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At the beginning of the lanterns, there was a loud knock on the door outside the Ye family.

"Little lady Ye, I have something to go out and come back in the middle of the night. My family Langjun is tired of the Ye family taking care of it. ”

Ye Fuliu asked through the door, "Go and invite Lang Zhong again?" ”

Wei Dadao, "No. Go to the Jiang family's shop, which is good at making cold cakes. I saw that Lang Jun was quite good at eating his cold cakes, so I went to buy more. ”

"But the Jiang family's shop closed in the afternoon. To buy the Jiang family's cold cakes, you have to hurry up, and his family will come out of the stall on time at dawn. ”

"Give more money, and ask the Jiang family to rush to make it overnight." Wei Da said succinctly, "I brought a piece of gold cake. ”

Su Qiu gasped.

The first time I heard that he knocked on the door of the shop in the middle of the night with gold cakes. The Wei family is indeed a certain big salt merchant who is incognito.

Ye Fuliu had doubts. "It's night, in case something happens to your family, Lang Jun, he is silent, and we can't know next door."

"It's really not very convenient at night. The great steward of the noble family came over and took care of it for a few hours. ”

Ye Fuliu opened the door and motioned for Wei Da to look inside the door, "Qin Long is not here." The Ye family is now just me and Su Qiu, and it's really not good to go to the mansion at night. You see how it is good. ”

Wei Da was surprised. "It's so late, and Steward Qin hasn't returned yet?"

"I'm going to the county office again." Speaking of this incident, Ye Fuliu also sighed, "Qin Long has been on a par with Lu Zhixian in the past two days, and he wants to get back the cat's pot." ”

The precious cats and pots that flowed out of the palace were left in the county government for seven or eight days as physical evidence to be presented to the court.

Qin Long didn't think anything was wrong with a cat pot. Until one day, he overheard that the official kiln porcelain flowing out of the palace was rare and expensive, and a small cat basin was sold for at least three hundred taels......

Qin Da Steward was not good.

He signed a two-year contract with Ye Fuliu, a swordsman who guarded the master's house, and later served as a manager, an accountant, a small servant, a thug, and a gardener...... After working hard for the whole month, the monthly routine is only eight taels, eight taels!

The original impression of the fair and honest Lord Lu Zhixian suddenly changed in his eyes, and he became the image of a shameless dog official who was greedy for money.

The Hu Mazi who stole the house were all convicted and exiled, you are not greedy as an official, why haven't you returned the evidence for a long time? If you don't greed for three hundred taels of silver, is it because there is a lack of a cat basin at home!

The cat basin worth three hundred taels of silver, Qin Long couldn't get over it at all.

I went out early and returned late for two days in a row, and went to the county yamen to ask for a valuable cat pot. The cat can't get it back, the Ye family lost three hundred taels for nothing, wouldn't he have to pay himself three years!

The ins and outs are not complicated, just for a cat basin of three hundred taels, not their own things, the flat-headed people are stubborn with the county officials, and Wei Da is silent.

He led the horse and paced back and forth outside the door, "So what now?" Can I still go to Jiang's shop? Otherwise, I'll send Lang Jun over to the Ye family? ”

Ye Fuliu also made him laugh: "Our businessman's house portal is not very particular, but is it too unparticular to send your family Langjun into my house at night?" ”

Wei Da: "...... Sorry. I was in a daze. Don't take it to heart. ”

Ye Fuliu really didn't take it to heart: "Otherwise, please ask Wei Langjun to sit in the open courtyard, and we will set up the ladder last time on the wall." Every quarter of an hour we climbed the ladder to take a look. ”

The two sides hit it off, and they both felt that it was very appropriate.

Wei Da turned around and went into his yard. A moment later, footsteps sounded on the other side of the wall, and Wei Langjun was helped out of the study by Wei Da and sat down in the courtyard. The master and servant talked a few words, and a few whispered rebukes came from across the wall.

Wei Huan's voice was deep but not scattered, and he could hear it on the side of the wall, "Confused." How can you let the little lady do the thing of climbing the wall in the middle of the night. ”

Ye Fuliu sandwiched a chopstick salad with lettuce: "It's not done." ”

After a while, Wei Da knocked on the door in frustration, "My family Langjun doesn't allow it." Otherwise, every quarter of an hour, the Ye family shouts, and my Langjun answers through the wall, even if it is fine. I'll go back tonight after I got the cold cake, and I won't be able to share two hours. ”

That's the only way to do it.

The hour was still early, Ye Fuliu simply slipped out the old wine dug under the pear blossom tree last time, set up a small table in the courtyard, and sat opposite Su Qiu to drink.

Tonight, the moonlight is half round overhead, climbing the treetops, the Ye family has planted a yard full of grass and trees, the summer branches are luxuriant, and the ears are full of insects and frogs.

The two little ladies ate the banquet for a quarter of an hour with taste, and Ye Fuliu remembered Wei Da's entrustment, and raised his voice to ask the other side. "Wei Langjun, how does the sweet soup of mung beans and lilies that you sent over tonight taste like?"

"The taste is sweet and sweet."

It's obviously a kind word, I can't tell if it's true or not, and I can't tell if I've drunk sweet soup. Ye Fuliu didn't give up, "Didn't you say that the tip of your tongue can't tell the taste?" There was no sugar in the sweet soup you were given. ”

Wei Huan paused in his drinking and glanced at the soup bowl on the table.

A crisp question came from next door, "Did you drink the sweet soup?" Could it be that you didn't just drink the wine and the sweet soup without a sip? Drinking on an empty stomach hurts your body, how about you eat something to fill your stomach, don t have abdominal pain in the middle of the night, so that Wei Da noticed and complained about me. ”

The wine in hand was sent by Ye Fuliu without Wei Da.

Wei Huan put down his wine glass and scooped up the sugar-free sweet soup.

The snow-white lilies in the soup seem to be blooming with petals, and you can't smell anything under your nose, but you only look at it with your eyes, but you also feel pleasing to the eye, and you seem to be able to feel a fragrance.

He drank half a spoonful of mung bean soup. The mung beans are not shelled, they should have been carefully picked after being stewed in a pot and then soft, and the remaining fine bean paste was mixed with the soup, which melted in the mouth and did not cause severe pain when it slid into the throat.

"Drunk." He responded simply.

The moonlight tonight is excellent, suitable for drinking and chatting, and there is indeed casual chatter and questions coming from the wall.

"Wei Langjun, since your family named Wei Da Wei Da, I guess your clan is definitely not Xingda. Am I guessing right? ”

Wei Huan scooped up another spoonful of mung bean soup.

"Wei is in the third line." He drank the tasteless sweet soup to the moon, "Ye Xiaoniang calls herself Siniang, and the sisters in the family are four?" ”

Ye Fuliu looked up at the moon above his head.

"It's not wrong to go four in the family." She shook her wine glass lightly, "But the family situation is special, there are only three brothers, no sisters, and the four of us are mixed together." I was the youngest in my family. ”

Three brothers in the family.

Wei Huan thought about it, the youngest younger sister in the family.

The little lady who has not yet left the cabinet, how can the family agree to let her out to do the theft of the house that violates the criminal law? The Ye family's business is not small, why is it also the youngest child in the family who is in charge? Why don't you let her brother support the façade.

Wei Huan had a deducer in his heart, "But the parents and brothers in the family are no longer alive?"

Ye Fuliu laughed and snorted. "Wei Sanlangjun, there is a big misunderstanding. Don't think about it. ”

Wei Huan paused as he poured himself a drink, and his gaze swept to the dark courtyard wall at night.

A hundred and ten thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant.

The brother's business failed, the family suffered a huge deficit, and only the younger sister was left to support the façade.

The brother is sick and stupid, and the family has a huge deficit, leaving only the younger sister to support the façade.

The brother is vicious and treats the younger sister harshly, and the younger sister steps on the brother to seize power......

After all, it is not enough to be an outsider's family secret, and it is normal that they are unwilling to talk and listen to others, after all, the two families are just neighbors. He took a sip of his wine and said no more.

There is a kind of person in the world who thinks more in his head and says less in his mouth. Wei Huan thought about it carefully, but Ye Fuliu didn't get a response over there, so his attention shifted elsewhere and began to drink and eat with Su Qiu.

God, just talk about death.

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Ye Fuliu and Su Qiu had a banquet at Xingtou, and they brought two abacus on the spot, and the two began to settle accounts while drinking.

Two little ladies who have not left the cabinet, one has a crisp and beautiful voice, the other is gentle and gentle, very easy to recognize, and can be heard clearly through the wall.

Su Qiu was reporting, "At the end of the month, during the Dragon Boat Festival, Da Langjun sent eight hundred taels of silver. Erlangjun sent three hundred taels of silver, and twenty carts of local products from the mountains in the north. We sent 50 silk horses to each of the two places, 10 carts of Jiangnan native products, live chickens and geese, dried scallops, crab roe oyster mushrooms, and double yellow duck eggs. Half of the silver taels and local products sent by the two Langjun were sent to the shopkeepers of dozens of businesses under the Ye family for the holiday, and the remaining half was transferred to San Langjun. ”

"It's very well arranged. Good Suqiu, help me calculate how much we have lost after this Dragon Boat Festival. ”

The sound of the abacus was crisp, the two muttered for a while, and Ye Fuliu was pleasantly surprised, "This year's success is good!" The eldest brother has made up a lot of subsidies, and we only lost less than 100 taels! ”

Wei Huan dumbly poured himself a glass of wine.

It was he who lived with himself, and he thought of it.

Also, if he hadn't been favored from a young family, he wouldn't have been able to raise the bright character of the little lady next door.

There was too little wine delivered, and the flask was shaken, leaving only the last sip. He slowly drank the wine in his glass, and thought about the chicken and duck on both sides from beginning to end. The person clearly did not smile, but there was a rare smile in his eyes.

A sweet soup of mung beans and lilies simmered softly, served in a bowl of white porcelain lotus leaves. The lily rises and falls, emitting a faint fragrance.

Chapter 15

The side of the courtyard wall is lively and lively, and the side of the courtyard wall is particularly quiet.

The moonlight moved from the treetops, Ye Fuliu remembered Wei Da's advice, raised his voice and called, "Wei Langjun, are you still awake over there?" ”

Silence.

"Wei Langjun? Wei Jia Saburo-kun? But tired? ”

There was no movement on the other side of the courtyard wall, and Su Qiu became uneasy, "How quiet, there shouldn't be an accident." ”

Ye Fuliu put down his wine glass and got up, "The ladder is still out." I'll go up and take a look. ”

The long wooden ladder was high up the wall, and there were many dark shadows under the moonlight.

Ye Fuliu grabbed the hem of her skirt, "Su Qiu, you eat and drink yours." I went up and looked at it and came down, I didn't have to hold a ladder. ”

As soon as the voice fell, before the person had time to go up the wooden ladder, a sober response came from the other side of the wall, "You don't need to come and see." I'm fine. ”

Ye Fuliu moved the ladder to the corner and complained, "Okay, why didn't you speak just now." ”

Wei Huan's voice was quiet, "There's nothing to say. ”

"There's nothing to say, just a chirp. If you don't want to hum, just make a little noise. ”

There was still no movement on the other side, and it was obviously unwilling to "make a little noise casually", let alone "snort".

The silence lasted for a while, and Ye Fuliu didn't know if anyone was still awake, or if he fell asleep directly in the courtyard. "Wei Sanlang-kun is sleepy? Go back to your room and go to sleep. ”

"I'm fine."

Next door Lang Jun will only say "nothing" if he has something to do, Ye Fuliu thought about it and moved the ladder out again, seeing is believing.

"Did you hide the wine glass you had in hand? Are you okay after drinking? It's not that I'm afraid that Wei Da will complain about me, I'm afraid that he will squat by the door crookedly and cry as an eight-foot man. ”

"It's fine. You don't have to hide. ”

"What do you say? The intellectuals in the trees screamed so loudly that your voice was too small for me to hear clearly. Make it louder so that I can hear it. ”

"Forget it, I'll look at you."

The ladder had just reached the top of the wall, and a loud gong sounded from the other side of the quiet wall.