Two days after returning from the Jing'an Hou Mansion that day, Mrs. He came to visit the ancestor of the Shen family, and Ji Lan did not show up because she was still meditating in the family temple and it was inconvenient to meet guests.

No matter how naïve Mrs. He is, she knows that there must be something to hide here, otherwise, even if she is recuperating from her illness and it is related to Ji Cheng's family affairs, Old Madam Shen will not let her go to see Ji Lan.

Speaking of which, Mrs. He is also related to the Shen family, and the two families also move around on weekdays, so Mrs. He said bluntly: "Old lady, do you think there is anything wrong with this? I love the character of Cheng girl. The implication of this is that if Ji Cheng's character is not good, this thing will not be possible.

The old lady smiled: "I don't have to say anything about Miss Cheng's conduct, Brother Hong fell into the water in our house a few years ago, and it was all because she saved her life to survive." She herself was about to be drowned, but her hands kept holding Brother Hong'er up. ”

Mrs. He nodded, talented and kind-hearted, such a person could not be better.

"Then, if your old man is also optimistic about this matter, since Cheng Yatou's aunt is not well, who should I tell about this matter?" Mrs. He asked.

The old lady thought for a while, "It's a blessing to be able to make you look at Cheng girl." As a daughter-in-law, don't you just look forward to the mother-in-law to serve you? ”

Mrs. He didn't expect the old lady to speak so interestingly, and couldn't help laughing.

"But husband and wife are a lifelong thing, and you have to let the juniors see for themselves. As for Cheng girl's matter, I asked her to send a letter to her father. The old lady said.

Mrs. He smiled: "Okay, I'm relieved." ”

The old lady said, "Oh, how do you say that? ”

"To be honest, Cheng girl was born so well, and she was born like that, I'm really afraid that I will lose my eyes. But today, the old lady is willing to take this risk for her, which shows that she is really good. Mrs. He said.

The old lady sighed in her heart, this Mrs. He is actually really smart, although she looks naïve, but she is really smart. At the beginning, the old lady originally fell in love with the Mrs. He in front of her for the third master, but the injustice fell into Ji Lan's poison.

That Mrs. He's heart is indeed transparent, and Ji Lan must have been punished for being inconvenient to come forward, and she didn't break it. It is said that in this case, even if the old lady has no ill feelings towards Ji Cheng, she should not say good things for Ji Cheng like this, and Mrs. He came to the door to test, if the old lady didn't like Ji Cheng, she could ask Mrs. He to go to Ji Cheng's father by herself, but she took her head inside, which shows that she really thinks Ji Cheng is very good.

Since both parties are optimistic about this family affair, they just wait for the juniors to look at each other correctly, and Mrs. He invites a matchmaker to propose marriage, then this family affair will be settled.

In the first month, the juniors want to look at each other, which is very convenient. Because the custom of Daqin is that the lights of the Shangyuan Festival have been burning from the twelfth to the eighteenth of the first month, the rules on weekdays have been much looser in these seven days.

The young boy and the girl's house are outside to enjoy the lanterns and swim in the river, even if the men and women walk side by side, no one will say anything, and there are only a few days of the year that are the most comfortable and comfortable days. Before going out, the elders only commanded, don't go to the place where the light is dim, for fear of seeing the long needle eye that shouldn't be seen.

The young girl was a little better, and the woman took advantage of these days to meet her husband and see each other on the street, and went straight to the bridge hole. After dawn, they all clap their hands and go home, only to be dispersed when the sun shines like flower dew.

On such days, the girls of each family naturally want to call friends and companions, and make an appointment early where to enjoy the lanterns and where to swim in the river.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, Shen Qian came to ask Ji Cheng to go out to enjoy the lanterns the next day, because the Aoshan lantern in front of the Xuande Gate Tower on the twelfth day was about to be lit up, and it would be a carnival of the Beijing Master Li Min.

Ji Cheng was a little embarrassed when he heard Shen Qian's invitation, and said with a blushing face: "I will accompany the ancestor tomorrow." ”

Shen Qian narrowed her eyes and said with a look of watching a good show: "Could it be that what I heard is true?" ”

Ji Cheng nodded very shamefully.

"Ah, that's a good word for you." Shen Qian smiled and took Ji Cheng's hand.

Ji Cheng sneered and said: "I haven't seen each other yet, and besides, I haven't changed the Geng post to count." ”

"As far as your appearance is concerned, the result is the same whether you look at each other or not." Shen Qian said.

Shen Qian is unintentional, but Ji Cheng heard it, the man sees her as picky, but Ji Cheng only has the share of being picked, as long as the other party agrees, she naturally has nothing to disallow here.

Ji Cheng's heart was slightly stabbed, but in an instant, he laughed at himself for being greedy and insufficient, he had already asked for benevolence, and it would be easy to get into trouble if he asked for extravagance.

After sending Shen Qian away, Ji Cheng asked Liu Ye'er and Yu Qian'er to turn out their clothes, and selected the ones to be worn tomorrow one by one, and the jewelry to be worn was also carefully matched. Since she wants to do it, Ji Cheng naturally wants to do her best, hoping that her future husband can fall in love with her at first sight, marry into someone else's family, and have a husband to protect her, and her life will be much better.

Shen Qian left from Ji Cheng's small courtyard and returned to the house, and happened to meet Lu Yuan, "Where are you going?" ”

"I went to see Brother Hong, and he yelled for me to take him to see the lanterns tomorrow, I just told my aunt, and she agreed." Lu Yuan said. Since Ji Cheng and Lu Yuan went to see Brother Hong together that day, Lu Yuan began to run away from Changheng Courtyard again.

Shen Qian nodded.

"Sister Qian, did you go to invite Sister Cheng just now? What did she say? Lu Yuan asked casually.

"She has something to do tomorrow, so she won't be with us." Shen Qian said.

Lu Yuan immediately covered her mouth and smiled, "It seems that that thing is true?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Qian responded with a smile.

In fact, Lu Yuan was also a little awkward by Rui Xue's words that day, and when she heard that Ji Cheng was really going to say kiss today, her heart suddenly brightened, and she walked to Chang Hengyuan more briskly.

Brother Hong has been looking forward to Lu Yuan, and as soon as he saw her, he hurriedly greeted her, "Aunt Yuan, what did my grandmother say?" ”

Lu Yuan said with a smile: "Aunt said that as long as you are obedient and don't run around outside, you will agree with me to take you out." ”

Brother Hong immediately cheered, "Sister Cheng is going too, isn't it?" In fact, this is the happiest thing about Brother Hong, he thinks that Ji Cheng will definitely be able to take him to play a lot of fun.

Lu Yuan smiled: "Your sister Cheng can't go if she has something." ”

"Why?" Brother Hong'er's shoulders immediately drooped.

Lu Yuan said: "Because your sister Cheng is going to kiss, she will go to see the man's house tomorrow." ”

There is still ignorance about looking at Brother Hong, but he understands the word kiss, saying kiss means that Ji Cheng is going to get married, Brother Hong even looked gloomy at that time, "What is she doing in such a hurry to marry, when I grow up, I will marry her." ”

Tong Yan made Lu Yuan laugh, "Then forget it, but you can marry your sister Cheng's daughter in the future." ”

Ji Cheng wanted to talk about his relatives, and it spread in the Shen Mansion in private.

When it reached Shen Yu's ears, it was already that night, he had just returned home from the outside, Rui Xue served him to drink the wine soup, and changed his shoes and clothes for him, as if chattering: "Brother Hong heard that Miss Yuan said that she was going to take him to the Lantern Festival tomorrow, and he was originally very happy, but as soon as he heard that Miss Cheng was going to see the man's house tomorrow so he couldn't accompany him to the Lantern Festival, his shoulders immediately drooped. ”

When Shen Yu suddenly heard the news, a trace of inexplicable melancholy flashed in his heart. Originally, the wine was half-drunk, and there should be some other interest during the festival, but this time there is no more.

Shen Yu got up and stood by the window with some irritability, this feeling of wanting to grab something in his hand but suddenly slipping away made people feel so sad and irritable that he wanted to fight.

For Ji Cheng, Shen Yu originally gave up this candidate after chatting with Shen Che on Chinese New Year's Eve, after all, it was Brother Hong who was the most important. So when he met Ji Cheng in Changheng Courtyard that day, Shen Yu's attitude was also alienated and cold, only to blame that he followed Ji Cheng and Brother Hong to the garden that day.

To this day, Shen Yu still remembers the way Ji Cheng slid like a butterfly on the ice, and even the angle of her skirt flying.

This girl, who played the slingshot very well, and whose riding skills were only estimated to be matched by the soldiers of the cavalry battalion under his command, was now even more amazing in skating, completely different from the gentle and elegant she gave people on the surface.

But Shen Yu knew that he could play these things so exquisitely, and he definitely liked them and worked hard.

Ji Cheng became a mystery in Shen Yu's heart, and he didn't dare to act rashly until the mystery was solved, because the burden on Shen Yu's shoulders was too heavy, and marrying a wife must not be just because he liked it.

Therefore, Shen Yu planned to observe for a while longer, but he knew that Ji Cheng was going to see the man tomorrow, and then he was going to get married. Shen Yu, like Shen Qian, never thought that Ji Cheng's appearance would fail.

Ji Cheng was in the game, but she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep, of course, her other nervousness came from Shen Che. Ji Cheng believed that Shen Che would definitely know the news that he was going to marry, and if he didn't say anything else, Nan Gui would definitely sue him.

Ji Cheng didn't take the initiative to find Shen Che, but he kept waiting to see his reaction, Ji Cheng put his hands together on his chest, praying for the Buddha's blessing. No reaction is the best news, Ji Cheng only hopes that Shen Che can keep silent, which means that he acquiesces.

If Shen Che went to the Tao like this, Ji Cheng thought that she would definitely cooperate with him sincerely in the future and never stumble. Because this shows that Shen Che does put her in the position of a collaborator, even if she is not a collaborator, then her capable subordinates must also have due respect. She wasn't sold to him for the rest of her life.

But if Shen Che made a move to sabotage this matter, Ji Cheng thought of this, and a cold light flashed in her eyes, although she was subject to Shen Che, she also knew what Shen Che cared about.

He wants the country and the people to be safe, and he wants the people of Liming to live and work in peace and contentment, because Shen Che is a relative of the Chu dynasty, and he is doing things for their Chu dynasty. But Ji Cheng is not a noble relative of the clan. If Shen Che wants to force her to be cornered, Ji Cheng doesn't care about trampling on the moral bottom line, because what she wants is to live a good life and live a decent life.

Otherwise, after Zhu Jijun's incident, Ji Cheng would not have dared to start the idea of smuggling weapons. At that time, she was very angry in her heart, feeling how unfair the world was, there were so many people like Zhu Jijun to protect her, and even her aunt was afraid of difficulties and refused to help. Why did such a court ask Ji Cheng to work willingly for him? She had an idea at the time, it was good if the world was in chaos, and it was good to kill the corrupt officials who protected each other.

So why has Ji Cheng's mentality changed now? Because now that she has a worry-free life, she naturally doesn't want to lick the blood at the tip of the knife, she arrived in the capital, and she was more or less a member of Shen Che's circle, and Guotai Min'an only has benefits and no harm to the Ji family now, so Ji Cheng's position has changed.

This is human nature. There is no such thing as absolute bad, and there is no absolute good.

Fortunately, what Ji Cheng was worried about did not appear, and Shen Che didn't even see a ghost, so Ji Cheng followed the old lady out with peace of mind.

"I called your eldest brother too, your parents are not here, it is good to have him, who is the eldest brother, to help you palm your eyes, and when you go back to your house and ask, he will not ask three questions." The old lady said to Ji Cheng.

"Thank you, Ancestor." Ji Cheng smiled a little crampedly, after all, she was only a fifteen-year-old girl, this was a matter of her life, and it must be a lie to say that she was not nervous.

The method of looking at each other is very simple, starting from the twelfth day of the first month, the boxes on both sides of the royal street are fully booked, and the entire Jingshi people go out to enjoy the lanterns.

The old lady led Ji Cheng to the private room on the second floor of Lingyun Pavilion, and later Mrs. He would lead He Cheng over, and Quan Cheng came to visit by chance when she met among relatives. If you look at each other well, then everyone is happy, if you don't want to, it is not a look at each other just now, just a chance encounter. With this thin layer of paper on the surface, everyone's face is better.

Ji Cheng thought about how many girls on this street were looking at their future husbands tonight, and when he thought of this, Ji Cheng felt both embarrassed and funny.

Ji Cheng and the old lady didn't sit down for long, and then they heard the girl reply that Mrs. He had arrived.

Ji Cheng nervously brushed the almost invisible folds on his skirt with his hand, and obediently got up and hung his head behind the old lady.

Mrs. He led He Cheng into the door, and He Cheng stepped forward to salute the old lady first, her eyes were clear, and she did not look east and west, which showed her upbringing.

From the moment He Cheng entered the door, Ji Cheng had already subtly looked at him with the afterglow of his eyes, his figure was long and his appearance was dignified, although he was not as good as Shen Che or Qi Zheng, but he was also born neatly.

When the old lady asked He Chengyan, Ji Cheng also listened with his ears pricked up, and his conversation was not bad, he didn't look like a crepe, and he spoke more straightforwardly.

From the old lady's questioning, Ji Cheng already knew that He Cheng was now also in the army under his father, serving as the captain of Xuanjie, and his dream and ambition were better than blue.

After the old lady finished asking, she seemed to remember it in hindsight, "I patronized and talked just now, and I haven't introduced you yet, this is the niece of your third aunt's family, and I am accompanying my wife to enjoy the lanterns today, everyone is a family relative, and there may be a time to meet in the future, but don't let your family not know your own family." ”

When Ji Cheng heard this, he stepped forward to salute He Cheng and said, "He Gongzi." ”

He Cheng's face turned red at that time, and he stammered and spit out, "Miss Ji." When he spoke, he didn't even dare to look at Ji Cheng's face, which made the girls around him laugh, and even the old lady and Mrs. He couldn't help laughing.

He Cheng just arrived in the capital and heard his sister say that his mother showed him a girl, He Cheng is also eighteen years old, it is when he thinks about his daughter-in-law, he listens to his heart at that time, and his sister praises the girl like a fairy, there are poems and books in her belly, not to say, and her appearance is also blown by her like the first person in the world, although He Cheng does not believe it, but there is also a little expectation.

It's just that Ji Cheng's background is a little worse, but He Cheng also understands that his mother looks down on the girls in Xizhou, and most of the girls in Jingshi are unwilling to marry far away, and how rude the martial artists are, many noble girls are also unwilling to marry, and his family affairs are the most difficult to do. As soon as He Cheng heard his mother talk about Ji Cheng, he felt that Ji Cheng was the most suitable.

He Cheng went upstairs to meet the old lady of the Shen family with a little apprehension and expectation, but he never expected that his sister was not exaggerating at all, and when He Cheng saw Ji Cheng's appearance clearly, he didn't even know where to put his hand.

When Fang Xuan's family passed through Xizhou, his father specially invited Fang Xuan's family to come over as a guest, at that time, He Cheng only felt that Fang Xuan's family was the most beautiful person he had seen in his life, although the world was big, I am afraid that there would never be a second person who could compare with her, who knew that he was just a frog at the bottom of the well, and when he saw Ji Cheng today, he knew that there were really mountain people outside the mountain.

After sending Mrs. He and He Cheng away, the old lady was very considerate and deliberately left a place for Ji Cheng and Ji Yuan to talk and let their brothers and sisters discuss.

Ji Yuan was simply too satisfied with He Cheng, to be honest, when Ji Cheng had to go to the capital to climb relatives, Ji Yuan still felt that his sister was too ambitious in his heart, but now he didn't expect to really talk about a very good family business.

The old lady meant to leave the brother and sister to discuss how the He family's family affairs were, and Ji Yuan skipped this step and said directly to Ji Cheng: "If this family matter is decided, there is no need to call your sister-in-law to come to Beijing, the family affairs can't be taken care of by your mother-in-law alone, it all depends on your sister-in-law's help, you will naturally marry from our family when you get married, and when the snow melts, I will let people send you back to Jinbei." ”

Ji Yuan is this kind of person, there is no need to discuss anything, he will directly help you decide. Ji Cheng knew her eldest brother's character, so she didn't refute it, and nodded in response.

When he returned to Xiaokuan Courtyard, Ji Cheng was still thinking about this matter, but he really had the intention to plant flowers and flowers, and he had no intention of planting willows and willows.

Ji Cheng was all about being able to talk about a good family business, but her aunt not only didn't help at all and dragged her feet, but it was Shen Wei who Ji Cheng had never thought of, because she was afraid that she would rob Chu Zhen and panicked to find out for her He family, but it was a success.

It can be seen that this world is really unpredictable, and it is all under your control.

Now that his wish has come true, Ji Cheng's heart knot for Ji Lan's mother and daughter has gone a lot, no matter what, without the relationship between her aunt, how can Ji Cheng enter the door of the Shen family? Of course, Ji Cheng was also extremely glad that she would be able to leave Ji Lan and Shen Cui far away soon.

The engagement is imminent, but Ji Cheng still has a lot of things in her hands, and she has just figured out the business in the Western Regions, and she has to take advantage of the day in Beijing to help Shen Che formulate a comprehensive strategy, which is also a credit. However, this matter is not good on paper, Ji Cheng still has to ask Shen Che's subordinates who have been in the Western Regions for a long time.

Ji Cheng is a cool person who does what he says, and he turned his head and went into Lanyue Zhai, hung the map of the Western Regions on the wall, rubbed his chin and thought carefully.

There was movement outside the door, and as soon as Ji Cheng turned his head, he saw the stone door turning, and Shen Che walked out of the door.

When Ji Cheng was grateful and full of energy, he walked over to Shen Che, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and there was no ordinary awkwardness. Her mentality is so simple, as long as she is given corresponding benefits, Ji Cheng will naturally repay her.

"Cousin Che, you're just in time, I'm looking for you." Ji Cheng said diligently, "I have read all the account books of the business in the Western Regions and sorted them out. ”

Shen Che nodded indifferently, so that Ji Cheng, who was a subordinate, couldn't feel the pulse of Shangfeng at all, so he could only wait carefully.

Ji Cheng pointed to the two boxes of ledgers in the corner, "There are no problems with the accounts over there." Then he took out three stacks of ledgers from the low cabinet on his side, put his hand on the stack on the left, and said: "These accounts are neat and tidy, and it is clear at a glance, and the bookkeeper is very good, and from the perspective of income, it is also very outstanding." I asked the shopkeeper Mei at home, because of the chaos and chaos in the Western Regions last year, there were a lot of robbers along the way, and there were still such incomes, so it can be seen that the shopkeeper in charge of this piece is a capable person, and Cousin Che can be promoted as appropriate. ”

Ji Cheng had already learned to read the account book from her father when she was very young, and she basically knew the twists and turns in it, and she could see the general ability of a person just from the accounts.

Shen Che casually flipped through the stack of account books, the names of the people on the top were all familiar to Shen Che, and when he gave the account book to Ji Cheng, he specially erased the name of the shop, and he also wanted to test Ji Cheng. The reason why Shen Che was familiar with these people was precisely because they were all the shopkeepers he planned to reuse. But he didn't look at it from the accounts, but from other intelligence.

Shen Che quietly put down the accounts in his hand, and his eyes swept over the other stack, "What about those?" ”

"These are also accounts that are beautifully done, but they are fraudulently done." Ji Cheng said.

Shen Che flipped through it, and there were indeed a few familiar names in it, these account books were very clean, that is, the old account offices under Shen Che who were responsible for clearing every year failed to see the big problem, but they were picked out by Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng pushed the last stack to Shen Che, "These are the account books that I am not sure about, if they are fake, they are the masters of the masters, if they are true, then there must be something hidden, cousin Che may be able to check it." ”

Shen Che nodded.

Ji Cheng said: "At present, the business along the way is the most profitable from the sale of jade, BMW and spices, but I heard from the shopkeeper Mei that the Poli (glass) of the big food has made new improvements, and the transparency of the Poli that used to be transmitted to the Central Plains is not high, but now their technology can greatly increase the transparency, I think if you can get this technology, you will definitely be able to make a lot of profits." ”

Shen Che seemed to be a little interested, "What do you think the newly improved Po Li can do?" There is a slight lack of transparency now, but it doesn't seem to be wrong. ”

Ji Cheng said: "I'm thinking that if we can get Poli's new method, if we can reduce the cost, it will be used on the windows in the future, isn't it better than the papier-mâché windows?" In winter, it can be both transparent and wind-resistant. ”

The interest in Shen Che's eyes is even stronger, and now there are also people who use Po Li as windows, for example, the Shen family's boat hall uses some colorful Po Li, just for decoration, slightly translucent. If it can really be as Ji Cheng said, the large-faced Poli is used to make windows, and the profits are absolutely huge.

"Okay, I'll let someone ask." Shen Che said: "Your shopkeeper Mei seems to be very capable. ”

When Ji Cheng heard this, he was afraid that Shen Che would dig into her corner, "For a family to prosper, there must always be a few profitable helpers." Shopkeeper Mei is helping me now, isn't he also helping my cousin? ”

Shen Che tugged at the corners of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.

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