Chapter 38 Entering the house

　　Shopkeeper Qi came over to explain, and Tang Chunming was grateful. No matter what, young master Teng Yu and the shopkeeper Qi still used legitimate business methods to do business with him, especially because of the disgusting behavior of the surnamed Meng. After a comparison, Tang Chunming naturally favored Jinji’s side.

　　Shopkeeper Qi saw clearly that Tang Chunming was very disgusted with the actions of the Meng family, so as long as they blocked the overt or covert methods of the Meng family and Fumantang in front,  Tang Fulang would never fall to the other side’s camp. After this experience, their cooperative relationship has become more stable. After thinking about it, he was grateful to the Meng family and Fumantang. Not everyone will be threatened or induced by their methods.

　　Tang Chunming remembered something and asked Li Feng and Shopkeeper Qi: “Has the marriage between Zhao Laosan and the Shen family been concluded?” He has spent the past two days living with a cunning guy, so he has no time to worry about the outside world. He made another note for Zhao Laosan in his heart. Of course, he wanted to retaliate.

　　”They have already exchanged Gongs and matched their horoscopes. It is said that it is a perfect match made in heaven.” This is the news that Shopkeeper Qi heard.

　　”I heard that Zhao Laosan was not at home on the day the matchmaker came, and Grandma Zhao agreed to the marriage on the spot. I heard that the third uncle of the Zhao family came to the door and scolded Grandma Zhao. He seemed to be too concerned about the marriage. He’s not optimistic, but he can’t back down now.”

 This is the news that Li Feng heard, he has heard these rumors, especially after the Zhao family’s troubles with Brother Ming, so he pays more attention to the Zhao family’s movements. So although he is a man, he pays more attention to the rumors than Tang Chunming a ger.

　　”Zhao Laosan hasn’t come back yet?” Tang Chunming immediately pinpointed the keywords and his eyes suddenly lit up.

　　A smile flashed in Li Feng’s eyes, and he said, “Not yet, I heard that he’s going to the county.” Grandma Zhao had spread the news in the village, saying that a senior official in the county had invited his Zhao Lao San as a guest.

　　”Haha, I can’t wait for Zhao Laosan to return now, haha…” Tang Chunming smiled happily, like a cunning little fox who stole fish. Li Feng liked this side of him so much that he didn’t think anything was wrong with Tang Chunming’s wittiness. To him, beating the enemy without raising a sword is already kind. Of course, he also hopes that the person he likes is a person with clear grudges. This aspect of Brother Ming particularly appeals to him.

　　”Haha…” Shopkeeper Qi also understood. This old fox regretted not staying in Pingshan Village to watch the big show. He told Xiao Shunzi to pay attention to the Zhao family’s movements. If anything happens in time, Report it to him.

　　Knowing that he couldn’t continue dragging the matter, Tang Chunming decided to calmly face Li Feng. This family needed someone to help him organize things. Besides, he still had a half-year observation period. If he failed, hmm Tang Chunming would be arrogant and reject him.

　　Before shopkeeper Qi left that day, Xiao Shunzi calculated the day’s vegetable bill and immediately paid the money, totaling half a tael of silver. The half-tael of silver was handed over to Li Feng, who then handed it to Tang Chunming. At that time, Tang Chunming didn’t mind. He took the money and threw it into the space. Now the cucumbers can be picked, and the weight of the vegetables in each transaction has also increased, so each time the account is entered, it is not low. In his heart After settling the accounts, the day for him to buy the hill behind was getting closer and closer.

　　He was thinking about how many days it would take to add another fixed asset if things continued like this. After returning home, Li Feng handed a box to Tang Chunming and said, “From now on, all the accounts will be under your control.”

　　The matter-of-fact tone made Tang Chunming twitch his mouth, but he had to ask clearly: “What is in this?” He asked to keep it without saying it clearly. What if it was damaged? Does he also have to be responsible for compensation?

　　There was no lock on the box, so Li Feng reached out and opened the box in front of Tang Chunming. When he saw what was inside, Tang Chunming’s eyes widened and he wanted to rub his eyes to see if he had seen it wrong.

　　This box wasn’t small. The top layer had silver silk and gold leaves. The gold and silver alone can dazzle his eyes. Tang Chunming pinched his thigh and hissed in pain. He really found a rich man, he hid so much money and spent every meal at his house looking like he was poor. Before, he was thinking about asking him to pay for food but seeing how he kept busy and took over all the heavy work at home he gave up, Let him consider the food expenses as his salary.

　　”You rich man,” Tang Chunming closed the box at once and said with envious eyes, “if your relatives knew about it, they would cry and shout and fawn over you.” He pushed the box towards Li Feng, although he is envious, these are not his.

　　”Ever since they plotted against me and made me leave Pingshan Village five years ago, I have never considered respecting them. At that time, I thought, I would rather starve to death outside than come back to eat a bite of their food.” Therefore, Even if he makes money, he won’t give them a share. Others may hear this and say he is rebellious. After all, those people are also his father’s siblings. For his father’s sake, he can’t do too much.

 But he knows that the person in front of him won’t ask for it, because they are similar, and they won’t force themselves to do things they don’t want to do just to save face. This can be seen from his determination to get rid of the relationship with the Zhao family.

　　Then he pushed the box to Tang Chunming’s hand and continued to explain: “You are in charge of this house, so, of course, it must be kept by you. I can only spend money but not make money. There is no war now, it will be in vain to continue keeping it.” He had thought of this when he handed over Jinji’s money to Brother Ming. His previous behavior can be regarded as eating soft rice.

 How is this acceptable? How can a ger support a man? A big man like him should support the family. So he took the box of silver at home and quickly brought it over.

　　Seeing him push it back again, Tang Chunming felt happy. He had handed all his belongings into his hands. From now on, his financial lifeline would be in his hands. How dare he still feel sorry for himself? The villain in Tang Chunming’s heart was overjoyed.

 With a smile on his face, he opened the box again. The typical villain was proud, and he counted the silver coins and gold leaves inside and said: “It’s your decision and didn’t ask for anything. Once it is in my hands, I will not give it back. Hey, how much money is there?”

　　Li Feng was also happy with the outcome. Of course, he couldn’t return the ‘dowry’ after taking it, so this ger could no longer say that he didn’t agree to get married. He could also enter the house more openly and honestly. Looking at Brother Ming’s smiling face, he said unperturbably: “It’s probably a few thousand taels, I haven’t counted it specifically.”

　Chink, the silver in Tang Chunming’s hand fell down and slid all the way under the table. Tang Chunming’s eyes widened, and he looked at this man with an expression of disbelief, and his voice rose. “A few thousand taels? Are you right?”

　　Li Feng picked up the fallen silver coin, put it on the table, and then opened the top layer of the box. Tang Chunming lowered his head and saw that there was a stack of silver notes inside. Judging by the thickness, he knew there would be a lot of them, he took a breath and shook his head, Damn, this is not a rich man, he is a nouveau riche.

　　If there were dozens of taels and hundreds of silver, he might pretend to refuse again, but now a few thousand taels? No way, take them all! Tang Chunming neatly put all the silver and gold leaves on the table back into the box and put them in his arms, he almost took it into the space in front of Li Feng. At least he still maintained some sense: “Haha, you can’t take it back after you say it. From now on, it’s all under my control. I want to buy a mountain.”, I want to plant fruit trees all over the mountain, raise a large flock of sheep and chickens, and open a restaurant. I will sit at home and wait for the cashier to become a rich man. “

　　”Okay, whatever you say will be accepted. I’ll listen to you.” Li Feng responded in a good-tempered manner, with the corners of his mouth and eyes raised. If Yu Mu saw his boss’s expression here at this time, he would definitely be frightened.

　　”Okay, I’ll reward you with a big meal today.” Tang Chunming said grandly with a wave of his hand.

　　”Okay.” Still, he didn’t refute him.

　Tang Chunming was very generous that day. He bought pork and ordered Li Feng to hunt some wild animals in the mountains. Together with the food at home, he cooked a table full of dishes, enough for Zhang Xiu’s family, Wang Mo’s, Li Zheng’s, and Uncle Zhao Liushu. He invited them to come to the house for dinner, but Wang Mo’s husband was too embarrassed to come.

 Shen Fulang and Li Zheng came, and Zhao Liushu also brought his eldest grandson to join in the fun. They had a noisy meal. Zhang Xiu and other People wanted to ask Tang Chunming why he invited people to dinner, but he couldn’t tell the truth. Tang Chunming couldn’t say that he had thousands of taels of silver in his space and was looking for someone to share his joy.

　　In the end, it was Shen Fulang who hinted that Tang Chunming had decided to officially settle down with Li Feng, which made everyone mistakenly think that they invited everyone to dinner to celebrate. Well, this is pretty much acceptable. Otherwise, why would you give away all the money you have to others?

　　The next day, Li Feng took his horse to the new yard of Tang Chunming’s house and settled there. He built a tent on the side where the livestock was raised to protect him from the wind and rain. Normally, Da Mao and Er Mao would go to Li Feng’s house to practice martial arts, now they came to Tang Chunming’s house. They practiced calligraphy with Tang Chunming in the morning and martial arts with Li Feng in the afternoon and spent most of the day there.

　　Li Feng seemed to have noticed Tang Chunming’s worries. He had been spending more time with Ah-Lin. Although Brother Ming had already accepted him as a person, if Ah-Lin was willing to recognize him as his step-father, he would have no worries at all.

　　Li Feng brushed the horses in the new yard, and several children were watching. Plus three dogs and two geese, the scene was so lively that Tang Chunming also went to watch with a big stomach. If the situation hadn’t allowed it, he would have wanted to ride on it and take a walk.

　　”Why are you here?” Li Feng became nervous when he saw Tang Chunming coming over. He became nervous every time he saw Tang Chunming walking carelessly with his big belly. It’s not like he had never seen other pregnant Gers, but no one was like Brother Ming. To be honest, with Tang Chunming’s current image, apart from his increasingly rosy face, the rest is terrible, especially how uncomfortable he was. When he walked, his appearance was getting worse, and it was really against his will to say he looked good. However, Li Feng was afraid that if he walked unsteadily and bumped into someone, it would be bad, so he quickly washed his hands and came over to help him, and asked the boys to help him move the stool and asked Tang Chunming to sit down before he felt relieved, “If you want to see me, tell me in advance and I will come over to you.”

　　Tang Chunming glanced at him and said, “Am I so fragile? I can’t live my life without you, I can even clean up such a big yard by myself.”

　　Well, knowing that Brother Ming was strong-willed, Li Feng thought that it would be better to pay more attention in the future and speak less. Fortunately, before Li Feng could explain anything, Ah-Lin ran over and showed off to Tang Chunming: “Mom, Jing Feng was braying when Da Mao gave it a bath.”

　　It could be seen that Ah-Lin was having a great time, his little face was flushed. Tang Chunming took a handkerchief to wipe the sweat and water droplets on his head and said: “Our Ah-Lin is awesome. It turns out that this horse is called Jing Feng.” Ah, I didn’t even know.”

　　” Jing Feng is so powerful, Uncle Feng said Jing Feng saved his life, so with just one kick,” Da Mao said while making gestures, “he kicked the Northern Barbarian over.”

　　No wonder several children like this horse. It turns out there is such an amazing story. Tang Chunming turned his eyes to Li Feng and asked: “It turns out that the horse named Jingfeng is still a great hero. You are the one who named it.” “Why did you choose such a… stylish name?” Look their home has, Xiaohua, Xiaohei, and Xiaodai, how rustic it is. Isn’t it too cool to have such a horse named Jingfeng? It feels inharmonious.

　　Li Feng tensed up at the sight and quickly explained: “Jingfeng was named after the doctor who saved me. How could a rough man like think of such a refined name? Jingfeng was a horse that was tamed on the grassland at that time.” The wild horse refused to leave and followed me, so Yu Mu sent it over from Dingzhou Prefecture.”

　　Just say it, otherwise wouldn’t it look like he is low-end if he is too stylish? “Jingfeng, right? It’s a good name, and it must run very fast. By the way, is Jingfeng a stallion or a female? Can it give birth to cubs?”

 Tang Chunming looked at Jingfeng with interest. He lowered his head and saw, that Li Feng didn’t need to explain. He said regretfully, “It turns out it’s a male horse and can’t give birth to a foal.” Looks like Ah-Lin, Da Mao, and Er Mao like it. If it can give birth to a foal, Ah-Lin can ride on it. He would not dare to ride on such a tall horse.

　　”It’s okay. I’ll get a foal for the children to ride next time.” Li Feng immediately expressed his stance.

　　”Really? Uncle Feng! That’s great. When will you buy it back…” Before Tang Chunming could say anything, several children started to make trouble, chattering around Li Feng, wishing that Uncle Feng would buy the foal immediately. As for Jingfeng, they also want to ride it, but they are not as tall as Jingfeng, so they can’t think about it, except letting Uncle Feng take them up for fun.

　　”Wait until next time I go to the county.”

　　”Oh! That’s great!”

　　Later, when Zhang Xiu found out, he poked Tang Chunming with his finger and said, “Just spoil them, and you don’t even realize how precious horses are. How can we village people afford to raise them?”

　　Tang Chunming pretended to be innocent: “It’s not me who said it, he promised a few children himself, he can’t fail to fulfill his promise.” In fact, he really wanted to stand at the entrance of the village and shout. He now carries thousands of taels of silver in his pocket. You are already a rich man with money, but you still have to pretend to be poor, it is hard.

　　”Then you can’t just follow Li  Feng’s whim in everything, You must keep a tight grip on your money. Let me tell you…” Zhang Xiu crackled and taught Tang Chunming his experience in running a house. This man must Give him a warning from time to time. Zhang Xiu said these words for no reason. Although Brother Ming’s temperament has changed a lot now, he is afraid that he will endure silently like he did with Zhao Dahu, which will be bad.

　　”Don’t worry, I understand. He has handed over all his money to me for safekeeping now, so if he wants to use the money, he has to get it from me”. This time it is not for the child’s sake, otherwise he will not be satisfied. Tang Chunming glanced at the figure passing by the door and raised the corner of his mouth in response to Zhang Xiu’s words. Zhang Xiu had his back to the door and did not notice the scene outside the door.

　　”Really?” Zhang Xiu didn’t expect that Li Feng would come in like this. No wonder Brother Ming’s attitude towards him has changed greatly recently. It turns out that’s the reason, an enlightened man is really awe-inspiring. 

　　”Of course.” Tang Chunming smiled.

　　”Then, I’m relieved, but you can’t spend lavishly in the future. Save some money and add a few acres of good land as soon as possible. The mountainous land doesn’t produce much after all.” Zhang Xiu warned carefully.

“I know.” Tang Chunming knew that Zhang Xiu really cared about him.