Yutai Bi

Chapter 43 Different minds
Cen Sanniang threw herself into her arms, so moved that she could only cry.

Back at the water pavilion, Baicao was also released.

Cen Sanniang took a chicken feather and dipped it in ointment and carefully applied it to Xu's wound.

The lively Baicao also calmed down at this time, weeping silently while holding the medicine.

"Third Lady was very thoughtful in advance. Otherwise, I'm afraid the servants will not be able to pass this test today." Xu said softly.

"...Regardless of today's announcement, I intend to say this. Now my cousin will not agree to the Fan family's marriage. The second master will definitely go to my grandfather's house to find out. I suspect that my cousin has written a letter long ago He went to do it." Cen Sanniang said in a low voice.

Xu's elbow was about to get up: "Third lady, don't be afraid. After all, you are the granddaughter of the old man."

"Mom, don't move." Cen Sanniang said with a smile, "Don't forget that my grandfather's family is related to the emperor. Even if my grandfather really doesn't care about me, the golden signboard of the Li family in Longxi is enough to keep us safe. Chang'an and Longzhou is thousands of miles away, and it will take more than a month to arrive with the letter. We still have time. If it is done properly, we will leave Cen's house and go to Chang'an."

"San Niangzi really intends to go to your grandfather's house?" Mrs. Xu was worried about Old Master Li's attitude towards Cen Sanniang.

Cen Sanniang said with a smile: "If I can go, I will tell you when the time comes."

No matter how strict the household registration was in ancient times, there was no computer network.Chang'an, with a population of one million, is the largest city in the world, bar none.It can accommodate business travelers from all over the world, and even imported Kunlun slaves. She doesn't believe that they can't accommodate three masters and servants.

The eldest lady came to pay her respects at night.The old lady Cen looked tired, and only asked: "When will the second letter arrive?"

"The steward will deliver the new wheat, and I will be back in about half a month. Is mother anxious to know the situation of the Li family?" the eldest lady replied.

"Go back to the marriage of Fan's family. Back up a generous gift, you go to visit Mrs. Governor in person." Mrs. Cen didn't say much.

The eldest lady was very surprised.

The old lady Cen said slowly: "Sanniang's mother is from the Li family in Longxi."

The eldest lady was stunned, and said unconvinced: "There are tens of thousands of Li clan members in Longxi, and Mrs. Li has no title. A phoenix with hair is not as good as a chicken. Do you just push tens of thousands of taels of silver out of the house?"

The old lady Cen reprimanded: "You are in charge of Zhongfu, you are the mistress of the Cen family, so you have to take a long-term view. No matter what the Li family is doing now, we can't promise Sanniang to Fan just because of the four characters of the Li family in Longxi. Home. You must know that an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and a rotten boat still has three catties of nails. You remember, San Niang still has two years to reach her age, and these two years are good for her. Our Cen family and Longxi Li family are in-laws."

The eldest lady responded aggrievedly.

The old lady Cen's eyes flickered: "The little girl is using the name of the Li family in Longxi to pretend to be a tiger. The Fan family is not the richest man in Longzhou. I remember Mrs. Fang once mentioned the seventh young master of the Fang family to me. Let the wind go, want to There are plenty of families who have established relationships with the Li family in Longxi. He Chou couldn't choose a good marriage."

Da Furen's eyes lit up: "Mother is still thoughtful."

Kong Qing rode the horse and galloped all the way, and finally saw the gorgeous and large building boat on the river.

At nightfall, the boat docked.Kong Qing rode his horse and rushed to the town pier.

The clear glazed palace lanterns reflect the cabin like daytime.The round table reveals the golden and warm color of huanghuali wood.The man was enjoying the dinner comfortably in a large gold-woven silk robe.

The silver chopsticks picked up a piece of snow-white fish meat, dipped it in the green jade shallow dish, and slowly put it into the mouth.

Kong Qing, who was on the road all night, let out a grunt in his throat, and swallowed uncontrollably.

The man put down his chopsticks, stood up, sat aside, reached out to pick up the teacup and sipped, "The freshly fished fish from the river has not yet melted on the ice plate, so hurry up and eat it."

Kong Qing was overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord, for the reward." She moved to the next seat and sat down, eating three bowls of rice with fish sticks like flying chopsticks.When I looked up and saw the man smiling at me, I was a little embarrassed, "I haven't eaten for two days, I'm so hungry."

He cleaned his hands, stood in front of the man with his hands down, and said: "The Cen family has returned to the Fan family. Dao Cen Sanniang is still young, so don't rush to get engaged."

The man raised his eyebrows: "Oh? How did she do it?"

Kong Qing replied respectfully: "A woman in Mrs. Cen's yard revealed that Cen Sanniang only brought out two hairpins. One was a green butterfly hairpin given by the master, and the other was a gold and silver ball flower moth. She only glanced at it, and vaguely heard that it was all made in-house, and didn't know anything else. The old lady and Cen Sanniang shut up in the room and talked about a stick of incense, and the old lady asked the eldest lady to reject the Fan family's offer. Marriage. However, when the villain left, he heard rumors that Cen Sanniang's mother was from the Li family in Longxi."

The man burst out laughing: "This girl is really good at pulling tiger skins and flags... find two people to watch over her. I don't have time now, let her go for another two years."

"Yes!"

Of the eight sons of the Fang family, the first five were born to his concubine, the two were born to concubines, and the youngest was the son of his step-wife Mrs. Fang.Only Fang Qishao and Fang Shishao were unmarried.

Master Fang has a headache.Strange to say, with so many sons, none of them are interested in studying and becoming an official, and they all love to earn money.Mr. Fang is in his early sixties and is well maintained. Naturally, he refuses to delegate power to his sons. He only subdivides the property, and the adult sons each take care of one area.Master Fang knew in his heart that once he drove west, the Fang family would face disintegration, and none of the sons would be convinced and let the other take over the entire family business.The stepwife is eagerly looking forward to his youngest son becoming the helm of the Fang family.

Master Fang didn't like to see Nuo Da's family business divided into ten.Once the family property is divided, the Fang family will no longer be the richest man in Longzhou today.He called his sons together and used the rumored trick: breaking chopsticks.

A bamboo chopstick can be broken easily.It is difficult to fold ten bamboo chopsticks at the same time.

Young Master Fang was the first to express his opinion: "Father, if there is one of our brothers who can convince the brothers, I, the eldest brother, will be willing to follow his example."

Sons are like this.

Master Fang came up with a question: "I am not partial to any of you. Each of you has a new shop with 1000 taels of silver. Whoever earns 5 taels within three years will be the next head of the Fang family. Xiao Shi will study and become an official in the future." Right. You have to understand that although the Fang family is rich, there is no one in the court, no matter how big the family business is, it will be defeated..."

Fang Ming stood at the bottom, thinking of Cen Sanniang for some reason.He has the ability to find a boat for Cen Sanniang to go.However, he couldn't bear the consequences of having a bad relationship with the Cen family after the incident was revealed.Hearing his father's words, a ghostly messenger said: "Father, my son wants to propose marriage to the Cen family and marry Cen Sanniang."

"Cen Sanniang? An orphan from the fourth house of the Cen family? The family property was taken away by the third house of the Cen family. What good is taking her?" Master Cen refused angrily.

"She, her mother was from the Li family in Longxi." After Fang Ming said this, his thoughts flowed very smoothly, "It's just an engagement. She is only 13 years old, and it's too early to get married. But our family can have a relationship with the Li family in Longxi." The family married in-laws to open the door of convenience. My son thought about it, and my father gave 1000 taels of silver for a shop, so I went to Chang'an to open a shop. Fang's silk can not only be sold in Chang'an, but also exported to the Western Regions. It is said that In those places, a piece of high-quality silk can be exchanged for gold jewelry of the same size..." Fang Ming talked eloquently, his eyes sparkling with excitement.It seemed that he had already rode a camel and led the Fang family's caravan on the westbound road.

The brothers of the Fang family stared blankly at him, as if they were looking at a monster.

"Cough cough." Master Fang coughed a few times and said with a wry smile, "Xiaoqi, do you know that there are tens of thousands of people in the Li family in Longxi?" A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he asked tentatively, "Xiaoqi, what do you give to daddy?" Tell the truth. Have you fallen in love with Cen Sanniang?"

Fang Ming was stunned.The image of Cen Sanniang in his mind suddenly became vivid and clear.He saw her red dress fluttering in the river wind, and the silver tassels on her temples reflected the sparkling light.She turned around and looked at herself with a bright smile.He also seemed to see Cen Sanniang standing weakly in front of him, softly begging him for help.

He was in a complicated mood, for a moment he didn't know whether he wanted to help Cen Sanniang, or to make more money, or...how much did he like her.

Master Fang looked at his son's stupefied look, cleared his throat and said, "Father, think about it. Later, I will come up with an idea for the store you want to open. Let's go."

three days.Cen Sanniang gave Fang Ming three days.

Three days later, Ninth Young Master Cen Zhilin came to the waterside pavilion.

Cen Sanniang now kind of likes this adopted brother.Cen Zhilin's awkward protective desire warmed her.

Cen Zhilin's eighth birthday is approaching.Cen Sanniang moved the traveler's mind a little bit.Thinking about making some toys for him.Transformer model?Model car?How about a cooler gun?Forget about cars, there are only two-wheeled ox carts, mule carts and horse carts in this world.Cen Zhilin saw that the four wheels could slide very fast on the ground, if he came up with an idea to get a four-wheeled carriage, it would be too shocking.Thinking about it this way, cars, guns, and deformed steel don't seem to be suitable.

Cen Sanniang finally made up her mind: make a miniature landscape sand table.

If she goes to Chang'an with her nanny and Baicao, she will keep it as a souvenir for the lovely Cen Zhilin.

According to her instructions, Xu Shi and Baicao starched the large white burlap three times like sticking the soles of a shoe, and dried it in the sun to make it stiff and straight.I also bought a few knives of rough paper, pasted it layer by layer, and dried it in the sun.

Cen Sanniang found a square plank, carried it into the bedroom and closed the door to start working alone.

(End of this chapter)