Chapter 43 Partnership

"The day before yesterday, when the emperor went down the mountain, the sentry saw it. Xiao Wansheng said that he had received an envoy and went down the mountain to do the erman and left a letter for the old lady. The eldest brother did not let him chase him." Wei Shuisheng explained that Aunt Sun quickly took out the letter from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper. Mr. Sun opened the letter and read it in a few glance. It was Xiao Wansheng's ghost-like handwriting. There were few words in total. Xiao Wansheng was taught by him. He didn't learn a few words, and there were fewer words he could write. In the letter, he talked about a few words, that is to say, After leaving, the mountains and rivers will be long, and each will go to the future.

Shopkeeper Sun handed the letter back to Mrs. Sun with a calm face and turned his head to look at Wei Shuisheng: "The big master is righteous and generous. This all depends on the old master, as well as the face of me and the old lady. What other people, what did the big master say? Do you need me to go back?

"No, that morning, the eldest brother called everyone and said this, and also told everyone that if he was willing to stay, he would stay. The eldest brother would treat him like his own brother. If he didn't want to stay, he would give five taels of gold per person. He would go down the mountain and all the rest would leave. No one would leave." Wei Shuisheng explained with a smile. Li Xiaoyao tilted his head to look at Wei Shuisheng and asked slowly, "These eight people who walked were not injured, right?"

"Well, only two of them suffered a little skin trauma, and they are almost cured." Wei Shuisheng glanced at Li Xiaoyao and replied with a smile. Manager Sun's face was even worse. Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at him and said plainly, "If we compare with Sun Dajia, my eldest brother and I are too young, and secondly, we are more restrained. Everything is more rules. Compared with the past, life is much more bitter and big. It is also common sense that the family wants to go down the mountain to live a good life. Don't worry about Uncle Sun and Sister Sun. Everyone has their own aspirations. Everyone wants to be open-minded.

Mrs. Sun looked at the shopkeeper and nodded sadly. Li Xiaoyao turned her head and looked at Wei Shuisheng, with a cold voice: "In the past, it was natural to get together, and if they didn't agree, they would leave, but now the brothers on the mountain, whether from Dongshan or the original Xishan, have been determined to stay on the mountain. Everyone has become brothers in the future. If you want to leave, you have to follow the rules and make it clear before going down the mountain. If there is such a thing as stealing money to escape from the mountain, don't blame my brother for being rude!"

Shopkeeper Sun hugged his fist and said solemnly, "Master, don't worry, if there is such a thing again, if you don't bother the fifth master to do it, my aunt and I will do it first!"

Several people talked, and the shopkeeper Sun was busy taking people to open a shop to do business. Aunt Sun followed Sister Zhang to the kitchen. While helping her, she spoke in a low voice. Since the east and west mountains came together, they have been very talkative. Together, there are endless words. Li Xiaoyao sat next to her and heard a few words. Back, I really don't understand what the two of you said in the past for a while, and I said a while ago. What do you have to say such boring words?

Only Wei Shuisheng and Li Xiaoyao were left in the room. Li Xiaoyao moved the chair to Wei Shuisheng, frowned, and asked anxiously, "Which box? How much did you steal?

"It's the box put in the big brother's room, with a total of 200 taels of gold. Fortunately, it was opened when I thought of it, otherwise, alas!" Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows and said anxiously. Li Xiaoyao jumped up and pointed to Wei Shuisheng and roared, "I didn't tell you to put more boxes in your room, and the boxes in the eldest brother's room should be put less!" Why do people steal so much! How much do we have left!? Brother, are you really going to forget it?"

"What's the hurry! Sit down and say!" Wei Shuisheng anxiously stretched out his hand and took Li Xiaoyao back to the chair, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows: "This is my fault. I'm careless. I didn't expect this."

Li Xiaoyao sighed a few times and no longer scolded. It's useless to say more. The two sat silently for a long time. Li Xiaoyao looked at Wei Shuisheng and said listlessly, "It's still a good thing. Yesterday, I also thought about sending a dog back. You came. There was a dart in the bodyguard bureau and set out early the morning the day after tomorrow. From Taiping Mansion, he told the eldest brother to stop it, withhold half of the goods first, and ask Xinyang Dart Bureau to make up for last year's annual gift. When the things are delivered, let Aunt Sun take a closer look. According to the previous example of Sun, one point can not be missing.

Since the princess was robbed last autumn and Wu declared war on Liang, Zheng Cheng has not only invited the wild, destroyed countless villages in his family, and replaced Zhengcheng Zhizhou with Qingye's disadvantage. Everything else is actually gone. General Yuan's army is stationed outside the city, except for suppressing the pen after the Spring Festival. On the side of Dongshan, even an ant has never been trampled to death. Zheng Cheng is strangely calm and peaceful, but this peace is full of strangeness. Those businessmen still ** far away from Zheng Cheng and prefer to take a detour. The business of this darts bureau has also plummeted. Since the beginning of this year, this year, this is still the first business. However, it is also the first business after the merger of East and West Mountain.

"Hmm." Wei Shuisheng nodded and agreed. Just as he was about to speak, Li Xiaoyao quickly told him, "You'd better not go down the mountain. Even if you go down the mountain, you should wrap your head and face tightly. You are the owner of this teahouse. Be careful that there is no big mistake."

Wei Shuisheng nodded with a smile and agreed. The two muttered for a long time. After lunch, Wei Shuisheng and Aunt Sun quietly went out and rushed back to the mountain.

The next day, Li Zongliang and Li Erhuai covered their faces with black cloth, wrapped their heads and faces. They took the Xishan bandits who had been practicing hard for half a year down the mountain to do the first mountain bandit business in a real sense. They ran away several bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau, pulled half of the goods to the door, and let the bodyguard bureau bring gifts to redeem the mountain goods.

The darts master protected the remaining goods, rushed to the next resting place to rest and sent letters to Zhengcheng and Xinyangfu, waiting for the Dart Bureau to deal with them.

Master Song came to the teahouse for tea that day and sighed with the shopkeeper Sun about this matter. After the Spring Festival, the army had just subjugated the pen rack in Dongshan. Naturally, he knew this matter clearly. Now, after only a few months, another gang of bandits have been born on Dongshan, which can't but make him sigh.

A few days later, the general number of Xinyang Mansion sent two experienced darts masters to bring last year's New Year's gift, plus a congratulatory gift from Li Da's family to set up a village to worship the mountain. Li Zongliang received the gift and asked people to send half of the goods down the mountain. The darts bureau ate a bowl of love noodles. Those who could make friends would never use force.

In the summer, Master Song and the shopkeeper Sun talked more and more speculatively. It turned out that Shopkeeper Sun had also passed the imperial examination once or twice, but he did not even pass the children's examination, which made Master Song laugh for a few days. Although he did not pass the exam, at least he passed the boy's examination. Later, he failed several times in the examination. I wanted to After going straight to the exam, my father died of illness and forced me to pick up my father's career and become a master. Every time he said this, Master Song sighed very much. He couldn't figure out how Lord Yan's academic ability was hit. He really couldn't figure it out, so he had to return to his fate. Lord Yan was blessed, and he didn't have the blessing to be an official.

One day at the end of summer, Master Song finished his day of official duties, walked to the teahouse with his back, sat under the wisteria rack with the shopkeeper Sun, drank a little wine, and said with a smile, "If your owner still has money, you might as well buy the house next door to the east. This is A good house was originally a man's house in Zhengcheng. As soon as he talked about the war last year, the family moved into Taiping Mansion. This house has been empty. Yesterday, the housekeeper of that house came back and said that the man did not plan to come back and want to sell this house. He entrusted it to me to see if someone wants it. It's very cheap. Two hundred taels of silver will be sold, and I will pay for it. I think it's better to let your owner buy it, tear down the wall, break it through it, and make it into Zhengcheng's premier teahouse. I'll talk about the autumn poetry meeting with the adults, and put it in your place, and make you famous and literary.

The shopkeeper was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed, "Okay, I'll talk to our owner. As long as the owner has money, he will be willing. As you know, there are only two brothers. The second master has gone to the capital to prepare for the literary examination. Only the fifth master is in the family. I will go to tell the fifth master about this tomorrow morning."

Early the next morning, Mr. Sun went to the government to find Master Song and asked him to go to the teahouse for tea and talk at noon. Just after noon, Master Song entered the teahouse. Manager Sun let him sit under the wisteria rack, served tea, soup rice, and snacks, and whispered, "Our owner, I said that our owner must be willing, just•••••"

Shopkeeper Sun stopped, moved forward, looked at Master Song, and then said, "I mentioned this. The Fifth Master is very much in favor of it. Sir also knows that our two brothers are helpless and extremely difficult. If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't make ends meet, they didn't want me to come out to open this teahouse. Our owner really has What's the matter? How can you protect yourself? It's good to make this business bigger, but when it gets bigger, it has to attract people's eyes and attract some people who are jealous and make trouble. Don't you think it's worth the loss? But if I miss such an opportunity, I don't want to. It's not as good as my husband to buy a share. I told the owner that the house is 200 taels of silver, and the gentleman takes half of it. Our owner takes half of it and earns the money later, just adds five and half of a family. Although this shop is small, it can also make some money. What do you think, sir?

Master Song was a little confused when he heard this. Seeing that he didn't say anything, the shopkeeper moved the chair forward and whispered, "Whether you like it or not, in my heart, I think that you should plan more for yourself at your age. Several nephews have not yet started to start a family. It's time to use silver in the future. The eldest nephew is also very smart and competitive. He will go to school in the future. There are a lot of places to use money, but he can't let his children make a living. It's a pity like his husband.