The winter days were short, and the laurel tree in the atrium had been planted for some years, and the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and Lin Jian looked at the house for a while, and it was soon dark, and he remembered that there were no oil lamps or candles in the house, and the idle man he was looking for at the entrance of the alley to buy things did not come back at this time.

Well, it's better not to come back, you can find something to do tomorrow.

Listening to Liu Yue'er and Zhao Hu walking in the courtyard, Lin Jian stood up and walked out, looking at Zhao Hu and Chen Enze with things in their hands and just coming back from outside with Liu Yue'er - there were two lanterns hanging on both sides of the weeping flower door, thinking that they had just hung them when they came back.

"I see that it's getting dark, I can't wait to buy things back, I just cleaned up the kitchen, pots and spoons, etc., can still be used, I pulled the Zhao brothers and Chen brothers to buy some rice vegetables and oil and salt sauce back, just saw you reading in the room, and said to Zhou Ye...... Will the bill be given to you later, or to Master Zhou? Liu Yue'er asked.

"The guy who helped hasn't bought it back yet, has he?" Lin Jian glanced at the hanging flower door, which was the second door of the house, so naturally there would be no movement.

"I'll just say, these idle men are mostly idle and boring, don't dare to bully the big families here, we are new to the city, they will not be polite," Liu Yue'er also complained a little that Lin Jian couldn't listen to her advice just now, and at this time she was a little gloating, thinking that nerds are nerds, and if you suffer a few more losses, you will learn to be smart, and you think that it is thanks to him that he took him in, and also helped herself block Gu Siming, who was hungry for her, and said, "Meals or something, I haven't started to do it yet, so let Lin Juren wait a little longer with hunger." Bringing the food to your room later? ”

Where would Lin Jian let Zhou Pu take care of these trivial things? At this time, Zhou Pu went out to inspect the surrounding terrain, and the people were not in the house; Lin Jian will not let Zhao Hu and Chen Enze waste their time on this, the two of them have too many things to learn, and there are other things for them to do, he said: "The house is so big, Miss Liu will work harder, see if you can invite another helper over in two days, let Zhao Hu and Enze help you more in these two days...... I'll put some money in Miss Liu, and you can show me the detailed account every month. As for the meals, there should be meat for each meal, more fish, eggs, and water, and meat for four people per meal. When the meal is ready, you don't have to bring me to the room alone, just call me. Miss Liu can also dine with us if she wants. ”

"How can this be done, isn't there no rules at all?" Liu Yue'er was startled when she heard Lin Lian's instructions, she didn't think that she would take care of Lin Lian's accounts at first, thinking that Zhao Hu and Chen Enze usually respected Zhou Pu, and thought that Zhou Pu would be the housekeeper of the house. Shouldn't we find someone you trust to take care of the accounts? This nerd, do you really doubt that I will get some money every month? Besides, it's nothing for Lin Lian to eat meat every meal, even if Zhou Pu is the big housekeeper, there is no need to give meat enough for every meal, will this nerd live a life, how can he be such a good retinue and start with the master? A pound of rice is only four or five dollars, eat with an open stomach, a person eats one and a half pounds of polished rice a day, but a pound of meat costs thirty dollars, if the four men let go of their stomachs to eat meat, this month's food will cost four taels of silver, obediently. Liu Yue'er thought to herself, this nerd really didn't know how expensive oil, salt, firewood and rice were, and I didn't know how much money he brought on his body and dared to spend it like this, or did he eat that rich lady?

Liu Yue'er thought about how to say it in order to remind the old man in front of her that oil, salt, firewood and rice are expensive.

Of course, Lin Jian knew that if he let go of his stomach and eat meat, he would be a little nervous about the money, but Chen Enze was growing his body, and Zhao Hu also had to learn fists and feet knife skills from Zhou Pu, and if he didn't eat meat, his body couldn't bear it.

"Miss Liu is inconvenient to dine with us, so don't force it, the four of us, I don't pay so much attention to Enze, Zhao Hu and Zhou Ye, the dishes and rice are ready together," Lin Jian said with a smile, "Although Liang Zhixian will send silver to Miss Liu's family on time, but Miss Liu also has expenses in Jiangning, and you remember to pay 800 yuan from the account every month." ”

Lin Tie asked Zhao Hu to take ten taels of silver to Liu Yue'er, Liu Yue'er saw that Lin Tie was extravagant, when he was in Shiliang County, he heard that he was just a very unsatisfactory side branch disciple in the Lin family, and there could not be many around him, at this time he was a little pitiful to him, and thought to himself: Forget it, take care of the accounts for you carefully, I hope to last a few more days in Jiangning City, and it is best to hold out until Liang Zuoren is transferred out of Shiliang County.

At this time, someone outside knocked on the door, Zhao Hu was just about to put down the things in his hand to see, the people outside had already entered the front yard and appeared in front of the weeping flower hall, but it was the shopkeeper of the pawn shop that sold the house to them, his chin was pointed and thin, he was wearing a peel melon hat on a cold day, his head poked in from behind the weeping flower door, and said with a smile: "I knocked on the door for a long time, no one answered, and I thought there was no one at home, Master Lin was at home......"

No one should push the door in, let alone walk through the front yard to the main courtyard without saying hello, Lin Jian thought to himself, sure enough, he was not taken seriously by the newcomer, walked over, and asked: "What is the matter with Shopkeeper Xiao, I remember that I had a dispute with the pawn shop for money and goods......

Lin Tie stood under the door of the weeping flowers, and saw that there were still two people standing at the door of the front yard looking in, Lin Tie looked at the pawn shop shopkeeper in confusion, not knowing what was going on with them at this time.

"This is Xiao Mi, the owner of our pawnshop...... "The pawnshop refused to introduce a middle-aged fat man in a brocade robe standing at the door of the front yard.

The middle-aged fat man arched his hand towards Lin Ju at this time, raised his foot and walked into the door, and said: "Lin Juren, Xiao Mou came to worry, there is a difficulty, I hope Lin Juren can share my worries for me?" Another young man, presumably a pawn shop buddy, also walked in.

Lin Jian was surprised in his heart: he broke his face with Du Rong in front of everyone at the Chaotianyi on the north bank of the river last night, and swore not to stand up, the news should not have spread so quickly, even if this Zhou Mi heard something in time, wouldn't he be in a hurry to ask for the door without inquiring?

Listening to Xiao Mi continue, Lin Jian realized that he had completely guessed wrong.

"I don't know if Lin Juren has ever heard of Su Mei, the Oiran of the Domain?" Xiao Mi asked.

"Su Huakui is famous, how could I not have heard of it...... Lin Lian nodded, he didn't know what it had to do with Su Mei, almost everyone in Shiliang County knew that he almost died in the hands of Jiang thieves because of his greed for Su Mei's beauty, it was all due to the propaganda that Zhao Neng escaped back to Shanglinli, plus he was the only high school student in Shiliang County's township examination this year, so the things that happened to him naturally attracted more attention, but Lin Lian didn't think that anyone in Jiangning would remember him.

"I have a friend who admires Miss Sumei very much, when I was invited to have a drink today, I learned that the pawnshop has a house adjacent to Sumei Baiyuan, and I want to transfer this house to him, and I also promised to come down, and only after I came back did I know that Lin Juren had taken the lead in the ......" Xiao Mi stood under the weeping flower door, glanced at the courtyard twice, and explained the intention straight to the point, "My friend is very good-looking, and has announced that he will have a banquet in this house in half a month, Xiao is really difficult to refute his face, so he can only come to Lin Juren to discuss- There are several other houses in the pawnshop's hands, all of which are blessed land and prosperous houses, if Lin Juren still feels dissatisfied, Zhou Mi is willing to return the three hundred taels of silver that was not touched originally, and give another thank-you gift. ”

Lin Lian pursed his lips slightly and didn't speak, seeing that the fat man squinted at himself with a slugging attitude, he didn't know if he had settled on himself, or waited for him to bargain with him, thinking that it shouldn't be Du Rong who was so eager to invite them over to tempt, probably because the price of another family was too high and they wanted to regret it.

Liu Yue'er listened to the puff in the back, and thought: Obviously, they bought the house first, how can the pawn shop come to drive them away again? Even if you want to return the house, how can there be any reason to return the original price? She was worried about Lin Bin's calculations, and she was eager to go up and help him speak.

"Although the gentleman has the beauty of becoming a person, but I can't hide it, when I first arrived in Jiangning, I went directly to Yongjufang to find a house, and it was also the name of Mu Sumei's Oiran," Lin Liangang and Du Rong tore their faces and swore that they would not stand on the other, and they didn't know what the details of this Xiao Mi in front of him were, and they didn't want to make too many enemies when they first arrived in Jiangning, so they just politely refused, "This dustpan alley house is not only this one house, Master Xiao may be able to go to other people's doors and ask if he is willing to sell the house to your friends." ”

"It is said that I promised this house to others first, even if there is a small mistake in the shop, I can't let this mistake continue," Xiao Mi said slowly, the fat on his face trembled slightly, "If Lin Juren has other inconveniences, they have all raised it to discuss!" ”

Seeing the fat man in front of him putting on a posture of giving and giving, and not letting and letting go, Lin Lian frowned slightly, and caught a glimpse of Zhou Pu at the front yard door and left again, Lin Lian knew that Zhou Pu had an idea, he frowned, and said with a smile to Xiao Mi, the owner of the pawn shop: "Xiao Caidong suddenly came to the door to say this, a little surprised, can you sit down for a while, let me think about it or two?" ”

Liu Yue'er walked over, stood beside Lin Lian, and secretly reached out to pull the placket of his clothes, Lin Lian turned around and asked her, "What's the matter?" ”

"What's the matter with you pulling my clothes?" Lin Jian turned around and asked Liu Yue'er.

Seeing that Lin Lian couldn't understand his hints, he turned around stupidly and asked, Liu Yue'er's stomach almost exploded, thinking that everyone had climbed on your face to, you are still so good-tempered, even if you are a foreigner, even if you are a newcomer, you can't let others bully you like this!

Xiao Mi smiled slightly, thinking that the young man in front of him was knowledgeable about current affairs, he was just a foreigner, and there was nothing unusual about grabbing a lot of money in Jiangning City, so he squinted and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for a while......"

Lin Jian instructed Liu Yue'er: "You go and make three bowls of tea...... Oh, come to four bowls, and make a bowl of tea for this entourage of Master Xiao......"

"The water hasn't boiled yet, so you should wait a little longer." Liu Yue'er walked towards the backyard angrily, feeling that Lin Jian was too weak, and the rumors in Shiliang County were really not wrong at all.

Lin Jian invited Xiao Mi and the others to sit in the guest hall in the front yard.

The guest hall in the front yard is next to the concierge and the servant's room, and is generally only a place for guests to wait for a while, and formal guests are welcomed to the main courtyard.

Xiao Mi saw that he could get the house back, and he didn't care about these etiquettes with Lin Bin, so he went to the guest hall in the front yard to see that the dust on the tables and chairs had not had time to wipe it, so he stood there and said to Lin Bin: "I'll just stand here and wait, you can go and discuss with your family......"

"Don't be busy, sit down for a while." Lin Jian said with a smile on his face.

This time to sit for a stick of incense, Liu Yue'er boiled water and brought the tea. Shiliang County produces tea, Lin Jian left Shiliang County with good tea with him, looking at the tea cup brewed with broken tea foam, he knew that Liu Yue'er was angry with the three people in the pawn shop, he smiled and said nothing.

Xiao Mi was a little impatient, and urged: "If Lin Juren can't make a decision by himself, please hurry up and discuss it with your family, it's not too early, and we can't wait here......

At this moment, I heard a sound, and the courtyard door was pushed open from the outside, and I heard a few people entering the courtyard with a lot of movement.

"Who's coming to the door again?" Lin Jian frowned and said to Liu Yue'er, "You go and see ......"

Liu Yue'er walked to the door and took a look, then turned her head in horror: "It was Zhou Ye who caught two people coming in." ”

Lin Lian didn't care about Xiao Mi's surprise on their faces, and when he walked to the courtyard door, he saw Zhou Pu holding the collars of the two people standing in the courtyard. It was the two suspicious people who had already appeared at the mouth of the alley, and Zhou Pu pulled the people in, and handed them over to Zhao Hu and Chen Enze to take the two people and press them to the ground.

"Master, when I came back, I saw these two people sneaking in at the door, didn't they want to come in and steal something?" Zhou Pu said, his eyes did not forget to glance at Xiao Mi and the others behind Lin Lian.

"It's not like they're here to steal something," Lin Lian walked over and looked at the faces of the two people who were pressed on the ground, shook his head and said, turned around and asked Xiao Mi again, "Are they people with Master Xiao?" Compared with the gentle words just now, he spoke a little cold at this time.

"It's not." Xiao Mi also felt strange.

"That's good," Lin Lian turned around and instructed Zhou Pu, "drag them to the backyard and ask them who sent them to keep an eye on this place—I, Lin Someone, have no other enemies in Jiangning except for Master Du who has offended the Qingfeng Hang firm!" If they refuse to say so, they will break both legs and be sent to the government, and they will be accused of stealing! ”

Where did Liu Yue'er think that Lin Jian was still smiling at the pawn shop Caidong a moment ago, afraid that others would not bully outsiders, and this turn of face was ruthless and wanted to break the legs of the two men who peeped into the courtyard; She was stunned, Zhou Pu, Zhao Hu, and Chen Enze grabbed the ground like a vicious tiger and dragged them to the backyard. As soon as their figures disappeared at the gate of the moon, they heard the muffled sound of punches and kicks hitting the flesh and enduring pain from inside, probably because Zhou Pu couldn't wait to ask and did it first, Liu Yue'er was shocked to hear it.

"Alas, obviously let them ask questions first, why did they start first," Lin Jian shook his head, turned around and said to Xiao Mi with an apologetic face, "My three entourages will all be village warriors in the future, and they will be fierce and vicious in catching bandits and thieves in the countryside, and it doesn't matter if this is Jiangning City, if you kill someone casually in the city and have to eat a lawsuit, you can't do anything like the countryside...... Oh, by the way, where did we just go? ”

Xiao Mi and the shopkeeper of the pawnshop looked at each other, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Just catch the thief and send it to the government for disposal...... Lynching is always bad, and breaking a leg is even more undeserved. ”

"It's okay, don't you pay a fine of ten taels or eight taels of silver! Am I still tolerating someone poking their head out of my house? Lin Lian smiled lightly on the corner of his mouth, and looked at the middle-aged fat man in front of him with a gentle face, "By the way, Master Xiao just said that you have a friend who also takes a fancy to this house, if he is really sincere, can you invite him to come and talk?" ”

"Sincere, sincere, I'll tell him when I go back, let him go back to Lin Juren to talk......" Xiao Mi looked at Zhang Ke with a smile, his back was a little cold, and he knew that the young man in front of him was not a character to be messed with, and he didn't know what he meant when he said just now, "I only offended Master Du in Jiangning", and he didn't dare to show his intention to buy this house back, "Then let's go first, I had a lot of worries just now." ”

"Where, where? We can find a place to stay on the first day we arrive in Jiangning, and thanks to the help of your pawnshop, if you want to return the gift, I won't leave you today......" Lin Jian very politely sent the pawnshop Xiao Mi and the other three out of the door, latched the front yard door, and said to Liu Yue'er, "You have to trouble Miss Liu to cook food, and you will be even more hungry later......"

Liu Yue'er listened to the muffled snort of boxing meat in the backyard, and was also shocked, looking at Lin Lian's calm face, it seemed that she couldn't hear Zhou Pu and them lynching those two sneaky men in the backyard, and reminded carefully: "Will there be a problem with hands and feet that don't know the severity of the matter?" ”

"It's okay, they know how to measure," Lin Jian said with a smile, "We're new here, it's really not appropriate to start too heavy, I'll go over and let them restrain themselves." ”

Liu Yue'er looked at Lin Lian's eager expression, obviously she wanted to move her fists and legs in the past, she really didn't know what to say, and thought to herself: Why is he very different from the rumors in the county at this time? The three people in the pawn shop obviously scared away him by killing chickens and monkeys.

Lin Yue'er couldn't take care of it too much, so she went to the kitchen to cook dinner first, and Lin Lian went straight to the backyard.

Lin Jian didn't want to set up enemies everywhere when he first arrived in Jiangning, but he didn't want to be bullied by others as a foreigner and didn't struggle, anyway, he and Du Rong tore their faces in Chaotianyi last night, and the people he sent to monitor them happened to kill chickens and monkeys. However, in order to kill the pawn shop, Du Rong has to startle the snake.

Lin Jian walked to the backyard, Zhou Pu and they didn't use too many means against the two people, just now the loud voice was to scare the owner and shopkeeper of the pawn shop, he walked over, looked at the two faces of the people who bleeded from the corners of his mouth, and said: "I only offended Du Rong of Qingfeng Xing in Jiangning, are you from Qingfeng Xing?" ”