As night falls, Gwangju Prefecture begins a curfew, and soldiers and horses begin patrolling. It is only at this time that everyone is reminded that it is a time of war.
The lights were on in the inn, people were eating, drinking, talking, laughing and singing, making it more lively than during the day.
Footsteps came quickly outside the door, then lowered again when they came here. Along with the gentle knock on the door, a female voice said softly: "Master, your food is here."
Lian Xiaoqiang stepped forward to open the door and stretched out her hand to take it, but the store woman had already squeezed in: "I'll come, I'll come, don't dirty your hands."
The woman carefully placed the food plate on the table, and Lian Xiaojun, who was sitting in front of the table, looked at her.
"Sir, I made these all with my own hands." The woman, who had washed herself and put on make-up, said shyly, "They are all very clean."
Lian Xiaojun thanked her, and the woman blushed and smiled.
Forgotten, Lian Xiaoqiang squeezed over to remind: "After eating, I will send the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen."
Only then did the woman come to her senses and waved her hands: "No, no, I'll just pick it up when the time comes." Then she hurriedly went out, not forgetting to look at Lian Xiaojun again before closing the door.
It's a pity that the servant came over and blocked the view.
"Obviously we are all young masters." Lian Xiaoqiang picked up the chopsticks and picked up the bowl, "As long as you are here, I will become a servant."
It's not funny after hearing this kind of joke too many times, and even Xiaojun picked up his bowl and chopsticks to eat.
"But thanks to you, the food, drink and accommodation are good." Lian Xiaoqiang ate the food. Although they wanted the cheapest one, the portion and taste cooked by the woman in the store exceeded the price.
Just like housing, you can get the best at the cheapest price.
This is the value of beauty.
"You're welcome." Lian Xiaojun said, "Just don't scold me when you're implicated."
Running away in the middle of the night and hiding in various places was not an unexperienced experience. At that time, even Xiaoqiang didn't think it was a good thing, but instead cursed her.
Lian Xiaoqiang hurriedly addressed this topic: "Our family is not as good as it used to be. Otherwise, you wouldn't have to work so hard. Otherwise, there would be dozens of guards surrounding you, just like in Tongjiang when you were a child. That would be called a fairy life.
"After saying this, he stabbed the bowl with his chopsticks angrily, "God damn this guy named Li."
Lian Xiaojun ate every grain of rice: "I remember that when we were children, we were able to live a life of gods because of our surname Li."
Lian Xiaoqiang poked Lian Xiaojun's hand with chopsticks: "You said you are so good-looking, can you be a little stupider?"
Lian Xiaojun used chopsticks as his chopsticks and smiled at him: "If I didn't have a bad mind, I wouldn't be as beautiful as me in the world."
If you are beautiful but confused, you will not live long.
Lian Xiaoqiang curled her lips to eat the food, but she always felt that the food in her mouth was not so delicious: "Anyway, it's just that your life is not good, our family's life is not good, let alone the family's decline, the world is in chaos again, it makes people think
You can’t just eat and wait to die.”
Lian Xiaojun was still eating a grain of rice steadily: "Second brother, you don't need to hate Mrs. Li so much."
Lian Xiaoqiang angrily scolded: "If you don't hate him, who do you hate? Li Fengan made me lose everything."
"Isn't that what doing business is like?" Lian Xiaojun said, "It's common to make money if you succeed, and lose money if you fail. It's common to lose all your family property."
"This is not a business..." Lian Xiaoqiang tapped her chopsticks.
"This is business." Lian Xiaojun interrupted him, "When my second uncle married my aunt to Li Fengan, it was business. At the beginning, the business was very good and we made a lot of profits. After my aunt died, the business ran into trouble. We didn't
I negotiated the next business deal with Li Fengan, but the trouble was not solved. The business failed, and the whole family lost money."
Even Xiaoqiang pinched her chopsticks and stared, can she still think like this?
"What's wrong? Everything in the world is business." Lian Xiaojun picked up a grain of rice with chopsticks. "If you fail in business, will you hate your opponent?"
Lian Xiaoqiang snorted: "I am the Lian family. Our Lian family has been in business for several generations. We still have rules. We are willing to admit defeat."
"It's true that my second uncle didn't do well in Six Aunt's business back then." Lian Xiaojun looked at the cantaloupe on the plate. The thin strands of the cantaloupe on this plate were crystal clear. It was pleasing to the eye and showed his intentions. "The business with Li Fengan was too profitable.
It made everyone red-eyed, lose their sense of proportion, and become disengaged."
"I was still young at that time." Even Xiaoqiang muttered. He didn't know what happened. The good days were over. The huge Lian family fell apart overnight and each of them escaped.
"I really shouldn't have thought about getting married again at that time. We were already married, my aunt is gone, and we still have two children." Lian Xiaojun said, "Take good care of the two children, which is more stable than relying on a woman."
Lian Xiaoqiang snorted and finished the food in the bowl: "It is said that Li Fengan did not let the second uncle's people touch the two children, so the second uncle was anxious."
"Anyway, I'm still in a hurry." Even Xiaojun finished the last grain of rice. "That's how business is done. One move affects the whole body. If you make one mistake, everything will be lost."
Lian Xiaoqiang stood up and put the dishes and chopsticks on the tray: "Yes, I hope this time we..." He took out the chopsticks from Lian Xiaojun's hand and tapped Lian Xiaojun's face, "I hope you
I can do this business well."
Lian Xiaojun smiled: "I will try to do this business well with my face."
He knows that he is beautiful, but he does not take beauty as a thing. Others can make fun of him, and so can he.
"You can rely on your face, even if you can't do other business." Lian Xiaoqiang said, "If you can rely on your face and let Madam Wu protect us, the Lian family can be regarded as a business."
It suddenly dawned on me at this point.
"Oh, so you insist on coming to Guangzhou Mansion to meet this Mrs. Wu."
Is there any man, woman, or child in the world who wouldn't be moved by Lian Xiaojun? Lian Xiaoqiang laughed in a low voice.
"Aren't you afraid of her husband?"
"If I was afraid of her husband, I should go to Linzhou." Even Xiaojun smiled and did not refute his frivolous joke. He stood up with a flick of his clothes and looked out the window at the dim lights. "This Guangzhou Mansion belongs to Madam Wu.
.”
Mrs. Wu's husband is not the owner of this place.
He is not proud of his beauty, but he is not ashamed either, and he will not feel sorry for himself because of his beauty. He does not mind using his beauty as a boost. Everything is business and can be done.
Whether Mrs. Wu wants his beauty or something else does not affect what he wants.
At dawn the next day, Mrs. Wu's people came to the inn.
"Young madam, please invite Mr. Lian." they said.
Even Xiaojun was not surprised at all. He smiled in front of others and said yes. This smile made everyone in the yard not surprised.
Watching Lian Xiaojun get into Mrs. Wu's gorgeous carriage, the woman in the kitchen who had specially put on a new headscarf shed tears, feeling sad and happy at the same time.
"Young Master Lian is a rare treasure in this world." She said, "He should be by the side of a fairy like the Young Madam."
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Lian Xiaojun once again stood outside Mrs. Wu's door. There was still a gauze curtain in front of him, but the children brought some mats and asked him to sit down. This child poured tea and another child placed the fruit plate. Everyone was gentle and happy.
surrounded him.
"How do you prove that you are a treasure?" Mrs. Wu Shao asked internally.
Lian Xiaojun asked someone to get pen and ink, and quickly drew a picture. The beautiful face in the picture was hidden in the clouds and mist, and the children happily took it in and showed it to the young lady.
Lian Xiaojun asked people to fetch plates and bowls, and took off a velvet flower on the head of the child next to him. A pair of beautiful hands were flying like butterflies, asking everyone to guess where the velvet flower was hidden under that bowl. The children rushed to be the first, Mrs. Wu
I guessed several times through the gauze curtain, but no one got it right.
Even when Xiaojun asked someone to fetch a harp, played and sang a song, the sparrows in the yard were not afraid of the children landing on the branches and eaves to listen.
When he walked to the door and saw this scene, the prefect's eyes widened in shock. Has the young lady's fairy friend from heaven come to visit?
He stopped the child who was about to report and hurried away, leaving behind the sound of the piano and the singing and the young lady's laughter.