Chapter 54: Rainy Day
The door was pushed open with a squeak, and Lu Lan asked the maid to bring in the hot water and towels and put them away, and when she saw that Xia Zhi had woken up, she said with a smile, [Xia Solstice girl, you are awake, please wash and change your clothes, Young Master Huan is eating breakfast downstairs. 】
Xia Zhi leaned out of his body with his hands on the bed and asked, [Lu Lan, why did we stay overnight in Baihuanyuan again? 】
Lu Lan replied suspiciously, [Didn't you make a fuss about the girl and said that the bamboo garden was too far away and you wanted to stay here for one night? Young Master Huan brought you here. 】
[Huh? ] The summer solstice supports the forehead, and the dare is still made by himself. Drinking is really wrong, what kind of personality can run out to say such willful words. [That Young Master Huan, he didn't say anything? ] 】
[Said.] Young Master Huan said let me take good care of you, and if there is anything, I will tell him and go back to the room. Midori Lan thought about it for a moment and said.
[Oh.] It seems that things are simple and don't need to be analyzed, too, when her sweetheart came to Chen's house, how could Chen Huan do anything strange to her at such a time. Xia Solstice knocked on his head and knocked out all the unrealistic fantasies.
In the living room downstairs, Chen Huan was really enjoying breakfast beautifully. Xia Zhi sat down opposite Chen Huan unceremoniously, glanced at the breakfast on the table, and was quite appetizing for the crystal clear shrimp dumplings, pointing and asking, [Do you eat this? If you don't eat, I'll do it for you. 】
[Well, you can eat as much as you want.] Chen Huan agreed, [You can also sleep, what time does it take to get up. 】
[On a rainy day, your mother shouldn't come over again, so you can sleep peacefully. Xia Zhi replied casually, only when he said it felt wrong, and looked at Chen Huan with a weak heart to apologize, [I'm sorry, I said it wrong. 】
[Well, pay attention to not being open-mouthed in the future, be careful that the wall has ears and has been beaten again. 】
Oh, I see. ] Summer Solstice pouted, picked up the shrimp dumplings and put them in the mouth, which was really tender and delicious. [By the way, thank you last night for sending me back.] But the Buddha should be sent to the west, in case your mother knows that I have spent the night in your Baihuan Garden again, maybe you want to cut me. 】
Chen Huan glanced at her and said, "You ask Lu Lan to see what she says. I don't know who coquettishly said that he couldn't go back to Zhuyuan. And...... You're too heavy, and my hands are sore, so I just put it down. 】
Xia Zhi just picked up the third shrimp dumpling and just put it to his mouth, he was not happy to hear this, and he paused for a second or stuffed it into his mouth. Her problem is not just her weight, one more, not too much, one less.
The two of them had a conversation without actual content, and breakfast was eaten in such a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. Xia Zhi had actually been holding back and wanted to ask Chen Huan about the connection between Diancui hairpin and Tao Qianqian, but he couldn't find the right time for a while, so he couldn't ask. Xia Zhi is not good at multi-line thinking, as long as there is one thing that is backlogged in her heart, she can't turn her mind away from paying attention to other things if she doesn't solve it every day, so now she can be said to be scratching her heart with a hundred claws, and she is a little uneasy.
Chen Huan didn't notice Xia Zhi's inner struggle, so he asked his subordinates to prepare rain gear for travel, probably going out to run errands. I instructed Xia Solstice, [Since it is inconvenient to move around on a rainy day, it is okay to stay in Baihuanyuan temporarily. It's not too late to wait for the rain to stop and then go back to the bamboo garden. 】
Where are you going? Xia Zhi hurriedly asked, since the timing is not right here, then it is okay to take the initiative to find the opportunity.
Chen Huan raised his eyebrows, Xia Zhi didn't care so much about his whereabouts before, why did he take the initiative to ask now. Is it boring in the room for a long time? Thinking about it, he has been in the Chen family for so long, and he has never had the opportunity to take Xia Zhi out, so it's no wonder that she made this move. Thinking so, Chen Huan said, "I'll go to the brewery and have a look. The batch of rice purchased in Tongzhen last time has been preliminarily hulled, and the next step should be carried out today......] Halfway through, I was probably afraid that the summer solstice would not sound interesting, so I didn't continue.
[Then can I also go along?] Xia Zhi looked full of interest, and his bright eyes looked at Chen Huan expectantly.
[Oh, yes.] Chen Huan didn't expect Xia Zhi to volunteer, but it should be fresh, and there is no problem in taking her out for a spin.
The Chen family's brewery is a newly built workshop, which is not large-scale, and there are only five or six labor. It turns out that the Chen family's business is mainly focused on the transfer of goods, and some time ago they had a whim to say that they wanted to make wine, and they wanted to make a different wine, and then use the existing business advantages of the Chen family to make a sign. The Tao family has a family recipe to make a well-known pottery wine, and if they Chen Jiaruo can also develop a good recipe, not to mention the benefits of this generation, they can also shade the future generations.
As the eldest son of the Chen family, Chen Heng took over a stable business that was on track, and as long as he followed the steps, he could ensure stable operation and benefit. And Chen Huan spent more than two years traveling around to make friends, and his mind was not on the family business. Master Chen was afraid that he would be ambitious, so he summoned him back with a letter, so that he could also start to contact the Chen family's business, and in the future, he could assist Chen Heng well, and the two brothers would jointly manage the industry that guarded the Chen family.
However, Chen Huan didn't care about it, the work assigned to him would be completed, but he wouldn't be willing to do it any more. Chen Heng has no opinion on this, he only regards the family business as his own responsibility, Chen Huan, as long as he is happy. In this winemaking workshop, Chen Huan automatically asked Ying to follow up. This development of new wine, of course, is happy to see if it succeeds, and if it can't be done, it will not be forced by heaven, and it will not affect the foundation of the Chen family at all, so you can let it go.
Chen Heng, as always, was fully supportive, relaxed his control over Chen Huan's funds, and the required conditions should be met. It feels like a rich older brother who spoils his wayward brother infinitely, squandering his daughter to make him go to a new project with unknown profits and losses. Seeing this, Master Chen and Mrs. Chen had no choice but to acquiesce in this arrangement, after all, the Chen family belonged to these two brothers in the future, and it was time for them to gradually get out of their control.
In this way, Chen Huan unloaded all his burdens and just focused on the brewing workshop. Now that the raw materials are ready, it's time to start brewing.
Xia Zhi changed into clothes and shoes suitable for rainy days, held an oil-paper umbrella and followed Chen Huan to the winemaking workshop. The workshop is located two streets away from the Chen family's residence, which was originally a brewing workshop, and the original owner sold Chen Huan and took the opportunity to buy it and continue to use it. The carriage swayed all the way, Chen Huan and Xia Zhi shared one, and Lu Lan and the others sat in the back.
Finally had a confined space to be alone, Xia Zhi couldn't hold back the power of the gossip heart, and thought about opening, [I said, isn't the Tao family a winemaking family? Why don't you learn from them? 】
[You have heard that your peers are enemies, this matter is too sensitive and you don't want to mention it. Chen Huan laughed,
[This is sensitive, so what if I ask more sensitive questions?] Xia Zhi said tentatively, staring at Chen Huan to see what his attitude was, if he wasn't too repulsive, he could get straight to the point.
Chen Huan and Xia Zhi looked at each other for a while, sighed, and said, [It's okay to ask if you want to, ten taels of silver is a question. 】