The skilled widow is busy farming

The next day, Zhou Yi came over as soon as he came to pay homage to the two elders, Grandpa and Grandpa, and also talked about the wine shop.

"Big brother."

Xiu Niang saluted and said hello, her expression unchanged.

"Good sister, don't be angry. I'm here to support you. You can't go wrong. You can change your irritable temper in time."

Zhou Yi could tell by looking at his sister's expression that she would definitely know it when she saw Li Rui.

"Okay, please tell us carefully, otherwise Grandpa and the others will be very worried."

"I know, I'll be here as soon as possible," the house said.

Zhou Yi greeted his sister into the room with a smile.

"Grandpa, grandpa, I would like to send you my regards. You are still in good health."

Zhou Yi bowed respectfully to his elders and greeted everyone.

"Well, thanks to you, you have been taking care of the children. This time we have brought you good wine and some gifts to send home. They are all of your use. Don't refuse."

Grandpa responded with a smile.

"I've spent a lot of money on you, so I'm greedy for your wine. Today I'm just going to talk about the wine. Please listen to me and tell you in detail."

"to make."

Everyone sat together, and only Xiu Niang was qualified to sit down and listen to the discussion. The other female relatives went down to prepare for the banquet.

Zhou Yi explained how he negotiated with the Xiao family and how he cooperated with the wine shop.

To put it simply, the Xiao family has a trade route, which needs to be filled with all kinds of goods traveling from north to south. After making money, everyone eats meat together. This trade route will feed many people.

Needless to say, making money and working requires a lot of people to support you. At the same time, you have to pass various city checkpoints and need officials to take care of you. This will also bring many opportunities for official positions.

Half of the money earned by Shangdao will be given to the emperor. The emperor will appropriately delegate power to the old man of the Xiao family and allow him to put some people in. Generally speaking, the interests are consistent. The Xiao family also works for the emperor. The emperor still has to nod for the final selection. Unsuitable people can work for a few years and then be kicked off. The difference is not big.

Zhou Yi has been observing for a long time. This matter was agreed and hinted by the emperor. The emperor needs to control the Xiao family and the forces behind it. It is definitely the right way to follow the emperor. Zhou Yi has no right to say no to the emperor. Where must he point? Wherever he goes, finishing it beautifully and properly is the only thing he needs to consider. The third-grade official position is not given for free.

After careful discussion, Xiu Niang also understood that the emperor wanted to use the aristocratic family and also control the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family also understood this. If the aristocratic family wanted to prosper, they must constantly change their strategies and stand on the same line as the emperor. It must not affect the emperor's interests and the court's decision-making, and some allowance can be made for other small matters.

"Brother, since you have thought about it, let's do it."

Xiu Niang also understands that the eldest brother has no right to refuse. This is the sorrow of the poor family. The poor family is the knife in the emperor's hand. You must always keep it sharp and invincible.

"Don't worry, I'm sure. I won't make any mistakes. I won't let our family suffer."

Zhou Yi assured his sister with a smile.

"Okay, I believe you."

The next step is to discuss how to cooperate and how to divide the accounts. They only cooperate with the Xiao family, and they also share the accounts with the Xiao family. It has nothing to do with who the Xiao family shares the money with.

The Zhou family and the Li family join in and the accounts are calculated together, and then the two families calculate separately according to the accounts of drinks, wine and jewelry.

There will soon be shops in the capital, making it easier to contact them. This is why Li Qing is eager to buy property.

There are still many details to deal with next, but the Xiao family is very generous and values ​​the Zhou Yi brothers. By default, they are their own people and cannot lose money to their own people. They gave a deposit first, booked wine and jewelry for next year, and paid half of the purchase price when the goods arrived. , the balance will be settled later.The deposit was quite large, enough for their turnover.

Don't be too busy with this matter. What's more important now is Li Heng's wedding banquet and Li Rui's engagement ceremony.

Li Jing and Li Qing were busy with Li Heng's wedding banquet, and Li Mao and his wife were going to hold an engagement ceremony.

Li Heng's wedding banquet is three days later, and he wrote the post a month in advance. Many colleagues will come over, not only for Li Heng's face, but also for the Zhang family's face.

The date for Li Rui's engagement ceremony was also set, and there was a good day just after Li Heng's wedding banquet.

Xiu Niang did not go to the wedding banquet. She only helped organize the kitchen and warehouse and other trivial matters in the back, and ate meals with the kitchen staff.

Originally, she said she couldn't come. She was a widow, and widows were not allowed to attend some wedding banquets, but Li Heng insisted that she come. Zhang Lian'er also respected Xiu Niang. The Zhang family recognized her character and asked her to come to their child's wedding banquet to liven things up.

Xiuniang was sensible and didn't want anyone to talk about Brother Heng's shortcomings, so she ate alone with Grandpa and the others in the back.

Li Heng's wedding banquet was a success. Many officials came on the day. They were quite satisfied with the Li family's yard. They felt that the Li family was not poor and could be on the stage. The children and grandchildren of the Li family could look forward to it. This opened the way.

After the wedding banquet, Li Heng went to work in the ministry as usual, and Zhang Lian'er began to take care of the house. Currently, her mother-in-law lives in Qun Ge's yard, living in the front and backyard with her grandfather and others, but not with her son. She always remembers Xiu Niang's advice.

The fact that Li Heng was able to get into this marriage was because he loved his daughter and wanted a small life in a house of his own. His parents-in-law were far away and they couldn't use their daughter-in-law. This was an exchange of interests to a certain extent.

Li Heng had someone to take care of him when he changed his future, and no one dared to take away his credit. As long as he was not stupid, his official position would be smooth, but the price was that he could not live with his parents for a long time.

But it doesn't mean that you don't support your parents. These are two different things.

The mother-in-law was not disappointed either. During this period, Zhang Lian'er was very good at pleasing her mother-in-law. She was not a mean old lady, but a kind person by nature. The younger daughter-in-law served her carefully and took care of her like an old lord. She was very happy and thought that Not bad.

My mother-in-law has been a daughter-in-law for many years and has never been bullied by an old lady. Naturally, she will not bully her daughter-in-law. The advantage of a good family tradition is that she will inherit the fine traditions and continue the good aspects without any resentment in her heart.

Zhang Lian'er invited her mother-in-law to live in the small courtyard for a while, but her mother-in-law refused. She had to worry about Brother Rui's engagement ceremony, and she was more worried about her grandchildren. Her younger son was too old to mind his business.

The Zhang family expressed gratitude to their mother-in-law's kind-hearted family and said that they would be able to leave Brother Heng when he got married. This matter would be taken care of by his family and it was all a trivial matter.

Li Rui's engagement ceremony was also completed. A good day was specially chosen. The parents of the two families visited each other. On an auspicious day, a matchmaker was invited to come to the house, the horoscopes were made, the Gengtie was exchanged, and the engagement ceremony was completed.

The Wang family has sent someone to measure the size of the house and prepare to buy furniture.

Li Rui's courtyard was originally a courtyard with four entrances given by Xiu Niang, and Brother Qun had three entrances connected next to him. There was a wall connected with the door, so it was not demolished.

Now that Li Rui is engaged and will get married in the future, the courtyard is enough to live in, and it is very spacious.

The Wang brother looked around and couldn't help but admire, "Your elder is so kind to you. This yard is very expensive and not something ordinary officials can afford."

"Yes, I know. I came here to take the exam and found out about the extra yard. My second aunt bought it for our brothers to get married. She earned every stitch and thread from knitting tapestry. All of it was spent on our brothers. We It is because of the hard work of all of you that our uncles and nephews are here today."

"I saw your aunt that day, but she is a powerful person. You can't beat your aunt, hehe."

The Wang brother smiled. He had seen Xiu Niang. She was a smart woman who was soft on the outside but strong on the inside. She was cautious and did not forget to approach her, making her laugh generously.

"My aunt is a female concubine in my family's school. All my brothers and sisters are afraid of her."

"I'm just saying that I'm not an ordinary person. My eyesight is still passable.":
The Wang brothers laughed.