Chapter 100: New Officials Take Office (4)
The mother and son came out of the silk village and went to sit in the teahouse a few streets away. Wang Qifang guided her son to talk to the shopkeeper of the teahouse for a while, sat in the private room on the second floor and watched the business in the lobby for a while, and then took the little new brother to prepare to go home.
, "Grandma, someone is following behind!" ”
Qingyu rode a horse and followed the side of the carriage, the corner of her eyes swept to the corner of her eye, and there was an inconspicuous old carriage behind her, not far away, and hurriedly rode to the side of the carriage, knocked on the window, and whispered back.
In the carriage, 1 Bu Xin'er ran with his mother for most of the day, and he was already tired, and he began to yawn as soon as he got into the carriage. At this moment, he was lying on his side on the carriage seat, pillowing his mother's big tuǐ, slightly opening his small mouth, and sleeping soundly.
Gently brushing the hair from her son's face, Wang Qifang lowered her voice and asked, "Oh, is it the group of people who were following just now?" ”
Hearing that someone was following, Wang Qifang was not surprised, he had four knights by his side, and when he just went out, these knights found that there was a tail behind the carriage, but they didn't know if they were in a group, or they belonged to different masters.
Qingyu turned his head and looked at it carefully, and said, "It's the same group, although the carriage has changed, but the coachman is a familiar face." ”
"Well, I'll find out later, whose hand is this." ”
Wang Qifang had a few candidates, but I didn't know who jumped out first.
"Yes!" ”
Qingyu followed Wang Qifang for not a day or two, and she understood the master's style of acting very well, and agreed, preparing to escort the master back to the house, and then go to investigate the person who followed him.
Brother Xiaoxin slept very deeply, and he didn't hear his mother talking to anyone at all
The mouth, probably a good dream, looks very happy, but the corners of the mouth are leaking. Water.
Wang Qifang smiled shallowly, and gently wiped the water stains from her son's mouth with a handkerchief.
She knew that after running so many places today and talking a lot to the two shopkeepers, 1 Brother Bu Xin'er would have been tired a long time ago, "otherwise" he would not have slept so deeply.
Well, today is the first time that Xiao Xin'er has been named the president of the council after being named the president, "They went from Pingkangfang in the inner city with such fanfare, all the way through the east and west cities, and stayed in the two shops for at least an hour in succession" Presumably some people with a heart have heard the letter at this moment, right?
Hehe, don't worry, a genius is the beginning, three days later, I will give you a big gift on behalf of my son" to save everyone from worrying so much, putting some old routine on their lips all day long, for fear that my son would not admit it.
Wang Qifang has basically determined the goal of the new business, and has also sent people to prepare, only three days later, the new shop will open, and the first transaction of her little new brother will officially meet everyone, at that time, it will also open the eyes of those who want to embarrass their mother and son.
As for Aunt Zheng, Wang Qifang frowned, she knew that after returning to the capital, "it was inevitable to deal with the people of the Zhao family, but she never thought that the first person to come out and express hatred for her was this woman."
Aunt Zheng hated her, Wang Qifang knew when she looked at the other party's eyes, but she was not ready to be involved with Aunt Zheng, and she would not be interested in her business. However, "seeing that the other party is thinking about herself so deeply, Wang Qifang feels that it is still necessary to understand some situations."
After arranging his thoughts on the carriage, Wang Qilao carried his sleeping son out of the carriage and handed it to his mother, "and he ordered several things one after another.
, "Zizhu, you go to Ping'anfang" Help me bring a message to my eldest brother, and ask Ran if Zheng Wuniang has been in peace recently? Are you in contact with anyone? Especially the ones that do business. In addition, go to the Wang Ji grocery store in Dongshi again, and leave a message for Zhao Erlang, asking him to chat with Li Huaien and see if there is any new business recently. Also, tell Zijuan to let her come to the house tomorrow morning, "I have something to explain." ”
Wang Qifang didn't say a word, Zizhu would silently raise a finger in her heart, and when she erected the third one, Wang Qifang temporarily explained, "Okay, you go and do these things first." Remember, just tell the other person what I said, don't say anything. ”
Wang Qifang has a tacit understanding with these people, and some words don't have to be said too plainly, and they can understand each other.
"Yes, slave understands. ”
Zi Zhu retold Wang Qifang's words word for word, and after seeing that there were no mistakes, he hurriedly went down to do the errand.
"Li Gui, you send someone to the tobaccoshop in Dongshi and invite Third Young Master Shi here, remember, be fast."
After Wang Qifang saw Zizhu leave, she called Li Gui again, she looked at the sun, and hurriedly added.
"Yes, Grandma!"
Li Gui didn't know who this Third Young Master Shi was, but seeing that the eldest young master was very polite to him, he speculated that he must be a capable person and a useful person to the eldest young master. Although I don't understand why every time the eldest young grandmother comes forward to talk to the third young master Shi, however, the eldest young master has no opinion, and it is impossible for him to talk too much, and it is the right thing to do things obediently.
He has long seen that the eldest young master respects the eldest and young grandmother very much, and this is enough, as a qualified housekeeper, he only needs to follow the footsteps of the master, and he must be humble and awe-inspiring to those who respect the master.
After sending Li Gui away, Wang Qifang sat there and thought quietly for a long time, and re-sorted out the affairs of the past few days.
"The people in the family are already familiar with their respective errands, and now they can basically perform their own duties" Grandma Sun sat on the drum pier under Wang Qifang's head, and first said the good news, and after successfully seeing Wang Qifang's smiling face, she thought about what was not going well and slowly told her" "In addition, Miss Biao from the East Cross Courtyard said that the house was a little wet and cold these days, and she wanted to burn the kang in advance to drive away the cold. But there is no soil kang in her yard, and there is no fire dragon through the ground."
Mama Sun mistakenly thought that it was Wang Qifang's idea to let Lu Qiuniang live in the East Cross Courtyard, and now she sees this cousin
My sister is obviously dissatisfied with her current residence, and she is looking for a reason to find fault, and she is worried that Wang Qifang will be angry when she hears about it, so she hesitates and doesn't know what to say.
"Oh?"
Chill out? Wang Qifang raised her eyebrows, and spoke in her heart, why couldn't Lu Qiuniang even find a reason to find fault with it? Hehe, it feels cold in September? If you think the east is remote, you can say it directly, why bother looking for borrowing.?
"Grandma, after all, Miss Cousin is a relative of the eldest young master, you placed her there, although there is no lack of her, but the house is indeed remote, it may be more humid and cold in winter, and the words of the residents are a little spread out, and outsiders will not know the truth and will misunderstand your mean relatives."
Wang Qifang saw the concern on Grandma Sun's face, her heart warmed, and she said with a smile: "Grandma Sun doesn't have to worry, it was not my idea to let her go to live in the East Cross Courtyard, but the eldest young master personally placed it." In this way, didn't she want to burn the kang in advance to drive away the cold? You tell Li Gui about this, ask him to find a craftsman as soon as possible, give her a kang, and by the way, tell her that the East Cross Courtyard was specially left for her by the eldest young master. ”
She knew that Lu Qiuniang was a non-porcelain, and two days ago, she sang bitter love with her and Li Jingtian with a sad face, crying and shouting to pick up her daughter in person, but she was slightly persuaded by Li Jingtian, so she climbed down the pole. It made Li Jingtian's face a little ugly.
Wang Qifang couldn't help but want to laugh when she thought of Li Jingtian's somewhat disappointed appearance, a moment ago Li Jingtian also told her the story of a loving mother who struggled to save her daughter, but the voice was still lingering in his ears, and his dear cousin came to him for such a moment.
Loving mother? Hey, what loving mother lets her daughter stay in the so-called nunnery, but doesn't go and get her back as soon as possible? Hearing that someone is willing to do it for him, he doesn't care if that person is reliable, whether that person will pick up the wrong person, and whether his daughter is willing to follow the person, so he promised the other party, but he stayed and waited for the news?
Looking at Li Jingtian's disappointed appearance, it is estimated that he also realized this.
Wang Qifang thought of this, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and said secretly, well, since Li Jingtian is starting to be dissatisfied with her cousin, should she add fire?
"What do you think?" So fascinating? ”
It's really casual chatter, Wang Qifang just thought of Li Jingtian, and his voice came from behind him.
"Hehe, you're back?" Wang Qifang hurriedly stood up, stepped forward, and greeted with a smile, "How is today's harvest?" Have you ever found out the whereabouts of the treasure box? ”
These days, Wang Qifang is busy with the affairs of the Confucian Chamber of Commerce, and almost forgets one of the main purposes of their entry into Beijing. Later, Li Jingtian inadvertently mentioned it, and she remembered that there was no news about the Fu Treasure Box.
Li Jingtian took the wet handkerchief handed over by the maid, wiped his face and hands, and took off the outer half-arm shirt, then came to the inner room, leaning leisurely on the big kang near the window, and chatting with Wang Qifang" "There is still no specific whereabouts, there is a lot of messy news, but unfortunately it is all useless news. By the way, you haven't said what you just thought about and laughing so happily? Did you go out with Xiaoxin today and encounter any happy events? ”
Wang Qifang followed Li Jingtian into the inner room, took the tray from the maid's hand, handed the teacup to Li Jingtian with her own hands, and then said with a smile: "Yes, I just learned today that our Bishop Li Dameng gave a lot of things to his son." Hehe, you didn't see it, 1 Brother Bu Xin looked up with a small bun face, "Giving a lecture to a man in his forties, tsk, that little mō style, that tone, it's really like you reprimanding your subordinates." ”
Wang Qifang sat opposite him, put his hand on the small table casually, and learned from Li Jingtian about Brother Xiaoxin'er's performance today with a smile in his eyes.
When Li Jingtian heard this, he deliberately kept a straight face, only the corners of his mouth that kept rising revealed the pride in his heart at this time. Wouldn't that be better? In a few days, when Xiaoxin Ge'er goes to work in the Confucian Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't have to worry about being scared. "Hehe, this is his son, hehe, yes, my son is doing a really good job, tomorrow he will tell Xiaoxin brother how to overwhelm people with power and how to deal with questions that he can't answer.
Wang Qifang smiled and nodded, "Exactly, it's still you, a father, who thinks thoughtfully." ”
After saying the nice words, Wang Qifang turned her head and said with a little hesitation: "It's just that there is one thing we think about a little inconsiderately." ”
"What's the matter?"
"It's about Cousin Lu" @.