"Judging people by their appearance will make you lose. Ziyu, I used to criticize you as a servant of a wealthy family, and you are a bully who takes advantage of people's power. I was the one who said something rude."
Although in front of Zhang Shou, he first made a small apology, then expressed his true feelings, and finally bowed his head and admitted his mistake, when Li San'er learned from Fourth Master Hua that he let his dog bite two Juren, he was already frightened.
Qing Qing, who was being chased out by Fang Qing, was already ready to kowtow and admit his mistake again if it didn't work out, but he didn't expect that she actually... apologized to him in turn!
The unhappiness that was suppressed in his heart disappeared quickly, and was replaced by sincerity and fear. After all, although he was now prosperous and rich, Li Saner still felt short in front of famous scholars.
Knowing that he was also wrong, and it was a big mistake, he hurriedly bowed deeply and said in return: "Young Master Fang is serious, it was the villain who got carried away for a moment and forgot to restrain Da Hei. And Master Fang is actually right to scold a dog for taking advantage of others, Da Hei can't
Isn't it because of the villain's favoritism that these young people always regard themselves as the tyrants of Ye Zihui? In short, you must never say the word apology again, it is the villain who should apologize!"
Fang Qing had been mentally prepared to be ridiculed or even scolded, but when he heard this extremely sincere apology, he unknowingly straightened up and suddenly looked a little worried. He stared at Li San with complicated emotions.
Son, finally made a bow again, then turned around and left.
Don't judge people by their clothes and appearance, and don't think that those who look fierce must be vulgar. Don't be heartbroken just by looking at elegant people... He has obviously learned many lessons, but why has he always been this way before?
He was so stubborn that he finally woke up when he came to the capital this time?
Is it like what Hunzi Song said to him, that his teachers used to take advantage of his impulsive and reckless characteristics, so they allowed him to be a pawn in the front? Or is Hunzi Song just talking nonsense and slandering those he once respected so much?
Teachers?
When Li Saner saw Fang Qing turning around and leaving, he felt guilty as he had no time to bow and bow in return. After looking around, he subconsciously stopped Little Peanut, took out a handful of copper coins from his purse and handed it over.
.However, this infallible move against the local gangsters in the outer city and the Nancheng Military Division completely hit a wall in front of Little Peanut.
Seeing Little Peanut reaching out his hands resolutely and pushing back his handful of money, Li Saner could only try to make up for it with a smile: "Brother, this is just my gratitude to you for giving me a little thought...Okay, okay, okay
, I take it back, take it back to the head office, right? But I have one more thing to ask, Mr. Fang... was he sincere or just fake? Does he really not care about my sins? "
"They've already apologized, what else are you going to do?" Little Peanut glanced at Li San'er with a bit of contempt, then shrugged and said, "Although Mr. Fang has a bad temper and often speaks with thorns, his heart is still right.
Yes, it’s just that my eyesight is not very good... I didn’t say this, it was my young master who said it, so this matter must have passed, and he has learned a lesson.”
"If you still feel sorry..." The clever young man rolled his eyes and suddenly came up with a very bold idea, "I heard that at Xinglong Tea House today, the young master and Mr. Lu Jijiu Liu proposed to go out
There is also a public school in the city, and admissions are divided into different ages. Since you are a well-known wealthy family, why not donate some money?"
"I heard that the emperor will also inscribe a plaque on that school. There are many people who donated money to support the school today, and a monument will be erected to commemorate it. With your net worth, Mr. Li San, I don't think it is necessary. Donate five yuan.
Ten or a hundred strings are enough."
When Li San'er heard the words "donate to fund education", his mind suddenly recalled the old story of some guys from the Nancheng Bingma Division forcing people to donate money in the name of being happy to lose. Although he felt heartbroken, he was also prepared for heavy bleeding.
.
But he never expected that Little Peanut actually told him that he only needed to pay fifty or one hundred guan, and he could also leave his name on the stone tablet erected in the public school where the emperor personally wrote the plaque.
!
Having accumulated a fortune of several thousand dollars, he certainly would not take a figure like fifty hundred in his eyes. He immediately nodded and said, "This is a first-rate charity, and of course I am happy to contribute. It's just that
, is it too little to just donate this little amount?”
"Second Young Master Zhu tried his best but only donated 300 guan of his personal money. Those top nobles such as Marquis Huaiqing donated 1000 guan. Fourth Master Hua and other wealthy businessmen only donated 800 guan. Mr. Li San, you
Why are you pretending to be fat? What you want is the heart, not the money." Little Peanut pointed at Li San'er plausibly, and when he saw the person nodding his head, he suddenly became even more proud.
"But Mr. Lu is in charge of the donation and accounting matters now. Just go to him directly. Don't listen to others and get blackmailed out of your money later. Okay, okay, I have to go back and give the young master a reply.
Well, I won’t see you off, please go slowly!”
Seeing Little Peanut smiling at him and arching his hand, Li Saner turned around to leave. Li Saner was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. Then he asked diligently: "Brother, please give me some advice."
Mijin, I haven't asked you your name yet? It's best for me to make friends, otherwise I won't have the chance to make friends with Wan Ye, how about we make friends too?"
Little Peanut glanced at Li San'er with some surprise, but he didn't care whether the person wanted to make friends with him because of Zhang Shou, or because he really wanted to make friends with him because of his guidance. He smiled and said: "Young Master
Everyone calls me little peanut."
A few months ago, Li San'er, who had never heard of the word peanut, would have thought the name was really weird, but now things like peanuts and potatoes are very popular in Nancheng.
So he knew that the peanuts that appeared in the first imperial chef selection competition were an ingredient from overseas. They were said to be fragrant and crispy. Nowadays, they are not available at all in Nancheng, and they are only available in Xinglong Tea House.
You can eat it, but you can't find it at other clubs or restaurants opened by Jiulou Restaurant.
Therefore, he was immediately in awe of the little peanut with such a name: "It turns out to be Brother Hua. I have remembered your kindness today. When you are not on duty tomorrow, I will go to Qianmen Street."
Find an old shop and treat you to a drink!"
Seeing Li San'er solemnly thanking him, he turned around and strode away. Little Peanut couldn't help but reach out to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Who is Brother Hua? His real name is Shuisheng. Since his parents died and he lived with Lao Xianyu, this uncle took it upon himself to rename him Xiaohuahua. So Zhang Shou still uses the name today, but he doesn’t have the same surname.
flower!
Forget it, no one knows now anyway, his real name is Luo Shuisheng. When someone calls him "Brother Hua", just call him "Brother Hua"...
Since the Fourth Master Hua came here specially because of the matter between Fang Qing and Song Juren, Zhang Shou certainly would not treat the richest man in Suzhou lightly, and immediately invited him to have dinner in Zhang Yuan. The Fourth Master Hua was also very willing to do so.
When Little Peanut came back, Zhang Shou ordered someone to take him around Zhang Garden first, and he claimed to go to see his adoptive mother Wu first. He quickly got up and sent people out, feeling extremely happy.
Walking in Zhang Yuan, which has a very obvious Su-style garden style, he would not compare it to his own back garden like Mr. Jiang did - although the Hua family's garden in Suzhou and Zhang Yuan are the same famous one in the world.
It was designed by a garden master, but that master never mentioned the garden after the Ye Wang Rebellion, let alone mentioned it.
After wandering around, Fourth Master Hua discovered that the huge Zhang Garden was obviously undermanned. Although many courtyards were open, the doors of the houses inside were guarded by General Tie.
Regarding this point, Little Peanut did not mince words: "The young master often said that in a place as big as Zhangyuan, if we want to fill all the rooms, we would have to have at least twice as many people as we have now. But in that case, every month
I'm afraid the expenses will be several times higher. So before you make so much money, the house should be empty as long as it's empty, and there should be fewer people, so there's no need to put on such a pomp."
Fourth Master Hua had long known that Zhang Shou was born in a small village outside the capital, and that he had been married to Zhu Ying, the daughter of Zhao Guogong, since he was little.
There are also sweet legends like "Butterfly Love Flower", but he was born into a wealthy family, but he knew that so-called legends were never reliable.
There are various stories in dramas and legends about handsome scholars and wealthy daughters meeting in the back garden to have a private life, but most of them are just the wishful thinking of down-and-out literati, and even if there is only one toad in a million who actually eats swan meat, it has happened before and after.
The good things usually don't last too long.
Just like after Zhuo Wenjun started selling wine, Sima Xiangru finally changed his mind. The poor boy knew that he was not worthy of the eldest lady. After marriage, because of his low self-esteem, he would often intensify his pursuit of fame and fortune, or act arrogantly.
Suzhou has witnessed several marriages that seemed happy at first, but later ended up falling apart.
He originally thought that Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying were probably the same, but since he saw Zhang Shou once, he knew that he was wrong.
But now walking in Zhang Garden, which was said to be sold at a low price by the emperor, but in fact it was clearly a gift from the emperor. When he heard the confidant boy next to Zhang Shou repeating the master's words as if chatting, he could even more aware of what Zhang Shou said at the beginning.
The openness when saying this.
This kind of open-mindedness that doesn't care about one's origin and doesn't shy away from talking about the past is normal in a weather-beaten person, but when it appears in a young man like Zhang Shou, he can't help but feel surprised. Therefore, he couldn't help but test the little boy.
peanut.
"Is it possible that Dr. Zhang always planned to keep these houses empty? You know, a house needs to be inhabited to become popular. If no one lives in it for a long time, then the furnishings in the house and the house itself will be affected.
They are all easy to break, and the cost of repairing them may not be less than buying more and hiring a few more people."
"If Dr. Zhang is worried that outsiders are unreliable, why not send someone to buy a group of children from a reliable source? These children who have been raised at home since childhood are the most reliable and often loyal. Most servants of wealthy families,
That’s where it comes from.”
"Furthermore, even if we consider that some children may have been abducted from nowhere by the flower-shooting gang, we can think about it from another perspective. It is better for these children to be left in Zhangyuan than to be sold to some shady place.
?”
Little Peanut originally only regarded Fourth Master Hua as a wealthy businessman who wanted Zhang Shou, but after hearing Fourth Master Hua's words, he couldn't help but feel that this young head of Suzhou's richest man had some vision.
Young Master Jiang, the successor of Mr. Jiang, the richest man in West City in Cangzhou, although now praised by the people of Cangzhou as a capable boy, in his eyes, he is just a former loser who needs Zhang Shou's guidance to wake up. The eldest prince is still the emperor.
His son was cruel and greedy at the front, but he was tricked into playing tricks on him at the back.
So just like Fang Qing once believed that noble children come from poor families and spoiled children are raised by rich families, Little Peanut looked down on those rich children who had everything going smoothly - of course Zhang Chen, Zhu Er, etc. did not count prodigal sons who turned around. And in his opinion
Come on, they all became good because they were close to Zhu Zhechi and were taught by Zhang Shou.
Therefore, at this moment, he felt that Fourth Master Hua was indeed quite insightful, so he nodded to the person, and then said solemnly: "What Fourth Master Hua said makes sense. I will talk to Sixth Brother later."
Seeing that Little Peanut had obviously listened, Mr. Hua was happy at first, and then he couldn't help but asked in shock: "Why didn't you tell Dr. Zhang?"
"Brother Six is the housekeeper!" Little Peanut said this seriously. Seeing Master Hua's expression that his eyes were about to fall to the ground, he smiled honestly and said, "How can I do everything?"
It is most appropriate to go to the young master and murmur, and let the sixth brother speak. Although the sixth brother seems to only follow the young master when going out, in fact, he is in charge of everything from the young master's food to the home's defense."
"Even the accounts at home are under the control of Brother Six." When Little Peanut said this, he added in his heart - even if Ah Liu is not good at this aspect, he can't afford to hire too many foreign aids. From Lu
From Sanlang to the other students in Jiuzhang Hall, there are a lot of masters who are good at accounting. Besides, Mrs. Xu is now also the accounting clerk of the family, and Wu An is also literate and can keep accounts.
Fourth Master Hua could only smile bitterly: "I was very curious about who Zhang Yuan's housekeeper was, but it turns out that he has a blind eye."
When Little Peanut brought Fourth Master Hua to the Little Flower Hall, Ah Liu, who was coming out, discovered that Fourth Master Hua looked at him a little differently than before. And when he just used gestures to invite Fourth Master Hua in as usual, Xiao Peanut
Peanut stepped forward and whispered to him what Fourth Master Hua had just said. He turned around and glanced at the curtain that had fallen at the door of the flower hall, and then smiled.
"Worrying is unfounded."
Seeing Little Peanut looking at him in surprise, Ah Liu shrugged and said: "With the character of the young master, he definitely doesn't want to buy children for training, because this is tantamount to encouraging human trafficking. Besides, the population of the village we used to live in
Quite a lot.”
The reason why not all of them were summoned to the capital was because many people were accustomed to the rural life where men farmed and women weaved, and they may not like to live a life of rules and regulations in the wealthy families of the capital. Zhang Shou did not force it. However, many five or six-year-olds
In fact, all the children wanted to come to Zhangyuan in the capital. Zhang Shou considered that there were not enough manpower in the mansion to take care of so many children, so he directly hired a teacher to send them to Rongshui Village.
In the flower hall, Fourth Master Hua, who originally planned to use a roundabout strategy to gain favor in front of Zhang Shou, saw an unexpected strong man as soon as he entered the door. At first glance, he felt that he did not recognize him, but he found that he was
Seeing the strange look in his eyes that he couldn't hide, he felt that something was wrong. The next moment, Zhang Shou revealed the mystery to him.
"This is Cao Wu, the chief escort of Cangzhou Shunhe Escort Agency. You should know him, Fourth Master Hua."