Behind the tall door, Li Zunxu looked at Ye An's oxcart slowly walking away and sighed: "He still doesn't want to get too close to my foreign relative!"
"How could he, a newly promoted founding prince, look down on our family?! We are close relatives of the Tian family! We are not those distant relatives of Lao Shizi!"
Seeing the somewhat angry princess, Li Zunxu said helplessly: "No matter what, our family is all relatives. I can't get out. Duan Yi and Duan Rui are like this. They can never get out of this identity. That's why they can have official positions and become
A relative who is useful to officials and saints is enough."
Zhao Ying trembled slightly: "Is this the fate I brought?"
Li Zunxu shook his head slightly and said: "You didn't choose me, but I chose you. That's what I thought at the beginning. The court of the Song Dynasty seemed calm, but in fact it was treacherous.
My Li family can get involved in it, but my grandfather wanted my Li family to be more stable and no longer participate in the court, so after he himself rejected Taizong's offer to recruit a son-in-law, he finally let me, Princess Shang, who is...
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Zhao Ying was not surprised at all. Instead, she watched Li Zunxu gently take his hand: "You probably guessed wrong..."
"wrong?"
Li Zunxu was a little surprised when he looked at the woman in front of him with a depth that he had never seen before.
"Actually, my father didn't want you to become a powerful member of the Li family back then. My father-in-law was an official in charge of the affairs of the Four Directions during the Later Zhou Dynasty. He followed Taizu to fight in all directions. He was also a high-quality military general. During my father's time, he was also the third envoy and a privy councilor.
make…………"
A simple sentence made Li Zunxu understand everything. The Li family could not be too prosperous, and the best way was to become a relative. From the original home of officials to a home of relatives, the entire dynasty was watched by the civil and military officials.
Smiling slightly, he said: "My father understands justice well!"
Zhao Ying put her hand on Li Zunxu's shoulder, gently squeezed it and repeated: "Master understands the righteousness!"
Li Duanyi had rarely seen his father and mother so close. Originally, they were respectful to each other, and it even made him feel like they were not a couple. Otherwise, his father would not have a private residence outside.
Now his parents showed another side, and of course they did not avoid him, obviously to let him know.
He slowly walked forward and said, "My child knows my parents' intentions, but why do I still want my child to have a good relationship with Ye An?"
Li Zunxu glanced at his wife beside him, smiled slightly and said: "Because he is a real person, he can make money, and our family also needs to make money!"
Li Duanyi was slightly surprised: "But our family is not short of money! Father, don't you always say that only by having a moderate amount of money can you be a gentleman?"
Zhao Ying, who was standing next to her, smiled and said: "It seems that you still don't know what your father means. Our family wants to be seen by others and make them think that our family is greedy for money!"
"Let others think that... you are desecrating yourself?!"
Li Zunxu looked at his son with relief and said, "Yes, people in this world can never be perfect. If someone is perfect, there must be a big conspiracy behind it! So our Li family is not perfect relatives, we have to have bad things happen."
Facing his son's pure eyes, Li Zunxu added awkwardly: "Besides, making money is not a bad thing. It can also make money, right? Our farm outside the city is a big addition to our family..."
Li Duanyi was a little disappointed. He didn't expect that his father and mother would have such thoughts, and he didn't expect that no matter how hard he worked, there would be no possibility of getting ahead.
"Then is it necessary for the child to be so close to the official family? Anyway, no matter how close he is, he won't be favored by the official family."
Li Zunxu glanced at Zhao Ying and laughed loudly: "Silly boy, how can you not be close to the official family? After all, you are cousins and in-laws! Don't look at the official family's unique scenery, but you must know that the official family is unique.
There is also the official's own suffering, he lives a more tiring life than anyone else!"
Li Duanyi nodded slightly. He remembered the envious eyes of the officials when they left Zishan Hall today. He looked at his parents and smiled and said, "Maybe this is how our family is best?"
Zhao Ying smiled slightly and said: "You can't say this in front of the officials. Our family is good, we just know it ourselves!"
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"Our family is good, we know it ourselves, and we must never tell others! Especially the two maids of Miss Qin!"
The same words came out of Wang Bang's mouth, which made Tieniu a little confused: "Where is our house? There is not even a decent piece of furniture in this house! The family is poor and has only four walls..."
"It's a family with four walls!"
Ye An looked around and nodded with satisfaction, and also corrected Tieniu's mistake. For him, the current decoration style was already extremely comfortable.
Although there is no furniture, the bar of the tavern has been built according to my own requirements. The red jujube wood bar was an expensive expense in later generations, but in Tokyo's shavings street, it only costs 800 yuan.
Yes, we also provide labor and materials!
According to the current purchasing power of copper coins, it is equivalent to less than a thousand yuan in later generations, about a few hundred yuan more. This price has to be said to be conscientious.
The bar counter and the wine cabinet together cost just three dollars each. Wang Gang looked at it with pain, but it made Ye An feel quite happy.
In front of the bar was a row of high stools. These stools with swivel backrests made the two of them very curious, and they didn't want to get down after sitting on them.
"The stall is now open. Now we just need to wait for Xiaosi and the craftsmen we hired to arrive. The rooms have been tidied up?"
Wang Bang nodded and said: "Back to Xiaolang... what the Marquis said has been sorted out. The three houses in the outer courtyard are for the people in the store. You and the master's family will live in the house in the inner courtyard. Tieniu and I will live in the side room."
We are here to greet you at your convenience."
Ye An said helplessly: "Didn't I tell you and Xuan'er to live in the backyard? Why did you end up living next to the side room in the middle courtyard where we clean and cook?"
Tie Niuhan smiled and said: "You are now the Marquis. It's as if we were in a dream. The Wang Gang stepped on cotton under their feet today. They even rushed back at noon to move things from the back garden to the side room in the middle courtyard.
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"My family is so outsider, I don't feel comfortable!"
Wang Bang said with a smile: "Please be careful, you are still a marquis after all. Even if you don't have your own mansion, you should have rules. If Xuan'er dares to go to your room again in the future, I will be in trouble."
Say it, say it!"
Ye An smiled bitterly and nodded: "Yes, if she goes to my room again, I can hardly control myself. Let's go to Lan Kwai Fong and pick her up!"
As soon as he heard that he was going to Lan Kwai Fong, Tieniu's eyes lit up. This boy had really never eaten meat before. When he saw all those beautiful young ladies with good figures, his heart was scratching his head.
However, Wang Bang didn't think that much. In his opinion, it was not suitable to marry a girl from Lan Kwai Fong. It would be better to find a young lady from a decent family.
"Young Master, besides picking up Xuan'er, what else do we have to do when we go to Lan Kwai Fong?"
This is the quality of a professional housekeeper! Ye An smiled and said: "By the way, I went to ask my unmarried wife how much monthly salary we have now! I don't know it myself. Mu Mu often interacts with noble ladies and should know.