For Yue Qingshan and the people of the Golden Rat Club, if it weren't for Uncle Mi, they might not have been able to get out of Shennongjia at all, at the beginning, because Tan Yanqiu was injured, Mi Laozhuan almost used up the prey laid down by the family, and replaced it with the money for seeing doctors and catching medicine, so that Tan Yanqiu could recuperate steadily for half a year.

In the end, Tan Yanqiu compensated Mi Lao Bolt with the loose gang money, which was the whole of this support.

There is a saying that money debts are easy to repay, but love debts are difficult to repay, although he has paid off the money, but the personal debts are always there, and it is because of this that Tan Yanqiu wants to help the old farmers take care of the shops, so that their business is not only confined to the countryside, but also can go to the town and county in exchange for a higher price.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!

From the current perspective, what Tan Yanqiu did was indeed not worth mentioning, but at that time, it was the best reward he could do when he was trapped and injured.

For decades, Tan Yanqiu's business sea has been up and down, and after several falls, the Mi family is also interesting, and he did not deliberately snub because he lost power, nor did he deliberately stammer because he gained power, and always insisted on the righteousness of friends and the distance between gentlemen.

In this process, the Mi family has become more and more popular and has become one of the top commercial houses in Xingshan County.

Since Tan Yanqiu left until now, so many years have passed, when Tan Yanqiu left, Libai and Liyang were still a few years old, Limei was even still in infancy, and now, Libai and Liyang have also reached the age of not being confused, as for Limei, it is estimated that they are not young.

During this period, he and the Mi family have only been in contact with each other, and they have not been here a few times, and there are even fewer opportunities to drink a cup of tea quietly like today, so I still have to inquire about the situation of the Mi family first.

Mi Libai put down the teacup: "The old man is now eighty-six, and his body is still quite tough, but his mind is already a little confused, sometimes he suddenly remembers the past, and sometimes he forgets it cleanly, anyway, he is sometimes sober and sometimes confused." ”

"After he stopped working, I took over the firm, and Liyang just took over the caravan, if Limei didn't manage the affairs of the family, the two of us really couldn't do anything."

"I listen to you, Limei hasn't been married yet? For the old man's business, he won't even delay the marriage. ”

Tan Yanqiu's voice did not fall, and the shopkeeper Mi waved his hand helplessly: "Where is it, Limei is our sister-in-law, but the old lady is not early, and we can't treat her so harshly, since she was a teenager, she has been looking for her mother-in-law's family, either this is not good, or that is not good, and it is delayed." ”

"I used to think that my sister was above the top, and she had to marry a relative of the emperor, who knew that people were unwilling to match people, and said that now looking at Xingshan County, she didn't look at anyone in her eyes, seeing that she was close to forty years old, and she was about to become an aunt and grandmother, which was a smash."

"There is no shortage of money at home, so I have been raising it, and with her and sister-in-law at home to take ideas, I have no worries."

Speaking of this, he sighed: "I heard that I recently became obsessed with a male dan, who gave gold, silver and jewelry, and made me confused." ”

"I don't know, I thought she was going to marry this man."

Speaking of this, he looked around: "Patronizing and talking to you, you haven't introduced these to me yet." ”

Tan Yanqiu put down the teacup and explained: "These are some relatives and friends, Ban Shu, Ban Wan, as well as Yue Guanchao, Song Siyuan, Yue Guanhai, Xu Xiake, Hua Yuxiu, the last two are my former brothers, Yue Qingshan, Sun Daqiao, the two of them, I want to introduce you well." ”

"Back then, the second brother Yue and the third brother Sun were the capable people in the Golden Rat Club, and Uncle Mi took us into Shennongjia, speaking of which, the two of them also received the favor of Mi Laonong, and this time they also came to visit the old man."

Tan Yanqiu didn't say much, the shopkeeper Mi probably heard his family mention the events of the year, and only briefly mentioned the past, and he already understood it.

The shopkeeper of Mi arched his hand and said: "It turns out that the two of you and the old man still have such a relationship, that can be regarded as an old friend, I even have eyes without beads and do not recognize it, it has been so many years, what kind or not kind, as long as you can come, you are a distinguished guest of the Mi family, we should entertain well." ”

Yue Guanchao listened to Mi Libai's words, it seems that Tan Yanqiu really taught Mi to be a shopkeeper, this beautiful word directly leveled the status of the two, and no matter what he said, he repaid the favor, which can be regarded as open-minded and interesting.

"Fortunately, fortunately."

"Well said, well said."

After the people in the hall introduced themselves, the shopkeeper sat down and asked curiously: "Mr. Tan, I mentioned albino animals in my letter, and I just wanted to tell you about the recent situation, but I didn't expect you to bring someone to visit, but because of this incident?" ”

Mi Libai glanced at these people, all kinds of people, not like Tan Yanqiu's family or servants, if they were friends, they were a little too miscellaneous, and they immediately became curious.

Tan Yanqiu had already seen what the shopkeeper Mi meant: "Yes, I have already received the letter you gave me, and I originally just watched it as a novelty, no, I happened to meet the brothers of the year in Jianghan City, and I mentioned it to them, and they all wanted to come and visit the old man again, so we brought the juniors over." ”

Speaking of this, Tan Yanqiu didn't plan to hide it from the rice shopkeeper: "At that time, when we lost Shennongjia, we said that if anyone is developed in the future, they will replace other brothers to overhaul the agricultural shrine and make incense. ”

"So that's the case, then you can rest assured, the food, clothing, housing and transportation in Nongshen Town are all wrapped up in our Mi family, and when I finish my work in the morning, I will take you back at noon, so that the old man will be happy, you are tired of driving, and it is estimated that you are also very tired, so let's rest in the business bank for the time being."

After Mi Libai left, Hua Yuxiu rolled her eyes up and down, a little picky: "Isn't the Mi family the first good family in Xingshan County, this can't be compared with Jianghan City, and the gentry with a little bit of financial resources are richer than here." ”

The shops in Xingshan County are indeed incomparable with Jiang Hancheng's modern foreign market, it seems that they are just a slightly prosperous town commercial street for travelers and merchants, and even light boxes are rarely seen, most of them are banners and lantern flags in the previous dynasty, if it were not for electric lights and telegraphs, it would really be no different from the previous dynasty.

Tan Yanqiu patted the back of her hand: "This place can't be compared with Jianghan City, but Xingshan County is as good as Xingshan County, at least the mountains and rivers are beautiful here, and then go northwest is Shennongjia, which is not bad to see as a garden town close to nature." ”

After half an hour's effort, Mi Liyang had already returned, and the shopkeeper Mi took him to see Tan Yanqiu, and the brothers immediately let their own convoy and take Yue Guanchao out of Xingshan County and rush to Nongshen Town, which is more than ten miles away.

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The southeast direction of Shennongjia, with Xingshan County as the center, and then go northwest for more than ten or twenty miles, it has already arrived at Nongshen Village, to here, basically has entered the edge of Shennongjia, as long as you go out of the village and enter a certain mountain, you can generally turn into Shennongjia.

Far away, they could already see the high mountains and dense forests and primeval forests in front of them, and this village of Sagshen is located under the rolling hills, shaped like the word "instrument" and surrounded by the surrounding forests and hills.

Tan Yanqiu got out of the carriage and sighed with emotion: "If you don't come back for decades, Nongshen Village has become a town." ”

In front of them was a medium-sized town!

This town, three mountains and two forests together, the Bay River extends through, everywhere there are people dug up the draft canals and laundry pools, like the jade beads on the river, connecting to the various streets and alleys, the town's neighborhoods rely on the many tributaries of the Bay River, like spider webs spread out the houses.

With the gables of Matou, the white walls and gray tiles, the barking of chickens and dogs, and the curling smoke, it is a very traditional riverside ancient town.

Among the many houses, they could see at a glance that the courtyard located on the edge of the town near Lin Hai, with a foundation half a wall higher than the surrounding houses, was probably the Mi family's house!

In the countryside, the most taboo is that the neighbor is higher than the eaves of his house, and the other is that the neighbor is higher than his own foundation.

Of course, this kind of situation of pressing the eaves should also be decided on a case-by-case basis, squires like the Mi family can be an exception, for these villagers, the rich families who can become squires are all lucky in their families, and the high point of the eaves foundation is also high.

Everywhere I went, according to this rule, if I found that the eaves were higher than the people around me, or the foundation was higher than the people around me, it was probably the gateway of the local squire and sage.

When they walked to the door of the Mi family, most of the Mi family had already heard the news, and the two rooms had already gone out with Limei.

After some greetings, Tan Yanqiu was taken into the backyard Rongshou Hall by the rice shopkeeper, the sun was still good this afternoon, the servant set up a round low table under the corridor, and Mi Lao sat on the Taishi chair, obliquely covered with a blanket, and let the grandson of the family bask in the sun one by one.

"Daddy, who do you think this is?"

Mi Lao is more than eighty years old, shaped like a withered and barely hung with a thin layer of skin and flesh, as if a thin and dried eggplant has lost its spirit, people are old, the skin is transparent, and the blood vessels on the back of the hand are clearly visible.

The old man raised his eyes and looked at Tan Yanqiu, his cloudy old eyes suddenly focused, and he raised his head: "It's Tan Yanqiu, you haven't come to see Uncle Mi for more than ten years." ”

After that, the old man stretched out his hand tremblingly, and Tan Yanqiu hurriedly took his hand: "Uncle Mi, your old body is quite tough." ”

Mi Lao Shuan took Tan Yan's hand, and only remembered to let go after a while: "Hey, it's just like that, while it's still tough, bask in the sun for a few more days, fortunately you are all here, if you come a few years later, maybe the old man will be in the ground." ”