Chapter 287 Double Ninth

The next day after Yu Yuanshan invited businessmen on Huainan Road, Shuidi rushed to Yangzhou City. He was in charge of the business of the Shui family in Kaiping Mansion. He had to hand over the extremely expensive time, counted the days and night along the way, and finally rushed to leave Yangzhou and advance to the city.

Shui Zhi met Ruan Da first and asked him carefully. He looked at the four tea mountain deeds and the one-percent wine cards placed in front of him with a happy face. Looking at him, he just didn't know what to say. After staying for a long time, he reluctantly smiled and said, "Mr. Ruan, go back quickly. The former uncle told you to hurry back. , give Huainan Road to me."

Ruan Da looked at Shui Di's face and suddenly thought that something was wrong. He hurriedly asked with a smile and asked, "Master, although this trip was a little tortuous, these four tea mountains are distributed from the northernmost to the southernmost part of Huainan Road, which are rare good tea mountains. This wine brand... Four land deeds asked annoidly, "This is what you took from Fifth Brother Zhao!"

"Yes, how much he spent, how much we paid, a taels of silver!" Ruan laughed, and Shui Zhi looked at him and said with a wry smile, "Over the years, our Shui family has been doing business like this. As long as you say something, naturally someone will bring the ready-made business to your door. You are used to it. Why don't you inquire about it? Who is the steward of this fifth brother Zhao?"

"I know that it's the girl's fifth master." Ruan Daxiao said with a smile. Shui Zhiqi breathed and looked straight at him for a long time. He smiled helplessly and said, "Ok, it's late today. You can also go back to rest, pack up, and leave early tomorrow morning. Uncle is waiting for your reply." Ruan Da stood up hesitantly and couldn't think of anything wrong for a moment, so he hesitantly withdrew and handed over the account room brought by Shuizhi. The next day, he set off and rushed back to Kaipingfu.

The next day, Shuiji took a few baskets of local products brought from Kaiping Mansion and went straight to Yangjiao Hutong to find Zhao Wuge and Zhang Zhongyi. Zhao Wuge and Zhang Zhongyi muttered a book and were about to go out. The two had seen Shuizhi several times in Kaiping Mansion, but they didn't say anything. When they saw Shuizhi, they were shocked. He hurriedly and respectfully invited Shui Dao in. Shui Zhi also simply entered the room and bowed to the end. He sincerely apologized for Ruan Da. Zhao Wuge and Zhang Zhongyi now have a lot of business on hand. In addition, they have bought two barren mountains and given them to Yan Jiasheng to open a tea mountain. The matter of the four tea mountains has long been put aside, and on the other side is Shuiji. On the one hand, Zhao Wu and Zhang Zhongyi were very fond of the Shui family because of Wei Shuisheng. The three talked happily. Zhao Wuge accompanied Shui to Chairman Qian to thank him. Chairman Qian only felt dizzy. Kaipingfu Shuijia was a figure in the eyes of the clouds. Now he comes to visit himself, which is really like a dream!

In the afternoon, Shuili rushed to the other hospital and asked people to see the prince and the fifth master. Su Zicheng called him in and asked a few simple questions, and sent him to see Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao greeted him at the door politely. Shui Zhi accompanied him again. Seeing that Li Xiaoyao didn't say much in a word, he didn't mention it, and only talked to Li Xiaoyao. How Shuitong and how Shuilian's marriage was prepared? I passed by Huaiyang to see gossip about Shuiyan and Wei Shuisheng. After saying goodbye for more than a quarter of a quarter of an hour, he went to visit Yu Yuanshan and Shi Yu. In the evening, he went to the reception banquet of Yuanfeng Hall. After four or five days, he took the stewards and account room out of Yangzhou. I went everywhere to check the tea mountains and sprinklers.

The day before the Double Ninth Festival, Li Xiaoyao accompanied Su Zicheng. From early in the morning, he took the Double Ninth Festival cake, longevity auspicious bags, and dragon heads to door to door to congratulate the elderly over 60 in Yangzhou. Yu Yuanshan and Shi Yu, together with Shi Yu, took People took things out of the city and gave gifts to the elderly in various villages and towns in Yangzhou to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival. In Chuzhou and Runzhou, Zhao Hongzhi and Ming Qian sent gifts from home to home.

For a while, the city and outside of Yangzhou were bustling. Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoyao were followed by a long crowd. Every household was noisy and lively. Su Zicheng's modesty and amiable, even Li Xiaoyao looked strangely. After walking through most of the city, the group turned into an alley, and the spacious alley paved with bluestone slabs looked simple. Suya, there is only one family in this alley, but the door is closed. The lively crowd behind it approached the alley, and the noise immediately lightened down. Yangzhou Fucheng, who led the way with a thin book, looked at the closed door in the alley, swallowed his saliva, and looked back at Li Xiaoyao in embarrassment. Li Xiaoyao glanced at the closed one. The door looked at Su Zicheng and laughed in a low voice, "The old gentleman wants to help you achieve a good reputation, which is also a good intention."

Su Zicheng was frowning slightly and staring at the closed door, and was laughed out by Li Xiaoyao's words: "You are always thinking about the benefits! How can it end if you don't open the door?

"How did the Yuan family end? Or how do we end up?" Li Xiaoyao slowed down and asked softly with a smile. Su Zicheng also slowed down and said, "What do you say?"

"This Mr. Yuan is the head of the literati on Huainan Road and is known as a model of learning and morality. Not to mention the courtesy of King Liang's courtesy to congratulate Chongyang, that is, ordinary juniors come to congratulate him. He doesn't think you can say it, but what kind of reason is this? Today, everyone is in full view. If he dares to be rude first, don't blame us for sticking him. He must be discredited. There was a gloomy joy in Li Xiaoyao's words. Su Zicheng raised an eyebrow and looked at Li Xiaoyao. Then he turned his head and looked at the door of the Yuan family, which was still closed. He laughed softly, "Let's make a bet. Let's call the door. Will he open it open it or not? I'll open it. How about you?"

"I'll bet too!" Li Xiaoyao said rudely, "Why don't you change the unopenable bet? What will you take as a bet?" Li Xiaoyao said with a smile. Su Zicheng looked down at her and smiled and said, "I have a courtyard on Xuefeng Mountain. If you can't open the door, that courtyard will belong to you." Li Xiaoyao turned his head and changed the topic with a smile: "It's here, aggrieved prince."

Su Zicheng raised his hand to stop Dongping, who was ready to buckle the door ring on the steps. He smiled and buckled several door rings. He stood back half a step back and waited to open the door safely. There seemed to be footsteps in the door, but the door was not opened. Su Zicheng's smile on his face remained unchanged. He went forward and buckled the door ring a few times and stepped back half a step. Waiting aside, after waiting for a moment, the door opened half of the seam from the inside. An old white-haired porter poked out his head. Su Zicheng still looked at the old porter with his back and laughed, "Old man, I'm sorry to report to Mr. Yuan. Su Zicheng, who came to Mr. Chongyang in Beiping."

"Alas! You are... wait a minute, wait a minute!" The old porter seemed to forget his words and answered two sentences in confusion. He wanted to close the door and enter. In the middle of the door, he felt something was wrong. He opened it again and hurriedly. He retreated more than ten steps to Su Zicheng and stumbled in and replied.

In a moment, a middle-aged man about 30 years old followed the old porter, pushed the door open the door, bowed to Su Zicheng to the end, picked up a long shirt, and was about to kneel down. Su Zicheng did not help him. He only smiled and watched him kneel down and kowtowed, then politely stepped forward and said, "No Many gifts! Don't be polite!"

The middle-aged man stood up and bowed his hand and said politely, "The prince is coming. The cold family is really glorious, but my father is seriously ill in bed and failed to live up to the prince's kindness." Su Zicheng looked at him with a smile, raised his hand and motioned the young man to carry the gift and said with a smile, "Then Xiao Wang won't disturb him. Please tell the old gentleman that he will take care of mind." With that, he motioned the little boy to put down the gift, went down the steps behind his back, and turned away with Li Xiaoyao. The middle-aged man stood at the door in a daze, looking at the empty alley in an instant, and gradually gave birth to countless ups and downs in his heart.

Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoyao went out of the alley, turned to look at Li Xiaoyao and smiled, "The courtyard in Xuefeng Mountain belongs to you." Li Xiaoyao smiled, but said another topic: "Next year is the year of comparison?"

"Hmm." Su Zicheng asked, "What's your plan?"

"No, just ask, Mr. Yuan is also clear." Li Xiaoyao said casually, and Su Zicheng thought for a moment and smiled, "I don't know if anyone from the Yuan family will go to tomorrow's literary meeting."

"I'm sure no one will go there." Li Xiaoyao concluded, "However, since the Yuan family will not come tomorrow, let's hide it at home in the future. This Huainan Road Wenhui will never have this word Yuan." Su Zicheng looked at Li Xiaoyao and nodded with a smile on his face.

The next day's Chongyang Cultural Conference was held in Guanyin Mountain, a scenic spot two or three miles away from Yangzhou. Sure enough, no one in the Yuan family came. He only sent a housekeeper to find Shi Yu to sue him. Shi Yu did not say a word, but only asked the steward to say, 'Please take care of yourself'.

The Wenhui in Guanshan is very lively. Yu Yuanshan, Shi Yu and Li Xiaoyao discussed many times before they were invited before they decided. Most of them were young talents. Almost none of the children of the big family on Huainan Road fell behind, and the slightly better poor students in the official studies were also invited here. There were nearly 1,000 people, and the surroundings of Guanyin Mountain were very lively. Li Xiaoyao accompanied Su Zicheng to walk around the circle from the foot of the mountain and chatted with the students. From the foot of the mountain to the main seat at the top of the mountain, he walked for more than an hour.

This thousand humanities meeting did not disperse until the sunset. Su Zicheng and Li Xiaoyao did not return to the city. They stayed in Fanyin Temple not far from Guanyin Mountain for one night. At dawn the next day, they set off for Kaiping Mansion.

The two did not walk very fast, especially in Huainan Road. While walking, they secretly checked the autumn harvest and official governance everywhere. After walking straight for nearly 20 days, they passed the Yongcheng Pass and entered the boundary of Beiping. The two accelerated their journey and finally moved to Kaipingfu in late October.