Chapter 331: A Treat
Liu Han really felt sorry for Zhang Mei, this little girl was originally used to cover her identity, except for the occasional ****, she could be sacrificed at any time, but this little girl had a deep affection for him, carefully ingratiating herself with him, and trying her best to maintain this family. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The room was very warm, and after a period of carnival, the little girl collapsed in his arms as before, her eyes were blurred, and she let Liu Han fiddle, since she had asked Liu Han where he had gone, which caused Liu Han to be angry, she didn't ask him where he had gone.
Liu Han stroked her sweaty body while carefully breathing, she soon felt it, and her heart tightened into his arms, Liu Han patted her ass and whispered that it was time to get up, Zhang Mei hummed coquettishly.
"Brother Fan invited us over for dinner, let's get up quickly. Liu Han got up and dressed as he spoke, Zhang Mei first hummed, then came to her senses, and quickly got up and hurriedly got dressed.
After Fan Ju entered the City Guard, Liu Han had a general understanding of his activities in the City Guard, the reason was very simple, almost all the people recruited this time were in the same battalion, Fan Ju and Liu Cong Liudao were in the same song, and they both held the position of the team leader, of course, this team is not the same as the team in the forbidden army, to put it simply, Liu Han's team is in the City Guard, even if the military marquis sees it, it will be one point lower.
Liu Han didn't deliberately inquire about his activities, besides, the Brotherhood had nothing to do with him, whether it was rebellion or assassination, it had nothing to do with him. Therefore, when he met Fan Ju at the door, and the latter invited him to dinner, Liu Han was a little surprised.
"Come here. ”
Zhang Mei came over obediently and stood in front of Liu Han, Liu Han took out a jade butterfly and inserted it in her hair, Zhang Mei was very happy, she came to the bronze mirror to look at it carefully, and asked if it looked good.
Liu Han nodded with a smile, this jade butterfly is not expensive, only a few taels of silver, and too expensive jewelry does not match their current status.
"Master, don't buy this again in the future, it's too expensive. ”
Zhang Mei wanted to take it off, but she was reluctant, so after thinking about it, she felt that she should bring it, at least tonight.
"Little fool, aren't we going to make money," Liu Han said with a smile, then restrained his smile and took out a bottle of elixir: "You put this away, take a pill before practicing, by the way, how has the progress of cultivation been recently?"
Zhang Mei was stunned and said coquettishly: "Master, sister-in-law Fan is probably in a hurry, let's go over first." ”
"Oh, well. Liu Han also seemed to feel a little anxious to say this now, so he put the vial in the drawer of the simple dresser.
The two of them came out one after the other, the sky had darkened, the door of the store had been closed, and there was a smell of aroma wafting out of the kitchen, Liu Han went in to take a look, Zuo Lan was sitting in front of the stove and dozing, heard the sound of the door, looked up and saw Liu Han, and quickly stood up, the little woman After several months of recuperation, her face became ruddy, and her figure was fuller and rounder, more attractive.
"Didn't you go to Sister-in-law Fan's house for dinner, what are you doing?" asked Liu Han in confusion.
"I made a few dishes," Zuo Lan replied carefully, in the past few months, she has also seen clearly, this master looks gentle, but in fact, his eyes are not mixed with sand, just by looking at the account book, he can see things for eight or nine points, although the behavior is absurd, but the work is not absurd at all, very shrewd, so, she is more and more careful: "Sister-in-law Fan is busy in the store, she is busy on weekdays, Brother Fan temporary." ”
Liu Han understood halfway through her speech, he opened the steamer, the dish was ready, Liu Han smiled in his heart, he also felt that he was a little ridiculous, however, he quickly comforted and found a reason, he has been practicing too hard recently, I am afraid that the fire crystal is doing the trick again.
The three of them came to Fan's house with food boxes, Liu Han walked into Fan's house for the first time, Fan's house is small and exquisite, half smaller than Liu's house, the front store is narrow, only a small long strip, the back is also flat, there is also a small patio in the middle, Liu Han felt that most of the rooms in the imperial capital are the same, there is such a small patio, and there is also a well in the patio. Across the patio there is only one room, which is divided into two parts, the inner part is naturally the bedroom, and the outer part is the kitchen-dining room.
There were already a few dishes on the table, the Fan family's sister-in-law was still busy on the stove, and when she saw Zhang Mei coming in, the Fan family's sister-in-law smiled at her, Zhang Mei's face turned red, and she took the food box from Zuo Lan's hand, and Zuo Lan went over silently and pulled a stool.
Fan Ju heard the voice, came out of it, saluted Liu Han, and then pulled Liu Han to the back room, the bedroom was also traditional, a large long kang, a small square table was placed in the middle, and a few dishes had also been placed on the table.
After a few words of greeting, Fan Ju invited Liu Han to sit down, Liu Han was a little puzzled, it seems that this is drinking in the house, what is going on at the table outside? Just thinking about it, Zhang Mei and Zuo Lan came in with two dishes and brought two dishes, which Zuo Lan made.
Fan Ju poured wine for Liu Han, Liu Han wondered in his heart, the two were gossiping, Fan Ju was very grateful to Liu Han in his words, if it wasn't for Liu Han contacting Hanhai Trading Company and setting up this dyeing shop, so that everyone could make money, life would not be so easy.
Although the Fan family's meatloaf is still a little famous in these streets, but in terms of making money, it really doesn't make much money, and there are only a few left in a month to go out with all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, plus protection fees, but the dyeing shop is different, and it makes a lot more money than this shop.
Liu Han listened with a smile, but his ears listened to the voice of the woman outside, and he suddenly understood that this is a woman who does not serve the table, the tradition of the Great Jin Dynasty is like this, usually when there is only one family, it is nothing for men and women to eat at the same table, but once there is a guest ****, the woman will not be on the table.
"What did Brother Fan say," Liu Han put down the wine glass, picked up the wine jug and added it to Fan Ju, and poured it for himself: "The current profit of this dyeing shop is the profit of Hanhai Trading Company, and the raw materials for dyeing cloth are provided by Hanhai Trading Company. Brother Fan, we have to be prepared for this. ”
Fan Ju nodded, smiled bitterly and said: "I'm a person, selling some meatloaf, barely maintaining, look at you, brother, how long has it been since I arrived in the imperial capital, first the teahouse, then the tea, and now I have a dyeing shop, and I immediately have a new atmosphere, brother, I admire, brother toast you." ”
Both of them took a sip of wine, the wine is not a good wine, it is the common lotus white on the market, Fan Ju picked up the wine jug first, Liu Han said: "Brother Fan, I gave the caravan bodyguards of Hanhai Trading Company in the desert to form some love, people can give me such a little face, it is impossible to have more, Brother Fan, these are flowers in the mirror." ”
Liu Han said and glanced at the room: "Brother Fan, you and your sister-in-law have been married for so many years, why haven't you given a child?"
Fan Ju sighed softly when he heard this, picked up the wine glass and drank it dry, rested it heavily on the table, and sighed: "We also had children, who died of illness when they were five years old, alas. ”
Liu Han immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's me who talks too much, and I punish myself with a cup." ”
Fan Ju was a little surprised: "What does this have to do with you, it's all fate!"
Liu Han remembered that this society does not have this etiquette, looking at Fan Ju's sad expression, he also sighed slightly, the infant mortality rate in this era is very high, and there is no doubt that mothers will give birth to children and pass the ghost door.
"Brother Fan has entered the City Guards, how do you feel?" Liu Han changed the topic, and Fan Ju smiled bitterly: "What else, it's a little better than selling meat cakes, your sister-in-law has a lot of confidence in the dyeing workshop, and she is thinking about letting me come out of the City Guards and concentrate on the dry dyeing shop." ”
Liu Han sighed in surprise, and Fan Ju smiled bitterly again: "It's easy for this city guard to get in, but it's not so easy to come out, if you want to get out, it will take at least five years." ”
This is half-true, it is very difficult for the city guards to come out, the army of the Great Jin Dynasty is a conscription system and a soldier household system, the soldier household is a soldier for generations, and the son of the father dies and then becomes, but the conscription is different, the recruited soldiers can be withdrawn, as long as the captain agrees, but there is a basic condition to be met, that is, at least five years, and then there are many other rules and regulations, which must be met before they can be dismissed from the military, so it is easy to come out of the Great Jin Dynasty as a soldier.
If he didn't know the truth about Fan Ju's entry into the city guards, Liu Han might have believed this statement, but naturally not now, he smiled and said: "Actually, the city guards are not bad, there are not so many dangers, unlike the border army, which fights with horse bandits twice in three days, and it is not like us, we are busy outside all day long, and we can't even take care of our family." ”
"Yes," Fan Ju first echoed, and then asked curiously: "Your sister-in-law said that the dyeing shop is quite profitable, no worse than you selling tea, why don't you specialize in dyeing cloth?"
"Brother, you don't understand this," Liu Han thought about it for a while and shook his head and said: "When I was a bodyguard, I saw those merchants of the Hu tribe, they all brought all kinds of goods, tea and cloth were the most profitable at that time, but they also brought silk, pottery, etc., generally brought more than a dozen kinds of goods, I was curious, and asked them why they did this, just bring tea and cloth, but what do they say, if you only bring tea and cloth, it is very risky, what eggs can't be put in one basket, to spread the risk, whatever, I listened for a long time to understand." That means that you can't just do the same, just say this dyeing shop, didn't I say just now, the dyeing shop is making more money now, because Hanhai Trading Company makes profits, the current price of raw materials is half price, in the future, what if their prices want to rise back? Therefore, I can't just dry the dyeing shop, the dyeing shop now just let my sister-in-law and plums dry, and I will continue to sell tea, and the dyeing shop will not be able to do it in the future, and I will still support my family in this tea shop. ”
Fan Ju was stunned for a moment, thought about it seriously and asked, "Does this mean that you don't put your eggs in one basket?"
Liu Han nodded, and Fan Ju frowned slightly: "According to what you mean, I should still stay in the city guards." ”
This Fan Ju's mind turned quite quickly, he smiled and said: "This has to be measured by Brother Fan himself, in fact, the eldest brother doesn't have to decide so quickly, let's take a look first, let's not worry, isn't there still five years, there is time." ”
Fan Ju also smiled: "Brother is right, let's not worry, well, brother, are you interested in coming to the city guards, the city guards are still short of people, with the skills of brothers, you can at least be a tun commander in the city guards." ”
Liu Han's heart moved, I'm afraid this is the purpose of today's meal, this can't be promised, and after thinking about it, I feel wrong!