Chapter Thirty-Nine
Half a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and Gu Zheng has spent the most important first trimester of pregnancy peacefully, the child in her belly has been more than seven months, and she is about to give birth in less than three months. And it wasn't until Gu Zheng's child was pregnant for more than seven months that Gu Feng, who had been running a boat at sea, got the news and hurried back to visit Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng and Gu Feng were naturally very happy to reunite after a long absence, but since she was pregnant with a child Liang Jingxian did not let her go out, she could not go to the restaurant to set up a table for Gu Feng, so she could only invite Gu Feng to the house, so that the people in the kitchen bothered to pick up a table of good dishes, and the brother and sister sat around the table lively.
After Gu Feng and Liang Jingxian drank for three rounds, they inevitably wanted to ask about the situation of their little nephew, and their eyes subconsciously stopped on Gu Zheng's towering abdomen: "Is my little nephew obedient in your belly?" Did you kick you often? β
"Brother, you don't have to worry, my arms are still good, and the child won't trouble me," Gu Zheng said and glanced at Gu Feng with a smile, and said coquettishly: "This child hasn't been born yet, so you think he must be a kid?" And brought him such a bunch of foreign gadgets that the kid loves to play? β
Gu Feng laughed when he heard this: "It's not wrong, didn't Ziliang say that your baby must be a son?!" β
As soon as he mentioned this, Gu Zheng couldn't help but glare at Liang Jingxian: "You are like several elders in the family, you want a son so much?" What if I give birth to a 'girl'? β
"'Female' is better! I like 'female', it's best to be printed in the same mold as you," Liang Jingxian was afraid that Gu Zheng would misunderstand that he only liked his son and didn't like 'female', so he hurriedly explained in front of Gu Feng: "It's not that the doctor who gave you the pulse said that your pulse is as strong as a strong and powerful pulse, and nine times out of ten you will be a kid, I will tell the eldest brother like that." β
Gu Zheng knew that Liang Jingxian would not favor men over women, but he was just casually playing tricks with him to mobilize the atmosphere, and seeing Liang Jingxian assuring her in front of Gu Feng seriously, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Okay, okay, I know you won't favor men over women, I'll play with you!" β
After speaking, he didn't pay attention to it, and pulled Gu Feng to ask him carefully how he had been outside for most of the past half a year: "Brother, you have been out on the boat for more than half a year, what have you gained?" β
Gu Feng nodded with a smile, and replied confidently: "Well, after running a few places, my knowledge has become broader and broader, and people have matured a lot. β
"Alas, even if you have something to gain, you will definitely not take care of yourself when you are out alone," As soon as he talked about Gu Feng's diet and daily life, Gu Zheng naturally turned his words to Chengjia: "Brother, you should also start a family, you can't always live like this, there is no one to ask for warmth when you go homeβββ you tell me, what are your plans for your family affairs?" β
As soon as Gu Feng saw Gu Zheng mention the matter of getting married again, he immediately felt a very headache, and while he looked at Liang Jingxian and asked him to help solve the siege, he turned the topic away a little uncomfortably: "Let's not mention this matter first, okay?" In addition to coming back to see you, I want to put what I have learned to good use ......"
Liang Jingxian gave his brother-in-law a lot of face, and picked up the conversation at the right time: "Oh? Do you have any good ideas? β
When it comes to the business that will be carried out, Gu Feng is immediately ambitious: "I want to charter a boat to run by myself!" β
Gu Zheng was really distracted by the conversation between Gu Feng and Liang Jingxian: "Charter a boat to run by yourself?" It's going to cost a lot of money, right? Not to mention the money 'spent' on chartering a ship, how much money will be paid for this whole ship's cargo?! β
"It takes a lot of capital, so I want to find a few partners," Gu Feng said and explained his plan in detail, and then invited Gu Zheng to join the group: "Are you interested in joining the group?" β
Gu Feng wants to show his strength, Gu Zheng naturally wants to support it vigorously, and although there is a certain risk in this running boat, the profit is very considerableβββ there will be risks in doing big business, Gu Zheng will naturally not be afraid because of these factors, and Gu Zheng is very interested in those Nanyang things.
Therefore, Gu Zheng glanced at Liang Jingxian quietly, and when he saw Liang Jingxian looking at her with an encouraging face, he knew that Liang Jingxian would unconditionally support her decision, and generously supported Gu Feng: "I believe in my brother's vision and ability, Ziliang and I are willing to contribute money to participate in the shares, but I have to give me some time to calculate how much cash I can mobilize......
Gu Zheng's words made Gu Feng look happy and moved: "Sister, thank you for your willingness to support me!" β
"We are a family, what are we talking about?" Gu Zheng pretended to be displeased and glared at Gu Feng, and then had an idea to create an opportunity for him to meet with the county lord of Mingyue: "I guess Yueniang must have a lot of spare money on hand, why don't you go to her and ask her if she is interested in joining in the shares?" Everyone is a friend, and if you have money, you should earn it together, brother, are you right? β
Gu Zheng was a little uncomfortable when he mentioned Gu Feng, the lord of Mingyue County, and he didn't agree to Gu Zheng's proposal, so he only said vaguely and perfunctoryly: "Let's see if other people I know are interested, if you can't get together the money in the end, it's not too late to go to her at that time, she is a girl who has not left the cabinet to do business." β
"What's so bad about that? She's just giving out money, so why do you need to show her face? Gu Zheng saw that after Gu Feng went out for a run, he wanted to avoid the county lord of Mingyue more than before, and couldn't help but be secretly anxious for the two of them, so he had to give Gu Feng a fierce 'medicine': "Anyway, Yue Niang and I are good sisters, I will definitely write to tell her about it, and if she blames you for having a good thing and not thinking about her, you can just carry it yourself!" β
Gu Zheng's words immediately reminded Gu Feng of the appearance of the county lord of Mingyue glaring at him with apricot eyes and questioning him unrelentingly, and suddenly felt a headache: "Okay, okay, I will find an opportunity to invite her to join the shares, so you should rest assured, right?" β
Gu Zheng closed with a satisfied face and stopped mentioning the matter.
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After sending Gu Feng away, Gu Zheng and Liang Jingxian nested together on the soft couch to settle the account: "I calculated, except for those Zhuangzi, fields and shops that cannot be sold at will, I can only take out 10,000 taels of silver to help my brother." β
Liang Jingxian reminded Gu Zheng: "Isn't there still the 'private' house money I 'paid' to you?" Those silver tickets add up to about 20,000 taels, is 30,000 taels enough? β
Gu Zheng then remembered that after she and Liang Jingxian were honest with each other, Liang Jingxian 'handed over' all his savings over the years to her, and those savings were more than 20,000 taels of silver excluding the real estate of Zhuangzi and shops.
In fact, Gu Feng didn't mind how much Gu Zheng paid, it was she who wanted to share more for Gu Feng, so after she carefully calculated the accounts again, she decided to think of some more silver to come out: "Let's see how many people my brother can raise shares, if it is still not enough in the end, I will think of some silver to make up ......for it."
After a pause, he gently held Liang Jingxian's hand: "This is the first time my brother has proposed to do business on his own, and it can be regarded as the first step for him to build his own business, I want to help him more, so I am afraid that I will use a lot of silver, I ......"
Before Gu Zheng finished speaking, Liang Jingxian blocked her mouth with his 'lips', and gently lingered for a while before giving up, and gave Gu Zheng a reassuring pill disapprovingly: "I know that you are just an elder brother, and I have always treated him as a close relative, I don't care how much money you use to help him, you don't have to say these words to me." β
With Liang Jingxian's words, Gu Zheng no longer had any worries in his heart, and began to wholeheartedly help Gu Feng prepare for the boat, first let people 'expose' the news, so that people who are willing to take a piece of the pie take the initiative to find them......
Although some people who never thought of getting the news were a little envious of the Gu Zheng brothers and sisters, there were also many people who thought that running a boat was too risky and not worth taking a risk. After Mr. Cen's husband and wife learned that Gu Zheng's brothers and sisters were bold enough to run the boat, they were not optimistic, and Mrs. Luo also pretended to go to the 'door' and persuaded Gu Zheng: "Bend, Gu Feng wants to run the boat, you let him run by himself, why do you want to go to this troubled water?" Right now, it's the right thing for you to raise the baby well and start the branches for the Liang family as soon as possible! β
Gu Zheng and Mrs. Luo didn't have any 'friendship', so they didn't want to talk to her more: "This is a matter between me and my brother, I will definitely help him no matter what, and Ziliang also agrees with me doing this." β
"Anyway, I have already persuaded you, if you don't listen to my advice, don't go back to our Cen family to cry when the dowry is lost! It's useless for you to come back and cry, we don't have the money to subsidize you! This is Mrs. Luo's ultimate goal, she was afraid that Gu Zheng would lose her family and property because of running a boat, so she specially came to draw a line with her: "Don't blame me for not reminding youβββ no one is willing to join the gang until now, which means that many people are not optimistic about this business like me!" β
Mrs. Luo said what she had to say and left, and then several ladies of the Liang family also came to persuade Gu Zheng, but Gu Zheng politely rejected their advice and insisted on supporting Gu Feng to the end, so that those who persuaded her thought she was stupid and just waited to see her make jokes.
I didn't think that only two days later, an unexpected guest came to Liang Mansion to visit Gu Zheng, and when the spoon welcomed the person to the 'flower' hall, Gu Zheng believed that the messenger did not 'mistaken' the identity of the other partyβββ it was Cen Erniang, who was married to the capital and had not seen him for many years, to visit the 'door'.
Before Cen Erniang left the cabinet, Gu Zheng and her 'friendship' were not deep, so Cen Erniang's sudden visit to the 'door' surprised Gu Zheng, but Gu Zheng did not hate Cen Erniangβββ although Cen Erniang has always been tall and does not like to deal with people, but she does things brightly, she will only compete with people head-on, and never disdain to make people stumble behind her back.
Therefore, as soon as Cen Erniang entered the house, Gu Zheng greeted her warmly, smiled and led her to the soft couch to sit down, and waited for the maid to see the tea before talking to Cen Erniang: "I have long heard that the second sister has returned to her parents' house from the capital, but I now have a big belly, and the elders in the family do not allow me to go out, so I didn't go home to catch up with the second sister, and please don't be weird to ......the second sister."
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