my grandmother

In the house in the east of Pingjiang City.

Old Master Zhu's face was ashen, and Old Master Zhu's son, Zhu Jiuye, was sitting beside Old Master Zhu, talking in a low voice.

"...the cheapest weaver in the dental shop costs 100 taels.

"About harvesting autumn silkworm cocoons, I came to ask several companies, and all of them swore to the death that they would not admit it, even if the evidence was thrown in the face, they dared to deny it. There are too many weaving workshops that harvest autumn silkworm cocoons, and almost every family is in it. Take it, Dad, do you see it?"

Old Master Zhu let out a breath slowly, alleviating the anger in his heart.

These weaving workshops are short-sighted and can only see the small profits on the tip of their noses!
"These," Old Master Zhu took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, "Let's not mention it. The Maritime Chamber of Commerce in winter is the big deal! I didn't expect that old man He Chengze to work so hard!"

"Sea merchants have always been doing business with us, the He family?" Zhu Jiuye carefully expressed his doubts.

His father was full of anger.

Old Master Zhu narrowed his eyes slightly and then opened them, and said in silence for a moment: "At first, the He family led the silk head office to connect with those sea merchants."

"Ah!" Zhu Jiuye's eyes widened.

"The He family, the water is very deep." Old Master Zhu sighed deeply.

"Then we?" Zhu Jiuye was a little flustered.

"Our Zhu family was able to run the Jiangnan Silk Industry for two consecutive generations because we relied on the Pang family at the back, and later supported Wang Xianggong. We have support behind us, but we can't help ourselves. We are pawns in their hands." Zhu The old man's voice was low.

Zhu Jiuye's face turned pale.

This is the truth, letters from the capital are directing them.

"A letter from the capital again?" Zhu Jiuye said dryly.

"Yes." Old Master Zhu leaned back on the back of the chair, was stunned for a moment, and motioned to his son, "Go to Changzhou City yourself and ask Shi Datou to come and see me, quietly."

"Okay." Zhu Jiuye looked at his father, swallowed the doubts in his heart, stood up and walked out.

Old Master Zhu watched his son go out, his shoulders slumped, and his expression was gloomy.

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Shi Datou rushed back to Changzhou City from Pingjiang City, ordered a table of noodles, several jars of good wine, and invited two sworn brothers over.

Shi Datou motioned the two brothers to sit down, and drank one after another, four or five glasses of wine in a row.

"What happened?" The second child looked at Shi Datou carefully and asked.

"Didn't the eldest brother say to see Mrs. Zhu?" The youngest picked up the jug and poured wine for Shi Datou.

"Master Zhu is very kind to me." Shi Datou raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

"What did he ask us to do?" asked the third child.

"Kill someone." Shi Datou took the jug from the hand of the third child and filled it with wine.

"Isn't this a trivial matter?" The second child heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Which noble family is it?" The third child asked after seeing the elder brother's expression.

The second child stopped laughing.

Shi Datou drank the wine in two sips, "A little girl, she has a bodyguard by her side, her skill is very good, there is no opponent in Linhai Wharf."

"Only one? It's useless no matter how good a person's kung fu is, two fists can't beat four hands, let's bring a few more brothers, and beat him to death with a mess of sticks!" The second child spat.

"Besides this bodyguard, she also has a maidservant, a coachman, and four long attendants who are all from the palace outside Pingjiang City. That maidservant is the maidservant of the eldest son." Shi Datou continued.

The second child's eyes widened when he heard this, while the third child was stunned. After a moment, the third child smiled wryly, "Brother agreed?"

Shi Datou nodded.

"Once this man is killed, we will be on the run from now on." The second child sighed.

"You two go, I have to stay. This man must be killed by us, it has nothing to do with the Zhu family, and has nothing to do with the silk business." Shi Datou threw the cup on the table.

"This goddamn!"

"Old Master Zhu has a great kindness to me. He wants my life, so I have to give it to me." Shi Datou cut off the words of the second child, "Jianghu people should be particular about Jianghu people."

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Li Xiaonan rushed from Jiaxing to Jinling, Changzhou.

It was already cold, Li Xiaonan and Wan Qing huddled in the carriage, looking at Ah Wu who was wearing a padded cloak slanted over his shoulders, directing the horse to jump up and down and practicing riding skills.

Wang Yuting's horse was behind the cart, and he was sitting next to the driver, holding a hand stove, watching A Wu practice riding skills, while chatting with Li Xiaonan and Wan Qing.

"By the way, I heard that there is a book called The Biography of Sang Shuai. It sounds very good. Have you heard of it?" Li Xiaonan suddenly remembered, looked at Wang Yuting and asked with a smile.

Sang Shuai Chuan was in the few buildings where takeaways were not allowed in Bieye Book Building. Wan Qing had hardly heard of storytelling, and she had never even heard of Sang Shuai Chuan.

"I've heard it!" Wang Yuting raised his voice and laughed, "It was the year when I eloped with Ah Wu, in the first month, a storyteller came to the county town, first he told stories in the open space of the mules and horses, and he only spoke for two or three days Well, I was invited by Hongxiang Teahouse to tell a story in their teahouse.

"You don't know how lively it is!

"One side of Hongxiang Teahouse faces the county school. It is a large open space. The entire door panel of the teahouse has been removed.

"It's very cold in our place in the first month. But even though the door panels have been removed, it's not cold at all inside the teahouse. The open space is crowded with people, blocking the cold air, which is worse than the door panels. Works."

Wang Yuting patted the red copper hand stove and let out a long sigh of satisfaction.

"You don't know how lively it is!"

"Are you just watching the fun? Didn't you listen to the book?" Li Xiaonan looked at Wang Yuting and asked.

"What are you talking about! Ah Wu and I were only paying attention to listening to the book, not watching the fun!
"The two of us didn't listen to the books of the two or three days at the Lumahang, nor did we hear the books for the first two days when we moved to Hongxiang Teahouse. I even listened to that passage for three days, and on the fourth day, the family wouldn’t let us go out.”

Wang Yuting paused, glanced at Wan Qing, and said with a smile: "The matchmaker came and asked me to go on a blind date, so I ran away with Ah Wu.

"I just listened to the section about bullies in Nancheng, and I haven't finished listening to it. I heard that the whole biography of Sang Shuai will be talked about non-stop for half a year.

"That's really nice! Sang Shuai is a little lady, so powerful. Ah Wu admired Sang Shuai the most. She said that if she lived at the time of Sang Shuai, she would go to Sang Shuai no matter what, and be a substitute for Sang Shuai." She is willing to have a meat stool on a horse!
"I am willing too." Wang Yuting looked forward to it.

"I really have this book. When I have money, I will invite a storyteller who can tell the story of Sang Shuai to come and tell you and Ah Wu from the beginning to the end." Li Xiaonan laughed.

"There seems to be an accident ahead." The coachman said something, stood up and looked ahead.

A Wu rushed ahead of the long follower, and rode forward. After a while, A Wu rushed back.

"The two trucks transporting blue stones in front hit someone, and the truck overturned, and the person was seriously injured. The driver and the people in the village were arguing very loudly, and it was about to start a fight. Should we wait, or take a detour?" Ah Wu asked a question.

Li Xiaonan looked at the long follower who came back behind Ah Wu.

The long follower leaned forward and said: "The person was seriously injured. Lizheng has sent someone to report to the official. The two carts of Qingtiaoshi cannot be moved until the official has inspected it. It will take at least two or three hours. Let's take a detour."

"Then take a detour." Li Xiaonan nodded.

The coachman jumped out of the cart, led the horse, turned the cart around slowly, changed a road, and headed for Jinling.