Li Xia poked Li Wenshan with a feather next to him, and he let out a loud sneeze, waking up.

  "The sun is shining on my butt!" Li Xia jumped up and dodged a sneeze.

  Li Wenshan jumped off the bed and squatted in front of Li Xia, "Ah Xia, several big things! Changping Warehouse..."

  "Mother wants to see if you're awake, and if so, she'll have you go eat breakfast. Today's breakfast is spread out on the table." Li Xia raised her finger to her lips, signaling Li Wenshan not to say anything for now.

  Mother is waiting for Fifth Brother to eat dinner, this is the most important thing.

  "Here I come!" He couldn't say why, but after seeing Ah Xia, Li Wenshan felt the anxiety of last night disappear in an instant, and with a joyful leap, he rushed to wash up.

  After having breakfast, he accompanied his parents to talk about trivial matters such as how to study and eat in the academy. County Magistrate Li went to the front hall, and Li Wenshan took Li Xia to the back garden to play.

  "The Changping Warehouse has been mobilized." With no one else around, Li Wenshan spoke of the most important matter first.

  "Got it, Dad has been busy with this matter for the past few days." Li Xia replied casually.

  "Axia, this is a big deal. What if those two scoundrels frame Dad..." This was Li Wenshan's greatest worry.

  "Not just those two masters..." Li Xia thought of that relative, Wu County Lieutenant, who was only two turns away from Empress Su. Never mind, never mind, don't mention this for now, things have their order, one thing at a time.

  "This matter involves Mr. Qin, who has been following Big Brother from being a small county magistrate to becoming a high-ranking official today. If he can't even handle this small matter... let alone intentionally or unintentionally, if he still lets Father get his shoes wet, then Mr. Qin might as well be dead. We don't need to bother with that, has that guy named Guo Sheng arrived in Hengshan County yet?"

  "It's said that he has arrived, the master returned yesterday. Right, on that day I rushed to Hangzhou and first went to see the master, the master's words were vague..."

  Li Wenshan almost repeated what Mr. Qin said, "...I didn't understand this sentence at all, how could I not give orders? And..."

  "Mr. Qin..." Li Xia's words trailed off.

  Big Brother asked him to find a stable place for Zhong's mother to spend her old age, it was truly a peaceful life. What Mr. Qin meant by "stable and peaceful" was thoroughly stable... Never mind, let's not tell Big Brother about this for now. "I've acknowledged my master."

  "What?" Li Wenshan didn't understand.

  "Previously, Mr. Qin was Big Brother's person, now Mr. Qin is your person." Li Xia thought about Mr. Qin and Guo Sheng, she had at least heard of Mr. Qin, but this Guo Sheng, she knew nothing about, sigh, let it go for now.

  "With Mr. Qin around, at least we can be more at ease with official matters."

  Mr. Qin should be more aware of the background of Wu County Wei, and Big Brother must not have taken the path of Wu Guifei. Mr. Qin's precautions against Wu County Wei must be very strict, which is good.

  "It's none of our business what happens at the yamen, but on Mother's side, we need to give it a push." Li Xia jumped up onto a rock and then jumped back down.

  "What's going on?" Li Wenshan hastily opened his arms to shield Li Xia behind him.

  "Try using that Yang's wife... You'd better go find Hong's wife first, I think Hong's wife seems to have some ideas, listen to what she thinks, and also ask Mother."

  Li Xia thought that Hong Niang had been acting mysteriously for the past few days, and just as she was about to say something, she changed her mind. This matter should be left to Mother to handle, and it would be best if she and Fifth Brother kept their hands off.

  "By the way, about the matter of Mother Zhong sending Sister to be a concubine, Mother doesn't know yet. You tell Aunt Hong about it, and also tell Aunt Hong that Father's head is already on Mother Zhong's neck. We can only rely on Mother, if she continues like this, from you to me, we'll all die at the hands of Mother Zhong. This is the truth."

  Li Wenshan nodded continuously, not from him to Axia, but from Adie to Axia.

  ………………

  Hong's aunt came out of the house, walked a few steps towards the upper floor, turned around and went to the backyard.

  She is feeling a mix of emotions right now, her mood is turbulent, she needs to calm down first.

  Hong stepped quickly, all the way to the vegetable field in the backyard, squatted down, looking at the green and tender little cabbage in front of her, with a surge of emotions, mixed feelings.

  She was summoned to serve beside Mrs. Xu after Mrs. Xu had arranged her marriage.

  When Mrs. Xu was four or five years old, her mother died in childbirth, and two lives were lost together. Two years later, during the spring examination, her father caught a cold in the rain, and after the list was announced, he passed away within half a month, leaving behind only Mrs. Xu, an orphaned girl, and a fellow jinshi degree holder.

  The Xus are considered a family of scholars, but that's all they are - neither wealthy nor noble.

  Mrs. Xü became engaged to Yongning Bo's family, although he was a concubine's son and there were some rumors, but compared to the Xü family, it was still a high match. After the engagement, Mrs. Xü's grandmother, Old Lady Huò, gave her own maid Hong Yíngyīng and her family to Mrs. Xü as an accompanying household.

  Aunt Hong had an ordinary relationship with Mrs. Xu, but from the time of Shan's older brother, these four children were all brought up by her hand in hand, especially Shan and Dong's two siblings, she held them in her arms since they were young, watching them grow up to be so big, she looked at them as if they were her own children.

  Zhang's aunt was going to harm Shang Geer, but at that time she was so flustered that she didn't even have time to get angry. She received a private explanation and a package of silver from Shang Geer, and her whole body was filled with excitement and delight at how extraordinary and exceptional Shang Geer was.

  At this moment, she was so angry that her whole body was shaking. It turned out that the old woman still wanted to harm Dong Jie and planned to send Dong Jie to someone's house as a concubine! Dong Jie was such a good child, how could she bear to do it? Was she even human?!

  Hong's aunt was so angry that her chest felt suffocated with one wave after another.

  She can't get angry, the mistress is not worthy of anger, the master is muddle-headed, it's not just one or two days, she doesn't get angry with them. She looks at Shan Ge and Dong Jie, and also those two little ones, she doesn't get angry... She doesn't need to get angry!

  Hong stepped forward, hands behind her back, and circled the vegetable garden a few times. Things aren't like they used to be now that Shan's grown up, she thought to herself. He's so capable and clever, what's there for me to get angry about? She can take care of herself now, what's there for me to get angry about?

  Shan Geer is right, we should take advantage of this matter to make the wife stronger. If the wife can become strong from now on, that would be best. If she still can't become strong after something like this...

  Shan Ge said it right, then she helped Shan Ge, protected her brother and sister, and let them protect themselves! Fortunately, the brothers and sisters are all grown up, fortunately, behind the brothers and sisters, there is a Hou Fu...

  Hong's aunt smoothed out her emotions, casually picked up a handful of vegetables and sent them to the kitchen. After hearing that Zhong's aunt had gone out to speak again, she left the kitchen and went straight upstairs.

  In the upper house, Mrs. Xü was with Li Dong selecting old clothes of Mrs. Xü and Magistrate Li, as well as fabrics sent by Wang Tongzhi. It's already mid-August, so it's time to start making padded jackets and cotton-padded garments.

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