The next day into the wax moon, carefully calculated, this is the first peaceful year that Li Xiaoqi has spent here, and it is also the first stable year that the people on the mountain have lived in recent years, Sister Zhang is the most interested, and even went to Zhuangzi outside the city a few times, and the dowry has been temporarily slowed down, Li Xiaoqi passes by the market every morning and evening, rolls up the curtains of the car, and looks at the street scene outside with great interest day by day.

Two days after returning from the palace, Nanning sent a bag of gold blessing beans to Li Xiaoyi, saying that it was the order of the prince, keeping the fifth master to reward people, Li Xiaoqi checked the gold blessing beans, unceremoniously accepted it, came back to give it to Wisteria, and told her to put it away, Wisteria called Begonia and Qingcheng, and the three of them sat on the kang in the outer warm pavilion and counted them one by one, Wisteria received the cabinet and locked it, turned back and discussed with Li Xiaoqi with a smile: "Fifth master, just now I ordered it twice with Begonia and Green Orange, a total of five hundred and twenty Jinfu Beans, the same as the one we played last time, all two dollars a piece." , I've locked it in the big nanmu cabinet in the room, I thought, don't take care of it alone, it's best to have a pipe, a account, if you want to go in and out, the book must be remembered, the middle of the month and the beginning of the month to the two accounts, the fifth master to see if this is appropriate? ”

Li Xiaoqi nodded appreciatively: "You think thoughtfully, that's all." ”

"Then the light moon is in charge of things, and the green orange is in charge of the account, can the fifth master see it?"

"You arrange it." Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile, watching the wisteria go out, holding the cup for a long time, no wonder Sister Feng in the Red Mansion said that even the girl of their family is stronger than the average lady.

The next day, Chang inquired about Zhao Xing, came out of the main house, went to the door of the east chamber, reported in with a smile, bowed for a while, and said with a smile: "The former grandfather ordered to inquire about Zhao Xing in the Juxiu Palace, and this morning he inquired about the affairs of his family, and the master ordered to talk to the fifth master." Li Xiaoqi sat down very politely, let Chang Jin sit on the armchair in front of the kang, the little girl put tea on the tea, Chang Jin took the tea and thanked him, and then said: "This Zhao Xing is not a native of Kaiping Mansion, ten years ago, his mother took him to escape to this Kaiping Mansion, and met Zhao San who lived in Gouwei Hutong, so he took the two of them down, some of the neighbors said that they had done the salute, some said that they had not done the salute, some called her Zhao Xing his mother, and some called Zhao San's aunt, that's it, Zhao Xing lived in Zhao's house, Zhao San had two sons and a girl, Two years ago, Zhao Sanyi died of illness, and Zhao San's two sons drove Zhao Xing and his mother out of the house, just that year there was a shortage of manpower in the palace, Zhao Xing put himself into the palace, and now Zhao Xing and his mother live in a broken shed at the mouth of the dog tail alley, and live on a few strings of copper coins sent by Zhao Xing every month. ”

"How old is Zhao Xing's mother?"

"It's not very old, thirty-seven or eighteen years old, even if it's poor, it's a pity that the eyes are half-blind, and I can only see a vague shadow." Changjin explained with a smile, Li Xiaoqi sighed softly, if this is not the case, even if he is poor, he can also wrap the rations, why not let his only son enter the palace: "Let people look at it, and don't pay much attention to the others." Li Xiaoqi commanded in a low voice, Changjin agreed with a smile, drank tea, stood up and said goodbye and went out.

The palace passed the word, and asked Lu Hua to enter the palace to worship Mr. Lu on behalf of Mr. Lu, even if this Su Sanye is the same as the second brother, he worshiped under the door of Lu Lao Tianshi, Guo Hou's meaning, to let Lu Hua and Lu Feng go to the palace study and the three princes, the literate prime minister, to teach the three princes, but Lu Hua insisted that it was inconvenient for outsiders to enter and leave the palace, and it was not appropriate to dance with knives and guns in the palace forbidden, he still felt that the Heavenly Master Courtyard was the best, and the next day, Ningyuan Marquis Guo Minrui personally visited Lv Hua in the Heavenly Master Courtyard, The next day, Lu Hua and Lu Feng rushed to the Zhaohua Palace at the fifth watch, and the three princes were accompanied by Guo Nexiao, the eldest son of Guo Minhui, Marquis of Ningyuan, and arrived at the Zhaohua Palace almost at the same time, and began to practice with Lu Hua and Lu Feng.

Li Xiaoqi has more and more accounts to be checked in her hands, Su Zicheng also transferred some secret reports from the Taiping Mansion to her, this afternoon, Li Xiaoqi was speechless in front of the secret report in his hand about the miscarriage of the favorite concubine of the prince of Wu, only to hear footsteps outside, a familiar voice said with a smile: "How is Master •••••• lately?" It was Mr. Liang, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly put the piece of paper in his hand into the black box and locked it, jumped off the kang, ran to the door and opened the door, Mr. Liang was walking outside the door of the east chamber, he was startled, and saw that Li Xiaoqi was standing with a smile, winked at her with a smile, and whispered: "The person you want has brought, come back to talk." Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and let him go, and retreated to the east chamber kang to continue working on her pile of paperwork.

Not long after, Mr. Liang said hello at the door, Li Xiaoqi hurriedly ran over to open the door for him personally, let Mr. Liang come in, and took the tea held by the little girl and handed it over, Mr. Liang looked around, nodded seemingly nothing, drank two sips of tea, and then said with a smile: "As soon as I arrived in Taiping Mansion, I began to help you find this good weaver, looking for it, I found three people with good craftsmanship and willing to come, I promised a lot of money!" ”

"Sir, rest assured! It's definitely heavier than the sum of money you promised! Li Xiaoqi agreed neatly, Mr. Liang smiled and nodded: "Before I came back, I went to Jiangnanfang for a trip, the shopkeeper Sun is very good, and the fifth brother Zhao is good, and now it is the fifth brother Zhao who is in charge of the daily chores of Jiangnanfang. ”

"Is Jiangnanfang's business good?"

"Nakagami, this is the best!" Mr. Liang said heavily emphasizing the last four words, and Li Xiaoqi smiled clearly and nodded repeatedly: "I know what Mr. means, and I also think this is the best!" Sir, it's been a hard year. The two gossiped for a while, and Mr. Liang stood up and took his leave: "Let's talk again when you have time, those three weavers, I will have someone take them to Liushu Hutong when I come." Li Xiaoqi agreed, and got up to send him out of the East Chamber, and went straight out of the Weeping Flower Gate before returning.

Li Xiaoqi returned to Liushu Hutong, got out of the car in the second gate, called the porter Uncle Gui to come over and asked, "Has anyone come over in the afternoon?" ”

"Back to the fifth master, a gentleman surnamed Liang, said that he was looking for the weaver for the fifth master, there are three in total, and the small one was brought in and handed over to the eldest lady." Uncle Gui hurriedly bowed down and replied, Li Xiaoqi agreed, and went straight to the flower hall.

Mrs. Fan was comparing with Yu Yan to cut a small jacket, when she saw Li Xiaoqi coming in, she hurriedly instructed Yu Yan to collect the clothes, and smiled and let Li Xiaoqi sit on the kang, Yu Yan hurriedly made tea, Li Xiaoqi took the tea, and asked with a smile: "The three weavers, my sister has seen them?" Have you been placed? ”

"Those three weavers are all men, how can I see them well? I asked them to take them to the West Back Courtyard to settle down. Mrs. Fan replied with a smile, Li Xiaoqi frowned, and waved her hand at Yu Yan, who hurriedly withdrew from the flower hall, Li Xiaoqi turned her head to look at Mrs. Fan and smiled bitterly: "Sister, the west back courtyard is the residence of the people in the family, and it is not suitable for the three weavers to live there." The smile on Mrs. Fan's face stiffened, and she looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "When I was at home in the past, I often invited embroidery weavers at home, even the master who specializes in beaded hats was also invited, my mother has not arranged to go elsewhere, according to your meaning, where should you live?" ”

Li Xiaoqi looked at Mrs. Fan a little stunned, was silent for a moment, and didn't explain much to her, and said in a gentle but indifferent tone: "You also have a lot of things, the affairs of the weaving workshop, or I will take care of it, and you will let people take the account book, land deed or something, and send it to the half-acre garden." Li Xiaoqi said, and was about to stand up, Mrs. Fan's face turned pale, looked at Li Xiaoqi, and said straightly: "You don't need to take it, it's right there." As he spoke, he stood up, rushed to the cabinet next to the flower hall in two steps, opened the cabinet, took out the account book, and threw it in front of Li Xiaoqi: "Look, it's all here, it's just the same, this weaving workshop belongs to the Li family and the Fan family, and no one alone has the final say!" ”

Li Xiaoqi opened the account book with his eyes down, swept his eyes, sighed, looked up at Mrs. Fan and asked, "Have you discussed this matter with Mr. Fan?" Mrs. Fan bit her lip and ignored Li Xiaoyi, Li Xiaoqi lowered her head, turned another page and asked, "Does the eldest brother know?" Mrs. Fan turned her head, still silent, Li Xiaoqi closed the account book, pushed it to Mrs. Fan's side, and said lightly: "You think thoughtfully for the Fan family, the Fan family has a total of six branches, each accounting for one share, the Li family has four brothers, one share per family, but it is also very fair, this is sure to be the weaving workshop of the Fan family and the Li family, and it is really not who has the final say, but I have always had a big temper, and I want one person to have the final say, you keep this weaving workshop, and I will do it myself in the future." Those three weavers have nothing to do with you, the weaving workshop of the Fan family and the Li family, and they have nothing to do with the Fan family and the Li family. Also," Li Xiaoqi stood up, took two slow steps towards the door of the flower hall, turned his head to look at Mrs. Fan and said: "I know you have a knot in your heart, I have kept a fine account of the income and expenditure of the mountains over the years, it is very refreshing, wait for Mr. Fan and the eldest brother to come back, let the two of them count it for you, the business should be done separately, and this money is also clearer, you are a reasonable person, and blame me for not telling you clearly, this is my no, in the future, on the silver money, on the account, we are all clear, It also saves those gossiping idlers a chance. ”

After Li Xiaoqi finished speaking, he turned around and shook out of the flower hall, and Mrs. Fan sat on the kang in a daze, with a faint uneasiness in her heart.