Colorful

Chapter 57 Happy Together (3)
To make Mrs. Huang have such a change, Ji Cheng can only think about it because it has something to do with Shen Yu. Brother Hong is a little enthusiastic about him today, and I am afraid it made her think too much.But when the old lady asked her to play the flute, Huang's face changed, and I don't know what it has to do with it.

Ji Cheng quietly gave Yu Qian'er a few words, asking her to inquire about it.Yu Qian'er found out after just a few turns. Almost everyone knew that Grandma Zhou was good at playing the flute.

Ji Cheng frowned when he heard the news that Yu Qian'er had returned from inquiring. Was the old lady trying to test herself?If it were someone else, he might become frivolous, thinking that the old lady liked her and let her play the flute, but Ji Cheng could see clearly that if the old lady really had that kind of heart, then the flute would be given to him without delay, but She didn't mean that. On the contrary, she might be hinting to herself, don't think about what you shouldn't think about, even if you give it to you, you have to return it.

Ji Cheng rubbed his forehead, she had no intention of admiring Shen Yu in the first place, even if she had thought about it, but Madam Huang's attitude had already dispelled Ji Cheng's thoughts.Ji Cheng sighed, it seemed that she had to hide from Brother Hong more thoroughly. She originally thought the little man was cute, so she got closer to him, but it made others think too much.

Ji Cheng was worrying about Brother Hong, and Mrs. Huang was also a little bit worried.She didn't understand what the old lady meant, and the old lady mentioned it more than once in front of her, as long as the family background is clean to marry a daughter-in-law, the important thing is that she has a good appearance, and the juniors like it, this is the key to harmony between husband and wife, a harmonious family and everything .

Although Mrs. Huang agrees with the old lady's point of view, she can't be a merchant like the Ji family!Just look at Ji Lan. If Shen Yu marries Ji Cheng, he will be dragged down for the rest of his life.Even if it's a poor scholar's daughter, as long as Shen Yu is willing to marry, she will not object, but merchants can't.

Mrs. Huang and the old lady have been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for many years, and they have always been very congenial, so she didn't go around with the old lady, and asked while sending the old lady back to the house for a rest: "Old ancestor, will you give the jasper flute today?" What's the girl from the Ji family planning?"

The old lady glanced at Mrs. Huang, smiled and said, "I won't interfere in A Yu's marriage."

Huang smirked, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can get along well, usually because the grandma turns a blind eye, she is also anxious and confused.

"Mother, I didn't mean that, I..."

The old lady waved her hand. Children and grandchildren have their own interests to consider. She is an old woman who has half of her body buried in the ground, so she will definitely not be annoying.

"I just saw Brother Hong getting close to Ji's niece, and you suddenly gave her the jasper flute, so I misunderstood." Mrs. Huang said bluntly, the old lady doesn't like others to play tricks on her. Over the years, I've figured out the trick.

Sure enough, the old lady looked a little better after hearing her words: "Didn't I not give her the jasper flute?"

Mrs. Huang didn't answer.

The old lady sighed: "I saw Brother Hong getting close to her, so I tried it out, for fear that there might be something behind it that we don't know."

Although the old lady said it very euphemistically, Mrs. Huang already understood, shook her head and said: "No, A Yu has nothing to do with her. Don't you know A Yu's temperament? He has always had little interest in girls. " But Huang turned around and said, "Ji's niece's daughter is indeed very beautiful. She came to the capital to get married. I was also afraid that she would be too high-spirited. If she did something frivolous, she would not be happy. Well, it hurt everyone's reputation."

The old lady frowned. Parents like this always feel that their children are not wrong, and those who are wrong are other people's children.

In fact, the old lady was testing Ji Cheng, so she was not testing Shen Yu.Ji Cheng's reaction was magnanimous, one could tell from the sound of her flute, but Shen Yu's eyes were lost, it was as if he deliberately didn't look at Ji Cheng.The old lady is alive now, how many times did Shen Yu pretend to casually look at Ji Cheng during the banquet?She sees it all.

The old lady didn't speak and listened to Huang's continued: "Mother, I think of it, there is a side branch of my natal family who is a promising young man, he is a scholar, and he will take the provincial examination next year. Unlimited, that is, the family is a little poor and was brought up by a widowed mother since childhood, if the Ji family's niece and daughter marry over, it will just be able to help them."

The old lady said indifferently: "With Ah Cheng's appearance, and the Ji family is rich and wealthy, marrying your side nephew may not be able to protect her." If it wasn't like this, why would Ji Cheng travel all the way to the capital? Could it be that there are no promising scholars in Jindi?

Sensing the old lady's displeasure, Huang changed her mind and said, "What about the youngest son of the Duke of Jin?"

Although Duke Jin sounds like a Duke's mansion, it looks similar to Duke Qi's mansion of the Shen family on the surface, but inwardly it is far from it.The Duke of Jin's Feng family has long been in decline, and his descendants have failed to live up to expectations. They have been prodigal sons for several generations, and even the sacrifice fields are almost sold. , Shengsheng was beaten to death by him.

The old lady is very disgusted with Huang's mentality that her child is a treasure and other people's children are made of cheap mud: "Second daughter-in-law, if we really want to be a matchmaker, we should find a reliable one. If we don't, why bother?" Going to harm another girl will add a crime?"

The old lady's words were a bit harsh, Huang's face was a little embarrassed, she lowered her head and said: "Mother said it."

The old lady sighed again: "I know what you think, I see that Ah Cheng is not such a frivolous person. If you are really worried, then persuade Ah Yu to nod and make someone."

Huang's concern was exposed by the old lady at once, and she was so embarrassed that she could only cover it up with a smile.She was indeed worried that Ji Cheng would seduce Shen Yu, so she hurriedly wanted to match him up, but she couldn't look down on Ji Cheng from the bottom of her heart, and the two families she mentioned were inappropriate, especially the latter one. It's just ulterior motives.

However, although Ji Cheng has no heart for Shen Yu, Lu Yuan does. Huang is her aunt and has always loved her, so Lu Yuan has a lot less scruples than Ji Cheng.

When they met in the school the next day, Lu Yuan pulled Ji Cheng aside and asked, "Sister Cheng, why does Brother Hong like you so much? I teased him several times, but he didn't like me."

This made Ji Cheng ask, she couldn't say that she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and went out to meet Brother Hong, fooling him into being a goblin, right?
Ji Cheng looked at Lu Yuan and smiled knowingly.

Lu Yuan blushed from Ji Cheng's smile, but she didn't back down, probably because she had stayed in the frontier for a long time. She, a lady from a famous family, was straightforward and didn't make too much twitching. Lu Yuan pushed Ji Cheng: "Cheng Sister, just tell me."

Ji Cheng didn't know what kind of house Mrs. Huang planned to find for Shen Yu, but she felt that Lu Yuan was very suitable for Shen Yu.Shen Yu has a cold face all day long, but Lu Yuan has a warm and lively temperament, and she is straightforward. Even if she has her own son in the future, she will definitely not embarrass Brother Hong.

Ji Cheng's friendship with Lu Yuan is not bad, she is very happy to see Lu Yuan and Shen Yu get married, and they will get closer as relatives in the future.

So Ji Cheng didn't hide his secrets. Although he couldn't tell about the incident of wandering around in the middle of the night, he could still remind Lu Yuan: "Brother Hong has lost his mother since he was a child, and he can't remember the appearance of his biological mother, so he misses her very much. Last time On the anniversary of his birth mother's death, when I met him in the garden, he was hiding in a tree and crying alone, so I blew on the leaves for a while to comfort him, probably because of this, he got closer to me."

Lu Yuan nodded, "Oh".

Ji Cheng grabbed Lu Yuan again and said, "I think Brother Hong cares about his biological mother very much, and he is very afraid that someone else will take his place as his biological mother." That's why he is very indifferent to any girl who wants to be his stepmother.

Lu Yuan squeezed Ji Cheng's hand lightly, and blinked at her: "Good sister, thank you very much."

Ji Cheng is really envious of Lu Yuan, who can fight for her so generously, unlike her who is suspected of trying to get ahead of her everywhere.But she really wanted to get married.

In the past few days, Ji Cheng thought a lot, and finally figured out some truths. She had decided to leave Jindi, and it was impossible to turn back, so she had no face to go back like this.As for the marriage, she doesn't even count on the real wealthy family, the water inside is too deep, and it may not be able to guarantee a lifetime of safety.It's better to be ordinary, as long as she can prove her indispensable value, she won't be sacrificed.

After thinking about it, Ji Cheng found that among the people she knew, only the Qi family was the most suitable, and Qi Zheng was also a good person, very motivated, with a promising future.

Ji Cheng pondered that she had been in Beijing for almost half a year, and she hadn't made any progress in her marriage. After a year, she would be sixteen. If she hadn't engaged, she would be an old girl.Thinking of this, Ji Cheng felt that he might not be able to wait for the opportunity to come to him anymore, and he had to put in more effort.

This day Ji Cheng still learned painting from Mrs. Yu but did not go back to Shen Mansion, but went to Lanhua Lane.Mei Changhe is now mainly in charge of business affairs along the Western Regions, and Bai Shouchun has been handed over the job of being the treasurer of the Ji family capital.

Bai Shouchun looked at the third girl who was flipping through the account book page by page with a little trepidation. In the past two months since he took office, the account books are really not good, even though this is all because of Ji Cheng's instruction to compete with the shop in the hands of her aunt. , to squeeze them out, but the books are too ugly.

Ji Cheng put down the notebook in his hand, and looked at Bai Shouchun with a smile: "How are the shops at my aunt's side?"

"Back to the third girl, we have been competing with them for the past two months. They sell it for five yuan, and we sell it for four yuan. I also found a way to cut off their supply source. Three of them have closed their doors It went out of business, and the remaining Madam Ji sold out four more shops, and now she only has four shops left. The one we have been staring at will definitely collapse within half a year at the most." Bai Shouchun said.

Ji Cheng nodded: "You've done a good job. Don't care about the profit or loss in this matter, and I don't care what method you use, as long as it can completely destroy her shop. If you are short of money, please send me a message."

Bai Shouchun nodded repeatedly, remembering Ji Cheng's meaning in his heart. It seems that the third girl didn't care about money at all, but disliked the way he used was too "literary" and the progress was too slow: "Yes, I wrote it down. .”

Ji Cheng was able to choose Bai Shouchun to be the big shopkeeper, so he naturally knew what he was capable of. It's just that he hasn't figured out his own temperament yet, so he's been more rigid in his actions in the past two months. It's good to see that he understands now.Ji Cheng turned around and said: "The business of Qingzang Pavilion seems to have increased a lot this month." Qingzang Pavilion's reputation in the capital is not very good. In the past, the profit of each month ranged from a few dozen taels to as much as a hundred taels. , This month it suddenly increased to 300 taels.

"Yes, they all went to buy Qingjian because of their reputation, and by the way, they also looked at the treasures in the pavilion, and the profits went up." Bai Shouchun said.

Ji Cheng nodded. This clear note was really a surprise. She didn't intend to use it to become famous, but she didn't expect it to be inadvertently: "In this case, from the capital to the south along the canal, you should ask people to see it. Let’s shop, try to spread the reputation of the Qingzang Pavilion. I think the treasures in the pavilion are of average quality, and there are no treasures in the pavilion. Let’s see if there is a way to get some. I will also work hard here.”

In fact, Ji Cheng has long wanted to push Qingjian forward, she has her own ambitions, and hopes that one day in the future, "Northern Qing and Southern Gu" will be as famous.

But to achieve this step, relying on Ji Cheng's strength alone is definitely not enough. Su Qingci needs to work hard, and Madam Yu also needs help.Just now when he was studying painting at Madam Yu's home, Ji Cheng invited Madam Yu to buy shares in Qingzang Pavilion. Madam Yu said that she would consider it for a few days, but she would not refuse such an elegant and profitable thing.

Madam Yu has followed Mrs. Lin for many years, not only has a lot of collections, but also knows many dignitaries.Some families fell into ruin but were too embarrassed to sell their family heirlooms. With Mrs. Yu helping them, the Qingzang Pavilion should receive a lot of good things.What's more, if Ji Cheng's Qingjian can catch up with Gu Jian in the south, he still needs Madam Yu's guidance.

After all, Ji Cheng is too young, even if he wants to sing the wind and enjoy the moon, he doesn't have much time, but Mrs. Yu is different, she has nothing to do in her free time, and puts all her thoughts on the spring flowers and autumn moon, making paper, printing paper, drawing paper All have their own unique experience.

After explaining these things, Ji Cheng ordered Bai Shouchun to find someone to inquire about the affairs of the Qi family, and to find out Qi Zheng's whereabouts and preferences.

Although Bai Shouchun was puzzled, he didn't say a word. There are not many secrets for him to get to where he is today. Listening more and talking less is definitely one of them.

(End of this chapter)