Splendid glory of a girl from another world

Chapter 257 Second Brother
The New Year is getting closer, and the family of the newly-appointed Yongfeng Earl Li is unprecedentedly lively. Many families that Li has never dealt with before have sent their useful stewards to pay gifts.

Sister-in-law Chu was pregnant, so sisters Li Qiusui and Xia He helped Liu with housework whenever they had time.

Zhou Pingjia came in hurriedly to report, "Madam, the housekeeper of the Gong family is here again. He said that we don't have much fruit! He has come several times and insisted that we squeeze out some, saying that they need it to entertain guests during the New Year. He kept blocking our door and I had no choice but to use the excuse that the fruit had to be sent to the palace to send him away."

The fruits sent to the palace were grown at home, but there were too many of them to be eaten.

Unlike the fruit trees planted on the farm, they are not sold directly to restaurants and shops outside.

Besides, these were all grown by our own wife and daughter at home. It would be ok to give them away, but it would be embarrassing to sell them and tell others about them.

In fact, there wasn't much left over, so some was given to the palace and to the people with whom we had contact.

She knew that the lady had been troubled by this matter these days, which was why she was so rude and used the palace to pressure others. She was also afraid of causing trouble for the master's family, so she hurried in to report.

Liu had a headache. "It's not your fault. It's better this way, so they don't keep pestering me. I didn't think things through. If this was the first one to come, I would have sent him away out of consideration, and there wouldn't have been so many problems later!"

The two sisters were confused. Xia He asked, "Which Gong family? They are entertaining guests and they ask us for fruit? What's the logic behind this?"

Zhou Ping's family, "I heard that the master of the family is a minister in the Ministry of Revenue."

In fact, the Li family is considered a new noble family in the capital. The family only has a title and has no connection with being an official in the court.

Xia He looked at Liu, "A third-rank official can't use his power to bully others, right? The people in the palace can't be so justified in asking for fruit."

Li Qiusui didn't take it seriously at all. "Have many people come to our house to ask for fruit recently?"

Zhou Pingjia nodded hurriedly, "It was at the Zheng family, the two families that Madam knew, they came first. But the housekeepers they sent were very polite. They first said it was a New Year gift for our family, and when we returned the gift, they tactfully mentioned whether they could take some fruit back. Madam was also considering leaving some for the palace, so one family gave a little as a return gift, and later they found a reason to send some back as a return gift. In short, everyone was very polite and could not refuse. It's not like the Gong family..."

Li Qiusui collected the account books and put them in order, then he told Zhou Ping's family, "If there are any more people like the Gong family, there is no need to use anything to pressure them. Just ask Zhou Ping to tell the doorman to drive them out with a big stick, and don't worry about offending anyone."

Today there is Minister Gong, tomorrow there will be Minister Wang and Minister Zhang. In the capital, if you throw a brick at someone, you will definitely knock out a high-ranking official. If you want to give someone a piece of fruit, you have to think twice before giving it to him. Then you will never have a peaceful life in the future.

Xia He agreed with her sister, "That's how it should be. No one wants to do things perfectly. It's just bullying us because we have a shallow foundation. Our Bo's Mansion and the Minister's Family have always been separate. If we compromise, anyone can bully us, and we will never have a peaceful life."

Seeing that his wife had no objection, Zhou Pingjia said "yes" and left.

Liu sighed, "I am rich, but life in the capital is not as good as that in Li Village. I am guarding our orchard. If the men in my family were not so generous, I would not want to suffer this."

The New Year is approaching, and I must be missing home.

Li Qiusui smiled and said, "We can buy more land when we have the chance and build a Yuguoyuan in the capital. Even if we don't come to the capital for the next two years, when Fourth Brother comes to the capital for the examination in a few years, we have to follow him."

"Yes, we can come to the capital in advance. I am not worried about your fourth brother. But your second brother Chang Lei has not come back for several years. The last time he came back, he wanted to marry a wife there. He is already a grown-up, and your father and I are also worried about finding a wife for him. Even if it is a girl, we really don't feel at ease unless we personally take a look at her."

Li Changlei has become very skilled thanks to the body that Li Qiusui has transformed. He has accumulated military merits in recent years and has been promoted to centurion. The next level up is the rank of centurion, which can be inherited by descendants.

A Qianhu has far more than a thousand soldiers. When the remaining soldiers are added as reserves, he is considered a military officer of considerable size.

Therefore, Li Changlei also has a promising future.

There was a military officer who took a fancy to Li Changlei, a young talent, and believed that marriage was the best way to bind the interests of both parties.

Taking one more step up sounds easy, but it is actually extremely difficult without support.

His family has not yet established a firm foothold in the capital, and has no connections in the military, so it can hardly help Li Changlei's official career. Marriage seems to be the best option.

Li Qiusui pondered, "How about, after the New Year, I go to see my second brother first?"

Liu was shocked. "Little aunt, you better behave yourself. Your second brother is not three or two years old. How can he not have some ideas at such an age? He can marry whoever he wants! As long as they live well, your father and I have your eldest brother, so they don't need to worry about us. Anyway, I asked your father to make everything clear, so there is no need for you to travel through mountains and rivers to take risks. Do you want us to worry to death?"

Li Qiusui?
The main purpose was to ask his second brother in person whether he really liked the girl and whether his family was using power to bully others.

But seeing her mother's reaction, it would take at least ten days or half a month to go back and forth, so it would definitely not work if she did it secretly.

Li Qiusui was still thinking about who to ask about the situation of Li Changlei's Shangguan family first, when Fang Chenqi and the Ninth Princess came again.

The New Year is just a few days away. Can the princess just leave the palace as easily as she wants?

Li Qiusui had other plans in mind, and was very happy to see the brother and sister. Then she heard the Ninth Princess calling her, "Sui Sui, Sui Sui, come here!"

Are we so familiar with each other? Have you forgotten that you regarded me as your love rival last time?

Li Qiusui walked over and saluted the two of them.

The Ninth Princess blushed and pulled the man up, "Are you not welcoming me? Why did you look at me like that just now?"

Fang Chenqi also smiled and said, "It's the New Year's Day, I'm sorry to bother you so much, Miss Li!"

Li Qiusui wanted to roll his eyes in his heart, but he had to be patient and coax the man, "No! I'm just too flattered."

The Ninth Princess embraced Li Qiusui's arm without any hesitation, "That's good, you don't know how boring it is in the palace! I heard from Sixth Brother that it takes more than ten days for strawberries to ripen, and I've been counting the days. How is it, are they ripe? Do you want me to help pick them?"

He looks eager to try, it's obvious that he came here just to pick strawberries.

Li Qiusui sent the people to the greenhouse, where Xia He and the others were, and he found an excuse to go look for Fang Chenqi.