You Miao pulled the paper, but You Dechuan held it down and said, "I can't let you go to Beijing this year."
You Miao frowned and said, "Why?"
You Dechuan said: "There are frequent wars outside the Great Wall, I'm afraid the north is not stable."
You Miao smiled and said: "The north is not stable, and it may not even be able to hold the capital, old man, what are you thinking?"
"Idiot!" You Dechuan scolded: "If the north is not stable, you will have to conscript troops, the court personnel are transferred, and there are many corvés in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei areas. If you are recruited by the Third Highness's party, you will not be able to rush for 800 miles. , write a letter to ask the family for money?"
You Miao said: "I have nothing to do with those three His Royal Highnesses..."
You Dechuan said again: "What if the crown prince asks you for money? The treasury is empty, and the Liangjiang area will definitely increase taxes. At that time, Prime Minister Li urges the emperor to borrow money from the salt merchant and tea merchant, and you are detained in the capital. Can I not pay? money?"
You Miao sneered, talking about it, he still felt sorry for money, and he wanted to retort: If you really start a war with the Hu people, the country will be overturned, even if you have the ability to the sky, you will not be able to take care of your own industry, but then think about it, this money After all, it was You Dechuan. He gave it to whomever he liked, and he kept it when he died and brought it into the coffin, or was robbed by the barbarians and would not do his business.
You Miao thought for a while and said, "Then what are you doing?"
You Dechuan said: "Your mother encircled a piece of land during her lifetime, and she wanted to do it 15 years ago. Later, she often fell ill and was in poor health, so she didn't go there. The four tenants were looking after it. Here it is. If you can come up with any tricks, let your elder brother go to Beijing in three years, and you will take care of the family property. You two can exchange."
Hearing this, You Miao couldn't help laughing, and squinted at You Hango again, seeing that he had rough skin, a village boy who entered the city, and now he is with a rich old man. It looks like this, but the spirit of farming can't be changed. Is he going to Beijing? What can a mud leg do? He didn't know how to eat or play, and most of Li Yan and the others didn't even look at him.
"I'm not going." You Miao became stubborn again and said, "What nonsense."
You Dechuan said: "If you don't go, you have to go. I don't have much money for you."
You Miao: "You..."
You Dechuan said, "I have decided not to let you go to Beijing. Your cousin also wrote a letter. You spend too much a year, and the family can't pay for your money..."
You Miao: "What are you kidding? You will lose the thousands of taels of silver?! Give me back the things! I'll take my own money to Beijing!"
You Dechuan said: "Where did you get the money? How can you be rich? It's not that Lao Tzu is offering you, so what are you going to use to make friends with those foxes..."
You Dechuan's anger came up again, but the fault was still with him. The decision to establish another eldest son couldn't be undone. Just as he was about to say a few more words calmly, You Miao sneered: "Are you offering me? Are you rich? If it wasn't for my mother back then Help you, do you want to make a fortune and buy a home? Go and do your Spring and Autumn Dream!"
"The old dog who eats soft rice, my mother helps you set up a huge family business. As soon as your forefoot is gone, you turn your face and don't recognize anyone. You are marrying a little wife, and you are recognizing a survivor..."
"Father! Calm down!"
"I'll kill you little bastard!"
Before You Miao finished speaking, he smashed the ink inkstone at the head. You Miao subconsciously avoided it in an instant, but Li Zhifeng made a lightning strike and copied the ink inkstone in his hands. Very embarrassed.
In his life, You Dechuan hated someone to mention this the most. Every time he was mentioned outside, he looked like "You Dechuan who eats soft rice". He really hated him enough to bite a silver tooth.
"Father..." You Hange stopped the old man, and repeatedly persuaded him to stay calm. You Miao left the study with a head of ink without writing the letter, and walked towards the corridor angrily.
"Father! Father!" You Hange saw that You Dechuan had been turned pale by his younger son's anger, and fell on the chair. He hurriedly gave him relief, clenched his fists and called out, making Wang's face pale in horror.
You Miao finally let out a sigh of relief, leaning against the corridor, for some unknown reason, but only felt inexplicably tired.
Li Zhifeng stood behind him, the left half of his face was covered in ink, and You Miao's right face was covered in ink. He sighed, turned around, hugged Li Zhifeng's waist, and buried his face on his shoulders.
Li Zhifeng raised his hand silently and put his arms around You Miao, and the two hugged each other like this, standing quietly in the corridor.
After noon the next day, another visitor came to the tea house. This time, the tea farmers and long-term workers came to give New Year's gifts. There was always a yard. You Hange knocked on the door and said, "Brother."
You Miao Fenghan was not completely healed, and he was still coughing when he got up. Mu Qi'er saw You Hango and bowed to let him enter the outhouse. You Hango said, "Is it better?"
You Miao was drowsy and couldn't answer for a while, just glanced at him like a young tiger who didn't trust people, You Hango said, "Today the tea farmers came in to worship, and Dad asked you to come out and meet them. After all, they are their own tenants, and some of the red seals are going to be scattered. There are also uncles and brothers from Yangzhou who come to walk around, look... "
"Got it." You Miao said angrily, "The old man is accompanying the guests?"
You Hange said, "Yes, eldest brother doesn't know the rules, and he doesn't know how to seal... I wanted to let Uncle Lin go to loose seals, but Dad said that we should go to at least one..."
"I'll come." You Miao said coldly.
Temper is not temper, You Miao still knows the general, what to do when you have to do what to do, since there are people in the clan today, You Dechuan can't go away if you want to accompany the guests, and he must be the elder of the You clan. If this new housekeeper was to send the tenants away, firstly, he would not be able to convince the public, and secondly, the servant was hired by the Wang family.
Presumably You Hango was also afraid of this festival, so he specially came over to ask You Miao to ride a horse.
You Miao got out of bed wearing a single coat and coughed a few times. You Hange hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "You can write down the number. There is a gift list here, and I will let someone pack it and give it as a reward..."
You Miao waved his hand, Li Zhifeng came over with a robe to wrap him, and You Hange said again, "If you're not busy, you have to eat early before you go, and let them wait a little longer."
After a few washes, You Miao cleaned up casually, then used some porridge, followed You Hange to his room, spread out the gift list, and sealed it according to the gift package given by the tenant.
You Hange helped and said, "Brother, don't be angry anymore, he can't stand it since last year."
You Miao did not speak, but noticed that You Hango's room was very simple, and there was not even a book on the table. Although it was the main room where You Miao lived in the past, it looked simple when cleaned up. Inscribed: "Those who travel a hundred miles are half and ninety."
Not to mention the pomp and circumstance compared to the quilts and quilts he lived in before, and even the Deyou family in the capital.
After You Miao wrapped the envelope, he ordered the servant to go to the front yard of the villa holding a plate, but You Hange became a follower instead.
"Master." Some tenants recognized him and smiled, You Miao also smiled at him, rewarded one by one, and hundreds of tea farmers were all standing on the ground.
These people all hope to renew the lease of Youjia’s tea fields in the coming year. At the end of the year, they are busy picking winter buds and save some thoughts, so that they can make a little money to support their families while traveling in Dechuan without increasing the rent.
"Fifteen jars of kimchi roots... I like to eat it." You Miao smiled and checked the list, and said, "Come on, I will reward you."
The tea farmer received the seal and said with a smile, "I dare to know that the young master likes to eat it. It was marinated in the jar at the beginning of the year. My daughter-in-law just talks about it and doesn't know when the young master will come back..."
You Miao said, "Have a heart and a heart."
"Don't increase the rent next year, young master!" Someone shouted from behind the team again.
You Miao said: "No rent increase!"
The tea farmers were relieved, chatting and laughing for a while.