Poor family mother and son

Chapter 558

"Forget it," Huo Mingfu said, "It must be hard for someone to eat a meal of beef. As the host, we must have a way of hospitality."

It is not clear, it can be understood that everyone is traveling, the meal is simple, and finally able to eat beef;

But no matter how they heard it, it was more like scolding Chu Qing for being bumpkins.

Chu Qing didn't care, and still looked at the shopkeeper: "Did you hear that? Last one, pack three!"

"Hehe, okay, I'll go to Zhang Luo now." The shopkeeper gave a "hehe" and gave Chu Qing a sympathetic look: These young masters miss you, so go crazy!
Sure enough, when Huo Mingfu said so, Meng Xiangong nodded and said yes: "Yes, brother Mingfu is right, bumpkins, it's the first time to eat meat, let them give it to them."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the sons of the county magistrates, and they expressed their views:

"Yes, listen to brother Huo, otherwise it's uncertain when the next meal will be eaten."

"Hmph, it's hard to say whether I can eat until my next meal!"

"One meal counts as one meal."

Be obedient and listen to the sound, which means they will make trouble?Zhuo Yao glanced at their table, then walked out of the restaurant, and came back after a while, holding two bowls of iced drinks in his hand.

There is a shop selling iced drinks next door, but it is cooler and there is no ice balls to be seen.

Chu Qing happily tasted the iced drink brought back by Zhuo Yao, but he knew in his heart that the boys outside already knew they were going to keep an eye on the seven young masters during the time they went out and in.

Well, the young master who was being held by everyone was surnamed Huo, and Chu Qing stretched his ears to that table while eating.

"Liulang, what is your eldest brother up to?" Huo Mingfu asked Meng Xiangong.

Meng Xiangong: "Business is not going well this year. My uncle has gone to the east, and my elder brother has gone to harvest autumn tea. I won't be back until a few days later."

Huo Mingfu was playing with a jade tablet, which was given to him by Meng Xiansheng entrusted by Meng Xiangong. It was pure white and shiny, with a faint honey color on one corner.

He nodded and said, "Your Meng family said that business is difficult, so it seems that my uncle will also be worried this year."

Meng family?Chu Qing and Zhuo Yao looked at each other, and looked at the table over there from the corner of their eyes.

The Patriarch of the Meng family, Meng Chun, had already died, Zhuo Yao didn't know about it yet, and Chu Qing didn't intend to let him know.

Hou Ze had said that Xiaobao wouldn't even let Chu Qing tell, if Shui Maomao hadn't asked him to let him know in private, Chu Qing would have been kept in the dark.

Meng Chun's death may not be discovered until some time later, even if it is discovered, it is only a loss of contact, so it seems that the Meng family did not find out at the moment, otherwise, the son of the Meng family would not say anything about harvesting autumn tea thing.

It seems that the younger generation of the Meng family is currently maintaining the family business.

They said nothing more that deserved clear attention.

The dishes were served plate by plate, Chu Qing and Zhuo Yao ate quickly, and quickly paid the bill and left.

The girl named Fang'er looked a little anxious, she didn't even ask the son's name, why did she leave?
Helpless, her mother's eyes were too powerful, and she didn't dare to make a mistake.

In the evening, the boys sent by Zhuo Yao came back and reported the results to Chu Qing:
"Among the seven, the oldest is Huo Mingfu, the eldest son of Huo Weiting, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and Wei Wei, the head of the Wei family in Songjiang Mansion, is his uncle;

This Wei family is also a big family that has been entrenched in Songjiang Mansion for nearly a hundred years. Like the Meng family, the family has a wide range of businesses, especially Changshengku. Half of the Changshengku in several nearby state capitals belong to the Wei family and half belong to the Kong family;
That Mr. Hou is the son of Meng Chun's wife-in-law, and the relationship between the Hou family and the Meng family has always been good;
Another is the nephew of Kong Pugao in Chongyu Mansion. This Kong Pugao is known as the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River. According to legend, he started his business with black glazed porcelain, but the specifics are unknown;

The one surnamed Meng is Meng Xiangong, the eldest son of the fourth house of the Meng family. His father is the fourth younger brother of Meng Chun, who is not valued very much. The proportion of dividends in the Meng family is relatively small, and he has been currying favor with the head of the family;

However, they mentioned in their chat that his second uncle was crazy and ran to the servant's room every day to grab other people's lamp oil to drink;
The Meng family, the Hou family, the Wei family, and the Kong family are rumored to be the "Four Great Families" within the scope of the six Jiangnan prefectures, covering almost every industry in the Jiangnan area;
Compared with other aristocratic families, it is superior to the aristocratic family in terms of financial resources;

The other three are the children of several county magistrates newly appointed a month ago. These county magistrates filled the vacancies of those officials involved in reselling official grain. "

Drink lamp oil?This taste is heavy.

Hou Ze didn't tell Chu Qing about the punishment of Meng Yong, the second roommate of the Meng family, because Shui Maomao only told him that Meng Chun was dead.

It seems that the younger generation of the "Four Great Families" gathered together and got very close to the son of the Zuo Shilang's family of the Ministry of Punishment.

At the same time, Little Treasure was also listening to Shui Duanfu's report, and the content of the report was roughly the same:

"All gone, the four families sent people to Chongyu Mansion to pick up the son of the high official, Meng Xiansheng went to the countryside to collect tea and couldn't go, so they sent Meng Xiangong from the fourth house;
Meng Xiansheng's cousin who was a few months older, surnamed Hou, also went, but they probably won't come back for a while. I heard that Kuimen's ship had crashed, and I don't know when the ban will be lifted. "

Xiaobao nodded: "Well, it seems that they are still living step by step and haven't found anything."

Then he turned to Hou Ze and asked, "Brother Houzi, have you sent any letter back?"

Hou Ze gave Xiaobao a slap on the back of the neck: "You are just a monkey, your whole family..."

Xiaobao pointed his fingers at him, and Hou Ze swallowed the words back. He dared not say that Xiaobao's family, Xiaobao's mother is too evil, and can make things that can break mountains and rocks.

Hou Ze answered Xiaobao's question seriously: "How could it be so fast! It took only a few days to spread the news? Besides, is your 'poor family business' okay? Can you find out?
No, I will personally lead people to the north, so I can also go to Kyoto to open my eyes and increase my knowledge! "

Shui Maomao interjected at the side: "There is a gap in the middle, the boat gang is only entrenched in Chongyu Mansion, and there are only a few scattered small lands outside, and the land is not connected to the north!
If we count on our ship gang to deliver letters to the capital, it may not be faster than your two eagles. "

Xiao Bao said: "Didn't I ask the Stove Lord to help? It shouldn't be a big problem, it's a test for him."

Shui Maomao: "This matter is too small for him to make a fuss, I suggest you, you let the Stove Lord subdue the beggar gang and take it over, this is called a certificate of honor!

There are a lot of people on the Stove Lord's side, but look at who they are, and there are quite a few people waiting to eat, so he loves to raise them. If there is such a person in our boat gang, they will be thrown into the bottom of the river directly!
He is too big to lose his tail now, if you ask him to take over the beggar gang, he can weed out a bunch of people who are not working hard, and you can also take all the water and land routes in the south into your hands. "

(End of this chapter)