Shu'er Zhengse said: "It's been a long time since we've sat down to discuss something serious. ”

Lin Ying asked, "What's serious?" ”

Shu'er said: "Our serious thing is to help the three aunts make money, and when you earn enough money, you can have the money to go back to Chu State." Your father has quelled the chaos in Chu State all these years, recruited troops and horses, and fought for many years, your Shengwang Mansion must be at the end of the road, if you don't fight yourself, you can't earn the money to go back, don't expect your father to have the spare money to take you back. ”

Lin Ying hung her head and said: "Speaking of returning to Chu State, my mother also has a headache. The state of Chu was filled with gunsmoke, and it did not stop for nine years, and more than half of my father's letters in the past few years could not be sent to the state of Chu at all. In recent years, there has been less and less news from my father. The seven kings of them are fighting back and forth, and it is better for each of them to take turns to be the king of Chu for a year, and now they have all completed one round. Daddy's letter never mentioned that we should go back, and it may not have come. ”

Shu'er said: "Even if the time has not yet come, you can't spend all day idle with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The money you earn from selling calligraphy and paintings is not as much as the money I earn by helping a few aunts sell wine. You have to plan ahead and earn enough money to go back, and as for when you will go back, you can discuss it slowly. ”

Lin Ying sighed: "Sister Shu'er, in fact, even if I return to Chu in the future, I don't want to be the king of Chu." You know me, I don't like those things that fight and kill, I like to paint, I like to play the piano, I like to study flowers, fragrances, powders, ornaments...... I knew I should be more masculine like the other boys, and even my mother said I was like a girl, but I really couldn't help it. Actually, I like Chen Guo very much, at least here in Fanjing, there are many literati, and I like to come to the old city upstairs to play chess and play chess with them, and learn painting skills. I always thought that if only we could earn money to fill our stomachs and live comfortably. ”

Shu'er also sighed, but she was angry. "Xiao Ying, you must know that now that the Chu State is in a lot of troubles, you are no longer the little lord of the Shengwang Mansion, you can do whatever you want. You have to think that your dad is in danger of being on the battlefield all the time, and you have to go back to his aid at any time. You have been in the Chen Kingdom for many years, not a tour of the mountains and rivers. When I was a child, I didn't understand, I thought that we could make a lot of money in Chen Guo with the signboard of the Linjiang Restaurant branch, but when the business was good a few years ago, it was not as good as earning more when I was in Linjiang in Chu State. Aunt Yan's physical strength is not as good as before, and Aunt Song rarely comes to the restaurant to help after she gets married, so we really have to think of some other ways to make money. ”

Lin Ying asked, "Sister Shu'er, why are you suddenly in a hurry to make money?" We have saved a lot of money by opening a restaurant in the past few years, and even the restaurant has been put down, and one day we will go back to Chu and get a lot of money by selling the restaurant. Isn't the money for a restaurant in Fanjing worth the cost of going back to Chu? Could it be that you have any other plans besides returning to Chu State? ”

Shu'er knew that although Lin Ying didn't do his job properly on weekdays, he was actually extremely smart and sensitive, and she couldn't hide many subtle changes from his eyes. Shu'er pondered: "Since Xiaoying and I became sisters and brothers in Biliang Lake in Xiling, Shu Kingdom, nine years ago, we have always trusted each other. Now am I going to hide my true identity from him? ”

Shu'er said: "Xiaoying, my sister has actually been hiding one thing from you. And this is the reason why I suddenly want to make a lot of money. But I don't know if I'm supposed to tell you. I've always wanted to tell you, no one wants to tell, I just want to tell you, because you're the person I've trusted the most in the last nine years. But I'm afraid that after I tell you, we may never be as good as we are now. ”

Lin Ying's eyes looked at Shu'er brightly, as clear as the cool water of the lake under the clear sky. He smiled absently, but his tone was not joking: "Sister Shu'er, in fact, the person who wants to pay for the passage home is you, not me." ”

Shu'er looked at him puzzled, and suddenly felt that Lin Ying seemed to know something.

Lin Ying continued: "Actually, you have been pondering whether to tell me something, I have already vaguely guessed it, and it is only today that I can confirm it. But since you didn't say it, I won't ask. You are you, whoever you are, you are my good sister. We walked from Chu to Chen together, in Xiling, whether it was in those smoky and miasma deep mountains and old forests, or in the bumpy and difficult cliffs, you couldn't walk yourself, but you always held my hand and kept encouraging me. When I arrived in Chen Guo, you taught me kung fu so that I was no longer bullied but couldn't fight back, but you also taught me how to be patient and humble, and hide the willfulness of the 'little lord' I cultivated as a child. Now that you want to go home, how can I not help you? ”

Shu'er asked in surprise, "How do you know?" Do aunts know? ”

Lin Ying said: "They are so busy every day, how can they have the leisure to wonder who you are?" Then he laughed mischievously: "And don't you think that the three of them don't have very bright heads?" ”

Shu'er sneered: "Indeed. ”

Lin Ying asked: "So why do you need a lot of money when you go back to the Song Kingdom?" ”

"Because the customs clearance documents between Chen and Song are rare and expensive, and it is difficult to find a thousand gold. Even if we sell 20 restaurants like ours, it's just a drop in the bucket. ”

"Can't you go in from Zhao Kingdom?"

"The state of Zhao was sandwiched between the two great powers of Chen and Song, struggling to survive, and neither side could be offended, and the jurisdiction over the people who came and went between Chen and Song was extremely strict. I inquired in the black market, and a few years ago, several Chen Guoren who wanted to enter the Song State through the Zhao State were all imprisoned in the Zhao State Heavenly Prison and sent back to the Chen State as appropriate. ”

"Can't you send a message to your brother and ask him to pick you up?"

"I've tried it a long time ago...... It was also through the people in the black market, but all in vain, and I spent my money in vain. ”

Lin Ying stood up, dusted off the soil on her body, and said, "In that case, from tomorrow onwards, I will help you." Let's start from scratch together, with our bright heads and unremitting efforts, one day, we will make money in Chen Guori! ”

Shu'er looked at Lin Ying, who was usually a child, and suddenly became confident, and said helplessly: "In your sentence, only the word 'self-made' is the most appropriate!" ”

Lin said: "Not necessarily. Little lord, although I can't learn fist and foot kung fu well, but the things that use my brain are not difficult for me. Sister Shu'er, we have to plan well and see how we can quickly earn Chen Guoren's money. The restaurant is all regular customers anyway, so let my mother, Aunt Yan and the guys in the store take care of it first, and the two of us will use our own private money to do it alone. ”

Shu'er thought for a while and said, "The people of Chen are vassals and elegant, and the people of Chu are delicate and pragmatic. The method of running a restaurant in Chu State is not applicable to Chen State. We don't have much cash on hand, and we have to think of a business that can grow from a small size. This business must meet the tastes of Chen Guoren, and it must be easy to get started, and Chen Guo must not have such a business to win the first place. ”