Chapter 41 Mi Family Father and Daughter (fourth update, please support!)
Hearing her father’s criticism, Mi Fang lowered her head and admitted her mistake: “Yes, father, the child has remembered.”
It’s just that there is no better father than a son. , why couldn't Mi Zeng see that Mi Fang's admission of fault was just to respect her as a father, and not to really listen to her words.
But there was nothing he could do. He had taught Mi Fang the same words countless times, but he couldn't change it.
Mi Zeng is really worried that this will cause Mi Fang to suffer a big fall in the future.
Mi Zeng turned to ask, "What happened?"
Mi Fang raised her head, with a complex expression of excitement and worry on her face, but her movements were very exciting.
He took a few steps forward and placed the wooden box in his hand on the table in front of Mi Zeng, attracting the eyes of Mi Zeng and the young girl beside him.
“Second brother, what is inside this?”
It turns out that this young girl is Mi Zeng’s precious daughter who was born to Mi Zhu and Mi Fang in his later years. Sister, Mi Yue, Mrs. Mi in history.
Since her birth, Mi Yue has been loved by her father Mi Zeng and her brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. She is truly like a treasure and is well cared for.
For this reason, Mi Yue, who is now thirteen years old, still does not get engaged, but stays with Mi Zeng to accompany her old father.
Mi Zhu once reported that Tao Gong, the former governor of Xuzhou, Tao Qian, had proposed marriage to his second son and wanted to marry Mi Yue for him.
After hearing this, Mi Zeng became furious and wrote a letter directly scolding Mi Zhu, scolding him for not caring about his sister, and even daring to recommend someone like Tao Ying to him.
Moreover, he accused Mi Zhu of not giving up the relationship between father and son and brother and sister for the sake of an official position, and wanted to use his sister to consolidate his official position?
After Mi Zhu received the letter, he was scolded by his father and was confused.
He didn’t really want to betroth Mi Yue to Tao Ying.
We were both in Tancheng County. How could Mi Zhu not know who Tao Ying was?
It's just that he is Tao Qian's valet after all. Tao Qian is his commander and leader, both in name and in fact.
This kind of status was highly righteous in the Han Dynasty. Fortunately, Tao Qian also knew the virtues of his son and was concerned about the strength of the Mi family. He could only hint at Mi Zhu but did not dare to propose marriage directly.
If you really ask for marriage directly and are rejected, it will be a big deal.
Tao Qian still feels that he cannot leave the Mi family. He hints that Mi Zhu’s purpose is to marry the Mi family and win over the Mi family to become his help, rather than forcing the other party to turn against each other.
Since Mi Zeng jumped out to object, Tao Qian had no choice but to give up.
"Father, little sister, please take a look."
Mi Fang gave up and then opened the wooden box, revealing the snow salt and rock sugar inside.
"Huh?"
Mi Zeng, who had an indifferent expression, suddenly became interested. He propped up his fat body and wanted to watch carefully.
Mi Fang and Mi Yue hurriedly stepped forward to help, fearing that their father would accidentally fall down.
Mi Zeng observed it, then picked up a little bit and tasted it.
“Is this snow salt and frosting sugar?”
Mi Fang hurriedly replied: "It's snow salt, but this sugar seems to be called rock sugar."
"Is it rock sugar?"
Mi Zeng nodded. There are actually two kinds of frost sugar and rock sugar. What a difference.
Then Mi Zeng relaxed again and leaned back on the table.
“The quality of this batch of snow salt and frost... and rock sugar is much better than what I purchased in the past.”
Mi Zeng sighed: "I just took it into my mouth, and there is no peculiar smell at all."
"Snow salt has a mellow taste, so salty and fresh that it has a slightly salty and bitter taste, instead of the usual sour taste. As for the rock sugar, it is even better. It's as sweet as its name." After sighing, Mi Zeng looked at his son and asked, "Where did you get this? Don't care about money. It's hard to find such good things. Just charge whatever you want, and the price will be determined by the other party."
Speaking of this, Mi Zeng suddenly remembered something: "By the way, your brother is in Tancheng, and you have sent someone to bring these. Send it to him and let him distribute it to Liu Shijun, Zhizhong, Gongcao and others. Your brother is not a scholar. Being a senior official is easy to make people jealous. Make more friends. Only with many friends can you suppress rumors. . ”
Mi Fang smiled bitterly, thinking that although her father said he was retiring, he still remembered the two brothers in his heart.
He didn't feel jealous at all, he just hurriedly told the whole story.
“What?”
With Mi Zeng’s experience and age, he was so shocked that he lost his composure at this moment.
He straightened up from the table again and took Mi Fang to confirm.
After receiving a positive answer, Mi Zeng relaxed for the second time and slowly leaned on the table.
After a while, Mi Zeng stretched out his hand towards Mi Fang: "Where is your brother's letter?"
Mi Fang did not dare to neglect, and quickly took out the silk book from her arms and handed it to Mi Zeng.
Open the Mi Zeng and start reading.
At this time, Mi Zeng had completely calmed down, and the entire silk book did not make his expression fluctuate again.
Until he finished reading, Mi Zeng narrowed his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Mi Fang and Mi Yue waited quietly at the side. Even though they were favored by Mi Yue, they did not bother Mi Zeng.
After a while, Mi Zeng slowly placed the silk book on the desk in front of him. Mi Yue took a look, stretched out her little hand, took the silk book away and started reading.
Mi Zeng pretended not to see it and opened the door to Mi Fang: "Have you read your brother's letter?"
Mi Fang replied respectfully: "I have read it. Passed."
Mi Zeng tasted the wine again and asked casually: "Well, what do you think?"
Mi Fang hesitated, but after a moment, she answered truthfully: "When I first read the letter, Fang felt that my brother might have been coerced by Liu Shijun..."
"Sne, coercion? Haha."
Mi Zeng sneered and raised his left finger to point at Mi Fang: "Zifang, what else do you want to hide in front of your father? Are you afraid that your brother has lost his mind?"
"How dare Fang slander my brother like this."
Mi Fang lowered her head in embarrassment: "It's just...it's just that the materials and money my brother needs, especially the amount of food, are too huge. Fang is just worried that his brother will be deceived. …”
"Hmph!"
Mi Zeng snorted coldly. Mi Fang trembled in fright, and she quickly stopped talking and lowered her head.
After Mi Zeng snorted coldly, he did not reprimand, but sighed: "Zifang, you are not as good as your brother."
Mi Fang's face was burning, and she muttered: "My child dare not compare with his elder brother."
Mi Zeng continued to speak harmoniously: "You are impulsive, but your vision is not far-sighted. You are a little clever, but careless. You just said you were worried about your brother being raped. Deceived, my father is really worried that you will be deceived and become a scapegoat in the future.”
Mi Fang made a puff and knelt down on the ground: "The child is incompetent and has let his father down."
Looking at Mi Fang kneeling on the ground, Mi Yue felt a little distressed in her heart. She looked at Mi Zeng with a pair of big bright eyes and thought I want to plead for Mi Fang.
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