Du Laoer and his daughter drove the carriage for more than an hour and just arrived at the county seat.
He drove the carriage through the city gate and went straight to the largest cloth shop in the county.
Li Yueniang's brother now runs the largest cloth shop in the county.
The clerk at Li's Cloth Shop knew Du Laoer. When he saw Du Laoer coming in a carriage, he quickly stepped forward to greet him.
"Uncle, you're here. You're so far away. Come in and have a cup of tea first, and I'll feed your horse. By chance, my boss is in the shop right now."
This guy is very discerning. He is Li Daniu, the son of the Li family's housekeeper.
Du Laoer gave the reins to the man, took out two cents from his belt and threw them to Li Daniu, saying cheerfully: "Thank you for your hard work."
Li Daniu held the copper plate in his hand, and the smile on his face became brighter.
"It's not hard work or not, it's just a small duty. My uncle, please go in quickly. It's sunny outside, so don't expose your cousin."
Needless to say, Li Daniu said that Du Laoer had almost reached the door of the store without stopping, with one hand protecting his daughter.
It can only be said that Li Daniu is very knowledgeable and eloquent, and Du Laoer appreciates this young man more and more.
As soon as I walked to the door, I heard a clear and elegant voice coming from inside the store: "Oh, it's my brother-in-law. You're here. Come on, sit inside."
The speaker was about thirty or forty years old, wearing a blue brocade robe. He was Li Yueniang's brother Li Wenyan.
Li Wenyan was also a strange person. Not long after he was admitted to Tongsheng, both his parents died. In order to support the family, he gave up writing and went into business. God paid off for his hard work, and it took him twenty years to earn his current family fortune.
Du Laoer and Li Wenyan came to the inner compartment of the store, which was usually used to receive customers.
Du Laoer came up and got straight to the point: "Brother, I'll be honest. I came here this time to ask, do your family want to escape the famine with us?"
Li's uncle Li Wenyan raised his eyebrows when he heard his brother-in-law's blunt statement.
He immediately looked into the store and found that none of the customers in the store were curious about what was going on here, let alone approaching the reception room, so he felt relieved and continued talking with his brother-in-law.
"Brother-in-law, even if you don't come to see my brother, he will send someone to Liushu Village to discuss with you in the next two days."
As soon as Du Laoer heard this, he knew it was something.
"What about Brother's charter?"
"To tell you the truth, there are already ten or twenty companies with some connections and foresight in the county. Half of them are merchants in the county, and the other half are wealthy families who have hired guards to pretend to be merchants. This way, at least they can go smoothly. Get out."
"Brother, when do you plan to leave?"
"I was still a little hesitant at first. I was reluctant to part with such a large family property. After all, you can't take away the farm and shop here. What you can take away is some money, food and cloth. Most of your wealth will be left here."
After speaking, Uncle Li drank a cup of tea and continued:
"But when I saw you coming, I suddenly made up my mind. I must leave, and I must leave as soon as possible. After all, if the news spreads to your town, it means that the situation is already very critical, and many wealthy families have already left."
After speaking, the two looked at each other and knew that they understood each other.
They are not the Holy Father. In this era of cannibalism, everyone is only doing it for themselves and their families. The first thing they think about is to protect their own family, and then they can tell some close people that they have done their best.
Du Laoer said: "Brother, how much food have you prepared now?"
Uncle Li said: "I originally had 1,000 kilograms of rice and 1,000 kilograms of noodles in the cellar at home. A while ago, I asked Bai'er to buy another 2,000 kilograms of rice, 2,000 kilograms of noodles and 2,000 kilograms of corn."
"Among them, 500 kilograms of flour, 500 kilograms of rice and 500 kilograms of corn are for your family."
"Brother, you can't do this." With so much food, Du Laoer was really embarrassed to just accept it like this.
"Don't shirk it. Not to mention other things, my sister and six children don't have enough food to eat for thousands of miles north to the capital. Can you bear to watch them starve?"
Although Du Laoer has always insisted on reciprocity, the more important thing now is obviously food, food that can keep his wife and children fed on the road to escape famine.
After understanding this, Du Laoer was not the one who wanted to save face and suffer the consequences, so he quickly added:
"Brother, I won't say anything else about the current situation. I will accept the food. But don't worry, I will definitely return it to brother when everything is settled in the future."
When Uncle Li saw that he had figured it out, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his brother-in-law would become hard-tempered and unwilling to accept his help.
"We are all a family, so why are you so polite?"
Then he told the truth again:
"Actually, I have some selfish motives for giving you these."
Oh, Du Laoer raised his eyebrows and waited quietly for his uncle to continue.
"You also know the situation of my family. There is only one male in the family, Brother Shan. I intend to take a few stewards from the store with me and hire some guards, but after all, they are all outsiders. There are a large group of female relatives in the family, and I also bring them with me. A lot of money and food. With only two men, it’s still a bit thin.”
As soon as his uncle said this, Du Laoer understood the key.
As for his elder brother-in-law, he was also a famous figure when he was young. Most of the girls in the county were fascinated by him. When he got older, he married his childhood sweetheart Zou, and a year later they had Brother Bo.
But when Mrs. Zou handed the handkerchief to Mrs. Bai, she was really infatuated with her uncle. She was unwilling to marry despite the pressure of age, and was about to be betrothed by an official.
The Bai family did not want to marry anyone else, and they did not want to be assigned to a widower, a cripple, or a scoundrel by the official. He didn't have the shame to intervene in the marriage of the handkerchief sisters, so he just wanted to die. He was saved by his family but still had the will to die.
In the end, Mrs. Zou couldn't bear it and went to the house where the handkerchief was handed over, saying that she was willing to let her husband take her sister as his concubine. From then on, the two of them served the same husband. When the handkerchief was handed over to Mrs. Bai, she hugged Mrs. Zhou and cried bitterly.
Afterwards, Bai was carried into the Li family. The two became pregnant at the same time the following year, and both gave birth to daughters. The family is living in harmony, and the Bai family is not a monster except for love. However, over the years, Bai gave birth to six daughters, but she did not give birth to a son. She vowed to give birth to a son for her uncle.
So this uncle only has one son in his family, but he has seven daughters, which can be regarded as seven fairies. Just the opposite of my own family, their family has the son of the fifth brother and a little daughter.
Uncle Li saw Du Laoer's understanding expression, paused and continued:
"It just so happens that there are many boys in your family. I also thought that the two families would go together and have someone to take care of them on the way. Since our two families are so close, the boys in your family are also the boys in our family. There are so many boys in the master's family. No matter how much women, money and food you bring, others will not dare to have any evil thoughts."
What Uncle Li said is absolutely correct. Because Du Laoer's family not only has five sons, but all of them are born with supernatural powers like Du Laoer. It can be said that it is not a problem for the Du family's sons to fight five of them.
"Hahaha, brother, don't worry about this. We only have a lot of kids in our family. We must take good care of their cousins on the road." Du Laoer said boldly.
"Then brother is here, thank you in advance."
"Brother said this, then how can I thank you for sending so much food?"
Uncle Li's family was also cheerful. He smiled and patted Du Lao'er on the shoulder, "Then we won't even say thank you. We don't speak the same language as one family."
"Hey, that's right."
After talking about the business, Li Wenyan, as his uncle, could now take care of his niece.
