Shen Hong's outstretched hand paused for a moment, feeling the cruelty of this summer.

Lin Piao picked up the mung bean soup and drank half a bowl, the mung bean soup at room temperature was not hot or cold, but it could indeed suppress the restlessness in his heart.

Shen Hong looked sideways at Lin Piao, and saw that the tips of his sideburns were slightly wet against his ears, and his lips, which had just drunk mung bean soup, were still moist with wet water marks.

He likes summer very much, and the best thing is summer, Lin Piao brought him home, and after that, it was a happy day.

Shen Hong stretched out his hand, and his fingertips sorted out the somewhat wet broken hair on his sideburns: "The flower stand is not in a hurry to prepare, let's change the house this year, the house that can be built is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the house can be repaired to support people." ”

Lin Piao thought for a while: "People are really frugal to luxury, from luxury to thrift, it feels like it hasn't been so hot before, but this year people can't sit still." ”

"This year's is indeed hotter than in previous years."

Lin Piao didn't have a weather forecast to look at, so he only heard everyone complaining about the heat, but everyone complained about the heat every year, and it was not clear whether it was really going to extreme weather.

Lin Piao sat with him for a while and stood up: "I have to go take a shower and cool off." ”

"Don't take cold showers."

"Okay, okay." Lin Piao took off his clothes as he walked inside, he really wanted to be shirtless, thinking not to scare Shen Hong too much, so he only took off his coat.

Shen Hong looked at his back and was a little helpless: "Piao'er, be upright." ”

"I'm going to die of heat!" Lin Piao turned his head towards him irritably.

He took off his coat and turned around under the porch, Shen Hong saw a thin layer of sweat on his body, so that his underwear was a little transparent, and his shirt was put on the crook of his arm and strode in.

Shen Hong's heart was hot, and now Lin Piao was a little too unavoidable of him.

I dangle in front of my eyes like this all day long, I can see it, but I can't eat it.

This summer, he didn't feel hot and got hot.

"Go back, don't wait for me to take a shower."

"Okay."

Lin Piao took a cold shower, ate some watermelon, felt much better, but his heart was more concerned about Erzhu, they are now living well in Shangjing, and they still feel that the weather is a little too hot, Erzhu does not know what is going on at the border, the war is already hard, and he has encountered extreme weather, Erzhu is the most honest and hard-working person among all the cubs.

Because he had gone to the border, he was probably busy, and the journey had become longer and longer, and no letter had arrived since the last letter.

Lin Piao rested for a while, but did not fall asleep, and after a while, he heard the sound of the door opening and closing in the courtyard, and after a while, a voice of greeting came from outside the door: "Little sister-in-law, are you sleeping?" ”

The lights were still lit in the room, and the two of them stood outside, thinking that he had not slept yet.

"You two come in and talk."

Juan'er and Xiaoyue pushed the door in, carrying a bag of things in their hands: "This year's sun is really hot, especially in the past two days, suddenly it was very dry, I walked around a little outside, and saw that Haodong Medicine Hall was selling this kind of herbal tea, and many people were selling it, so I bought two packs and came back, and I could cook and drink it tomorrow to see if the effect was good." ”

Lin Piao nodded, half-leaning on the pillow and looking at them.

Xiao Yue continued: "Little sister-in-law, today Princess Jingyang, asked us to make her a shirt, we think it's a little strange. ”

"What's wrong?"

"It doesn't look like an ordinary shirt or palace dress, it looks a little too grand, and it looks like the clothes of the princess and concubine."

Lin Piao thought for a while: "Her mother used to be the princess, you can look through the old books, or find an old lady to ask, whether the clothes are the previous shape, these clothes cannot be made at will, you use this to test Princess Jingyang, and ask her to promise that if something happens, she will come forward to bear everything, so as not to cause any trouble." ”

Xiao Yue nodded: "I think the same way, speaking of which is one more thing, sister-in-law, recently I walked around in some places, and saw some women wearing velvet flowers in the style of Yuemingfang, but obviously not made by our Yuemingfang, it seems that there are already velvet craftsmen who know how our velvet flowers are made, I inquired, there are velvet craftsmen who are doing this sale in private, I am a little worried that if this continues, our velvet flowers in Yuemingfang will not be sold at a price." ”

Lin Piao was a little surprised when he heard the news: "Are there many people who buy it?" ”

"It's not much, but it's still quite a few."

"It's no way, the hand stands on someone else's own, do you remember the beginning when we made this kind of velvet flower, our people here are halfway monks half a bottle of water, their own little bit of practice of the craft, and then want to invite a powerful velvet master to come to our side to bring our people, people are not happy, feel that the velvet flower from ancient times to the present is not what we made like this, we have broken the inheritance of the ancestors, broken the rules of the velvet flower, is unwilling to ignore us. A little arrogant and inherited in the body of the velvet craftsmen are this attitude, obviously imitating this does not care about these, before the twelve flower gods when they prepared this trick in advance, said that it is our exclusive thing, if others do it must copy us, there is this in the Beijing but anyone who has a bit of status, will only buy our velvet flowers, it is impossible to be cheap, and do not want to lose their value. ”

Having said that, in this way, the ordinary market will definitely be lost: "In this way, in the future, our velvet flowers, at the bottom of the hairpin and the flower, make a circle of gold rings, and engrave a circle of small patterns on it, and make three words in cursive writing in Yuemingfang, and use this to raise the price and maintain the style." ”

Satsuki nodded.

"When the time comes, you can look at it, and if the characters are too difficult to get, you can change some easy-to-use patterns, and you can communicate with the goldsmith."

Xiao Yue nodded: "Okay." ”

After Lin Piao finished speaking, he fell into deep thought, now that they are in Shangjing, they have money, they have power, although they are still far from the peak, everything is thriving, so what they need most at this time is fame.

Fame and reputation, hypocrites, these things can be popular because these things are profitable.

There are two sets of rules and logic in the world, one is morality and morality, and the other is interests and wins and losses, which Lin Piao has long had this concept, but he has never thought deeply and never felt that he will use it.

The second dog sacrificed fame and fortune to develop himself, and Shen Hong, as a chess piece, was positioned as a great loyal minister before he was completely on the throne, not a great good man, otherwise his reputation was too innocent and prominent, and the momentum was too great, and others would not dare to use him, and he would also be framed.

In fact, the most common use of these two sets is to put on the skin of morality in exchange for the people's will and replace real interests.

Now that he has so much money, he has to develop in the area of doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, whether or not he can really accumulate good fortune, no matter how bad he is, he can also accumulate fame, so as to pave the way for the future development of his family.

But how?

Although it is good to give soup and food, it is very difficult to open up the market on a large scale, and people in this era of charity activities do not eat this kind of set, and their chain of contempt is particularly cruel, for the disabled and the disabled, they feel that fate and God have punished and abandoned this kind of person, why should they sympathize with this kind of person?

Lin Piao thought about whether there was a great precedent for a great "great benevolent person", and the common practice was that the common practice was to unite the country for disaster relief, help the country fight the war, and provide military supplies, which could suddenly soar by spending money.

Lin Piao is not a person who likes to do drama performances, but he has been in this era for a long time, and can clearly feel the many problems of this era, and the hardships of many groups, he himself wants to do something to give everyone some help, or an opportunity to get out of trouble, the textile factory in the suburbs is established under this idea, helping countless people to survive the cold winter, people come and go, some people leave to find their own way forward, some people come here to find a little protection, rich and help the world. Lin Piao has a little bit of this idea, but the business that has not been invested cannot be done, altruism also has to be self-interested, Lin Piao is thinking about this idea.

Seeing that he was thoughtful, Xiaoyue and Juan'er did not continue to talk, and after saying goodbye, everyone rested.

On the second day, Aunt Er and Uncle Qiu came over early in the morning, saying that they had an invitation to the family, and they hurried over to inform Lin Piao.

"Invite? What invitation? ”

"The summer banquet, that is, the back and forth between the back house, the Xiang family had to invite me, and when Zheng Qiu was there, he said that he would go together, but the people of the Xiang family had a special question, asking me if I could invite you there, saying that they were not good at this door." The second aunt said and looked at Lin Piao's face: "But don't worry, I didn't agree, I didn't say anything, I don't get in the way if I go or not, I know you don't like such occasions." "What's more, it's still to the family.

Even if the second aunt is not keen, she knows that Xiang Jia and Shen Hong can't get to go together, and it always feels a little strange to find Lin Piao to participate in their small banquet, as if she wants to do something, although the back house is also determined by the position of the men, but it is not so clear-cut, and it is inevitable to meet when they are in Shangjing, get together and have a banquet, but this does not mean that the estrangement has disappeared.

Lin Piao was also a little strange when he heard his second aunt say this, what does Xiang Jia mean? Now that all the men in their family are outside, do they suddenly invite him, is there any intention?

Lin Piao thought for a while: "Go ahead, join in the fun." ”

He went to see what he meant, if he had something to say to him, and he would take it as gathering information.

"Really? Then let's prepare for tomorrow. ”

Lin Piao nodded: "I have to bring Xiaoyue with me." ”

The second aunt and Uncle Qiu thought for a while: "What about Juan'er?" ”

"Juan'er doesn't like to socialize, and she took Xiaoyue to find an opportunity to pull some business, and didn't just take her out to play."

The two of them nodded, thinking that he had thought it through clearly, but it was too much more to ask.

Lin Piao told Xiao Yue about this matter in the afternoon, Juan'er naturally had no opinion, she knew that Xiao Yue was doing the booklet, this matter was Xiao Yue's activities, naturally Xiao Yue followed out, she guarded the moon and Ming Fang, which can be regarded as a division of labor.

On the second day, they packed up early and had a full meal at noon, and although the afternoon meal was relatively early and certainly tasted good, it was almost impossible to eat it openly at the banquet outside.

The four of them were ready to go out, bringing Xia He and Xiao Yun by their side, and the second aunt also brought two maids with them, which were the same batch of maids sent to the family by the Dingyuan General's Mansion before.

Lin Piao hadn't seen them for a long time, and as soon as he met them today, he was greeted with a respectful greeting.

"Mrs. Shen."

When he turned his head to treat his second aunt, he was also very docile and obedient, and he did not have the arrogance he had when they first met, so it can be seen that he was really reprimanded by Xiang Jia.

The two maids who came with me this time, one is called Green Peony and the other is Jinyu.

The two waited beside them, and Lin Piao and the others got into the carriage in front, and they went to the carriage in the back, so as not to be crowded and stuffy.

The two of them sat with Xia He Xiaoyun and glanced at Xia He Xiaoyun lightly.

Xia He had seen this battle, and he knew that they were still arrogant in their hearts, and they felt that they were very good, but now they didn't dare to look down on the master's family, and they still looked proud when they met the servants.

Xiao Yun had heard of it, but she hadn't seen it, and when she saw their expressions like this, she said, "What do you two look like, the nose is not the nose, and the mouth is not the mouth." ”

"Xiao Yun." Xia He stopped Xiao Yun and told her not to argue with anyone.

The maidservant girl named Green Peony glanced at them lightly: "How can the nose not the nose and the mouth not the mouth?" But look at you two, can't you see? ”

Xia He saw that she was very energetic, so she said: "Xiao Yun, don't compete with inconsequential people, you don't have to humiliate yourself, people still think you are very interested in her." ”

Xiao Yun nodded again and again: "Yes." ”

Hearing her say this, Green Peony snorted coldly, raised the curtain with her fingers, and glanced outside, as if blowing the wind: "This summer day is really amazing, and □□ has also come ashore, cooing everywhere, afraid that he will be a frog." ”

Xiao Yun still wanted to talk about her, but before she could open her mouth, she was held down by Xia He, turned her head to look at her, and saw that Xia He's sister shook her head at him, so she couldn't bear to say anything more.

Seeing that the two of them finally shut up, Lu Shao thought that they were finally clean, it was really annoying enough, she was reprimanded by Mrs. Xiang before, and wanted to sell them on the spot, they cried and pleaded, and knelt outside the courtyard for two days, and finally the old lady relented, seeing that they were really pitiful, and said that it would be difficult to know that they had been sold for the rest of their lives, so she simply forgave them once, but only once, now where did they dare to provoke the old lady, just seeing Mrs. Shen, their hearts were still uncomfortable.

It was only after Mrs. Shen came here that she made a fuss, and Mrs. Shen was in business by herself, and she climbed up from a small place, and I am afraid that there will be endless ways to rectify people, so she can just give the old lady an idea, and the matter will get out of hand, and it is really annoying to think about it.

Mrs. Shen was born lower than them, and she was a brother, a mud-covered widow in the village, and a good little uncle, but now she was even more glamorous than some of the ladies they had served and seen in Beijing.

The age is not very old, but it is one or two years older than them, and there is a little bit of the ability to usher in business to be sent, how to match?

Lu Shao thought in her heart, naturally she didn't dare to reveal a word, otherwise, with the friendship between the old lady and Mrs. Shen, the old lady would be the first to pick her skin and sell her.

But she really looked down on her brother, she was beautiful and nobler than her brother, this was her greatest capital and weight, and she felt uncomfortable for a while when she saw that a brother like Mrs. Shen was too high.

Lin Piao was eating melon seeds in the carriage, not knowing that someone was so emotional about him that he was overwhelmed, and he was laughing so much that he was overturning the river and the sea.

"Hahaha really, did she really say that?"

"But no, it was the big rat who ran out, but when people chased after him, she came back with a man, and she didn't recognize it.

Lin Piao understood why there were so many ghost stories in this world, but everyone was too eager to talk nonsense.

"Did the man believe it?"

"At first, I had a little letter, but seeing that she was so convincing, I tied up the man and tortured him, saying that he wanted him to turn him back into a mouse, and he knew how to become a rat, so he drove her back to her parents' house."

"Where's her good look?"

"Killed."

The story in their mouths is the story of the second master of the Xiang family and a concubine he loved very much a few years ago.

As he spoke, the carriage arrived at Xiang's house, and the servants of the Xiang family greeted them at the door, and the maidservants also came out to greet and lead the way, and they entered the Xiang house, and the maidservants led them to the back house, and it was evident that Mrs. Xiang had carefully decorated, and even the flowers in full bloom were selected on both sides of the corridor, and a pot of bright and delicate flowers could be seen every few steps.

When I arrived at the house, I saw Mrs. Xiang, and when I saw Lin Piao, I was praised first, what a short period of time I didn't see the □□ brighter, and it became more and more a sign that this kind of words is nothing, what 'Look, this skin is really a high-grade white jade. ''How to care for this hair, satin is as moving. ’

Lin Piao had goosebumps throughout the whole process, and was praised by her and felt like she was going to become Snow White.

The scene was not very big, and the number of people who came was not particularly large, and there were only a dozen of them, and they were divided in twos and threes, and their own people got together, a total of four groups of people.

Mrs. Xiang looked at the second aunt and Lin Piao affectionately, and then looked at everyone, as if she was seriously looking at everyone's faces: "It's such a hot day, and it is inevitable that there will be too many people, so I just want to call my family to get together, pass the time, and be lively." ”

Lin Piao silently listened to her say this, and she didn't respond to anything, knowing that since she called herself, she must have something to say to him.