Chapter 40: Doubts
Zhao Wenxuan nodded: "Their family is just a small farmer, it is impossible to live better than our family, our family now has Wang Yuanwai to take care of, Wang Yuanwai said, when I study hard and get admitted to the examination, he will marry Yingrou to me, when the time comes, I will get ahead, marry Yingrou through the door, no one dares to underestimate us!" β
"Since my son has such ambitions, don't waste your time, study hard, and let me take care of everything at home."
Zhao Huang looked at his handsome son, couldn't help but squint his eyes and laughed, unlike the Fang family of that generation, their family Wenxuan is promising, and they will enter the official career in the future, even if they are not as good as them now, even if their family is not as good as them, even if their family is not happy, it is just a dark cloud for the time being.
If Fang Tian knew what Zhao Huang's view of their family now, he might have to look up to the sky and laugh, and then point to the tip of Zhao Huang's nose and scold her for being sick and paranoid.
But she didn't know, and she didn't have the time to think carefully about what attitude the Zhao family used to treat her family, all she thought about was that Zhao Qi promised to help her, and took the drawings of the utensils for refining spices from her, saying that they would soon send more delicate utensils than those bronzes in the wooden house.
As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, Fang Tian also disliked crude utensils, and doubted whether those utensils could refine good sesame oil, but she had no choice at first, because there were only so many tools she could get.
Zhao Qi said that she wanted to help get better utensils, of course she was willing, and she couldn't help but hum a little tune she liked in her previous life.
Zhao Xiuqin took Lin Xiao to push the door in, her face was tired, but her voice was very loud: "I originally wanted to invite those coachmen who helped carry the orchids to come in and sit at the door, drink two sips of tea and rest, but they refused to enter the door, and said that the master had orders not to enter the door, Zhao Gongzi, you adviseββ"
The scene in the living room was reflected in his eyes, empty, and there was only one person left, where could he still see Zhao Qi.
Zhao Xiuqin sighed, and looked around: "Zhao Gongzi, I wanted him to persuade the coachman who helped carry the orchids outside to come in and take a rest, why didn't he see anyone when he entered the door?" β
"Zhao Gongzi said that there are still things at home that need to be rushed back to deal with, and he has already left."
As soon as Fang Tian's words fell, the coachman who had just finished transporting the orchids outside also made a mouth gesture to this side, made a series, and got on the horse and left.
The countryside is simple, although Zhao Xiuqin has sharp teeth and sharp mouth on weekdays, she is actually a knife mouth tofu heart, and the coachmen outside help carry the orchids, she is grateful in her eyes, and she didn't have time to invite people to come in for a cup of tea and rest for a while, she always felt rude, chased out, and waved her hand at the distant carriage.
Fang Tian's eyes were sharp, and he could naturally see his mother's exhaustion, so he quickly got up and poured a cup of hot tea, thought for a moment, and poured a cup for Lin Xiao, who was looking up at him: "It's not good for children to drink more tea." β
Lin Xiao didn't care about this, pursed his lips, picked up the teacup and drank it, obviously very thirsty.
"When did Zhao Gongzi leave, why didn't he leave people for a quick meal, but they also helped us a few times, and this time he specially bought orchids, and he personally sent them over."
Zhao Xiuqin took a sip of the teacup, she had a good impression of Zhao Qi, Zhao Qi could see in his clothes that he was either rich or expensive, not the son of an ordinary family, and he was different from the arrogant children of the family that he had seen in the past.
"Zhao Gongzi said that there is something at home, I can't forcibly stop people from leaving, besides, our family doesn't seem to have anything to entertain, he remembers his kindness to our family, and will slowly return it in the future."
Fang Tian's tone of voice was not hurried, and there was no embarrassment.
Zhao Xiuqin took advantage of her staring down at the tea in her cup, and stared at her tightly, trying to see something from her daughter's demeanor.
She didn't see any strange expressions, but she refused to believe her eyes, remembering the chatter of those neighbors when she was outside, Zhao Xiuqin suddenly felt that she also had doubts in her heart.
She asked Fang Tian suspiciously: "How many times have you met Zhao Gongzi today, are you very familiar with each other?" β
"It's only four times to this day, first when I sold the Damoran, then when I came to the cyclamen, then I visited his house, then he brought flowers to our house, and just a few times, nothing else, I heard from the blacksmith."
Fang Tian replied frankly, she knew what Zhao Xiuqin wanted to ask herself now, if she was an outsider and saw a prince of a family treat a woman who had only met a few times like this, she would have similar questions.
In Zhao Xiuqin's gaze, Fang Tian frowned slightly, when she shook the porcelain cup in her hand, the tea also shook, and the tea was fluctuating like her erratic thoughts: "Actually, I don't know why Zhao Gongzi believes me so much, mother, don't ask about this matter, thinking too much about things that you don't understand hurts your body, and you also know that most of those rich people are idle and panicked." β
How could Zhao Xiuqin be at ease, what a big deal!
If someone else's daughter is favored by someone with money and power, they will definitely be willing to wash their daughter and send it to someone else's bed, just like Ying'er was sent to the wolf's den by her own parents.
Zhao Xiuqin is a little afraid that her daughter is not remembered, otherwise how can anyone care so much, although marrying into a rich family can be worry-free, but it is a wolf's den and tiger's den, and two people whose identities do not match are not suitable for being together at all!
Fang Tian faintly saw something, and felt a little funny: "I think it's because you think too much, maybe Zhao Gongzi is willing to come to the door in person, but he just took a fancy to my chic idea, between men and women, it is not only that there can be children and daughters." β
Approaching the evening, the twilight was ten ten, and Father Fang and Fang just now slowly walked to the entrance of the village in the afterglow of the sunset. There were three or four villagers gathered together, as if they were talking about when, when they saw the Fang family's father and son, their eyes lit up, and they actually greeted them.
He chattered and asked what was the name of the extraordinary boy who came to the Fang family today, and who was it?
If you have a daughter, you can't dig out the eighteenth generation of the ancestors, climb a relative, get married, and if you don't have a daughter, you just go out and come over to see the excitement.
The father and son of the Fang family had just come back from outside, and they didn't know what was going on at home, and they heard the neighbors say that there was a man in their house, and they thought that there was a thief in the house, so they ran back in a panic.
When they ran to the house out of breath, Zhao Xiuqin was cooking, and Fang Tian and Lin Xiao were sitting around the dining table, muttering something in a whisper, occasionally looking at each other and laughing.
When night falls, the house is already lit with lights, and the dim color of light is sprinkled all over the room, giving people a sense of peace of mind.
Fang Tian first noticed that his father and brother had returned home, and hurriedly poured two cups of hot tea and handed them over.
"When I walked to the entrance of the village, I heard from the neighbors that there was a guest in our house today? When I came over just now, they all rushed to ask me for the name of the guest, which really startled me. β
Father Fang sat on the stool, and gently patted his heart like a drum in the aftermath.
Zhao Xiuqin heard the sound outside in the kitchen, poked her head out, and rolled her eyes: "I look at those people, they are just idle, they haven't dealt with the things in their own homes, and when they talk about other people's things, their mouths are like oil, it's really annoying!" β
Complaining is complaining, and the explanation has to be said, and it is inconvenient for him to speak in the kitchen, so he asked Fang Tian to say it himself.
Father Fang and Fang Gang's eyes turned to Fang Tian in unison, with doubts in their eyes: "What happened, and who is that young guest?" β
"The person who came to our house today is Zhao Qi, the prince of the Shengguo Mansion, that is, the son who bought our family's Damoran at a high price when he was framed last time, father, you should still remember, right?"
Father Fang nodded with a complicated expression, of course he remembered, how could he not remember, that Zhao Gongzi had relieved their family twice, and it was not long before today, it was impossible for him not to remember.
"Last time, I said I wanted to ask him to help buy the Wang family's batch of orchids, and he agreed, and he sent someone to buy the orchids the next day, and they were sent to our family today."
Fang Tian's face was overjoyed: "Now those orchids are placed in the yard of my aunt's house, thanks to that Zhao Gongzi, with the raw materials, I can let go tomorrow and try my methods of refining essences!" β
Fang Tian's happiness was seen in their eyes, and they were infected by this happiness, so they also nodded with a smile: "It turned out that Zhao Gongzi arrived, why didn't he invite someone to stay for a light meal, after all, they helped us several times." β
Zhao Xiuqin, who was in the kitchen, poked her head out again when she heard this, frowned slightly, and said: "I thought about it at the time, but I didn't keep people, there is something going on at home, oh yes, I always feel that he seems to be a little interesting to our girl!" β
Fang Tian was anxious when he heard this, he couldn't wait to fly over and cover his mother's tongue, and denied it loudly: "I have nothing to do with that Zhao Gongzi, we have only seen a few faces, and we haven't had time to cultivate feelings at all!" β
The more he denied it, the more it seemed to be an excuse and a cover-up, Fang Tian understood this truth, he didn't dwell on it, he sat down dejectedly, and muttered: "He really doesn't mean anything to me, even if he really has any meaning, he is probably only interested in my method of refining essential oils, or my cooking skills, otherwise he thinks my business is interesting." β
Fang Gang hadn't seen what Zhao Qi looked like, but Daddy Fang had seen it, a handsome and generous nobleman, and learned that he was the one who sent the orchid today, presumably two days ago, Fang Tiannian had already completed more than half of the idea of pulling Zhao Qi to partner in business, and Father Fang was a little happy: "He agreed?" β
This question is not a superfluous question, he knows in his heart that the method that Fang Tian thinks is too rare, and so far he has only talked about it, what sesame oil and spices have not yet been finished to be taken out, and the person who is willing to agree to the partnership is tantamount to a gambler.
Fang Tian nodded heavily: "He promised me!" β
Before the words fell, Fang Tian jumped up from his position, trotted all the way into his room, and after a while, he took out something. Because the lights were dim, she couldn't see the things in her hands clearly when she looked at them from a distance, and she couldn't see them clearly until she got closer.
Fang Gang's eyes were relatively good, and after seeing what it was, the expression on his face froze.
It turned out to be a stack of silver tickets!
In the kitchen, Zhao Xiuqin chuckled: "What's the matter with you girl, is it possible that you want to tell everyone in the world about this matter?" β
"I just want my father and brother to see it." Fang Tian said a little embarrassed.
That silver ticket must be a number that can make many people look sideways, and Zhao Qi's sincerity is vividly demonstrated in these silver pairs.