Two more in one

……

I wonder if he will occasionally remember that he inadvertently saved a dying little woman under the horse's hooves many years ago?

Perhaps, he had forgotten about it a long time ago, right?

For him, it may just be an embellishment in life.

But he didn't know that it was the only warmth in her life where she had trembled and walked on thin ice.

She can't forget!

Even though many years have passed, even if he knows that he is high, he doesn't care about her Weibo return at all, even if he knows that they are different from each other, it is rare for them to meet again in this life.

However, she still has a glimmer of hope.

I can't wait to say thank you to him in person one day.

“…… It's just a poetry club, no matter how gorgeous it is, it's just a façade, is it that important? Xia Zhu muttered disdainfully.

Why is it bad to have three thousand taels of silver, to go to that place and show your eyes?

It's really full!

has experienced too many hardships over the years, although he is not as downish as Zhao Qing, who is a person in two lives, but Xia Zhu has already shed a flashy vanity.

"Of course it's important!"

Suddenly robbed of his favorite toy, Xiao Er stared at Xia Zhu as if he was eating people.

"You don't know, our eldest lady is both talented and beautiful, especially a guqin playing, it's a pity that she was born in a businessman, and the inn is so dilapidated, she is almost sixteen years old, and she doesn't have a ...... of her in-laws" shook his head, "Our shopkeeper said, I don't want her to marry into the capital like a lady from a scholarly family, and fly on the branches to be a phoenix." I just want her to marry a scholar with a solid family background...... If my uncle can get a half-official position in the future, they will have enough in this life. ”

Spend such a big price. Trying to participate in the begging banquet is just to catch the third grandmother what she often says...... Golden beetle son-in-law?

In other words, is this a joint poetry meeting or a blind date meeting?

Xia Zhu blinked and turned his head to look at Zhao Qing amusedly.

I don't know when, Zhao Bingxun, who was ordered to go to Xu's mansion, has returned.

He was standing respectfully beside Zhao Qing and lowered his voice and replied. "The people of the Xu Mansion said that President Xu went to the prefect's yamen and asked you to visit another day."

Zhao Qing frowned slightly.

Zhao Bingxun said again: "Even the peaches are confiscated." The minion suspected that President Xu was deliberately hiding......" There was concern in his voice.

The influence of the Min family in Shizhou Mansion is even greater than they imagined!

This time, their sweet peaches are really going to rot in Shizhou Mansion.

Thinking of the fear of the people when they mentioned the Min family along the way. Zhao Bingxun looked at Zhao Qing uneasily.

Zhao Qing sat without saying a word.

Dozens of breaths. only to raise his head.

Greeting Xia Zhu took a pen and ink, copied two copies of the names of several famous second-level fruit merchants in Shizhou Mansion that he had learned from Miao Hanqing before, and handed them to Zhao Bingxun and Zhao Jun, "...... Pick a batch of the best peaches and try them out door-to-door by these names. ”

In any case, she had to try how much influence the Min family had in Shizhou Mansion.

Where is his bottom line?

*****

Min Mansion, Second Master Min was listening to Manager Wang's reply.

“…… Looking for President Xu and the fruit store to sell, she is quite smart. He gracefully picked up the sweet white porcelain teacup.

"You want to compete with us for the market?" Mr. Wang snorted coldly, "Second master, don't worry." When she touches her nose and swollen face, she will obediently turn back. Kneel and please! ”

Taking a sip of tea slowly, Second Master Min smiled coldly.

*****

And Zhao Jun and Zhao Bingxun are also talking to Zhao Qing about the situation in the morning.

“…… Except for Hao Wanyuan, the big shopkeeper of Guangshun, who enthusiastically invited the minions into the inner room, the other shopkeepers didn't even pour tea, so they let the minions stand in front of the counter and wait for them to find the owner! ”

Both legs were numb.

Thinking of what happened this morning, Zhao Jun was ashamed and angry with a hint of frustration.

Doing fruit business in Shizhou has offended the Min family, and they can't move an inch!

It's really a leak in the house and even rainy.

Thinking that he had waited all morning, and Cui'er, who said that she would come to repay the silver, did not show up at all, Zhao Qing's heart was gloomy.

After listening to the reports of the two people, they simply let them go back to the house to rest, and stood alone in front of the window looking at the bustling crowd on the street, not knowing what to think.

Before the time came, Miao Hanqing and his wife came back dejectedly.

“…… Look at the posture is indeed a distinguished guest in the capital, more than 30 red lanterns were hung out at the door of the Qiushui Bang Pavilion, pasted a big red couplet, and an archway was erected for the first time, which is more magnificent than the New Year, and now a blue invitation has risen to 5,000 taels, and the golden invitation has risen to 10,000 taels! ”

While hammering her somewhat numb legs, Mrs. Miao chattered endlessly with Zhao Qing.

“…… I just don't know how many nobles have come, how many people will be selected this time? As he spoke, he shook his head frustratedly, "No matter how many places there are, there is no share of my Jinyao." ”

Mrs. Miao is in her thirties, with a round face, her appearance is not particularly beautiful, but she is very attractive, and her expression is particularly exaggerated, giving people a very honest feeling.

Zhao Qing was amused by her appearance.

“…… It's a good thing you didn't get the invitation, otherwise I would have felt sorry for you. She teased, "What's wrong with five thousand taels of silver, to make a dowry for our daughter, to ensure the scenery of being able to marry, why bother to marry into the capital and leave your hometown...... I was angry at my mother-in-law's house, and there was no one to support me! ”

It seems that he didn't expect Zhao Qing, a person with such a gentle appearance, to say something so fierce.

Mrs. Miao was stunned.

Then she laughed and slapped her face.

"That's it, I didn't want to open it, what should I do with five thousand taels of silver, I have to buy that invitation?" His expression darkened again, "Actually, I don't have that much silver at all. ”

"Even if you have silver, once you don't get any color at the eldest lady's poetry meeting, you have to die even more?"

Everyone has this kind of heart.

When you can't get it, you hope that the thing is not good, and Zhao Qing's words really hit Mrs. Miao's heart.

The depression was swept away, and Mrs. Miao chattered with Zhao Qing in full swing.

I was so bitter and happy by her. Zhao Qing's gloomy mood was also soothed a lot.

It was okay to stay at the inn, Mrs. Miao simply greeted Mrs. Sun from the teahouse next door and Grandma Ma Si from the rouge shop, and played the leaf card.

I don't like to gamble. I am not familiar with a few people, and I am worried that they will see their peaches making money and partnering with their own silver, but it is not interesting to play without a colorful head, so Zhao Qing simply suggested that whoever loses should stick a note on his face.

I've never played like this, and the three of them are very curious and a little indistracted.

But after seeing that Zhao Qing, who was as elegant as a princess, lost, she generously asked Brother Fu to paste a note on her forehead. How funny and funny is it to look...... Everyone simply let go.

Hearing bursts of laughter coming from the private room, the haze above the heads of Zhao Bingxun and the others was also swept away.

can have such a good time, their master must be confident!

The sky is falling. With his third grandmother on top, they just have to follow the third grandmother to eat and drink spicy food.

Simply also gathered those dart masters, handlebar momentum, a few people at a table to play in full swing, for a while, along the way to the inn lively like a pot.

When Cui'er brought someone in. Just see this face.

I saw the whole first floor. Notes flew all over the sky, and in the meantime, there were a few men with big shoulders and round waists on the table, whose faces were blue and purple, pointing at each other and laughing......

When Fu Ge'er, who was temporarily the second little again, was led into Zhao Qing's private room, and saw the four people with red faces and red ears who were fighting for a card with various notes on their faces, Cui'er was completely stupid.

"You...... You ......"

What do you guys do here?

Halfway through the words, I saw that Mrs. Miao, who had turned her face when she heard the voice, had a small note on her forehead that had been drawn by Brother Fu, and the words "I cheated" were written crookedly...... How funny it looks, how funny it is, Cui'er pointed at them. I couldn't help but be reserved anymore, clutching my stomach and giggling.

Everyone giggled and laughed at each other, and they teased each other about who lost a few handfuls. Who was caught on the spot, and so on, Zhao Qing took off the note on his face and ordered Xia Zhu to serve tea.

Seeing that Cui'er was dressed well, knowing that her identity must be extraordinary, Mrs. Xu and Grandma Ma Si didn't dare to stay longer, the two exchanged a few words, and then got up to say goodbye.

Mrs. Miao also took advantage of sending them downstairs.

Only Zhao Qing and Cui'er were left in the room, and what did they want to say, but Cui'er looked at Zhao Qing and giggled as soon as she opened her mouth.

Thinking of the appearance of the four of them as if they were crazy just now, Zhao Qing also laughed.

It's the first time she's played so well since she was reborn.

"Just the third grandmother, can you come up with this attention......" Hearing Zhao Qing tell the reason, Cui'er covered her sleeves and smiled, and her laughter suddenly paused, "What's going on with those people downstairs?" ”

Small bets are pleasant, and it doesn't hurt for women to play these small games.

How can those rough men play with this?

"This is also the idea of our third grandmother!" Xia Zhu pursed his lips and smiled, "The third grandmother said that gambling hurts feelings, and cheats people, and nine out of ten bets lose, the winner wants to win more, and the loser is even more trying to make money, and there is no silver in his hand, so he will ponder those crooked ways, the third grandmother is afraid that they will lose the idea of beating the master, so they are strictly forbidden to gamble along the way...... Today, I also saw the three grandmothers playing, everyone was really itchy, and the three grandmothers stipulated that they were only allowed to stick stickers, or draw faces, and were not allowed to gamble silver. ”

Painting a flower face?

Cui'er remembered the scene of those flower-faced men and everyone playing happily as soon as she entered the inn, and looked at Zhao Qing's eyes shining.

"I really don't know how the third grandmother's brain grows, and you can come up with this idea!" As she spoke, Cui'er changed the topic, "My master once took over a ******** case...... It was the dart master hired by the deceased who lost the money in a foreign casino, and was threatened by the people in the casino, forced him to cooperate with the outside world, robbed the employer's goods and silver, and killed all the two brothers of the employer who were carrying the goods in the car...... If the pair of brothers could also use the method of the third grandmother to restrain their subordinates, why would they lead to the disaster of killing their heads? ”

Can this also be associated with each other?

Zhao Qing was sweating profusely.

This is what she thought, it was her colleagues in her previous life who often played like this.

She coughed and changed the subject with a smile, "...... Cui'er's master is also a member of officialdom? ”

"Yes."

Cui'er smiled and nodded, as if she didn't want to say more, she got up and opened the box carried by her mother-in-law behind her, revealing a box full of silver ingots glittering fifty taels and one ingots.

"The two carriages of peaches have a total of 16,000 catties, 250 wen per catty, a total of 4,000 taels, and the three grandmothers are a little bit, right?"

Two hundred and fifty wen?

Zhao Qing was stunned.

"Didn't you say okay, eighty wen?" According to the contract price between her and the Min family.

The green onion jade finger gently stroked the cold silver ingot, Zhao Qing was silent for a moment, raised his head and ordered Xia Zhu, "Take out one thousand two hundred taels." He turned to look at Cui'er again, "...... Take the rest back with you! ”

Doing business is about integrity, and how much is said.

Cui'er was stunned.

"This silver is a begging feast!" Immediately, she giggled again: "An invitation card is only a few thousand taels, and that's not enough!" Pushing Xia Zhu, who was instructed by Zhao Qing to step forward and count the silver, "Don't divide it, my wife is willing to give it, you just have to take it!" ”

Xia Zhu's body didn't move, and he turned his head to look at Zhao Qing.

"Oh, no matter how low the price is, it can't fall into my wife's pocket, but it is rumored by the Begonia Society that such a low price will affect your business."

Why can't it be left behind?

If they sell 80 wen by themselves, they can completely claim 250 wen to the outside world, and the extra price difference will be quietly put in their pockets, and if they don't say it, no one knows.

This kind of thing was not uncommon in previous lives, and there was a special term called "kickback".

His lips moved, Zhao Qing wanted to hint, and then thought that the other party was a person in the officialdom after all, and he was a little imprecise in doing this matter, and he didn't know what the temperament of that lady who saw the head and did not see the end of the dragon, and whether Cui'er was her henchman?

All of the above, but I am not too reckless.

"Madame has a heart, then I will be disrespectful." She swallowed the words that had reached her tongue and responded cheerfully.

Seeing that she didn't continue to embarrass herself, Cui'er breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Qing asked again, "Who is Cui'er's master, can you show me?" ”

"This ......"

Cui'er had a look of embarrassment on her face.

Not only Zhao Qing was confused, but to put it in her heart, she was also confused.

I don't know what my wife has to do with the legendary woman with a great reputation in front of me, what is the relationship between the two?

said that she was a friend, but Mrs. strictly forbade herself to tell the third grandmother her identity, fearing that once the third grandmother heard her name, she would immediately turn her face and run away.

But if it's an enemy, Madame is sparing no effort to help her, which makes Cui'er more and more confused?

Elsewhere, since Madame didn't let her say, she turned around and left, with her identity, who would dare to say anything?

However, she is in awe of this third grandmother from the bottom of her heart.

Although Zhao Qing spoke softly and smiled calmly, somehow, when she faced her, she suddenly had a kind of coercion that was stronger than facing the master, so that she didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

"Let Madame tell you all of this herself."

After hesitating for a few breaths, she spoke a little helplessly.

"Madame originally wanted to come to see you last night, but in the past two days, because of the constant guests in the begging banquet, I can't get out at all, and I have to grieve the third grandmother to stay in Shizhou for two more days, and as soon as the begging banquet is over, Madame will come to see you in person!" (To be continued.) )