Xiao Chenyu accompanied Qin Xun at home for two days, and had to leave for Fucheng in advance.

In addition to taking away two thousand taels of silver tickets, he also brought goods for the Lu family.

The entourage included Qiao Dazhuang and Xiaoqi, Liu Xi and five domestic servants.

When the group of nine people arrived in Fucheng, it was already twilight, and everyone first found an inn to stay, and then went to buy two roast chickens, ten catties of soju and some snacks, and then went to the dock to find Lu Da and others.

Qiao San had written to tell Qiao Dazhuang the address, so even if the dock was scary, he only needed to inquire a little and find it.

Lu Da and the others lived in a warehouse on the wharf, which was relatively small, barely accommodating more than a dozen people including Lu Da.

They were cooking on a makeshift clay stove they had built outside the warehouse, a pot of smorgasbord steaming.

Seeing Xiao Chenyu and the others, the cooker was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses in Qiao Dazhuang's laughter and scolding, and immediately roared into the room with a smile: "Big brother, third brother, Da Zhuang and Xiao Qi are here, and they also brought wine and food." ”

The little seven monkeys rushed over, hit the man's shoulder with his fist, and said with a smile: "Say it quickly, are you happy to see us coming, or happy to see us eating?" ”

The man stretched out his hand and picked up Xiao Qi and spun around, laughing and said, "All happy, hahaha, all happy." ”

The people in the room also poured out, and everyone came up with a smile to ask questions, only Lu Da and Qiao San's faces were a little solemn.

After Xiao Chenyu and Lu Da and Qiao San saw the ceremony, they proposed to have a private conversation, and after the three of them explained, they went to a wine house alone, entered a separate box, and asked for a table of wine and food.

Qiao San looked at the wine and food that came up one after another and sighed: "We have really tightened our belts to live during this time, and we haven't touched this meat for a long time." ”

Lu Dabi was silent when he was in Fushui Town, and he only poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all, and all kinds of sour tastes could not be expressed.

Xiao Chenyu is not a person who is not familiar with the world, so he can naturally see that these two people are in a bad mood, and with more than a dozen people living in that narrow small warehouse, he also understands what their dissatisfaction is?

"Come on, don't think about it so much, let's drink first, drink!" Xiao Chenyu filled it for the two of them, and poured it for himself, and then raised his glass to each other.

There are not so many hypocritical words between men, and after a few glasses of wine, Qiao San confided in his current predicament, which is nothing more than a hero who has no money.

"Our former enemies are now in the midst of a fierce battle, and they have not yet freed up their hands to clean us up. It's the best time for us to grow and grow, it's just that there are more people in the dock now, and it's too difficult to get a place in the dock. ”

Xiao Chenyu waited for three rounds of drinking, then took out five hundred taels of silver tickets from his body with a smile and put them on the table, and patted the silver tickets with his hand: "Isn't there silver?" It's not enough for me to have it, we all came out of Fushui Town, and we must help each other if we have difficulties, the two eldest brothers said that this is not the case? ”

Lu Da's slightly red eyes, which were smoked by the wine, instantly straightened, and he raised his thick black eyebrows and asked, "Brother Xiao, what do you mean?" ”

"As you see, take the money and use it." Xiao Chenyu didn't make any requests, but Lu Da and Qiao San are not fools, and most of the pies that fall from the world are poisonous.

Seeing that the two of them were very vigilant, Xiao Chenyu could only say that he and Qin Xun had discussed at home to help them.

He also said: "This time, if I see that you are doing well, I will not do anything more, and now you need it, so I will take it out and sacrifice it." ”

Qiao San glanced at Lu Da, then smiled and accepted the silver ticket, and poured a glass of wine and handed it to Xiao Chenyu, he and Lu Da also filled it, then stood up and toasted Xiao Chenyu, and promised that Xiao Chenyu and his wife would do their best to help each other in the future.

Xiao Chenyu smiled and said nothing, drank the wine in one gulp, and the words were all in the wine.

Lu Da also drank it all, and also expressed his attitude: "In the future, wherever you can use us, we will never shirk, and if there is any violation, I will be thundered by heaven." ”

"Brother Lu, why bother, even if there is no matter of this silver, is it possible that we encounter difficulties and ask for Brother Lu and Third Brother Qiao, will the two of them still care? Hahaha, let's not talk about the future, let's drink, drink! ”

The subsequent wine was even more relaxed, Lu Da and Qiao San had silver, naturally they were in a good mood, and said freely: "With silver, we can rent a set of courtyards, and then recruit troops and horses, only in this way can we receive more work." ”

Xiao Chenyu said: "I'm going to see someone tomorrow, if you have nothing to do, you can follow me." ”

Qiao San asked, "Who?" People from the Xiao family? ”

"No, you'll know when you see someone." Xiao Chenyu didn't say anything, Lu Da and Qiao San only thought they were Xiao Chenyu's friends, and calling them was just to strengthen their courage and face.

Xiao Chenyu drank five points of drunkenness and stopped drinking, only saying that he still had important things, and Lu Da and Qiao San also put down their wine glasses and drank tea with them.

Xiao Chenyu listened carefully to their current situation, and then gave some suggestions, only to listen to Lu Da and Qiao San stunned, and kept asking Xiao Chenyu.

So, this meal has been eaten for a long time.

In the end, Lu Da and Qiao San actually followed Xiao Chenyu to the inn, and they didn't open another room, but directly wanted to settle in Xiao Chenyu's room.

In fact, the three of them did not sleep for long, but have been discussing how to take the road in the future.

The next day, the trio who had slept less than an hour got up.

The three of them have never been tired, Xiao Chenyu is young, and Lu Da and Qiao San are excited.

After breakfast, Liu Xi brought someone to bring the goods that were strictly guarded, Xiao Chenyu opened it with the key he carried with him to check it, closed it carefully, and then put the box in a place where he could see it, just waiting for the person to arrive.

Although it was only opened for a moment, there was already a fragrance in the house, Qiao San and Lu Da glanced at each other, and tacitly understood that this was the Xiao family's money-making business.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart: The Xiao family was able to throw out five hundred taels of silver in just a few months, but a group of people of their own group have been mixed for so long, but they are getting poorer and poorer.

When I first stayed yesterday, I sent someone to send a post to Lu Jiu, asking him to come to the inn to meet him today, but he didn't say in advance that he had brought the goods, only that Xiao Chenyu was here and wanted to meet him.

Lu Jiu has been both proud and a little bored recently.

Proudly, he didn't get back many red gold ingots, which created a situation that everyone wanted.

In the end, he was taken by his father and assigned to the big names in the officialdom and the rulers of major families.

The adults in the officialdom naturally couldn't get the money back, but the benefits were naturally indispensable, but he brought Lu Jiu with him when he gave gifts, which made him show his face in front of the adults.

As for the rest of the family, most of them gave silver taels, and even if they didn't give silver, they gave corresponding gifts in return.

Lu Jiu, who listened to the praise, was proud, but he was entangled by his mother and took care of his family affairs for him every day.

Moreover, many people in the city now intend to make him a son-in-law.