"Niu'er, count yourself smart, this young master is indeed here for the soap formula." Yu Jinhang hooked his lips and smiled.

"Don't talk, don't send." Jiang Cheng'er simply refused, raised her feet and walked towards the house.

Yu Jinhang stopped her: "Don't be excited, let's sit down and have a good talk, I came with sincerity and a lot of silver this time." As much as you want, as long as it is within my means, I will definitely agree to you. ”

"Oh, is the soap formula so important to you, let you run to me again and again, at the expense of beautiful men, at any expense." Jiang Cheng'er was puzzled, "What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?" ”

"I don't have time to come in the future, I'm going to go to the field tomorrow, and I'm going to ask you for the last time before leaving, and I can say goodbye to you." Yu Jinhang changed his tone and said quietly, "Yes, it is indeed very important, and it is related to my future and destiny." ”

Jiang Cheng'er smiled dumbly: "I don't understand, you have a big family and a big business, so you don't care about my little soap." If you can't get the soap formula, you don't lose anything, and you have nothing to do with your future and fate, you are too exaggerated. ”

Yu Jinhang's tone was gloomy: "There are many contradictions in the big family business, if Miss Jiang has time, I want to tell you about my family affairs, so that you can have a deeper understanding of me." ”

"I don't have time, and I don't want to get to know you." Jiang Cheng'er refused directly, she was not interested in other people's affairs, and her own family was too busy.

"Aren't you curious, why am I desperate to buy out your soap recipe? I'll tell you 1510 now. "Yu Jinhang rarely looks serious.

"Then let's talk about it, I have the right to listen to the book." Jiang Cheng'er sat on the stake under the peach blossom tree, looked at the sunset on the horizon, and said leisurely.

Yu Jinhang sat diagonally opposite Jiang Cheng'er, looking up at the sky in the same posture as her.

He sighed softly and spoke slowly.

"I'll make a long story short, don't delay Miss Jiang's time too much. Our family has been in business for generations, and I am the fifth generation, and my father is the eldest son and the helmsman of the Yu family.

He relied on a few stinky money, married three wives and four concubines, gave birth to a bunch of sons, and gave birth to a bunch of troubles. Although my mother is a wife, at first because she had no son by her side, she was subjected to the cold eyes of her husband and the bullying of her concubine all the year round, and she has been depressed. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng'er felt the same way, in this society, whether it is poor or rich, there is a patriarchal mentality. Her mother was abused by her husband and mother-in-law because she did not give birth to a son.

"My mother gave birth to me desperately at the age of not being confused, and before she could look at me, she died. I grew up under the care of my grandmother, who loved me more than all her grandchildren.

My grandmother often told me that as a sister-in-law, I must take on the responsibility of reviving the family, and I must stand out from my brothers and take charge of the overall situation in the future, fighting for myself and my dead mother. ”

The sadness in Yu Jinhang's voice, Jiang Cheng'er could hear that children without mothers would suffer more than other children since they were young. Even if he has the care of his grandmother, it is difficult to make up for the vacancy of maternal love in his heart.

And a sister-in-law who has no mother to rely on, with an empty title, stands alone with a group of concubines, competing for favor in front of his father, is tantamount to fighting alone, and will experience more tribulations.

"When other children were playing with mud, I had already learned to read the ledger and get in touch with the family business. In the past few years, I have traveled all over the country, eating and sleeping in the open air. On Chinese New Year's Eve, when the family was reunited, I was taking care of business in a shop out of town, thinking about my grandmother and crying.

My efforts finally won my father's approval, and it also attracted me more jealousy. The brothers who gathered around my father and flattered him, they tried their best to please my father and maliciously slandered me, and I didn't even have a chance to explain. ”

Jiang Cheng'er bowed his head, the sorrow of the rich family is nothing more than this, a group of children have been fighting openly and secretly since they were young, in front of interests, under the temptation of wealth, brotherhood is worthless.

"My eldest brother's mother is my father's favorite concubine, and I am very charming with my father, and my eldest brother himself is scheming, and he is the most pleasing to his father, so he is deeply favored by his father. My father was going to choose between me and my eldest brother to be the head of the family and take full charge of the family business.

When my eldest brother and I were in a fierce competition, the soap you made appeared. My father saw a new business opportunity and suggested that my eldest brother and I would win the competition if we got the soap recipe first. ”

Jiang Cheng'er understood, no wonder Yu Jinhang was so eager to get the soap formula.

"Miss Jiang, your soap recipe is the key to my victory, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to my future and destiny. So I didn't hesitate to buy it out, and I ask you to help me for the sake of our acquaintance, I won't treat you badly, the price is negotiable. Yu Jinhang's attitude is sincere.

I don't know how long it took for Jiang Cheng'er to regain a wisp of consciousness, climbed down from Han Baichuan in a panic, and sat down on the grass.

"Master...... I didn't mean to. She blushed and stammered as she explained.

Han Baichuan's face was redder than Jiang Cheng'er's, and with a quick movement, he quickly stood up, trying to restore his usual coldness.

But for a while, his frantic heartbeat was difficult to regain calm, so he could only keep a straight face and pretend to be serious.

His blurred eyes, flushed cheeks, with a bit of the youthfulness and innocence of a big boy, coupled with a cold expression, really have a unique charm, even more handsome and charming.

Jiang Cheng'er put her hand on the pergola, blocking her face, she couldn't tell whether she was shy or embarrassed, probably more about the former.

"Master, I still have something to do, go back first!" She hurriedly finished speaking, and ran away like a little rabbit.

Han Baichuan patted his forehead, deeply puzzled by his gaffe just now.

The next morning.

When Jiang Cheng'er was making the second pot of soap, she vaguely heard a rustling sound outside the window, very slight and fleeting, like the sound of birds flying to peck at rice grains and suddenly spreading their wings and flying away.

Jiang Cheng'er didn't care about it originally, and only concentrated on extracting lye from the ashes of plants and trees, but there was always a faint feeling of being peeped at on her back.

Yesterday, after listening to Yu Jinhang's reminder, she couldn't help but be vigilant, so let's go out and have a look.

As Jiang Cheng'er's figure moved, the sound of chaotic footsteps suddenly sounded outside the quiet window.

Jiang Cheng'er was shocked, there are really people!

She pushed the door and ran out, only to see a figure in Tsing Yi, scrambling over the fence.

"Stop!" Jiang Cheng'er shouted, and the man in Tsing Yi scurried faster like a mouse.

By the time she climbed over the fence and chased her out, it was too late.

The man in Tsing Yi climbed into a carriage, and Jiang Cheng'er could only see half of his face from this angle, which was vague and unreal, and felt a little familiar.

is like the young man in Tsing Yi named Zhang Deng next to Yu Jinhang, whether it is the contour of his face or his figure, he is very similar.

Jiang Cheng'er stomped her feet angrily, if only she could catch him and find out.

If you want to catch up with the Mercedes-Benz carriage, unless she can do light work, well, she won't, Han Baichuan will.

With the mentality of giving it a try, she shouted "Master" and ran towards the bamboo house.

Unfortunately, Han Baichuan was not at home.

His humvee is here, maybe because he has seen Jiang Cheng'er more often, and it doesn't reject her as much as before.

If only she could ride a horse, she would be able to catch the carriage and catch the thief in Tsing Yi.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng'er was extremely eager to learn to ride a horse, I wonder if the master would teach her?

It is estimated that it is enough, and she pestered him to learn for many days, but he has not officially started teaching, only perfunctory her.

Jiang Cheng'er returned home angrily and carefully checked the traces left by the thief.

She first went to the window to check, and as she feared, there was a small hole in the original intact window paper, the size of a finger that could allow one eye to peep in, directly opposite the stove.

There are people in the house in broad daylight, and the thief in Tsing Yi can't be here to steal something, so it can almost be concluded that he came to steal and learn how to make soap.

Jiang Cheng'er didn't know how long he had been snooping, and it happened to be the most critical step for her to extract lye from plant ash and make soap. If someone had stolen this method, half of her soap recipe would have been leaked.

What's more, she is making the second pot, and if he comes early, he can witness the whole process of her making the first pot of soap, which will be even worse.

Jiang Cheng'er could only hold on to luck, hoping that he didn't see anything, or only a little bit, and couldn't figure out how to make soap.

Jiang Cheng'er followed the thief's escape route and carefully searched forward to see if there were any clues left.

She found it, and there was a wooden waist tag with a red tassel on the fence wall, which was obviously accidentally dropped by the thief when he escaped.

The front of the waist card is engraved with two big characters of "Yu Fu", and the reverse side is engraved with two small characters of "Zhang Deng".

Jiang Cheng'er is now undoubtedly confirmed, the thief in Tsing Yi is Yu Jinhang's personal servant Zhang Deng.

Jiang Cheng'er was furious, and the bastard Yu Jinhang secretly sent someone to steal it because he couldn't buy the soap formula.

Yesterday, he was full of sweet words to coax her, played the emotional card with her, said that he was going to go to other places, and was reluctant to give up his love for her. also said that she should be careful of his eldest brother playing yin, but it turned out that he was the one who played yin, which is really despicable and shameless!

Once the formula is stolen by him, according to the strength of his family, it will inevitably be mass-produced and monopolize the entire market.

She will no longer be able to sell soap to make money in the future, which directly smashes her business and cuts off her financial route, which is too hateful.

She only made soap to support her family, and did not affect his family's business, not his competitor. She didn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone, and she was calculated for no reason, which is really angry.

Jiang Cheng'er gritted her teeth: Yu Jinhang, our beam is over! Grandma is not easy to bully, and she will never let your tricks succeed!

Jiang Cheng'er clenched her waist card, and with this evidence, she couldn't help but deny it to Jinhang.

Jiang Cheng'er doesn't suffer dumb losses, even if he quibbles, she has to question him face to face to protect her rights and interests.

It is estimated that by the time she rushed over, he would have already been hiding, and he couldn't find him, so he would report to the official and let the government arrest him.