At night, the streets are quiet.

Tingzhou Mansion City, a remote place in western Fujian, is not a prosperous place in the capital, the nightlife of the people here is very monotonous, mainly because nothing can be done at night, if you want to really have a rich nightlife, you must first solve the lighting problem, but this year, whether it is a candle or a tung oil lamp, it is a luxury.

Just when Hui Niang wanted to correct her daughter's deformed view of love, there was a dog barking outside.

For the night of Tingzhou Mansion, such a sound was not too unusual, but the barking of the dog came too suddenly and closely, which made Hui Niang feel upset for a while.

"Tuk Tuk ......"

Soon there was a knock on the door.

"Mother, it seems to be our family."

Lu Xi'er cried for a while and felt tired, sitting on the edge of the bed with her knees hugged, her voice was delicate.

Hui Niang suddenly realized that since she started business, she had rarely had the opportunity to talk to her daughter so closely, she didn't even know what her daughter really thought, and she didn't even ask, what kind of husband would her daughter marry in the future?

Now it seems that there is no need to ask, my daughter will definitely say that Shen Xi will not marry!

It's so sad, how can you explain it to her?

The knock on the door downstairs came again, and this time Hui Niang heard it clearly, it was indeed the sound from the door of the pharmacy downstairs.

"Could it be that someone is sick and wants to come and get medicine?"

Pharmacy business, said that the door of the shop was closed after dusk, but at night someone came to buy medicine from time to time, no matter which pharmacy adheres to a principle, you can buy medicine at night, you must add money, and you must be an acquaintance to do it, otherwise who knows if the knocker is a thief? If you open the door and come in not to buy medicine, but to rob money or people, who should you tell you about?

"Who?"

Hui Niang tidied up her clothes and asked...... She was a little scared, although her daughter followed her down the stairs, but with her daughter there, she felt even more scared.

In the past, there were maids around, even if the maids didn't have much strength, even Xiu'er couldn't compare to real labor, at least they could help block it, or shout loudly to wake up the neighbors. But today, she sent all the maids to the Shen family to help, and even if she was busy at this time, she would not return to the pharmacy.

Hui Niang thought to herself: "It would be good if I knew to leave Xiaoshan behind, her strength is so strong that usually a few men can't get close to her." ”

In the barking of the dog, there was a voice that made Hui Niang feel familiar and reassured: "Aunt Sun, it's me." ”

"Xiaolang?" Hui Niang's face showed a slight joy, but she immediately changed her name, "Is it Lord Shen?" ”

"Hmm."

It is indeed Shen Xi's voice, although I haven't heard it for a long time, Shen Xi's voice is much thicker, but after getting along all these years, Shen Xi's way of speaking is something that ordinary people can't learn.

"It's so late, why are you here? Didn't your mother say you were going to spend the night at the inn? ”

Although Hui Niang felt that it was not suitable, she still opened the door, because for her and Shen Xi, there had been too many meetings at the pharmacy at night, but when she saw Shen Xi, who was already half a head taller than her, walk in, she suddenly realized that Shen Xi was no longer the childish she was at the beginning, and she was no longer a teenager.

Seeing Shen Xi, Hui Niang subconsciously buried her head, because she knew that she couldn't look at Shen Xi with her own identity.

"After the matter was dealt with at the post house, when I got home, I found that the banquet there had not yet dispersed, so I asked Xiu'er, and only then did I know that Aunt Sun had come to the pharmacy, so I came over to see if Aunt Sun needed help."

Shen Xi smiled, went inside, followed by a person, and waited for Hui Niang to see more clearly before relieving herself, and it was Zhu Shan who was stuffy and stuffy that came in.

Shen Xi instructed Zhu Shan: "You go and talk to my mother first, and I will go home by myself in a while." ”

"Got it, young master."

For Zhu Shan, this world couldn't be simpler, nothing more than good people and bad people, right now in the Shen family and the Lu family, she didn't notice that there were bad people, so she could do whatever others told her to do, she felt that her strength was not worth much anyway, and she wanted to do more work without making herself lazy.

Shen Xi didn't go upstairs as before, because he himself knew that now that he was old and had married his wife and had a round house, he had to maintain a certain boundary with Hui Niang, and he was just about to sit down, when a slender figure quickly pounced and fell into his arms without saying a word.

is still as enthusiastic and obsessed as before, and even that coquettish energy has not changed at all, it is Lu Xi'er who he has watched and grown up since childhood.

"Brother Shen Xi, people still think you don't want me anymore." Lu Xi'er didn't care if the old lady was there or not, she only knew that she had to lie in Shen Xi's arms and melt Shen Xi with her tenderness.

It's a pity that what she did was doomed to be in vain, because Shen Xi was already anxious about the family affairs and the envoy of the Franco, he just wanted to come over to say hello to Hui Niang, talk about the situation of the Chamber of Commerce for more than a year, and inform the fat man of the capital Zhou about doing business in the name of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Even Lin Dai's matter has to be put back for the time being, not to mention Lu Xi'er, who has no score.

"Little girl, don't pester Lord Shen, let go!" Hui Niang said sharply.

"Mother!"

Lu Xi'er still held on to Shen Xi and didn't let go.

Hui Niang's face changed immediately, and she even had the urge to beat her daughter, and when Lu Xi'er saw her mother's raised hand, and the tears that were about to fall on her mother's face, she shrank her head timidly, then let go of her hand, glanced at Shen Xi affectionately, and went back upstairs in three steps.

When Lu Xi'er left, Hui Niang was full of apologies: "Lord Shen, forgive me, the little girl is not sensible......"

Shen Xi said with a smile: "Aunt Sun is now outside, isn't the little girl like this since she was a child?" ”

Hui Niang shook her head slightly: "Lord Shen is now a court official, and the concubine does not dare to climb high, as for the little girl...... Cheap concubines will discipline well. ”

Shen Xi found that after he came back this time, Hui Niang's defense of him increased a lot, perhaps because he had grown up and was no longer the "little radish head" he used to be.

Although he didn't feel that he was that big.

However, what he didn't know was that Hui Niang was still as unwary of him as before, and just wanted to keep a distance from him in such a way.

Now that Hui Niang's sisterhood with the Zhou family is one thing, the relationship between the Shen family and the Lu family is another, Hui Niang feels that her relationship with Shen Xi needs to be re-examined.

But Hui Niang wants to divide everything clearly, is it so easy?

Shen Xi was not reluctant, because he felt that maybe he was too delusional before, right?

"Aunt Sun, this time I went to the capital, in addition to the imperial examination, there are actually two things, one is the case of stealing grain from the treasury, and the other is the imperial court transporting grain to the Tingzhou Chamber ......of Commerce."

Shen Xi told Hui Niang in detail about the things involving the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce in the capital, together with the Zhang brothers, the culprits behind the grain theft case in the treasury, as well as Liu Daxia, Jiang Liwei, and Zhou Fatzi.

“…… I'm afraid that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce will involve high-level power disputes in the future, and now that Xiaoya is about to grow up, the money she should earn is almost enough, if Aunt Sun can let it go, stop it as soon as possible. ”

Shen Xi finally said in a sincere tone.

Hui Niang shook her head and smiled bitterly: "How easy is it to stop?" I knew that I was going to stop today, why did I get involved so deeply in the first place? ”

A woman, just wanting to do a small business in An An, was induced by Shen Xi step by step to become a big businessman in Tingzhou.

Now that Hui Niang's family has a big business, so many people follow her to eat, and the interests of all aspects are intertwined, and the result of wanting to stop is to offend more people.

"I hurt Aunt Sun." Shen Xi sighed.

Hui Niang agreed with Shen Xi's sigh at first, because she also felt the pain of being in Vanity Fair, but after a little thought, everything Shen Xi did was helping her, how could she do harm?

Shen Xi said: "Aunt Sun only needs to try to avoid involving too much business, even if she wants to stop, she can come step by step, go back and use the election of the Chamber of Commerce, gradually hand over the power of the Chamber of Commerce, and lose some interests a little, the most important thing is to keep the printing workshop and the pharmacy, and ...... else Buy more properties and land. ”

Hui Niang actually wants to say that she has bought a lot of real estate and land over the years, but she has used more money to expand her business, which is a bit of a cart before the horse.

"The Chamber of Commerce is now involved in court disputes, and the upright ministers of the court and their relatives Zhang brothers are seriously opposed, and the Chamber of Commerce is caught in the middle, and it is difficult to stand alone. However, the Chamber of Commerce is now transporting grain for the household department, which will bring some convenience, weighing the pros and cons, the two may be temporarily offset, but when one side is too powerful, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce will inevitably affect the pond fish ......"

Hui Niang nodded: "The concubine will try her best to find a way to sell the industry in the Chamber of Commerce and get out as soon as possible......"

Shen Xi was depressed. In fact, he didn't care if the Chamber of Commerce would be embezzled, he was just worried that Hui Niang would get involved and be bullied. Shen Xi is now a court official of the sixth grade, but unfortunately he still does not have the ability to shelter the Chamber of Commerce, at most, he can let the Chamber of Commerce get a little convenience in the local area.

"Aunt Sun, rest early, I'm going back, mother and ...... Yun'er is still waiting for me. Shen Xi deliberately said the word "rhyme", in fact, he wanted to break his thoughts.

With a wife, why think about anything else?

With Lin Dai here, it's no longer fair to Xie Yun'er!

It's just the impression left by the glimpse from the first meeting, it's really not that you can forget it in a short time, although he knows that this is just wishful thinking, with Hui Niang's identity and insight as an elder, even if he has a little thought about him, he will be pressed to death and there will be no progress.

If there is no beginning, there is no end!

Shen Xi wanted to leave, but Hui Niang didn't stay, and personally sent Shen Xi out the back door, with a respectful and distant attitude.

Even Hui Niang herself didn't know why she maintained such an indifferent attitude in front of Shen Xi and made a clear posture.

After Shen Xi left, the loneliness in her heart was even worse, looking at the empty pharmacy, she even had the idea of dying immediately to see her husband......

Maybe only when I see my husband will I not be as empty as I am now.

"Mother, is Brother Shen Xi gone?" Lu Xi'er poked her head out of the staircase.

"Yes, your brother Shen Xi is gone."

Hui Niang said, a wry smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and her smile turned a little sad, "He is no longer the brother Shen Xi who played with you before, he is the one who wants to do great things." ”

Lu Xi'er sobbed again, but soon she remembered something, threw the sewing kit made for her by Hui Niang to the ground, stepped on her feet hard, and cried willfully: "Mother, you drove away Brother Shen Xi, Xi'er hates her mother to death." ”

When Lu Xi'er turned back upstairs again, even Hui Niang suddenly hated herself, hating both herself and her daughter.

"yes, I drove him away......"

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PS: The sixth update is here!

This chapter made my nose sour, and I couldn't control my tears...... Woo woo, continue to ask for the comfort of the monthly pass! (To be continued.) )