The third main house in the south.
Watching Si Fujin eat green apricots one bite at a time, Si Age felt that his teeth were about to get sore.
Seeing this, Si Fujin handed over the cantaloupe plate and said, "Eat this, sir."
Brother Si glanced at the clock, stood up and said, "I don't want to eat anymore..."
Si Fujin said with regret, "I thought Brother Jiu would have a '100-year-old wine' there, but now that we are treating guests, the 100-year-old wine should not be served."
The three children's 100th birthday is in early June, and it's only half a month away. It's too close to hold a banquet together, which is not Shu Shu's style, so Si Fujin said this.
Brother Si said: "It's better to wait until the 'Zhou Zhou' time to do it."
What is auspicious but not auspicious is deceptive, but before the child is vaccinated, it is still good to see few people.
In addition to smallpox, there were epidemics.
Although there is no pox epidemic in the capital now, it is hard to guard against the mess if someone has bad intentions.
Although he was invited to go, as an elder brother, it was not easy for him to go empty-handed.
Fourth Brother asked someone to prepare two boxes of Korean ginseng and two boxes of Codonopsis pilosula, which can be used for daily nourishment.
After exiting the entrance of South Third Institute and seeing the closed door of Second Institute next to it, Fourth Brother frowned slightly.
this……
The eighth brother should be embarrassed today. All the brothers have been invited, including the two younger ones, the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother. Only the eighth elder brother is left alone.
But the step by step relationship between the two brothers has reached today, and everyone has watched it, and they don't blame the ninth elder brother for being cold-hearted. That slave is so presumptuous, and it's also because of the eighth elder brother's inaction.
Before the change, Fourth Brother would definitely want to mediate, but now he doesn't want to get into trouble.
Yuqing Palace was superior, but when she neglected the prince's elder brother, the princess had to personally come forward and take real money from Zhuangzi and the shop to apologize. This time, except for Zhuangzi and the shop who were ordered to compensate by the emperor's father, the eighth prince was Besides, I won’t mention it anymore.
Or maybe it's because he didn't formally apologize.
The fourth elder brother was thoughtful.
He has been working in the Sixth Department for ten years, and has seen the eucalyptus of the Criminal Department, as well as various account books of the Household Department, and understands the importance of money.
In the files of the Ministry of Punishment, half of them were seeking money and killing people.
Lao Ba had learned his lesson from the past and lost a village and a shop. He was probably afraid and didn't want to suffer any more losses, so he tried to wait for the passage of time, but it was a small loss that made a big loss.
If the eighth prince sincerely apologizes after the incident involving the Yaqibs and his wife comes out in early March, he will be one of the guests today, and he will definitely get much more than the compensation.
When the eldest brother came out, he saw the fourth brother standing at the door of the third house, stunned, and said: "Where are you waiting for me? Let's go..."
The fourth elder brother nodded and followed the eldest elder brother towards Changchun Garden.
This place is not too close to Beiwusuo. It goes around half of Changchun Garden, nearly three miles.
The eunuch behind the eldest brother, like Su Peisheng, was carrying a basket containing two boxes of sea cucumbers and two boxes of fish maw.
"If Lao Jiu doesn't treat me, I'm going to send someone over to ask for some food from my brothers and sisters. I've been having a bad taste in my mouth these days, so I just want to eat spicy food. You think this is weird. According to the recipe, the same ingredients are used. , the food made by my chef is dry and spicy, and the tongue is burning when you eat it, and it is not fragrant. If you eat it at Lao Jiu's place, it will have a different taste..."
The eldest brother said.
The fourth elder brother looked at the red pimples on his face and said, "My eldest brother is suffering from facial sores right now. Didn't the imperial doctor tell me what to eat?"
The eldest brother said disapprovingly: "I gave in, and even prescribed Qingfei Drink. What are you doing with that? It's not a girl, it's just that the weather is hot and stuffy. It'll be fine every summer when autumn comes."
Since he knew it well, Fourth Brother stopped rambling and just said: "My brother has been using facial cleansing soap these days. It looks good and washes his face clean. It is better than ordinary soap locust. It is sold in the rouge shop of Sister Jiu." Yes, brother can send someone to buy some."
The eldest brother glanced at the fourth brother and said with disdain: "Who uses that to wash their face? Don't be led astray by Lao Jiu, why don't you also smell good all over your body!"
Fourth elder brother: "..."
I don’t really want to talk to him anymore.
Poor widower!
Life is rough!
After the eldest brother finished speaking, he moved his nose. It didn't smell like flowers, but rather smelled like mint.
"Huh? It's not bad. It's like mosquito coils. You can give me some when you get back from dinner later. I'll try it out. This one is more suitable for us. We usually put gouache, rouge or something on it. This should be fine. Wash it clean..."
Brother Si nodded and said: "Okay, but there are no new ones. I'll cut it into half for you and try using it."
The two brothers talked, passed the palace gate, continued walking east, and walked north on the corridor outside the garden.
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At the entrance of the Second North School, the seventh elder brother who had just come out was blocked by the third elder brother.
"Lao Qi, this banquet today is not just about paying back money. Lao Jiu said during the housewarming party last year that he would share the profits with our brothers..."
As he spoke, the third elder brother lowered his voice and said: "What is the division? How about we ask Lao Jiu privately first to avoid having to argue at the table?"
The seventh elder brother looked at the third elder brother and said: "Just pay back the money, the rest is optional."
The third elder brother looked at the seventh elder brother with some doubts.
Everyone's divided money is 230,000 taels, right?
Didn’t Khan Amma secretly provide double subsidies to others?
Why do everyone regard money as dirt?
He looked at the seventh elder brother and said: "I went to the Eight Banners Department of the Ministry of Revenue to check this morning. From last year's Gold Awarding Festival to this year's Dragon Boat Festival, hundreds of thousands of acres of land were sold in Xiaotangshan, involving more than two million yuan. Two, the profit has doubled!"
The seventh elder brother was as calm as water and looked at the third elder brother without saying anything.
The movements in Xiaotangshan have been recorded by Luan Yiwei for a long time.
The third elder brother was shocked by the sight. He cleared his throat and said, "I'm not trying to plot anything, but I'm just thinking about being so heroic as Lao Jiu said before. He shouldn't treat us badly. If we put the money in the bank and put it out, we still get three points of profit." , counting from the end of September last year, it has been eight months, and based on three-thirds profit, it is also 24%..."
Even 24%, it’s still cheap!
But the third elder brother was really afraid that the ninth elder brother would take advantage of his young age and shamelessness to only give everyone half or 10% of the profit, so he thought about how to "remind" the ninth elder brother to at least give him this amount.
In that case, his profit share would be thirty-six thousand taels of silver!
Hearing this, Seventh Brother frowned and said: "Three points, that's a loan shark!"
This is already the maximum interest allowed by law. If it exceeds this, the lender will be held accountable.
Lending money to a brother and then collecting interest at usury rates, what did Third Brother think? His mind was caught in the door?
Third Brother said: "But this cowhide was blown out by Lao Jiu, so it's not much. The big head is still reserved for Lao Jiu. He can't eat meat. We can't even drink the broth, right?"
The Seventh Brother didn't want tonight's dinner to turn into a farce. Although the brothers didn't live in the same house, it was uncomfortable to look up and see each other.
He kindly pointed in the direction of Qingxi Bookstore and said, "There are elders up there."
How much Lao Jiu is willing to give is Lao Jiu's business. If Lao Jiu is not willing to give, it will be disgusting if he insists on bringing up the interest. Then it will be the third elder brother who will be reprimanded.
The third elder brother felt a little helpless and said: "I can't help it. The Ma family was involved in the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs first. Now there is still a lot of shortfall. I am waiting to borrow money from you, but Lao Jiu is not available right now." Well, I have to open my mouth and mention the difficulties."
The seventh elder brother didn't answer.
If that really happens, Third Brother will still be punished.
Is it the younger brother or the maternal uncle?
In the eyes of the imperial father, there is no distinction between inside and outside.
The seventh elder brother remained silent.
I have mentioned this twice before, but Third Brother didn’t listen at all.
Just as the eldest brother and fourth brother turned from the intersection, they heard the second half of the sentence.
The eldest brother looked at the third brother and said, "What difficulties do you have? Should you tell Lao Jiu? Are you the elder brother, or is he the elder brother?"
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The third elder brother was scolded by the eldest elder brother for a while two days ago, and he knew that he was also a financially unreasonable man.
He said: "It's nothing. It's just that the Ma family is here. The head of the family was summoned by the Division of Punishment yesterday. I don't know where the hole needs to be repaired..."
Before, only the third elder brother and the seventh elder brother were talking here, and they were not very conspicuous. Now that the four masters and servants have been added, some people are looking at them.
The guards at the gate of the North Garden all looked over.
The eldest brother said: "Don't wait outside, it's almost time!"
Brother Seven had no objection and just turned back and looked into the yard.
It turned out that he had called the eunuch before, and he was holding a brocade box with empty hands. Inside were two boxes of swiftlets and two boxes of snow clams prepared by Qi Fujin.
In the next year, when giving gifts to the Ninth Prince's Mansion, you don't need to think too much. The supplements and medicinal materials are the right ones.
Third Brother realized something was wrong.
Everyone brought gifts!
Isn’t this too unorthodox? !
How can you afford a meal at your brother's house?
But at such an old age, he also knew the principle of following the crowd, so he hurriedly said: "You guys go first, I still have this thing at home..."
With that said, he turned around and hurried back to where he was.
In the main room, Sanfujin was looking at his luck.
Is this my sister?
Are these living enemies?
He was really pretending to be estranged from each other until he died. He sent fish in the morning without his own share.
Later, when they distributed cantaloupe everywhere, they didn’t have their own share.
Today, there are no outside guests in the five houses. Shouldn't it be time to invite her sister to be busy taking care of things?
San Fujin simply lost his temper.
"Kick, kick, kick, kick..."
Following the rapid footsteps, the third elder brother came in and said in a hurry: "Didn't Mrs. Side give you two boxes of bird's nests a while ago? Where are they? Ask someone to pack them up quickly, I want to use them!"
San Fujin said with surprise: "It's already this time, where are you going? Isn't the banquet at the Fifth Institute about to begin?"
The third brother urged: "What are you talking about? Hurry up! Where can I go? Everyone else is carrying things, so I have the nerve to go there empty-handed? You really don't want to remind me!"
San Fujin was unhappy and said: "What are you heretics about? It's not like other people's family. My mother-in-law gave me this bird's nest, and I still want to eat it..."
The third elder brother glanced at the clock and saw that it was almost the beginning of Youchu, so he hurriedly said: "I'm giving you money, don't waste time, hurry up..."
After listening to this, San Fujin stood up and told the girl to get it. Then he pulled the jade exquisite from the waist of the third elder brother and said: "Forty taels of silver, keep this first..."
The third elder brother pointed at San Fujin and stamped his feet angrily, saying, "Can I still rely on you for forty taels of silver?"
San Fujin didn't respond and put the exquisite ball in the drawer and locked it...
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The fifth house in the north, the front room, and the east room.
"Haha! Today, half of Daxing's watermelons have arrived again, and they are all sitting in the dining room. My brothers have taken advantage of me. The watermelon juice I ordered..."
The fourteenth elder brother proudly expressed his contribution to his brothers, with his hands on his hips...
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