The mother's existence in Li Minglou's life was very short.

The Lien family was as beautiful and short as a flower in Li Bong'an's life, and after it bloomed, it was collected by Li Bong'an.

The Tongjiang Lian clan is even more like it never existed in Jiannan Province.

"I can't even think of it." Yuan Ji sighed, "At the beginning, the Lian family wanted to give the women in the family to the governor as the step-family, and used various means to annoy the governor, and the governor cut off contact with the Lian family, and even cut off the Lian family's business in Bashu. ”

Lian's family is just a merchant, and he is vulnerable to Li Feng'an's ruthless methods in Jiannan Province, so this is why Lian Xiaojun said that his ancestral home is Tongjiang, but he lives in Shangzhou to do business.

Li Minglou looked at the famous post: "I still remember that what made my father most angry was that my grandmother and several aunts and aunts threatened me, saying that in the future, my stepmother would scald me and my younger brother to death with boiling water." ”

When Lian Qing passed away, Li Feng'an protected Li Minglou very well, telling her that her mother just went to heaven first, and although she couldn't be by her side all the time, she would still watch her and her younger brother, and they would meet again in the future.

So in order to get closer to her mother, Li Feng'an built her the tallest building, Li Minglou lived in a high-rise building, could talk to her mother at any time, could take good care of her younger brother, and lived happily as before.

But her grandfather's family shattered her dreams and taught her how terrible it was to be without a mother.

Li Feng'an was furious, broke off relations with the Lian family, and cruelly cut off the Lian family's foundation in Bashu and became an enemy.

The Lian family never appeared in front of the Li family again, and Li Minglou had never seen anyone from his grandfather's family until he died, nor had he heard from them.

But it's okay, I guess I won't be implicated by the Li family, and I can live safely.

"Miss, didn't this Lian Xiaojun find something?" Motoyoshi asked.

The Governor of Dadu passed away, maybe Lian's mind moved, he hasn't paid attention to Lian's over the years, and it's not impossible if there is an omission.

Li Minglou smiled and shook his head: "No, he doesn't recognize me." ”

Of course, just in case, she avoided it before even Xiaojun didn't look up, she was very similar to her mother, thinking of this, she picked up the mirror and looked at it: "Uncle Yuanji, me and Lian Xiaojun, who is beautiful?" ”

Yuan Ji smiled dumbly: "Of course, the eldest lady is the most beautiful." ”

Li Minglou shook his head: "I don't believe it, even Xiaojun has changed when those children see me, but they haven't seen me." ”

Yuan Ji smiled: "The eldest lady is different from Lian Xiaojun, the eldest lady is what they are in awe of, and Lian Xiaojun is just a guest, only for watching." ”

Li Minglou smiled, of course she didn't really care about beauty, she never cared about appearance, this person looked very similar to her mother, I don't know if it was her grandmother's nephew in the room.

"I've already let people investigate." Yuan Ji understood her thoughts and said, pausing again, "Does the eldest lady want to continue talking to him about that treasure?" ”

The eldest lady will definitely not confess to him, and the eldest lady will not disobey her father.

"Yes, even if he doesn't have the surname Lian, he said that he moved me." Li Minglou nodded, standing by the window and looking at the snow in the yard.

Yuan Ji thought about what even Xiaojun said, and he didn't seem to say anything special, the same as what Xiang Nan said.

"It's different." Li Minglou turned around and said, "The danger that Xiang Nan said is that I am harsh on the powerful people of the family, while Lian Xiaojun is saying that I am harsh on the big family because I have no money. ”

Yuan Ji suddenly said: "What he said is that the eldest lady has no money, and he is not harsh on the family. ”

"yes." Li Minglou said, "So I want to see what he can do." ”

No money is indeed the biggest crisis now, raising such a military and civilian city, unless there is really a cornucopia can do it, she is not a fairy, but a ghost who can't see the light of day, and it is not easy to get money from Jiannan Dao.

"Okay, I'll find out what he knows." Motoyoshi said.

Outside the door, there was a sound of footsteps, and the kumquat probe with his face covered: "Miss, Mrs. asked, do you want to eat baked tofu?" ”

The lady never took the initiative to ask, it was obvious that she was greedy, Yuan Ji shook his head, probably Li Minglou took the initiative to choose the gift, so that Kumquat found out that the young lady also knew how to do girls' things, so he often led her to have fun.

"Okay." Li Minglou said, baked tofu does not delay, she can think about things while eating, "Come here." ”

Kumquat lifted his mask and responded happily, and carefully covered his vigilant left and right before running away.

Because of the fright brought by Xiang Nan, the people around Li Minglou were changed as much as possible, and Kumquat only stayed with Mrs. Wu and covered his face.

Now it has become a feature to cover their faces in the city, and the women who cover their faces are considered beautiful by everyone, of course, if someone ridicules that they are not as beautiful as Mrs. Wu, don't cover their faces, and the women are not angry.

"The slave family is not as beautiful as Mrs. Wu, so she is ashamed to cover her face." They replied.

These words made the ridiculed idlers unable to refute, and it even more seemed that the women were generous and witty.

In short, covering the face makes the women add touching brilliance, so it becomes fashionable.

The smell of the house after the snow is permeated, and the three people in the house sit around roasted tofu and various kinds of jerky, and felt mats are spread under the porch, and boys and girls also eat and drink around the stove.

"Don't burn your hands." Kumquat admonishes a word or two from time to time.

She is responsible for teaching these children, and she has a great responsibility.

But other things can't be learned, eating and drinking is the innate skill of these children, no one is so hot that their hands are hot to their mouths, and they are baked fast and good, and their mouths are full of oil, and then after a look and a hand-to-foot comparison to divide the winner, a boy and a girl each ran to Li Minglou with a plate in their hands, and ran out with a jerky demeanor.

"Kumquat is a good teacher." Li Minglou praised.

Kumquat tucked his face to his ear for the convenience of eating and drinking, and rolled up his sleeves to turn over the grill: "It's the young lady who treats them well, so they don't listen to me." ”

Seeing that the house here was happy, Yuanji went to inquire about the news with peace of mind, and the news was delivered in the evening.

"Lian Xiaojun is the third son of Madame's seventh cousin." Motoyoshi Road.

How many cousins does Li Minglou miss for his mother? She cut off contact with her grandmother's relatives when she couldn't remember them, and the Lian family has been doing business for generations and has become a big family.

"The old lady has three brothers, and the lady has seven sisters and five brothers." Yuan Ji introduced, "Since the incident of the lady, the three brothers of the old lady have separated. ”

Lian Qing married Li Feng'an, the He clan was proud, Li Feng'an and Lian Qing's family made enemies, and the He clan took Lian Qing's family as an enemy, so they flew away separately when the disaster came.

"Lian Xiaojun's grandfather, Lian San, that is, Mrs.'s uncle, moved to Shangzhou with his family, and not long after he moved, Lian San's old lady passed away, and the family's property was handed over to the seventh master Lian Xiang to take charge of, but he was not familiar with the place, and he couldn't open the scene for a long time."

"Some of the Lian clan in Shangzhou went to farm, and some went to study, but the seventh master insisted on doing business and refused to sell the shop, but his health was not good, and he barely supported it for so many years."

"Now that there is a war, Shangzhou's proximity to the capital has also been affected, and business is even worse, so I came out to find life."

"Master Lian Qi is not in good health and can't walk, so Lian Xiaojun came out, walked around, and came to Gwangju Mansion ten days ago."

It's no secret that Motoyoshi gathered information from merchants, especially for merchants.

Merchants traveled from south to north, crossed big cities and passed through small towns to know a lot of news, especially Lian's is still a famous peer.

Li Minglou nodded: "Is he very good at business?" ”

That's why Master Lian Qi let him go out in troubled times.

Yuan Ji's expression was a little strange: "Even Xiaojun has never done business and has never gone out, this is his first time." ”

The first time? Li Minglou looked a little surprised.

"He is so beautiful, he was almost robbed when he went out when he was a child, and when he grew up to do business, he was always coveted." Yuan Ji said, "So he can only keep it at home, this time he came out, in fact, he also took refuge, because the local magnates took advantage of the chaos to rob him." 2k reading network