law? Do you also see if you are worthy? I've seen a girl like you, I've seen a lot, and I give my son-in-law a girl, do you think it's to repay your kindness? Fart! My son-in-law's girl, how can ordinary people be it? ”

"When I am the girl of my son-in-law, it is a blessing that has been cultivated for eight lifetimes! Hurry up and leave with the silver, or don't blame us for being polite! ”

The girl was stupid there, and it took a long time before she said, "I really want to repay my son!" I really can do anything, I won't eat for nothing! As long as you don't go hungry! I'm well fed! ”

"Do you want to be ashamed? My son-in-law took pity on you and gave you money to bury your father, why, is he still responsible for supporting you? It doesn't make sense to say that it is heavenly! Could it be that as long as people in the world sell themselves to bury their fathers, they can't rely on the master so much? Do you want to dream of autumn? The little guy Zhaocai scolded with his waist in his hand.

At this time, it was the afternoon, and the students of the relatively loose academy had already left class early, and they came here in groups of three or five, and they just happened to hear it.

They call themselves scholars on weekdays, and they have the style of gentlemen, and they suddenly can't stand it.

"I said, 'Whose evil servant is this?' In broad daylight, he was aggressive and ashamed of a weak woman who sold herself to bury her father! ”

(End of chapter)