Zheng Jiao, like his father, is a stuffy jar who can't speak, and he doesn't dare to be ruthless, if it weren't for Tian Niangzi to stop Zheng Peng, I'm afraid that the father and son would fight on the spot. In the end, Zheng Jiao had no choice, so he returned in vain. ”

It was already the second half of the night, but it was still lively inside, everyone sat around, and Li Mao gave a careful reply to what happened in Tian Niangzi's yard today.

Today, the moonlight is bright, and there is no sleepiness in the past, so he simply asked Zhixia to put a warm pot on the shelf, add new carbon, and let the kitchen cut some mutton and rabbit meat, and called Li Mao Wenliang to enjoy it together with Hua Ji, who can now enter and exit openly without losing his home.

It's just that it's pitiful that Zhou Tong has to go to inspect the city gate in the middle of the night, and he doesn't have this kind of mouthful.

"So in the Zheng family, only six rooms are the most unlucky. But I didn't expect Zheng Jiao to go. Wen didn't eat a few pieces of meat, but just held a bowl of pork rib soup to warm his hands.

Zhixia ate happily, and asked while chewing, "Miss, isn't there unity in the Zheng family?" ”

"What do you say?" Reverence Chao Huaji said.

Hua Ji changed his appearance on the cross street yesterday, he was originally Li Mao's person. If you have enough time, you may be able to set up a detailed situation to attract some newcomers. But what she did this time was just to speed up the progress of the two things that happened last time, and at the same time, to make an active and passive replacement. couldn't wait too much time, so I had to let Li Mao choose someone.

Hua Ji saw that the eldest lady wanted him to speak, and replied carefully: "Eldest Miss, Miss Zhixia, this Zheng family, of course, is not only the Zheng family, but also many big families. It looks like one on the outside, but in fact there is no less fighting on the inside than on the outside. The father's house is powerful, and the son's generation may be the house. The head of the house wants to consolidate his position, and the person who is not in charge wants to take away his position. ”

As Hua Ji spoke, a secret guard came up to deliver the news to Wen Liang, and he went to listen to the news himself, and did not delay the conversation.

"Then there has to be a sequence, there is no explanation for the outside thing, and the inside is grabbed first." Zhixia said again.

Hua Ji replied: "Don't talk about this world, just talk about Tongcheng, how many families are left of the great clan that flourished a hundred years ago?" If they were as clear as Miss Zhixia, many of the great clans would not have fallen. ”

"You don't come to praise her." Wen said with a smile, "Standing outside and watching everyone is sober, if you really get entangled inside, it will be a different state of mind." ”

"That's what the eldest lady said." Li Mao also responded, "They all enjoy peace under the protection of the family, and when they see the authority and influence of the head of the family, it is easy to feel that if they also ascend to that position, these will naturally belong to him." But when I go up, I often find that I may not have that kind of ability, and I may not be able to get the same wealth. ”

Hua Ji listened to it and said yes sincerely.

Wen glanced at Li Mao and said, "This is the situation that creates people, and people can also influence the situation." ”

"Miss." Wen Liang finally heard the news, and came to talk back to his old days, "A team of people and horses have been found in the south, and they should be detouring from the direction of Qianlong County. At the same time, there is also a team of people in the direction of Dingyi County, which has entered the territory of Tongcheng. ”

"Where did you go?" Hui knew that this was probably Tang Xianyao's team.

"They are still in Tongcheng, obviously carefully concealing their whereabouts, and there is no sign of leaving for the time being." Wen Liang replied.

"Is there any news from Lianzhou?" He asked again.

"Not yet." Wen Liang shook his head, "Even Dingyi County didn't move." ”

"Tell Zhou Tong to guard the city gate to prevent anyone from coming in. Starting tomorrow, we're going to get ready to entertain guests. ”

Wen Liang didn't know what the eldest lady meant, but he didn't even use the hot pot anymore, so he quit and went to arrange things.

When Li Mao saw that Wen Liang was gone, he asked if there was anything important that needed to be arranged for them to do. But he said that he was not in a hurry, and only asked Li Maohua Ji to eat well first and talk more about the Zheng family.

Li Mao had no choice but to sit down.

Wen asked again: "What do you think of Zheng Peng?" ”

Li Mao actually didn't know why the eldest lady wanted him to arrange people to investigate such a person at first, and when the investigation came back, he added a lot of confusion, and took this opportunity to solve his doubts: "Zheng Peng is quite young, just a young man, and his mind is clean......

Wen interrupted: "Don't think about anything else, just say it." ”

Li Mao got the order, and then he said with confidence: "Although Zheng Peng has read some spirits, he is young and simple in the end, and he is carefully raised by his mother Tian Niangzi, and he is always an ordinary person's son-in-law. ”

Wen Gu laughed and asked, "What else?" ”

Li Mao really didn't finish speaking: "It's just that the temperament is not knowledgeable, and it is easy to take some detours." But after following him for a few days, there are some interesting anecdotes. ”

When I was interested, I asked Li Mao to talk about it carefully.

It turned out that every other day, Zheng Peng would take advantage of going out to meet friends, cross the city, and in a few alleys in the north of the city, pick some places outside the school to spread a mat, and tell some children the legendary stories he had compiled. It seems that it must have been a few years, and some of the parents of children in the neighborhood have been working on their own during the day, so he has also taken care of them for a short time.

Zheng Peng's story is made up with heart, and it is also wonderful to tell. Occasionally, I can get some money because of this, but it is only a dozen or so a day, and five or six yuan a day.

Every time he scraped together a hundred dollars, he would buy old clothes from the servants of some families in the north of the city that the master's family wanted to discard, and take them home.

Li Mao thought about it, after all, Tian Niangzi made a living by sewing and tailoring, and I am afraid that it was Zheng Peng's move to take care of his mother.

After listening to the old days, I thought of the scene I saw in Tian Niangzi's yard that day, and I had another layer of thoughts.

Tian Niangzi must not let Zheng Peng go out to make a living, and Zheng Peng didn't dare to disobey his mother, so he came up with such a way to secretly supplement the family.

Li Mao also felt justified when he heard it: "It's the mother's kindness and filial piety, this Zheng Peng can't do things completely and can only go straight, and he also knows how to maneuver." It's just a little clumsy. ”

"You might bring this person with you?" Wen asked.

Li Mao had already thought of what the eldest lady meant, so he replied: "I have already thought of a good errand for him." ”

"Okay." This is really reassuring, "Liu Zhi's side, if someone from the Shi family's Wang family goes to discuss things tomorrow, let him give some affection, and tell him in private that it is only temporary." I'm going to do something important with him. ”

Li Mao hurriedly got up and responded, and said again: "It is naturally your ability to pick and train people, and there will definitely be more people coming tomorrow, you can find more suitable people from there, and then not only Tongcheng, but also many places can use it." ”

Li Mao didn't say anything more when he was instructed, and even Hua Ji left together.

(End of chapter)