Zhou Shigong simply threw the new task to the reef, he was relaxed, but the reef was bitter.

He said to his little sister Haitang with sorrow: "If I were the original me, I would have watched my grandfather deal with the caravans in the past since Guazhou, and I wouldn't think there was anything wrong with this kind of thing." But now I ...... It's been twenty years, where do you remember the people of those caravans? At most, I can only name the caravans I met in Suzhou and Ganzhou after I was reborn, and I really forgot all about the rest! ”

He looked at Begonia blankly: "Little sister, can you help me?" Do you remember? ”

Begonia looked away a little weakly. Seriously, although she kept the memory of Little Begonia in her mind, it was not 100%. After all, Xiao Haitang is still young, and she doesn't care about many things. Begonia, who inherited her memory, can only remember some bits and pieces. Ruo Haijiao wanted her to systematically summarize the information about the caravans that "she" had been in contact with or heard about...... He'd better wash and go to bed early!

But Haitang is not unable to cope: "How old was I when I was in Guazhou?" Even if he has seen any caravans, he will not bother to remember the names and background information of the caravan members. And now my brother asks me, how shall I answer? You might as well ask Grandpa. The caravans that often take the trade routes in the northwest, whether they are from our Dachu or from the Western Regions, there is nothing that grandpa doesn't know. Isn't it more reliable for you to ask your grandfather for advice than to ask me? ”

Haijiao sighed: "I still don't know if it's easiest to ask grandpa?" But Aunt Zhou's grandfather will find me, but I don't want to alarm my grandfather. He seemed to feel that if he bowed his head to his grandfather, he would lose face......"

Begonia was speechless. Does Zhou Shigong think that he still has any face in front of his brother-in-law? As early as when he was easily at the mercy of Mrs. Ma, and almost pitted himself and his family, but was pulled out of the quagmire by the Hai family, he had no face in front of the brother-in-law of Haixi Cliff! Now that he has only thought of this kind of thing in hindsight, is it a bit redundant?

Haitang said to Haijiao: "It's good that my brother asked grandpa, and grandpa won't talk much, how can my aunt and grandfather know where you got the news?" ”

Haijiao is wary of some people in the family: "Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma, they may tell their aunt and grandmother." Auntie and grandmother have never lied to their aunt and grandfather, and only has a slight reservation about matters involving Mrs. Ma and Zhou Jinpu. Recently, her aunt and grandfather's attitude towards her was gentler than before, she was simply ecstatic, and she didn't even have that little reservation, where could she take care of others? She told her aunt and grandfather a lot about our family. ”

Haitang was surprised: "How did my brother know?" ”

Haijiao pouted, that was naturally known from the mouths of the young masters of the Zhenguo Mansion.

The male and female servants in the third room of the Zhou family have undergone a great purge, and now in addition to Zhou Shigong's henchmen and the manpower used by Zhou Ma's family in the main courtyard, as well as the dowry of Zhou Jinpu's wife, etc., there are few people left. The vacancies of the servants were filled by the people sent by the Zhenguo Mansion, and these people were not the servants of the Zhou family's three rooms, so naturally they would not hide anything for the masters of the Zhou family's three rooms. Some of them heard the conversation between Zhou Ma and Zhou Shigong, and felt that something was not appropriate, so they reported it to the Duchess of Zhenguo. Tuesday, the general's wife, who was present at the time, listened to it rightly, and after returning to the hospital, she complained to the people around her.

These things may not be known to the people in the third room of the Zhou family, but inside the Zhenguo Mansion, it is no longer a secret. Haijiao made friends with the young masters of the Zhenguo Mansion, and the other party looked at him pleasing to the eye, so he couldn't help but remind him to be more guarded against his relatives.

Begonia was even more speechless when she heard it. What is Zhou Ma's gossip about Ma's gossip about? Haixiya and Ma's husband and wife are in love, there is no concubine room in the family, there is no room, and the only son does not have another one after his death, and he only raises his grandchildren with peace of mind, what is wrong? The third room of the Zhou family has not had a concubine for many years, and Zhou Ma only gave birth to one more daughter than his sister, how can he still give birth to a sense of superiority now? The mess of their own family has not been solved yet, and they are better than the Hai family in terms of the number of children and grandchildren, can their husband and wife deceive themselves and feel that they have not lost?

Haitang didn't bother to comment on the words and deeds of Zhou Ma's husband and wife, and didn't want to comment on whether the people in the Zhenguo Mansion were a bit talkative, but only sighed that his brother was really generous and kind: "My aunt and grandfather have the leisure to talk about our family, and my brother is willing to help him inquire about the news, and because he wants to take into account his feelings, he doesn't ask his grandfather for help, you are really considerate and kind-hearted!" ”

Haijiao blinked, always feeling that there was a bit of sarcasm in Xiaomei's words, coughed, and ignored the past: "If there is really no way, I can only open my mouth to grandpa." Anyway, my aunt and grandfather are embarrassed, and it's none of my business. It involves Mrs. Ma, and I don't like to see her get away with it. In the past few decades, she has secretly accepted other people's money to help others do things without telling everyone, and I don't believe that there is no taboo in it! If not, why would she hide it? ”

Haitang also didn't want to see Mrs. Ma get out smoothly. She has two lifetimes of enmity with this old woman - including her last life and her brother's previous life on the reef.

She thought for a while: "If my brother really wants to know the news of the Northwest Caravan and can't go to Grandpa, then I suggest you ask Second Uncle." The second uncle didn't help his grandfather a lot at that time. If it weren't for our family returning to Chang'an, there would be many acquaintances of the second uncle here, who would not allow him to do business, maybe he would have bought a shop and opened a store to do business! He had already planned this, so from the time he was in the border city, he was very concerned about business matters. ”

She gave an example, when she went out with her second uncle's family today, whether she was shopping or going to a teahouse, she could always meet his acquaintances. He lives in a simple house on weekdays, where does he know so many friends? If you look closely, almost eighty percent of them are merchants and shopkeepers. Some of them were old people he had known since he was a teenager, but there were also many caravan members he had seen when he was in Guazhou and Suzhou, and some of them he had made new acquaintances after returning to Chang'an. He really inspected the streets and shop leasing market in Chang'an City, and also went to various shops to inquire about the situation, if he hadn't been hindered by others, and he had found a teaching position, he had planned to go to the sea to do business after the year.

The reef was amazed. He lives across the door from the second uncle's family every day, and he didn't know that the second uncle had such a plan!

However, when he asked the second uncle for help, he didn't have any worries in his heart, and even if he made up his mind and turned back for dinner, he went to the other door to ask the second uncle.

The upper room announced that it was time to eat. Haitang hurriedly went to the upper room with his brother Haijiao.

At dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year, only the Hai family sat around. Cousin Xie Wenzai and Cao Gengnian, the two elders, both made an appointment to eat and drink, and although Lu Bainian was at home, he had already said hello and wanted to drink alone.

Ma asked people to bring him delicious food and fine wine, and ordered Cui Xiaodao to pour wine and serve, but the latter was immediately sent out.

Grandpa Lu said that it was rare for him to have a quiet and lonely night, and he could enjoy the whole room alone, so he didn't want to be disturbed by others!

(End of chapter)