Du Yunhe's answer extinguished Liu Yinglan's last glimmer of hope, she slumped in her chair with her legs limp, and watched Du Yunhe flick her sleeves out.

"Dad, you're back?" Du Yunke was looking through the accounts in Xinhe Qianzhuang when he saw his father stepping through the door, and he stood up and gave up his seat.

"Hmm." Du Qinghe walked to the account table, sat down and said, "How is it?" How has the bank been doing lately? ”

Du Yunke nodded, took out an excerpt and handed it to his father: "This is an excerpt from Master Zhang of the Shipping Bureau, saving 80,000 taels of silver, and we have another relationship with Xinhe." He also asked someone to send a gift, which I refused at the time, but the person he sent just put it down and left. ”

Du Qinghe took the fold and looked at it and said with a smile: "I spoke for him at the Huzhou prefect, so that he got his current position, and he gave me a gift, which is also a part of his heart, and there is nothing that cannot be accepted." He made a letter and money with us, and he also praised us. ”

After speaking, Du Qinghe put down the fold, glanced at his son and said, "As soon as I came back, I came here directly, to see that you are in good spirits recently, how is it?" There's nothing going on at home, right? ”

Seeing his son nodding, Du Qinghe said again: "I am away all the year round, rarely at home, and managing family affairs is not only your wife's business, as the eldest son, sometimes you should also help restrain and restrain people, so as not to make trouble if people or even your two women are not compatible." ”

"Yes, I see." Du Yunke lowered his eyes and said, but his face was obviously numb.

"Hey...... Your father is also old, and he has always felt that he is unable to do things recently, speaking of which, how many years can I worry about this bone, and the things here and outside are not finally handed over to you. Du Qinghe said.

Du Yunke nodded. Suddenly remembered something and said, "Dad, I heard that foreigners have been suppressing our silk prices now?" ”

Du Qinghe heard his son mention the matter above, and said unhappily: "Hmph, are you embarrassed to ask?" In the past two years, you have ignored the pawnshop and the silk tea business, as well as Renjitang. The clouds and loafers are idle, and you don't care about them, right? Why do you have the heart to ask about this matter today? ”

Du Yunke was silent for a moment and said: "I just think that now foreigners are getting more and more shrewd in the raw silk business, and when they see that some customers are eager to sell, they deliberately lower the price, and if one is low, other families want to raise it, so naturally they can't raise it." Now the foreign merchants have made a windfall with us, and they have watched the silver be taken away by them. It's really unwilling. Dad, can't we call on our peers to unite to suppress the inventory and force them to pay a good price? ”

"You said it lightly, don't I want to make more money?" Du Qinghe said, "What do you say to go together." How can these people work together so easily? Besides, if this matter is done, I'm afraid no one will remember it. If you mess up, you will be scolded by your peers. ”

"Dad, do you just watch our own people fight with our own people, and end up cheapening foreigners for nothing?" Du Yunke said.

"Don't say it, your father is too lazy to do this thankless thing." After Du Qinghe finished speaking, he raised his feet and walked out of Xinhe.

"Sir, are you back?" When Mrs. Du saw her husband come home, she greeted her with joy.

"Haven't you been doing anything at home lately?" As soon as Du Qinghe sat down, he picked up the tea that the girl had brewed, and asked while blowing the tea leaves.

"Sir, you taught you all the lessons last time. Where else can there be anything. Mrs. Du smiled, "In order not to let you have worries, Fang'er is very obedient." also strictly restricts subordinates, speaking of which, this is Fang'er's filial piety to you! ”

Du Qinghe snorted lowly, drank tea and did not speak.

Mrs. Du didn't mind his disdainful expression, and continued: "My body is not very neat now, and these days, I have handed over all the affairs in the house to Fang'er. I see that she is very attentive, and I am relieved to see that she handles things in an orderly manner. ”

"Hearing you say that, I'm worried!" Du Qinghe retorted to his wife, "I'm afraid that her lavish habit will drain the family's money." ”

"How so." Mrs. Du hurriedly smiled, "Although Fang'er likes to lay out a little bit, she has changed a lot since the master talked about her last time." ”

"Really?" Du Qinghe smiled secretly, obviously not believing his wife's words.

"Of course." Mrs. Du said, "If you don't believe it, you can find someone to ask." ”

After dinner, Su Su asked the girl where the master was, walked to the study, saw a girl coming with tea, asked her to say goodbye, and planned to enter the study, Su Su stopped and said, "I'm coming." He took the tea from her and walked in.

Du Qinghe was talking to Du Yunke in the study about business, and when he saw Su Su coming in, he said, "It's you, is there anything wrong with coming here so late?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I saw that the master had to work on business when he came home, so I wanted to persuade the master, after all, it was rare to come back, so I should rest early and take care of my body. By the way, sir, you drink tea. Su Su gently placed the teacup on the table.

Du Qinghe saw that Su Su came to serve tea so late, and persuaded himself to take care of his body, after all, he was in his heart, so he took a sip of the teacup and sighed: "Hey, such a big business, can I not bother more?" After speaking, he looked at Su Sudao again, "By the way, do you have something?" ”

"Well, in fact, I came here, and I still want to return to my lord, I plan to go back to Suzhou in a few days." Su Su Dao.

"What? Is there something going on at home? Du Qinghe asked.

When Du Yunke heard Su Su say this, he couldn't help but look at Su Su, and he didn't know what she meant when she suddenly said that she wanted to go back to Suzhou.

"Actually, my brother is going to get married, and the date is set for the second day of the next month." Su Su replied.

"Oh, in that case, then you can go." Du Qinghe glanced at his son on the side and said, "Ke'er, you will go over together when the time comes." He thought to himself that if he didn't say it, he guessed that his son might not know if he would pass.

"Dad, there are so many things in various shops, I can't get out of the way." Even if Du Qinghe opened his mouth to explain him, Du Yunke still showed his attitude of not going.

"No need, sir, I'll go there alone." Su Su said, "Master is busy with things in the shop, and I also know that he can't leave." And my brother is also going to keep a low profile, he won't say anything. ”

"Well, okay then." Du Qinghe also felt that the things in the shop were more important, as for whether to go to Suzhou Daoxi or not, Su Su didn't care, so it would be the best, so he said, "Ke'er, then you remember to prepare a generous gift." ”

In the joy of firecrackers, Wu Qilian finally put on her wedding dress, and under the hijab was a happy smile on her face. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time, and today she can finally become his bride.