At the moment, it was said that Chang Yougui and Mrs. Chen met in the outer study, and they couldn't help but smile and greet each other, talk about the past and the present, and comment on a market anecdote. After the three rounds of tea, Chang Yougui mentioned the matter, because he said: "The old man also knows." It's not just talented, and now Yutai Commercial Bank is in charge. Although I don't have much ability, our owner is a person who is exquisite in all directions, and has financial resources from north to south. There is also a caravan at sea. Three or four times a year, he specialized in transporting tea, silk and porcelain from this dynasty overseas, and selling back Western machinery, gadgets and even Western medicines. This back and forth has been very profitable. Not to mention this, let's just say that our host is a wonderful person who has a wide range of good fate, and every year the caravan travels, and a few ships are transferred to the home of the noble eunuch of the middle of the dynasty. Now that the weather is warm, it is a good day for caravans to travel. It's a pity that our host is now dealing with confidential matters in Hangzhou, and he can't go back. I have been instructed to contact you and take care of all matters. That's why I thought of your ......."

Chang Yougui said this in a fit of anger, and looked at Old Man Chen with a smile, his tone was quite gentle, and he asked a little proudly: "I don't know if the old man is interested in participating in a share?" ”

When Old Man Chen heard this, he knew that Chang Yougui wanted to give him a fortune. Naturally, my heart was moved. Who thinks silver is hot? But after thinking about it, I couldn't help but hesitate. Because he said: "So that Xiaoyou can know that the poor family is not as good as those eunuchs." Although I am not a person in this industry, I also know that the maritime business has always been very profitable but also rich. For example, this line of your owner's family, I'm afraid that one share will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver...... This is something we can't. ”

"Hey," Chang Yougui heard this, knowing that Old Man Chen had misunderstood, so he hurriedly waved his hand and explained: "It's my words that didn't make it clear - to say that I'm not afraid of the old man's laughter, although this caravan is ours, but if we talk about the few ships left by the owner to the lord of the court, let alone me, I'm afraid even the owner will not dare to be self-dictated." It was only the adults who discussed it on their own before they informed us of a sentence. It's just for the following things to do. We also all know that those of them, who increase and decrease shares, consider not only the abundant capital, but also their identity and qualifications. It's so difficult. Are we eating the guts of an ambitious leopard and daring to take food from the tiger's mouth? ”

"What do I mean...... It's just that those of us who handle it, including those who follow the boat, go back and forth, and it's not good to take an empty trip to Baoshan. Therefore, take this opportunity to save some share capital and bring some of it. It is also the meaning of the proprietors and nobles eating meat, and we follow the meaning of drinking soup. The proprietor also knows, but he just turns a blind eye. He is the most generous and charitable person, and he has always been sympathetic to the difficulties of those under us. ”

So what Chang Yougui meant was to ask him if he would like to bring some objects with him and earn some change.

Old lady Chen suddenly realized, and unconsciously smiled and praised: "Your owner is really good, no wonder the business is so big." ”

At the moment, I thanked Chang Yougui for thinking about them all the time. When Chang Yougui heard this, he smiled and humbly resigned, only saying that he was "grateful to repay his kindness", and said that the fate of heaven was coincidental, if it wasn't for Chen Qi's uncle and nephew, "How can I make friends with your mansion?" ”

Everyone went back and forth with each other, but the more they talked, the more they agreed. Chang Yougui took this opportunity to briefly talk about the merchant ships.

Mr. Chen also knew that the sea was risky, and he often heard that there might be a storm at sea that capsized several ships, causing the business to lose all its money. I was suspicious, but it was not easy to ask, and in the end, I smiled and delayed: "I'm old, and I don't care about anything now." It's just that some eat and take a bite, and some play and play to enjoy their old age. Nowadays, the big and small affairs of the family always have to be decided by the dog. Can I wait for him to come and I will consult with him? ”

This is also the meaning of the question. Chang Yougui naturally smiled. He smiled again and said, "...... There is no hurry, this time it takes more than a month to do everything. ”

So the two of them tacitly agreed not to say more. On the contrary, he talked about the current situation of the government. Although Chang Yougui is a manager of a commercial bank, he flatters the powerful and makes friends with the world on weekdays, and his vision is naturally good. And because of his identity, he knows a lot about the private affairs of the eunuchs and magnates in Beijing, and Old Man Chen has benefited a lot from talking to him in detail.

At the moment, there was no mention of the two, only that Feng led Sister Wan and the daughter-in-law of the family to take them out of the hall and introduce Mrs. Chang and her party into the upper room. After the two female relatives saw each other, the wife of the Chang family couldn't help laughing because she saw the second sister standing behind Chen's child: "The second girl is very safe?" The last time I came to the door, I never thought that the second girl was sick, and we were afraid of disturbing the second girl, so we didn't dare to see each other. ”

After that, he ordered his daughter to come forward again to greet him and thank the benefactor for saving his life.

Although the eldest sister of the Chang family is only four years old, innocent and ignorant of the world, she also knows the second sister's life-saving grace to her, and she is busy walking forward to pass the blessing ceremony, and said in her mouth: "Jin Xing thanked my sister for saving her life." ”

The second sister also hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute, and said with a smile in her mouth: "I've seen my sister." ”

After the two sides finished fighting, they each sat down. Mrs. Chen looked at Chang Jinxing carefully, and said with a smile: "I see that Miss Chang has a good complexion this time, not like the last time we met, her little face is pale and thin, and she always shows a look of fear. ”

When Mrs. Chang heard this, she had to sigh, because she said: "The child is careless, I think she is frightened - not to mention her child's family, she is an ordinary adult, and when she encounters such a thing, she is frightened and injured, and she will inevitably be frightened and afraid." These days are fine, a few days ago, I still had nightmares when I slept at night, crying and arguing, we were listening, and our hearts were about to break. ”

After that, it was another stack of voices to thank Chen Fu. When everyone in the Chen family heard this, they couldn't help but think of the arson of the bandits late at night a few months ago, and they couldn't help but empathize with it and feel related to it.

Feng was on the side, for fear that the adults would say these words, and the children would be frightened at night when they heard it. Hurriedly opened his mouth and smiled: "We adults talk, and children are not interesting to sit on the side." Why don't you ask Sister Wan to take them to the back to play, how about it? ”

When everyone heard this, they all smiled and agreed.

Chen Wan hurriedly stood up, smiled at one wall, and bowed to retire. beckoned to the eldest sister, the second sister and Chang Jinxing to leave through the back door.

And they bowed down and took leave. When You didn't leave, Chang Jinxing naturally stuffed her hand into the second sister's hand, and the little sister left hand in hand.

When the adults in the room saw it, they couldn't help but smile at each other. Feng Shiyou instructed: "You go and play, you can do whatever you like." I then instructed the little girl to send the tea and fruit snacks to Sister Wan's house, if you want anything more, just go. Don't be restrained. ”

All the sisters laughed. For a while, he turned out of the upper room, passed the moon cave door along the hand-copying verandah, and walked to Chen Wan's boudoir in the east courtyard. When passing by the garden, Chang Jinxing stood unconsciously because she was greedy for the flowers and plants in the garden. Seeing this, Chen Wan smiled and said, "It's just right." On such a good day, if he only talked in the house, he would have let Shaoguang down. Why don't you ask the little girls to bring tea and fruit snacks to the garden, and let's sit in the pavilion and talk? ”

Chang Jinxing heard this, and she was very kind. But because he is a guest, he has to follow the host, and he can't help but look at the eldest sister and the second sister with a blank eye.

The eldest sister and the second sister know how to be hospitable. What's more, they also felt that the room was stuffy, and it was not as good as the outside, so they laughed.

Seeing this, Chen Wan had no choice but to turn around and ask the little girl who followed to say a few words, and the little girl answered, and immediately turned away.

When I came back for a while, I was followed by a bunch of little girls, all holding tea trays and melon and fruit snacks on them. Another two little girls held a clear water towel and a light brocade mattress, wiped the railings in the pavilion and the stone table and stone bench, and laid them again, before inviting a few girls to sit down.

The eldest sister asked Chang Jinxing carefully because she pulled Chang Jinxing, "How old are you?" and "Have you ever read a book"......

For a while, he smiled and asked, "Why are you called Jin Xing'er?" ”

Chang Jinxing wanted to agree to this sentence, but when she saw her eldest sister asking, she also smiled and replied: "Daddy said that the meaning of the word gold is very good." Traders like our family go from south to north all year round, just for the words gold and silver. When my mother was pregnant with me, she loved to eat sour apricots, so she named me Jin Xing. ”

After a sentence, it is much smoother than the next word.

After that, he smiled again: "I also have a little sister in my family, who is only eleven months old this year, and her name is Kumquat-"

Before a word fell, the second sister smiled and said, "Needless to say, it must be that when Ling Tang was pregnant with your little sister, she changed her taste and loved to eat oranges?" ”

Chang Jinxing smiled and said, "That's right." The second sister is so smart. Strange ways are not afraid of bad people. ”

The sisters saw that she spoke innocently and cutely, and they didn't feel it.

Take a break to eat tea, Chang Jin Xing is just the taste of children, always think the tea is light, but just take a sip, and put it aside. Instead, I picked up two pieces of creamy fried noodles and ate them.

Chen Wan and the others don't like the taste of tea very much, but it's just for hospitality. The second sister saw the roses blooming in the garden, and couldn't help but think of the rose dew with a big story in the book, and her heart moved slightly.

I only heard Chang Jinxing grinning and grinning and pointing to the half-picked rose bushes in the garden and asking with a smile: "Why are there so few flowers?" There are many of my family. ”

When the sisters asked, they looked at each other and smiled. Chen Wan hurriedly opened her mouth and explained in detail how to pick flowers, how to steam and stack fragrant dew, and how to wash rouge paste yesterday. That Chang Jinxing was the age of naughty and playful, and when she heard this, she was envious, and she was busy pulling Chen Wan's sleeve and shaking it gently, and said, "Good sister, take me with you next time?" ”

Chen Wan looked at Chang Jinxing's stunned appearance, and couldn't help but be amused again. I just didn't dare to be self-conscious, so I looked at the second sister.

The second sister also likes Chang Jinxing's personality, so she smiled and said: "If you like it, just come over often." Our sisters have fun in their boudoirs, and we have fun every day. ”

Chang Jin Xing was overjoyed, and couldn't help but twist another piece of cream and pine crisp and eat it all.

The sisters talked and laughed again, and then the little girl who went up to the room came to bring the meal. The sisters smiled and went back to the upper room.

After the meal was finished happily, and after another tea, everyone in the Chang family made a speech.

In the evening, Chen Qi's family came, and after dinner, Mrs. Chen signaled to Feng to send the juniors in the family to take care of themselves, and Fang solemnly said what Chang Yougui said in the study during the day.

As soon as the words fell, Chen Qi had not yet answered, and Chen hurriedly said: "This is a good thing, why don't you want to." Do you still think that the silver can't bite your hand? ”

Chen Jue looked at her sister with a smile and said, "My sister only sees the benefits. But I don't want us to accept his benefits for nothing, how will we repay them in the future? It's good that Chang Guan said it, but this fleet is not his family, and there is a layer of masters above him. Besides, there is no certain thing in the world, if a merchant ship encounters a storm at sea, aren't we drawing water with a bamboo basket? ”

Because he said: "We are not as thick as those eunuchs." He lost tens of thousands of taels of silver in vain, and he didn't touch the roots. Let's not talk about the loss of tens of thousands, or if there are no eighteen thousand, I'm afraid we won't be able to open the pot. ”

When everyone heard this, they realized that they were not coming. Chen also bowed his head and remained silent.

Chen Jue looked at everyone, but said with a smile: "But what I mean, I agreed." Just like the girl said, who still thinks that silver can't bite your hand. The gains and losses of the Chengri family are not interesting after all. ”

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she smiled again: "That's exactly what it means." The words of the boss are the words of the old man, which is good. It's just that if you are in charge, you will always have good intentions. If we refuse, it won't be good. There is still a few thousand taels of silver in the house, and it is a pity to put it in vain. It's better to send it to the permanent manager's office, it is better to make money, and if you lose money, you still have a field shop at home, and the income for a year is enough to chew. ”

When everyone heard this, they thought it was true.

At the moment, they talked about the tea again, and they dispersed, and they didn't mention it when they went back to the room to settle down.

Chen Jue has always been a vigorous and resolute person who does what he says. Since he felt that Chang Yougui's mention was good, he asked Feng to count the silver deposit on the treasury, exchanged a total of 5,000 taels of silver tickets, and personally sent them to Chang Yougui's house on the day of Mu Xiu. Because he smiled and mentioned to Chang Yougui when he was free, he had to see the owner of Yutai Commercial Bank. After all, it was the fleet that dragged Yutai Commercial Bank to have this entry.

Chang Yougui also knew that although Chen Qi was not an official who was not big, because of a meeting, he really entered the eyes of nobles, and he was very hot for several days, and he was just a first-class figure in the DPRK and China.

Chang Yougui thought that the owner liked to make friends with this kind of capable person the most, and it was another set of flattering words at the moment, and he smiled and said: "Our owner has also been friends with Lord Chen for a long time. It's just that I've been running errands in the south recently, and I can't come back in time. If the proprietor returns, he will pay a visit to your house. ”

Chen Jue smiled and said: "You and I have been friends for a long time, and because of this meeting, we always call it such a foreign way, which is obviously a life." I am like Zhang, you call me Ruzhang. ”

"This is not good, this is not good," Chang Yougui waved his hand and shook his head, and said in a loud voice.

In the end, there is a difference between officials and businessmen, even if Chen Jue has the heart to make a handover, Chang Yougui does not dare to make an abrupt thing after all. After thinking about it, he smiled and said, "Why don't I call you Chen Gong." Chen Gong calls me Yougui. ”

Chen Qi smiled, not reluctantly. The two chatted about the wind and moon again, and Chen Qi made a speech.

When I returned home, I felt that the summer was melting, and the silk shirt I was wearing had already sweated and stuck to my body, so it was not uncomfortable.

Chen Jue changed his clothes on one wall, and called water on the other. I saw his wife Feng delicately holding a small tea tray filled with black lacquer and begonias. There is a blue and white porcelain pink and white official kiln bowl on the plate, and there is a small half bowl of rouge-like juice in the bowl.

Chen Qi couldn't help but wonder, because he asked: "What is this, it's not like wine, it's not like sour plum soup, it's rouge, it's a good color." ”

Feng Shi smiled and sold a pass, because he said: "You taste it first, how do you feel?" I'll sue you again. ”

Chen Qi just smiled. He happened to be out there and got hot, so he didn't say much at the moment. Reached out and took the bowl and drank it all. Suddenly, I felt that my heart was smooth and my head was cool. blurted out and praised: "It's so happy." ”

After that, he smiled again: "What is this, and what else, another bowl." ”

Feng Shi smiled and said, "It's still the second sister's drum." Say it's called rose dew. Put the dried rose petals in a casserole and boil, then put in rock sugar, mix the juice boiled with sugar osmanthus and stir evenly, seal it in a small porcelain and use well water. When I want to eat, I scoop out half of it and mix it with water, eat a bowl of it, and my mouth is full of sweetness, and even my heart is happy. ”

After that, he beckoned to the little girl who was waiting on the side, and ordered, "Bring another bowl for the master." ”

The little girl bowed down and walked away with the tea tray and bowl.

Chen Jue smiled and said, "What a second girl, I haven't seen anyone in our family who wants to enjoy it like this." It's hard to figure out what she thinks. ”

After a pause, he said thoughtfully: "I heard that there is dew outside, and the end is delicate and fragrant." It is bottled in a small Western glass bottle. So a small bottle the size of a palm is expensive. When it's time to eat, scoop out a teaspoon and mix it with a bowl of water. I don't know how it compares to the rose dew of the second sister? ”

Feng Shi smiled and said, "You are too willing to think too much." It's just a child's thing, where can it compare to something that is progressive. ”

When Chen Qi heard this, he also laughed. Still said: "No matter how you say it, it's all good things." I really didn't expect that the second sister could have this talent. ”

Because of this, it is rare to mention the homework of the girls in the family. Chen Jue was still apprehensive about some of Mr. Wu's measures, and kept instructing Feng, "You can look at it, don't be afraid to read and write, don't learn from that female gentleman." ”

Feng Shi smiled and said, "You still need to remind us, we have already taken precautions." ”

At that moment, Mr. Chen and Mr. Wu taught them to read the account books, and Feng taught them about housekeeping.

Chen Jue has always only paid attention to Chen Hua's academic progress, and when he heard this, he just listened.

The husband and wife laughed again, and then they heard the sudden noise outside. I couldn't help but stop talking. When I got up to look, it turned out that Chen came over with my two sisters. The mouth is still scolding.