Lin Xia gave Wu Chen all the authority to build a villa, Wu Chen sent someone to the mountains near the outskirts of the capital to see if there was a suitable hot spring eye suitable for building a villa, just looking for a hot spring eye may have to look for a while, after finding it, he also had to personally survey the terrain, and then consider where to sit, and how to plan on the mountain, etc., is a big project.

Wu Chen has something to do, not staying at home all day to paint, this day is in a hurry, but his face is full of smiles; Wu Xu was relieved to see his second brother like this, but he also had a different feeling in his heart.

Looking at Yalinju's account book in the study, it will be Yalinju's food festival event soon, and there will definitely be another wave of heat at that time, and the silver will be doubled.

It can be seen that Wu Xu's painted sword eyebrows are furrowed, and he doesn't know and thinks that there is something wrong with the account book.

Wu Xu's maid Yuzhu walked in with a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup, "Young master, it's been a long time to read the account book, the kitchen has made a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup for you, why don't you rest for a while." ”

After waiting for a long time and not waiting for Wu Xu's consent, Yuzhu cautiously called again, "Young Master? ”

At this time, Wu Xu reacted and raised his head from the account book, "What's the matter?" Seeing the tray in her hand, she said bluntly, "I don't need it, take it out." With that, he buried his head in the ledger.

Yuzhu put the white fungus lotus seed soup on the small table next to the desk, so as not to touch the piles of ledgers on the desk, and said with concern: "Young Master, do you have something on your mind?" Look at you. ”

"I'm fine, go down." After speaking, Wu Xu hurriedly added, "Don't say anything to your mother that worries her." ”

Although Agarwood, Shisu, Dongling, and Yuzhu, who have been serving by their side since childhood, have a good relationship with them, and they also trust these sisters, as long as they have any problems and their emotions are not right, the sisters will report to Lin Xia without exception, making her worried.

Yuzhu sighed slightly and said, "Since the eldest young master said not to let Madame worry, but if Madame saw your state just now, how could Madame not be worried?" ”

Wu Xu once again put down the account book that he hadn't read in his head, and there was a faint worry between his eyebrows, "Yuzhu, if I tell you what I am worried about, can you keep it secret and not tell my mother?" ”

Yuzhu smiled slightly, "The eldest young master should know that I was sent by my wife to take care of you, and if you don't want me to tell me, I will naturally keep it secret for the eldest young master." ”

Wu Xu nodded lightly, and slowly expressed the sorrow in his heart, "You say, should I come up with a plan like my second brother?" My father and mother were very interested in the second brother's villa plan, praised him, praised him for finally growing up, and I was naturally happy for the second brother, after all, he finally cared about business, but I ......"

"The eldest young master, you must know that the lord and the lady treat the eldest young master, the second young master and the third young master equally, you and the second young master have taken over the family's business, and your performance Mrs. has always seen it, and she has already let you manage Yalinju, isn't this Madame's trust in you?"

Wu Xu nodded, he naturally knew these things, but the overall operation of Yalinju was quite mature, from the deployment and promotion of personnel to the arrangement of activities in Yalinju, there were very detailed plans and plans, and he basically didn't have to worry about it, but he always felt that there was something missing.

In fact, paper mills and glass factories are almost the same, basically don't worry, so Wu Chen can be like a shopkeeper, occasionally go to Hulu Valley to take a stroll to see the situation, on weekdays, just look at the account book and report to his mother.

"Young Master, you have to believe that the lord and the lady love you at all times." Yuzhu said sincerely, "We have been following the old lady for a long time, although I was transferred from Yalinju later, but the care and concern of the old man and the lady for you is no one can compare, this point, the eldest young master can rest assured." ”

"I see." As he spoke, he got up and tidied up his robe, "I don't look at the ledger, I want to walk in the garden alone." ”

Yuzhu saw his back, sighed slightly and said, "The eldest young master walks slowly." ”

The slightly westerly slanting June sun cruelly stayed in mid-air, sprinkling the scorching heat, and every stone, every sandy meadow, seemed to be gasping. The scenery in the garden is beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, the trees are verdant, the strange rocks are craggy, and the garden of Wufu is also one of the famous beauties in the capital city.

Strolling under the willow tree next to the lotus pond, sitting on the stone chair casually, beckoning the maid to serve refreshments, the weather is still hot, and you will sweat profusely after walking for a while.

Seeing the lotus leaves in the lotus pond green, there are dewdrops sparkling in the sun, lotus flowers blooming in a thousand forms, and the air is filled with a faint fragrance of flowers. It's a pity that the weather is hot, and I can't see any fish swimming on the pond, so I hide under the lotus leaves to enjoy the coolness.

Suddenly, Wu Xu took a look at it and found that there was something strange about the lotus pond, usually he saw that the water in the pond was pale green, but today he saw that the pool seemed to be a little black, as if there was something at the bottom of the pool.

suddenly remembered that Li Yu's sister Li Xin was rescued after accidentally falling into the lotus pond that day, and kept shouting that there was a black hole at the bottom of the lotus pond...... Is there really a black hole at the bottom of this lotus pond?

"Big brother, what are you doing outside in such heat?" Wu Yun was enjoying a bowl of ice cream happily, and happened to see his eldest brother sitting under the willow tree, so he ran to say hello to him.

Seeing that it was the third brother, Wu Xu withdrew his gaze and turned to look at him, "Why did you run out, aren't you still in class?" ”

Wu Yun has also reached the age of going to school, but Lei Biao and Lin Xia did not think about letting them go to the official career, mainly because Yalinju's business is too big, if they are officials, it is inevitable that there will be something wrong, so they only invited the master to teach at home, and only required them to have a little ink in their stomachs and be able to read and write.

"Hehe, the master said that I did my homework well, so he allowed me to rest for a while, at this time the master was staring at my sister, my sister is learning too slowly, and the master said that I should tutor her." Wu Yun said with a smile, he and his sister Wu Xi were in class together, obviously they were in class together, the same progress, but his sister's learning speed was not a little slower than him, and the master was worried to death, so he had to patiently leave her to teach slowly.

Wu Xu shook his head slightly and said, "You, it's normal for Xi'er to learn slowly, and you can teach her when you have time as an elder brother." ”

Wu Xi has been slow to learn since she was a child, when Wu Yun learns to walk, she can only climb, when Wu Yun learns to run, she can only walk, this progress is really worse than her brothers, but the brothers don't like her because of this, anyway, they like it tightly, especially Wu Xi grows up more and more, and the more he looks smart, if he grows up, he must be a beauty.

"Of course I do." If he hadn't taught, he would have been beaten by his father and mother by his two elder brothers, and he would definitely have to be taught. Instead, he said, "Big brother, what are you doing here when it's so hot, why don't you go into the house to enjoy the cool?" ”

"Third brother, eldest brother asks you something."

Wu Yun nodded, scooped a spoonful of ice cream into his mouth, and looked at him with watery eyes.

"When you and Miss Li fell into the lotus pond that day, did you see a black hole at the bottom of the lotus pond?" Wu Xu still cares about the words of the 'black hole'.

Wu Yun twisted his eyebrows, "Huh? How could I see any black holes, I was rescued as soon as I fell into the lotus pond, but Sister Li was rescued a little slower than me. ”

Speaking of the events of that day, Wu Yun suddenly remembered something, and continued: "It's strange to come back, I obviously fell into the lotus pond before Sister Li, but the next person rescued me first, and then saved Sister Li." At first, I thought it was the subordinates who saw that I had fallen and saved me first, but I later asked someone, and said that two subordinates jumped off the lotus pond at the same time to save me and Sister Li, because Sister Li floated to the center of the pool after a while, and the subordinates wasted a little more time swimming over. ”

"And such a thing?" Wu Xu felt more and more that the black hole that Li Xin said that day was very likely to be true.

Wu Yun shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know, fortunately, Sister Li and I are fine, and the black hole remarks are probably because Sister Li was scared." ”

Wu Xu nodded slightly, "You, isn't it because of the third brother what lotus seeds are you going to eat that Miss Li fell into the lotus pond?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Yun shrunk his shoulders and said, "I know it's wrong...... What's that, big brother, I still have to go to class, I'll go first...... "Hurry up, or you'll talk about me again!"

Knowing what he was thinking, Wu Xu didn't bother to pester him anymore, and directly let him go, "Go ahead." ”

Seeing him hurriedly run away, Wu Xu just shook his head helplessly. Turning his head to look at the lotus pond, it seemed that the faint black color had disappeared.

……

Wu Chen's mountain villa plan got off to a good start.

There is a low mountain in the suburbs about half an hour away from the capital, and there is a steaming natural hot spring in the col halfway up the mountainside, the pool water is milky yellow, and the hot spring water is also filled with a strange smell, thinking that the hot spring water is poisonous, which is no wonder why no one has built a Zhuangzi on this mountain.

After Wu Chen told Lin Xia about this poisonous hot spring, Lin Xia only felt strange, hot springs are generally naturally formed, how can they be poisonous?

Lei Biao and Lin Xia went to the mountain to take a look, and Lin Xia was speechless after they arrived, in fact, this smell is sulfur, but the ancient people didn't know what sulfur was, and they smelled a strange smell and thought that the spring water was poisonous.

Lin Xia explained the matter of this sulfur hot spring to Wu Chen, although Wu Chen didn't understand what sulfur was, thinking that his mother would not pit him, so he found the official government in charge of this area and bought this mountain called Jieshan for eight hundred taels of silver.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chen began to plan for the boundary mountain, which was a big project, so it had to be planned in advance, and then the workers were hired to be responsible for a local area, and it was carried out at the same time to save time.