People are pampered and pampered as officials, but they haven't seen each other for more than half a year, Lu Seventeen is a lot darker than before, but his body is stronger than before, he is not the lazy and leisurely young man when they first met, he is a little more calm between his eyebrows, and he also sees the demeanor after the years of sinking in his gestures, and when he sees Banniang entering the house, he only smiles and says: "Eighth sister, you are here." ”

Banniang stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile: "I've seen Brother Seventeen." Always alright? ”

Lu Qiqi nodded.

Zeng Budo said: "Shan'er, you can talk with your seventeenth brother, after all, I don't understand what you said about business, Daddy, I sit down, but it hinders you from talking." The rain also stopped, and I went out for a walk. ”

Lu Qiqi got up busily: "Father-in-law, you go slowly." ”

Zeng Budo turned around and said: "I will stay at home to eat at night, if the fourth and fifth children and Zijing know that you are back, they will definitely look for you to talk." Your mother-in-law also instructed the maid to go to Zijing's courtyard and told the fourth daughter-in-law that you were back. In the evening, your brothers and sisters also have a good narrative. ”

Lu Qiqi responded with a smile. When Zeng Bu was out of the house and far away, he sat down with Banniang and said to Banniang with a bitter face: "Just now my father-in-law urged us to get married earlier, what do you think?" ”

When it comes to this matter, Banniang is also a little worried, although she has Lu Seventeen to cover, she has been at ease for a few years, but this is not a long-term solution, no, now the marriage of the two of them is on the agenda?

It's better for the two to play small, and both families see it, and now they want to quit their relatives, but they can't find an excuse.

"What else can I do? You can help me figure out something to put it off. ”

Lu Qiqi shook his head and said, "I'm okay to use the excuse of being busy with business for a few days now, but I can't delay it a few times." You're sixteen now, and even if I don't come back, can't my family send you to Beijing to marry me? Besides, aren't you planning to enter Beijing to fight the world? ”

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain," Banniang sighed, "I can't think of a good way now." ”

Lu Qiqi was silent and said with a smile: "It's really not good, you can marry me." ”

Banniang glanced at him: "Then raise your eyebrows, respect each other like guests, and then sleep in the same bed every day?" Do you find that interesting? Brother Seventeen, where your heart is, you and I both know it. I don't want to live like that, and you don't want to. ”

Lu Qiqi smiled and reached out and touched his nose, his serious appearance was gone, he leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and sighed: "That's what I said, life is too helpless, and you can't even call yourself a person who wants to accompany you for a lifetime." ”

As he spoke, he took out two letters from his arms and threw them in front of Banniang: "Yao, someone asked me to bring it to you." ”

Banniang's heart immediately beat twice, but she picked it up from the table and put it in her sleeve. Smiled and asked Lu Qiqi: "It's a letter from Di Gongzi and King Yijun, right?" They... Are you okay? ”

Lu Qiqi nodded, a pair of lazy beautiful eyes, but staring at the expression on Banniang's face, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything, so he turned around, came to Banniang, and said in a low voice: "King Yijun got married last year, and the princess of the county who married him is the daughter of the Liu family in Hedong, the daughter of a real famous family, I heard that she has both beauty and talent, and the husband and wife also get along very beautifully." As for Di Yong, because he went out with his husband the year before last, he also made some military achievements, and now he has also been promoted, General Di Da has also been promoted to privy envoy, and the position is the deacon, Di Erlang was born in such a court, and Di Erlang looks handsome, and now he is a pretty man who everyone wants to marry among the nobles in Beijing. ”

After a pause, Lu Qiqi said again: "I heard that the Holy Lord wants to marry the Lord of Qinghe to him." ”

Banniang held down the churning in her heart, as well as the sourness that surged up, raised her eyebrows, and asked with a casual smile: "Brother Seventeen told me this, why?" ”

Lu Qiqi stared at her, put away the lazy attitude in his eyebrows, and said, "What I want to say is that there is nothing in this world where you can fall from the sky if you don't do anything, just wait." You and I are not the ones waiting for pie to fall from the sky. You say you know where my heart is, but don't I know yours? If you like it, go for it. ”

How to fight for it?

He is the son of Zaizhi, the proud son of the son of heaven who everyone in Beijing is vying to marry, and the favorite young talent of the saint.

She is just an ordinary daughter of a declining family in Jiangnan, talking about her family background, and she can't fight with others. In terms of appearance, most of the women in this world are more beautiful than her. The female worker Deshu, she is even more unreliable. What qualifications does she have to fight for?

What's more, Di Yong wrote some letters to her, but the letters were just ordinary greetings.

Banniang smiled.

"I heard that the county lord of Qinghe is beautiful and incomparable, if this family business is really successful, the male talent and the woman's appearance are a match made in heaven. If the saint really gave marriage, the seventeenth brother will help me to give a blessing to the second prince of Di on my behalf. ”

Lu Qiqi frowned when he heard this. Fu smiled and nodded, "Why do I want to help you talk?" If you bless it with all your heart, say it yourself. ”

As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and got up: "I'll go and see Gorou and they." ”

Banniang knew that he was annoyed that he was so incompetent, but there were some things that he really didn't want to fight for, so he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Seventeen, you haven't told me about the things I asked you to inquire about." ”

Lu Qichang sighed, turned around and sat down, and said: "I'm too busy with official business, and I often go out on errands, and I don't have much time in Beijing, so I just took the time to help you understand, the furniture business must be able to do, I often go to the palace of King Yijun, and the Di family has also been in and out a few times, the layout of their two mansions, although I dare not say that no one can compare in Beijing, but it must also be first-class, if you only talk about furniture, if I don't praise you, it is indeed incomparable with those you designed." Therefore, if your shop can be opened in the capital, there is no need to worry about business. It's just that those who can run a business in Beijing have some backstage, and I, who have no power or power, you definitely can't count on it, and I can't help you. But it's not like your business can't be done. King Yijun respects the second brother very much, you are the sister of the second brother, and the second brother is the proud protégé of Ouyang Gong, and your father-in-law, Lord Cai, is the ruler of the two mansions, and he can't be easily offended. Even if they don't help you, and only secretly announce this relationship, who can risk competing with you if they don't have any real strength? It's just that the water in Beijing is deep, and although there are these dependents, you have to be cautious in everything. ”

These are all expected by Banniang, and she also thought about the pros and cons clearly, so she asked Lu Seventeen to understand.

I heard Lu Qiqi continue: "As for where the shop is opened, if you want me to say, in a location like Xiangguo Temple, you don't have to think about it, it is feasible to find a few shops in a slightly more remote area, and the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of Hong Kong." Beijing Chinese will prevail, when the time comes, find a way to change your furniture in the most famous tea houses, you are not afraid of not being famous. In addition, there are a lot of nobles in Beijing who will marry, they are the actual buyers of furniture, if you can enter a certain door home, your furniture will not worry about no one to buy. Business, you know better than me, in a word. This business can be done. ”

"Okay, I have it in my heart, thank you Brother Seventeen."

"You and I don't have to say thank you. I will return to the capital in a few days, if you really want to enter the capital market, why don't you go to the capital with me this time to investigate the market in person. If you go with me, I will take care of you all the way, and my father-in-law and mother-in-law will be more at ease. ”

Banniang thought about it, Bianjing City was the most prosperous city in the Great Song Dynasty, even if it wasn't for business, she wanted to see it. And hearing is false, seeing is believing, she should really go and see for herself, so that she can know in her heart.

Then he said: "Okay, I'll discuss it with my father when I go back, it just so happens that you have nearly ten days left to go, right?" In the past few days, I have also explained the matter here. ”

Thinking of entering Beijing, she also had a little expectation in her heart. Then I felt that the two letters I had in my sleeve were heavy.

But I was a little confused.

Lu Seventeen is external, but her fiancé, Yijun Wang Chai Nineteen, asked him to bring a letter to him, but it's okay to say, how could Ah Yong's letter also trust him?

Then he asked: "Seventeenth brother, why did King Yijun and Second Prince Di entrust you to send me a letter?" ”

Lu Qiqi glanced at her, only smiled and walked out of the house: "I'll go to find Gorou and talk to them." ”

Seeing that he didn't answer, Banniang couldn't help it, and wanted to go back to the house to read the letter, so she went by Lu Seventeen, and went out of the door of the study herself, planning to go back to her house.

went out, and Xiao Fu, who was guarding under the porch, hurriedly blessed his body: "Miss Eight wants to go back to the courtyard?" ”

As he spoke, he held up his umbrella.

There was only a drizzle outside.

Banniang shook her head and said to Xiaofu: "I don't need you to send it, this rain is nothing, I really want to go alone." ”

Xiaofu didn't know what the future Eighth Aunt and Eighth Miss said, but when she saw that there seemed to be sadness on her face, she didn't dare to say more. only handed the umbrella to Banniang: "Then Miss Ba is still holding the umbrella, it's a little cold this day, don't get sick in the rain." ”

Banniang took it, held the umbrella, and slowly returned to the house alone.

Because of the late arrival of winter in the south of the Yangtze River, although it is the end of autumn, the flowers and trees in the courtyard are still green and lush, and after the rain, they are more and more clear and compelling. Looking at it makes people feel comfortable and happy. It is said that autumn is bleak, but the autumn in the south of the Yangtze River is cool and pleasant.

When I returned to the hospital, I saw the third lady An Shi out of the door of the main house with the support of the maid Qiubai. Banniang hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Is the third aunt going to the main courtyard?" ”

An Shi smiled and nodded: "I slept in the afternoon, and I sat in the house for a long time, and I was also bored, so I went to find your mother and talk to your fifth aunt for a while." ”

Banniang and Qiu Bai helped An Shi out of the hospital, and then turned back to the house.

For a moment the whole courtyard was silent, except for the rain on the eaves falling on the ground, making a sound like music.

Banniang took out the letterhead from her sleeve, picked out Chai Nineteen's letter, tore open the envelope, and unfolded the letterhead, the purpose of which was the familiar Chai Nineteen, who looked upright and handsome, but secretly revealed the vigorous and vigorous font.

The letter said that he had been married, and heard Lu Qiqi say that she might enter Beijing, hoping that after she entered Beijing, she would be a guest at the palace of the prince of his county, and said that the princess of the county had a virtuous personality and would definitely become friends with her.

Banniang finished reading it with a smile, folded the letter, and looked at another letter, distracted.