my grandmother

Linhai Town.

Li Shikuan got off the car at the gate of Zhaoyue Tower, and the servant came up to meet him, and led Li Shikuan into the innermost private room on the second floor.

In the private room, He Chengze stood up and bowed his hands to Li Shikuan to salute, "I should have gone to Lijiaji, I'm afraid there will be too many people on the way, so I will work hard for Brother Li."

"Don't dare to do it." Li Shikuan hastily bowed his body and cupped his hands.

He accepted the old shopkeeper He's invitation to drink tea at Zhaoyue Tower, and hurried over by car.At this moment, for him, the old shopkeeper He's invitation was no longer something that excited him, but the politeness of the old shopkeeper He still made him a little confused and a sense of vanity.

A year ago, he was able to have a few words with the manager of Mr. He's shopkeeper's house, and he had already tried his best to climb high.

When the world changes, the vicissitudes of life are in an instant.

Asking Li Shikuan to sit down, He Chengze poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of Li Shikuan, and said with a smile: "Brother Ming went to Pingjiang City yesterday and met your eldest son, who said he was busy harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons?"

"Yes."

Li Shikuan felt a little relieved. All the way, he was thinking about why old shopkeeper He invited him to come over. He thought of Qiu Silkworm Cocoon.

"It's what Aunt meant, saying that all the weaving workshops in the south of the Yangtze River have stopped working. If no one is harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons, then it's time to start a business." Li Shikuan laughed.

"Is the money enough?" He Chengze asked straightforwardly.

Li Shikuan was taken aback.

He Chengze smiled and said: "The He family is a member of the royal family. The matter of autumn silkworm cocoons is a business, and it is also related to our son's errand. Our two families are not outsiders."

"Is this what the son of the world meant?" Li Shikuan blurted out.

"No, this is a matter between our two families." He Chengze smiled.

Li Shikuan hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm really worried about money."

"Brother Li is a straightforward person. I'll pick a tent and ask him to find out how much money your family needs. Just tell him that our two families are not considered rich, so we can collect autumn silkworm cocoons together. That's it." There is still money." He Chengze raised his teacup to Li Shikuan.

"With the words of the old shopkeeper, my heart is settled." Li Shikuan raised his glass and laughed.

The two chatted a few more gossips, Li Shikuan said goodbye, and the car left Linhai Town, Li Shikuan ordered Li Wenhua, who was driving the car, to go to Pingjiang City first.

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When it was getting dark, Li Xiaonan took Li Shikuan's car to Bieye.

Wan Qing greeted her when she came out, but Gu Yan hadn't come back yet, Wan Qing picked a small warm pavilion not far from the second gate, went to the kitchen to pick some snacks, the two of them ate snacks and talked in the small warm pavilion, Wait for Gu Yan to come back.

Gu Yan was in the second gate, and before he got off his horse, he got a report from the porter, ordered him not to be disturbed, got off his horse, made a detour, approached the small warm pavilion, and listened carefully.

"...Mochi is so sticky to the teeth, what's so delicious!" It was Wan Qing's voice.

"Your dried fruit is dry and hard, what's there to eat!" Li Xiaonan answered quickly.

"Okay, okay, eat as you like."

"When will your grandson come back?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"How can I know this! Didn't I tell you a long time ago that we servants are not allowed to ask when the masters will come back, where they are going, etc.! That's called spying! I told you several times!"

"Well, I didn't ask." Li Xiaonan sighed.

"But~" Wan Qing dragged out a mysterious ending, "Yesterday I went to the kitchen to ask for a small jar, and I happened to meet a young man in our prince's yard who was running fast, saying that he was hungry and just came back or something. , it was Xuzheng moment.

"We haven't entered Xushi yet, just wait at ease. You can eat with me in a while. I have four regular dishes. I just told the kitchen to ask them to steam a piece of white water fish. If I don't eat it, I will give it to you." you eat."

Li Xiaonan sighed.

"Our eldest son is so busy. There are so many things going on every day. It's too early for Xu Zheng to come back!" Wan Qing snorted.

"When you say that your son is busy, you are always busy. Can you change the word?"

"Ten rewards for one feed? Thousands of opportunities in a day? Speech, feed, and hair?"

"Forget it, it's still a matter of time."

"Let's not talk about our eldest son, but that he is boring. I heard that Mrs. Shi is more sad than dying of her heart!"

"Huh? What happened? Where did you hear that?"

"Our concubine sends people to Bieye almost every day, to send this and that to our son, and ask if it's okay. The prince also sends people here every now and then, and there are other people who come from the capital to Bieye every day. There are several dials, tell me where I heard about it!"

There was disgust in Wan Qing's voice.

"Quickly tell me, what happened? How can you tell that you are more than heartbroken?"

"It is said that Mrs. Shi has already started a vegetarian diet on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year."

"That's it? If I want fish and meat for three meals a day, I'll also be a vegetarian on the [-]th day of the lunar new year, clean my stomach, how great!" Li Xiaonan let out a sigh.

Gu Yan suppressed a smile, and continued to listen.

"Ms. Shi is not you! It is also said that Mrs. Shi hasn't laughed much since she returned to the capital, and she wears gray, crab shell green, these very clean colors. She said that Mrs. Shi copied scriptures every day. , Said that Mrs. Shi also wrote a sentence about once the sea was too difficult for water or something.

"What do you mean by her? Is it blaming our elder son for all the faults?"

"Shouldn't you blame your elder son? Isn't it because your elder son delayed others?"

"That's true."

"It seems that she really doesn't want to marry. Your princess is not happy to see her like this?" Li Xiaonan laughed.

"How could our concubine be so unreasonable? Even you know that it was our elder son who harmed her, saying that our concubine felt extremely guilty, and said that she wanted to recognize her as a goddaughter, but she refused, saying that she had already cared about the secular world. Besides, tsk!"

"This is what I want! Your princess is guilty, and your prince must be very guilty. Even if your son is not so guilty, you must have a guilty conscience. Mrs. Shi's parents and family must also feel sorry for her and feel sorry for her. Relatives and friends Well, they must all pity her, take pity on her, feel sorry for her, how wonderful!"

"Oh really! You have so many eyes." Wan Qing tut-tsk.

"How can this be so thoughtful? Your family's elder son cheated him, and he still didn't allow him to show it? It would be the same for me."

"That's true, anyway, our eldest son has a high position and authority, so he can afford it."

Gu Yan narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

Shi Gun left a dozen or so steps away, looked at Nuan Pavilion with trepidation, and then at his elder son, praying in his heart: Wan Qing, that stupid girl, don't mention him, don't mention him!Lord of the land bless!

Gu Yan took two steps back, turned around and walked a dozen or so steps, crossing the gardenia bushes, towards the Nuan Pavilion.

Shi Gun hurriedly followed, and shouted: "The son is back."