Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2288 Sure enough, there is something 4.0

Song Qiyun stayed in the main hall to accompany Ying Wu and did not disturb Shen Haolin and Shen Cha. He even personally sent them to the door, waved at them, and told them to take a good look around and not to worry about them.

Only after Shen Haolin and Shen Cha went around a big tree in the yard and went to the back did Song Qiyun breathe a sigh of relief and walk back.

"Your Highness, you are too flattering." Ying Wu glanced at Song Qiyun, "Control that expression on your face and be more careful."

"Really?" Song Qiyun touched his face. "Is it too much? Is it obvious?"

"It's too obvious. Even the dullest person can feel the impatience." Ying Wu rolled his eyes, snorted twice, and continued, "Your Highness, this is your first time on this street, too. Why don't you go and take a look?"

"There's nothing to see. Sister Xiaocha has some feelings about this place, but I don't. If it weren't for my aunt and uncle wanting to revamp these streets, I would have destroyed this place and there's no need to preserve it at all."

"Now this place is basically ruined. Why do you think the eldest sister never comes here? Is it really like what she and the Duke said, that she has been busy with government affairs all these years and has no time to take care of this place? No matter how busy she is, she still has time to take a walk around. She has time to drink tea in the teahouse and go to the horse farm to see the ponies, so doesn't she have time to come here?"

"It's just an excuse, I understand that. To be honest, I heard from the old craftsman in charge of the construction of this place in our Shen Family Military Li, that after knowing that Sister Xiaocha and Xiaojiu were actually the lost daughter and son of the Duke's Mansion, everyone on this street, except for the old lady next door, came to take credit, saying that they had helped them or something." Song Qiyun sneered, "Everyone said something exaggerated, saying everything, not to mention that my aunt and uncle couldn't stand it, even the people in the camp couldn't stand it."

"But there is nothing we can do. They did help the boss and the young master to a certain extent, and they did deal with those two people in secret. We can only repay them. There is no other way." Ying Wu glanced at Song Qiyun who was squatting beside him, "But the old Duke and the Duke's wife are not pushovers. When we signed the shop contract with them, it was already written that these shops would be rent-free for 30 years, as a favor for their help to the boss and the young master. Other than that, there can be no more."

"They agreed?"

"Thirty years, it can be passed down to two generations. If you manage it well, you can continue for a long time. Even if you don't know how to do business, you can still be a landlord, rent out the shop, and make money without doing anything. Why not do it?"

"But people are greedy and will never give up. Some people have tasted the sweetness and I'm afraid they won't stop so easily."

"That's true. In the early years, there were indeed such fearless people who came to blackmail the Duke's Mansion. The old Duke was no pushover. And the Duke, who was still the Crown Prince at the time, dealt with them very easily." Ying Wu glanced at Song Qiyun, "You have no recollection of this at all?"

"No." Song Qiyun shook his head. "At that time, we were always in the camp, training during the day and having teachers to teach us at night. We were so busy every day that we had no time to pay attention to the situation outside." He sighed softly and said, "By the way, I have always wanted to ask, where is the grandma next door? I remember there was no news about her."

"She passed away." Ying Wu sighed. "A few days after the eldest and young master came back, the grandmother passed away. She didn't have any children, so it was the Duke's Mansion that buried her. Before she passed away, the grandmother knew where the eldest and young master ended up, and she was so happy."

“This is a good man.”

"Yes, this is a good person." Ying Wu handed a newly dug brick to Song Qiyun, "Put it over there, don't trip over it." Seeing Song Qiyun put the brick away and squatted back beside him, he couldn't help but smile and said, "I'll be here for a while, don't you feel bored?"

"Let's talk and chat, what's so boring about that?" Song Qiyun rolled his eyes, "If I follow them, I might get serious internal injuries. These two people were trying to cover up before, but now they don't hide from people at all."

"No internal injuries, just a little more eye rolling." Ying Wu smiled, but he didn't stop working, digging there with a grunt, and said as he dug, "They both shouldered too much. Before they got together, they were always worried about this and that. Now that they can put all that aside and be together, we should be happy." "Their worries are self-inflicted. A marriage contract is more useful than any words, right? The two of them are affectionate and righteous, and they have a marriage contract. They are simply a match made in heaven."

"That's what His Highness said."

Song Qiyun looked around, picked up the small shovel next to him, and helped pry the bluestone bricks.

"Your Highness?"

"I think you might not be able to dig out all these pieces even if you work until dawn. Let me help you!"

"Okay, thank you for your help, Your Highness."

The two were scraping floor tiles in the main hall, while Shen Haolin took Shen Cha's hand and walked slowly to the backyard.

Shen Cha used the lantern in his hand to shine around, couldn't help but chuckle, and shook his head helplessly.

"What are you laughing at?"

"Xiao Yun also said that the front yard was bare. If he came to the backyard, he would know what it meant to be bare. Look here, except for these few lonely small houses, there is nothing else. If Xiao Yun saw this, he might go crazy."

"This is what my parents meant. We were destined not to live here, nor to let anyone else live here, so there was no need to bother repairing it. Besides, the border was at war at the time, so we didn't have the energy to repair these things, so fortunately they were left there. Later, when we had the energy and money, we didn't even think about repairing them." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, "This is probably the same reason why you never walk around this street."

"Brother, please don't criticize me in a roundabout way. I understand." Shen Cha snorted twice and rolled his eyes at Shen Haolin to express his dissatisfaction. "But what father and mother said is that there is really no need to repair the yard. Keeping it is just a thought."

Shen Haolin reached out and rubbed Shen Cha's head. He didn't say anything, just smiled and took her to continue strolling.

"I didn't think this street was so wide before!" Shen Cha looked around, "Is this because it merges with the other two streets?"

"That should be the case. I'm not sure. After all, this place is going to be turned into a shopping street, so the more spacious the better."

Shen Cha nodded and wanted to say something, but before she could speak, she sneezed more than ten times in a row. Shen Haolin was so frightened that he quickly took a handkerchief and gave it to her.

"Let's go back. It's cold and windy at night. Let's not hang around outside. If you still want to take a look, it won't be too late to come back tomorrow morning."