Yongzheng and I refreshed the tablet together

In the early morning, the orange-red sun shone on the passers-by on the road. Jiang Mo took a rest and left the Yamen Office carrying a large package of things sent by his parents from his hometown for his sister. He walked to the street and stopped at the stall where he often bought breakfast. Bought a meatloaf.

The meatloaf is wrapped in yellow straw paper and soaked in a layer of oil. The skin is crispy and the meat is tender. When you gnaw the crispy skin with your teeth, the fragrant and hot juice will flow into your mouth, making the tip of your tongue numb.

After eating one, he felt warm from the inside out. Jiang Mowan took out the handkerchief and wiped the grease on his hands. He wiped his mouth and put it in his arms, thinking that he would have to wash the handkerchief again tonight.

There was a shop selling fermented rice in front, and a pot full of fermented fermented rice was cooked in the garden. In the morning air, which had not yet warmed up at all, milky white and rich water vapor was rolling.

Jiang Mowang had just eaten a meat pie and was thirsty. He walked over and asked for a bowl. While drinking the soup, he pressed his hand against the big bulging bag next to him.

At this time, a person walked out of the small alley in front of him. He was about to go over and saw Jiang Mowang sitting at the stall eating, and hurriedly took a few steps back.

"Brother Jiang." This man came over and said hello boldly, then turned to the stall owner and his wife over there and said, "Bring me a bowl of rice dumplings with fermented rice. I want the sweet-scented osmanthus flavor."

Jiang Mowan saw this man and smiled and said, "Youjie? You are still in the capital. Didn't you say you were going back to your hometown? Why haven't you talked to me these days?"

Li Wei took the rice dumplings sent by the woman with both hands, and insisted on eating even after they were hot out of the pot. He said vaguely: "I was going to leave, but I heard that my friend was planning to sell a batch of goods from the capital to Jiangnan, so I wanted to follow him. One share, so I can make some money to go home for the New Year. I’m very busy these days. How about you, Brother Jiang, how are you doing in the Ministry of Works?"

Jiang Mo smiled and said: "It's not bad, it's just that people are too busy to pass the time."

"What are you going to do?" Li Wei asked, "You want to move? Do you need my help?"

"Why should I move? This salary will keep me from starving when I live in the Yamen Office." Jiang Mowan wiped his mouth after eating and patted the baggage at hand, "My parents asked my uncle who was passing by to Beijing to bring it to me. Send it to my sister."

Li Wei thought for a while and said in a lowered voice: "Your sister is Jiang Zifu Jin from the fourth master's house, right?"

Jiang Mo sighed: "People are really afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. You are the 30th person to ask me this question in a month."

Li Wei finished pulling the last glutinous rice ball and said with a smile: "That means people ask you this every day, right?"

Jiang Mowan nodded tiredly, looked at Li Wei and said, "Are you okay next?"

Li Wei shook his head and joked: "What, you plan to introduce me to Fourth Master? Brother, if this is the case, I will give you a big red envelope this year."

Jiang Mowang didn't object to Li Wei's direct request for favors. It was much better to say it clearly than to beat around the bush behind his back. Moreover, officialdom was a personal love scene, and he would do anything based on the principles written in the sages' books. No.

Jiang Mo smiled and said, "What good things are you thinking of? You see, I look like someone who can date Fourth Master out."

Li Wei wiped his mouth carelessly and said, "Although he is the fourth master, he is also your brother-in-law."

Jiang Mowang: "If he were the Fourth Master of an ordinary family, I would go up and recognize this brother-in-law," he said seriously, "Let's get back to the subject, after sending this thing to my sister, I plan to go to Chen's Zhuangzi outside the city to have some fun. Listen. They said that they opened a listening to snow pavilion and invited a chef from Jiangnan. The chef was very good at making squirrel and mandarin fish. My parents didn’t give me much money. If I eat this meal by myself, I’ll have to eat it this month. If you If you want to go, we can share the cost equally."

Li Wei said: "I made an appointment with Gao Minzheng to meet at Chen time, but I might not be able to go. Let me ask him if he is going. If so, we will go to Chenzhuang to look for you."

Jiang Mowang picked up the baggage and said, "Okay, I'll leave first. Where can you meet? I'll wait for you nearby."

"Hi, Brother Li."

Just as he was talking, a big fat man walked by the roadside. He saw Li Wei sitting at the stall and walked over with a smile.

Li Wei laughed and said, "Isn't this a coincidence? Minzheng, my brother is going to Chenzhuang outside the city for leisure in a while. I'll go and make up with him. Let's talk about things first."

When Gao Minzheng saw Jiang Mowang, he was willing to make friends with him. He waved his hand and said, "What's the matter? Let's go directly to Chenzhuang to discuss the matter. I'll cover all the expenses."

Jiang Mo waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. Each of us has one share."

Said and ran away.

Gao Min was sitting opposite Li Wei: "What's the matter? It seems like your brother is a scholar. He's not willing to make friends with a coward like me?" Li Wei said with a smile: "Brother Jiang is not such a person. He is just unfamiliar. Why are you doing this for nothing? Take advantage of you and tell me what kind of goods you plan to transport to the south, and I will give you some advice."

"Madam boss, please have a bowl of rice dumplings." Gao Minzheng raised his hand to order for rice, then put one arm on the table and said, "I know a handyman who works in Qintian Prison. I heard that this year is colder than last year, and it can snow heavily. Go to the south. I plan to collect a batch of cotton in the north and transport it to the south using the big water transport ship. What do you think?"

Li Wei thought for a while and said, "Okay, okay, but if the weather doesn't get colder, this batch of cotton will fall into your hands. And the people in charge of water transportation are greedy now. They can't find a route without a few hundred taels."

Gao Minzheng said with a smile: "Brother, you are too timid. I have a connection with the second housekeeper in the Prime Minister Ming's Mansion. If I give him 100 taels of silver, he can cover our trip on the water transport line for three months. Isn't that expensive?" "

Li Wei smacked his lips and said with a smile: "There's no need to worry. Can the weather really get cold?"

Although it had just snowed heavily, it was not too cold compared to last year.

Gao Minzheng said: "I have an old family member who knows a little bit about the weather. During the dog days of summer, he said that it will definitely be cold this year. Jiangnan has never been very cold, and people can't stand the slightest cold."

Li Wei thought about his experiences since he was a child. He only remembered that there was a heavy snowfall in Jiangsu when he was five years old. Many people froze to death on the road, and even the price of food jumped.

"Okay, let's do it." Li Wei was about to say his suggestion when he inadvertently raised his eyelids and saw the three people walking in the distance. After taking a closer look, he let out an ouch and hurriedly stood up.

Gao Min was sipping hot rice balls with fermented glutinous rice and asked, "What are you doing?"

Li Wei kicked him and whispered: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, be careful when you speak later."

Jiang Mowang was also helpless. He was afraid that the Fourth Master might have manipulated this sister's temper again. Just now, the Fourth Master asked him what his plans were for a while. He didn't think of lying and told the truth. Then she heard that he wanted to If he goes out to eat squirrel and mandarin fish at a private restaurant outside the city, this girl will definitely go with him.

He said that it was inconvenient to take her with him as he had made an appointment with a friend. The girl's eyes immediately turned red and she looked at the fourth master and said that she wanted to go too, why couldn't she go out and so on.

At that time, he was worried about this girl. Unexpectedly, the fourth master smiled helplessly, turned around and asked his servants to prepare a men's gown and winter hat for her.

This girl gave up before she was ready, and said very dissatisfied: "Men's clothes are so ugly, I won't wear them. Besides, isn't it embarrassing for me to go out dressed like this?"

At that time, Jiang Mowang wanted to exercise his elder brother's power and slap the table on the spot to reprimand the girl, but the fourth master was still not angry at all. He just smiled and said to the girl: "There are no restrictions on women walking on the street, but sitting with a few men There can only be showgirls at the table drinking wine."

So the girl reluctantly changed into a royal blue gown that Su Peisheng ran out to get back.

Later, when he was not paying attention, Fourth Master took the girl to draw her eyebrows, so that her fair face did not look too feminine.

Walking on the bustling street, the sister next to him would sometimes ask for candied haws and sometimes stop to watch the monkey performer. Jiang Mowang had only two words for his fourth master: gratitude.

Thank you for putting up with such a noisy Fujin.

Dad, I'm afraid you have to be promoted to a very high position to keep your sister. Sometimes you are too ignorant and generous to her.

But thinking about it on the other hand, without Fourth Master's connivance, his sister would not be so comfortable in his presence. Jiang Mowan gave Fourth Master a grateful look again.

The fourth master felt ashamed, because only he knew that his kindness to Yingying was more because he wanted to rub off on other people's tablets. First of all, his purpose was not simple.

Jiang Mowang saw Li Wei who had already stood up and walked over, and asked Fourth Master again: "It doesn't matter if I have my friends?"

The Fourth Master said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, don't we just want to see the various aspects of the people when we come out? In the past, I didn't have the opportunity to meet ordinary friends. I have to thank my uncle for taking me with him."

Jiang Mowang lamented that the fourth master was really a good man, without any airs of a royal elder brother. He was so touched by his attitude towards his brother-in-law, who was really a private son-in-law.

Fourth Master: "..."

Jiang Mowang and this soul from modern times are really like a brother and sister.