Zhou Lijun said matter-of-factly: "That's what he said."
She said: "Not only do I know about this, my eldest brother, second brother, and fourth uncle also know about it."
Going from the capital to the grassland, they have to pass through so many places along the way. They have to purchase goods and constantly ship goods. They have to stay together every day, especially after entering the grassland. In order to guard against the caravans, everyone sleeps together.
She is a girl's family, so she can have a separate tent, but it is surrounded by their tents. Are we not allowed to gossip around the bonfire at night?
There are only so many serious things to talk about, and we can’t talk about them for long.
So as time went by, not only did their uncles and nephews know the details of the Xiang family, but Xiang Mingxue also knew the details of their old Zhou family.
What's more, the biggest secrets between the two families still overlap, and they have all been solved publicly. Is there anything else that cannot be said between the two families?
When Ms. Feng heard this, she began to think thoughtfully, "That means you know the basics..."
When Zhou Lijun heard this, he was afraid that her mother would directly make a decision for her, so she quickly said: "Mom, you have to ask my sister-in-law about such a big matter, right?"
She is still in charge of her sister-in-law's career and the family's accounts. To be honest, if the world doesn't allow it, she really doesn't want to get married. The main reason is that she is living a good life now.
It's a pity that if she really never marries, it may not be easy to do business in the future, especially business that requires contact with some female relatives.
Zhou Lang hurriedly went to find Xiang Mingxue.
Xiang Mingxue had already ordered some food and wine from the kitchen in advance. When he saw him coming, he stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down."
Zhou Lang silently stepped forward and sat down, staring at him.
Xiang Mingxue held the pot and poured him a glass of wine. Without waiting for him to ask, he admitted openly: "I want to ask for Li Jun."
Zhou Lang:...I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my niece-in-law?
but……
Zhou Lang looked at Xiang Mingxue seriously. To be honest, after going in and out of the grassland with him twice, he secretly agreed with this marriage. Otherwise, he would not have praised it in front of his second brother and sister-in-law.
Learn from Xiang Ming.
However, he couldn't cheat his niece, so he drank all the wine in the glass, put the glass down and asked, "Do you like my niece?"
Xiang Mingxue nodded without hesitation. He paused and explained: "Actually, I used to really think that Lijun was my niece. After all, according to Doctor Zhou, I am indeed her elder."
He didn't have an impure mind from the beginning.
Because of Zhou Man's relationship, Xiang Mingxue has always been on par with Zhou Lang and his peers, but last year they went to the grassland together. To show their closeness, Zhou Lang asked his nephew to call him uncle, and he felt awkward when Zhou Lijun also wanted to call him uncle.
He has met many people, but there is only one girl as capable as Zhou Lijun, Zhou Man.
But Zhou Lijun's ability is different from Zhou Man's. Zhou Man is just like them. She was raised as a scholar, so she is smart and capable, but people always ignore her gender and treat her like the same kind.
Zhou Lijun was not the case. He could see the tenacity of a woman in her. She had all the constraints and prejudices that women are subject to today, and he could feel that she was also working hard to break free from these constraints.
But Zhou Man is different. She is too open-minded and too casual. She never takes these things into her heart, so she does not suffer from this pain. But how many people in this world can do this?
I'm afraid it's just her.
There are only a few women like Zhou Lijun. At first, Xiang Mingxue felt pity for her. She felt that this little girl was smart, tough, and willing to endure hardship. She was stronger than most men in the world.
Later, we went to the grassland together for more than two months. We saw each other when we looked up and looked down. I don’t know when I started and couldn’t help but look at it more.
In fact, Xiang Mingxue hesitated mainly because it was not easy to mention.
As Zhou Lang said, he is several years older than her, and there is a generation gap between them. Even though their families are not relatives, they are not very suitable for each other because of their friendship with Zhou Man.
But after hearing what she said to Zhou Liwei today, he couldn't help but take action.
He thought about it on the way back, "If she is willing to marry me, I will let her have her own way in the future and will not restrict her from being trapped in the back house."
Of course, Zhou Lang also knew about his second niece's ambition and ability. Seriously, Zhou Lijun's business ability was no weaker than his. On this trip with her last year, the family's income was three times that of the year before, a large part of it.
The reason is that she purchased and shipped goods along the way, earning money by constantly buying and selling.
He stared at Xiang Ming and asked, "Are you serious? After we get married, are you still willing to let her go out to do business, or even go to the grassland with us?"
Xiang Mingxue nodded, "As long as she wants to go."
When Zhou Lang heard this, he touched his chin and thought for a moment before asking, "Then do you mind if she helps her mother's family take care of the business after she gets married?"
Xiang Mingxue:......
He stared at Zhou Lang. The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally said to Mingxue: "Brother Zhou Zhou, aren't you afraid that she will take all the money from her mother's family to her husband's family?"
Zhou Lang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this, the contract will definitely be finalized by then, and she also has a share in it, and there are account books. Besides, she is not such a person."
The last sentence seems to have been added temporarily.
Xiang Mingxue thought for a while and said, "It depends on what she wants."
Zhou Lang became excited, patted his shoulder across the table, and said happily: "Good brother, it's not in vain that I praised you in front of my second brother and second sister-in-law."
He said happily: "If our two families really get married, we can do business together. By then we might even be able to open a trade route on the grassland."
Many large business houses that enter the grassland have their own tribes that they regularly cooperate with, and they agree on a time for transactions every time. This is their own trade route.
Xiang Mingxue shook his head and chuckled: "I'm afraid not."
He said: "I can't take the imperial examination, but my son can, so I don't want to make the business too big. If Brother Zhou makes two more trips, he should consider giving some profits to his subordinates in exchange for wages.
In this way, if the court investigates, it will be just a matter of running some errands with so many of you, and since you have a lot of land, you shouldn't have to change your household registration."
Zhou Lang: "The imperial court did not restrict the imperial examination of merchants."
Xiang Mingxue himself was admitted to the Fu Xue School and went to the examiner. Naturally, he knew, he said: "Although there are no restrictions, there are still some differences. Children from poor families, noble families and aristocratic families are different when they become officials.
Not to mention the sons of merchants, there are very few officials with merchant qualifications who can reach the third rank, and not many of the fifth rank."
Basically, he is insulated from the position of prime minister.
Therefore, Xiang Mingxue will not let his descendants be discriminated against like this.
Zhou Lang was still confused, but Zhou Lijun outside the door was stunned.