The sound of the gong at night was like thunder in the sky, and the ladder under Ye Fuliu's feet creaked, startling Su Qiu rushed over to help. Ye Fuliu waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to, and stepped on the top of the ladder a few times, revealing his head on the green tiles of the courtyard wall.

"On the big night, who's going to bang the gong?" Ye Fuliu complained and looked down, "It's already up, I'll take a look at you." ”

The man sat down well.

There was an expensive wooden lampstand of fifty taels of gold beside him. On the stone table was the silver wine jug sent by the Ye family, and the wine glass was the Wei family's own cup.

Wei Huan put a gong in his hand. New.

Since seven or eight days ago, he realized that his house was not very safe, so he added a gong in the courtyard to prevent the little lady next door from taking advantage of the night to remove the two large pillars of the Nanmu façade of the pitching building.

It has not been used for many days, and the two big pillars have always been in place, so he is too careful.

Wei Huan took a sip of wine, "I'm fine, just go down the ladder." Hold it up. ”

"Huh? What a delicate cup. A sudden exclamation came from the wall, "The whole piece of green jade is carved in the shape of rhino horns, and I still see it for the first time, and the carver is so good." Wei Langjun, can you pick it up and let me take a look? ”

Wei Huan held the cup in his hand and glanced at the delicate figure that appeared on the wall of the courtyard.

Ye Fuliu easily stood on the high part of the wall tile, the skirt was not messy, and his eyes were full of amazement. Wei Huan realized something, raised the green jade rhino horn cup in his hand, and showed the whole picture of the jade cup by the bright light.

The gaze that did not take its eyes off followed the jade cup, and the tassel gold thread on the girl's hair swayed slightly.

The facial features are naturally unclear in the night, but the snow-white skin is conspicuous, the bright eyes are dazzling, and the mouth is slightly open unconsciously because of amazement, and the pink and moist lips are also full and conspicuous, a bit like the wild spirits that come out of the day and night in the script. Wei Huan laughed at his abrupt thoughts.

"It's getting late, go down. Keep your feet steady. He put the rhino horn jade cup back on the table, "You take care of it tonight." Little Lady Ye loves this jade cup, and when Wei Da comes back, I will ask him to send it next door for Little Lady Ye to enjoy. ”

Ye Fuliu actually took a fancy to the jade cup at a glance. She has a high vision, and she looks for good things.

However, she pays attention to the rules in business, and does not do things that are too immoral. Wei Langjun is a good person, he drinks at home in a good manner, and it is nothing to bring other people's cups.

"Don't bring the cups." She half-truthfully joked, "If you really send the cup, I won't necessarily send it back." ”

Wei Huan slowly scooped a spoonful of soup, "I said, 'Send it to the Ye family for the Ye little lady to enjoy', which means that I am giving it away in kind, and I am not ready to take it back." ”

Ye Fuliu curled the corners of his lips, "I said, 'Don't send the cup', which means that you keep it for yourself to drink, and I don't steal people's hearts." Your green jade rhinoceros cup is hidden deeply, even Wei Da doesn't know it, it should be Wei Langjun's cherished thing? If you cherish it, keep it. ”

Wei Huan's fingertips slowly rubbed the rhino horn cup.

The cup is not too old, but the materials are rare, and it is a valuable item. If you take it to the market, you can easily exchange it for seven or eight hundred taels of silver.

The last time the thank-you gift was refused, he guessed that maybe the neighbor's vision was too high, and he couldn't look down on a hundred taels of silver.

The big nanmu pillar, which was worth a thousand gold, was not carried away in the middle of the night, and he guessed that maybe the wood was too heavy and the neighbors were weak enough to carry it.

This time, the rhino horn green jade cup was valuable and exquisite, and she hit it in front of her, so he simply displayed it under the lamp and acquiesced to her taking it.

It looks like I like it, but I don't want it.

Wei Huan pondered, his eyes falling on the jade cup. The rim of the cup shook, and the green jade cup reflected a halo.

He couldn't see through her.

Ye Fuliu admired the rhino horn green jade cup and shouted, "I'll go back." Something shouts at me, don't bang the gong! ”

Wei Huan curled his lips silently.

Ye Fuliu jumped off the wooden ladder and continued to settle accounts with Su Qiu while drinking.

There was a lot of movement on the wall, and the cicadas on the trees had been silent for a long time, and after a long silence, they had the courage to chirp again one after another.

The sound of cicadas once again filled the courtyards on both sides.

The sound of cicadas is mixed with the sound of crackling abacus beads, which is obviously very noisy, but for some reason, the noisy noise enters the ears, but it seems that this ordinary summer day in the south of the Yangtze River is more quiet and peaceful.

Wei Huan also heard the cicadas.

Was there before?

Maybe there is. But he rested in the study of the inner courtyard at night. Only a few thin bamboos were planted outside the study. Without the dense shade of the Jiangnan trees in summer, there will naturally not be many cicadas.

Such a loud cicada must have been screaming for many nights, and he hadn't paid attention to it before.

In the sound of cicadas, the crisp and beautiful laughter next door passed through the courtyard wall. Every quarter of an hour, he must stop and raise his voice to shout.

"Wei Langjun."

"Wei Sanlangjun, answer the voice."

"Asleep, Wei Sanlang-kun? I still have a ladder. If you don't say anything again, I'm going to see you. ”

"Didn't sleep."

……

"Wei Sanlangjun, it's windy, do you want me to send you back to the house to rest?"

"How do you get here?"

"The ladder is still up."

"Don't." Wei Huan raised his hand and slowly scooped the mung bean and lily soup, "The summer night is quiet, it's okay for me to sit in the courtyard." Ye Xiaoniang. ”

"Huh?"

"You've drunk a lot tonight, beware of the heat and cold when you're drunk."

"I'm not drunk. The amount of alcohol is good. ”

……

The wind stirs the branches, and the cicadas chirp in the courtyard.

——

Shen Li sat in the pavilion facing the river in the restaurant and drank wine.

This was the second day of his stay in Wukou Town. The cronies sat around and whispered, "What's wrong?" Didn't the big boss say before that this trip was nine out of ten, and he could lower the price from Little Lady Ye? ”

Shen Li didn't, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

He has known Ye Fuliu for two years. There are more than three or five deals between the two companies. His thoughts about Ye Fuliu are far from being described by the word "Shangxin".

In the past two years, the Ye family's merchant ships have been wandering around the border of the two roads in the south of the Yangtze River, and his Shen family caravan has not been out of the south of the Yangtze River much.

The little lady who was not out of the cabinet at the age of seventeen or eighteen invited him to go on the boat alone to talk about business, peel water chestnuts idlely, and laugh in front of him. He thought he was eight or nine points sure, he was interested in Ye Fuliu, and the other party was not unintentional about him......

He was a little tentative. Look at the tricky little lady of the Ye family, who is willing to back down a few points for him.

I didn't expect to turn my face like turning a book.

I didn't take him to heart at all.

Hearing the simple sentence "Agree to pull the goods away directly, don't agree to roll it yourself" at the Ye family today, his heart was half cold.

Shen Li pushed open the wooden window and looked out at the dock to the north.

Dozens of merchant ships of the Ye family are parked in the dock, and the lights are bright at night, and the buyers and businessmen who come and go to the dock are like flowing water.

The arrest warrant issued by the government is a hole card, but he doesn't want to use it easily. Once the arrest warrant was used as a means of persecution, Ye Fuliu really turned his face with him from then on.

Not until the last step.

He just wants to go back to a lady obediently, and he doesn't want to settle a grudge for a lifetime.

When he looked in the direction of the dock, some cronies noticed the abnormality nearby, and pointed to the side of the street in surprise, "Big boss, look at the bald head who is surrounded and beaten over there, is it Lin Langzhong?" Why was he beaten again? ”

The clouds dispersed, and the moonlight reflected the dark alleys.

The moonlight illuminated a bruised and swollen face, and a shiny bald head.

Hey, it's really Lin Langzhong who was beaten!

Shen Li's heart moved, and she remembered that Ye Fuliu took the initiative to ask Lin Langzhong about Lin Langzhong's visit to the Wei family today.

A little lady who has not come out of the cabinet, cares about the unmarried sick man next door......

"Go to a few people and help Lin Langzhong up. I asked him something. ”

Chapter 16

The moon is in the middle of the sky. Calculate the time, if the Jiang family's shop talks go well, it is time for Wei Da to return.

Ye Fuliu became tired.

"Wei Langjun." She yawned with tears in her eyes, and her voice brought seven points of sleepiness, "If you're okay, just answer it." ”

The next door really answered, and his deep voice was exceptionally sober in the middle of the night, "I'm fine." ”

After a pause, he said, "Little Lady Ye is sleepy and goes to rest by herself." ”

"Nope." Ye Fuliu looked at the sky, "Wei Da hasn't come back yet." I promised him to look after you. ”

Separated by a wall, Wei Huan held the porcelain spoon and slowly stirred the sweet soup of mung beans and lilies in his hand. "Do you make a living so much?"

"That's it." Ye Fuliu responded as a matter of course, "Businessmen don't keep their promises, and if they lose their credit, who will do business with you." ”

Wei Huan took a sip of the sweet soup that he couldn't taste. "A lot of repeat business?"

"There are many regular customers." Ye Fuliu responded crisply.

The moonlight above her head was round and bright, reminding her of the yellow golden cake. When it comes to business, even sleepiness is seven points sober. "The first is born and the second is ripe. Wei Langjun, if you do another business, we are also a regular customer. ”

Wei Huan glanced at the rosewood lampstand beside him.

The position of the copper lamp was adjusted to the brightest, and Wei Da was filled with lamp oil before leaving, which was enough to light up until the second half of the night, and the light reflected most of the courtyard.

After many years of exposure to the sun and rain, the wooden tenon was rotten, the structure was completely gone, and it was scattered into a pile of long and short timber on the ground, which was repaired as good as new.

I have to say that the little lady in charge of the Ye family has some ability.

"Let's talk about it." Wei Huan slowly scooped up half a spoonful of mung bean soup. "There's nothing missing around."

A businessman who does business can't listen to others say that he doesn't lack anything.

If there is no shortage of anything, then how can you do business?

Ye Fuliu didn't think about it and said, "Wei Langjun, you lack something." When you sit on the wooden building every morning and bask in the sun, don't you feel like something is missing around you? ”

"Oh?" Wei Huan casually took a sip of mung bean soup.

I can't taste it, but the mung beans are extremely soft and melt in my mouth, which is more like liquid food than bean food. Perhaps because there was no sugar, it didn't cause irritation and pain when it slid down the throat.