More than a year has passed since last winter when Lu Dong's family was rescued from Ran Feng's copper and iron workshop, and the little girl who had been begging and wandering in the city for a few months and was dark and thin-clothed now looks much more dignified, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and has a gentle and virtuous appearance, but no matter how you look at it, she still looks like a young middle school student.

Chen Xu looked Xiao Yun up and down a few times, and found that her lower abdomen had bulged, obviously pregnant.

"Xiao Yun kowtows to Hou Ye!" Xiao Yun was about to kneel down with a blushing face, but was stopped by Chen Xu's hand, "Don't kowtow, if you are pregnant, pay more attention to rest, don't work, you go down first!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!" Xiao Yun withdrew from the room after a slight blessing, Chen Xu glared at Liu Da Hammer with a strange face and said: "You are a good rabbit, you specialize in stealing grass from the nest, and you have become pregnant with a little girl who is still underage!" ”

"Master Hou, Xiao Yun is already fifteen years old!" Liu Dazhui said with a red face.

"Fifteen years old is still young, forget it, I won't tell you this, marrying your own son is a big deal, since you married me and I am not here, this time I will give you a congratulatory gift, you go and call Lu Dong and the imperial fu steward, you also come!" Chen Xu shook his head and said.

"Okay!" Liu Da Hammer turned around and left, but in a few minutes, the shopkeeper Lu Dong and Huang Fu Que invited the two people in, after sitting down, Chen Xu gently knocked on the table with his hand a few times and said: "Sledgehammer is brought out by me from Qinghe Town, I have been working as a chef in the inn, and now that I am married to Xiao Yun, I will settle down in Wancheng for a long time, I decided to distribute some of the shares of Qinghe Inn to Sledgehammer, and make a long-term living in the future, so that I can also support my family......"

"Master Hou, I now have a salary of 1,000 yuan a month, which is enough to support my family!" Liu Dazhui hurriedly said.

"Yes, Lord Hou, our family now eats and lives in the inn, and there is a mediocre income of more than 2,000 yuan every month as a helper, and tens of thousands of dollars a year are enough for our family to live a rich life, and we dare not accept the shares!" Lu Dong also quickly stood up and said nervously.

"It's okay, since everyone follows me, naturally they also have to eat and drink well, live in a big house and a beautiful house, and travel and horses are necessary, otherwise where will my face go!"

After Chen Xu finished speaking, he asked Huangfu to take a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, write a share contract, and give Liu Dazhui 10% of the shares of Qinghe Inn, and sign and draw them in triplicate, so Liu Dazhui also became a shareholder of Wancheng Qinghe Inn, and dividends were distributed at the end of each year.

"Thank you, Master Hou!" Liu Dazhui took the contract and kowtowed to Chen Xu excitedly, and couldn't stop wiping his tears when he got up, Lu Dong was also trembling excitedly next to him, his uncle followed Qinghe Hou to make a fortune, and his family would inevitably live the luxurious life he dreamed of.

"Okay, manly man, cry a fart, just a little money to be excited like this!" Chen Xu said angrily.

The face of the emperor standing next to him twitched, this is not a little money, according to the income of Wancheng Qinghe Inn last year, ten percent of the shares are tens of thousands of dollars a year, and Liu Dazhui's family will inevitably become a rich man in a few years.

Chen Xu turned his head to look at Huangfu Que and said with a smile: "Don't be envious, take care of the Qinghe store for me, in a few years, I will share 10% of the shares of the entire Qinghe Group, and then the money you earn in a year will be enough for you to eat for a few lifetimes!" ”

"Master Hou, is this true?" The emperor almost jumped up in surprise.

"I naturally mean what I say, I just didn't expect that after a few months, you would actually fall, how could you become so fond of money?" Chen Xu pouted and said.

Huangfu said embarrassedly: "Hou Ye has never tasted the kind of wandering Xianyang to eat the last meal without the next meal, how to say all the bitter words, since following Hou Ye, I found that the process of making money is so wonderful, whenever I see boxes of coins moved into the treasury, I am very excited." ”

"If you like to make money, it's okay, you can arrange the dinner well, I still have something to go out!" Chen Xu stood up and walked out of the room, escorted by a group of guards, and pulled several carts of gold and jade silk silk to the Shui Manor.

Half an hour later, Shui Hong, the head of the Shui family, personally sent Chen Xu outside the mansion, and respectfully saluted Chen Xu to leave, and soon after, the entire Shui manor began to make a fuss, countless servants rode horses in all directions, and one carriage after another also left.

Twenty days later, Qinghe Hou came to the Shui clan to marry a lady of the Shui family.

The news spread throughout Wancheng in less than an hour, and it was still spreading at a rapid pace, and the invitations of the Shui family to invite guests were also quickly sent to nearby counties, and the twenty days were too tight, and only some guests from Nanyang, Sanchuan and Yingchuan could be invited.

And when he arrived in Wancheng, Chen Xu suddenly felt like an arrow, but Wancheng as his base camp could not turn a blind eye, officials and businessmen needed to contact their feelings, so Chen Xu spent most of the day in Wancheng to travel around, and Fan Yan and other groups of businessmen to meet and chat, and some admirers of the hundred families to drink tea, and specially went to the Taiyi Temple to worship the Taiyi Monument, and in the evening in the Qinghe Inn banquet Wancheng officials, drinking and talking about late at night before resting.

Early the next morning, Fan Yan beckoned a group of business colleagues to come to visit Chen Xu again, and after another meal and drink, Chen Xu got drunk and left Wancheng to return to Qinghe Town.

When passing through Pheasant County, the people and officials of Pheasant County welcomed them again, stopping to say hello along the way, and when they returned to Qinghe Town, it was already evening.

The road leading to Qinghe Town in Pheasant County has been widened to three zhang, all of which are mixed with gravel and mud to become a flat and wide road, and various fruit trees such as peach and plum are planted on both sides of the road.

Black Tiger Bend, thousands of villagers in Qinghe Town, regardless of men, women and children, all wore their best clothes and crowded in the middle of the road, tiptoe to visit.

"Master Hou is back! I see the flag! ”

With an excited shout from a big tree next to it, the crowd suddenly became excited, and countless children shouted and cheered on the road.

"Play drum music~" Niu Dashi, who was standing in front of the team, roared with a red face, and suddenly a cowhide drum was beaten by three young men, and the low voice of Dong instantly echoed in the calm and peaceful mountains.

"Xu'er has arrived? Where is it? The crowd parted, and Chen Jiangshi, who was wearing a delicate skirt, hurriedly walked out, looking on tiptoe, his face was full of excitement, and his eyes began to redden.

"Mother, can we all follow my brother to Xianyang when he comes back?" Xing'er, who was also dressed in a beautiful skirt, shouted excitedly.

"Sister Xing'er, take me with you when you go to Xianyang!" Yu Ji was also wearing a beautiful skirt, and pulled Xing'er's arm tightly for fear that she would leave her and run away.

And next to Chen Jiang's, there is also a beautiful woman, wearing a black dress, her hair like a dark cloud is neatly combed, tied behind her head with a hairband, the breeze blows, her hair and clothes are rolled in the wind, a little bit of independence and loneliness in the world.

The woman's face was calm and indifferent, but her beautiful eyes were shining, and she occasionally tiptoed to look at it.

In the sound of drums, the faint sound of horses' hooves rolled in, and soon, a black flag appeared in everyone's eyes, and then a horse and carriage appeared one after another, and the black-armored warriors holding Changge and the banner on horseback were also clearly visible, and the strict and solemn atmosphere infected the residents of Qinghe Town who greeted them, and the jubilant voice slowly subsided, and they all had their hearts pounding, and their mouths were dry and looking at the approaching chariots and horses.

And Chen Xu, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but stand up when he heard the sound of drums outside the Black Lake Bend, and finally saw the crowd of people who greeted him after shaking for more than ten minutes, and at the front of the crowd was Chen Jiang and two young figures, and there was a pretty woman in black next to him, who was the woman who made him think about it day and night for half a year.

"Mother, little sister, I'm back!" Chen Xu couldn't help but wave and shout.

"Brother~"

"Brother Asahi~"

The two little girls spread their feet and cheered and went straight to Chen Xu.

"Stop~" Chen Xu slapped the carriage railing a few times, the coachman hurriedly stopped the carriage, Chen Xu jumped off the carriage directly and strode up to meet it, and hugged the two little girls in his arms with open arms.

I haven't seen her for half a year, and the two little girls have grown a lot taller, especially Xing'er, who has now grown to Chen Xu's chin, her face is round and ruddy, and she can no longer see the thin appearance she had at the beginning, and Yu Ji has also grown a lot taller, and her weight has increased a lot, and she is as heavy as a small ball of meat.

Chen Xu took the two little girls and strode forward, and soon came to Chen Jiang's face, "Mother, I'll come!" ”

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" Chen Jiang cried with joy, and began to wipe his tears with red circles in his eyes.

"Kowtow to Lord Hou!" As an old and majestic voice sounded, the villagers who greeted him suddenly knelt on the ground, except for Niu Dashi, Liu Po, Niu Quan, Xu Yuan, and Sanlao and other people in the town, all the farmers and craftsmen knelt down.

"Get up, get up, kowtow, by the way, the hemp pole and the male loser, the stick, the donkey they are all back, go and greet them!" Chen Xu smiled and pulled up the few people in front of him and said.

At this time, the four people of Gong Loser and Ma Pole were also running excitedly in neat and clean official uniforms, so many people also followed to meet them, and soon all kinds of exclamations and excited voices sounded.

"Master, are you really an official?" The wife of the public loser held a big belly and pulled the arm of the winner, and tears of surprise rolled down.

"Yes, yes, Tieguan Cheng, the five-rank official, is several levels older than the county order!" Gong Chuan Sheng nodded excitedly, and hurriedly supported his beautiful wife, who was half younger than him, with both hands, and said cautiously, "It's about to give birth, be careful not to run so far to greet you, go, take my carriage back!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The wife of the public loser held the waist pole with one hand, and walked towards the carriage of the public victory with a big belly, and the two servants of Qinghe Houfu also hurriedly came over to help support, and slowly climbed into the carriage and sat down in the envious eyes of a group of people.

"The hemp pole is good, you are really an official?" Several young people in the town who were about the same age as the hemp pole also looked at the hemp pole wearing an official uniform with a crown of envy.

"Hehe, naturally, the order of the five-grade military school is an official position sealed by the emperor himself!" The hemp pole proudly showed his waist card.

"Tsk, even the donkey is an official!"

"And me?" Another carpenter's apprentice stick, also hurriedly said.