Speaking of this Lin Baihu, he was born with a lot of talents, but he was quite disadvantaged. Ever since he inherited the family's test of Baihu, he had a tendency to expand the number of concubines in his family, and he has been committed to collecting beautiful women. If not
Due to the limited financial resources of his official reputation, he had probably prepared twelve or three concubines for a long time. Even so, when it was time to marry a wife, the family's concubines and the first-in-law girl already had the four kings. Then they married a Lin
When the lady came, Lin Ming said proudly, "This is called the Five Blessings and Longevity."
At this moment, Lin Baihu was sitting on the head of the family's seat next to his wife. Four concubines were lined up in a half-moon shape behind him, as if they were holding the moon. Lin Ming looked around, feeling very proud.
While I was watching a play, a servant suddenly came to report: "Miss Li is here."
Lin Ming frowned: "Which Miss Li family?"
"The daughter of Mr. Li from Jiangning Baihu House..." He handed over the note written by Li Yongxun.
"Oh, it's her." Lin Ming was surprised: Li Yongxun was his wife's cousin. Since his wife married to Foshan, the two families didn't have much contact because of the long distance. Why did he come to visit rashly without sending a letter in advance?
Already?
"Who can send her?"
"According to the lady, there are two drug dealers——"
"Nonsense!" Lin Ming cursed in a low voice.
"Why is my husband so angry?" Mrs. Lin turned around.
"Your girl from the Li family is here." Lin Ming handed Li Yongxun's wristband, "You are fifteen years old, and you are doing such ridiculous things!"
"She's here, there's no point in getting angry." Mrs. Lin was calm, "I'll go pick her up." She smiled sweetly. This smile brought out two deep dimples on her cheeks, and Lin Baihu immediately felt numb.
Half of it.
"All right."
"There are also merchants who sent Qianqian Qianqian here, so they have to hold a banquet to thank them. After all, they have traveled thousands of miles, so it can be considered that they were delivered safely."
Lin Ming thought for a while: "That's fine, everything in the kitchen is ready-made anyway."
Mrs. Lin took the two maids out and asked the steward: "Where is Miss Cousin now?"
"In the flower hall."
"Take her to my room."
When the sisters met, they naturally talked about reuniting after a long absence. Soon, Li Yongxun said: "Sister, I'm almost dying of heat. Let me wash up first and change clothes!"
"Okay, okay." Mrs. Lin told the maid: "Go and bring some buckets of hot water, and then ask Ma Zhang to buy a new bathtub on the back street."
In a moment, hot and cold water and a bathtub were all ready. Mrs. Lin first closed the door, closed the windows, and lowered the bamboo curtains. The room suddenly became dark. Mrs. Lin came up.
He took off the hairpin for her, untied her belt, took off her coat, and untied the strips of cloth wrapped around her chest layer by layer to reveal her bellyband. Mrs. Lin moved her fingers slightly and took off her bellyband.
The silver chain, the soft and smooth satin bellyband slipped down.
Li Yongxun shyly turned her back, but Mrs. Lin held her waist with both hands and whispered in her ear: "Qianqian, your waist has become much thinner."
"How good is my sister?" Li Yongxun twisted his waist, "Is it possible that I used to have a bucket waist?"
"No, I used to have a small waist, but," Mrs. Lin's hands held up the two small buds on Qianqian's chest, "it's much bigger here..."
"Sister, you're so annoying, you're touching me!" Li Yongxun felt a numbness in his chest when she touched him with her hands, and he quickly pushed her hand away, "I'm going to take a bath, sister will just ask a maid to serve me."
"The maid has rough hands and feet." Through the dim light from the bamboo curtain, Mrs. Lin saw a slender figure with thin skin and white flesh, and black hair hanging on her shoulders. Her legs were twisted tightly.
Wearing a bellyband to barely cover her chest, she smiled and said, "When you came to your sister's house when you were a child, did you forget that your sister gave you a bath?" He walked over, held her hand, and whispered:
"Come on, sister, help you take a bath."
Li Yongxun's nose drifted to the scent of his sister's scent, which was like a musk deer and an orchid. It penetrated his heart and spleen, and he couldn't help but follow it.
After taking a refreshing bath, Mrs. Lin asked the maid to get a brand new dressing box, help her dress up again, and got her own clean clothes for her to change into, then opened the door and went out to see Lin Ming.
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Lin Ming was absolutely indispensable for having a sister-in-law. Since his wife was willing to take her in, he could just let her take the trouble. Besides, with such a pleasant and lively sister-in-law, life would be more fun. He asked about what happened along the way.
, Li Yongxun is naturally 100% truth and 90% lies. It’s all truth without adding water. It probably happened on the way from Guangzhou to Foshan on the boat. Naturally, she stole the waist card, pretended to be a prostitute, and played "Bliss"
It is also impossible to talk about "disintegration".
Lin Ming nodded and said: "It seems that these merchants are all gentlemen. I should thank them properly."
"That's right. We should at least prepare a post to show that we are not lacking in courtesy."
"That's what Madam said." Lin Ming could be said to obey his wife's words, and immediately asked someone to prepare a message and send it to the inn.
How to thank him? He would never be happy to give you money. Although it is a good job to be a member of one hundred households, he still needs to be filial to his superiors. Colleagues who pass by have to socialize. He also has a wife and four concubines who need good clothing and food, plus a bunch of servants.
Domestic servants, maids, and old ladies have to support themselves, and the expenses are very high. The salary given by the court is limited, especially in departments like Jinyiwei where there are so many salary-paying officials. There are more than 80,000 people who receive financial support. The payment of wages is never on time. Good.
He was working as a local householder, which was very lucrative, otherwise I don't know how he would have gotten along these days.
If the banquet was only held once, the etiquette would be too weak. Relatives and friends would inevitably discuss it if they knew about it. Mrs. Lin had no choice but to give an idea and said: "Anyway, you are going to invite them tomorrow. Since they are coming to Foshan Town to do business, why not invite a few people?"
A big local businessman is here to accompany you? Do them a small favor."
"What Madam said is absolutely true." Lin Ming thought that this was a simple task, it was effortless and effortless, and it was a good deal in terms of favor. "But who are we going to invite?"
"Qianqian said: Mr. Liu is a doctor, and Mr. Yang is the shopkeeper of the medicine shop. Why not invite Mr. Yang Da, the shopkeeper of Yang Run Kaitang, to accompany you? He is a leader in this industry in Foshan."
"Yes, Madam, you have thought carefully about it."
"Let me invite Mr. Li Luoyou again. He just arrived in Foshan a few days ago. Today he also sent birthday gifts. His family used to do business outside the customs, and the business was very large. I heard that many precious medicinal materials were obtained from outside the customs.
.Although Mr. Li has been hiding in the pass for many years, he might still have some inventory on hand..."
Li Luo was naturally recognized by Lin Ming. Not only did he recognize him, but today he also smiled and accepted some "generous gifts" in addition to birthday gifts, and settled a matter. He smiled: "Madam, you are thinking too much. This is
It's up to them to decide the purchase and sale matters themselves. Being a husband means inviting people to get together. As for whether anything can be discussed, that's their business."
"Yes, my husband is here to teach you." Mrs. Lin smiled slightly, "Qianqian is here tonight, and we sisters have some private things to say. If you please, my husband, please stay at Qingyun's place today."
"You have private conversations with your sisters all day long." Lin Ming said sadly, "Every month, is it you and Qingyun, Bibo and the others who sleep more, or are you husband..."
"Okay, my husband, don't worry about it anymore." Mrs. Lin's eyes were flowing and she was very charming. "But I have never asked my husband to stay alone in the empty room? Besides, this is my cousin, and she is half of my natal family. I always have to take care of her.
have to."
Lin Ming seemed to have some objections to this. Mrs. Lin whispered: "I will serve your husband with Bi Bo tomorrow night..."
Li Luoyou arrived in Foshan a few days ago. He was accompanied by two foreigners. One was an Englishman who had been doing business in Macau for many years. John.quark - Li Luoyou and other Chinese people who were familiar with him jokingly named him John.quark.
One was named Quark. The other was a Jesuit missionary from Germany named Ma Yangchun.
Ever since he came to Guangzhou to take over his family's foreign business at the end of Tianqi's reign, Li Luoyou has come to Foshan almost every two or three months to order porcelain, silk and medicinal materials, which he exports through the channel of Quark.
The Li family has been a wealthy businessman for generations, and they are also members of Beizhili at the foot of Tianzi. Their style is somewhat "official". The group set out from Guangzhou, using three large boats, and came along the river in a mighty manner. As soon as they docked at the dock
, directly invested in the semicolon of "Liao Hai Xing" on Datong Street, Foshan. In order to receive the owner, the manager of the semicolon, Cheng, prepared everything ten days ago: as soon as the sedan arrived, Li Luoyou, his guests, and his
My wife's nephew, named Gu Baocheng, was brought back from the rebel army during the great retreat of Guangning. He is also the only flesh and blood of my wife's family. Another master who helped with writing and ink was brought into the living room, and four people were specially prepared for him.
The clever boys were busy pouring water and tea. Li Luoyu was enjoying the wait of the boys while asking about various local news.
After a while of chaos, they all sat down. Li Luoyou ordered the two red-haired guests to be sent to the guest room to rest and wait for them.
One of the personal servants he brought with him, Su Ye, came with a hookah to fill his cigarettes. At the same time, he whispered: "Aunt Jiang has settled down. When will the master come in?"
"Are you here to play with her in Foshan?" He said that he thought Aunt Jiang was too ignorant, "Tell her to kneel down and reflect, and wait until I come in."
He was punished as soon as he opened his mouth, showing no sympathy or sympathy. Everyone stared with bated breath, not daring to answer.
"Yes." Sao Ye didn't dare to say anything, so he had to go in to deliver the order, secretly feeling aggrieved for the unfortunate Aunt Jiang. This kind of callous and ruthless family behavior has become more and more intense since Li Luo escaped back to the pass after narrowly escaping death.
"Sir," Shopkeeper Cheng of Semicolon came to ask for instructions: "How to arrange dinner? Do you want to use the cook brought by the master to make some vegetables?" Because the Li family has been dealing with Western businessmen for many years, the house always has a stir-fry cook and various condiments and kitchen utensils.
The ingredients were all brought this time. In addition to entertaining the two foreign guests, we were also going to invite several customers to open meat dishes.