Second Uncle Lu's eyes lit up: "Please speak." ”

Hu Fei thought about it and said what he thought. This embroidery picture is a fine piece of Gu embroidery, and it is usually favored by the ladies of literati families. Originally, my grandmother accepted this gift when she was alive, and it should have been buried with her when she died, but because it was not my grandmother's beloved thing, she kept it. Last year, in order to get along with the official of King Ke's mansion, Hu Peng inquired that his main room was from a scholarly family, so he turned out this embroidery and sent it over together with other belongings.

The lady didn't do anything at home, just chanted the scriptures every day, and was almost bullied by the concubine to the head, sometimes the money was short, and she couldn't get the money in the account room, so she had to order someone to take out some of the jewelry in her hand to exchange for money, and the servants in the family were of poor character, and she deducted a lot from it, and she didn't take it to heart, so others secretly laughed at her as Mrs. Glutinous Rice. If you want to get that embroidery, you only need to find the girl's daughter-in-law next to this lady, and it is easy to get things out.

Hu Fei said: "That lord ignores internal affairs, he doesn't know anything about the jewelry in the main room, and he has never heard that Princess Jing intends to find this embroidery, so he shouldn't stop it." If Uncle Lu can think of the best way, but it really can't, I know that a mother-in-law next to his wife, her husband is the best wine, and I happen to hear people mention the restaurant he usually visits. ”

When Second Uncle Lu heard this, he was overjoyed, and learned the name of the restaurant from him, so he immediately got up: "Without further ado, I'll find someone to go." Thank you Brother Hu for your help. With that, he made a gesture and left.

Hu Fei was a little stunned, and then confused, Second Uncle Lu was so thoughtful to him, was it just for an embroidery? He couldn't believe it.

With Hu Fei's information, Second Uncle Lu is very. Quickly got the embroidery in his hands and sent it to the eldest young master. A few days later, he came to Hu Fei to chat, and between the words, he mentioned that the eldest young master was dealing with a well-known imperial businessman in Beijing recently, and found that the guy who came to contact was not very reliable, and seemed to be suspected of misappropriating public funds by falsely reporting the price, so he told the imperial businessman, who knew that the guy's sister was the concubine of the imperial businessman, and she was very decent in front of the owner.

After Hu Fei asked and understood the origin of the other party's name, he told Second Uncle Lu that the wives and concubines in the imperial merchant fought very fiercely, and the old people in the family avoided the temple to hide and relax, but the old lady of his family was still very influential in the family's career, and often gave orders to his son. So Second Uncle Lu tried to let the old lady know about it, and the problem was quickly solved.

Since then, Second Uncle Lu has been looking for it from time to time. Hu Fei chatted, intentionally or unintentionally, inquiring about some things about the wealthy family in Beijing, sometimes it was the in-law relationship or friendship of a certain imperial businessman, sometimes it was the ulterior preference of a certain magnate, and sometimes it was the owner behind several large shops...... Hu Fei has been by his father's side for many years, and he may not have paid attention to these things, but in the end, he has experienced or heard of them, and he has some understanding, so he told Second Uncle Lu one after another. Gradually, he also realized that Second Uncle Lu was using him to find out the secrets in the imperial circle.

Hu Fei was a little worried. Originally, Second Uncle Lu was Chunying's uncle, and he was in his . He helped so much when he faced difficulties, and he also made several businesses for him, making him a lot of money, so he should try his best to repay him, let alone just say a few words of gossip? But he still couldn't help but be afraid. The object and content of Uncle Lu's inquiry seem to imply something, if he continues to tell him about things, will he be burned?

In addition, from Uncle Lu's tentative words, Hu Fei noticed that he. His father seemed to have had an ulterior relationship with some ministers in the court during his lifetime, and after his death, this relationship was inherited and carried forward by his brother Hu Peng. If he continues to "chat" with Second Uncle Lu, will one day his father be accused of a crime and will not be at peace when he dies?

Hu Fei was uneasy, and finally, a month later, Second Uncle Lu mentioned again in the ".small chat" that the eldest young master recently wanted to buy a good Guanyin statue to honor the old lady, and I heard that Master Liang's family has a very delicate white jade Guanyin, which is a treasure paid tribute by foreign domains, I don't know if there is anything similar on the market. He seemed to be just talking about it unintentionally, but Hu Fei knew it.

He took a deep breath and said, "Although Uncle Lu is dedicated to the sake of the eldest young master of your mansion, but the white jade Guanyin is extremely rare and expensive, so why bother to fight for its idea, in the end it will be thankless?" What kind of character does you think about Taishi Liang? That kind of door is not something that our Hu family can climb, how can I know these things? ”

Second Uncle Lu took a melon seed and said with a smile: "This is too modest." You must have never heard that your elder brother with eyes on the top of his head gave a bottle of jade Guanyin to the old feudal monarch of the Liang Mansion before, but the people just said a few words without looking at it, and then put it aside without looking at it, because the Liang Mansion has a more valuable statue of Guanyin. I was just curious and wondered what a better Guanyin looked like. People said that it was a treasure from the foreign domain, so why did they go to the Liang family? ”

"This is someone else's private matter, how do I know?" Hu Fei straightened his back, "I'm not afraid of Uncle Lu's jokes, I have been kicked out of the house, and I will cut off relations with Hu Peng's family in the future. I only hope that he will have some peace, so that he can take care of the inheritance left by his father, accumulate more virtue, and do less things that violate his conscience, so that he will not be punished for me in the future. ”

Second Uncle Lu smiled: "Look at my mouth!" The Hu family naturally has nothing to do with the little brother, and the whole capital sees it, no matter how many sins he creates, it can't be counted as the little brother. It was my negligence, and on a whim, I said the wrong thing, and it was all mine. I'll replace the wine with tea and compensate for you, right? ”

Hu Fei hurriedly stopped: "Don't dare to be, I'm rude." The two pushed back and forth, and Second Uncle Lu found an opportunity to bring up other topics before pulling the matter apart.

Hu Fei thought about it afterwards, but he broke out in a cold sweat, and hated Hu Peng even more in his heart. Originally, the Hu family, as an imperial businessman, inevitably had to socialize with important ministers in the court, but when his father was there, he always grasped the proportions well and did not involve too much. As a result, as soon as Hu Peng took over, he pretended to be smart, maybe the Hu family's family business would be destroyed in his hands in the future!

Presumably after this conversation, Second Uncle Lu won't come to him again to inquire about the news, right? Even if he came back, he wouldn't have any secrets to offer. In the previous year, he had served his sick father, and he didn't care much about outside affairs, and most of the information he knew was old and useless. In the final analysis, this kind of thing can't be done for a long time, and if the people of the Qingguo Marquis Mansion want to know the latest news in the imperial business circle, they should still find a serious imperial businessman.

Hu Fei thought of the few businesses he had done under the advice of Second Uncle Lu, the money was easy to get in hand, and things were going very smoothly, and it seemed that there was nothing to worry about in the future, but he was wondering that once he could no longer provide information to Second Uncle Lu, would there be no more such help? When the time comes, what will I get in addition to a few dozen taels of silver?

At the beginning, he decided to start from the Chinese and build a family from scratch, just to get ahead in the future and defeat Hu Peng, but if he gets used to the "help" of others and no longer works hard, I am afraid that he will gradually lose his wit to work hard. On that day, where did he have the face to say that he had to rely on his own efforts to trample Hu Peng under his feet? !

Hu Fei made up his mind, and after he finished solving the Chinese business at hand, he didn't take on new ones, and just stayed at home every day, helping Wei Gong and Aunt Wei do some carpentry work, and even learned how to boil water and cook.

Second Uncle Lu was aware of it, but he didn't show it on his face, but he thought about it in his heart. Recently, because of Hu Ershao's information, the eldest young master has made a lot of contributions in front of Hou Ye, not only Hou Ye values him more and more, but even Prince Jing is impressed by him, and his wife has become vigilant, so it is better to restrain himself for the time being. In the end, this Hu Ershao made a meritorious service, and he was pushed too quickly, but it was not beautiful.

So he no longer mentioned those rumors to Hu Fei, and when chatting, he only talked about where the cloth was good, where the chickens and ducks were fat, which shop's wine was the most mellow, which restaurant's fish was the freshest, which young lady was beautiful, which young master was young and talented, which aunt was spicy, and which girl was delicate...... It's just a matter of ups and downs, and even the business of the Chinese people is occasionally introduced to one or two, and it is no longer as many as before.

Seeing him like this, Hu Fei breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking about it carefully, he was still doing Chinese business, but he spent more time at home. Chunying felt a little strange, so she ran to him and asked, "You always ran out a few days ago, why have you been staying at home these days?" It can't be sick, right? ”

Hu Fei wondered about the use of the word "house" in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "How could it be? I'm just thinking about what I'm going to do in the future. ”

"In the future?" Chunying blinked, "Aren't you doing a good job as a middleman?" If this continues, you will earn thousands of taels of silver in less than two years, and with these capital, you can buy land, open a store, or go out to buy and sell, isn't it already a long time ago? ”

"But that's not my own work." Hu Fei hesitated for a moment before he said, "In the end, others only asked me to do it for the sake of Uncle Lu's face, and Uncle Lu also found the upper and lower families, so I don't have to worry a little." I felt that I was not as useful as when I was in Funing Street, when I relied on my own errands to find a buyer for Daddy Jiang, and although I earned less money, I felt more at ease. I...... I can't always rely on Uncle Lu for help, I have to find a way to make a living by myself. ”

Chunying finally found out that there was something wrong with what the second uncle said that day. That's right, the business that the second uncle handed over to Hu Fei to do was completely arranged, if it was just to offend acquaintances and avoid the red eyes of others, there was no need to arrange it and then hand it over to Hu Fei to do, as if it was giving away silver for nothing. In this way, the second uncle suffered a loss, Hu Fei didn't learn any experience except for money, where is the best thing for both sides?

So she asked, "And what do you think?" Or...... Go find a job yourself, right? You've also been a middle-aged person in Funing Street before, can't you do it? ”

Hu Fei shook his head: "It's not that easy. I originally thought it was too simple, to do this business, not only to have a good reputation, but also to be familiar with the streets and alleys, Uncle Lu arranged everything, and I often encountered difficulties. Even if I wanted to get acquainted with those neighbors, I was afraid that I would alarm my brother. Although he has the care of the Hou Mansion, he doesn't dare to do anything to you and Uncle Lu, but this place is still far from the Hou Mansion, who knows what he will do if he is forced to be in a hurry? ”

Chunying lowered her head and thought about it: "That...... Can't be a middleman anymore? Anyway, you have made some money, and you have the capital, so you can start some other small business, right? Is it to rent a small storefront, or to go to Tongzhou to buy goods and get rid of them elsewhere? ”

"My little money may not be enough. Who else is not richer and more powerful than me? If you rent a storefront, you are afraid that when the Hu family comes to the door, you will not be able to get out. ”

"So......" Chunying tilted her head, "Looking for a way to make money that doesn't require too much capital and is easy to get out?" ”。.。