Fourteen looked at the happy scene in front of him and almost went blind. My own brother is gentle and amiable towards his wife and children. But for his only brother, we don't dare to expect any kind of gentleness and amiableness.
He frowned coldly, and even felt flattered.
When his fourth brother saw him coming, the smile on his face instantly dropped. Fourteen suddenly felt uncomfortable. I owe you so much money that you don't want to see me so much.
Humph! You ignore me, and I still ignore you.
He just smiled at Lin Yutong and said, "Now that I have troubled my fourth sister-in-law, I also want to try her craftsmanship."
When Honghui and Hongyun saw the Fourteenth Master coming, they quickly saluted, but they were still standing in the water, which was a bit nondescript.
The loach in Hong Zhao's hand was jumping around, and he just said hello. Before the Fourteenth Master could realize what kind of ceremony he was doing with the loach, his legs were taken out by Hong Zhao, and the naughty boy was holding a grasshopper.
, to hand it to him.
Fourteen couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
How lovely the children are, and how annoying the Fourth Master is!
Mo Yaqi went over and picked up Hong Zhao, "Don't pester Uncle Fourteen, my sister will play with you." She said, hugging Hong Zhao and ran away.
The Fourteenth Master discovered that Lin Yutong really watched Hongzhao being taken away by Mo Yaqi. She was a concubine, and the fourth sister-in-law didn't care if she took away her legitimate son. On the other side, Honghui was about to come up and lifted Hongshi up. Hongshi
Shi giggled and rubbed the mud from his feet onto Honghui, and Honghui didn't mind. Hongyun went up and patted Hongshi on the butt. Honghui was worried that Hongshi would be hurt by the beating, so he hugged him.
He hid for a while.
Those who didn’t know would never think that this was the child of two mothers.
Lin Yutong saw the Fourteenth Brother looking at the children with curiosity and said: "These few are so naughty, they made the Fourteenth Brother laugh."
"Humph!" Fourth Master rinsed the mud off his feet in the water and said, "No matter how naughty I am, I will never make trouble when I was little."
Fourteen felt sad and angry!
A hedgehog still thinks his children are light, but a dung beetle thinks his children are sweet. You think your children are good, but your mother still thinks I am good...?
Lin Yutong teased the fourth master. How could this man speak? He was already an Ama. When he grew up, how could he speak so straightforwardly?
"I have something to discuss with my fourteenth brother. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare the meal first." Lin Yutong said and left.
Fourth Master put on his shoes, went to the pavilion on one side, sat on a stone bench, then pointed to the opposite side and said, "Sit down."
Su Peisheng poured tea for his master with a good eye, and walked away far away with the others, so as not to hear what he shouldn't have heard.
The two brothers sat face to face, neither of them spoke first. The fourth master waited for Shi Shi to speak first, and Shi Shi said to himself, "I came here specially, and you didn't even ask a question. So, they didn't speak first, only for a moment."
A cough prompted Fourth Master to speak.
The fourth master's throat was itchy due to his constant coughing.
"Tell me. What do you want me to do?" The fourth master couldn't bear it anymore and asked first. Then he took a thirsty sip of tea, otherwise he would have to clear his throat.
Fourteen's face darkened again, which was too rude. So he said: "Fourth brother, you are not honest. You ran out to enjoy the blessing, but it is difficult for Brother Ba to do it."
The Fourth Master glanced at Fourteenth coldly and said, "Everything has its own rules, so just follow them. What's wrong with that?"
"Fourth brother really doesn't know about the silver thing?" Fourteen sneered.
Fourth Master lowered his eyelids, he really didn’t want to talk to the idiot anymore. Why did you come out to pretend to be a hero when it’s my fault that I’m in trouble? You thought you were here and I accepted your love. You really treated me like a fool.
He didn't want to say anything unnecessary to Lao Si4.
It was too late to avoid such a tricky thing? He rushed up and hit him. Sooner or later, his head would be bruised and bloody.
"Okay, stop making trouble for me here. Go back if you have nothing to do. Why are you wasting your time here? If you have nothing to do, study more in the house and stop wandering outside." The fourth master said, stood up, and said
Sorry for not sending it far.
It’s already dinner time. If you drive yourself away, where can you go to eat? Isn’t it enough to go hungry?
Fourteen originally came here for a quick trip to show Lao Ba. He didn't expect that his good fourth brother would give him a face and really go out into the muddy water. But he didn't expect to be treated so indifferently.
"Fourth brother, what do you mean? You can't bear to give me even a meal? It's just broken fish and shrimps fished out of the smelly ditch. Who cares about it?" The Fourteenth Master shouted at the Fourth Master's back.
voice.
The fourth master's steps suddenly stopped, "Su Peisheng, kick him out."
Lin Yutong, who came over with a food box, heard Shi Shi's shouting from a distance and thought to himself, this is really a naughty kid. When did he really piss off the fourth master? He can bear it.
So he took two steps quickly and said, "What's going on? The food is ready. Let's go after eating. It's already this hour, and the fourteenth brother is still hungry. No matter how urgent the matter is, you have to eat first.
.”
After saying that, without any explanation, he took the Fourth Master back to the pavilion, pressed him down on the stone bench, and directed Shiliu and Su Peisheng to set the meal.
"I thought it was getting late, so I did something simple." Lin Yutong smiled sweetly, as if he didn't know that the two brothers were unhappy.
On the stone table are braised crucian carp, braised dried loach, stir-fried eel segments, almonds and wild vegetables, and a pheasant soup. The food is all served in thick bowls, and it is equipped with a thatched roof pavilion. It is really an authentic farmhouse.
meal.
This is also the way farmers do it.
But the scent is really tempting. Fourteen ran all the way and Ben was hungry.
Su Peisheng thoughtfully handed over the wet handkerchief, and Fourteen took it and wiped his face and hands. He just took the chopsticks and started eating.
He didn't even raise his head to look at Fourth Master's dark face. It might really affect his appetite.
Don't tell me, this smells good and tastes even better.
The Fourth Master snorted in his heart, but now he doesn't mind the rotten fish and shrimps.
After taking a bite, Fourth Master looked at Lin Yutong and said, "You really cook it yourself." This must be Fujin's craftsmanship.
"My brother is here, how can I, as a sister-in-law, not show some sincerity?" He said to Fourteen, "I don't know what will happen to my wife in the palace?"
Fourteen immediately felt guilty. He really didn't know this. "I'll ask Fujin to go into the palace to see E Niang later."
The emperor is not here, so my grown-up brothers should avoid wandering into the palace if they have nothing to do.
The Fourth Master nodded, it seemed like a sentence.
Lin Yutong looked at the two of them scrambling to finish the meal, and felt at ease. Don't argue anymore. No matter how much love there is, it can't withstand consumption.
Fourteen wiped his mouth and drank tea. He stood up and said goodbye to Lin Yutong. Then he still ignored the fourth master and only walked a few steps before saying again, "I only thank the fourth sister-in-law. If it weren't for the fourth sister-in-law's good craftsmanship, those things would still be the same."
It’s just rotten fish and rotten shrimp.” After saying that, Saya ran away.
This naughty boy. Look at his luck that makes Fourth Master so angry.
"This bastard..." Fourth Master was already on the verge of rage.
Lin Yutong said in his heart, these fourteen people really picked up their bowls to eat meat and put down their chopsticks to scold their mother. No wonder the Fourth Master was so angry.
He advised: "I only think that the fourteenth year is Honghui and Hongyun, so I'm not angry anymore."
"If Honghui and Hongyun were so virtuous, I would not kill them." The fourth master said, standing up angrily and walking back.
It wasn't until night that Fourth Master told Lin Yutong why Fourteenth came?
"He is so whimsical! Does he think he is a fool? Or does he think he is a fool?" Fourth Master sneered.
Lin Yutong sighed in his heart for Fourteen. Neither the Fourth Master nor the Eighth Master could handle it. He bounced back and forth between these two men and accidentally became a clown who made people laugh.
A few days after this, I heard that the Eighth Master had still received a discount, which showed that the current situation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was that it really could not get any money.
In the end, the emperor gave instructions and transferred some of the deposits from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the emperor rushed back from the south of the Yangtze River. By the time he arrived in the capital, it was already June.
The weather has gotten hotter.
Shengjia no longer asked to go to Chengde to escape the summer heat and returned to the Forbidden City.
The fourth master and Lin Yutong also took their children and returned to the house before Shengjia returned to Luan.
At this time, the imperial court had to face a problem. The Ministry of Revenue had no money.
Where did the money go?
They were all lent to the minister's family.
No matter what Lin Yutong thought, he still couldn't understand the meaning of Kangxi's kindness.
"Does the emperor want to collect the debt?" Lin Yutong asked knowingly.
Fourth Master shook his head, "I'm afraid it's not an easy decision to make."
When you borrow money, you are showing kindness, but if you really ask for money, the kindness will be greatly reduced.
But who can take the initiative to take back the food that has been eaten? It’s just a pretext, and the law doesn’t punish everyone anyway.
"Our family also owes it?" Lin Yutong broke away from the fourth master's arms and sat up.
When the fourth master saw her startled, he thought something had happened to her. It turned out to be because of this. He smiled and said, "I owe it! When I first left the palace, I borrowed one hundred thousand taels from Da Liu."
One hundred thousand taels!
This is an understatement. The fourth master has borrowed one hundred thousand taels, and the other masters have more, not less. Just these brothers, the total sum is not a small amount. Plus the huge clan, this is
How much silver?
There are also noble families, wealthy Manchu surnames, and officials of all sizes. It’s really unimaginable.
"Let's pay it back quickly." Lin Yutong said.
"It also depends on the timing." Fourth Master pulled Lin Yutong to lie down, "You don't understand these things, but I know it well."
Lin Yutong didn't ask any more questions. She thought that there was no money left, and the matter of asking for money had to be handled vigorously and resolutely.
But no.
Not long after, the news suddenly spread that the emperor had reprimanded the prince. He said that the prince was arrogant and extravagant and did not know how to be frugal.
Then the whole capital began to practice frugality.
It took several days for Lin Yutong to react and asked Fourth Master, "Is the Emperor crying out of poverty?"
The fourth master smiled profoundly and became speechless.
The emperor was crying about poverty, but he was also beating the prince again. In the early years, the prince's followers and Suo'etu's old party had borrowed a lot of money from the Ministry of Household Affairs in the past two years. This matter suddenly broke out, and without the prince's push, it is estimated that