Chu Hanqin thought for a while, and said to Chu Yiyao with a smile, "Now Jinling's business is not doing well, dozens of commercial houses are all transporting goods from Datong, and they have changed to Qiu Yue, maybe they can find another way, and you also know that the boat that had an accident in Dusk Xing also lost a lot of things on it." ”

A sneer flashed in Chu Yiyao's eyes, isn't this just a reminder to her and her second brother that after the accident of the merchant ship, not only the eldest brother is gone, but the merchant house also lost a lot of silver, and if you can't afford to buy the expensive one, you can buy the cheap one, and you can't do business at all.

Hearing this, Chu Duyuan also frowned slightly, which one of the people who do business in Jinling has his eyes closed, all of them are very bright, and they know at a glance that they are shoddy, and he is a layman who knows that it will not work, "Second uncle, the people in the business house are all old customers." ”

"Twilight." As soon as the words fell, Chu Hanqin sighed, his face was a little regretful, he walked over and patted Chu Duyuan's shoulder, "You have grown up, and the second uncle can't hide it from you." ”

Chu Hanqin took them to the vicinity of the ship where the Chu family was unloading, it was dark, there were lights hanging on the sides of the boat on both sides, the deck was full of workers, and the shed erected on the dock was full of the Chu family's goods, Chu Hanqin pointed to the boat and said to Chu Duyuan, "It stands to reason that what your father has worked hard for so many years, the second uncle can't say anything, but you have also seen it for so long, although the Chu family has a seat in Jinling, it is still far from the four families in Jinling, one of the most important points, Your father and your eldest brother are unwilling to break the previous way, whether it is freight or cooperative merchants for more than ten years, they are the old ones, your father must have often said when he was alive, the business is ripe. ”

"For more than ten years, just like this, you will never be able to do it well, and they are all old merchants, your father and your eldest brother are embarrassed to make more money from others, Duanyuan, you say that this businessman, how can he be so kind-hearted." The second uncle revealed between the lines that he did not approve of the actions of his father and eldest brother.

Chu Yiyao stood quietly aside, looking at the people from the deck to the dock, these words, if she heard them for the first time, she might feel that her father and eldest brother had really done something wrong, in the past ten years, many of the partners of the Chu family firm had lost money and were about to go bankrupt, and their father had helped, and even the goods were given to others to sell for turnover without paying the silver, so that the Chu family would inevitably be affected a lot and be implicated, and it would be the end of bankruptcy at a loss.

In the past, she didn't believe it, but in the most difficult days of the Chu family, that is, those who had helped her father gave help, although it didn't have much effect on the Chu family at that time, but at this moment, she understood that these were all won by her father's insistence on winning steadily.

Looking at the second uncle's eloquent expression, how many of the second uncle's ambitions are hidden in it, the hometown of Huizhou is not something that the second uncle can control, and the current Chu family is not just used to show him the so-called fists and feet.

"The second uncle also knows that it is very risky to do this, but Dusk Yuan, you will not understand the truth of winning in this danger." Chu Hanqin sighed a few times to stop Chu Duyuan's question, Chu Yiyao looked back at the piles of goods in the shed, and asked casually, "Second uncle, if the original guests of our family don't like Qiu Yue's porcelain, who are you going to sell these things to?" ”

Chu Hanqin looked at Chu Yiyao, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled, "Yiyao, if the previous guests didn't like it, there would naturally be others who wanted it, and you are still a child who doesn't understand." ”

"Second uncle, don't you know how I don't understand, my mother helped my father a lot at that time, right, second brother." Chu Yiyao grinned and looked at Chu Hanqin harmlessly, and Chu Duyuan on the side also felt that his sister seemed to be paying a lot of attention to the affairs of the business house these days, and quipped, "When did you become so studious, you want to follow the second uncle to manage the affairs of the business house." ”

Chu Yiyao turned around and grimaced at him, and said coquettishly, "That's not it, second brother, you learn, then I'll learn more for Ying Zhu, and go back to teach him." ”

"Come on, you teach him?" Chu Duyuan's eyes flashed with a touch of pampering, he reached out and touched her head, Chu Yiyao glared back unexpectedly, Chu Hanqin on the side looked at it with a smile, but he couldn't see the truth in his eyes...

It was already dark when he returned to Chu's house, and after the time for dinner, Baosheng was guarding the door and heard the sound of movement at the gate of the courtyard, and ordered the maid to go to the small kitchen to bring the hot meal, and he walked quickly to the door to meet Chu Yiyao.

"How's it going over there?" Chu Yiyao walked into the house, the peacock had already prepared his clothes, changed out of men's clothes, and the dishes and chopsticks had been laid out outside, Chu Yiyao drank a small bowl of soup before starting to eat, Bao Sheng said on the side, "It's been cleaned up, and now the second lady Chu and the three young ladies have also eaten." ”

Chu Yiyao raised her eyebrows slightly, she was able to eat the meal so safely and without making trouble, it was really not the style of the second aunt, after thinking about it, Bao Sheng added, "Miss Tang San seems to be in a hurry, a little pretend, after the meal, the young grandmother sent someone to invite a doctor to take a look." ”

Chu Yiyao put down the dishes and chopsticks and did not answer, and the peacock saw that he was safe and took the things down, and he went to make a pot of flower tea for the young lady to drink.

Half an hour later, Chu Yiyao leaned on the recliner, her long black hair hung there, and under it was a charcoal basin, covering the carbon and constantly steaming up, Chu Yiyao had an account book in her hand, wearing a bed coat and a blanket.

Bao Sheng combed her long hair one by one and dried it on the charcoal basin, and the petals were still faintly visible in the gray charcoal pile, and the room exuded a fragrance of the moon.

"Miss, aren't you going to see Miss Miaolan?" Bao Sheng moved the charcoal basin away, smeared some incense on the tips of his hair, Chu Yiyao put down the account book and put it on the table beside him, got up and put on his shoes, and said lightly, "You don't need me to go and see it, maybe she will come over tomorrow." ”

Bao Sheng took the coat and put it on her, Chu Yiyao walked to the shelf where she had placed some small plays, this shelf that was much taller than her was full of good things, which had been given to her by her father and brother for ten years, and many of them were very valuable.

Chu Yiyao stood on tiptoe and took down a navy blue box from above, inside was an oval jadeite, without additional processing, it was just ground into a fist-sized oval, which was found by the eldest brother at the same time as he went to the university, and at that time he laughed at himself, you love jade so much, the eldest brother will find the biggest one for you.

At the beginning, in order to show the Chu family's welcome to the arrival of the second uncle and aunt, Chu Miaolan asked her how reluctant she was to give this, and later, most of the things here attracted the eyes of the three sisters.

The Chu family was not occupied in an instant, but was slowly eaten away, her strength was meager, and now she turned his face with the second uncle and asked them to go back, the Chu family couldn't survive relying on her and the second brother, but if the second uncle was allowed to go on like this, the things in the previous life would soon be repeated.

Chu Yiyao looked at the jade stone steadily, and didn't notice Qiao Cong'an walking in.

"Your eldest brother also said at the time that such a big jade can be worthy of our treasure." Qiao Cong'an stood beside her and said softly, Chu Yiyao was stunned, sighed and put the jade stone back, and looked back at her, "Sister-in-law, why are you here, Ying Zhu is asleep?" ”

"I didn't see you make a fuss in the evening, and I went to bed early." Qiao Cong'an pulled her aside, tapped her forehead, and said angrily, "You, how can you go to that place, and you are not afraid of ruining the reputation of your daughter's family, how can you talk about kissing in the future." ”

"Is it the second brother who told you right, hmph, I just want to bring him back and see that mandarin duck fascinate him." Chu Yiyao pursed her lips slightly, pulling Qiao Cong'an to talk about what happened in the Chunmanlou, Qiao Cong'an always looked at her with a smile, and later, Chu Yiyao pulled out a few old stewards of the Chu family who were dismissed after the death of her eldest brother, "Sister-in-law, I want to go to Uncle Zhong tomorrow." ”

"I'm afraid he won't want to come back." Qiao Cong'an touched her cheek, and after the accident on Xianggong's boat, the relevant stewards automatically resigned, saying that they couldn't live with the Chu family.

"He'll be back." Chu Yiyao shook his head, leaned on Qiao Cong'an's arms, Uncle Zhong blamed himself for not going with his eldest brother, otherwise he wouldn't have had an accident if he was at the helm, but he would definitely not see that the Chu family was going to be destroyed and not come back...

Chu Yiyao went out early the next morning, took Bao Sheng and Bao Chan, and the carriage went out of Jinling to the west for seven or eight miles to a small town, Chu Zhong came here to live after leaving the Chu family, and lived for more than half a year, and never returned to Jinling.

"Miss, it's here." Bao Toad shouted outside, Chu Yiyao got out of the carriage, and what came into view was a small courtyard, three rows of tiled houses, looking in from the outside of the courtyard, there were still a few trees planted inside, and it was the time to sprout.

The door opened slightly, Baosheng pushed the door in, Chu Yiyao saw the familiar figure, sitting on a small stool with his back hunched, holding a carpenter's tool in his hand, planing wood chips, and a half-made boat next to him, hearing the sound of movement, Chu Zhong glanced back, full of white flowers.

"Uncle Zhong." Chu Yiyao shouted slightly, Chu Zhong put down the tools in his hand and stood up, a flash of excitement flashed in his eyes when he looked at her, and then he covered it up, and looked at her apologetically, "Miss." ”

"Uncle Zhong, I'm here to pick you up." For her, she hasn't seen her for more than half a year, it should be more than ten years, Uncle Zhong followed him when her father was young, and he worried too much about the Chu family, and no one in the entire Chu family cared more about their brothers and sisters than him.

But at that time, she was not sensible, and after her eldest brother had an accident, she also blamed Uncle Zhong for not getting on the boat, and it took a young helmsman to withstand the wind and waves.

"Miss, Uncle Zhong is old, the Chu family has the second young master and the second master, it will be fine." Chu Zhong shook his head, the guilt in his heart was deeper than anyone else, and when he returned to the Chu family in Jinling, he had no shame to face the spirit of the lord and his wife in the sky.