lady, please calm down

Chapter 147
August fourteenth.

Yinmazhuang, the Zheng family mansion.

"What's the matter with the second brother? It's been many days, and I can't even clean up one of them!"

Zheng San, with his right arm hanging on his chest, walked up and down the hall with an impatient expression on his face.

"Be safe and don't be impatient, be safe and don't be impatient~"

Zheng Qi, who was sitting at the top, took a sip of tea calmly.

"Don't worry about the ball! It wasn't your arm that was broken!"

Zheng San cursed, but sat back on the chair anyway.

Zheng Da looked at his third brother with disgust, and said in a deep voice: "Erlang is an official, not a bandit! Tongshan is not under the rule of Caizhou, so he needs to put pressure on Tongshan through others!"

"Through someone else? The Bai Zhifu of Caizhou has been refuted! You brag about how powerful Erlang is every day. Now that something is going on at home, he is useless!"

Zheng San became more irritable.

Zheng Liu, who sat quietly, glanced at the third brother, and thought: You are the one who brags about the second brother the most on weekdays.
Zheng Da frowned, and scolded: "It will take some time! Erlang has asked the Beijing officials to explain the matter to the prefect of Tangzhou, how can my Zheng family swallow this breath for nothing!"

"Wait, wait! The incident happened on the sixth day of the lunar new year, and it's already fourteenth today! I've been waiting for almost ten days, what's going on? You guys can bear it, but I can't help it!"

After Zheng San finished speaking, he strode out of the main hall.

The rest of the brothers looked at each other.

"Third Brother has a violent temper. Do you want Dad to come forward and say something about him?"

"Let him go. Daddy just accepted that little Taohong, so he has the mind to meddle in these affairs."

The former house spans the courtyard.

Under the fence, Mao Yanrong, the second head of the original Yuquan Mountain, led a group of minions, sitting in the house and eating wine without taste.

When Zheng San pushed the door and entered, he and Mao Yanrong exchanged glances.

The latter winked at the minions, who immediately got up and left the table.

There were only two of them left in the room, and Zheng San whispered a few words in his ear.

"To Tongshan County?" Mao Yanrong heard this, his eyes were full of surprise.

Zheng San immediately frowned and reprimanded in a low voice: "You have been clamoring to avenge your third brother all day long, and now you are cowardly again? What kind of heroes were you when you wiped out that Qi's family, and you lost your courage in just two years? "

Mao Yanrong remained silent. Two years ago, the three brothers had a strong army and more than forty minions. Now, there are only a dozen people left. Can it be the same?

Seeing his hesitation, Zheng San's tone became kinder instead, "In mid-autumn tomorrow, they will definitely drink and have fun at night, if you take advantage of the middle of the night."

Zheng San gave some advice, Mao Yanrong knew that he was only worth so little in the eyes of Zheng's family, and if he continued to evade, the other party might be dissatisfied.

He couldn't help but tentatively said: "Third Young Master, to what extent do you want to do it?"

"The head of that surname Chen must die! If it is convenient for the family members, they will be tied back, and if it is not convenient, they will be killed immediately! After the matter is completed, I will give you money and food to help you stand on the top of the mountain again!"

Zheng San subconsciously stroked the severed arm, his tone low and cold.

Mao Yanrong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"

August fifteen.

mid-autumn festival.

The festive atmosphere in Tongshan County this year is far better than in previous years.

Because there are still a large number of foreign businessmen who can't go home in the county, Sihai Merchant acts to alleviate everyone's homesickness and specially organizes a Cuju competition called "Sihai Cup".

The participating teams are divided into 'South Team, North Team and Tongshan Team'.

The members of the northern team were selected and formed by caravans from the north of Huaishui, and the members of the southern team were composed of caravans from the south of Huaishui.

Isn't the so-called northern team businessmen from Qi State, and the southern team is naturally Zhou State businessmen.

In this way, the participating players seem to be representing the country, which is exciting but tacitly silent.
Competition, there is competition but also sympathy.

After seven or eight years of estrangement between the two countries, the young people of Qizhou and Zhou had already become strangers, but after this contact, many people suddenly realized that the other party spoke the same language as themselves, wore the same clothes, and lived in the same way. with the same holiday.

The Zhou people in the south of Huai River were not Nanman.
Not everyone in the Han people in the north of Huai River is willing to be a golden dog
They were originally of the same language and species, but they were artificially divided into two countries, and they were also artificially led to be hostile to each other in the past.

Youshizhong.

It was getting late, and there was a half-dark cloud floating lazily in the western sky.

Outside Shizipo Market, there were crowds of people and horses and horses passing by.

"Upside down, a little to the left, okay, just stop in this white frame."

"Hey! Why do you occupy two carriages and horses!"

Zhou Zulin of the city management team, with a red cuff on his arm and a small flag, is directing parking in the parking lot of the market.

Tonight, the Four Seas Commercial Company will hold a lantern show at Shizipo, and there will be a fireworks show later.

It is said that the scale of the lantern show tonight is extremely grand, even the nearby state capitals cannot compare.

As soon as it got dark, the people of the entire county almost came out in droves, or on horseback, or on foot, bringing their wives and belts to Shizipo.

Not only Tongshan County, but also many people from nearby prefectures rushed to the vicinity this morning, just to see the largest lantern festival in history, which is said to have a radius of [-] li.

Such a dense and frequent flow of people has created a huge demand for public transportation.

At the beginning of the month, Zhou Zulin's brother-in-law asked him to borrow some money. Zhou Zulin was a little unhappy, but he still gave it because of his wife's face.

The brother-in-law took the money and bought a cow, set up a car, and laid up cushions, and shuttled passengers and people on the road from Shizipo to the county every day.

The price he asked for was not expensive, three Wen per person one way, but there were so many people.

Just now, Zhou Zulin ran into his brother-in-law outside the parking lot, and learned that the latter got [-] Wen in just one day. Zhou Zulin was shocked.

My brother-in-law is clever, but this business is not as reliable as an iron rice bowl after all. When the next time the company recruits workers, let him sign up for a try.

Zhou Zulin thought silently, glanced at the crowded crowd, and thought again, the owner said that it is dangerous when the traffic is heavy, and there may be trampled, crushed injuries, etc. The owner also said that there must be more people in the next few days. Watch out for 'unusual' outlanders.

What is abnormal?

When normal businessmen come to the market, they focus more on the products; tourists pay more attention to rare items.

If someone habitually glances around, quickly looks away, looks back and forth from time to time, and makes short eye contact with his companions, he should be careful.

This is what the county government said when Gou Bukuai gave them induction training.

Well, just like those people in the distance, isn't it the kind Gou Bukuai said?
Zhou Zulin suddenly reacted with a jolt.

Looking around, seeing Zhou Zongfa more than ten feet away, Zhou Zulin hastily walked over, and at the same time fixed his eyes on the men who bowed their heads and squeezed into the crowd.

"Brother Fa! There is a situation. Look at those people."

"..., just keep an eye on it, I'll report it to my boss."

Crosshill Hotel.

There is a row of small square tables outside the store.

Miao Kui squeezed the last peanut on the plate, put it in his mouth, chewed it comfortably, and told his son: "Xin'er, go, I want another Huamaoyi, add ten meat skewers, two kidneys, and a pot Made with glutinous rice, I will have a good drink with your Uncle Chang during the festival tonight."

Miao Xin stood up and asked, "Do you want the Blue Bird beer?"

"No, no, it tastes like horse urine."

Miao Kui waved his hands quickly, obviously the experience of Blue Bird Beer was very ordinary for him.

Chang Dechang, who was sitting opposite him, had been staring sideways at the brightly lit lantern festival scene in the distance. After watching for a long time, he turned around and sighed: "This Tongshan County is really like a paradise."

"Who says it's not? I'm planning to let my son stay here to organize the supply of goods." Miao Kui smiled involuntarily as he looked at his son standing in front of the barbecue stand waiting for the skewers to be grilled.

"I also have this plan. When I return this time, I will send my family Erlang to stay in Tongshan."

"That's a good relationship, let them young people also get to know each other."

"Haha, easy to say."

Chang Dechang stroked his beard and laughed loudly.

He is from Yingzhou of Qi State, and Miao Kui is from Lin'an of Zhou State. If it wasn't for this watermelon festival, these two people would hardly have met each other for the rest of their lives.

Both of them were businessmen waiting for goods in Tongshan, they lived in the same inn, and they got to know each other once or twice.

Chang Dechang originally wanted to sell watermelons, but later found that Yurong Xiangzhuang's lip balm and soap are good items, but the workshop has already sold out, and the order has been queued until the end of this month.

Naturally, he would not return empty-handed, and simply stayed here temporarily.

Speaking of Tongshan County, Chang Dechang's praise seems to come out without money.

But Miao Kui didn't think he was exaggerating. Because on the sixth day of the eighth lunar month, Lao Chang was extorted a large sum of money by Lin County, and then he was so angry that he reported it to the Tongshan County Government.
Unexpectedly, really unexpected, the county's head and Yasi took people to Linxian County to get the money back that day, and returned a lot of money to Chang Dechang.

Such a rare event is simply unheard of!
While the two were talking, they saw a few people walking towards the dimly lit place, the leader was Chen Dutou, and beside him were several female relatives with their own merits.

The family walked and watched, responding to various greetings from time to time.

Yunong's iconic 'giggle' smirk, nonstop all the way.

"East~"

"All heads."

"Chen Tieji"

"I've seen the eldest lady, I've seen Aunt Chen, I've seen it." Some female relatives also came forward to greet Mao'er and the others, but they didn't know how to address Cai Hua who was also following Chen Chu.

"Everyone just do what you want, our family wanders around casually, don't spare everyone's interest."

Chen Chu replied with a smile.

Suddenly, Second Brother Peng came from a distance and whispered something in Chen Chu's ear.

Chen Chu nodded and smiled at his acquaintances, and said in a low voice: "After all, I can't hold back anymore, second brother, quietly take the white-haired mouse to take a look from a distance to see if it's the Yuquan mountain bandits."

"Okay." Peng Er clasped his fists and left.

Chen Chu's family continued to move forward, sitting at the square table by the side of the road, Chang Dechang stood up with a laugh, cupped his hands and said, "Du Tou, let's have a drink with this old man."

Chen Chu raised his eyes and thought for a while before he remembered that this was a Yingzhou businessman who had been blackmailed by Zheng San and others, so he walked over with a smile.

Miao Kui hurriedly got up and saluted.

Chen Chu pushed the person back to his seat and said with a smile, "Sit down and chat casually."

"Dutou, what would you like to drink?" Chang Dechang didn't expect Chen Dutou to show face so much, and couldn't help laughing like a chrysanthemum.

"Sister Lanzhi, bring me a glass of draft beer, don't count it on this table."

"Oh! Why is Dutou so polite! But he looks down on the old man!"

"Hahaha, what did Brother Chang say? It is our discipline not to take a single cent of the people. If I make a mistake, I will be punished, hahaha"

"That's too unreasonable. Dutou helped me get my money back, and I didn't invite Dutou to eat a meal. I feel very sorry for this old man!"

"Serving the people is our duty."

Chen Chu had a conversation with him, and asked what was the inconvenience of coming to Tongshan?Have you encountered any difficulties, do you feel that the cumbersome procedures have affected the efficiency? And tell the other party what foreign goods Luliuwei needs now, and they can be trafficked next time.

After a cup of tea.

Seeing Zhou Zongfa standing not far away, Chen Chu seemed to be waiting for him, so he stood up with a smile and said goodbye.

Chang Dechang, who felt very honorable, blushed with a smile, and praised Tongshan County and Luliuxu for a while.

After a while, Miao Kui whispered to his son, "Xin'er, go get me a glass of beer."

"Ah? Didn't daddy just say that beer is like horse urine?" Miao Xin asked in surprise.

Miao Kui's face darkened and said: "Nonsense! When did I say such a thing?"

Chang Dechang on the side understood, laughed, and said, "Give me a glass of horse beer too, Chen Dutou likes to drink, so it's a good thing, hahaha."

Celebrity?
"Well, I already know, you go back and tell Zhou Zulin not to follow, there are colleagues watching."

Here, Chen Chu issued instructions to Zhou Zong.

The group of 'abnormal' outsiders had just entered the area of ​​Luliuxu for a quarter of an hour, and they were already being targeted by two groups of people.

This Luliuwei has been operated like a copper wall and an iron wall.
Zhou Zongfa hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Well, Master, you should be careful yourself. It's better to have more people around you."

"Well, go, I know."

Although Chen Chu brought four female relatives, Mao'er, Cai Wei, Yunong, and Hutou.

But behind him are the big sword and iron gallbladder
Chen Chu still walked around with a few people as if nothing had happened.

Outside the lantern festival.

Along the road are small vendors set up by nearby villagers, some selling food, some selling herbal tea, and some selling rings and dolls.
The rules of the game of holding dolls are: use a pair of three-foot-long bamboo chopsticks, and if you pick up a doll, it will be owned by the customer, and if it falls halfway, it will be considered a failure.

Regardless of success or failure, it counts as money, ten pennies per clip.

'Dolls' are sewn with cloth and stuffed with rags. There are dolls in the image of boys and girls, dolls in the image of Sun Dasheng, puppies and cats.
In order to please the lottery, the clever vendor owner also said that if the doll is caught, good children will be born in the coming year.

This soft and cute doll is very popular with daughters.

There were many women crowded in front of the booth.

Hutou waited for a long time, and finally it was her turn, but she had little wrist and strength, so she tried several times without success, so she gave others dozens of coins for nothing.

"Sister, sister, help me."

A little anxious, Hutou handed the three-foot-long chopsticks to Mao'er.

Mao'er, who had been eager to try for a long time, went straight to the chopsticks.

"Sister, I want Sun Dasheng!"

Hutou pointed out, but the cat just pretended not to hear it, and a boy puppet was caught on the tip of the chopsticks.
And, a success!
The woman who set up the stall was well-informed, and she could see through the mind of the little lady in front of her at a glance, and she couldn't help smiling and said: "My lady, I will definitely give birth to a fat boy in the coming year."

These words made Mao'er couldn't help pursing his lips and laughing, holding the puppet in both hands and looking at it carefully for a long time.

But it made Cai Wei who was on the side a little upset.

But she smiled charmingly with her eyes bent and said: "Yo, Mrs. Chen is very good at pinching."

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Maoer felt that Cai Wei was driving again, but there was no evidence.

With the experience of being called 'Men Sao' last time, Mao'er pursed her thin lips and ignored her
Can't afford it, can't I hide?

"Wow~"

"Huh"

In the lantern festival venue, there was a burst of exclamation from an unknown number of people.

The lantern festival seems to have officially opened.

Yunong pulled the cat's head and hurried to the venue.

Cai Wei followed behind, not rushing.

Chen Chu stayed at the same spot for a while, looked at Luliuxu, which was decorated with lights in the distance, and then looked at the brightly lit Shizipo under his feet.

Hehe smiled, and said: "If you don't know the sky with lights, it's also the night of killing."

(End of this chapter)