Just when Fang Li was here to guess where their clothes parents Yu Feng were spending their summer vacation at the moment, in a private house in the west city of Anqiu City, Yu Feng was sitting on a chair with an embarrassed face, facing a middle-aged woman's smiling look, his former grace and open-mindedness, in this woman's up and down look, had long disappeared.

"Good readers, knowledgeable and reasonable, and know that it hurts people, Xue Niang is much more blessed than me, unlike us who are in charge, and I don't look like a reader when I wear this robe, I don't say anything rude and rude, and I offend people when I speak, all these years, I have not cleaned up his hands and tails!" The woman smiled and said to the snow lady beside her, although the snow lady had a strange look, the happiness in her eyes could not be hidden.

Outside the door is a not very spacious alley, and this house is in the depths of this alley, at the end of this bluestone pavement. Here, a small courtyard, a few small houses, and a leafy banyan tree constitute a small world of shade and coolness, and Yu Feng and them are sitting in the main hall facing the bluestone pavement outside the door in this courtyard at the moment.

This is the home of Ning Dazhong, a merchant in Anqiu, and the person who speaks in this hall is naturally Ning Zhao, the housewife of Ning Dazhong, and the aunt of Xue Niang.

This Ning Dazhong has a small reputation in this area, mainly because he runs a grain and oil shop. This grain and oil is something that no one can lack, Ning Dazhong is quite good at doing business, after so many years of business, he naturally has a good reputation among these neighbors, and Yu Feng sent people to know it after a little inquiry.

However, Yu Feng accompanied Xue Niang to visit her aunt, but she was light and simple, and she only came with a few gifts and a robe. It was Xue Niang who introduced this niece and son-in-law to his aunt, and only said that he was a talent in the past, Rao is so, and this Ning Zhao family was also satisfied, and he felt that there was light on his face. In her life, no scholar has ever respected her so much, how can he not look at Yu Feng more and more pleasing to the eye.

Ning Dazhong is not at home, this season, no matter how hot it is, he has to be busy in the shop, this person will not skip eating because of the heat, so even if other business is lighter, the business of his shop is not much different from usual.

"Auntie!" Xue Niang stomped her little feet, gently pulled Ning Zhao's clothes, and said half-coquettishly and half-proudly: "Don't praise him, if you praise him again, he won't know how many catties and taels he has!" ”

"Okay, don't boast or boast, I know that you are thin-skinned, for so many years, why don't any relatives of the old Zhao family have come, now you come, but your aunt has raised her face, with this good niece and son-in-law, I see that I will still yell at me in the future!" Ning Zhao said happily: "Look at you, if you can come in such a hot weather, my aunt will be happier than anything else, and what gifts will you bring!" ”

"Uncle, when will he come back!" Xue Niang asked.

"That dead ghost, I called the fourth aunt next door to call him, asked him to cut some meat, bring some wine and food back, and there was no movement for a long time, this dead ghost didn't go to play money, the fourth aunt can't find someone in the shop!" Ning Zhao looked out of the door, and it was quiet in the alley, and there was no one.

"Auntie, we've eaten in the inn, we're not hungry at all, don't have to be so troublesome!" Xue Niang told the truth, looking at her aunt's house, she didn't eat meat every day, as soon as they arrived, her aunt sent someone to ask her uncle to cut meat and make wine, obviously she was really happy in her heart.

"Inn? What kind of inn to live in, isn't this a waste of money, no matter how simple our family is, isn't there a place for the two of you to live, hurry up and return the guest room, move the luggage over, and still live in the inn in Anqiu, and your father won't bury me to death when I turn back! ”

Ning Zhao glared at Xue Niang, looked at Yu Feng again, and saw Yu Feng's indifferent look, and couldn't help but say: "Xue Niang, it's not that I want to talk about you in front of your father-in-law, these things, you are a lady, don't have to control them, no matter how big your father-in-law's ability is, this industry is also thriving slowly, this money, but it is saved one by one, you don't hold it tightly in your hand, when it comes to using the money, what if you can't take it out!" ”

"That's it, when your uncle comes back, I'll tell him to go to the inn to carry his luggage, don't be tired of Yu Xianggong!"

"Don't dare!" Yu Feng hurriedly said: "My aunt just called me Yu Feng, the husband or something, it's all the politeness of outsiders, our family, don't talk about these false courtesies!" ”

Xue Niang chuckled on the side, Yu Feng's restrained look, she hadn't seen it for a long time, but now in her eyes, thinking of the embarrassing days before the two, she felt even more warm in her heart.

A few people were gossiping, only to see a person, carrying a hanging of pork in his left hand, holding a small wine jar in his right hand on his chest, walked in from outside the courtyard, while coming in, while shouting loudly, suddenly, this rough voice broke the silence of the small courtyard.

"Old woman, our family has a visitor, where is the guest?"

"Your uncle is back!" Ning Zhao stood up and said to Yu Feng and his wife, walking towards the door, "What are you calling for, your nieces and nieces and sons-in-law, where are all guests, they are all your own relatives!" ”

Xue Niang followed Ning Zhao and walked out, and bowed slightly to Ning Dazhong: "Xue Niang has seen my uncle!" Yu Feng also got up and made a big gesture.

This Ning Dazhong is five short and slightly obese, and he is obviously hot all the way, and his forehead is full of fine sweat. He handed the contents of his palm to his old wife and looked at Xue Niang, "You are Xue Niang?" Grown so big? The last time I saw you, you were still playing in the mud! ”

"Go, go, you broken mouth, you didn't cover up your words, this is Xue Niang's father-in-law, Yu Xiucai, I came here to see us today!" Ning Zhao took a sip of him, pulled Xue Niang, and walked aside: "Xue Niang, come and help your aunt to clean up these things, let your father-in-law and your uncle talk first, and then go to get the luggage after eating!" ”

"Yu Xianggong! Please please, inside please! was scolded by his old wife, Ning Dazhong didn't feel angry at all, but saw Yu Feng dressed as a scholar, and his heart suddenly became solemn.

Yu Feng arched his hand and followed him into the door with a smile. He came today, but he sincerely accompanied Xue Niang to visit his relatives, not to mention that Ning Dazhong and his wife had an affectionate attitude, even if they were cold-headed and cold-faced, he didn't plan to care, so he looked like a gentle gentleman, and at a glance, it made people feel very close.

"There are some pickled things in the shop, which delayed the time, but it snubbed Yu Xianggong!" Entering the door, Ning Dazhong explained.

Anyway, there is no topic with this person, Yu Feng regarded it as gossip, so he followed the other party's words and said: "Uncle's shop must be prosperous, at this time, if the business is light, even if you want to have something, it is in vain!" ”

"Alas, if it's a business matter, it's nothing, it's just this matter, it's troublesome, and it has nothing to do with the business in the shop?" Ning Dazhong is simply a cannon barrel, really as Ning Zhao said, he has no words, and he doesn't care about the first time he met Yu Feng, so he said the unpleasant things he encountered in the shop.

It turned out that Ning Dazhong's grain and oil shop, more than ten years of trading, relied on the reputation of small profits and many children, this shop, it is not difficult to support a family, but it is really rich, but don't think about it, he and Ning Zhao, as well as the only son Ning Shiliang, between the three of them, life is not very rich. But now, in addition to the usual harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the county government suddenly wants to levy an additional "peace tax" on the merchants in the county, and his shop also gives a good tax of two or two or three points a year.

Fortunately, the shop was not big, and the servants who came to calculate the tax money were all familiar neighbors, but it was not too difficult for him, and it was a good deal. But this money, for him, is no longer a small amount of money. Those who are bigger than his business, needless to say, at the moment those merchants are making a fuss, connecting with each other, not wanting to pay this money, trying to find a way to let the county government take back his life, just now he was in the shop and another merchant who was good friends on weekdays was talking about this.

The result of the discussion of these merchants is naturally to find some famous people to give advice to the magistrate of the county and exempt this money, but the original social status of the merchants is not high, and this time the peace tax is only for these merchants in the future.

As soon as he saw Yu Feng, he immediately reacted, this niece and son-in-law of his own family is also a famous scholar, or a talent from other counties, if this is the case, his niece and son-in-law can help him, go and meet the magistrate, maybe things will take a turn for the better, the magistrate doesn't want to make money by himself, and spread it to other counties!

"What is the difference between paying the peace tax and not paying it? Could it be that if you don't pay, you won't be safe? Yu Feng pondered for a moment, confirming that in his memory, he had never heard of this tax.

"What's the difference, isn't it that these officials and gentlemen want to scrape the ground, don't pay it, this small business, naturally can't go on, that Zhen San, uh, that is, the neighborhoods who do bad people, even if the relationship is good on weekdays, they can't give up their jobs in order to protect us!" Ning Dazhong said.

"If the name is not right, this tax, don't pay it!" Yu Feng made up his mind, this matter has nothing to do with him, but in the lawsuit between Shi Huairen and Sihai Commercial Bank, Huang Zhixian waved his pen and sentenced Sihai Commercial Bank 500 taels of silver, although Shi Huairen didn't want to get a penny of this money, but Yu Feng's heart was not very happy, if the messenger from Anqiu dared to come to the door to help Shi Huairen ask for money, he would definitely not pretend, if it was not good, he would give this Anqiu County a big embarrassment. However, if before this, he can add a block to this Anqiu County, he is absolutely happy.