The world is heavy and late

Chapter 264 Preaching
Concerned about the inconvenience of entering the palace, but actually did not want to enter the palace, Xia Qing found something else for himself to do.

I looked here and there, chatting with Uncle Wang who sells soup cakes today, and chatting with Mrs. Liu who sells shoe soles tomorrow, so uncomfortable.

Occasionally, I would go to Xu Qingfang for a stroll, but I ran into Cui Shu many times.

After Cui Shu went upstairs, Xia Qing asked, "Why does Master Cui come here so often?"

Fu Er sneezed and said: "Come to drink tea, last time I asked if we sell tea, and said that I will leave the capital soon, and I will never drink such good tea again."

Xia Qing rolled his eyes in his heart, what else can't the Cui family buy?She is just in charge of purchasing in the palace, and the aristocratic family enjoys it much more than the emperor.

So our Master Cui is afraid that the house is annoying, so come out to hide, right?
In fact, there have been rumors about this for a long time. The Cui family is not very satisfied with Cui Shu's release. It would be fine if it was just a Cui family member, but Cui Shu has carried the hopes of many people. Naturally, he wants to work hard. Go to a place where you can make great achievements, instead of going to Suzhou to waste time, it will take more than ten years to come back.

But Cui Shu was happy to go.

No, not only the second bedroom of the Cui family, but the whole Cui family was very lively.

Ignoring him any more, Xia Qing casually flipped through the ledger on the cabinet, and then said a little strangely: "Why do I feel like no one only buys pastries? Is my tea really that good?"

Fu Er glanced at the dark-faced Sister-in-Law Chen and said quietly: "No one buys our cakes, they all come here to drink tea, so we can buy some cakes by the way."

Xia Qing was a little strange. Although she was tired of eating these pastries, they were produced by the court anyway, so no one bought them?
She glanced at Sister-in-law Chen who was putting on pastries with a dark face, and asked in a low voice.

Fu Er's face was also a little angry, and he said: "There are people in the next street who sell similar products to ours, but much cheaper than ours. Many people think ours is expensive."

Xia Qing understood immediately, she said that she finally remembered something and forgot about it.

Fu Er next to him also said: "The little ones are afraid to speak recently. Sister-in-law Chen said that our people must have leaked the secret recipe, but the little ones really don't know, ma'am, you have to trust us."

Xia Qing sighed heavily, which startled Fu Er, and hurriedly grabbed Xia Qing's clothes, "Ma'am, it's really not me and Fu San, although we came here It’s late, but we brothers have no place to go, how dare we do such a thing.”

Wanting to state his grievances again, Xia Qing waved his hand directly and said, "Okay, it's not a secret recipe that I could have written down. You won't allow people to eat it twice?"

Fu Er breathed a sigh of relief, and finally took over the situation. If he didn't make it clear to his wife, Sister-in-law Chen's heavy scrutiny would almost crush him to death.

Xia Qing comforted the displeased Sister-in-law Chen, and Sister-in-law Chen's expression softened and she said, "I don't think I feel wronged, it's just like this, our things will be even harder to sell, ma'am, do we want to sell?" Tell the adults, we have to be careful when we are villains."

Looking at the bustling market outside, Xia Qing was silent for a while and said, "That's all, it doesn't have to be like this."

Sister-in-law Chen was in a hurry. She felt that Xia Qing had really stayed in the palace for a long time, and she didn't understand how much they had lost because of their extravagance.

Xia Qing patted Mrs. Chen reassuringly, picked up a piece of pastry and ate it, and said, "The price of sugar is high, and so are the pastries. Many people can't afford our pastries."

Xia Qing couldn't tell whether this kind of thing happened because of the needs of the public, or if someone in the middle wanted to make a fortune from it, but she knew that it was very difficult to stop this kind of thing.

She can ask Xu Zhong to overturn his stall today, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?
How can this kind of eternal problem be changed by one or two people.

Moreover, the most important thing is that she also took this recipe from someone else. She thought it was really invented by herself, and she could be so angry that she could do nothing about it.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Qing, who was already big-hearted, didn't bother with this matter anymore, and only told Sister-in-law Chen to make less snacks in the future, and she went home by herself.

When Xu Zhong came back at night, he saw a person from a distance on the Qingshi Street in front of his door, and there were stars in the sky here, it was May, and there were many stars in the sky.

Cheng Dalang parked the carriage at the door, glanced at his wife who was still looking at the stars, and the adult who had already got out of the car and looked at his wife, and left quietly.

The evening wind blew by, and Xia Qing's untied hair swayed with the wind. Xu Zhong thought, he seemed to have seen such a scene a few years ago, and it was the same in Jinghu, with a pair of eyes It is filled with bewilderment and loneliness, but it is also indescribably rigid, so hard that it seems to be broken when it is folded.

He stepped forward in two steps, lifted his vermilion official uniform, sat beside Xia Qing, and looked up at the galaxy.

"what happened?"

Xia Qing leaned her head on Xu Zhong's shoulder, without any ambiguous reverie, just a feeling of being dependent on each other.

"Elder-in-law, I don't seem to know what to do."

Xu Zhong listened quietly without speaking.

"I went to the shop today. The pastry may have lost money, but the tea made some money, but I thought I opened a pastry shop, and tea was a bonus. Who knows..."

Xia Qing's gloomy voice sounded, Xu Zhong probably understood what Xia Qing meant, but he didn't get anything in return for what he gave the most.

Xu Zhong didn't know how to persuade him for a while, and Xia Qing didn't need Xu Zhong's comfort.

She also thought about not being able to do business well, after all, she was not a big boss before.

It's just that I don't know what to do now. Even with Xu Zhong behind me, there are too few choices for women in this era. After thinking about it, Xia Qing didn't feel that he had any special skills. At best, he read a dozen more than others. Years of books, read a lot of things, know a little more words.

What else?

Xia Qing has never figured it out. When he was in the palace, he had to bite the bullet. Even if he was wrong, no one dared to say anything, because in essence, the imperial power was supreme, and Xia Qing had absolute autonomy.

But after leaving the palace, what Xia Qing has to face is the entire Great Jin Dynasty. As Xia Qing said, even if she can rely on the people around her to make her career flourish, she doesn't need Xu Zhong to make a move. There are also ways, but what about after winning?

Xia Qing suddenly felt exhausted because of this boundless world.

Xu Zhong suddenly said: "Xia Qing, why did you help the queen back then?"

Although Xia Qingli did not have the best option without Gu Weiyun, there must be a good option, such as Ji Ling.

But if Gu Weiyun didn't have Xia Qing, and without Xu Zhong who conspired with Xia Qing, maybe he had spent a long time in Gong Zhengsi, even in the future, Xia Qing would still go on the old road of rectifying the six divisions.

Gu Weiyun's appearance can also be reproduced in front of his eyes, so how many opportunities are left for Gu Weiyun?How many people around Gu Weiyun were left behind by Xia Qing?Almost all.

Qiao Huan, Xiang Cang, and even Aunt Qiu were invited back by Xia Qing himself.

Xia Qing said: "Because I hope that she will be the queen. She understands women's difficulties better than ordinary people, but the most commendable thing is that she understands and is willing to make changes. It is precisely because she is the queen that there is a real female officer. There are more than 700 women in the suburbs of Beijing who can eat a dignified meal, and there will be more women in the future who will have the possibility to straighten their backs in front of their fathers, brothers and husbands."

Xu Zhong was not surprised by Xia Qing's answer. He said, "Actually, it's still far away. There are tens of millions of women and children in this world. Just what you see is already difficult. What will happen in this world after the Queen's thousand years?"

"Didn't you always say that saving others is more important than saving yourself?"

Xia Qing understood Xu Zhong's words, but Xia Qing just shook his head and said with a wry smile: "How can I influence everyone."

Xu Zhong stroked Xia Qing's hair, and said softly, "Xia Qing, teacher, preaching and accepting karma to solve doubts. Who said that the Tao you teach cannot be the Tao in your heart."

Xu Zhong didn't doubt Xia Qing's ability to influence others at all. Aren't the people around her a good example?She seems to have an innate power to make people better.

(End of this chapter)