Chen Qing said as she stepped into the gate of this courtyard.

In addition to the pair of maids on the left and right of the door, there were four other girls standing on the left and right in front of the wall inside the door, one of them heard Chen Qing's words, raised his head slightly, and quickly lowered his eyes.

Chen Qing noticed the girl's small movements, and pointed at the other party: "Take us in for a walk." ”

Seeing Chen Qing pointing over, the girl politely arched slightly, made a gesture of please, gestured to the side door, and said in fluent English: "Okay, Miss Chen, Ms. Brandt, please come here." ”

Emmanuel followed Chen Qing under the guidance of the maid into the side door on the left, and then entered the second gate inward, only then did he notice one thing and asked, "It's strange, why is the gate just now not in the middle of the courtyard?"

Chen Qing walked in front, looked left and right at the corridors of the completely renovated houses around her, and said to the maid who followed her, "Do you know, explain it to her?"

The waitress slowed down slightly and followed behind the two of them, listening to Chen Qing's question, and seeing that Emmanuel had just changed the words to correct and round Chinese, she also replied in Mandarin: "Ms. Brandt, this is the layout according to the Chinese feng shui theory, in the five elements of the gossip, the Xun hexagram is in the southeast, and the five elements belong to the wind, which is conducive to travel, so the main gate of the courtyard is built in the southeast, which means that the entrance and exit are safe." ”

Emmanuel listened very carefully, and when the maid finished speaking, she nodded and said, "It's really interesting, I'm more interested in this matter, can you recommend me a book that introduces the Chinese Five Elements Bagua to read?"

The waitress said: "I Ching, this is the root of all the Five Elements Bagua Doctrine in China. However, Brandt's maid, this book is very obscure, even the average Chinese can't understand it. ”

"Do you understand?"

The waitress hesitated a little and said, "If it's just a simple explanation, I can help." ”

"Well, you teach me these days. ”

The waitress glanced at Chen Qing at the front, and seeing that she had no objection, she nodded slightly: "It's my honor." ”

Chatting like this, the three of them entered the second courtyard, Emmanuel looked around again, compared to the narrow alleys outside, this can really be said to be what Chen Qing said, the essence of a city, whether it is the ancient trees in the courtyard or the surrounding green bricks and tiles all have an antique beauty, but unfortunately it is still early spring, if it is the middle of summer, the thick green shade and the green bricks and tiles must be more interesting.

Chen Qing in front of him suddenly said again: "It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Emmanuel nodded, "yes." ”

Chen Qing said: "It's a pity that except for these ancient trees in the yard, the others were basically rebuilt in the past year. ”

Emmanuel was a little surprised, and looked left and right again: "It doesn't look like it." ”

Chen Qing turned his head and glanced at her: "From the gate you just entered, they were all rebuilt, but they were all demolished from the original building piece by piece, replanned and designed, and rebuilt the materials that could not fill the vacancy." ”

Emmanuel was a little stunned, and subconsciously glanced at the waitress beside him.

The waitress noticed Emmanuel's gaze and shook her head slightly: "I moved in here a week ago, but it is indeed as Miss Chen said, it is all rebuilt. Here, well, it has been so badly damaged that it can't even be repaired, only rebuilt. ”

Chen Qingdao, who walked in front: "In fact, I hoped that the boss would choose the courtyard next to Houhai or the Forbidden City, but I didn't expect him to choose Nanluoguxiang here, heh, it is understandable, the boss likes big places, here is a standard five-into quadrangle, and at the beginning, I probably knew that the quality of this house was too poor, and built a garden next to it, with a total area of more than 5,000 square meters. ”

Saying that, as soon as he entered the courtyard, Chen Qing did not stop, but walked towards a side door on the right, and after stepping through this side door, an open garden imitating the style of Suzhou gardens appeared in front of him.

It's a pity that it's still not the right time.

However, this side has obviously undergone careful renovation, even if it lacks the greenery that the garden should have, the scattered pavilions and ponds are still full of ancient charm.

Chen Qing walked along the stone road to the front yard of the garden again, Gu Zi walked to a small pavilion by the pool, sat down on the stone chair in the pavilion, and finally just remembered the general, and looked at the maid who followed all the way, about one meter seven tall, slender and well-proportioned, delicate goose egg face, with a pair of apricot eyes, suddenly charming and natural: "What's your name?"

Seeing Emmanuel sitting down next to Chen Qing at will, the maid didn't dare to have the same thoughts, she still stood respectfully beside her, and said, "Jiangshan dance." ”

Chen Qing curled the corners of her mouth: "Mountain Dance Silver Snake, Yuan Chi Wax Elephant?"

The waitress named Jiang Shan Wu nodded.

"Heh, I guess, you won't have an older brother or younger brother named Jiang Yuanchi, right?"

Jiang Shanwu cooperated with Chen Qing's ridicule, slightly hooked the corners of her mouth, and said, "It's my sister." ”

"How old?"

"Two years younger than me, she is at Peking University. ”

Speaking of the name of a certain university, Jiang Shanwu's tone added some pride.

Chen Qing, who was sitting at the stone table, raised her chin, her attitude was a little lazy, and she didn't seem to feel a certain emotion in Jiang Shanwu's tone, and said lightly: "Is it beautiful?"

Jiang Shanwu paused and nodded: "Beautiful." ”

"Bring it in the next few days, since you can enter this courtyard, she should be fine, if you can, stay here. ”

Jiang Shanwu looked up at Chen Qing, but in less than a second, she retracted her eyes and said softly, "My sister is only a freshman." ”

Chen Qing was very satisfied: "This is the best, the brain is fine, I haven't grown so much thought, and I can just adjust it from scratch." ”

Jiang Shanwu bit her lip, raised her head again, and looked at Chen Qing: "Miss Chen, my sister won't come, and besides, my parents won't agree to her dropping out of school now." ”

Chen Qing looked at her and suddenly turned a corner: "Do you know French?"

Jiang Shanwu blinked her eyes quickly, wanting to deny it, but she just felt Chen Qing's equally charming but obviously sharp eyes, and finally just nodded her head slightly.

"So, you understand what I said to Ayman at the gate. ”

Jiang Shanwu and Chen Qing looked at each other, and after a while, they bit their lips: "Miss Chen, I, I think what you just said is very disrespectful, this is, objectifying women." ”

"Oh, objectifying women, hehe, what college did you graduate from?"

Jiang Shanwu hesitated slightly, but still said: "Xi'an University of Foreign Chinese." ”

"No wonder I learn so many Western neologisms, objectifying women, hehe, by the way, I'm from above, let's also count, well, what's the matter, anyway, it's quite fateful. Saying this, Chen Qing suddenly hooked his hand towards Jiang Shanwu: "Come here." ”

Jiang Shanwu hesitated slightly, but still stepped forward a little, and seeing that Chen Qing was still raising her hand, she could only step forward a little more, until the tips of her fingers touched her chin in front of her.

Chen Qing unconsciously picked the delicate chin of the girl in front of her from learning a certain man's movements, and said: "Jiangshan dance, this name is a bit big, and I like to be smart, in case I can't hold it up, be careful of my life." ”

Jiang Shanwu didn't know how to refute for a while, and some didn't dare to dodge, and tears soon welled up in her eyes.

Emmanuel watched Chen Qing be so 'bullying', she was a straightforward person, and she wanted to help persuade her at first, but at this moment, for some reason, looking at the situation in front of her, she suddenly didn't dare to persuade her.

Mostly.

There is an instinctive feeling in my heart that I don't want to set myself on fire.

Chen Qing watched the girl in front of her shed tears, spread her hand slightly, caught it accurately, tilted her head in front of her and looked at it slightly, and suddenly seemed to find that she didn't know what to do, and sent it to Emmanuel: "You taste it, I heard that the tears of beautiful girls are sweet." ”

As if under a spell, Emmanuel subconsciously stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked it.

Salty.

Obviously, scammed.

Chen Qing withdrew her right hand that had been licked off her tears, raised her chin again, and watched the girl in front of her go from crying silently to slowly sobbing, looking very appreciative, and after a long while, it was not until Catherine Elgar, a female guard who followed Chen Qing and Lin Su, came to her that she finally broke this strange atmosphere.

Catherine Elgar just glanced at Jiang Shanwu, who had finally come back to her senses because of the appearance of outsiders and began to wipe her tears in a panic, and said to Chen Qing: "Ms. Ran Yue has arrived. ”

Chen Qing nodded, stood up, and finally looked at Jiang Shanwu, who barely stopped sobbing: "Just now you explained to Aiman the reason why the door opened to the southeast, the background of Chinese culture is good, or you may have prepared in advance." So, the fifth chapter of the Tao Te Ching, remember?"

Jiang Shanwu avoided Chen Qing's gaze and did not answer.

Chen Qing said: "Of all things in this world, who is not a dog." So, don't forget what I just said, and don't think it's a big deal that I'm not going to do it, you're so smart, maybe you don't know who you're serving now, but such a courtyard, since you come in, if you want to get out, where is it so easy?"

After Chen Qing finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the nearest side door.

Catherine Elgar hurriedly followed, of course, she found that Chen Qing was in an angry state, her boss, how to say it, only in front of a certain man is as docile as a kitten, and it really doesn't seem to be with him on weekdays. Inquiringly glanced at Emmanuel, who had followed her, and saw that she only shrugged, and Catherine dismissed the idea of inquiry.

Catherine's 'Ran Yue' is one of Chen Qing's formation teams in China, 35 years old this year, and he was also a public member in Shanghai earlier, after Chen Qing successfully gained a foothold beside Simon, he lobbied Ran Yue to come over to help him. In recent years, China's sea tide is hot, and Ran Yue, who is already 35 years old and only a deputy section level, also knows that she can't have much future if she survives, and Chen Qing's salary is quite generous, so she decisively resigned from her position.

However, Ran Yue's husband, who also works in the government department and is only half a level higher than her, did not resign, which can be regarded as leaving a way back, which is also Chen Qing's simplicity.

The main reason is that both Ran Yue and his husband Cheng Shangxin are considered to be public families, but because of various reasons in those years, the direct support of the couple is gone, so there is no hope of climbing. However, both the Ran family and the Cheng family actually still retain considerable connections.

It's just a networking thing.

How to say it.

It's still the same old saying, the poor don't ask in the downtown area, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

Everyone has equal status with each other and can exchange resources with each other, which is the best state of connection, otherwise, relying only on friendship, this thing is the most unreliable, and there will be no more after consuming a few times. Ran Yue and his wife were in this state at the beginning.

Then, Ran Yue chose to resign to help Chen Qing, and in disguise took advantage of the Westeros system, which is too thick to be thicker, because the Westeros system has various actions on the southeast coast, including Shanghai, and there are various projects, and there is always a need for official contacts, so the Ran Cheng and the two families have all revitalized the dead chess game that was already hopeless.

In the past year, Cheng Shangxin has not only successfully crossed the next level, but also stepped from the original Qingshui Yamen to the core of a municipal development and Reform Commission.

Of course, the Westeros system also benefited.

Through the introduction of Ran Yue and his wife, Chen Qing also spread a very wide network in Shanghai, because just using the influence of various projects in the Westeros system to push the boat, there is no substantial effort, and the harvest is even greater.

Chen Qing came to the living room in the front yard of the courtyard, and a round-faced woman wearing a white suit with long hair with a shawl was quite fashionable at least in China, and quickly got up from her chair, and several other entourages also stood up.

Completely devoid of the sharpness in front of Jiang Shanwu just now, Chen Qing affectionately opened her arms and hugged Ran Yue, and said with a smile: "Sister Ran, it's really hard for you, I haven't been back to Shanghai for so many days, Brother Cheng must be scolding me in his heart." ”

Ran Yue also hugged Chen Qing and said with a smile: "That dead ghost won't miss me, maybe how many little girls have hooked up." ”

"Heh, Brother Cheng is not that kind of person. ”

The two laughed, and Ran Yue introduced a few more people to accompany her, except for one of the girls who was Ran Yue's assistant, the other three men of different ages were all big names in the jade circle of the capital.

Ran Yue and the others came over this time, mainly for Simon to explain to all the girls of the National Wind Art Troupe about preparing jade nameplates.

Chen Qing's execution is very strong, and this matter has been done during this time.

Everyone greeted each other, and Lin Su, who had just been treated as a shopkeeper by Chen Qing and could only be responsible for cleaning up and relocating, also rushed over, and said hello again, and everyone quickly got to the point.

Ran Yue personally opened a large suitcase that she was carrying, which was filled with long boxes of delicate jewelry, and everyone solemnly put on gloves, so another middle-aged man picked out a box and opened it with his own hands and displayed it in front of Chen Qing.

Without waiting for others to react, Lin Su had already seen something unusual.

Inside the box is an obviously intricately carved jade necklace, the chain is made of platinum, and the pendant is made of selected Hetian jade seeds, which happens to be the most precious 'red skin and white meat'.

It's just that the carving and inscription of the pendant jade obviously do not meet the requirements.

Simon originally gave 100 names based on the vocabulary in the Book of Songs, and Chen Qing found several top jade carvers in the circle, starting from the selection of jade materials, and designed a special carving scheme for each name.

The precious 'red skin and white meat' Hetian jade seed material in front of him, but the seal character carved on it is 'nine-tailed', Lin Su picked it up and looked at it carefully, and a lifelike nine-tailed fox was carved on the other side of the jade.

In the name given by Simon, there is indeed a name related to the fox, taking the name of a poem in the "Book of Songs", which is 'There is a fox'.

And this, Nine-Tails?

What the heck?

Nine-tailed fox?

Simon's name doesn't have those two words.

However, before Lin Su could raise his doubts, Chen Qing had already snatched the pendant over: "Make no mistake, this one is mine." ”

Lin Su immediately became angry: "You, don't forget, he, but he doesn't like this the most." ”

"I've talked to my boss, and I know that you're in charge of the accounts, and I'm looking after your affairs carefully, and I'm paying for it myself. As he spoke, he looked at an old man who came with Ran Yue: "Master Ning, can I put it on directly?"

The jade carving master surnamed Ning didn't know why Chen Lin's two daughters had a skirmish just now, but on weekdays, it was basically Chen Qing who came forward, this time, 101 jade pendants, even if they were shared with a few people, it was also a big job, and they thought that this woman could introduce more to them in the future, at this time, too much natural respect, smiled: "Of course, this is not a talisman or anything like that, but also to open the light." You can wear it directly, but Miss Chen, don't take it off easily when you put it on, jade is to be raised, people raise jade for three years, and jade raises people for a lifetime. ”

When Chen Qing heard Master Ning say this, she was not in a hurry to wear it, and said with a smile: "In this way, then I will pick a better day." As he spoke, he put the jade pendant back into the box, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, and praised him: "It's really good, Master Ning, if there is such a list in the future, I will definitely look for you." Finally, he looked at Lin Su again: "Since you attach so much importance to it, the last work will be up to you, be careful, I'm going to sleep for a while, I'm so tired." ”

After nodding with everyone, Chen Qing took the box and left the reception room.

Everyone sent Chen Qing away together, and watched the girl step into the gate of the inner courtyard and was about to return, when she faintly heard a humming.

*......

* There is Fox Suisui, in Pi Qi Liang. The heart is worried, and the son has no clothes.

*There is a fox Suisui ......

Chen Qing was obviously still humming, but the singing voice quickly disappeared.

Lin Su heard that this was the tune of "The Book of Songs: There is a Fox" composed by a certain man himself, and others didn't know it, and Master Ning, who had just been asked by Chen Qing, had an appreciative expression: "I didn't expect that the songs that Miss Chen hummed casually are so good, and the national rhyme is gorgeous." ”

Others chimed in.

Lin Su just wanted to roll his eyes, endure not to puncture Chen Qing just sang someone else's tune, and returned to the living room to personally accept the hundred jade pendants sent by Ran Yue and the others.

On the other side, Chen Qing came to the inner courtyard, the west wing room had been cleaned up, and she would live here for the next few days.

entered his room, motioned to the maid to help him put the bath water, took a hot bath, came out in a short bathrobe, took out the jade pendant again, stood in front of a dressing mirror in the bedroom and looked at the jade pendant, and the person in the mirror.

A murmur sounded in the room: "'The charm of the king is reckless, and the country and the people are harmed', oh, what a crime." It's a joke that a man loses his country and still relies on a woman. Even if...... Men can't suppress women, and they deserve to lose their country. ”

After thinking about it like this, Chen Qing put on the jade pendant engraved with the two ancient seals of 'Nine Tails', looked in the mirror, and then simply removed the bathrobe on his body, and squeezed it with his chest.

Well.

The location is just right.

I will definitely be able to raise a good jade.

After admiring herself like this, Chen Qing turned around and threw herself directly on the big bed, and before wrapping herself in the quilt, she seemed to mutter: "What do you care about me?"