The weather after Qingming Festival is always cloudy and sunny, with bright sunshine in the east and drizzling in the west.

I was anxious to pack up the dry clothes the moment before, but the hot and warm sun was exposed to the clouds again.

In the yard, the maid who was in charge of cleaning was annoyed by the weather and stamped her feet and scolded her with her partner.

Xi Yunfei sat in the tea room and looked funny, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud.

The weather finally got warmer. Wooden purple clothes dressed in a crimson purple gauze were sitting on one side, helping Xi Yunfei peel the apple.

The shaky knife was as flexible as her eyes in her hand. It was about to cut her fingers several times, but she cleverly resolved it, which made Xi Yunfei frightened.

"I said you just peel the apple. Don't make this knife look like a juggling. I feel so frustrated, it's so uncomfortable!"

Mu Ziyi glared at Xi Yunfei, looked at the apple that was about to be peeled in her hand and said, "Why, do you know you care about me?"

Xi Yunfei was stunned for a moment and said with some guilt, "Look at what you said, hahaha..."

"Hmph!" Mu Ziyi divided the peeled apple into eight petals, picked off the core, dipped it in honey and put it in front of Xi Yunfei, then picked up the tissue on the table and wiped his hands, and said, "You are born beautiful and hard to give up on yourself. You still care about me. I think you, just like what my adopted mother said, not only your intestines, but your heart is also colorful!"

Xi Yunfei heard this and was so embarrassed. This matter was spread too quickly. Then Li Lizhi didn't know if she was hiding and watching secretly. Alas...

"Purple clothes!"

"what……"

"Are you jealous?"

"..." Mu Ziyi was stunned when she heard this, turned her head and blew hard into her palms, and said in confusion: "No, no, is it because the candy and garlic I ate in the morning that I smelled too volatile? But, I brushed my teeth too, otherwise I'll brush it again."

As he said that, he actually stood up and fled from the tea room in panic.

It is said that women are to please themselves.

Mu Ziyi didn't want to leave a sloppy impression on Xi Yunfei.

Xi Yunfei looked at her graceful back with joy, picked up the apples on the table and ate them slowly.

After eating an apple, there was a movement in the yard.

I thought it was Mu Ziyi who returned, but I didn't expect it was Ma Zhou who came to visit with two strangers.

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Time went back to last night, and the location was the main house of the Sima family in Shuofang, Hedong.

Three days have passed since Qingming Festival, but Shuofang has not returned to the peace of the past because of the end of the festival. On the contrary, due to the emergence of a large amount of fine salt, the entire Shuofang became noisy.

Although the Chamber of Commerce does not intend to proactively promote it, the paper cannot contain the fire.

After Ma Zhou discussed the distribution of salt and iron with several aristocratic families, the Chamber of Commerce sent a large amount of salt and iron dumping, like the snow in early winter, spreading all over the corners of Shuofang East City overnight.

Xi Yunfei had no intention of avoiding suspicion at all. In addition, several aristocratic families mobilized a large number of people from the city to form a caravan, and the news naturally spread like wildfire. In just half an hour, it reached Sima Kong's ears.

That night, Sima Kong summoned personnel from the city's management level to discuss matters at the main house.

"The last time Sima Chao returned without success, there was a reason for this. Now the Chamber of Commerce continues to supply goods with our Sima family. It shows that the young man is not an act of impulse..." Sima Kong sat on his head, glanced at the people present, and said, "Salt and iron have always been monopolized by the Shandong clan. Now we have the opportunity to get involved. This matter must not be underestimated."

Several people here looked at each other in a glance, and one of the managers stood up and bowed: "What the head of the family said is, it's just..."

Seeing that the manager wanted to speak but stopped, Sima Kong frowned slightly.

"How about it, speak freely today, don't delay major issues."

The manager bowed and said, "It's just that the matter of the Liu family girl is still unresolved. We always feel panic in our hearts. The head of the family knows it. The Liu family is afraid that he is a mute and it's hard to say if he suffers. It's said that the young man attacked Liu because the manager of the chamber of commerce was bullied. However, in my opinion, this matter has nothing to do with the Liu family girl."

"Yes, yes..." Several managers nodded and agreed, staring at Sima Kong with their eyes, for fear that he would get angry.

Sima Kong frowned tightly. How could he not know the meaning of several people in charge? However, at this time, he still acted hard and pretended to be angry and said, "The girl from the Liu family is nominally a member of my Sima family. This matter is because Xi Yunfei is not authentic. Do you want me to compensate him?"

Several officials looked at each other and bowed to each other, and said, "The head of the family, the girl from the Liu family is just a concubine who is about to be included in our Sima family. What is a concubine? The servant, the one who follows, is Yi. To put it bluntly, he is just a lowly daughter. Yi is like walking on his feet, which is insignificant."

"This..." Sima Kong frowned on his face, but in fact he agreed with the statement that he was in charge of the matter. Liu Rushi was just a concubine. It was a very common thing to exchange concubines and buy and sell concubines. If Liu Rushi could use Liu Rushi to please Xi Yunfei and get some benefits in exchange for some benefits, it would not be unacceptable.

Several managers were also good at being good at it. Seeing that Sima Kong did not refute, they hurriedly helped the fire.

"The head of the family, Liu Rushi is just a daughter born to me. Although she is a little famous, it is not worth mentioning in our family. Instead, she shows up all year round, which is harmful to the virtue of women. At that time, Liu Shi used this woman as a tool to marry my Sima family, and it was just a matter of dealing with it."

"Yes, the head of the family thinks, Dalang is your eldest son. He took his concubine Liu Shi's concubine as his concubine. It's also unpleasant to say it."

"It's not just unpleasant. My Sima family has been suppressing him by Liu for many years. I think he just wants to disgust us with this. The head of the family must think twice. But what's the use of a daughter of a lowly concubine? It's better to keep it..."

Some managers say something, and I sing it. The main purpose is to persuade Sima Kong to give Liu Rushi to Xi Yunfei as a favor.

In their opinion, the reason why Xi Yunfei attacked Liu Shi and his group was mostly to vent his anger on Liu Rushi. This is probably the case with the so-called anger for a beauty, and Xi Yunfei also has this strength.

At present, the entire Shuofang is restless for the benefits of salt and iron. Of course, they are also very jealous. They are watching others share their interests little by little, but they only have capital but can only sigh. How can they tolerate it?

As the head of the family, Sima Kong also knew the pros and cons. The reason why he didn't say it himself was that he couldn't let go of his face. Otherwise, a mere concubine, not to mention her son's, was his, as long as she could get enough benefits, she would be willing to give up.

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The next day, Xijiazhuang.

Ma Zhou brought Sima Kong and the manager who was led last night to visit.

Xi Yunfei put down the toothpick in his hand, pointed at Sima Kong and the others and said, "What are these two?"

Ma Zhou rarely brings strangers to visit Xi Yunfei, but what he can bring is generally not ordinary people, so Xi Yunfei asked this question.

Ma Zhou bowed and pointed at Sima Kong and said, "Go to Langjun, this is the head of the Sima family in Xia County, one of the five families in Hedong. This is the head of the Sima family in Shuofang."

Xi Yunfei frowned slightly. He was still disgusted with Sima's family, but he was only delayed by busy making salt shops these two days.

Sima Kong is a person with strong eyes. Seeing Xi Yunfei frowned, he hurriedly bowed: "Sima Kong had met the husband. He should have come to chat early, but he was always tied to trivial matters because he was a few days late..."

As he said that, he took out a gift list from his arms and handed it to Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou handed it over to Xi Yunfei, saying, "I don't have any respect. I think it's because Sima Chao's disrespectfulness to the husband and the wife of the Liu family are with me."

Upon hearing this, Xi Yunfei took the gift list in confusion and looked up at Ma Zhou, who was squeezing at him with a smile on his face.

When I opened the gift list, I saw a fragrant silk slipping down.
Chapter completed!