Li Weijian was dressed in a scarlet robe, his face was full of energy, he smiled slightly, and arched his hand to the four sides: "This official is Li Weijian, and I have seen all the virtuous people." It is expected that the gentry must not know what cement is, but this cement is really a creation of real learning, but it is not clear in one or two sentences.

The official only said one thing, Xishan Cement has made a contract with the Suzhou government, and after the opening, it will provide 200 million catties of cement for the Suzhou government, worth 90,000 taels of silver. ”

The head exploded!

Good guy, this Xishan cement business has not been done before it gets the contract. In this way, this is a surefire deal.

I heard that Zhuang Yougong said again: "Yes, 200 million catties is just the advance amount." Subsequently, the government and the cement agreed to the following agreement, and the cement produced was given priority to supply to our Suzhou Mansion for the benefit of the township. ”

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Fuzun, the old man dares to ask, where does the money for buying cement come from?" ”

Zhuang Yougong smiled and said, "It's a good question." The government used the tidal flats and saline-alkali land near the river as collateral, and borrowed money from the inner government to buy cement and hire the people. When the river is rectified, the tidal flats and saline-alkali land will become first-class polders, and the price will be calculated and the part will be sold, and there will be a lot left in the house. ”

There was a buzz below, and Zhuang Yougong said: "Please also ask all the virtuous people to inform us, this mansion ...... Even the whole of Zhejiang, the barren beaches, saline-alkali, water and other places have already been counted, if someone takes advantage of this occasion to occupy it, then it is no wonder that the official is not polite. ”

The fang weng said casually: "What Fuzun said is that if there is such a villain who has no children, if Fuzun does not do it, we gentry will definitely make this person ruined." ”

The head-to-head chatter never stopped. Polders, regardless of whether they are river fields or lake fields, they are all first-class good fields. The land price in the south of the Yangtze River is expensive, and the high-quality paddy fields are twelve taels, so how much silver is the tidal flat? A hundred acres may not be able to sell for ten taels.

This whole river seems to be a waste of money and labor, but all the polders that can be obtained are owned by the government, and when the time comes, it will be a sea of gold and silver!

Don't say that it is a tidal flat and a saline-alkali land, but it is Kunshan, and the land price is afraid that it will also soar!

It's just that everyone has doubts in their hearts, is it good to clean up the river, but the silver taels that are spent are worth the income from the polders?

There was no need for Li Weijian to answer this question, someone said: "That's Li Caishen!" The best at turning stones into gold. Thinking about the Jingshi Water Affairs, all he relies on is the skill of digging wells, how much silver is this worth? And where can it compare to cement? ”

Gu Wanzhong beat the side drum at the bottom and said: "I asked Li Langzhong in the next day, and Langzhong once said that this cement mixed sand and gravel was poured, and it was as solid as a rock in a few days, not afraid of rain, and the price was low. Counting thousands of catties is worth four dollars and five cents of silver, which is much cheaper than digging rocks in the mountains. ”

Li Weijian on the stairs didn't speak, he glanced at Zhuang Yougong, and the two of them were about to come down, sat down at the winner's table, and drank tea.

After a long time, someone finally couldn't help but say: "Li Langzhong, you haven't said anything about the stock of this cement business." ”

Li Weijian put down the teacup and said loudly: "According to the old practice of Jingshi Water, the total share capital is 30 million taels, and the Inner Government and Suzhou Mansion occupy a total of 60%, and the remaining 40% is publicly offered...... Well, first come, first served. ”

Quietly, Gu Wanzhong cleared his throat, only to say that he should have appeared. But before he could get up, a figure popped out of the corner and shouted: "Zhu Minxiu of Wu County has seen Li Langzhong, and he can subscribe for 300,000 shares now!" ”

Gu Wanzhong blinked, hurriedly got up and said, "My Gu family subscribed for 200,000 shares!" ”

Deyue Lou suddenly became a vegetable market, some old men lightly smashed down two million silver coins, and some sons and brothers threw millions without blinking their eyes.

The sitting governor Wang Shuhuan was about to cry, the year before the Taihu Lake flooded, in order to cure the flood, the governor visited and begged, but scraped together more than 100,000 silver dollars for disaster relief. It's good now, dozens or millions of silver, without blinking an eye, will be smashed over, a little calculation, this will be at least six or seven million!

This is still Li Weijian's deliberate exclusion of Yangzhou salt merchants, if the ban is lifted, the price of forty percent of the shares is 12 million taels, but I am afraid that it will be sold out in an instant.

It's really better than people to die, and goods to be thrown away. A few years ago, the imperial court discussed changing Jiangnan rice to mulberry, and there were rumors that the imperial court intended to increase the taxes in Jiangnan. Governor Wang Shuhuan only said that it was nonsense, and now it seems that the gentry in Jiangnan are full of fat, and it is clear that there are fewer taxes!

But what does it have to do with him? If you have done this term, you must always move around, and when the governor of the new party takes over, there will be good fruits for these gentry to eat!

The crowd was full of emotion, and many clamored to subscribe now, for fear that Li Weijian would regret it after today.

Seeing this, Zhuang Yougong hurriedly sent the little official to move the table and signed the letter of intent on the spot. After that, the feast was not mentioned.

Which of the gentry gathered was for the banquet? Deyuelou is crowded and rubbed, and it really can't be arranged. Many people came over to talk to Li Weijian, and then went home. signed the subscription documents left and right, and became familiar with Li Weijian, not afraid that he would not admit it afterwards.

On this day, no matter how reserved Li Weijian was, he couldn't stand the persuasion of drinking. You have a cup and I have a cup, and I don't know if I drink it until later. Zhuang Yougong saw this, and saw that it was getting late, so he simply placed Li Weijian in the post house in the city.

The next day, a group of gentry looked for the Suzhou Mansion Yamen to subscribe to the money, and Li Weijian rubbed his temples and returned to Panxiang Temple. After only a short rest, he took a group of people to Xishan Island.

It will not take many days for the funds to arrive, and the rest is to recruit manpower, order machines, and send six hundred li urgently, and ask King Zhongyong to send a director and Lang Zhong to take care of this matter.

However, he said that he had subscribed to 3 million taels of this share in just three days, and Li Weijian drew up a loan agreement and borrowed 1 million silver to Zhuang Yougong on the spot. Zhuang Yougong immediately reissued the money he owed, and finally eliminated a disaster.

Li Weijian got the money, and he recruited displaced people on a large scale, one for the production of Xishan Island, and the other for the improvement of the river.

The people in the south of the Yangtze River are rich, but there are also poor places, such as Kunshan. Li Weijian learned after listening to it, and dared to love Kunshan's nickname at this time was Hua Kunshan.

Why? It is really because of the low-lying nature of Kunshan, but whenever there is water, Su Song around him has not been so good, and Kunshan will be flooded.

In Kunshan, lakes and rivers account for 20%, and hairy crabs are produced here, but this is not yet famous. Every year from June to September, at least half of the entire Kunshan is submerged in Zeguo. In this way, grain can only be planted for one season, and mulberry and cotton cannot be planted at all, so the people of Kunshan can only go to the surrounding Su and pine to work for others.

Why did Kunqu opera become popular in the pre-Ming Dynasty? The people of Kunshan couldn't survive, so they had to run out to sing the opera, which was called the Southern Opera Kun dialect at that time. It was only at this time that it gradually evolved into Kunqu Opera.

Looking to recruit workers? Just go to Kunshan. It's not that the rest of the people in this place don't want to go out, but that they can't find work to do when they do. This is also thanks to the opening of Shanghai County, otherwise it will be more difficult for the people of Kunshan.

Only seven or eight days, the Suzhou government issued an official document, Kunshan County ordered to recruit in person, and when I heard that the monthly salary was one or two packs of three meals, and strong men and strong women wanted, the people of Kunshan immediately dragged their families and mouths to gather on Xishan Island.

Li Weijian carefully calculated that 3,000 people would be used to hold up the sky for this cement business, and the rest of the people would be sent to Suzhou Mansion for repairing the pond.

In late April, the second batch of machines arrived, and the cement output on Xishan Island increased sharply, and then gradually stabilized at around 16 or 70,000 catties per day.

Li Weijian converted it, as if the daily output was less than 200 tons, and he couldn't laugh or cry. This output could not even be compared with the small cement factories of later generations, and it mobilized a full 3,000 people.

Nowadays, if you want to increase production, you can't just increase manpower, you have to build a real cement plant. So Li Weijian went out early and returned late every day, staring at the island for more than ten days, separating the various steps of cement production, finding out what could be used to increase efficiency with machinery, designing mechanical patterns, and after all the designs had been made, he hurried 600 miles to Beijing to rush to Beijing.

At the same time, all the shares of the cement business were sold, and 12 million taels of silver were piled up in the treasury of Suzhou Mansion.

It is already the end of April, the cement business is on the right track, and the cement produced cannot be stored for a long time, so it must be used as soon as possible. Zhuang Yougong signed a second loan agreement with Li Weijian, borrowing 800,000 taels of silver for the repair of the stone pond on the north bank of Taihu Lake and various tributaries.

The recruited people of Kunshan suddenly became useful, and Suzhou started work in all directions, and the scene was in full swing.

But he said that Li Weijian had just come out of the mountain gate of Panxiang Temple on this day, and he bumped into an acquaintance head-on.

Li Weijian rubbed his eyes and hurriedly greeted him: "Liang Langzhong, why are you here?" ”

Liang Langzhong couldn't cry or laugh, and bowed his hand to Li Weijian from afar: "Lord Li, the prince has read the letter, and he sent the next day to Suzhou." Xiaguan went to Jinmen on the second day and Songjiang on the 11th, and he really couldn't be idle for a moment. ”

Li Weijian wondered in his heart, but he couldn't say it. This cement business seems to be beautiful, but Liang Langzhong is a celebrity around King Zhongyong, and it is good to have a master of the cement business to take care of him, and send Langzhong ...... Especially Liang Langzhong, is there some fuss?

And after leaving the center, Liang Langzhong's rank has not been transferred, which is equivalent to a downgrade.

As if knowing what Li Weijian was thinking, Liang Langzhong said: "This time, the lower officials came to take over Suzhou Weaving, and by the way, they took care of the cement business. I just entered Suzhou City last night, and I heard Lord Li show his skills, and he raised 10 million taels of silver in ten days, which is really-"

Liang Lang has a hard time speaking. In the past, there were Jingshi Water Affairs and Xishan Coal Mine, and in the past few years, people have done cement business, and for Li Weijian, Liang Langzhong can't give birth to the slightest jealousy.

People have top attainments in practical learning, and have the ability to turn stones into gold, such characters are beyond the reach of the dust, how can they talk about jealousy? Liang Lang secretly thought that he was still young, and he was wrong, but he was afraid that this master would have been included in the household department by the sage a long time ago, in order to alleviate the difficulty of the lack of age in the imperial court.

Li Weijian suddenly smiled and said: "Liang Langzhong took over Suzhou Weaving, which is really gratifying." ”

Don't look at Suzhou weaving is only the fifth product, and the same level as the inner house, but it has the right to play secretly. A letter every ten years, geography and humanities, wind and things, no matter how big or small to play the saint. But if the magistrate is mentioned ill in the letter, the magistrate will have to walk around without food.

Because it is the three major weaving in the south of the Yangtze River, no one dares to provoke easily.

The two exchanged pleasantries slightly, and Li Weijian invited Liang Langzhong to return to the temple to sit down, but Liang Langzhong said: "Xiaguan has traveled thousands of miles, and now that he has arrived in Suzhou, he must first see the cement business created by Lord Li." ”

"That's fine, then let's go to Xishan Island and have a look."

At that moment, the two went to the pier and took a ferry to Xishan Island. When he arrived on the island, Li Weijian led Liang Langzhong around, first saw the coal mine, and then saw the explosives cracked stones, followed the steam engine to drive the forging hammer to crush the limestone, and then sent it into the mill to grind into fine powder, and then mixed with clay and broken iron filings and put it into the kiln for calcination.

This cement business was full of smoke and dust, and Liang Langzhong only stayed for a moment before he couldn't bear it, and hurriedly pulled Li Weijian to evacuate. Returning to the ship, after listening to Li Weijian explain the details of the interior, Liang Langzhong had a bottom in his heart.

The dare is not that this cement is worth 30 million taels, but that the stone pond polder behind it is worth this price!

Jiangnan has been trapped by floods since the Ming Dynasty, and this is also a place of ointment. If there is no flooding, then the tax will definitely be higher.

Not only that, there are more people in the south of the Yangtze River and less land, and the income from planting mulberry cotton is higher, so there is a proposal to change rice to mulberry. Li Weijian relied on cement to build water conservancy in the south of the Yangtze River, and the polders he obtained just filled the vacancy after changing rice to mulberry.

Liang Lang Center is more and more admired, Li Weijian can be big, but he doesn't want to count it in one fell swoop, he can be so big that he can't be boundless!

Liang Langzhong sighed, and then said with a smile: "Lord Li, this cement service was presented to the saint, and the saint was embarrassed for a while. It was the prince who fought the basis of reason, and only then did he win two shares for Lord Li. These two shares came out of the inner house, and when they returned to Beijing, the inner government should send the deed. ”

Li Weijian was grateful on his face, and his heart was full of slander. This Emperor Zhenghe is getting more and more picky, the water affairs are given one percent, and there are three points left in the coal mine, and now only two points are given...... Okay, it doesn't make a difference between more left and right or less, he can't spend it all.

It took two more days to deliver the cement business clearly, and Li Weijian, who was busy for the rest of the month, had his leisure time.

Early this morning, a female nun came to report that the team leader of Suzhou Mansion came to find her, saying that the news that Li Weijian wanted to listen to had been approved.

Li Weijian immediately invited the team leader in. After seeing the ceremony, he said that he would get up: "Adult, the small one will visit carefully." The surname is Zhen, and there is a fragrant tree at home, but it is only Zhen Shiyin's family in Xiaojia Lane. The little one compared the yellow book, and visited the neighborhood, and heard that after Zhen Shiyin's daughter was abducted, the family went to his father-in-law's house in Daruzhou. ”

Li Weijian glanced at Xiangling, and saw that Xiangling's expression was gloomy, because he was relieved: "Don't worry, Huang Bantou, can you know the specific address of Zhen Shiyin's father-in-law's house?" ”

The head of the Huang squad said: "The little one searched carefully and found Zhen Shiyin's classmates and friends, but he heard the address, and he was in Xihuai Village, Daru Prefecture. His father-in-law's name is Feng Su. ”

Li Weijian secretly wrote it down, looked at Xiangling, and saw that the girl was rubbing her handkerchief, full of worry.

Li Weijian asked the Huang team leader: "Can you find another one?" ”

Huang Bantou said: "The adults don't know, the little ones went to Kunshan in person." ”

Li Weijian tilted slightly, and saw that Qingwen on the side didn't seem to care, but in fact, she was listening with her ears sideways.

I heard Huang Bantou say: "However, the family in Taoqiao Village has long been empty. The little one inquired again and again to find out that the year before last, the Su family ran out of rations, so they had to come to Suzhou to beg for a living. The woman now works in the Fushun weaving factory, and the man only does odd jobs in the city.

Now this family lives in the fourth house on the left side of Shuanglin Lane in the west of the city. ”

"Okay, there's a team leader."

The head of the Huang squad suddenly bowed his hands and said: "Some small things, not to be praised by adults." The Lord of the Mansion has said that if the Lord has an order, we will handle it as soon as the officials do it, and we will not shirk it. ”

Just kidding, this is Li Caishen, who dares to offend if he still can't stutter? First of all, he is familiar with Li Caishen, and he will not be promoted in the future, and he will talk about it when he says it.

Huang Bantou retreated, and Li Weijian stretched his body to De Qingwen's side, only smiling on his face, but not saying a word.

Qingwen was looked at for a long time, and finally broke through, frowned and said, "What does the master think of me?" ”

Li Weijian said: "We're going to leave in two days, and I'll take you to take a look tomorrow when we're free?" ”

Qingwen said stiffly: "What is there to see?" And when he had said that, I hurried to see it, as if I were worthless. ”

"Didn't you say that? It's to see the girl. ”

When Qingwen heard this, she bit her lower lip and couldn't speak. I vaguely remember that day I was taken away by someone's teeth, the young man was in front of the door, covering his face but couldn't hold back his tears, and when he arrived at the entrance of the village, he heard the heart-rending cry of his mother's mother, 'magpie and magpie'.

Turning his head, Li Weijian came to De Xiangling again.

"Fourth Master—"

"Well, you can find it soon, don't worry."

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm just too tired."

Li Weijian said with a smile: "In the past few days, Haining has followed me on errands and has not been idle. After two days, I sent him on a trip to Daruzhou. If your mother is doing well, then stop by on the way back to see; If your mother is not doing well, I will ask Haining to bring your mother back directly...... Do you think so? ”

Xiangling was suddenly emotional, couldn't help but redden, bent down and wanted to bow down, and said 'thank you to the fourth master' without saying anything, but was supported by Li Weijian, and only said: "Since you follow me, you can't let you suffer such grievances." ”

Xiangling sniffed again and again, her eyes were moist, and she couldn't wait to give herself to Li Weijian completely. However, this time is not right, and the place is not right.

She was abducted since she was a child, and for more than ten years in her life, she had been floating around like duckweed, thinking of finding a lover to rely on, but Feng Yuan and Xue Pan were both bastards. Tian Pitian saw the fourth master of the thrift beside him, the fourth master of the thrift looked at the gentle temperament, not like a harsh one, Xiangling secretly rejoiced for a long time.

Who wants to be thrifty and the fourth master is so interested in himself!

In addition to feeling guilty, Xiangling felt guilty again. Li Weijian has a few maids around him, whether it is Qingwen, Xiuying or Hongyu, all his thoughts are devoted to the fourth master of Jian. She is the only one who spends most of her time on poetry.

When serving on duty, the fourth master said no, then he didn't need it; The fourth master said that she would use it, and she did her duty. He treats himself with sincerity, but he only responds to it...... It really shouldn't!

Xiangling threw herself into Li Weijian's arms and sobbed, but she had already made up her mind in her heart, and when she found an opportunity, she handed over her innocent body to the fourth master. Since then, whether she is an aunt or just a maid, she is willing to do it.

At night, Xiangling saw that Qingwen was still thoughtful, so she took the initiative to move to the outer room. Qingwen was in a trance all day, and she didn't remember it until she went to bed, and said in surprise: "Huh? It's supposed to be Xiangling on duty today, why did it change to me? ”

Li Weijian sat on the head of the bed and said with a smile: "What do you say? ”

"She ...... "What else can she do, thinking that it is comforting to have the thrifty fourth master by her side, she can have a much better night."

Qingwen bit her lower lip, her heart warm. Xiangling is silent in Su Ri, and cotton is also like, Qingwen looks young, but she looks like a sister to Xiangling; Secretly, in that invisible place, why wasn't Xiangling taking care of her?

Qingwen didn't say anything, she arched into Li Weijian's arms, thinking about it, but she didn't have a hard mouth. said: "Fourth master, I'll just take a look for myself tomorrow." ”

"Well, I still want to be with you, it seems that I can't see anyone."

"Where?" Qingwen said, "My father...... His temperament, if he bumps into the fourth master, he will definitely ask for benefits. ”

"Just give him a little benefit."

Qingwen hurriedly shook her head: "No...... If he had money, he would have gone to sell wine. If you drink too much, you will beat and scold my mother. ”

"Then let Wu Haining find a way to break him apart."

Qingwen responded, and shook her head after a while: "No, no, my mother can't hide it." When he looks back, he will definitely get into trouble with my mother. ”

"Heh, it's not easy? I changed my clothes tomorrow, and said that it was a talent in Jinling, and your mother would never recognize me, right? ”

Qingwen's heart was moved, and she tightly clamped Li Weijian's figure: "Fourth master......"

"Well, don't think about it, go to bed early."

……………………………………………………

Early morning.

When the hour was approaching, Su Tian walked out of the house with a wheelbarrow. Every day, his family waited for work near the left side of Yuan Miaoguan, or unloaded rice grain from the ship to the rice shop, or unloaded silk cotton to be transported to the weaving yard, and calculated that he could always earn thirty or forty copper coins a day.

The body in the house is not good, and the reliable embroiderer can earn two or three taels of silver every month, which is really more comfortable than the countryside of Kunshan, and there is no need to serve a few acres of thin fields that lose money from time to time.

I don't know if I heard the magpie cry when I went out, so I just went out of the house, and before I went out of the alley, something good came to the door.

"Your name is Su Tian?"

A butler-like man stopped in front of the cart.

Su Tian nodded suddenly and said, "The small one is exact, but there is a job to find the small one?" ”

The housekeeper said, "The four acres of thin fields in Taoqiao Village are yours?" ”

"Exactly, I don't know what the other is—"

The housekeeper pouted and said, "You should be lucky, my lord wants to build a fish pond, and he just likes your piece of land." If the price is right, you can get the deed today. ”

"Huh?" What a great thing! It is called Huakunshan, and the grain can only be grown for one season. Taoqiao Village is even more low-lying, and once a flood becomes Zeguo, it would be good for his few acres of land to be harvested twice in three years.

Su Tian blinked: "This ...... I'm a family heirloom—"

"Don't be verbose, you don't sell me to sell someone else's."

"Sell, I didn't say no. This, that's the price—"

The housekeeper said: "The real price is clear, one acre of thin land in Kunshan is worth two taels of silver, and four acres of land will give you a total of nine taels of silver." If you agree, we'll go to the deed today. ”

Nine taels? Su Tian was overjoyed suddenly, his broken land could be sold for five taels of silver, which could be regarded as blind to buy land.

"Sold! Let's go to the deed! ”

"Don't worry, let's sign the paperwork first, and then go to Kunshan to pass the deed after a while." As he spoke, the man in charge pulled out a stack of deeds.

At that moment, Su Tian begged his neighbors to help him see it, and when he saw that it was really fine, he drew a charge. After that, I was worried about it, for fear that there would be some pit waiting for me.

Unexpectedly, the housekeeper was quite refreshed, looked at the deed, and immediately took out four taels of silver, and the remaining five taels had to be given after the transfer.

After getting four taels of silver, Su Tian was slightly relieved, thinking that this time it was not a loss.

With money on his body, where is Su Tian willing to wait for work? The goods didn't even bother to go home, so he threw the cart to the neighbors to take care of, and staggered towards the tavern.

It's just that when passing through the alley, Su Tian inadvertently caught a glimpse of a carriage parked on the side of the road, and seeing that in May, the doors and windows were still curtained down, so he wondered, which family was the female family inside?

Su Tian thought about walking away, and when his figure was hidden in the market, the housekeeper from before hurriedly ran to the carriage: "Master Li, the matter is done." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, Qingwen came down first, followed by Li Weijian in a green shirt.

Li Weijian took the deed, stuffed it to Qingwen without looking at it, and said with a smile: "Thank you Steward Chen, talk to Gu Dongjia, when this official comes back next time, he will definitely get drunk with Gu Dongjia." ”

Steward Chen immediately bowed down and said, "Master Li's words will definitely be brought below." ”

After sending Steward Chen away, Li Weijian pushed Qingwen, and Qingwen scolded: "Where is there such a thing? But everyone who has dim sum knows that Kunshan is now going to build a stone pond, and the price of land in the village will definitely rise. But he didn't care, and sold it for only nine taels of silver! ”

Li Weijian quipped: "What? This is thinking about my silver money? ”

"Fourth Master~"

Qingwen was disgusted and annoyed. Li Weijian said a few words of comfort, led him forward, and in a blink of an eye he arrived in front of the house rented by the Su family.

The so-called cowardice of the hometown is not the countryside, but the long-lost fetters in the heart.

Seeing that Qingwen was smuggling and refused to step forward, Li Weijian simply pushed open the firewood door, pulled it inside, and said loudly: "Is there anyone at home?" ”

"Who? Ahem......"

The woman's words came from within, and after a while, she saw an old woman of fifty or fifty about to come out. The woman had a thin yellow face, gray hair, and a very plain garment with patches.

The woman glanced at the two of them, and didn't recognize Qingwen for a while, so she only asked, "Who is this son looking for?" ”

"The eldest lady's family is surnamed Su?"

"Yes."

Li Weijian took a step away, pointed at Qingwen and said, "Auntie, who is this person?" ”

Qingwen twisted her hands together, bit her lip, her eyes were red, and she looked directly at the woman.

The old woman squinted her eyes and suddenly exclaimed, "You...... You...... Are you a magpie? ”

Where can Qingwen still bear it? During the period, Ai Ai shouted 'Mother', and the woman stumbled over, and in the blink of an eye, she hugged Qingwen.

At first, Li Weijian was still smiling and watching on the side, but the truth was moving, seeing the mother and daughter hugging and crying, Li Weijian couldn't help but be moved, remembering that in his previous life, he would definitely end up with a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, because he was sad in his heart, he couldn't help but say: "The mother and daughter are reunited, I think there will be a lot to say." Qingwen, I'll wait in the car, you can talk to your mother more. ”

Qingwen couldn't cry anymore this time, and she couldn't stop wiping her tears and bowing her head.

Li Weijian left, the mother and daughter stopped crying, and the old woman pulled Qingwen into the middle, crying and laughing: "Que'er, haven't you eaten yet?" It just so happened that the lady of the Xu family sent a white fish, and the mother made you your favorite bad fish. ”

Qingwen hurriedly said: "No need mother, I just ate it." ”

But the woman said, "I finally came back, how can I not eat?" But regardless of Qingwen's obstruction, he insisted on being a bad fish.

Qingwen had no choice but to step aside.

When she stretched out her hand, she showed her fingernails that were inches long, and the woman saw it in her eyes, and she knew that she didn't have to do rough work in the first place. Because of this, he drove Qingwen aside to sit idly, and he was busy around the stove.

The woman stopped her tears, whether it was the daughter who was sold, there were some things that were not easy to ask, but she had to ask. She snorted and asked, "Que'er...... How are you doing all these years? ”

Qingwen said: "It's all good, it's not short to eat." ”

"That's good, that's good. I see that boy just sent you? ”

"Fourth master, he's ...... He is a Jinling Xiucai, and his family has some land. ”

The woman said: "The white and pure one is the son of a big family." Que'er follows this, and he will be blessed for a while. ”

"Hmm."

Qingwen answered, and the woman was speechless. After a while, Qingwen couldn't help but say, "Mother, don't you ask the others?" ”

The woman laughed miserably and said, "What else do you want to ask?" You...... It's sold, it's not married. is so far away, whether Magpie is doing well or not, my mother is powerless. I can only ask the Bodhisattva for blessing at night, and bless my magpie child with good health and smoothness. ”

Qingwen snorted and said, "Don't worry, mother, the fourth master is generous and treats me very well." Occasionally, I have a petty temperament, and the fourth master never gets angry with me, he only persuades me first, and then he will say that I am not. ”

The woman paused on her hand and said nervously: "Que'er, my mother knows that you have a high heart, but no matter how angry you are, you can't compare to the wives and girls in other people's houses." That son has a good temper, but there are still elders in the family. If you are willful, you can't say-"

Qingwen hurriedly said: "I know what my mother said, and I don't know what to prioritize. It is only in front of the fourth master that he occasionally sprinkles his temperament. "She is in the old house of the Li family, but she is very loved by Mrs. Tai.

"That's good, that's good."

The woman was a little relieved, and concentrated on making bad fish, and Qingwen sat idly on the sidelines, talking about the happy things over the years. Occasionally mentioning the past, there will always be a little quiet between mother and daughter, and then talk about the side.

The woman didn't mention it, and Qingwen didn't ask why her brother and sister weren't at home. I guess that she either died young, or she was sold to a human tooth by her father, right?

(End of chapter)