Xu Qinghe was stunned for a moment, feeling unwell? Wasn't it good to see him yesterday? The housekeeper looked at them and walked over a little embarrassed and said, "Second young master, the master said that if you come, I don't need to report it, you go in directly." ”

This time Xu Qingliu completely understood, his father was not sick but just didn't want to see him, Xu Qinghe scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Brother...... Then I'll go in first. ”

Being treated favoritly by his father, Xu Qingliu frowned tightly, the person his father loved the most before should be himself. The housekeeper couldn't bear to see him like this, and reminded: "In the past few days, the second young master has personally boiled soup for the master, and the master is very moved, and there is a possibility of cultivating him to become a successor." ”

"What?" "The person who has always been the most important to my father is himself, and now he has suddenly become a younger brother. The younger brother has a too cheerful personality, and he rarely sees his shadow in the mansion, and everyone knows that only he Xu Qingliu is really suitable to succeed his father. He began to suspect that he had misheard, but the butler's expression didn't look like a joke.

The decoction used to be made by him personally and handed over to his subordinates to give to his father, but now Xu Qinghe personally gave it to his father, he must have thought that the previous decoction was also made by his younger brother, so that he was an unfilial son who did nothing, and he also learned that he was unwilling to marry Miss Guo, so if he continued, he was afraid that it would be impossible for him to inherit his father's mantle.

But being able to take over his father's class is his long-standing belief, and he will be a person as capable as Shang Mu Sijue, and his father should know. "No, I'll have to talk to my father. Xu Qingliu was about to enter the house, but the housekeeper grabbed his arm in time and advised: "The master is angry, the eldest young master should not disturb at this time." ”

The housekeeper also stepped back to take care of Master Xu, and Xu Qingliu stood outside the door fixedly, not knowing what he was thinking.

At night, Xu Qinghe threw himself on the bed when he came back, closed his eyes, and suddenly he opened his eyes violently and sat up vigilantly.

"Haha, my brother wasn't as Ma Daha as I thought. Xu Qingliu didn't know when he came, and now he was standing at the door. Taking advantage of the fact that he and his father had a stalemate because of their marriage, the younger brother took the opportunity to come out to get close to his father and compete with him for his father's trust, which was too good.

Xu Qinghe also laughed, "I don't know what you mean, brother." ”

"It's all at this time, are you still pretending to be innocent? Isn't the purpose of you deceiving my trust to talk about my father, and getting my father's approval to make him shake my belief in letting me inherit his mantle?" Xu Qingliu was a little angry, he wanted to compete with him for his father's inheritance, but he was scheming, using his trust in him to make him disappointed in this younger brother.

Xu Qinghe saw that he was really angry, ran over and hugged his arm with a smile, and coquettishly said: "Brother, you misunderstood me, it was my father who had to let the housekeeper teach me some management matters in the house, you know me, I don't like this feeling of being restrained at all." ”

"Really?" Xu Qingliu pushed him away, this younger brother he needed to get acquainted with again.

Without listening to Xu Qinghe's explanation, he left his room, looking at his departing back, Xu Qinghe sighed and recited a poem: "It is born from the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other......"

In the Liuli Jade Shop in the vegetable field, two employees received guests in front, Shang Muli had nothing to do, set up a small kitchen in the back room, bought rice and noodles, and the two little girls didn't have to go back at noon. When I mentioned them, I thought of their names, Chunhua and Qiuyue, although the two of them are not sisters, they are very close in all aspects, and Shang Muli likes them very much.

"Come on, onion pancakes, come and try them. Shang Muli hurriedly brought a pot of cakes from behind, there was no one in the store, and the spring flowers and autumn moon surrounded him, and the air was filled with the smell of shallots.

"It's so good, I don't know who will be cheaper in the future. "Chunhua is more lively and open, and she doesn't look like a girl at all when she talks. I took a piece of scallion pancake with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, and the fragrance of green onions and rich noodle instantly satisfied all her taste buds, "It's delicious." ”

The two little girls heard that Shang Muli used to be a young lady from a wealthy family, and then she came out to work hard alone, but they didn't know the specifics. But with such a good craft, those young ladies should not have done such a job.

"By the way, Boss Li, Young Master Xu came here just now, and she asked you to go to the restaurant on the street to find him later. "If there is something I don't say in person, I want them to pass it on, but it's just a few steps away, if it weren't for his good looks or a friend of Boss Li, they wouldn't have passed on the word.

Shang Muli was stunned, what did Brother Qingliu ask her to do there? Could it be that the promotion of the glazed jade shop has found a way out for the upper class? Thinking of this, she immediately couldn't eat, took off her apron and said to the two little girls: "I have something to do when I go out, you two show me the store, if I don't come, you lock the door and leave when it gets dark." Both nodded, knowing what she was going to do. Young Master Xu said that the people of Xu's Mansion have a well-known family background in Shanghai, and they are well-known and scholarly, and everyone here is not all squeezed into the house.

She almost trotted to the restaurant on the street, and when she arrived at the place, she asked Xiao Er directly, and saw him by the window on the second floor. Xu Qingliu's originally frowning brows saw that she relaxed for a while, and she was no longer so tense.

I expected him to tell her good news, but Shang Muli couldn't come up and ask, in case it wasn't her, it would be embarrassing. Xu Qingliu poured a little wine, and Shang Muli raised his eyebrows, a little surprised. In the past, Qingliu's brother didn't allow her to drink, and taught her that girls can't be contaminated by dripping alcohol. Why did he suddenly take the initiative to pour him a little bit today, and he looked restless, and he was not in a state at all.

"Ahem, Brother Qingliu, has something happened? Didn't you allow me to drink?" she tilted her head, puzzled.

Xu Qingliu's empty eyes were stained by her words, and he instantly regained his vitality, the hand that took back the wine glass paused for a second, and smiled stiffly: "It's been cold recently, baijiu can promote blood circulation, and drinking a little is beneficial." ”

"Oh. She took a suspicious sip and coughed violently. The wine tasted different from what she had imagined, and it seemed that every meal had to be accompanied by a meal of wine, and she drank it with a strange taste. She has drunk other wines, but this white wine is the first time to drink, and the taste is the most unacceptable, but the red wine is to her appetite, sweet and sweet, smooth and soft in the mouth.

Seeing her coughing, Xu Qingliu immediately got up and patted her on the back, "Are you okay?" Seeing that he was so nervous, Shang Muli felt a little guilty, and still told him that he didn't like to drink liquor. She shook her head and tasted the dish on the table again. Her pancakes taste good, but she always feels that eating what she makes is not as good as the outside. Maybe this is the origin of eating inside and out, she actually dislikes her cooking skills, and the two little girls in the store take care of her feelings very much and never say a word unpalatable.

Thinking of this, Shang Muli laughed, Xu Qingliu watched her eat opposite her, but her heart drifted to somewhere, her eyes were a little lost, "How is the business in the store recently?"

"It's good, everything is fine, it's just that the things I asked your friend to do would be the icing on the cake if they could be done earlier. She said with a smile. Xu Qingliu nodded, he asked the two friends about this, and they both said that they had difficulties, but it was not impossible to do it. So he didn't mention this matter to Shang Muli, and it turned out that it was still too early, and he couldn't let her confidence be worn out in advance.

"Xiaoli, would you be sad if I got married suddenly?" he didn't know why he suddenly asked that, but emotionally told him that he wanted to ask this question. Suddenly asked this, Shang Muli almost choked on a vegetable, drank two sips of water and looked at him with a frown. No, why ask this question all of a sudden. I don't know why, Shang Muli's eyes suddenly appeared in front of him the scene where he confessed to himself last time, and he nodded with palpitations, "It's going to be sad." ”