After all, the clan of the Li family was in charge of the affairs of the Li family, so he had to set an example for the whole clan. Although the sect was separated from Li Duan's family, but at this time, it is even more difficult to provoke criticism. Knowing that Li Duan accompanied Lin back to the hometown, the suzerain took the eldest son to visit Li's house in person.
Without the help of everyone in the Li family to look after them, some of the servants of Li Duan's family had ulterior motives and ran away with the property of the Li family, and those who remained were loyal servants. But such people are a minority after all, and the exquisite and gorgeous pavilions and pavilions in the past are now covered with dust, showing a decadent scene.
Standing in the yard, the suzerain of the Li family couldn't help but sighed softly.
It takes several generations of hard work for a family to prosper, but it only takes a blink of an eye to fail.
He asked Li Duan: "Is there anything we can do for you?"
How could Li Duan have the face to ask the clan house for help, besides the fact that the clan house and their branch clan were divided in a strange way back then, he always suspected that someone among them was causing trouble, but he was thinking about the things in the capital and had no chance to investigate. But at this time, it is even more difficult for him to verify—their family has already fallen, and if it is confirmed that they are members of his own clan, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not scare the snake away and provoke those who have no good intentions towards their family to take advantage of the situation and rob their family. into a more difficult situation. If it's outsiders, they can guess and guess, but it's just those few companies. Even when their family was in its heyday, they avoided and respected those families, not to mention now when their family is having difficulty protecting themselves.
As his father said, now is not the time to settle accounts. Only when he works hard to study and revive his family business can he settle these accounts properly.
Li Duan respectfully bowed to the patriarch of the clan, and said in a low voice: "I can handle the family affairs for the time being. If there is any difficulty, I will beg you. Can you come and see us at this time, we Couldn't be more grateful."
After all, he is a master of Juren, so he might get rich one day.
The patriarch of the clan house comforted Li Duan a few words, and gave Li Duan a letter of silver: "It's a little thing of mine, just accept it, and when you have it later, it's not too late to return it to me."
Li Duan was indeed shy in his pocket, and he believed that the clan of the Li family must have done something wrong to his family at the beginning, so he accepted it after a few polite words.
The elder of the Li family's clan took his son and left.
Mrs. Lin came out of the hall with the help of her maid, and said: "All the valuables in the house have been stolen, and some ancestors stayed to save their lives. I have already taken them out and cleaned them up."
The evening sun shone on her face, making the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and brows more obvious. Compared with when he left Lin'an, he was more than ten years older. Standing posture is no longer straight.
Li Duan stepped forward to help Lin with some distress, and said in a gentle voice: "Mum, you don't have to worry about these, I'll just come. You have a good rest tonight, and we will leave at dawn tomorrow."
It will not let more Lin'an people know that they have returned.
However, Mrs. Lin didn't want to stay longer for a quarter of an hour, and said, "We'll leave overnight and spend the night on the boat. Have you arranged everything at home? Just throw away what needs to be lost. Don't be reluctant. When disaster strikes, money and wealth are all outside your body." If you have a life, you can earn it back."
Her expression was more serious than before.
Li Duan nodded and said, "I entrusted it all to Li Si. When something happened to our family, he even asked someone to bring twenty taels of silver to our family."
Li Si is a member of their Li family, a concubine, and after being separated, he became a dental man by chance, and the Li family looked for him for some pawn business.
Mrs. Lin nodded, and said ruthlessly: "Your uncle is really cruel. He didn't know how much we benefited from our family. This time, he saw our family's misfortune, but he watched from the other side. If you become prosperous in the future, don't associate with them."
Li Duan hesitated for a moment, nodded "OK", but Lin's dissatisfaction aroused: "Have you listened to what I said? I'm not talking to you, but this kind of people shouldn't be in contact with each other in the first place. What's more, it's your uncle's house. Come here when it's beneficial, and run far away when it's in trouble. If I find you in contact with them again, be careful that I don't recognize you as a son. "
"Understood." Li Duan replied, but felt a little uneasy.
At the beginning, he took a large sum of money from the Peng family, and even did some shady things for the Peng family...
However, they live in seclusion in the city of Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is a place where several major surnames in the south of the Yangtze River live for generations, and the surname Peng must not dare to mess around.
Li Duan agreed with Lin's decision: "Then we will leave overnight."
Lin nodded.
The mother and son packed all the things they should bring and loaded them into the mule cart, taking advantage of the curfew in Lin'an City, they quietly went to Tiaoxi Wharf.
However, when going to Tiaoxi Wharf, you will pass Qingzhu Lane.
In the quiet alleys, green bamboos are exposed on the white walls of every house.
Li Duan couldn't help but look twice.
I saw two green-curtained sedan chairs parked in the back alley of Qingzhu Lane, the curtains of the sedan chairs were opened, and Pei Yan and Yu Tang got out of the sedan chairs one after the other.
Li Duan clenched his hands and lay on the car window.
Seeing that Pei Yan took Yu Tang's hand and said a few words to Yu Tang, Yu Tang's face was full of shyness, and he lowered his head. Pei Yan still seemed dissatisfied, and gently stroked Shun Yutang's unruly temples.
Not only was Yu Tang not angry, but she raised her head and gave Pei Yan a coquettish look.
Li Duan fell into the mule cart.
Lin asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Li Duan shook his head and didn't say anything for a long time.
Pei Yan and Yu Tang... a lot of things that he didn't understand suddenly became clear.
He shuddered.
No wonder people say that green bamboo has a snake's mouth, a wasp's tail is needled in the back, but the most poisonous thing is a woman's heart.
Is she going to avenge that kid from the Wei family
Li Duan was in a mess, recalling what happened after he met Yu Tang, he didn't know what he did wrong, and he didn't know where he went wrong, so that he made the scene like today.
If he regrets it, will there be time
When should corrections be started
Li Duan didn't even know this.
Seeing that his face turned pale suddenly, Mrs. Lin didn't believe his words at all. Instead, she thought about it and told the driver: "Turn around, I want to see, what is it that makes you so lost?"
The last sentence was asked by Li Duan.
Li Duan hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I just remembered one thing. Don't bother so much, let's go out of the city quickly and return to Hangzhou City quickly! When we walked for so long, there were also people in Hangzhou City. A lot of things are waiting for us, we can't afford to waste time in Lin'an City."
But the driver was Lin's confidant, Lin's words were harsh, how dare he not listen.
Then Mrs. Lin saw Pei Yan send Yu Tang into the sedan chair, and Pei Yan squeezed Yu Tang's hand. After Yu Tang's sedan chair disappeared into the back alley of Qingzhu Lane, Pei Yan left Qingzhu Lane in the sedan chair .
"Bitch, man!" Lin said through gritted teeth, "No wonder your father is in jail! I'm going to kill her!"
Li Duan didn't say anything.
Lin twisted Li Duan's arm with a ferocious face, and roared in a low voice: "Did you hear that? I want that bitch, die! Did you hear that!"
Li Duan was in pain, but he remained calm and replied "OK" in a low voice.
The Li family's mule cart arrived at Tiaoxi wharf.
Li Duan supported Lin and boarded the hired boat.
Pei Yan got the news immediately.
"Still going back to Hangzhou City?" He put down the pen in his hand and asked Pei Qi, "Didn't you say that all the properties in Hangzhou City have been sold? Where do they live? Who helped them?"
"It's Mr. Shen." Pei Qi frowned, "Mr. Shen rented a two-room river house for the Li family not far from Xiaohe Yu Street in his own name."
Pei Yan sneered, took the handkerchief handed over by the boy, wiped his hands, and said: "That is to say, Shen Shanyan is still counting on Li Duan to study and become an official to revive his family business? Is he a bit idle recently? You go call Hu Xing is here."
Let Hu Xing find something for him to do, and he won't have time to mind his own business.
Pei Qi left at the sound, and Pei Yan had no interest in writing a proposal.
This summer, when he was in Lin'an, besides dealing with the common affairs of the Pei family, he spent some time in the Yu family's shop. Not only did he understand the process of picking red lacquer, but he also helped the Yu family improve many inappropriate places. , not only allowed the Yu family to make new molds smoothly, but also prepared to write these into a booklet for the reference of the Yu family members. With this book, the Yu family can attract some nearby craftsmen to join them. In this way, the production capacity of the Yu family's workshop will be greatly improved, and more orders will be able to be received.
He pushed open the window, took a few breaths quietly, and felt that he had to ask Yu Tang for credit, otherwise the little girl would definitely forget him.
It's been two days since she went back, but she didn't bring a letter to herself.
It seems that their marriage should be arranged earlier.
Gu Chang is on the 26th of September, and they have set it on the 6th of October. After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, they will get married. Their family can still have a good year, how wonderful!
The more Pei Yan thought about it, the more he felt it was good, so he went to look through the almanac by himself.
It's just that he didn't read a few pages of the almanac, Hu Xing came
Pei Yan sent away the servants around him, and planned the affairs of the Li family with Hu Xing: "The new Wu Zhifu is from Sichuan, so he should have no friendship with Mr. Shen, but you should check it out. Recently, Xinqiao Town Isn't there a case of a daughter-in-law killing her mother-in-law? Mr. Shen is a great Confucian in the world and an instructor of the county school, so he should also shoulder the responsibility of educating the people. The matter in the county school can be put aside. As for Li Over there, don’t the neighbors care about being neighbors with the son of a corrupt official? And Li’s house in Lin’an, it’s so big, and it’s a time of trouble. The feng shui is not very good, so it shouldn’t be a good sell, right?”
Hu Xing understood and left with a smile on his face.
Pei Yan took out the unfinished booklet and read it again, and found nothing wrong, went back to the room to change clothes and freshen up, and went to Pei Lao'an's place
Mr. Pei Lao'an has just returned to the mansion, and is listening to the steward report about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Pei Yan said: "Why didn't Miss Yu stay to help you?"
Pei Lao'an patted his son a few times with the booklet in his hand, dumbfounded, and said, "'I've seen someone who is partial, but I've never seen someone who is partial like you. I taught her the etiquette of the Dragon Boat Festival. Could it be that she still Will it work?"
Pei Yan had a cheeky face: "Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival just a good time for her to practice her hands? When the Spring Festival comes, you don't have to worry about these things. Just eat melon seeds and gossip with Aunt Yi and the others. How leisurely you are!"