Chapter 39: Investigation
So Zhao Qi's thoughts were just a flash.
Zhao Xiuqin saw her daughter standing with Zhao Qi from a distance, and she walked over to them with a complicated expression.
Fang Tian saw that his mother had come over, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Mother, this is the Zhao Gongzi I mentioned to you." ”
Zhao Xiuqin nodded, and greeted Zhao Qi politely: "Zhao Gongzi has helped our family, he is a distinguished guest, it is not good to stand outside, go into the house quickly." ”
As he spoke, he made a gesture to Zhao Qi to please, Zhao Qi answered lightly, but did not go in: "I came here today to send the orchid raw materials that Miss Fang wanted, and now that the orchids have not been placed, how dare I rest." ”
When he said this, Zhao Xiuqin and Fang Tian, who had different thoughts, thought of the problem of orchid placement, and when they looked at it in a blink of an eye, they saw several carriages pulling goods on the country road, and there were all neatly stacked orchids on them.
"The orchid is on that side, please come with me."
Fang Tian said, lifted the hem of his skirt and walked down the steps, and walked in the direction of the leading coachman, wanting to lead them to the side of his aunt's yard.
At this moment, because Zhao Qi's movement to deliver flowers was too big, it actually alarmed the people in the entire village, and those who had nothing to do ran over to the Fang family, seeing that there were so many orchids on several carriages escorting goods, the eyes of the people present widened in fright.
In addition, when Zhao Qi sent the flowers, the newspaper was Fang Tian's name, and there were many people in the village, and it spread all at once, and they all felt that Zhao Qi was not dressed like an ordinary son, so they asked her one by one when Fang Tian passed by.
"Where is this person, what is his name, and is there a marriage match in the family?"
"What does he have to do with you?"
"He deliberately bought so many orchids and sent them to your house, did he mean to please you?"
The content of the question was many and miscellaneous, and most people felt that Fang Tian was a fox who seduced this richly dressed boy, so there was some contempt between his eyebrows.
Fang Tian wanted to turn a blind eye and hear it, but their movement was too big, she couldn't help frowning, and Zhao Qi not far away also frowned, his eyes were slightly cold.
Fang Tian was about to speak, when someone suddenly grabbed her and dragged her back.
When she raised her eyes, she saw Zhao Xiuqin's face, she said: "You have never liked to go out, naturally you don't understand, people talk too much like this, they just ask, probably nothing else." The matter of placing orchids will be handed over to your mother and me, and you will entertain Zhao Gongzi. ”
There is only this way, Fang Tian nodded, and gently pressed the slightly aching temples, the chattering of the three aunts and six mothers-in-law outside really made her head hurt.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect things to bother you that much."
Fang Tian sighed: "Zhao Gongzi doesn't have to mind, this is very common, you also heard what my mother said, the countryside is very boring, every day the sun rises and the sun sets, the ordinary life always has to come up with something to adjust, even if it is nothing, it will be said by them, it is all idle." ”
Fang Tian said, her eyes rolled, and fell on Zhao Xiuqin's back, she has always hated people with long tongues the most, especially those who gossip about herself, she frowned slightly, thinking that if she makes a lot of money in the future, she must take her family to live in a farther place, and then live here and listen to their non-stop gossip, sooner or later she will lose her life!
After saying earlier that they wanted to make a fortune in business, Fang Gang and Fang's father often went out early and returned late, and today is the same, so when Zhao Qi stepped into the gate of Fang's house, the house was empty.
Lin Xiao is precocious and knows how to read people's eyes, when Zhao Xiuqin said that he was going to settle and carry orchids, he went to help together, so there were only two people in the hall, Fang Tian and Zhao Qi.
Fang Tian went to the kitchen to boil water and brewed a pot of hot tea, and respectfully brought it to Zhao Qi.
The tea was steaming, and there were still sporadic tea-like things floating around on it. Zhao Qi could smell that the tea fragrance was a sweet and slightly sweet chrysanthemum fragrance, and it was the petals of the chrysanthemum that floated in the tea.
"The humble house is simple, and there is no good tea to entertain distinguished guests, and I hope Zhao Gongzi doesn't mind."
Zhao Qi raised his eyebrows, blew on the herbal tea and took a sip, the slightly astringent but sweet taste lingered on the tip of his tongue, making him slightly surprised: "I don't seem to have drunk this tea anywhere else." ”
Fang Tian raised his head with a proud look: "It is impossible for Gongzi to drink this kind of tea outside, this is our family's own tea, this is the only one, and no one else has it." ”
Thinking of the Fang family's father and Zhao Xiuqin, Zhao Qi had no doubt that this tea was made by Fang Tian himself.
What a strange girl, her face is not delicate, and her body is not tall, she is neither a pampered lady of the official family, nor a capable girl of a businessman, just a plain person in the mountains and countryside, why does she always bring strange feelings to herself.
Zhao Qi couldn't figure it out, so he simply let go of this matter and stopped thinking about it.
"Zhao Gongzi, please wait."
Fang Tian suddenly remembered something, jumped up from her position, and hurried towards the gift, and after a while, she walked out again under Zhao Qi's puzzled gaze.
Zhao Qi's eyes were sharp, and at a glance, he saw the money bag in the girl's hand, and he was silent when he sipped tea.
Fang Tian sat in front of Zhao Qi with his family's savings, squinted his eyes and smiled slightly: "After asking Gongzi to go to Wang's house to help buy orchids that day, I have been waiting for news from Gongzi." These orchids are the raw materials for my business, and I am very grateful that Childe can help me. ”
"Gratitude? So thank you with money? I think Miss Fang, you should know that I am not short of money, or it is not right to say that, compared to you, I am not short of money. ”
The words were straightforward and frank, because what he said was the truth, so Fang Tian did not mean to be angry on his face.
"This silver tael is the money for the sale of the son."
Fang Tian's hand had just pushed the silver over, and was pushed back by the slender and powerful hand on the other side, pushing it back with an undeniable attitude.
The expression on Fang Tian's face stiffened slightly, and when he raised his eyes to look, he happened to see Zhao Qi half-bowing his head, staring at the floating tea leaves in the white porcelain teacup without blinking, not knowing what he was thinking.
After being silent for a long time, he spoke: "Miss Fang, I think of that day, you personally went to my mansion, and you didn't just say that you wanted me to help you buy the orchid back, what you said at that time was that you want to do a rare business, I hope I can help you, and it is an investment to help you, I promised you that day, that is, I want to invest, and now that I have bought the raw materials for doing business, you are in a hurry to give money and settle accounts with me, what does this mean?" ”
"Could it be that you think that the business you are doing is too profitable, and you think that it is too much of a loss for me to invest? So you regret it? ”
Zhao Qi's eyes were slightly cold, and he seemed to be a little annoyed, but Fang Tian knew that he was not angry because he wanted to give him money, but because of some other reason.
What is the reason, Fang Tian didn't understand, she squinted her eyes and smiled, and held her savings tightly in her hands: "My brother still has to settle accounts, not to mention two people who are partners in business, I didn't want Childe to feel that he was too much of a loss, but I didn't expect Childe to be so open-minded, and the wire is mine." ”
Zhao Qi said a few words vaguely, because he was far away, and his voice was extremely soft, Fang Tian didn't hear it clearly, so he leaned over and asked, "Son, what did you just say?" ”
Zhao Qi paused and said: "Miss Fang, in fact, I am not sure about cooperating with you, first of all, your family is not rich, secondly, this business of buying flavors and fragrances is particularly rare in China, I am not sure that the spices you refine can make the rouge workshop willing to pay for it, and secondly, I haven't seen anything, and I can't be sure if you are trying to cheat me out of money." ”
This is also what Fang Tian is worried about, the ancients have always been pedantic, and such a novel idea of his own must not be easy to operate.
Fang Tian sighed, and was about to speak, when Zhao Qi opened his mouth again: "But I think of the exquisite craftsmanship of the girl who came to the fairy that day, and then I think of the character and temper shown by the girl in two or three meetings, I think it's not impossible to take risks." ”
Hearing this, Fang Tian's eyes lit up, like dewdrops that refracted the sunlight in the morning, crystal bright.
Zhao Qi's heart was a little unstable, but the strange emotion was quickly suppressed by him, he cleared his throat, and said: "So I appeared here, girl, since you said last time that everything is ready only to the east wind, and now the east wind is also here, can you take me to see the tools that are going to be used to refine spices, so that I can feel a little more at ease?" ”
"Absolutely!"
Fang Tian happily agreed, because he was too happy, he jumped up from his position all of a sudden.
The corners of the girl's eyebrows and eyes were full of a faint smile, as if the morning sun was shining in Zhao Qi's eyes, and the always indifferent person actually hooked the corners of her lips slightly: "Then please ask the girl to lead the way." ”
Fang Tian took Zhao Qi to the cabin where he tried to do experiments.
"A small family, with poor equipment, I hope you don't dislike it too much."
Zhao Qi followed Fang Tian into the door, raised his eyebrows, revealing a look of surprise, even if he was a child of a family, he was once prominent, and he had seen a lot of strange things in the capital, but Zhao Qi had really never seen these instruments in the house.
Especially the strange shape of the thing, Zhao Qi found it interesting, and carefully lifted it up: "What's the name of this?" ”
It was the 'U' shaped pipe that Fang Tian had built a few days ago to find the old blacksmith for cooling.
Fang Tian told Zhao Qi the names of the objects and instruments one by one, and Zhao Qi was in a fog when he heard it, he didn't know about it, and of course he couldn't understand it.
"It seems that they are all objects with a great future," Zhao Qi picked up another item, looked at it carefully, and saw that the production was rough on it, and couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Can these things really refine flavors and fragrances?" ”
Fang Tian patted his chest proudly, and said very confidently: "Of course you can!" ”
Zhao Qi stared at her expression for a while, put down the utensils in his hand, and nodded: "I believe in Miss Fang, later I will send a capable little guy to send the silver taels for investment, after all, it is a cooperative business, the girl has a wonderful idea, and she plans to do it herself, then I can only be responsible for the money." ”
The earthly world has long since entered autumn, and the leaves on the branches are dyed with a withered yellow color, trembling in the void, and suddenly a light breeze blows, and then slowly drifts away.
In this remote and quiet village, the few horse-drawn wagons that drove into the village were the wind blowing through the branches, blowing the lake once, rippling in circles, and the direction was the Fang family.
Zhao Wenxuan had already heard about the noble son coming to this village, he found his mother at the entrance of the village, and walked in the direction of home with his support.
Zhao Huang has always been a high-flying and domineering woman, and today she was uncharacteristically silent, until Zhao Wenxuan helped her into the house, closed the heavy wooden door painted with new paint, and shut out the noisy tones in the village, she raised her head.
The room was a little dark, and she gritted her teeth, and the words that came out of her mouth seemed to be squeezed out of her teeth: "I don't want their family to be happy!" ”