Li Zhen had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he returned to his house in Fushanfang. He had not been home for more than ten days, and he didn't know what his eldest sister is now?

But Li Zhen knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it. Helplessly, Li Zhen had to turn around and go to the Nanshi wine shop.

There are still five days before the New Year, and the crowds in Nanshi are surging. Basically, ordinary people come to buy New Year's goods, and there are also many small vendors who purchase goods. They carry packages, carry loads, ox carts, and deer carts, filling the roads, making Nanshi extremely crowded.

There are also crowds of people on the street. As the New Year approaches, every household needs to prepare a lot of wine, making the business of each wine shop very popular. There are hundreds of people crowded in front of Yashijun's door. Outside the door, the shop is crowded with wine buyers, and there is nowhere to stay.

The manager Acai was so busy that he was not touching the ground and directed his friends to carry wine. Li Zhen looked around at the door but did not see the eldest sister.

"Acai!"

Li Zhen opened his voice in the midst of the noise and asked, "Did you see my eldest sister?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt a "bang" on the back of his head, and it felt like that familiarity. He covered his head and turned slowly, and saw his sister standing behind her with her hips, her eyebrows standing upside down, and an empty wine gourd was in her hand.

Her fierce expression reminded Li Zhen of the fact that when he was a child, he had not returned overnight outside. The elder sister was going to copy a stick to beat him, and she looked like this now.

"Sister, you don't want to twist my ears again!" Li Zhen noticed that his eldest sister's hand was about to move again, and he suddenly became alert.

Li Quan really wanted to twist his ears. Thanks to Li Zhen's reminder, she remembered that she promised not to hit him again, but the guarantee was guaranteed, and this kid really made her very angry.

"Boy, I came back yesterday, why didn't I go home last night?"

"Sister, is it okay for me to be on duty in the palace last night? I haven't slept all night. I wrote another report in the morning and was called by Gao Fujun at noon. Did you see that my eyes were red? "

He leaned his face closer, pointed to his eyes and said with a smile: "I saw it, my eyes were full of blood, just like a rabbit."

‘Like a rabbit’ is a joke that the siblings have been making since childhood. Li Quan often laughed at the fact that his brothers ran faster than rabbits, did things like rabbits, and liked to eat radishes like rabbits. In addition, his brothers were also a rabbit.

Hearing these familiar words, a warm feeling suddenly appeared in Li Quan's heart, and a little breath in his heart disappeared. She smiled and knocked his head.

"Go back to sleep first, the eldest sister will come back and deal with you!"

"Big sister, there is no one at home!"

Li Quan frowned, "Your brother-in-law is at home! He is not feeling well today, so he took a day off to rest at home, and Xiao Lian is also at home. Didn't she open the door for you?"

Li Zhen was also a little surprised. The door was not locked, which means there was someone at home, but after knocking on the door for a long time, no one agreed. Could it be that his brother-in-law fell asleep?

Li Zhen scratched his head, "I'm just here to say hello to my sister first, why don't I knock on the door again."

At this time, Li Quan remembered something, quickly pulled him aside, and whispered: "A few days ago, a businessman from Zhangye told me a message..."

When Li Zhen heard that he was coming from Zhangye, he remembered Kang Sisi. He didn't know how she was now? There was also Kang Dazhuang, and there was no news about him after parting. Should this kid come to Luoyang?

Li Quan really knew his brother, and when he saw that he was distracted again, he knocked him with a wine gourd, "Listen to the point!"

"Yeah! Sister continues!"

"This businessman bought a manor in Lingzhou last year, but because he was not from the Tang Dynasty, the land deed was blocked by the government and had not been completed for a year. He doesn't want it anymore. He plans to transfer it 30% cheaper than the original price, and it has enough 50 hectares of land. I want to buy and grow grapes."

"Wait a minute!"

Li Zhen quickly stopped the elder sister's words, "Sister, have you seen it? How do you know where to grow grapes? Don't be greedy for cheap platters and wine shops like last time."

Li Quan smiled and said, "Of course I won't buy it so recklessly. After all, the price is not expensive. Didn't you get a secret book in Gaochang last time? I have been studying it, and it is written very clearly. The water and soil of Lingzhou are very suitable for growing grapes, with good light, sufficient water source, and sandy soil.

I just wanted to buy a piece of land in Lingzhou. This businessman happened to talk about this. I planned to go to Lingzhou for the New Year and see the manor with my own eyes."

"What does my sister need me to do?"

Li Quan smiled and said, "You help my sister manage the government. I am worried that there will be problems with the government when the land deed is transferred, because the original owner of the manor has left and their transaction has been completed, but the land deed has not been transferred. This is definitely not possible."

Li Zhen nodded, "I understand, I'll ask!"

Li Quan touched his brother's hair lovingly, "Go back to bed quickly! My sister will bring some delicious food to come back tonight."

"Sister, I'll leave first."

Li Zhen turned over the horse, waved to the eldest sister, and urged the horse to leave slowly. Li Quan kept looking at his brothers to walk away. At this time, the shopkeeper Wang from the left bank restaurant came over and smiled and said, "Master Li, that's your brother!"

"It's him, my brother is pretty!"

Li Quan smiled proudly and said, "He is handsome and has a good job. He will soon participate in the martial arts competition."

"Your brother is indeed promising and he was promoted to the title. Everyone praised him for being blessed by Master Li!"

Li Quan smiled on her face, and she liked to hear others praise her brothers. She exchanged a few more greetings with Manager Wang, and turned around and walked towards the store.

But after walking a few steps, her steps stopped again, and a trace of doubt arose in her heart. Her husband was obviously at home, and Xiao Lian should be at home, so why did their brother knock on the door for a long time but they didn't open it?

.........

In the study in the back house, the maid Lian'er was wearing heavy makeup and wearing a silver mud-clad dress that Li Quan usually couldn't bear to wear. She lay delicately in the arms of her master Cao Wen, and fed a glass of wine into the mouth of the man behind her from time to time.

"You said that it was your yellow-faced woman's younger brother who knocked on the door just now?"

Cao Wen buried his head and smelled the osmanthus oil on her hair, but his hands greedily reached into her skirt to grop, and said with a lewd smile: "He has gone to Songshan, how could he come back so soon?"

Lian'er took a sip of wine and narrowed her eyes comfortably. It felt really good to be the hostess, so she didn't want to be a maid who looked at people and lived a life.

"Cao Lang, you promised me. When did you divorce that yellow-faced woman and marry me into the door?"

"Don't worry! I've had enough of that fierce woman. When the imperial examination is over, I will definitely give her a break and give you an explanation."

Cao Wen's heart became hot again. He pulled her skirt away, pressed her down on the mat, pulled off her skirt, and gasped, "Give it to me now!"

But at this moment, the study door was kicked open with a 'bang', and Li Zhen stood outside the door with an angry face, clenched his fists, and the men and women in the room screamed in fear.

The thing Li Zhen was most worried about finally happened. He was so angry that his chest was about to explode. The eldest sister worked hard outside, but this bastard was...

He could no longer control the anger in his heart, and rushed into the room, grabbed Cao Wen's hair angrily, and punched him hard.

Xiao Lian, who was lying below, quickly grabbed her dress and covered her naked body, rolled and crawled to the corner of the wall, and shrank into a ball in fear.

When Li Zhen saw her holding her eldest sister's long skirt, he thought that she had asked Cao Wen to divorce his wife just now. He was extremely angry, "You bitch!" He clenched his fists and rushed over.

"don't want!"

Cao Wen, who was shocked, finally realized that he saw Li Zhen trying to beat Xiao Lian, rushed over and stopped Li Zhen, "This matter has nothing to do with her!"

Li Zhen pinched Cao Wen's neck, lifted him up, and then hit his back against the wall, shouting at him: "You beastly bastard, are you worthy of my eldest sister?"

Cao Wen's face was flushed when he was pinched, his eyes were fierce, and he shouted at the top of his lungs: "It's your eldest sister who can't give birth to a child, but I want a son, and the Cao family cannot break the rear!"

Li Zhen loosened his hand slightly, but slapped him hard and cursed: "So you had an affair with the maid and were messing around at home with your eldest sister on your back. You were actually polite and pushed the blame to my eldest sister. Are you still a man?"

Although Li Zhen knew that the eldest sister was also responsible and was busy doing business and making money all day long, she invisibly neglected her husband, but this was definitely not the reason why Cao Wen could betray the eldest sister. He was spending money outside, and the eldest sister had already tolerated it, and he actually had an affair with the maid at home.

Cao Wen knew that he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak. Li Zhen stared at him for a while, slowly let him go, turned around and pointed at Xiao Lian and scolded, "Get out, you shameless woman!"

Xiao Lian covered her face and ran out crying. Li Zhen finally calmed down. He also understood in his heart that although Cao Wen did something to be sorry for his eldest sister, it was certain that Xiao Lian seduced Cao Wen first.

She seduced herself last time and ignored her. She turned to Cao Wen's idea. In addition, Cao Wen was originally a lustful person, how could he refuse this bitch to throw herself into her arms?

But no matter what, this matter cannot be a big deal. Li Zhen does not want to ruin his eldest sister's marriage just because of a maid.

"What do you think you should do now?" Li Zhen asked coldly.

Cao Wen said with a gloomy face: "I want to marry Xiao Lian as his concubine. If she refuses to agree, everyone will break up!"

Li Zhen's anger ignited again, grabbed Cao Wen's clothes, gritted his teeth and said to him: "I will warn you first, you have handled this matter well, I can't tell my eldest sister, otherwise even if you pass the imperial examination, I will ask the emperor to delete your fame and fortune. If you don't believe me, wait and see!"

After saying that, he threw Cao Wen to the ground, stood up and strode away. Cao Wen slowly sat up, with a look of worry in his eyes. He was not afraid of anything else, but for fear that Li Zhen would ruin his future for fame and fortune. Li Zhen's threat hit him.

.........

Li Zhen returned to his room and was furious. He kicked the bed hard and sat down at the small table again. The more he thought about it, he became more angry. He simply took out the wine bottle and wine glass from the cabinet, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it in one sip, and finally slowly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Since Li Zhen discovered that this maid was not right last time, he also specifically reminded his eldest sister, but now things have really come out. Speaking of which, the eldest sister is also responsible. How could she let this pair of lonely men and widows stay at home alone?

Although Cao Wen is not a good person, his eldest sister has a deep affection for him. They have to solve this problem by themselves, so they can't interfere too much.

Thinking that the eldest sister has no children to this day, it has become the biggest hidden danger between her and Cao Wen. Sooner or later, this hidden danger will break out. Li Zhen was even more upset. After drinking more than a dozen glasses of wine, he became a little drunk and fell asleep.

.........

In the evening, Li Quan returned home. She knocked on the door for a while, but unexpectedly it was her mother-in-law Meng who opened the door. She couldn't help but feel a little surprised and asked, "Mother-in-law, why did you open the door, Xiao Lian?"

Meng said slowly: "She went to Nanyang aunt's place. Last time her aunt came to write a letter and asked her to go to Hanzhong for the New Year. Don't you know?"

"I have no idea!"

Li Quan was really angry. At that time, Xiaolian told her that her parents had both died and had no relatives. She bought her when she saw that she was pitiful. Unexpectedly, she had an aunt who actually concealed her.

"She never told me that she actually has an aunt. Isn't she an orphan?"

A hint of nervousness flashed in Meng's eyes. She wanted to cover up the ugly incident for her son, so she quickly explained: "She told me that I thought you knew it too, so I would give her some travel expenses and she left at noon today."

Li Quan felt relieved. No wonder his brother knocked on the door for a long time and no one opened it. It turned out that she had left, but she should have said it to herself.

"When will she come back?"

"I didn't ask, it should be the Spring Festival! Don't worry about her for now, have you eaten? The Zuoan Restaurant delivered the food just now."

"Well! I'll do it myself, where is the Buddha slave?"

"In the inner hall, I'll wait for you to have dinner together."

"Hey! He just ate first, why have to wait for me?"

Li Quan was happy and walked quickly to the inner hall. The table in the inner hall was filled with wine and food. Her husband Cao Wen sat at the table and drank alone. Li Quan was busy with business and had no time to cook at home. He usually asked the winery to deliver food to his door. Although the monthly cost is not small, they can afford it now.

Li Quan washed his hands in the copper basin, sat down opposite her husband, and asked with a smile: "Where is Azhen?"
To be continued...