Tea shop

Shopkeeper Xu hurriedly walked into the eldest lady's room.

Soon the Mid-Autumn Festival will come, and the eldest lady is discussing with the Jiang steward about paying festivals to officials at all levels and giving rewards to workers.

Seeing that the shopkeeper Xu was anxious, the eldest lady felt a pang in her heart, asked Steward Jiang to step down, and asked Yueniang to pour tea for the shopkeeper Xu.

"Didn't I ask you to go to Master Hu to discuss the issue of next year's tea? But something happened. After Shopkeeper Xu sat down, the eldest lady asked.

Shopkeeper Xu wiped the sweat on his forehead before saying, "Madam, I went to see Master Hu, but before Lord Hu could open my mouth, he said that he would only talk to the second young master about the matter of tea introduction!" After that, they will send me out. ”

"Only talk to Shinkawa?" The eldest lady sank her face and slapped her right hand on the arm of the chair, and it seemed that they still refused to give up.

The eldest lady waved her hand to the shopkeeper Xu and said, "You go down first." ”

"Yes." Shopkeeper Xu retreated worriedly.

"Madam, what does Master Hu mean by this?" Yueniang was puzzled.

The eldest lady said in a deep voice, "They are unwilling for me to deal with Xinchuan like this, and they are 'forced' me to regain power for Xinchuan. It's also telling me and telling everyone how important they are in the dealer's house! ”

Yueniang realized the seriousness of the matter, and was a little panicked: "Madam, then what should we do?" If they succeed, won't they be given another chance? If they keep using this to restrain us in the future, it's always hard to do! ”

The eldest lady is also a little troubled in her heart, if Xinchuan does have the ability to take charge of the tea shop, they have a backer like Lord Hu is equivalent to a tiger with wings, which is a good thing for the tea shop, but the problem is that Shinkawa is impetuous, mean, unscrupulous, mercenary, just let him become a steward, it will give birth to such a big thing, if he is really allowed to take charge of the tea shop, the tea shop will definitely be destroyed in his hands!

But Lord Hu is connected with them, the tea introduction is equivalent to the lifeblood of the tea industry, without the tea introduction, all the tea leaves can not be on the road, and the tea store is also equivalent to ruining, this level is not easy to pass.

The eldest lady frowned and groaned for a long time, then instructed Yueniang, "Yueniang, you accompany me to the prefect's ya' door, quietly, don't make a noise." ”

Prefect's Office 'Gate'

The eldest lady entered through the side 'door' of the ya' in a small sedan chair.

In front of the yamen' is the lobby, and behind it is the residence of the prefect.

The eldest lady got off the sedan chair in the courtyard, and was led to the side hall by the next person, and after a while, the prefect Wang came to the side hall together accompanied by his wife Huang.

Mr. Wang is in his sixties, and Mr. Huang is probably in his fifties, and both of them are dressed in civilian clothes. Because the eldest lady and the Huang family have some 'friendship', so Lord Wang also takes a lot of care of the eldest wife. But in the end, it is not as related to Lord Hu as Li Xiumei, and Lord Wang is old and does not have the same ambition as Lord Hu, so it is impossible for Lord Wang to maintain the eldest wife as much as Lord Hu.

The eldest lady gave the two of them a salute.

Huang hurriedly said: "Huaying, don't be polite. He pulled her to sit down in the guest seat, carefully looked at her face, and said, "Huaying, why do you look worried?" ”

The eldest lady watched the two of them tell the truth of the matter. （ ）

"My lord, you know how important the tea introduction is to our tea shop, but Lord Hu's move is obviously to interfere in the internal affairs of our tea shop, which is unreasonable. Moreover, you know what Xinchuan has done before, this child is by no means suitable to become the head of the tea shop, our Shengshi is the largest tea shop in Yangcheng, paying tens of thousands of taels of silver every year, whether it is disaster relief or the imperial court donating silver, it is also one of the best in the city, if our tea shop is not guaranteed, for the city, for the imperial court, is it not also a loss? The eldest lady pleaded sincerely, "Please also ask the adults to be the masters of the people's 'women'!" ”

Lord Wang listened silently, and his face was embarrassed, "Mrs., it's not that the official doesn't help you, but in fact, it's ......" Lord Wang and Huang glanced at each other, Huang sighed, and continued: "Huaying, our master is very old, and he has already returned to his hometown. ”

The eldest lady's heart sank and she looked at Lord Wang, "My lord once said that the old man is in the middle of nowhere, and his ambition is thousands of miles, why did he suddenly return to his hometown?" ”

Lord Wang stroked the white beard of the 'flower' and sighed, and stood up, "Since the abolition of the crown prince, the forces of all parties have been 'wanting' to move, fighting openly and secretly, and even 'waves' to the local area. ”

Hearing this, the eldest lady suppressed her troubles for the time being, and said sincerely: "The rapid retreat is called the opportunity, the adult is a person with great wisdom, and the people's 'women' are here to wish the adults a smooth journey, and the people's 'women' will not interfere with the adults." ”

Perhaps it was the eldest lady's words that moved Lord Wang, who turned around to look at the eldest lady and said with a smile: "The eldest lady is a 'girl' who is admired and appreciated by the official, and the official has something to 'expose' to the wife in advance, so that the wife can be prepared." ”

"What?"

Lord Wang walked back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "This official has received news that Lord Hu has taken the line of Lord Governor, and Lord Governor has already folded up to take over the position of Lord Hu. ”

The eldest lady stood up in shock: "What do you mean that after the adult retires, it will be Lord Hu who will replace the adult?" ”

"That......'s right," Lord Wang stopped and looked at the eldest lady, "so the official thinks that the eldest lady should not have a hard time with Lord Hu for the time being, so you might as well slow it down first, and then slowly figure it out." Once the skin is torn, I am afraid that the life of the eldest lady will be even more sad. ”

The eldest lady sat back in her chair, her heart cold.

Ranka-in

Zhuang Xinchuan leaned on the chaise longue, Liu Bijun sat on the side holding a plate of grapes in his hand, feeding them into his mouth one by one, and there was a girl squatting next to him, beating his 'legs'.

Zhuang Xinchuan leaned sideways, enjoying the service of his wife and girl, squinting comfortably.

Liu Bijun scratched his fingers on his face, and said with a smile: "Husband, are the grapes sweet?" ”

Zhuang Xinchuan grabbed her finger and kissed it on the side of the 'lips', and said with a smile: "Sweet, grapes are sweet, people are sweeter." As he spoke, regardless of the presence of the maid, he hugged Liu Bijun to the couch, pressed him under him, and 'rubbed' him.

Liu Bijun gasped again and again, "Husband, there are still people ......"

Zhuang Xinchuan said with a smile: "What are you afraid of, what you brought, it won't be mine in the future, just let them study hard, and they will know how to serve me in the future." （ ）”

The maid who was beating her 'legs' next to her lowered her head in shame, with a 'spring' and 'color' face.

Liu Bijun feigned anger, Zhuang Xinchuan kissed her on the mouth again, and said: "But the most painful thing in my heart is, of course, my lady, you see, who can be like my lady's 'flower' appearance and knowledge?" I only want you now, have you ever touched anyone else? ”

Liu Bijun smiled at this time, "Count you honest." Otherwise, I wouldn't have moved a lot of money from my mother's house here! ”

Zhuang Xinchuan's smile froze, and then returned to his original state, "I know that the lady is good, I will repay you by loving you so much," he lowered his head as he spoke, buried his head in her 'chest' mouth, and kissed her with a slurp.

Liu Bijun raised her head, smiled coquettishly, and gasped, and the maid next to her was so ashamed that she turned her head.

But at this moment, someone outside spread the word: "The second aunt and the fourth lady are here." ”

"Spoiled!" Zhuang Xinchuan raised his head, and Liu Bijun hurriedly got up to tidy up his clothes.

The second aunt's wife and Zhuang Mingxi came in, and what they saw was Zhuang Xinchuan hanging his son, and Liu Bijun was disheveled, his sideburns were messy, and his face was flushed.

The two of them didn't understand what was going on, the second aunt frowned at the moment, if it was someone else, the second aunt would definitely accuse her of seducing Xinchuan in broad daylight and damaging his body, but since it was Liu Bijun, the second aunt couldn't say anything, so she had to swallow all the dissatisfaction into her stomach. Who told them that they still had a lot of places to rely on her mother's family?

Zhuang Mingxi smiled and went up and shouted: "Second brother, second sister-in-law." ”

Liu Bijun was embarrassed, lowered her head and said with a red face: "Mother and sister sit down first, I'll go and ask the maid to bring some snacks." He covered his face and walked out.

Ling'er, who was following behind the second aunt's wife, looked at her back, envious and jealous. Then he turned his head to look at Zhuang Xinchuan, and saw that he didn't even look at himself, and he had infinite resentment in his heart.

The second aunt walked over and sat down on the couch and said, "Why didn't you go to the tea shop today?" ”

"Since my uncle-in-law is in charge, why should I go to the tea shop to suffer?" Zhuang Xinchuan took a grape from the plate of white porcelain glazed 'flowers' next to him and threw it into his mouth.

"......Yes too," the second aunt nodded, then picked up his hand and looked at it, and said distressedly: "You also want to recuperate, that femme fatale 'woman' actually tossed you so much." ”

"There is tea to coerce, I am not afraid that the eldest lady will not compromise, as long as the eldest lady speaks out, we can take the opportunity to make a request." Zhuang Mingxi smiled and sat down at the round table with yellow 'flower' pear and begonia patterns on the side, thought about it and said: "I have to send someone to let the clan know about this, lest they still don't know how powerful we are, and protect the eldest lady one by one!" ”

The second aunt felt justified, and hurriedly called her henchmen to handle the matter.

At this time, Zhuang Xinchuan stood up and said: "Why bother so much, it's better to take this opportunity to 'force' the eldest lady to 'hand' over the position of the master!" ”

Zhuang Mingxi glanced at the eldest brother and said: "How can it be so simple, now the eldest mother has the support of the clan, and the second brother's status in the tea shop is unstable. First take a place in the tea shop, buy people's hearts, show some ability, and then find a way to deal with all the people who may become your opponents......"

Speaking of this, Zhuang Mingxi smiled slowly and said lightly: "Coupled with the strength of my uncle, the position of the family is in our bag!" ”

Zhuang Mingxi stood up, walked to Zhuang Xinchuan's side, smiled, and said softly: "Big brother, last time we '' too quickly, so we were defeated, this time we must learn a lesson, plan and then act!" ”

Zhuang Xinchuan turned his head to look at his sister and sighed: "It's a pity that my sister is a 'girl'. ”

Zhuang Mingxi raised his eyebrows and smiled: "My sister will definitely do her best to help my brother!" When my brother succeeds, don't forget my sister. ”

"You and I are compatriots, and my brother will never forget his sister's goodness." Zhuang Xinchuan said with a smile.

The second aunt and wife watched her pair of sons and daughters love each other so much, and her heart was infinitely satisfied.

"So what do we do now?" The second aunt looked at the 'girl'. For the intelligence of the 'daughter', the second aunt and wife also sighed to themselves, and couldn't help but be proud, it was really the right choice for her to ask her master to read and learn calligraphy when she was young.

Zhuang Ming smiled: "Now we don't have to do anything, because it's not us who are in a hurry." ”

Ling'er on the side saw that the second young master had the hope of becoming the head of the house, and his heart was 'excited', if he became his concubine, although it was not as majestic as the main room, but the glory and wealth of this life were inexhaustible.

was thinking about it, but heard Zhuang Xinchuan say: "I don't know if I can take the opportunity to ask for a girl with my aunt?" ”

Ling'er's heart sank, and she couldn't help lowering her head, and there was a kind of jealousy in her eyes.

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