late Qing Dynasty arrest

Li Guolou was so angry that he couldn't speak, and he never spoke to Ai Hai along the way.But the carriage had already arrived at the door of Yao Cuo's house in Bingmasi Hutong, Li Guolou could only squeeze out a smile, jumped off the carriage and hugged Yao Cuo's eldest son, Yao Shuangxi, who greeted him.

Yao Shuangxi, who was out of touch, shouted when he saw Li Guolou: "Little Uncle Li tells stories, Little Uncle Li tells stories."

Li Guolou hugged Yao Shuangxi and said with a smile, "Good little Uncle Li, if you want to tell stories, you have to listen to the stories of the Three Kingdoms, or the stories from the Bible."

Yao Shuangxi shouted, "I want to hear the stories from the Bible."

Yao Cuo said angrily: "Xiao Lizi, what Bible stories are you telling? In the future, my son will believe in Catholicism. I will ask you to settle the score."

Li Guolou quickly disregarded the relationship and said, "Brother, how could it be? It's a fairy tale, just like the Shan Hai Jing. It also teaches people to be kind, so it won't spoil your son."

Do you think he has such a big magic power?Was Ai Hai led to ruin by him?Ai Hai and Hong Gu met each other, no matter what his relationship was, he just assigned the task to Ai Hai and asked Ai Hai to solve the problem of Hong Gu being harassed by local hooligans. What happened next?he does not know.Li Guolou justified himself in a short while, freed him from the predicament, no longer worried about Wang Kuaizui, and just dumped when he was dumped.He was dumped by his betrothed Xie Yunfang, so he didn't live a good life.

Gu Yongping smiled and said: "Xiao Lizi, seeing how you hold a child, you can tell when an old hand is holding a son."

Li Guolou laughed and said: "Sister-in-law, the rules can't be messed up, I haven't hugged my wife yet, how can I hug my son, step by step, right, big brother, second brother."

Wu Defu said: "Xiao Lizi, it seems that you don't follow the rules and become a father before you get married. Those who break the rules will be severely punished."

The people around laughed together.Li Guolou was the object of their fun, whoever told him to have a thick skin, he would not get angry if someone said something sarcastic.

Li Guolou replied: "Second brother, you don't understand this, it's called eating ready-made meals, you don't have this blessing."

Wu Defu said with a smile: "I don't want this blessing. I don't want to annoy my children to death when I divide the family property in the future. I won't do such things that will cause future troubles."

Gu Yongping spat at them and said angrily: "My son is still young, why are you talking about these things, be more serious as elders."

Wu Defu laughed and said: "Sister-in-law, we are all decent people. If we don't listen to ditties, we won't spoil the elder brother. One day the elder brother will marry the younger one, regardless of our affairs, you should know who is making trouble inside."

How many rich men do not marry concubines?Gu Yongping sighed: "I just hope that the family and everything will be prosperous, and don't marry a vixen back and ruin the style of the family."

Yao Cuo still looked serious, as if he never did anything wrong, and the reason for staying out at night was because of his busy schedule.

Li Guolou yelled: "Why are you looking at me? I'm out all day handling cases, and I don't hang out with my elder brother. Double Happiness, let's ignore them and tell stories."

Yao Cuo, Wu Defu, Li Guolou, Lu Haikong, Xing Yunfeng, Ai Hai, and Wang Xiaocui gathered in the Spring Breeze Teahouse. It was like a dinner party among colleagues. For them, it was a secret club activity.They spent sleepless nights here, hiding their ulterior secrets here.This is their first stronghold, and there are not many main personnel now.

They are now dividing up the territory and looking for spokespersons for each piece of land. Wang Xiaocui (Wang Wu) has joined this association, and he started to do many things that are inconvenient for the yamen.Now he is mixed among the big brothers, he does not show himself, and only plays the role of obeying orders.

Li Guolou still held Yao Shuangxi in his arms. He couldn't escape the children's entanglement until he finished telling the story. Who told him that he had a good temper and liked to play tricks on children.

As soon as Li Guolou stepped into the Spring Breeze Teahouse, he exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, you changed everything in your house, what a great deal."

The Spring Breeze Teahouse is refreshing, the beautiful tables and chairs are neatly arranged, it is not a teahouse for ordinary people, it is clearly the living room of a wealthy family.

Gu Yongping laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, little Li, the price remains the same. I still like to deal with my old neighbors. Now there are theater troupes in the afternoon and evening. It's usually very lively here."

Li Guolou turned pale with shock, and said, "Ah, I haven't come for three days, whoever came up with the idea, I'm going to kill my sister-in-law to death. Isn't it a loss-making business to sing opera?"

Yao Cuo said with a bitter face: "I don't agree, there's nothing I can do about it, the wind beside the pillow is so powerful, I just have to pinch my nose to admit it."

Li Guolou shook his head, women are not peaceful, men work hard to make money, Gu Yongping is playing around, and now Yao Cuo has some spare money, so he joins an opera troupe at the door of his house.In the future, Gu Yongping's appetite will get bigger and bigger, and one day she will raise a troupe of actors just like those princes.This is also a product of the times, and it is also the highest pursuit of the people at that time. There is nothing like having a banquet at home, and having your own troupe singing to show your face and earn face.The most fashionable way for rich people to give gifts is to give an opera troupe, which will cost a lot, and it is all done by princes and nobles.

People at a slightly lower level are gifting singers. The money spent to make a singer famous in a big city is tens of thousands of taels of silver. The wealthy people of the Qing Empire lived this kind of drunken life.

Li Guolou turned his head and said, "Second Brother, do members of your family have this preference?"

Wu Defu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't mention it, Xiao Li still tells stories."

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Li Guolou struggled to talk about the Bible.After coaxing Yao Shuangxi well, Gu Yongping took the eldest son back to the backyard to prepare for the dinner.There were only a group of elders left in the teahouse, and they didn't hesitate to speak.

Everyone was waiting for Zhao Yao from Yipintang to come to eat, there was no big deal, just getting to know each other, and they bowed to the mountain to admit that the big brother came.I started to talk about my mother-in-law and mother-in-law, and I mixed up personal and business matters to pass the time.

Wu Defu finally couldn't help it, and said angrily: "Brother, it's all your fault. The wife in my family was spoiled by my sister-in-law, and I became addicted to listening to opera. Now when I go out, she goes to the theater and talks in her sleep in the middle of the night. They are all singing, what do you think about this?"

Yao Cuo scratched his head and glanced at Li Guolou, and said: "I have learned from experience, women can't let them idle at home. I heard from Wang Wu that Xiaofang's Baozhi room will open soon. When will Xiao Lizi open?" ?”

Li Guolou didn't think too much, and said casually: "The decoration is almost done, and the Spring Festival will be in a month's time. Didn't all the guests go back to their hometown? There is no business, so I'm going to let Xiaofang spend the tenth day of the first month." It doesn't open until five."

Yao Cuo pointed to Li Guolou, and said: "This is the opening, we all go to cheer, let my wife help, she also likes to cook, anyway, there can also sing opera, learn to cook, and listen to opera at the same time, such a life makes sense."

Wang Wu nodded and said: "Brother is right, I haven't eaten Xiaofang's cooking for a long time, and the gluttons in my stomach have come out."

Everyone clamored together, ordering Li Guolou to open Baozhi's room as soon as possible, and they all went to join in the show. They could order meals during the Spring Festival, and so many families could get together to play mahjong.

Li Guolou disagreed, it didn't mean that he would die of exhaustion during the Spring Festival alone, while others would eat, drink and have fun, but instead he would become a servant serving others.

Li Guolou argued and said: "Everyone, Xiaofang likes to open a restaurant, she can do whatever she wants, what do we elders care about?"

Wu Defu asked: "Wang Wu, Xiaofang really knows how to cook."

Wang Wu laughed and said, "Xiaofang's deceased husband was from Shijiazhuang, a descendant of Zheng's family. Second brother, you understand."

Several generations of the Zheng family have produced many royal chefs, and they are also the source of the top chefs handpicked by the Qing Empire. That is to say, many members of the Zheng family have become eunuchs, so Wang Wu's face became obscene.

Wu Defu suddenly realized, laughed and said: "So that's the case, Xiao Lizi is too shy, the elders promised that so many brothers will support you, what do you ask for, then I will ask Mr. Bao to write an inscription for you, and you can do it in the future." Wealth prospers."

Li Guolou couldn't laugh or cry, it wasn't the emperor's inscription, who came to eat because of Bao Tong's inscription?But I have to give this face whatever I say, so I reluctantly nodded to the brothers' request to let Baozhifang open as soon as possible.

How could Li Guolou not know what Yao made a mistake?The eldest brother also wants to open a restaurant, so he no longer puts his mind on a teahouse shop, but ran to his site to steal teachers, and even called it "help!" He has no other expectations, only asks his sister-in-law Gu Yongping If you open a restaurant, don't use the signboard "Baozhifang".The signboard of a businessman is money, which can be passed on to future generations. He is not willing to go to court with others for the signboard of "Baozhifang" in the future.

As soon as Li Guolou agreed, Wu Defu said: "Little Li, let my wife come to help, so that your Baozhifang will flourish in the future."

Now Li Guolou quit, anxiously said: "Big brother, second brother, let's build two more Baozhi houses in the capital, don't let this business plummet."

Wu Defu quickly argued: "Hey, my brother, how could we kill chickens and take eggs? My wife is from Tianjin. It's a good place, the back garden of rich people."

Hearing Wu Defu abandoning the position of the capital, Li Guolou turned to look at Yao Cuo and asked, "Brother, what about you?"

Yao Cuo rolled up his sleeves and yelled: "You guys are all playing tricks. I have already figured it out. In the future, I will open a club with food, drink and fun. Baozhi Room is just a restaurant inside. The headquarter of the name is placed inside, but the name has not been chosen yet, so you can figure out what kind of name is the most popular."

Wu Defu regained his energy and said, "Well, it's still big brother who has the courage to open a guild hall, and the money will be made every day in the future."

All the brothers cheered together and clamored loudly, agreeing with the idea of ​​the eldest brother Yao Cuo and the second brother Wu Defu.

Li Guolou drank a glass of water and sighed: "You are all frogs at the bottom of the well. How much money can a guild hall make every day? I'm not saying that you are short-sighted and unable to keep up with the pace of the times. From now on I You are not allowed to participate in the business I am doing, and I am bored alone."

Hula, Li Guolou's seat was surrounded by all the brothers so that the wind and rain could not enter, and the water could not escape.Everyone's good days are thanks to Li Guolou, how can they let this goldfish swim away.