In the study, there was a faint smell of sandalwood.

Ye Zifan was meeting a middle-aged man at this time, but it was Ye Xueshu: "This is the situation of three pine farms and charcoal kilns, this year." ”

Ye Zifan squinted, took the paperwork and looked at it slowly, in this world, there is not much discrimination against business, and many families control a certain amount of business except for the traditional farm house.

Although the pine wood field and the charcoal kiln are not a big source of wealth, they have accumulated a lot, while watching, while listening to Ye Xueshu's report, after finishing speaking, Ye Xueshu glanced at Ye Zifan with a little apprehension, and saw that there was no special expression, and he was slightly relieved.

These businesses are in charge of Ye Xueshu, and he has earned 7,400 taels of silver in a year.

After reading it, Ye Zifan asked unhurriedly: "Liu Ji and Meng Ping have joined forces?"

"Yes, Liu Ji's charcoal kiln and Meng Ping's donkey and horse shop have joined forces, which has a certain impact on the price of charcoal in the county......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ye Zifan: "What are you going to do next?"

Ye Xueshu glanced at Ye Zifan in surprise, in his impression, Ye Zifan can be regarded as a good business, such an interruption is rare, with apprehension, Ye Xueshu replied: "Although the Liu family is not as good as our Ye family, it can be regarded as some influence, it is difficult to use other means to uproot, or it can be negotiated to jointly control the price of charcoal." ”

Ye Zifan waved his hand: "Then you can handle it yourself, and report to me afterwards." ”

Saying that, in Ye Xueshu's surprised eyes, he withdrew from the court, and when Ye Zifan saw him leaving, he got up and left and went to the small hall.

It was almost noon, Ye Gu was busy, and when he saw her husband come in, he hurriedly ordered the kitchen to prepare immediately.

It was just a moment before the dishes were served, and Ye Gushi saw that Ye Zifan was a little uneasy, so he took a spoon to scoop the soup for Ye Zifan, and then took the wine pot to pour wine.

"Husband, how is Sheng'er's situation?"

After listening to his wife's question, Ye Zifan's heart sank, put down his chopsticks, and pondered for a long time before he said: "As soon as Sheng'er came back, I asked him to re-write the scroll and show it to me - the situation is not very good!"

As soon as these words fell, Ye Gu felt a lot of emotion in his heart and looked at his husband with blank eyes.

"Sheng'er is my son, I know very well, to be practical, Sheng'er's article, can't be said to be bad, can't be said to be good, always hovering on the line that can pass, if you are lucky, you can win, if you are unlucky, you will fall off the list. ”

"Besides, even if you can pass, for the sake of balance, it is difficult to take two at a time in a family, to be practical, there are four people who are named this time, but there is only one of them, in this matter, I have selfish intentions, I may not be able to do it, it is really difficult to say!"

Hearing this, Ye Gushi tilted his face and choked up: "Sheng'er is not young, if he doesn't win this time, what will he do in the future?"

"What else can I do? I can only follow Min'er's example, buy some land and take care of some business. ”

Seeing that Ye Gushi was crying when he heard this, he comforted and said: "No matter what, Jing'er has been born as a child, and we finally have some hope." ”

Ye Zifan has three sons, the eldest son Jingzhong is a child, the second son Min can't study, and he has long cut off hope, and the third son will look at this time.

Although listening to her husband's persuasion, Ye Gushi still couldn't hold it back, and couldn't help crying, saying: "Husband, this is Sheng'er's life, if he can't be born as a child, his room will be degraded in the future." ”

"The clan rules are like this, there is no way to do it, how can everything go well!" Ye Zifan somehow sighed in his heart, and felt that this time he was a little hanging, but he couldn't say this to his wife, and when he was melancholy, he listened to Ye Gu's choked up: "It's not that I'm jealous and stingy, my nephew is only fifteen years old, don't you say that he is tall, there is an opportunity, why do you have to rob me of the opportunity to win my son?"

Ye Zifan was speechless when he heard this, put down his chopsticks, got up and went to the front of the hall, when he looked at the sky, he didn't know when it was cloudy, large clouds moved by, and there was a drizzle, Ye Zifan stood in front of the steps, just distracted.

At this moment, a person came over with a gust of wind, and when he saw Ye Zifan distracted, he whispered: "Master, master!"

"Hmm, hmm!" Ye Zifan's body trembled, and then he came to his senses and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Master Hui is discussing things, what about the side hall?"

"Oh, why didn't you say it earlier, just go. When Ye Zifan heard this, he immediately hurried over, and when he arrived in the side hall, he saw Ye Hui, Ye Zifan smiled: "Fifth brother, why are you here?"

"There's something I can't do, and I want you to see it. "Although they are peers and older, but the branches are different, these fifth brothers are kind words, of course Ye Hui can't be filled up like this, so he hurriedly got up and shook it.

"Why do you want the fifth brother to come at this time?" Ye Zifan said with a smile.

"It's Ye Qing's business. ”

At this time, a gust of wind swept by, puffing up and concave the window paper, the autumn rain rustled and fell, and the sound became one, to be practical, Ye Zifan heard this, and suddenly felt a little tired in his heart, he settled down, swallowed his saliva, and smiled helplessly: "The murder was covered up for him in the clan, and the boy also took the test, and now he is not waiting for the news of the opening of the list, what is the matter?"

Ye Hui is so old, he immediately knew that no matter how generous Ye Zifan was, after these few things, he couldn't help but have a disgust for Ye Qing, and sighed in his heart: Although it is vaguely that person between his eyebrows, he is not the end of the day, the person is alive and the love is there, and when the person is dead, there is nothing.

Anyway, this time even if he repays Ye Qing's father's affection.

At the moment, he was calm, but he still said the situation quite fairly: "Qing'er is young and vigorous, and her work is out of line, but those children are too much, and there is no seven-day rice in the family, and they are still embarrassed, no wonder Qing'er wants to say that he is angry about selling land!"

Ye Zifan was silent when he heard this, at this time the rain outside was heavier, rustling on the eaves, his expression was blank, I don't know how long it took, Ye Zifan took a breath and said, "Qing'er, it's too reckless...... This field is in his name, but it is also a connection with the clan, he sold the land, what do you want to do?

Speaking of this, there was a hint of anger in his voice: "Everyone learns from him, if he is wronged, he is about to break the jar, so what should we do with the Ye clan?"

Speaking of this, he was a little angry, and after walking a few steps, Ye Zifan looked at Ye Hui: "Fifth brother, I also want to say you, Qing'er is young and ignorant, how can you also participate?"

Speaking of this, Ye Zifan was even a little disheartened.

"It's not that I'm involved, things have to be solved, right?" Ye Hui also smiled a little wryly.

Ye Zifan stopped, thought for a moment, took out a piece of paper, wrote some words, and said: "This is nonsense, I want to scold him, you can't sell the land, but there are indeed difficulties, so let's mortgage one hundred and fifty taels of silver with ten acres of land, this one hundred and fifty taels, plus the monthly example, is enough for him to study with peace of mind, and he has no right to dispose of the remaining ninety acres now, if he really wants to sell it, wait for him to pay the ceremony." ”

"Also, no matter if he wins this time or not, let him study with peace of mind and do it for himself, this is my most important advice as an uncle. ”

Speaking of this, Ye Zifan's voice carried a hint of awe, obviously losing patience.

Ye Hui smiled bitterly when he heard it, and also felt that Ye Qing was a little excessive, but he didn't say much, so he took the note and said goodbye.

Ye Hui went to the account room, didn't sit down, and said: "This is a slip, you enter the account, you don't have to excuse yourself, I'll take the silver now." ”

The tent room looked at it and said, "Master Hui is here in person, how dare I refuse?"

As he spoke, he ordered the little servant to move out.

This little guy must have heard about Ye Qing's matter, and he was a little unhappy, although he was ordered to move out the ingots, but he only put it on the table.

An ingots even rolled around on the table, Ye Hui smiled bitterly and took it.

This is official silver, standard filament silver, five taels of silver for a small ingot, one hundred and fifty taels is thirty, exactly three letters.

Ye Hui said for a while, took the silver, sent someone to pick it, and headed towards Ye Qing's courtyard.

Ye Hui came in, and as soon as he turned the corner of the alley, he heard a faint voice in front of him, and when he went over, he saw a woman talking loudly and a maid screaming and scolding.

After listening to a few words, Ye Hui immediately understood, the muscles on his face twitched twice, but this woman was Wu Tiezi's wife, and at this time she came to the door and scolded, and this maid was in Ye Qing's room, remember to call her Qianqian, how could this be the enemy, she was forced to retreat again and again, but she still refused to open the door.

Ye Hui immediately went up and isolated the two women, his majesty shocked the woman, but in the blink of an eye, the woman cried again, rolling on the ground and scolding: "Qingtian, you see, my men are dead, and you want to bully our widows and children, Qingtian, you can sound a thunder and beat me to death with them!"

When Ye Hui heard this, his face turned pale, his eyes were full of anger, and he said sharply: "Shut up, your man has an accident outside, and there is a martyr's pension, what do you want?

Settled down and endured his anger: "Why don't you help her back?"

At this time, looking at the lively servants, only a few went up and dragged them away, seeing that they were crying all the way away, Ye Hui's anger dissipated, revealing a helpless look.

Don't look at having the status of master and servant, but in real life it is still a human being, which involves a problem of a person's heart, and it cannot be dealt with simply and rudely, and he felt that Ye Qing was indeed too much, sighed, and entered the courtyard.

At this time, Ye Qing greeted him, Ye Hui looked carefully, and saw that the room was quite tidy, but there were not many furnishings in the house, so Ye Hui went to lift the rice urn, and when he looked inside, he really saw the bottom, only a thin layer was left.

Ye Hui was in a relationship with Ye Qing's father back then, and admired his father's talent, thinking that there should be at least one person in the clan, but he didn't expect that he would die young.

And although Ye Qing's reaction was a little extreme, but his family was so embarrassed, thinking about it, he had nothing to say, just sighed and said: "I can't imagine that it has come to this point, but you are definitely not a person who has been poor for a long time, and you can't do extreme things because you are trapped!"

As he spoke, he brought back the silver, returned most of the land deeds, and told the things one by one, and said in a serious voice: "Nephew Qing, you must not do this in the future, this will cut off the road." ”

When Ye Qing heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, if it weren't for the catastrophe coming, how could he be so eager for quick success?

But this can't be said, only Lian Lian should be.