Li Heng walked to the door and heard the conversation between the two sisters.
"Sister, why do you think that man asked about our parents? Does he have any intentions?"
"I don't know either." Li Yue shook his head, "Don't think too much now. Everything will be clear when Baizhu comes back. Don't think so bad about everyone."
Li Tian lowered his lips in shame, "Haha..." and laughed twice.
"Eldest sister, you just think of everyone for the best and forget about the one who was arrested by Shuangxi? They have opened a snack shop in Xinjiekou now, and they sell the same things as our store over there."
Li Yue couldn't help but look solemn when she heard her mention what happened a while ago, but then waved her hand to dismiss the idea.
"Don't think like that. My mother didn't tell me. In business, one family cannot be the only one. There will always be someone who can learn from you."
"Okay, okay, I don't want to be stubborn with my eldest sister. But the man I saw today always felt like something was wrong with him, and he looked a bit familiar, but I just can't remember where I've seen him before."
The more the little girl thought about it, the more her brain became mushy, and finally she raised her hand to hit herself on the head.
It's great when it comes to settling accounts, but it's so useless when it comes to getting down to business.
"Okay, okay, stop knocking, or you'll make yourself stupid." Li Yue quickly stopped his sister, "You have to send someone home to tell her, otherwise my mother will have to wait for us to eat."
Occasionally, the two sisters would not go back at noon, so they only needed to send someone to inform them. But today Baizhu was out, and his mother would definitely find out if he changed people rashly.
"Squeak...ah..." The door opened.
When Li Tian saw that the person coming was his elder brother, he ran over quickly and said:
"Brother, why are you here? Did your mother ask you to come to me and my sister?"
"No." Li Heng shook his head, "I just finished delivering lunch to Si Dan and saw that you and the eldest sister didn't come home, so I came over to take a look. Where did you meet that guy asking about our parents?"
Li Yue blushed immediately after hearing this, and Li Heng turned to look at his sister in confusion.
"Brother, our sister and I met when we were picking out pendants in Baorui Zhai. The man came in to pick things up and kept talking about the old man's words. He was asking the governor."
Yan Yixin was coming back after the provincial examination, and Li Yue wanted to buy him a pendant as a gift. Both sisters had money, so there was no need to tell their parents about the purchase. Unexpectedly, this happened.
"Then what did he ask?" Li Heng asked.
Li Yue also adjusted her mentality now and replied:
"Ask our dad why he went to the Yamen before, if there are many reports to the Yamen, if business is going well now, and where are the corns waiting?"
Just as he was talking, Baizhu came back.
Seeing that Li Heng was also there, he walked over to greet the three of them and said:
"I followed that man all the way, but I never thought that he would end up in the government office. Before I came back, I asked Dexi that the person who was looking for the master was named He Yulei. He and the master were candidates for examination in the same year and are from Liaodong."
The three siblings were not familiar with the name "He Yulei", but with the surname "He" they knew that the aunt of the Zhou family made a big fuss in order to prevent her younger brother from getting engaged to the daughter of the He family, and was laughed at by others.
Li Yue responded with an "Ah——".
"I remembered that after my father finished the examination, the He brothers went to pick up Aunt Zhou's younger brother. I thought he looked familiar."
Li Heng couldn't help laughing when he saw her belated reaction.
"Okay, since this matter is under our father's control, let's not even think about it. Let's go home for dinner. Mom will cook today."
"Huh? Really? Then you have to go home quickly. The mutton stir-fried with green onions made by my mother is the best." Li Tian said as he put away the pen and paper on the table.
She is now a full-time accountant. She does all the accounts for all the shops in the family. She can do the calculations in detail and quickly.
On the way home, I turned to the school and took the food box home.
During lunch, none of the three siblings mentioned He Yulei's matter to their mother, as if they didn't know anything about it. Li Hui didn't say anything when he came back, and Cheng Xue was just practicing calligraphy, doing free clinics, and taking pills as usual.
On the morning of the third day, when Li Heng came back from seeing his younger brother off, Cheng Xue packed two bags for him with the prepared beef jerky and meat buns.
"Go back and share the food with everyone. You can't eat alone. In early July, my mother will take your sister, sister, and brother to Liaodong Mansion. You can come back to accompany your father when you have time."
"I'll go back with my mother."
"No, no, no." Cheng Xue hurriedly shook her head, "That's a serious matter, don't delay. When the time comes, let Li Zhong take your brother to visit your grandma's grave. When he grows up, he should also experience it. Your father has
Government affairs cannot be ignored and should be treated very seriously in extraordinary times."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, mother." Li Heng did not insist anymore.
He really doesn't dare to waste time now. He doesn't know how to practice when he goes back after these three days. Each of their batch of people is more ruthless than the other. If you practice for an hour, I have to be just a little bit more. Anyway, it's healthy competition. Everyone is right.
Be ruthless and have no bad intentions.
After sending Li Heng away, Cheng Xue began to prepare things for returning to Liaodong. The date of this year's provincial examination is scheduled to be after the Ghost Festival. After the New Year, the official roads in Fucheng will be re-paved, and they will not be as bumpy and delayed as before.
Li Hui had long known that his wife and children were returning to their hometown to worship their ancestors, but when he saw her packing her things, he still felt uncomfortable.
"You really just abandoned me like this?"
As he spoke, he rubbed his head against her neck, like a big golden retriever trying to please its master.
Cheng Xue couldn't help laughing, patted his back and said:
"Okay, okay, it's not like you won't come back, but don't make it look like you're parting from life or death. You should know that I have to leave this time. I'm not worried about Yixin being in Fucheng."
"Must I bring Tangtang? They are both engaged."
"What's the matter? Just tell the outside world that Tangtang is waiting for us at home. Could it be that Mr. Li has become old-fashioned since he became the prefect?"
Knowing that she was teasing him, Li Hui smiled and pecked her lips.
"How long will you stay back? Can you come back and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with me?"
"Are you stupid? I can't come back for the holidays? But it's just about giving out moon cakes to your subordinates..."
"You don't need to worry about these. I have asked the people in the household to make arrangements. Thanks to Zhou Fei and the emperor, there is no shortage of things that the northern state capital needs this year. I don't need to give them to them during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I will go directly to the public account and I will do it myself.
I can get benefits.”
"Pfft——" Cheng Xue nodded with a smile and asked with interest:
"Then I would like to ask the wise and powerful Mr. Li, what can I get back from the Mid-Autumn Festival? Money? Food? Or use?"
Li Hui muttered "naughty", lay down on the kang, and pulled the person into his arms.
"I don't know exactly what can be given, but it's all for food. Everyone is treated equally from top to bottom, and the standard is five hundred cents per person."
Five hundred coins in the north can buy a lot of things. Cheng Xue raised her lips and agreed with his approach.
"I'm going back this time to see how the medicine I grew at home is doing. If it grows well and has a good harvest, can Mr. Li help me digest some?"
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