Of the three ladies of the Chu family, the first lady comes from a wealthy family, the second lady is the daughter of Ding Kaishan, the owner of Kaishan Martial Arts School in Tongzhou Prefecture, and the third lady has no background at all. She is just the daughter of an ordinary small businessman, purely because of her youth and appearance.
Only then could Mei marry Chu Zongguang.
However, the only advantage of this third lady is that she is smart. She knows that her background is not good, so she neither fights nor robs her. In the end, it is the second lady who takes the initiative to win over her.
At this time, the second lady came to Chu Shang's house. The third lady immediately walked out of the house and greeted her with a smile: "Sister is coming to my place today. Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Chu Shang also followed the third lady and respectfully called Er Niang.
The second lady nodded, pulled the person into the house and said calmly: "It's just a small talk, what else do you need to say in advance? By the way, the shops under Shang'er are pretty good, right? Are they enough?"
The third lady's expression changed, and she quickly said: "Shang'er's shops are all inns and restaurants that don't have much profit. Apart from the money given to the family, they don't have much money left, but Shang'er didn't think about it.
We have to compete for the position of heir, so this little profit is just right."
Seeing that the third lady seemed to have misunderstood what she meant, the second lady smiled and said: "Sister, I misunderstood, I didn't mean that. Shang'er is still young now. Even if he doesn't want to fight for the head of the family, he still has to hold some in his hand.
Businesses with higher returns are the ones to be considered. As sister, you just said, the businesses in Shang'er Hands are not very profitable."
The eyes of the third lady and Chu Shang both lit up. The third lady said calmly: "But the Chu family only has so much business. The master has already given those shops to Chu Shang. If I go to ask for them again, it would be too ungrateful."
Already."
The second lady stood up and said: "No matter what I want, I can exchange it with someone else. I heard that Chu Xiu's caravan has been making good profits recently. The profit of the caravan has even more than doubled in his hands."
After saying that, the second lady turned around and left. She believed that the other party would understand what she meant.
After the second lady left, the third lady and Chu Shang looked at each other, and both of them had almost made up their minds.
The third lady has no background, and Chu Shang is too young, so she can't compete with them.
But they didn't fight because they couldn't compete with the Chu family's boss, nor could they compete with the Chu family's third youngest.
But they could still snatch Chu Xiu, who had no background and was not liked by Chu Zongguang.
Early the next morning, Chu Xiu was practicing swordplay in his courtyard. The simplest swordsmanship of the Qinglong style in his sleeves had almost become instinctive after his repeated practice.
Of course, Chu Xiu doesn’t know the specific power now. Martial arts is a way of killing. If you don’t kill people, how can you develop real killing skills?
At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house. He opened the door, and an old man stood outside the door and said: "Second Young Master, I want you to come over."
The person who came was none other than Steward Chen. Chu Xiu also knew that Steward Chen was Chu Zongguang's personal butler. Although he didn't care about specific affairs, his status in the Chu family was much greater than that of Steward Liu.
Moreover, Butler Chen was also very polite to Chu Xiu. In Chu Xiu’s memory, when he was in the Chu family, the elders and uncles of the Chu family, as well as stewards like Butler Liu, had the same attitude towards him.
He was very arrogant. Only Steward Chen could call Chu Xiu "Second Young Master" every time he saw him.
Returning the favor, Chu Xiu was also very polite to Butler Chen. He nodded and said, "Butler Chen, wait a moment. I'll change my clothes and go over."
After changing his clothes, Chu Xiu and Butler Chen went to Chu Zongguang's residence. However, on the way, Butler Chen suddenly said: "Second Young Master, what will the master say later? I hope Second Young Master you can calm down a little."
At this point, Butler Chen also sighed. Chu Zongguang did go too far in some things, but the family was like this. There was no so-called fairness at all. He was just worried that the second young master's current personality was a bit radical. What if?
If Chu Zongguang did something he shouldn't have done, that would be a bit bad.
When Butler Chen said this, Chu Xiu immediately knew that there was probably nothing good going on this time.
However, Chu Xiu still smiled and nodded: "Thank you, Butler Chen, for reminding me. I am sensible."
After rebirth, the memory of Chu Xiu from his previous life naturally took the initiative when the memories of the two lives merged, but the memory of this life also affected his character to some extent.
In his previous life, Chu Xiu tended to be gloomy and calm, had plans in doing things, and saw things very clearly.
In this life, Chu Xiu's character was cowardly and reckless. This character did not affect Chu Xiu. On the contrary, during the year in Nanshan Mining Area, Chu Xiu in this life was infected with some violent and crazy temperament, but it had some influence.
Now Chu Xiu’s character.
For example, Li Tong from the Li family provoked Chu Xiu before, but Chu Xiu stabbed someone to death without hesitation. Chu Xiu didn't feel any discomfort at all afterwards.
Of course, even if Chu Xiu's character has a bit of violence and madness, he is confident that he can suppress it and will not do anything bad at the critical moment.
Chu Xiu was led into Chu Zongguang's study by Butler Chen. At this time, besides Chu Zongguang, there was also the fourth son Chu Shang in Chu Zongguang's study.
"I have met my father."
Chu Xiu saluted Chu Zongguang, and Chu Shang on his side also bowed his hands to Chu Xiu, and said with a respectful look on his face: "I have met my second brother."
Chu Xiu's eyes narrowed. His fourth brother had never called him second brother a few times since he was a child.
Seeing Chu Xiu coming, Chu Zongguang coughed and said, "Sit down, I asked you to come here today because I want to discuss something with you."
Chu Xiu raised his hands and said, "Father, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
Chu Zongguang said: "Your caravan has developed well during this period. I didn't expect that you have grown a lot after training in the Nanshan mining area for this year. No matter whether you can become the heir of my Chu family in the future, but in the future
You must also be the mainstay of my Chu family, so you brothers must be harmonious and help each other."
Chu Xiu frowned secretly. Chu Zongguang's words were a bit strange. Didn't Chu Zongguang know what was going on with these brothers? They were still in harmony with each other, but now they looked like they were about to stab each other face to face.
However, with this thought in his mind, Chu Xiu still nodded and said, "That's what father said."
Chu Zongguang nodded and said: "It's good if you can think so. It's like this. Although Chu Shang is still young now, he has also gained some experience. Last time you personally led the caravan to the Yan Kingdom, which was very good.
, Chu Shang now also wants to learn from your second brother and lead the caravan to experience it.
So I plan to exchange your caravan with the store under Chu Shang’s name, and let your fourth brother take care of the caravan.”
There was a hint of gloom in Chu Xiu's eyes. No wonder Butler Chen wanted him to calm down before. His cheap father's preference was too obvious.
Chu Shang didn't go when the caravan was in danger, and Chu Shang didn't go when the profit was low. He waited until he had opened up the trade routes and it was safe and unobstructed, then he was ready to let Chu Shang go. The sight of picking peaches was too ugly.
Some.
Butler Chen on the side also stared at Chu Xiu nervously, fearing that he might not be able to hold back his anger and burst out on the spot.
But to Butler Chen's expectation, Chu Xiu was silent for a while, then he raised his head and smiled and said, "Since father has made the decision, well, I will give up the caravan to my fourth brother."
Chu Zongguang nodded with satisfaction. He wanted stability in everything, and what he hated most was his son disobeying his will.
Seeing that Chu Xiu was so sensible, Chu Zongguang said: "I will be satisfied to see you brothers are in harmony. In this way, all the shops under Chu Shang will be inns and restaurants. I will give you a weapons shop and let you build them together."
reason."
Chu Zongguang turned to Chu Shang again and said, "Although the caravan belongs to you, you are still young, so you must learn with humility. In this way, when the caravan sets off, I will ask Lin Qian to go with you."
There was a cold glint in Chu Xiu's eyes. Lin Qian was one of the two strongest disciples of the Chu family. He had the strength of the blood coagulation realm. He was usually only responsible for instructing some disciples of the Chu family on their practice.
Back then, Shangmang Mountain was extremely dangerous, but Chu Zongguang just told him to be careful, but now it was Chu Shang who was guarded by disciples from the Blood Coagulation Realm, all of whom were sons, but the difference was not even the smallest difference.
Of course, Chu Xiu didn't feel unbalanced. He had never regarded Chu Zongguang as his father in his heart, including the memory of his own body's previous life. He was only afraid of Chu Zongguang.
Moreover, only Chu Shang within the Chu family can enjoy this kind of treatment, and Chu Kai and Chu Sheng are not much better than him.
There was a hint of pride in Chu Shang's eyes. He bowed his head and saluted Chu Zongguang: "Thank you, father."
Then he specifically raised his hands to Chu Xiugong and said, "Thank you so much, second brother."
Chu Xiu raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "It's nothing, it's just that the trade road is rugged. Fourth brother, you'd better be more careful."
After saying that, Chu Xiu left directly, but there was a cold look in his eyes.
No matter in his previous life or in this life, what he hates most is someone robbing him of his things!