The Cai family lost a bit suddenly.
They made their fortune 20 years ago, monopolizing most of the wine business in the town with sweet and honey wines, and almost suddenly became rich.
No one knows where they got their famous wine, but ordinary people don't pay too much attention to whose wine the wine shop in the town is selling, and the Cai family quickly took root.
In the past few years, there have been scattered small wine shops in the town who wanted to get a piece of the pie, all of which ended in failure.
Either his leg was broken today, or he was pushed against the wall tomorrow, and he couldn't go any further.
Until Qi Yun's wine shop came in, the Cai family cut off business in the town.
And this incident happened because it was rumored that the Cai family's rice wine recipe was stolen from someone else.
This is different from stealing money and stealing things. Common formulas and other things are a means of making a living. Forcibly using them as their own things is very taboo, and then people frequently go to the yamen to complain. All the merchants who had been renovated went to file a complaint.
Now this complaint is not just handed over the paper, if it is found that the complaint is smeared, it will be accepted.
If only one person sued the Cai family for bullying the market, the yamen would not take it seriously, but this time a dozen families were involved, and the yamen had to file a case.
Coincidentally, at this stall, there was a concubine in the back house of Cai's family who could not bear the humiliation and fled all night. When she was caught as a fugitive slave, the concubine cried and said that her son had died wrongly, and directly poked the queen of Cai's family. House scandal.
On this evening, the Sun family bank instigated the Cai family's accountant to expose the Cai family's tax evasion and omission of a large amount of tax and silver, and took out the bills as proof, which became the straw that broke the camel's back.
For a time, the master of the Cai family was thrown into prison, the woman in the back house was also arrested for being involved in the murder, and the servants were scattered.
That's all, no one contacted the Qi family.
Those who complained were the merchants who had been bullied before, and the Sun family who had a grudge against the Cai family were the ones who sued. As for the matter of the back house, they killed innocent children themselves, and they wanted to pretend that nothing happened? Whoever kills doesn't have to pay for it.
And here, the only person who has something to do with the Qi family is that Cai Twelve Lang was jealous of Qi Saburo and pushed him down the hill.
That person, Qi Saburo, was a victim. He was very pitiful. It was a great fate not to die. Anyone who heard it would sigh that the Qi family had escaped the disaster, and the others had nothing to do with them.
And Ye Jiao heard it with relish along the way. Often, things like this spread around the streets and alleys, but it is very interesting to say it.
Especially last night, the scene where the Yamen closed down Cai's wine shop overnight was described as extremely thrilling. Ye Jiao even made the carriage stop for a while, and then continued walking until the people in the tea shop finished talking.
When she got to the pharmacy, there was still a smile on her face.
When Mrs Dong saw it, she first stretched out her hand to help her down, and then asked curiously, "Jiao Niang, but what kind of fun did you encounter?"
Ye Jiao remembered Qi Yun's advice before, and didn't break it, but smiled and said, "Listening to people outside chatting in the car is like listening to a story. It's very interesting."
Dong Shi thought she had heard some kind of joke, and said with a smile, "If you like listening to stories, when the weather warms up in a few days, how about I take you to the teahouse to listen to books? A new storyteller arrived a while ago. Very well said, sir."
"What book? You give me..."
Dong's face flushed, and he hurriedly cut off the conversation: "How could that book be brought out."
Ye Jiao also nodded: "That's right, there are not many words, but there is nothing to say."
Mr. Dong: ... that makes sense.
But just as they entered the door holding hands, not far away, someone was sitting in the tea stall and looking at her from a distance.
It was Ye Erlang who had been wandering around the town for several days.
Ye Erlang hadn't seen his little sister for a long time, and Ye Erlang hadn't seen her since Ye Jiao came back last time.
It was not Ye Jiao who deliberately walked around him, but Ye Erlang deliberately avoided Ye Jiao.
In fact, he knew that the Qi family opened a wine shop and a pharmacy in the town, and he also knew that he would go to the shop on the opening day.
But Ye Erlang avoided every time.
Because the Qi family would throw some copper plates out when they opened, many people in the village would join in the fun to watch the fun and come back to describe how grand the scene was and how handsome the Qi family Erlang was. Ye Erlang also listened to them. .
But no matter how much others said, he just listened and thought about it in his head. He didn't dare to go over to recognize his relatives, but he was still willing to listen.
Others said that Erlang of the Qi family had a better life. Ye Erlang was happy to hear it, and he seemed to be able to convince himself that he was happy to marry Ye Jiao, but he didn't dare to go to see Ye Jiao, for fear of his little sister. The indifference pierced the fantasy in his head.
But this time Ye Erlang really had no choice.
A few days ago, Ye Pingrong went to his house. Others may not recognize Ye Pingrong, who has changed a lot, but Ye Erlang, who grew up with him, recognized it at a glance.
But before he was happy, Ye Pingrong threw a document for him to sign, and left without saying anything else.
Ye Erlang and his daughter-in-law don't know many words, except for their own name, they don't recognize a few words next to them.
On the contrary, Ye Bao recognized a lot. Although he didn't study hard enough in the academy, Ye Bao was afraid of pain. In order to prevent his husband from playing tricks, he reluctantly recited the "Three Character Classic".
When Ye Bao stumbled over this document, Ye Erlang became anxious after hearing the general meaning, and he was so busy that he wanted to come out and explain it to his elder brother.
But when Ye Pingrong came back, he only said that he had signed the document and sent it to the yamen, and he didn't mention a word next to it.
Ye Erlang didn't know what Ye Pingrong did or where Ye Pingrong lived now, so he could only wander around, hoping to find his eldest brother.
Today, instead of finding Ye Pingrong, he saw Ye Jiao instead.
This made Ye Erlang's eyes lit up, thinking to himself, the little girl has the softest heart. Even though her wife was domineering in the past, Ye Jiao could bear it for her own sake, and she was still a family.
Now if he asks the younger sister to persuade the elder brother, he can always make the elder brother change his mind.
As for the fact that he had cheated on Ye Jiao, Ye Erlang couldn't remember at all.
He has always lied to himself for many years. His original intention was to convince his conscience to be better. Who knew that he had told a lot of lies, a little bit, so that he himself believed it.
When Ye Erlang saw Ye Jiao entered the pharmacy, he hurriedly stood up from the tea stand, but sat down quickly.
He is stupid, and he has to prepare for what he wants to say.
But Ye Erlang didn't notice that someone was staring at him not far away.
It was not Ye Pingrong's arrangement that Liu Rong came to follow Ye Erlang, but Meng's advice.
Princess Duan also had a general understanding of the grievances between the Ye brothers. After knowing that Ye Pingrong was going to split up with Ye Erlang, she guessed that Ye Erlang would not agree, so she asked Liu Rong to follow Ye Erlang to prevent him from making trouble.
If you pull out Ye Pingrong and Duan Wang behind Ye Pingrong, things will be difficult to clean up.
At this moment, when Liu Rong saw Ye Erlang staring at his precious sister Tiha, he opened his eyes more, called his subordinates to come over, and whispered: "Go, tell Tiha what happened here."
"Do you want to tell the princess?"
"Tell Tiju first, if Tiju doesn't come, then tell the princess, let's go."
"Yes."
After Liu Rong finished his instructions, he looked up again, only to find that Ye Erlang, who he had been staring at, was gone.
He hurriedly looked forward, and sure enough, Ye Erlang had entered the pharmacy.
In the back hall of the pharmacy, Ye Jiao was looking at a box of flower tins that Dong's newly collected recently.
"This flower tin is also called eyebrows. There are many stickers on the center of the eyebrows. These are made of camellia oil flower cakes and gold foil. However, the gold foil must be pasted with fish maw glue, which is a little more troublesome." Dong said, He took out a few flowers and showed them to Ye Jiao.
Ye Jiao took it over and looked at it, only to think that Yanhong was beautiful, and the pattern was much more complicated than what she kept at home.
Dong Shi just saw that Ye Jiao had posted the flower tins today, and then took out her flower tin box to look at her, she gathered up her cuffs, touched Ye Jiao's eyebrows lightly, and said with a smile, "Why don't you? Can I get one for you to try?"
Little Ginseng nodded and sat there obediently waiting for Mr. Dong to post it to himself.
But before Mr. Dong could do anything, someone came in and said, "Madam, there is a man surnamed Ye outside who said he wanted to see the second young mistress. He didn't say anything if he asked him anything, but only said that he had something to do with the second young mistress."
As soon as Mr. Dong heard the surname, he subconsciously looked at Ye Jiao.
Ye Jiao thought it was Ye Pingrong, so she said to the Dong family, "Maybe it's my eldest brother, I'll go take a look, Chunlan, wait for me here."
Mr. Dong stood up: "I'll go with you."
She knows how nervous Ye Jiao is, the second young master of the host family. No matter who that person is, Mrs. Dong will go with Ye Jiao. If there is something wrong with Jiao Niang in her own shop, let alone expand the pharmacy in the future, I am afraid that the second young master can Flatten them here.
Ye Jiao did not refuse, and went to the front hall with Dong Shi.
As soon as she entered the door, Ye Jiao stopped and looked at the man in surprise: "Why are you?"
Ye Erlang laughed immediately when he saw Ye Jiao, and wanted to talk to Ye Jiao, but he didn't dare to get too close, so he just whispered: "That, Jiao Niang, I... I haven't seen you for a long time, I'll take a look How are you doing?"
Ye Jiao's eyes were particularly bright, but they weren't too close, but she wasn't bored, and her voice was as soft as ever: "Second brother, I'm fine."
As soon as these words came out, Dong shi frowned.
The matter of Ye Jiao's family is not a secret, especially after Qi Yun's business has grown, the wedding ceremony has also become a topic of discussion among many women in the back house.
But unlike the previous mockery, now when others talk about Ye Jiao, they are all envious.
She is fortunate to be able to turn bad things into good things, and a marriage that has been bad in the eyes of others can also become a good match. Know who these two people are lucky to have.
But for Ye Jia Erlang, they seldom disliked him.
Both women, marriage is a major event in life, like a new life. It is a blessing for Ye Jiao to live a good life, but her maiden's family can actually use her in exchange for silver cakes, how can women who are also women not get bored.
I'm afraid Ye Erlang doesn't know it himself. These ladies add fuel to his affairs to their husbands. Ye Erlang's reputation has long been ruined. How can he succeed in business
Now, when Mr. Dong heard Ye Jiao's name, he knew that this villager was Ye Erlang.
She can't speak at the moment, after all, this is Ye Jiao's maiden family, Dong's only works for the Qi family shop, and can't be the owner of the owner.
But Mr. Dong's mind was clear, and he had an idea as soon as his eyes turned.
She took a few steps back, pretended to pick up the teapot, tilted her head slightly, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and whispered to the man, "I heard that the second young master of the master went to the wine shop to check the accounts today, you should go over and tell the second young master, Saying that the second young lady's family is here, let him come, hurry up."
The young man immediately trotted out to report the letter, while Mrs. Dong took off her veil and walked to Ye Jiao's side again, calm as if nothing had happened, and said with a smile, "Little girl, don't stand all the time, just sit," and then she Looking at Ye Erlang, he also smiled politely, "You also sit."
The little ginseng also felt tired from standing. She was always tired recently, so she found a chair to sit on when she heard the words, but Ye Erlang couldn't sit still. settle down there
Seeing that Ye Jiao didn't shoot him, Ye Erlang felt that there was a drama, took two steps forward, and said, "Little sister, I'm here today to ask you for something."
Ye Jiao was holding a tea cup in both hands to warm her hands, she heard the words and looked at him: "What's the matter?"
Seeing her asking, Ye Erlang didn't care whether there were any outsiders present, and said directly: "That is, the eldest brother came back a while ago, he found me, and said that he would sign a document with me at the yamen, saying that he would be separated from me. "
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Dong said hello to the eldest brother of the Ye family in his heart.
However, Ye Jiao's reaction was a little different.
She neither showed surprise nor sympathy for Ye Erlang, but looked at him calmly: "I have read the regulations, after the death of your parents, you have actually separated by default, it's just that the eldest brother did the military service for you. There are no divisions.”
Dong shi showed surprise at the right time: "Jiao Niang, have you read the statutes?"
The little ginseng nodded: "Well, I have it on the Xianggong's bookshelf. I used it to practice calligraphy."
Dong shi smiled: "Jiao Niang is really smart." This is not a fake, there are many people who use books to practice calligraphy, but if they can really write down what is inside, this is extraordinary intelligence.
Seeing that they were chatting, Ye Erlang hurriedly said, "Little sister, eldest brother is not just about separating the family, he... he gave me a document to sever the relationship!"
As soon as these words came out, the room fell silent.
Dong shi looked at Ye Erlang with some surprise, but more was the stunned decision of Brother Ye Jiao's decision.
Nowadays, severing the relationship is not just as simple as talking about it, but going to the yamen to pass the official document and get it in the seal.
This kind of severing is a complete severance, not only can't be a relative, but most of them will even become enemies.
Even if Mr. Dong felt that Ye Erlang was not a thing, he did not expect Ye Dalang to come this far.
But Ye Jiao knew that Ye Pingrong would do this for a long time, so she was not surprised at this moment.
She put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Ye Erlang.
This look gave Ye Erlang a bad premonition, but now he has no other choice.
Before Ye Jiao could speak, Ye Erlang hurriedly said: "Jiao Niang, considering our brother and sister relationship, you can help me tell my elder brother, okay?"
After hearing this, Mr. Dong knew that it was the housework that followed.
She secretly scolded that Ye Lao Er was not a thing. She knew that she came to ask Ye Jiao at this time, so why didn't she ask Ye Jiao when she sold her
... She didn't despise the owner, of course the owner was good, but now Ye Erlang's use of family affection to pressure Ye Jiao makes Dong shi look down on him.
It stands to reason that this is a housework, and it is not about Dong's business, but she doesn't dare to run away, for fear that Ye Jiao will not be able to find anyone when she needs help with something. : "I won't help you with this matter, brother is right."
Ye Erlang was stunned by what he said. He didn't seem to understand. It was obviously Ye Er's sister-in-law who was sorry to Ye Jiao before. He had a good relationship with his little sister. Jiao is not at all soft-hearted
He still wanted to say something, but he heard a voice from outside the door: "Ye Er, who gave you the courage to come and disturb my little sister?"
Ye Jiao looked around and saw Ye Pingrong striding into the door.
Next came Qi Yun, whose face was sinking like water.