Chapter 29: Incident
It was noon when Mo Li went back, Mo Liujin was still not in the store, he was always very busy these days, Zhu and Mo Xue were accompanying Mrs. Mo to dinner, after Mo Li went in, Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It was Mrs. Yang who sent you back, this hot day, why don't you invite Mrs. Yang to come in and sit for a while." ”
"No, Mrs. Yang originally took me out to accompany her to see the incense, but she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable halfway through. It just so happened that I met Ah Sheng driving out to deliver goods, and I also happened to meet Hongdou who came out to buy something, and it was I who explained her in the morning, so I directly changed to our carriage and came back, and Mrs. Yang took her own carriage and went back to the house. Mo Li said and asked Hongdou to put the things he had just bought on the coffee table next to him, and continued, "This is candied golden orange tea, it's good to drink in summer, you can be smooth, and these are fresh cheeses, let Aunt Gu make ghee snails at night." ”
Old Mrs. Mo immediately smiled: "You girl, how can Aunt Gu do this, don't let her waste this cheese in vain, let's make soufflé rolls instead, it's easier." ”
"Xue'er wants to eat butter snails." Mo Xue held the spoon in her hand, stared at the thing that the red beans were resting on the coffee table with bright eyes, licked her lips and whispered.
Mo Li smiled, looked at her and said, "Sister will make it for you at night." ”
"Good!" Mo Xue immediately smiled and bent her eyes, and Mrs. Mo smiled while asking Mother Liu to add food to Mo Li: "That thing is the most particular about kung fu, and I'm afraid that this jar of cheese is going to make you ruined." ”
The Zhu family was not in the mood to care about this dim sum, and after Mo Li washed her hands, he hurriedly beckoned her to his side and asked, "What did Mrs. Yang say to you today?" Why is it uncomfortable to come out halfway, does it matter? ”
"I didn't say anything, I just asked about some common things." Mo Li took the rice handed over by Liu's mother and smiled, "She just felt dizzy, maybe it was an old problem, and she said that she had to go back to lie down, so I came back first." ”
"Then Mrs. Yang also told you something else, or explained something to you?" Zhu hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively.
"Nope." Mo Li shook his head, and then glanced at Zhu, "By the way, did my mother give that health prescription to that Qiao's mother?" ”
"Hmm." Zhu nodded, and then looked at Old Lady Mo suspiciously, "Old lady, this matter of the Yang family...... It's really a little hard to guess, I thought that Mrs. Yang would ask Lili to bring me a message, and I would go over in the morning, and she didn't have time to get down to business, so she mentioned Fang Zi first. ”
"This matter, I know that I can't be too optimistic, that family ......" Old Lady Mo put down her chopsticks and snorted from her nose, "Since the official road of Master Yang has been smooth in the past few years, the family has moved their eyes to the top of their heads, in my opinion, she is looking for you and her mother today, that is, she is just pretentious." If this pro breaks the contract privately on her side, she simply retreats, and then our family will go to the yamen to tell her, even if she can't hurt his family in the end, it will make his Yang family have a bad reputation. Although everyone in this world hates the poor and loves the rich, few people are willing to wear this hat. ”
Mo Li nodded secretly after listening to Old Lady Mo's words, but Zhu frowned and said, "Then what are they planning to do about this?" Now that means that is not clear! ”
"What are you panicking about, calm down." As she spoke, Old Lady Mo motioned to Mo Lina at the Zhu family, and Mo Li lowered her eyes, pretending not to pay attention, and Mo Xue pinched a meatball. Zhu Shi came back to his senses, glanced at Mo Li, and saw that she was talking to Mo Xue, so he quietly breathed a sigh of relief, but the heart was suspended again.
Just after Mo Li finished lunch and took Mo Xue to his own room, when the Zhu family stayed behind to discuss the daughter's family affairs with Mrs. Mo, Han Sidao also entertained those helpers. After saying goodbye to each other, he pressed his somewhat swollen head, and on the way back to Han's house, when he passed by Grandma Lin's shop, he hesitated for a moment and walked in.
"That girl ran away halfway, but my sister-in-law fainted and fell asleep!" After Grandma Lin heard what Han Sidao said, she couldn't believe it for a while.
Han Sidao sighed, sat down in her room, took a sip of the tea she poured, and pondered for a while before saying, "Look at when it's convenient, go back and say a few nice words to your sister-in-law, after all, it's really not my wish that this matter becomes like this now, and this matter will not end there, but it will take a little more effort to make her wish in the end." ”
Grandma Lin looked at his slightly red face after drinking, walked all the way from the street, and there was still some sweat on her forehead, so she walked to him and wiped his forehead with her own sweat towel, and then smiled: "It's rare that you also have a time when you are deflated." ”
Han Sidao glanced at her, frowned slightly, then took another sip of tea without speaking.
"Hehe, look at your expression, I don't know and think I was put on a pose by a little girl." Grandma Lin put her hand on his shoulder and stroked it gently, "Speaking of which, if anything related to that girl, you are not so smooth." Shopkeeper Mo's side, although you slaughtered a knife, you can be regarded as letting go of a horse, and now there is an accident in this matter. Grandma Lin wiped his face and said with a smile, "It is said that beauty is a curse, in my opinion, you two, you don't know who is the curse!" ”
"What nonsense." Han Sidao put away the unruly look on his face and pinched her waist. It's just that at this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, it was coming here, Grandma Lin frowned, pushed Han Sidao away, and was about to go out to scold, but she heard an eager voice coming from outside the door: "Han Ye is inside?" ”
The person who came was Brother Fu, the little guy next to Han Sidao, although he knew the relationship between Han Sidao and Grandma Lin, he usually wouldn't rush in directly to find someone. Han Sidao's heart moved, so he put down the teacup and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Brother Fu hurriedly said: "Master Han, the third master is looking for you to go back, saying that a batch of raw silk in the workshop is missing, and the second master is checking people now, and the eldest master has also started to move!" The third master also seemed to have spoken, saying that he wanted to handle this matter strictly! ”
Han Sidao frowned, and then stood up and went out, Grandma Lin didn't say anything, just followed him to the door. When Han Sidao stepped out of the threshold, he turned back to her and said, "I am in a hurry to leave in advance, I just entrusted you, you should be more attentive." ”
Grandma Lin smiled: "Go ahead, don't I care about everything about you." ”
Han Sidao nodded, and said again: "I know how good you are." After speaking, let Brother Fu go out with him.
The reason why Mo's family can become a wealthy businessman in Yongzhou is mainly because in the field of silk satin, Mo's family has its own business almost from silk production to sales of finished silk satin. Nowadays, the business of the Mo family is divided into three major parts: one is handed down by the ancestors, the mulberry garden started by the Mo family, and the silk raised by the water and soil of Yongzhou is not as good as those places in the south, but the annual silk output of the Mo mulberry garden accounts for thirty percent of the silk output of the entire Yongzhou; The other is the Mohs workshop, which specializes in weaving silk satin, which is small in comparison, but its reputation is very important; Another piece is external, that is, Moh's shops in various parts of Yongzhou, which not only sell their own goods, but also sell all kinds of silk fabrics purchased from the south, including all kinds of fabrics and plush fabrics.
The difference between these three chief managers is now all in charge of the three sons of the Mo clan patriarch and the third master's knees. There are five or six small stewards under each of the chief stewards, and although the well water does not interfere with the river water on the surface, the intrigue in private has never stopped, and each of them wants to grab the handle of the other party to swallow the other, and finally sit on the position of the patriarch. And Han Sidao is in charge of the store, a small steward under the third master, and if he is not related to the third master Mo, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to sit in this position.
"Did the third master say anything?" After Han Sidao went out with Brother Fu, he asked in a low voice.
"The third master said that this is a good opportunity, this batch of raw silk in the workshop was collected from Mulberry Garden two days ago, and it is estimated that there is no time to settle the book, which is gone, and now the eldest master and the second master are inseparable. Now that the third master knows it again, it seems that it won't be easy, so let me hurry out to find Han Ye to go back, and those other stewards are probably going back. ”
Han Sidao frowned, pondered for a while, and asked a few more questions, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of the Mo Clan's mansion. After Han Sidao got out of the car, he entered through a side door and walked directly to Master Mo San, there were already two stewards in the hall at the moment, and after Master Mo San looked at him, he only asked him to sit down and discuss the matter together.
Until the evening, when he heard that the two masters of the workshop and Sang Yuanna had not yet said one, two, or three, Master Mo San asked Yu to go back to deal with the affairs in their hands in advance, and then left Han Sidao alone.
"Mo Liujin, how did you handle it?" After there were only two people left in the hall, Master Mo San did not continue to tell Han Sidao about the matter of his family, but asked another question.
"I'm dealing with it, it's just a little accident, but it's not a big problem." Han Sidao stood up and responded carefully.
"A little accident?" The third master Mo frowned, with some displeasure on his face, "You use dim sum, now the opportunity has come, the second master should have a mole on his side, and the eldest master can't be clean." Mo Liujin's small mulberry garden is the best breakthrough, as long as I get that mulberry garden, it will be a matter of time before the old man falls. ”
"Don't worry, the third master, give me some more time, and I will be able to get this matter done." Han Sidao hurriedly bowed and said a word.
"I know you're a quick brain, don't worry, if this happens, it will be indispensable for your benefit." As he spoke, Master Mo San stood up and walked to his side, patted him on the shoulder, and then said, "You just remember, go, I'll go to the workshop to have a look." ”
After Han Sidao bowed down to send Master Mo San out, he slowly raised his head and straightened up, pursed his lips and looked at the back of Master Mo San in the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he walked away.