Is it?

Zhou Shaojin remembered the rice paper and booklet spread out on the bookcase in the open hall on the right, and was a little disbelieving.

But Cheng Chi has already said that it doesn't matter, she can't insist on going to the corridor and waiting, it seems to be a little childish. Anyway, I already owe Uncle Chi a lot, so I don't care about this, I can only wait for the opportunity to repay Uncle Chi in the future.

Zhou Shaojin asked Cheng Chi: "Is there really a problem with the goods over there in Huai'an?" ”

"Hmm." Cheng Chi said, "The boat capsized, but fortunately, there were no casualties." I lost a few thousand taels of silver, and I had to negotiate with the owner of the goods about compensation. ”

Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but chant "Amitabha" and said: "If you don't have money, you can still make money, so it's good if no one loses their lives." ”

Cheng Chi nodded.

I thought to myself, if I say that, you won't come to me again, right?

Hotaru is here.

She wore a grape purple armor, combed a child, looked cold, but her demeanor respectfully saluted Cheng Chi.

Zhou Shaojin couldn't help muttering in her heart.

This set of fireflies...... Why does she wear such dark clothes every time I see her, isn't she hot?

In the middle of the belly, she heard Cheng Chi instruct Ji Ying: "You send the second miss of the Zhou family back to Wanxiangju." ”

Ji Ying responded "yes" respectfully, made a "please" gesture towards Zhou Shaojin, and walked out first.

Zhou Shaojin hurriedly saluted Cheng Chi and chased him out.

Cheng Chi shook his head, walked back to the open hall on the right, sat in front of the big bookcase, and gently stroked the booklet on the bookcase and thought.

Huaishan walked in quietly and said, "Fourth Master, shall we leave tomorrow?" ”

"Let's go the day after tomorrow!" Cheng Chi said, his voice was a little low, and he looked lazy, "Tomorrow I will go to meet the second master of the Thirteen Lines of Guangdong, and he has already posted me twice, saying that he has something important to find me." I thought it was for the sake of Sanfang Chengzhi's business, and I didn't want to care about it - they wanted to do business with Sanfang, so they would do it, the world is so big, who can eat alone? But he pulled out the boss of the Guangdong Guild Hall, saying that he invited me to dinner with the boss Shang, I guess it might be for the sake of Cao Yun, I'll go and hear what they have to say. ”

"What's going on with Cao Yun?" Huai Shan frowned, "What do they want?" ”

"What else?" Cheng Chi smiled disapprenorantly, "If the imperial court dredges the Tongshun River, the goods from the south to the north can go directly from the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and there is no need to go from Guangdong along Fujian to Zhejiang and then to Tianjin, their fleet of thirteen ships in Guangdong is probably going to disperse, and the second master of the thirteen lines came to my Jinling this time, most of them are also for this matter." ”

"You mean, Wan Tong?" Huaishan was a little unsure of the authenticity.

"Hmm." Cheng Chi gathered all the booklets in front of him and said, "If you say that you have moved Wan Tong, you will say that you have moved the imperial grandson, and if you have moved the imperial grandson, you will say that you have moved the emperor." He can still calculate this account. ”

"Are you going to get your hands on this?" "If the goods coming from the south to the north can go through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in the future, the people on both sides of the strait will benefit, and the grain on the nine sides can also be less lost......

Cheng Chi smiled: "Hey, when did you also care about the affairs of the imperial court?" ”

Huaishan's expressionless face suddenly turned red.

Cheng Chi didn't continue to tease him, and said, "I'm just going to take a look." As he spoke, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, revealing a slightly mocking smile, and said lazily, "Nothing in this world has anything to do with me, I just have to turn a blind eye and whitewash Jiuru Lane into a peaceful scene." As for who lives and who dies, who is good and who is bad, what does it matter to me? ”

Huaishan lowered his head, not daring to speak.

Cheng Chi looked at a clump of square bamboos in the corner of the courtyard outside the window, and a trace of silence flashed in his eyes.

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Zhou Shaojin and Ji Ying came out of the embroidery hall, and they no longer saw the shadow of Cheng Xu and others.

She breathed a sigh of relief, took Shi Xiang, and went to the fourth room with Ji Ying.

On the way, they met Cheng Xu.

Cheng Xu was sweating profusely, and took a paper fan to fan the wind, Da Su and Huanxi stood in front of him with their heads bowed, and they didn't dare to see through the atmosphere.

Seeing Zhou Shaojin, Cheng Xu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Second cousin of the Zhou family, why are you here?" There was an unconcealable joy in his voice. But when his eyes fell on Ji Ying, his eyes were full of confusion, and he said, "Ji Ying girl, why are you with the second cousin of the Zhou family?" ”

"Uncle Xu!" Ji Ying bowed shallowly, her cold face was expressionless, and said, "The fourth master ordered me to send the second miss of the Zhou family back to Wanxiangju." ”

"You," Cheng Xu stared at Zhou Shaojin and said in astonishment, "You were in Xiaoshan Conggui Courtyard just now?" ”

Zhou Shaojin's heart tightened, and he was about to speak, when Ji Ying said, "Uncle Xu, I'm sorry, please give way." I have to go back to give life to the fourth master of our family. If you have anything to ask, you may go to Xiaoshan Conggui Courtyard again, or wait for me to send Miss Zhou Jiaer back to Wanxiangju, and then you will talk to Miss Zhou Jiaer carefully. But it is not convenient for me to stay here for long. ”

Is this the attitude that a maid should have and what she should say?

Cheng Xu, Zhou Shaojin and others were stunned.

Ji Ying had already pulled Zhou Shaojin and Cheng Xu to pass by.

"Wait!" Da Su stopped in front of Ji Hotaru.

Ji Ying sneered and said, "Qin Dasu, don't forget, I am the one who serves the fourth master, do you want to commit the next crime?" ”

Only then did Zhou Shaojin know that Da Su's surname was "Qin".

So does he have anything to do with the "Qin Da" that his father said?

There is also the steward I met when I was walking in the fifth room, and his surname is "Qin...... The chief manager of Jiuru Lane is also surnamed "Qin".

Zhou Shaojin only felt dizzy and bloated.

The more I know about the Cheng family, the more I feel that the Cheng family is incomprehensible and incomprehensible.

Qin Dasu hesitated when he heard Ji Ying say this.

Ji Ying snorted coldly, didn't look at Da Su, and dragged Zhou Shaojin straight forward.

Shi Xiang hurriedly followed.

Cheng Xu's voice came from behind them: "Wait! ”

Jihotaru not only did not stop, but walked faster and faster.

Zhou Shaojin and Shi Xiang trotted and barely kept up with her.

But when he turned around again, Cheng Xu and the others had been left behind by them, Da Su was holding Cheng Xu what he was saying, and Cheng Xu's face was ugly.

As a human being in two lives, this is the first time that Zhou Shaojin has dumped Cheng Xu so cleanly, she couldn't help but feel happy and thanked Ji Ying.

Ji Ying disagreed, and said, "I'm just acting on the orders of the fourth master!" ”

"But thank you anyway." Zhou Shaojin panted as he ran, "Even if you are ordered by Uncle Chi, if you stand aside and let Cousin Xu stop me from talking, it won't be considered against Uncle Chi's intentions!" ”

Ji Hotaru glanced at her coldly, didn't speak, and continued to walk forward.

Zhou Shaojin felt that Ji Ying was walking so fast that she couldn't keep up, but when she thought that Cheng Xu was behind them, she felt that it was better to go faster, so she could return to Wanxiangju quickly.

After walking for about two cups of tea, Zhou Shaojin gasped heavily.

Jihotaru suddenly stopped.

Zhou Shaojin said curiously: "Why don't you leave?" ”

Ji Ying looked at Zhou Shaojin for a moment, and then walked forward suddenly.

This time, she walked more slowly.

Zhou Shaojin walked too fast just now, although he was still a little tired, but he didn't trot all the way like just now.

She asked Ji Ying, "At what age did you enter the mansion?" Is it a servant of the Cheng family? What are you doing? Have siblings? ”

Ji Ying was silent for a while before saying, "I entered the house at the age of eighteen. Niang Laozi is farming at home. There are two older brothers and no younger siblings. ”

"Eighteen years old before entering the house as an errand?" Zhou Shaojin was a little dumbfounded, "Why is your family willing to send you into the house?" You're so beautiful, you can get married......"

Since they are not servants of the world, usually only those who are too poor to support their children will sell their children to other people's families as servants or maids. Like Ji Ying, you can find someone with a little family background to marry, and you will have no worries about food and clothing.

Could it be that Ji Ying's entry into the mansion is not just for Uncle Chi to be a maid?

Zhou Shaojin was taken aback by this thought.

Ji Hotaru looked at her with a smile and said, "You think I'm beautiful?" ”

"yes!" Zhou Shaojin didn't know where he said wrong, and said, "Didn't anyone say that you were beautiful?" ”

A trace of confusion flashed in Ji Ying's eyes, and he said after a while: "Yes!" Some people say I'm pretty. ”

So why be skeptical?

Zhou Shaojin felt that Ji Ying and this Jiu Ru Lane were full of incomprehension.

Since you can't see through it, don't think about it for the time being. When the time comes, you will naturally see through it.

Zhou Shaojin has studied Zen for several years, and his mentality is much wider than before.

They walked speechlessly all the way to Wanxiangju.

Zhou Chujin was waiting at the door.

She hurriedly pulled Zhou Shaojin to take a look, and when she saw that she was doing well, she said angrily: "You just went to deliver a tea, why did you come back at this time?" ”

Zhou Shaojin smiled hesitantly and introduced Jiying to her sister.

Zhou Chujin heard that it was the eldest maid who served by Cheng Chi's side, so he sent Zhou Shaojin back and politely invited her to have a cup of tea before leaving.

"Thank you, Miss." Different from treating Cheng Xu coldly, Ji Ying had a slight smile on the corner of her mouth, and her cold face was like melting ice and snow, revealing her glamorous and dazzling true colors, "The fourth master is still waiting for me to reply, and I will come to visit the eldest lady next time." ”

Zhou Chujin was not reluctant, and personally sent Ji Ying to the door, until her figure disappeared, then she took Zhou Chujin's shoulders to the house, and said, "Is she really the big girl next to Uncle Chi?" Not only is she beautiful, but she looks like a maid, and I am not embarrassed to reward her! ”

Zhou Shaojin suddenly said: "I said, why did my sister forget about this matter, I wanted to remind my sister, Jiying walked too fast, and I didn't care about it." It's good that I didn't say it, otherwise this face would be a big shame. ”

The same thought came to the sisters' minds.

This episode of fireflies, won't it be given to Uncle Chi to be a big maid in the room, right?

What a shame!

She can marry someone else as a wife seriously.

Both sighed inwardly.

Back in the house, Zhou Chujin asked her sister in a low voice, "Is something wrong?" Cousin Xu came here just now. I personally sent a copy of the Tuyi, saying that I brought it back from Hangzhou. You were sent back by Uncle Chi's maid again......"

Zhou Shaojin told the story again.

Zhou Chujin said: "Daddy is really, what did you say?" You too, just tell Mrs. Guo to listen, and go to the courtyard of the hill cong......"

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Sisters, I got another spirit beast egg from CadySS, thank you CadySS! Because it's a bit of a Kavin in the past two days, there's no way to add it today, so it's arranged for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, depending on the situation.

Thank you all for your support.

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