Chapter 49: See you again
Zhao Sheng is worried about his brother's lifelong events, although he is still young and he can't understand everything in the family, but he knows that Zhao Qi once had a fiancΓ©e, and after the family fell into the middle of the road, their family looked down on the Shengguo Mansion, so they withdrew the marriage.
Some time ago, it was when the former sister-in-law who had not passed through the door got married to someone else, and the reason why Zhao Qi left the capital and came to this remote town was not unrelated.
Zhao Sheng's face was puffed up, and a pair of bright eyes stared at his brother, because he felt that his concerns were justified, so his usual fears were left behind him: "Brother, don't you still remember the one in the capital, don't think about it, people are already married, and they may have children next year, and there is no grass at the end of the world, so don't worry about this flower." β
Zhao Sheng's eyes rolled, as if he remembered something, and he added: "The one who has eyes but no beads, it is not worth your concern, you have time to think about her, it is better to think about the girl who sold orchids to you." β
After he finished speaking, Zhao Qi felt as if he had nothing to say, smiled helplessly, slapped his younger brother's head, and said in a deep voice: "As long as your eyes are bright, as long as you talk a lot, there is no special relationship between me and Miss Fang, don't speculate." β
Zhao Qi's strength in patting his brain was not heavy, and it didn't bring pain to the young man, but he still subconsciously covered his head and said in a dying struggle: "I didn't speculate, what I said was the truth." β
He rubbed the place where he was photographed, and said aggrievedly: "I'm also thinking about you, you see that those official ladies in Kyoto are so scared by you that they don't dare to look at you more, and you don't fight for it in this place where there are no acquaintances, aren't you wasting the opportunity in vain, do you really want to be lonely for the rest of your life?" β
"You're right." Zhao Qi sighed and pushed his younger brother out the door.
"I'll go change my clothes, you can go first."
Zhao Sheng's original intention was the same, he had a good relationship with Mr. Weiyun's students, and today's temple fair was very lively, and someone had already asked him to go shopping together.
"Then I'll go first, you weigh it yourself!" Zhao Sheng said, and ran away like the wind.
Zhao Qi showed a helpless smile, got up and went back to the bedroom, picked out a brocade robe to change into, and then went out of the door.
The bustle in his brother's mouth is really reasonable, Zhao Qi walked along the stone path to the street, looked around, and all the scenes in his eyes were bustling and extraordinary.
Pedestrians came and went, and the stalls on both sides of the street were like starry stars, and when he walked into the crowd, his ears were full of noise.
During the temple fair, there were indeed many young women who came out of the boudoir, and they walked in pairs, and when their eyes fell on Zhao Qi who was passing by, they turned their heads shyly.
Occasionally, two or three bold people came forward to ask Zhao Qi's name and address, Zhao Qi casually made up a pseudonymous address, vaguely coped with the past, and hurriedly passed by the young girl's side, and walked in the direction of the nameless temple, walking like a straight line.
Zhao Qi really didn't mean to put any effort and energy into the relationship between his children at this moment.
The life and death of his father is unknown, and the future of the family is uncertain, how can he have that leisure, Zhao Qi half lowered his eyes, and a wry smile pulled out from the corner of his lips.
The reason why he followed Zhao Sheng's advice to leave the study and go out for a walk today was mainly because he had some curiosity about the so-called vision from heaven, everything in the world has a law to follow, where will there be flowers that will not be defeated, whether it is a human being, or is there really a vision from the heavens, he is very curious about this.
Although Zhao Qi did not reveal his identity and name to others, but from his dress and demeanor, the monks of the Nameless Temple could still see that his identity was not ordinary, because the temple fair was grand, and the host had long expected that many people would come to worship the Buddha or watch the vision of the White Lotus, so he specially divided two ways, one for the common people to pay money to enter the door, and the other for those high-ranking officials and nobles to walk.
Zhao Qi walked through the temple behind the road.
The reason is what the legendary vision of the heavenly descent will be, and the result is that Zhao Qi was very surprised, the lotus flower is open, but the flowers are extremely small, and the bloom is not as good as in midsummer.
Zhao Qi was a little disappointed, thinking that most of the rumors were just false rumors, he stood by the lake and looked at it twice, then brushed his sleeves away.
Zhao Qi felt a little regretful, if he had known that this so-called vision from the sky was in such a situation, he would definitely not go out to see, wasting this time, it was better to stay at home and read books and practice calligraphy to cultivate his mind.
Just when Zhao Qi was secretly annoyed and was about to go home through the sea of people, his eyes accidentally made a mistake and looked at a familiar figure.
She walked through the crowd, like a delicate flying flower.
Zhao Qi's eyes were attracted by her, and he was about to call her name, when he saw the maid standing next to her, and he recognized the maid's face, which was the personal maid of a noble lady in the capital.
Zhao Qi frowned, puzzled, in his eyes, Fang Tian was just an ordinary woman in a remote mountain village, why would he recognize the personal maid beside the noble lady, could it be that she was still related to the noble lady.
He was really curious, so he simply stopped his steps in the direction of home, and after watching Fang Tian follow Qinghe into the small building, he found a tea stall and sat down.
He waited for tea on the side of the road, and after more than half an hour, Fang Tian finally walked out of the small building, her eyes were crooked, and the corners of her lips were raised, as if she had encountered something pleasant.
Zhao Qi was inexplicably infected by that joy, and when she approached, he gently called her name.
Fang Tian was stunned for a moment, and saw Zhao Qi in a blink of an eye, his eyes were as bright as stars: "Zhao Gongzi!" β
Fang Tian didn't expect that she would be able to meet Zhao Qi on the street, she still had in her mind the costume dramas she had watched in her previous life, or the concepts instilled in some novels, the ancient dignitaries and nobles had to take the most gorgeous carriage when they went out, they had to eat in the most expensive restaurant, and they had to go to an elegant place for tea.
Therefore, when Fang Tian saw Zhao Qi in the roadside teahouse in a blink of an eye, he couldn't help but have a lot more good feelings for him.
"Zhao Gongzi, why are you here?" There was no one in front of Zhao Qi, and Fang Tian didn't pay attention to the etiquette of humility and humility, so he sat in the position in front of him.
"I heard that the white lotus in the Nameless Temple bloomed undefeated, I was curious, so I went out for a walk, and I happened to meet Miss Fang here."
Zhao Qi's expression was gentle, although he didn't smile, it didn't make people feel unapproachable.
"I also heard about the vision in the Nameless Temple, so I came here, but for various reasons, I still didn't have the chance to see it."
Seeing Fang Tian's face showing a look of loss, Zhao Qi's heart softened, and he was relieved: "Although the rumors are very magical, I have only seen it with my own eyes, and the white lotus is far less beautiful than in midsummer. β
Fang Tian nodded, and Xiao Er, who was standing and waiting for the other guests, finally noticed him and hurriedly came over to talk to her.
Zhao Qi took advantage of her talking to Xiao Er, looked at her carefully, and only felt that although her dress was not as delicate and luxurious as the ladies of the famous nobles in the capital, it was meaningful, just like a chrysanthemum blooming in autumn, light and elegant, which made people can't help but take a few more looks.
Zhao Qi spent a lot of energy to get his eyes off her, he shook the teacup slightly, pondered for a moment and asked, "Just now I saw Miss Fang walking out of the residence of the Prime Minister's wife, Miss Fang is familiar with the Prime Minister's wife?" β
Fang Tian was slightly stunned when he heard this, his eyes fell on the small building that stood quietly in the distance, as if he had left an independent world, and then turned back and fell on Zhao Qi. She realized that the prime minister's wife that Zhao Qi said was the noble lady in the small building, and quickly shook her head and said, "I don't know Mrs. Bai well, and today is the first time we meet." β
She paused, and explained in Zhao Qi's puzzled gaze: "That lady saw that I bought two strings of Buddhist beads at her nephew's stall, and her nephew's attitude towards me was different from others, and she felt curious, so she asked me to come over and talk." Our family is just a small farmer in the countryside, where will there be any opportunity to have anything to do with high-ranking officials and nobles? β
Zhao Qi shook his head, indicating that his words did not make sense.
Fang Tian was puzzled, so he raised his hand and pointed at himself.
Fang Tian couldn't help but smile, his eyebrows curled: "Zhao Gongzi, you are an exception. β
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she said excitedly: "Zhao Gongzi, do you still remember your investment, not long after you sent those orchid raw materials, I extracted orchid essential oil from them, and I originally planned to sell those things to rouge shops, but because I didn't have a door, and the amount of orchid essential oil extracted was not much, I independently proposed to develop it into a perfume similar to incense powder." Since you're the only investor, I always feel like I'm going to consult with you when I do this. β
Zhao Qi nodded: "You can call the shots in everything." β
The silver taels he sent that day may be a huge amount of money to Fang Tian, but it is not important to him, although the Shengguo Mansion has declined a lot compared to before, but the money is still not worth mentioning.
Zhao Qi didn't understand, and he wasn't in the mood to understand those things.
But Fang Tian cares, after all, she can't go back to modern times to live a peaceful and stable life, so of course she has to plan for the rest of her life, let her get married and have children like an ordinary peasant woman, and then live a mediocre life, she is absolutely unwilling.
Zhao Qi's investment is closely related to whether she can get rid of poverty and become rich, and it is also closely related to the brocade clothes and jade food in the second half of her life, so of course she wants to behave better in front of Zhao Qi.
In order to prove the reliability of what he said, Fang Tian took the initiative to get closer to Zhao Qi, and when he frowned slightly, he asked him with a smile: "Zhao Gongzi may notice a difference?" β
Zhao Qi nodded: "There seems to be a special fragrance on the girl's body, even if the tea is fragrant, it can't be buried." If I'm not mistaken, the girl's scent is orchid. β
The orchid he bought from the Wang family was personally sent to the Fang family by Zhao Qi, and he always had a good memory, so of course he could recognize the fragrance.
Fang Tian admired it very much: "I didn't expect Childe to be able to guess that the fragrance on my body is the fragrance of essential oil extracted from orchids, and the fragrance of the essential oil itself is even stronger, and these are just accidentally contaminated on my body." β
"It's a very unique fragrance, Miss Fang really has an ingenious idea."
Fang Tian smiled a little embarrassedly: "What ingenuity is just fooling." β
"Miss Fang, can you tell me what that so-called perfume is?" Zhao Qi was quite curious, "Can it also make people have a strong floral fragrance?" If this is the case, I think this fragrance will be very popular in the boudoir. β
"I think so too!"
When he said this, Fang Tian's eyes were as bright as stars: "Novel things can always arouse people's interest, I think that after my perfume is successfully developed, it will inevitably be sought after, and those ladies and ladies will definitely like it." β
Then he made a fortune with this perfume, and he didn't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of his life!