The inner residence of Li Sanjian, a doctor of the Ministry of Rites in Kaifeng Prefecture, Song Dynasty

"Wanting, Li feels deeply about your family affairs..." Li Sanjian said to Xu Tingting with an apology.

Xu Tingting's family cut off relations with her, which is not unrelated to Li Sanjian.

Xu Tingting elopes and married Li Sanjian. Later, Li Sanjian was imprisoned for suspicion of rebellion. Her family was afraid of being implicated, so she cut off relations with Li Sanjian and Xu Tingting.

Therefore, Li Sanjian felt extremely guilty about Xu Tingting.

"Official, please stop talking..." Xu Tingting put Li Sanjian's daughter Li Shuzhen on the small bed and said lightly: "Home? This is my home. Apart from that, where is my home?"

"Wanting..." Li Sanjian shook his head slightly and said, "Don't say that, Li will feel even more sad. It is normal for people to be in a cold world. They also come up with this inferior strategy in order to protect themselves, and there is nothing they can do about it."

Li Sanjian didn't know how to persuade him.

"Protect yourself?" Xu Tingting walked to Li Sanjian and leaned against Li Sanjian and said softly: "The officials have already made it clear. They have also been promoted to the title. Why do they protect themselves? I have come to the capital, but they ignore it. Even if they have cut off their relationship with me, Shuzhen... After all, she is their granddaughter... They just think that they don't know. Humph, since they are so unrighteous, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Haha, Wanting, listen to me and tell you slowly." Li Sanjian smiled and shook his head, "According to my estimate, your parents may not know about you. You should also understand the situation in the court. Your official is now a mortal enemy of Cai Jing, Zhu Jie and others. Even if I have been relieved of the crime, who dares to interact with me and offend the prime minister of the dynasty? Wanting, your brother Li Bangyan entered the Imperial Academy and the court also chose a scholar. Now he is a member of the Ministry of Personnel and the Bureau of Rites. He is favored by the current emperor. I heard that he also has close contacts with Cai Jing, Zhu Jie, Liang Shicheng and others. In this way, do you still dare to recognize this relative? Do you dare to ignore your own future and interact with me, Li Sanjian? Cut off relations... Haha.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"Officials..." Xu Tingting nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "What the officials are saying is reasonable, but my heart is always... They are attracted by the power of the situation and cannot ignore me? Besides, in the thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, the officials are fighting with them at this time and temporarily at a disadvantage. But who will not explain clearly what will happen in the future? If it is the officials in the future... Hum... Hum!"

"What are you humming? Are you a pig?" Li Sanjian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"You are a pig. I'm blind, so I married you, this pig." Xu Tingting said with a smile when she heard her husband teasing her, and also gave Li Sanjian a beautiful look.

"Then gave birth to a pig?" Li Sanjian laughed and walked to the side of his daughter's cradle. He carefully stretched out his fingers on Xiao Shuzhen's pink and tender face, and then pointed it gently and said, "Is that so? Dad's little cotton jacket?"

Xiao Shuzhen glanced at Li Sanjian, suddenly grabbed Li Sanjian's finger and stuffed it into her mouth. After sucking for a while, she felt something was wrong, so she turned to look at Xu Tingting, and made a "grain...grain..." sound from her mouth.

"Oh, our daughter can call her mother? Why don't she call her father?" Li Sanjian said in surprise when he saw this.

Xu Tingting quickly picked up Xiao Shuzhen, coaxed Li Sanjian and said, "She would have called her long ago, but you... I just met you. How could you know that such a young child are her father?"

"Haha, what's right." Li Sanjian laughed and praised: "Our daughter is so smart. She can speak at such a young age?"

"Smarterer than you, a pig." Xu Tingting couldn't help laughing when she heard this, "Zhen'er will call her mother in two months, and she will make me cry. I'm so busy. Do you like it?"

"I like it!" Li Sanjian approached the mother and daughter, looked at Li Shuzhen in Xu Tingting's arms and smiled, "When I grow up, I will definitely be as beautiful as her mother."

"It's a pity that he is a woman, not a man." Xu Tingting said with a sad look again.

"Hey, are you here again?" Li Sanjian sighed after hearing this, "It is God's will to give birth to a boy or a girl, so why bother with you? Wanting, I am different from others, and I like my daughter. Besides, if you give birth to Shuzhen, will you not give birth to? If you give birth to seven or eight, one will eventually be a son, right?"

At this time, Emperor Zhao Ji of Song had dozens of children, but Li Sanjian was only two and was just born. Although he was the magnificent emperor of the Nine Five and the pride of heaven, he could not be too far from him, right? Li Sanjian said in his heart.

"Bah, do you really think I'm... seven or eight? This one makes me so hard that I'm going to die. Seven or eight, can you afford it?" Xu Tingting's face turned red when she heard this and she said angrily.

Although Li Sanjian was a fifth-rank minister of the court, and with all kinds of money, his salary was extremely generous. At this time, the whole family of Li's mansion was supported by Li Sanjian alone. Although Xu Tingting still had some industries in Quanzhou, this was far from enough. You should know that Li Sanjian not only had to support his family, but also his disciples, as well as maids, servants, etc., and carriages and horses, etc., did not spend money? In this way, he was too short of money.

"You can afford it. You can raise it any number of people you give birth to. At worst, Li can take a tiled bowl and beg for him." Li Sanjian smiled when he heard this.

"Puchi!" Xu Tingting coaxed Li Shuzhen to sleep and gently placed it in the cradle. She couldn't help laughing: "A fifth-rank official actually wants to beg for a beg? I'm not afraid of laughing at me? Officials, I'm joking with you. I have some industries in Quanzhou. If I'm tighter, life will be acceptable after all."

"Haha, Quanzhou is too far away, and far water cannot quench near thirst." Li Sanjian said after hearing this: "I plan to do some business in the capital to support the whole family."

"Doing business? The official is Li Qingtian. He is a famous and honest official in the world. Is it appropriate to do business?" Xu Tingting turned to look at Li Sanjian and asked in surprise when she heard this.

"What's wrong with this?" Li Sanjian hugged Xu Tingting in his arms and said, "It was not that I had never done it before, but I was just not interested in trading at that time. Now, the Ministry of Rites is in charge, and every day it's just a matter of digging. After digging, there is almost nothing to do. I have nothing to do all day long, and I just want to do some business. Also, I have never thought about being an honest official, an honest official, and a honest official must also eat, dress and be filial.

Parents and raising children, you can’t let you suffer with me, Mr. Li, right?”

"What the official said is, then what business do you want to do? The jewelry store can't continue to do business." Xu Tingting leaned in Li Sanjian's arms and asked gently stroked Li Sanjian's bearded chin.

Xu Tingting already knew about the "Cuixuanju" incident, and she was extremely angry.

They did things too well, leaving no room for anything, Xu Tingting said in her heart.

"I'm going to ask you." Li Sanjian tightened his arms and kissed Xu Tingting gently on the face, "You official, am I a layman in this regard, or are you well aware of this? What kind of business do you think is good to do? Or what kind of business do to make money?"

Li Sanjian had his mother Fu Erniang, six wives and concubines under him, and two newborn children. Many burdens were a bit short of money based on his salary alone. These problems were not a big deal for Cai Jing, Zhu Xie and others. The family was rich, money, grain, etc. were piled up like mountains, and there were countless beautiful houses and fertile land. It was no problem to raise hundreds or thousands of people at home.

Li Sanjian was different. When he was an official in Fujian, he did not want to seize the people's wealth and benefit himself. Therefore, he had no spare wealth. Now it is even more impossible to be a doctor in the court's Ministry of Rites. Even if he wanted to grab money, he had no way to grab it. The reason was self-evident. The Ministry of Rites was a clear-headed yamen, and there was no money to grab, and no one gave officials to officials of the Ministry of Rites. In this regard, he was far inferior to the prefect of a state and a commander along the way, and even worse than when Li Sanjian was a judge when he was a prosecutor and a judge.

What Li Sanjian didn't understand was that even the Qingshui Yamen was not without a way to make money. Even if some officials of the Ministry of Rites gave him a banquet, he could still deduct a few dishes from the banquet.

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He was able to scrape some of the foreign envoys, and the so-called "living by the mountains and water" is probably the reason.

"What kind of business are you doing?" Xu Tingting asked after hearing this, "Official, who do you think is easy to make money in this world?"

"Of course, the money of rich people is easy to make!" Li Sanjian smiled when he heard this.

"This is not certain." Xu Tingting gave Li Sanjian a blank look and said, "Some rich people are wealthy slaves. If you want to make his money, it is like cutting a piece of meat on him."

"Haha, it's reasonable, it's reasonable." Li Sanjian said with a smile.

"Officials, didn't you often say that luxury in Beijing is prevalent?" Xu Tingting thought about it and said, "There are many high-ranking officials in Beijing, and there are many wealthy merchants and great businessmen. There are more women in the family of high-ranking officials. They have nothing to do all day long, and they like to compare. When comparing, they regard money as dirt and spend a lot of money, for fear of being compared by others."

"Haha, Cai!" Li Sanjian was awakened by Xu Tingting, so he shouted Cai and asked, "What do you mean is... women's money is easy to make? Alas, Wanting, you are really worthy of being a businessman who has lived in the mall for a long time. It really hits the point."

"Hehe, official." Xu Tingting leaned in Li Sanjian's arms and smiled: "Although a woman's money is easy to make, it depends on what business you do. Some mortal things, those noble ladies look down on them."
Chapter completed!