Chapter VIII: Identity Exposure

Chu Qingkui went back and moved directly with her sister-in-law and younger brother, and briefly told Chu Yunshi about the origin of this yard and the outgoing of the tea mountain, Chu Yunshi thought that since her sister had already decided, she wouldn't say anything.

When they went to the yard again, Le Zhengzhao and the others had already left, and the yard was also cleaned, and it took only half an hour for her to go back and forth, and the yard was completely new. Chu Qingkui knew in his heart that it must be the little young master who renovated the yard, and he didn't know how to thank him for a while.

"Sister, I found this jade pendant in the quilt when I was just cleaning up the mattress." Chu Yunshi handed over the jade pendant, and Chu Qingkui took it and saw that it was the jade pendant that the little young master took out that day.

The words inside are clear.

"It's ...... Well, I'll give it back to him if I have the chance. Chu Qingkui frowned and took the jade pendant into his arms.

Chu Yunshi hesitated for a moment and said, "Did my sister meet someone yesterday?" ”

Chu Qingkui thought about it for a while, and she didn't plan to hide some things from her sister-in-law: "Yes, I met a young master who was robbed by mountain bandits yesterday. Seeing that he was injured and cowardly, he stayed at home. This jade pendant is also his, not intentionally hiding it from his sister-in-law, but ......"

Chu Yunshi shook his head with a smile, and didn't let her finish her words of self-blame and guilt: "I know what you're worried about, it's a good thing to save people, and my sister-in-law won't blame you." My father-in-law and my father-in-law are both kind-hearted people, and you should be the same. Didn't let anyone see it? ”

Chu Yunshi reached out and stroked the broken hair on Chu Qingkui's forehead, she shook her head and said, "I have always been wearing my brother's old clothes, and no one should see me wearing a hat." ”

"That's good, you are a woman after all, you have to be careful everywhere so as not to provoke gossip."

Chu Qingkui's eyes were a little warm, and her sister-in-law's concern made her feel at ease like a mother's mother. Chu Qingmu took out a piece of silver and stuffed it into his sister-in-law's hand: "I plan to make tea on the mountain these days, and set up a tea stall outside the city in a few days." All matters at home have to be handed over to my sister-in-law, and my sister-in-law should buy more food and don't grieve herself and Xiaoci. ”

Chu Yun's family was still a little uneasy about taking so much money at once, Chu Qingkui didn't wait for her to refuse and continued: "I have a rough life with my father and brother, how do I know how to take care of Xiao Ci? And I don't like to talk to outsiders too much, I have to rely on my sister-in-law for these things. ”

"In this case, you can rest assured here, and it's time to make up for Xiao Ci." Chu Yun's pinching of the silver ingot in his hand became more and more confident, and it was a good thing that he could move it out. You don't have to look at other people's faces in everything, and you don't have to worry about the danger of playing with petty resignation.

Chu Qingci was also full of joy when he came to his new home, and finally he didn't have to worry about being scolded anymore. Obediently helped my sister and sister-in-law clean up the house, this yard is very big and there are many rooms, they don't have to squeeze in one room.

"Will you be afraid to sleep by yourself after quitting?" Chu Qingkui rubbed his younger brother's head lightly, and his younger brother shook his head and smiled with a smile: "No, Xiao Ci has grown up." ”

"Yes, Xiao Ci is already a big child." Chu Qingkui looked at his younger brother with a little manly appearance, and his heart was happy.

Le Zhengzhao had prepared a lot of things here, and the rice and noodles were also well prepared, and Chu Qingkui suddenly found that this time it seemed that she owed him.

At this time, the little prince was drinking outside with Xu Chen, and as soon as he came, he went into the place where Changyu City drank flower wine. Le Zhengzhao has a noble status, so naturally he will not be interested in the women here, but he likes such a lively place.

Until he was drunk and dragged back by Xu Chen, the name of Chu Qingkui was the most muttered in his mouth. Xu Chen smiled, this time the prince was afraid that he really remembered this Chu girl.

In the early morning of the next day, Chu Qingkui went to the mountain to collect tea. Xu Chen said that she could still pick the tea mountain, and she also had to earn money for her family, so she worked on the mountain for half a day, and went to Changyu City with a bamboo basket on her back in the afternoon.

I bought some cheap tables and chairs, hired a cart to prepare pots for making tea, and set up a simple tea stall on the side of the street.

Changyu City is the only way from Jinling to Suzhou, there are a lot of merchant convoys coming and going, two wen a cup of tea and ten yuan a pot are also very cheap, and many people come to drink tea on the first day.

Some even wanted to sit down and rest, Chu Qingkui didn't care how long he sat and didn't pick up people, she brought tea to her, even the guards guarding the door under the city would come to ask for a cup or two of tea.

Chu Qingkui felt that on such a day, it would be better if there was no war, so that their family could be reunited.

"Little Er, let's have a pot of tea." A pleasant voice sounded, Chu Qingkui brought a pot of tea over, the man was dressed neatly, no matter how he looked like a person drinking tea on the side of the road, it looked more like a noble young master of someone's family.

The man raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Qingkui, and said with a smile in his eyes, "It's a girl, it's rude." ”

Chu Qingkui nodded slightly and didn't speak, and it was a shame that there were no guests at this time. Although the national customs are open, there are still few women who show up to do business, especially those who set up stalls on the street alone.

"Girl, do you know which direction Suzhou should go?" The handsome young man was very polite, and Chu Qingkui responded lightly: "Changyu City goes out to the north and continues to ask." ”

The young man was amused by Chu Qingkui's answer, but he also noticed that the girl didn't seem to like words, so he drank tea silently.

Chu Qingkui continued to boil tea, and not far away, Le Zhengzhao ran over in a red robe.

"I heard that you are setting up a stall here, so I will come over to cheer on you, don't you get in the way?" Le Zhengzhao smiled with his eyebrows, and looked at it to ask what Chu Qingkui meant, but he sat down and stared at the teapot in a daze.

Chu Qingkui was a little helpless, wiped the table and said, "It's okay." ”

"Where's my tea? What about tea? I've got money with me today. After Le Zhengzhao finished speaking, the guard behind him took out a silver ingot, Chu Qingkui frowned and didn't answer: "I'm afraid you can't get used to drinking this tea." ”

The little prince glared at the guards and asked the guards to collect the money, poured out a dozen copper plates from the purse around his waist, and landed on the table with a clanging bell: "I ran a long way, and there is no other place to drink tea in this place." ”

Chu Qingkui couldn't help laughing because of his actions, turned his head and brought him a pot of tea: "Oh, here you go." ”

The copper plate Chu Qingkui did not politely pick it up one by one, and the little prince didn't care about the tea and helped hand the money to her first: "Why don't you go to the city to sell tea?" ”

Le Zhengzhao also knew a lot of words, thinking that the yard and rice noodles at home were also rare, and she sat down and drank tea: "This place is wide. ”

The little prince took a sip of tea, and his wrinkled face was twisted together: "Hiss...... Bitter. ”

Chu Qingkui chuckled lightly and said, "It's too late to collect the tea before the rain, and this tea after the rain is naturally bitter." ”

Le Zhengzhao was stunned at first, but he didn't expect her to laugh. As soon as he heard what she said, he immediately lowered his head and continued to drink the tea, he knew that if he didn't take care of himself, she would definitely not have time to collect the tea before the rain, and he knew that the little prince didn't dare to raise his head.

The guards on the side looked anxious, Chu Qingkui got up and took another cup and handed it over: "This little brother also drinks some?" ”

The guard shook his head violently, and the little prince raised his head and glared: "Let you drink it." ”

The guard couldn't help it, so he sat next to the little prince in fear, fidgeting and sipping the teacup.

"By the way, your jade pendant." Chu Qingkui took out the jade pendant and returned it, and the young man at the table next to him was stunned for a moment when he saw the jade pendant, and said softly: "Lord Junzhao......"

The voice was not small, Chu Qingkui just heard a pause in his heart, and Le Zhengzhao's body suddenly tensed and cautiously peeked at her expression.

Where would Chu Qingkui not know about Prince Junzhao? The most valuable person in the world, except for the new emperor, is this prince. In his previous life, he heard a lot about this prince's affairs, and my cousin didn't think much about settling with this prince, and even spent money like running water, which led to the fact that the eldest aunt squeezed their family.

Le Zhengzhao glared at the young man next to him dissatisfied, put down the teacup and explained a little anxiously: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, I was just afraid, afraid of scaring you." ”

Chu Qingkui raised her eyebrows and snorted, she really believed that his name was Le Zhao, but she forgot that there was only one word between Le Zhao and Le Zhengzhao.

Seeing that she stopped talking, the little prince felt a little uneasy. The guards on the side saw that it was even more secretly bad, and it was even more like sitting on pins and needles at this time.

"That...... Are you angry? Le Zhengzhao asked hesitantly, Chu Qingkui shook his head: "What am I angry about?" ”

Le Zhengzhao, who was choked on a word, didn't know what to say, so he could only silently put away the jade pendant and drank tea at a loss. He didn't know why, he was obviously the prince, but he couldn't raise his momentum in front of her, he was even more fierce than the royal brother.

Chu Qingkui was more of an accident at this time, she never thought that she would save a prince. Suddenly, I figured out why he was so pampered and held the posture of a young master...... This is much more noble than the young master of a small family.

Thinking that he had provoked a prince, Chu Qingkui felt even more troublesome in his heart. She didn't think much about her father and brother's expedition, every family recruited strong men equally, and her father also said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. She didn't want to force this fault on Le Zhengzhao's head, but now that she looked at Le Zhengzhao, her mind was more complicated.

Looking at the posture of this little prince, I can't figure out his thoughts, if he accidentally offends, won't it affect his father and brother?

After thinking about it, Chu Qingkui felt that it was better to draw a clear line: "How much did you buy that yard?" ”

"Huh?" Before Le Zhengzhao could react, he heard Chu Qingkui repeat it again and then muttered: "The left is only a few dozen taels of silver, and it doesn't cost much." ”

"When I save enough money to pay you back, I will buy the yard." It's all here, how could Chu Qingkui not know about his relationship with Xu Chen? The price of badger skins is just right, and that's it. It's just that she knows the business of this tea mountain and the yard.

Le Zhengzhao was suddenly unhappy, and retorted: "That yard was bought by Xu Chen, and the tea mountain is also Xu Chen's, it's none of my business." ”

"Really?" Chu Qingkui asked lightly, and the guards on the side almost bit their tongues - this is the first woman to speak in such a cold tone in front of the prince, it is really unusual.

The little prince lost his momentum, and looked at Chu Qingkui with a flat mouth and grievances: "How can you say that you also saved my life, Xiao Wang, my money is not worth the dozens of taels of silver?" ”

Chu Qingkui didn't reply, silently boiling tea, and at the same time, when he saw the guests, he also whispered to Le Zhengzhao to shut up and drink tea.

The poor little prince sat there like a little daughter-in-law drinking tea that he didn't like to drink, and this scene was fully watched by the young man at the next table. He didn't expect to meet Prince Junzhao here, and he didn't expect that there would be a savior of the prince.

The boy's original idea of going to Suzhou was also dispelled, and he glanced at the direction of Changyu City and decided to settle down here first!