my grandmother

Chapter 102

After Li Jinzhu figured it out, the first thing he said to Li Shikuan was the etiquette of Yinzhu's marriage, and he went back to Sanchao.

Firstly, this is the practice of their Lijiaji and Xiaolizhuang; secondly, it is the busy season of farming, and the farming season cannot be missed; .

The day after Li Yinzhu returned home, their siblings set off to return to Pingjiang City.

The whole family was busy until midnight before tidying up. Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu rushed to the workshop at dawn, Li Xuedong went to school, Li Xiaonan slept until dawn, had breakfast, moved a table out, and stood in the yard, absent-minded. She was writing and thinking about her business.

Sister Mei walked and ran out of the backyard, took off her apron, and smiled with Li Xiaonan, "Aunt, look at home, I'll go buy some eggs, our hens are about to nest!"

"okay."

Li Xiaonan stopped writing, and watched Sister Mei pick up the basket, enter the main room, take off the covered bamboo basket hanging on the beam, count carefully, took a bunch of big money, and ran out all the way.

It took Li Xiaonan a while to react.

Miss Mei is going to buy eggs!
Their family has never bought eggs!

Sister Mei bought eggs to hatch chicks for the hen.

Li Xiaonan stood there blankly, for a moment, slapped the pen in her hand on the table, put her hands on her hips, and laughed twice.

She knows where to start her business!
She should have created demand before launching her loom rental business.

She has to go to collect fine cloth first, put up a sign to collect fine cloth for many years, and get the idea to let everyone start weaving fine cloth, and then she can launch her loom rental business.

To collect the fine cloth, you have to go to the door to collect it, but you have to walk through the streets and alleys. She is not good for a little girl, not only no one will believe it, but she may have to report to the official and call Li Zheng.

She has to have a shopkeeper who will support her appearance. It must be a man, preferably older. Where can I find such a person?

Li Xiaonan was worried.

Let's rent someone secretly, she is a little girl, she will definitely not be able to suppress the other party, she will definitely lose control.

This matter cannot be discussed with the eldest sister, she has tried it several times, and the eldest sister does not agree with her to engage in this whimsical business, and besides, once she discusses with the eldest sister, her private money will be lost.

Uncle lobby?No way, the uncle in the hall knows, and the elder sister also knows.

Third sister?The third elder sister has just married, so she can't make trouble for her.

Brother definitely can't do it, sister Mei can't do it, who else?
Li Xiaonan circled around the yard with her hands behind her back.

There is only one person left.

Li Xiaonan stopped and sighed.

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Gu Yan wore a moon-white muslin gown, tied with a silk sash, a pair of half-worn cloth shoes with ribs on his feet, and the most common wide-brimmed sunshade straw hat in the south of the Yangtze River. He was sitting in a tea shed under several huge camphor trees, drinking tea, Looking at the excitement not far away.

A few feet away, the county magistrate Huang of Kunshan County and the county magistrate Chen of neighboring Wujiang County started arguing again.

Gu Yan sipped his tea, looking at the two who were fighting like cockfights.

A moment later, County Magistrate Huang looked heartbroken, clapping his hands, and County Magistrate Chen on the opposite side leaned back slightly, looking at Magistrate Huang suspiciously.

County magistrate Huang reached out and patted magistrate Chen on the shoulder, continuing to grieve.

After a while, the two of you pat me and I pat you, nodding and sighing together from time to time.

Gu Yan looked at Magistrate Huang with admiration.

This meeting between the two counties, this kind of reconciliation after the quarrel, and reconciliation after reconciliation, has been repeated three times. Whether it is a quarrel or a peace, it is almost entirely dominated by Huang Xianzhou.

Chen Guanghe was rubbed by Huang Xianzhou.

After sharing the same hatred this time, the two did not quarrel again. After talking head to head for a while, the two waved goodbye.

Gu Yan stayed behind Huang Xianzhou far away, and when Wujiang County Magistrate Chen Guanghe was out of sight, he quickened his pace and caught up with Huang Xianzhou.

Huang Xianzhou looked at Gu Yan and raised his eyebrows.

It's him again.

"We've met before." Gu Yan smiled.

"Master." Huang Xianzhou bowed his hands respectfully to Gu Yan.

"Did you recognize it last time?" Gu Yan signaled Huang Xianzhou to move forward.

"Last time, after the son left, I thought about it for a few days, and realized something." Huang Xianzhou respectfully showed a faint alienation.

"How did you realize it?" Gu Yan felt the alienation on Huang Xianzhou's body, and looked at Huang Xianzhou.

"There are not many ordinary people with such a character and appearance as the son of the son. I'm afraid I can't find one in the whole Pingjiang mansion. Later, when I heard that the son of the son came to the mansion of Pingjiang, the officials realized it."

Gu Yanting narrowed his eyes slightly.

From Huang Xianzhou's words, he heard a hint of sarcasm.

Where did Huang Xianzhou's alienation and sarcasm come from?

"How to dredge that river, have you discussed it with Wujiang County?" Gu Yan weighed Huang Xianzhou's alienation and sarcasm in his heart, but did not show it on his face.

"Yes. The dredging of that river was not a problem at first.

"The autumn of the previous year, the Wang family on this side of the river married the Zhang family on the other side of the river. The daughter of the Zhang family married into the Wang family and was treated harshly by her mother-in-law. On New Year's Eve, the daughter of the Zhang family was hanged to death with a rope.

"The Wang family knew it was wrong, so they entrusted a middle-aged man to come to the door to make amends, and held the funeral of the daughter of the Zhang family in a grand manner. The head of the Zhang family and the elders had already raised their hands, but the brothers of the daughter of the Zhang family were outraged. It smashed for seven days in a row."

Huang Xianzhou looked at Gu Yan and explained:
"This is a custom in this area. For a daughter-in-law who died at a young age, after the funeral, her mother's family has eaten. If she throws bowls and plates, it's human nature. A table of dishes.

"But the brothers of the Zhang family not only smashed all the dishes on the table, but they also rushed to Zhang's daughter-in-law's house and smashed all the dishes. On the sixth day, they smashed the Zhang family's daughter-in-law's house to sell the fields and cattle. On the seventh day, when the Zhang family brothers started throwing bowls and dishes again, the younger generation of the Wang family stepped forward to stop them, and the younger generation of the two families started fighting, and the fight was very fierce, and there was revenge."

Huang Xianzhou sighed.

"Magistrate Chen just took office last autumn, and the people's customs are still unclear. The dredging of the river is actually caused by the discord between the Zhang and Wang families. They stumbling each other, and even put each other to death. It is not a matter of dredging. , how to solve the festival between the Zhang and Wang families. This is a big deal."

"Have you ever fought with weapons?" Gu Yan frowned slightly and asked.

Huang Xianzhou glanced at Gu Yan somewhat unexpectedly, "Not yet, this is a blessing among misfortunes."

Outsiders, even himself, before he came to Kunshan County, thought that the folk customs in Jiangnan were peaceful and gentle, and there would be no such cruel things as fighting with weapons. Only after he took office did he realize that the folk customs in Jiangnan are as tough as those in the north.

This prince seems to have a good understanding of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, which is rare.

"How to solve the festival between Zhang and Wang's family, have you discussed with Chen Guanghe?" Gu Yan continued to ask.

"Not yet, this trip was just to explain the reason for the dredging of the river to Magistrate Chen."

"This matter can't be delayed. Firstly, the flood season is coming, and secondly, the festival between the two families, if it delays the lives of people, it will become a deadlock." Gu Yan paused, looked at Huang Xianzhou, "This matter is hard work How about on your head?"

"I can't ask for it." Huang Xianzhou hurriedly cupped his hands.

"Well, I'll think of a way to transfer the dredging of this section of the river to Kunshan County." Gu Yan laughed.

"My son is wise, this is an act of accumulating good fortune and virtue." Huang Xianzhou cupped his hands.

Gu Yan's eyebrows twitched slightly when he said "accumulate blessings and virtues", glanced at him sideways, and suddenly asked: "I'm staying here in Pingjiang Mansion, will it hinder your government affairs?"

"My son is in Pingjiang mansion, as far away as he is in the capital, and the lower officials are, and the lower officials can't feel it here."

Gu Yan looked at Huang Xianzhou obliquely, and Huang Xianzhou immediately lowered his head to meet Gu Yan's oblique glance.

Gu Yan laughed and shook his head.

This Huang Xianzhou is really annoying!

(End of this chapter)