Summer is here as scheduled.

Xiao Yue listened to the louder and louder cicadas in the backyard, and her heart was numb.

She hasn't seen Yuan Chenhao for almost a month, maybe it's because the newlywed Yan'er doesn't have time to take care of her, maybe it's because of the recent major changes in the ministry, and she has no time to take care of.

Anyway, he just asked Wen Youyou to bring a message, hoping that Xiaoyue would put the British Money Bank up and running as soon as possible. When necessary, the household officials would be asked to borrow money from the money bank on behalf of the imperial court to solve the problem of insufficient funds in the treasury due to the need to purchase salt mountains and iron ore for the salt and iron monopoly.

In fact, these things are completely manual work for Xiaoyue, she only needs to write down what she knows and teach Hu Changqi and them.

However, Satsuki's main concern is that "On the Dao", a book closely related to her original world, came to this world.

During this time, Satsuki is not without nothing to do. She is busy with the expansion of Jiang Shangyue Restaurant, busy guiding the operation of Qianzhuang, especially Qianzhuang, many rules and regulations are drawn up by herself, including how to calculate interest, certificate anti-counterfeiting and personnel training, etc., she is all hands-on.

Every night, after returning to Yingyue Xuan, she didn't feel full of achievements because she had been busy all day, but felt empty in her heart.

Halfway through the writing of the reserve requirement system, Satsuki really couldn't stand the cicada chirping, which made her brain swell.

So she called Butler Huang and asked him to go to the market to buy bamboo poles to catch cicadas, and prepare to make the back garden clean and clean.

After Steward Huang left, Xiaoyue slowly walked on the path in the back garden, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that two or three lotus flowers had bloomed in the pond, but unfortunately the color was too light, she didn't like it, so she didn't often come to enjoy the flowers. The carp in the pond grows very slowly, and it is still so small that a few swim around for more than half a month.

This reminded her of the letter that Xiao Lantuo brought to her a few days ago, I remember that the letter said that after returning to Qingshan, Xiao Qi grew up very fast, and now she eats a lot, and she can run around casually, and she likes to pull Xiao Lan to ask when she can see her father.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yue sighed softly, she was going to owe this child after all.

Hiding in the shade of a tree, Xiao Yue felt that she had waited like this for almost a month without seeing Yuan Chenhao, wasting her time, and she should think of another way.

At this time, Steward Huang came back panting with a bamboo pole with a gauze net.

"Childe, can you look at this?"

Xiao Yue looked at it and said hesitantly: "I don't understand this either, why don't you try to take advantage of it." ”

"Okay, then I'll try. ”

Xiao Yue stood aside and watched Steward Huang stick to the summer cicadas, but after a while, she really caught a few, but then the cicadas stopped.

"These cicadas are also smart, so be it today, and come back tomorrow. Xiao Yue looked at the bamboo pole tied with the cicada trapping net, and suddenly remembered someone.

This kind of tool is very simple, but it is very practical, I remember the last time in Luodai Town, Mr. Cao taught her this anti-slip tool.

Xiao Yue suddenly had a flash of inspiration, since she couldn't ask Yuan Chenhao about it, she could go to Mr. Cao, he was so knowledgeable. She remembered that Wen Youyou also said last time that Mr. Cao also studied "On the Dao", so she could always ask him for some clues.

Thinking of this, the dark clouds on Xiao Yue's head dispersed a large area.

She immediately called Yun Yan, and the two went to the street to buy some gifts, then went to inquire about Cao Lao's residence, and finally went to Bailan Book House to buy some fine paper, and did not go home until the sun went down.

At dinner in the evening, Xiao Yue instructed Lao Chen to prepare the carriage, and then pack all the gifts he bought that day, and wait for the next day to visit Mr. Cao.

On the second day, Xiaoyue got up early in the morning, and Lao Chen was already waiting for her at the front door, and the car was full of all kinds of gifts she bought yesterday.

Due to the long distance, it is estimated that she will not be able to return to the city in one day, and there are a lot of things at home, so she did not take Yun Yan with her and went alone.

After a long time of turbulence, Xiaoyue searched for another half a day, and finally found Cao Laoxian's residence in Nanshan.

At this time, it is the time of sunset, and the mountains of the nearby Nanshan Mountain are dressed in the color of sunset, and the white clouds on the horizon are also dyed with bright red afterglow.

Xiao Yue went to the town to inquire that Mr. Cao's residence was far away from the town where people gathered, and it was in an inaccessible hill, passing through a dense forest, then passing through a wooden bridge that happened to pass through a carriage, and finally through a verdant and quiet bamboo forest, you could see several grass huts in the depths of the bamboo forest, which was Mr. Cao's residence.

And Xiao Yue came this time and didn't pay her respects in advance, so when she was about to cross the wooden bridge, she was still a little nervous in her heart, worried that she would run in vain.

At this time, she saw a carriage slowly driving out of the depths of the bamboo forest in front of her, she was shocked, thinking that Mr. Cao was going to go out, so she quickly asked Lao Chen to stop and get out of the carriage to see what was going on.

After Xiao Yue got out of the car, she saw that the carriage on the opposite side had reached the other end of the wooden bridge. The carriage was not luxurious in terms of decoration, but the horse looked imposing.

The horseman on the opposite side was a sturdy man in his forties, and when he saw Satsuki and them stop and make their debut, he nodded gratefully to them, and then drove across the bridge with full attention.

When the carriage passed through the wooden bridge, it made a creaking sound, which made Satsuki a little worried about the quality of the wooden bridge, but in the end, the two carriages passed smoothly.

When the carriage passed by Xiaoyue, she suddenly had a feeling that the person in the carriage should not be Mr. Cao.

At this moment, the curtain of the carriage suddenly opened, and a dignified and beautiful face was revealed.

This face was familiar and unfamiliar, her eyes were staring at Xiao Yue with bright eyes, Xiao Yue's eyes did not evade, and she also looked at her.

Although the woman looked well-maintained, it could be seen from her neck lines and eye wrinkles that the woman was at least in her thirties.

The carriage slowly drove away, and the woman's eyes kept following Satsuki.

Xiao Yue frowned, she felt that this woman should not have seen it herself, why did she think she was so familiar, and she couldn't think of a reason after thinking about it for a long time.

"Childe, get in the car, it's time for us to go. Lao Chen saw that it was not early, and urged Xiaoyue.

"Okay. Satsuki withdrew her inquiring gaze and was about to get into the car.

At this time, the carriage stopped not far ahead.

The woman in the car slowly got out of the carriage, and then walked over to Xiaoyue with all manners.

Xiao Yue was stunned for a while, not knowing whether to get in the car and leave, or stop in place and wait for her to slowly walk towards her.

At this moment, the woman asked in a majestic voice, "Who are you?"

This voice was really out of place with her appearance, so that Xiao Yue forgot how to reply at the moment.

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