It was already dark when he returned to his residence in Hongqiao, Li Yanqing was a little tired, and he lay down on a chair when he entered the door, Sisi walked into the house with a meal, and said with a soft smile: "Husband, don't eat dinner!" ”

A smell of rice wafted in, Li Yanqing's spirits lifted, he also really felt hungry in his belly, Gu Lu sat up and buried his head in eating, but Sisi saw the two boxes placed aside, and asked strangely, "What is this?" ”

"Two good bows, bought at the Lianggong Armory." Li Yanqing said vaguely.

Hearing that it was a weapon, Sisi lost interest, she sat next to Ailang, looking intently at his gobbling up food, and a gentle smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

"Sisi, I've already found a house!" Li Yanqing remembered the matter of the house, so he put down his chopsticks and wiped the corners of his mouth with a wet towel.

Since yesterday when Ailang pointed out that the Bianhe River is not safe, Sisi has been worried for a day, she doesn't dare to open the back door at all, lest she rush in from the outside A few masked men, in fact, she doesn't like it very much, after all, this is the headquarters of Baoyan Zhai, she has a feeling of hiding here, she hopes to have her own home, and no longer have to live under other people's roofs.

Sisi was suddenly surprised, "Is it so fast?" ”

"I went to find a house early this morning, I can rent a five-acre house, and the tooth man gave me three options."

"Which one will the husband choose last?"

"A residential lot in Jinshuihe is not bad, but it is too old, and I don't like it very much."

"There is also a place in the inner city, close to the Sangjia Wazi, I think it is too noisy, and finally I choose the house next to the Fayun Temple, which is very quiet and safe!"

"I've been to Fayun Temple, and it doesn't seem to be a commercial area."

"Because it's not a commercial area, it's quieter, and there are fewer outsiders, and it's surrounded by local houses."

Sisi lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then took out a small box from the inner room, put it on the table and said to Li Yanqing: "This is a little savings I have, about 30,000 yuan, the house near the city wall in the outer city is not expensive, husband, I don't like to rent other people's houses, let's buy a house ourselves!" ”

Li Yanqing laughed and pushed the box to her, "Renting a house is just a measure of rights and interests, live for two or three years temporarily, after the Jurchens destroy Liao, the good days of the Great Song Dynasty will come to an end, and the current situation in the north will be very turbulent in the future, only the south will be slightly safer, and it is not for nothing that I asked you to go to Hangzhou last year." ”

Li Yanqing's words touched Sisi's heart, she thought of her grandfather and father, and couldn't help but sigh lowly, war and turmoil are the misfortunes of the people at the bottom, she deeply understands how important it is for a weak woman to find a reliable husband.

At this time, Li Yanqing remembered something and asked, "Your money is mainly for Huizi, right?" ”

Sisi nodded, "It's a meeting issued by the imperial court, one thousand pieces, a total of thirty." ”

"You can't keep it in your hands, once the situation worsens, it will be difficult to pay, you have to exchange it for silver or gold, so be it! I asked my father to exchange them for copper coins and then for gold, which could be exchanged for about two thousand three hundred taels, one hundred taels and one ingot, twenty-three ingots would be enough, or they could be exchanged for precious stones, so that it would be convenient to carry them with me. ”

Sisi pushed the small box to him, "It's up to the husband to decide!" ”

........

These two days are the beginning of the month, but also the settlement day of Bao Yan Zhai, the accounts are almost all busy all night, Bao Yan Zhai's business has done a lot, has opened more than 30 stores in the states of the Great Song Dynasty, eight hundred flower villas, as well as warehouses, workshops, fleets and other assets, in addition to more than 20 Li Ji rouge shops, the continuous accumulation of word of mouth and the continuous introduction of new products, so that Bao Yan Zhai has become a veritable first rouge brand in the Great Song Dynasty, and can bring rolling wealth every month.

The bookkeepers are very busy, Li Daqi can't rest, he and the bookkeepers check the account books together, calculate the profits, now Li Daqi is no longer the useless reader back then, more than ten years of shopping mall career has made him extremely shrewd, and gradually become authoritarian, in Baoyan Zhai, his words have always been the same.

In his hometown of Tangyin County, he is kind and charitable, helping the poor and weak, and actively running schools, mentioning Li Dashan in Tangyin County, everyone knows that everyone knows, all give a thumbs up, his reputation even surpasses that of his son Li Yanqing, and no one remembers a disgraceful thing that happened to him back then.

In the room, Li Daqi was drinking tea while checking the general ledger of expenditures, and there were three thousand yuan missing from the other miscellaneous accounts, so why couldn't he remember where the expenditure of this money went?

At this time, Li Yanqing appeared at the door, "Does Daddy have time?" ”

"Ahh It's almost a shift, why don't you take a break? Li Daqi looked at his son in surprise.

"I have something I want to talk to my dad about."

"Come in and sit!" Li Daqi suddenly remembered that his son had visited Liang Shicheng today, and there must be important news.

Li Yanqing entered the room and sat down, and Li Daqi instructed the maid next to him: "Go and order two bowls of tea!" ”

"How is it, what did Mrs. Liang say?" Li Daqi asked eagerly.

"It's settled, continue to stay in the Imperial Tower."

"Didn't you say expatriate states and counties?" Li Daqi suddenly said in a hurry.

Li Yanqing didn't want to have an argument with his father on this matter, so he said lightly: "It's the prince's meaning." ”

Since it was the prince's meaning, Li Daqi had nothing to say, he was disappointed in his heart, and he had to sigh and say: "The various relationships in the imperial court are complicated, and it is an errand that offends people in the Imperial History Tower, you should be careful yourself in the future and try to be cautious." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, was silent for a moment, and then said, "I want to move out with Sisi." ”

To Li Yanqing's surprise, his father did not jump up in a hurry, but smiled and said: "Since you are an official in the imperial court, you should live decently, you have to go in and out of here through a commercial house, which is really inconvenient, so let's do it!" I'm going to rent a new house and vacate the house on Freezer Row, and you'll move in. ”

"Daddy doesn't need to vacate the house, the freezer street is too close to the official office, it is inconvenient for Sisi to live there, I will rent another house, I have already seen it, near the Yunqi Bridge, the deposit has been paid, and I will move over in two days."

At this time, the little maid brought in two bowls of tea, Li Daqi waved his hand and asked her to go out first, and then he lowered his voice and said: "I asked someone to inquire, her case has been closed, the government sentenced her to die unexpectedly, and Alum Tower also built a mound for her outside the city, I haven't had time to tell you about this matter yet." ”

Li Yanqing was quite surprised, and asked again: "Does Sisi know?" I'm talking about the well-dressed mound thing. ”

Li Daqi shook his head, "The magpie has always been taking care of her, I didn't tell the magpie, and even your second mother doesn't know Sisi's true identity, let alone the matter of the clothed mound." ”

"But it's better to be careful, Freezer Street is an official residence, and there are court officials living around, I'm afraid that they know Sisi, and it's safer to live in the outer city."

Li Daqi is very much in favor of his son's prudence, at the beginning of Master Li's name in Bianjing, he was singing in the elephant shed, and many officials have gone to her scene, and there will indeed be many people who know her, once this matter is exposed, the consequences are simply unimaginable.

Li Daqi no longer insisted, "Okay! After the house is settled, I will ask Erniang to help clean up and see what needs to be added, but there is an ugly thing I have to say in front. ”

"What is Daddy going to say?"

"Although Sisi's character is good, her identity determines her status, she is just your concubine, not your wife, just like your second mother can never replace your mother's status, this is a matter of principle, as long as the Son of Heaven is still there, Sisi can only live in the dark for the rest of her life."

"I know, she knows, Daddy doesn't have to worry at all."

"It's good if you understand, yesterday Wang Wanhao sent me an invitation, his grandson Wang Gui is going to get married, and your good friend Tang Huai is also going to marry the youngest daughter of Zhang Yuanwai in Tangbei Township this year, I said that you should also go on a blind date, last time Mrs. Liang said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to introduce you to a family affair, to be honest, I am very interested in ......."

"Daddy, I'll talk about this later, I still have something to ask you for help with."

Li Daqi glared at his son fiercely, and had to ask, "What else do you have to do?" ”

Li Yanqing put a thick envelope on the table, "This is the meeting issued by the 30,000 imperial court, I want to exchange it for gold." ”

Thirty thousand yuan is nothing to Li Daqi, he took out the meeting and looked at it, it was all a new meeting that had just been issued two years ago, and it was easier to exchange, "That's it!" I happen to settle the bill with the Xiang Pharmacy in a few days, and the 30,000 guan will be given to them directly, and I mainly use silver in my hands, or I will give you silver! ”

"Don't hide it from my father, this 30,000 yuan is Sisi's money, and I plan to exchange it for a precious gem that is easy to carry."

"Didn't you say it earlier, I was still drinking tea with the director of Mingzhu Building at noon today, he just entered a batch of high-quality Sa Mojian gems, and asked me if I was interested, then I will go and see it tomorrow."

Li Yanqing was overjoyed and hurriedly instructed his father, "Try to buy high-quality sapphires." ”

"Don't worry! Your dad is reliable in doing things, and the director wants to partner with me to open a Baoyan Zhai rouge shop in Guangzhou, and he is asking me, and I believe it will not disappoint you. ”

Li Yanqing drank tea and got up and went back to sleep, at this time, Li Daqi suddenly slapped his head, he finally remembered where the expenditure of three thousand yuan was used? It was used to build a small pier for the interior house.