Qingdi was embarrassed to see that everyone didn't speak, so he said: "Yes, Nanzhong is really a good place, the food there is unimaginably fat, grasshoppers and locusts can also be caught and eaten, and three mosquitoes can be made into a dish, if Boss Xu is interested, go to Nanzhong to have a look?" ”

Xu Hu raised his eyebrows and said, "Hearing what the second young lady said, I really want to go to Nanzhong to have a look." ”

As soon as Chu Linyuan heard this, if Xu Hu really went to Nanzhong, the business he planned today would be yellow, and it would definitely not work, so he said to Xu Hu: "Boss Xu, you can think about it clearly, the land of Nanzhong is barren and dangerous, the people there are also very strange, and there are all kinds of witchcraft everywhere, such a gloomy place, you must think about it a lot before you can make up your mind." ”

Xu Hu smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and poured a glass of wine for Chu Linyuan, and said: "I went to Nanzhong once many years ago, it was indeed very dangerous, and I almost lost my life, the people who killed me were Nanzhong people, they wanted to seek my wealth, but the people who saved me were also Nanzhong people." So, I think it's not all wicked people in Nanzhong, right? Didn't the second young master and the second young lady also say that they had been to Nanzhong just now? Aren't they all right now? ”

Qingdi nodded and said: "Yes, it's the same everywhere, there are good people and bad people, if the eldest brother feels that there are bad people in that place because he has met bad people in one place, then the eldest brother is wrong." We can't say that all of them are good people in the Imperial City. ”

Chu Linyuan glanced at Qingdi, he didn't know what the expression on his cold face meant, Qingdi panicked, and quickly turned his head to look at Chu Yaocen. Chu Yaocen reached underneath and gently held Qingdi's hand, signaling her not to panic.

Indeed, he is here to compete with Chu Linyuan for property this time, and sooner or later the two of them will fall out, which is inevitable.

"But no matter where I go in the future, how to arrange this batch of salt, salt transportation and some other things, I still have to entrust it to your Chu family," Xu Hu picked up the wine glass and said, "Come, I will toast everyone." ”

Everyone else present picked up the wine, and Qingdi replaced the wine with tea, and they all saluted Xu Hu in return.

After drinking, a few people wanted to go to the deck to see the lakes and mountains around the imperial city in this autumn, Chu Yaocen and they naturally let Yin Jixuan and Xu Hu go out first, and he still had something to say to Qingdi alone, so he stayed behind.

After everyone else left, Chu Yaocen gently pinched the waist of Qingdi, and said softly: "The play is quite sufficient, and you can't drink when you're pregnant, I thought you forgot about your pregnancy." ”

Qingdi glanced at Chu Yaocen: "You also underestimate me, right?" Am I the kind of person who says something and forgets? Although I am a fake pregnancy, I have to make an appearance, so as not to be discovered by the He family, and I have another chance. ”

"Yes, I'll go back and give you a reward." Chu Yaocen clicked Qingdi's nose, and then began to get down to business: "For me alone, it must be good to get Xu Hu to Nanzhong, but for the Chu family, if Xu Hu doesn't come to the imperial city, this time it will be equivalent to a duck flying in hand, and my eldest brother and my father will definitely be very unhappy." ”

"What then?" Qingdi twisted his brows, for this father-in-law who has the right to speak in the Chu family, Qingdi still doesn't want to offend, and this father-in-law is also very good, so he really didn't say anything to the two of them.

"This is something we have to consider after Xu Hu agreed, and there is another point, that is, Xu Hu's words are ambiguous, I don't know if he is considered to be a deed."

Qingdi thought about it and thought it was the same, so he asked, "Do we still have to chase Xu Hu again and ask?" ”

"Don't push too hard." Chu Yaocen shook his head, and was about to say something when Chu Linyuan lifted the curtain of the cabin and asked, "What are you two doing?" Don't you come out? ”

"Oh, okay, let's get out." Chu Yaocen gave Qingdi a color, motioned for her to go back and talk about it, and then walked out with Qingdi.

On the deck, several people stood in twos and threes, Chu Yan'er saw Qingdi and Duanmu coming out, so she hurriedly went over and pulled the two over to eat snacks, Yao looked at a few men over there, and her heart was itching, but no one else went over, and if she walked over as a girl, she couldn't help but look too and a little not good. So she could only keep looking.

At this time, Yin Jixuan was talking to Xu Hu, Chu Yaocen and Chu Linyuan stood on the other side, both of them looked at the mountain not far away, and there was a soft wind in their ears, and the two did not speak for a while.

After a long time, Chu Linyuan spoke: "After you came back from Nanzhong, I haven't had a chance to talk to you for a while. ”

Chu Yaocen was stunned for a moment, he was still thinking just now, whether Chu Linyuan was going to scold him for what happened to Xu Hu just now, but he didn't expect to say such a thing when he opened his mouth.

He smiled slightly and replied, "Big brother works so hard, there are many things that can't be taken care of. ”

"You are my younger brother, your life has changed so much, I should just care more about you." Chu Linyuan's tone has always been neither salty nor light, and he can't understand the exact meaning.

Chu Yaocen had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and said, "What's the change?" ”

"More than ten years ago, you had a fever and a stupid fever after falling into the water, such a big change, I should care more about you. Over the years, my mother has treated you badly, and I know this. But I rarely cared about you, and I didn't seem worthy of being your big brother. ”

Chu Yaocen is really stupid, what does his eldest brother want to say? Why did you suddenly come to talk about feelings?

"Big brother, don't say that, you are capable, you have to wait, it is my blessing to have a big brother like you." Chu Yaocen hurriedly said to him.

"That can only say that I am an excellent eldest son, not that I am an excellent big brother." Chu Linyuan turned his head to look at Chu Yaocen and said, "Over the years, I've neglected you, I'm sorry." ”

Chu Yaocen also turned his head to look at him, the two looked at each other for a long time, Chu Yaocen couldn't help laughing, and said: "Actually, Kong Lai told me that when you were a child, every time you went out, you would think about bringing me some gifts back, but you are really busy, so let Kong Lai bring it to me." It also made me a habit of bringing me gifts when I was free. But ah, I suspect you weren't busy at that time, you were embarrassed not to call things out of my hand in person, right? ”

The corners of Chu Linyuan's mouth actually hooked up a faint arc, and Chu Yaocen was shocked that he couldn't believe his eyes, he could actually laugh!

Chu Linyuan said: "Why do you think so, what am I embarrassed about?" It was really busy. ”

When Chu Yaocen saw him ask, he strengthened his guess even more, and said: "Big brother, you are really a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, for so many years, you have been cold on the surface, but your heart is softer than anyone else, it really hurts you, you must be very tired if you keep making this appearance, right?" ”

Chu Linyuan moved his face away, no longer looked at Chu Yaocen, and said, "I don't know what you mean, I'm the same on the outside." ”

"Haha, it's okay." Chu Yaocen laughed twice, and then even reached out to stop Chu Linyuan's shoulder, and said, "Big brother, in the future, I can share more burdens for you." ”

Chu Linyuan didn't seem to be used to Chu Yaocen suddenly being so close to him, so he reached out and took Chu Yaocen's hand that was holding him, and said, "You have recovered your mind, my father and I are very happy, and I hope you can take on more, but you have to show your ability." ”

Chu Yaocen withdrew his hand, smiled slightly, and said, "I have the ability, you just wait and see." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Chu Yan'er came over with the fruit and said to them: "Big brother and second brother, you two have been whispering for so long, are you hungry, are you thirsty?" There are some red fruits here, do you eat them? ”

After hearing what she said, Chu Yaocen reached out to take the red fruit. Yao, who had been waiting for a long time on the side, thought that he finally had a chance, so he hurriedly went over and said: "These red fruits taken by Yan'er are all from the West Mountain, and the red fruits from the West Mountain are the most sweet and sour, especially this season. ”

Chu Yaocen saw that she seemed to be talking to herself, so she nodded politely, indicating that she knew. But in Yao's opinion, this nod was a gesture of goodwill, so she hurriedly continued: "If the second young master likes it, I can let my family bring it over when I am free in the future." ”

As soon as Chu Yan'er heard this, she quipped: "Sister Yao, you are so partial, if I want to eat it, you won't bring it, and if the second brother likes to eat it, you can bring it, do you have any thoughts about my second brother?" Let me tell you, my second sister-in-law will never agree. ”

"Yan'er, what are you talking nonsense!" Yao's mind was exposed, and he quickly reached out and slapped Chu Yan'er, and then lowered his head shyly, not knowing how Chu Yaocen would feel.

In fact, Chu Yaocen didn't feel anything, he wasn't listening to these two people at all.

Xu Hu, who was not far away, smelled this smell and also walked over and said, "Your fruit looks like our hawthorn there, but it looks better than the hawthorn." ”

"This is a red fruit, more sour than hawthorn, Boss Xu also try it." Chu Yan'er greeted.

"Really? Sour than hawthorn, huh? Xu Hu tasted one, his teeth were really sour, he finally swallowed one, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's really sour, so it seems that only salt will taste better." ”

"If you count, it should be sugary, Boss Xu really deserves to be a salt seller, and he thinks about salt when he goes there." Chu Yan'er made a joke about Xu Hu, she was young and cute, everyone didn't care about her, and they all laughed along.

Yao watched from the sidelines, and also laughed dryly, feeling very uncomfortable. This should obviously be his own limelight, why did it come out to Chu Yan'er again?

Qingdi and Duanmu, who were not far away, heard them laughing, so they looked over, and Qingdi said, "I don't know what interesting things they talked about, let's go listen to them too." ”

Duanmu answered, and got up to go over with Qingdi. She took two steps first, and Qingdi followed.

But unexpectedly, when Qingdi passed by Yin Jixuan, Yin Jixuan suddenly whispered to her: "You entrusted me to get things done." ”