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Chapter 91 Back to Mother's Home

Chen Huanzhang came out of Mijia Fragrance Shop, but did not go out of the city to go back to the hot spring village. He strolled around the West Market and finally entered the Cuiyue Jewelry Shop.

Seeing Chen Huanzhang go and come back, Mei Wuniang knew that he had already gone to see Mi Yuyan, so she just smiled and said: "The third master has gone and come back, but what the ninth lady of the Mi family said has some clues?"

After Yun Niang brought tea, Chen Huanzhang wandered around for a while and happened to feel quite thirsty. He drank a cup of tea in one breath and then handed the ointment prescription written by Mi Yuyan to Mei Wu Niang: "She took it. She gave me this recipe, and also helped to invite her eldest sister-in-law, Mrs. Meng, to come out. Mrs. Meng also promised to go back to her parents' house to explain the matter on her behalf early tomorrow morning, but I always feel that this matter is a bit hot."

Mei Wu Niang had been dealing with Chen Huanzhang for a day or two, and she was quite familiar with his style of doing things. This person, who had never been a foresighted master, smiled immediately: "Third Master, please don't show off in front of me. You are already If you feel it’s hot, why do you want to take it?”

Chen Huanzhang shook his head and laughed: "People die for money, and birds die for food, but she doesn't want money..." As he spoke, he noticed the understanding on Mei Wu Niang's face, and immediately said: "Since you know that she doesn't want money, why do you want to let her do it?" Did I get this shoe wet?”

"I suddenly went to the Meng family and told me that I got an ointment by accident. Do you think Mrs. Meng will believe it, or the Meng family master? Third Master, you are different. You travel all over the country, have business everywhere, and have friends everywhere. You are a great benevolent person from all over the world. You said that there is no place for you to take a test, right?" Mei Wu Niang smiled with sincerity.

Chen Huanzhang laughed: "Why do I feel like you two planned it in advance, just waiting for me to take the bait?"

At this point, Chen Huanzhang put away the smile on his face: "Why did she take the risk? You should know it very well, Wu Niang, but why do you want to help her like this? Don't talk about your cousin's life, you You know that if she goes to Nanou and finds her parents and younger brothers, she will have a narrow escape from death. At that time, instead of helping her, you will end up harming her."

Mei Wu Niang pursed her lips and sighed: "Third Master, don't you know that the ninth lady of the Mi family is very capable? Even if I don't help her, she will definitely find other ways to get to Nanou. Besides, she will definitely find other ways to get to Nanou. He said, according to the current situation, how many years can our business continue? I'm afraid that when the third master leaves next spring, we will say goodbye forever..."

Hearing this, Chen Huanzhang's lips trembled unconsciously. He didn't know that the southwest was becoming more and more unstable. This trip made him intuitively think that he might not come again for many years. He was like He had persuaded Mei Wu Niang before to let her and Yun Niang leave the southwest with him. Now he was in a hurry and he was ready to continue persuading, but Mei Wu Niang just shook her head gently, indicating that he did not need to persuade anymore.

"Third Master, whether life or death, Yun Niang and I are just two ordinary people. It's just that I'm not willing to accept it, and I don't believe that those demons and monsters have done all the bad things and can continue to do evil and cause harm to the world. Although we are nothing more than ants. , but she always has the strength, even if she can kill a child for a night or two, she is still a human being in vain." Mei Wu Niang had a smile on her face and her words were gentle, as if she was saying something ordinary, but her tone He is determined, but he cannot deceive others.

Chen Huanzhang heard Mei Wu Niang say such words for the first time, and his heart couldn't help but tremble. Although he had never experienced war, he also understood that once chaos broke out, human lives would be like nothing, but Mei Wu Niang and Yun Niang both had the same intentions. Having made up his mind, he had no choice but to let go: "I will try my best to do this well. I just hope that the court will not give up on Southwest. However, if it gives up, there will be no chaos."

In the past, Mei Wu Niang would have just laughed it off after hearing this. But now, her mentality and thoughts have undergone earth-shaking changes, and she couldn't help but smile contemptuously: "In order to conquer the southwest, that thief did all the bad things and raised bandits. Don’t treat the common people as human beings. If he really gets the southwest, I’m afraid it would be easier for us people to wipe our own necks and hang ourselves..."

"Forget it, Third Master, you are an outsider, so you don't have to worry about things like this in the southwest. When you get well in the coming year, and take advantage of the Hundred Flowers Festival to have a large army to protect you, you can leave this place of trouble as soon as possible. By the way, the Huang family Boy, haven’t you left yet?”

Chen Huanzhang felt quite heavy. When Mei Wu Niang suddenly asked about Huang Chifeng, he was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Not yet. I heard that I rented a hot spring village at the foot of Linnan Mountain and am planning to spend the New Year here."

Mei Wu Niang suddenly laughed: "What's his plan?"

"Zuo just wanted to see that I haven't left yet. I don't know why I want to stay in Linnan for the New Year. Let him go. Anyway, Linnan City doesn't belong to my family. There are so many fragrances in Linnan City. There must be merchants who can bring more money out." Yes." Chen Huanzhang no longer bothered to argue with Huang Chifeng. Anyway, he has almost given up on the ordinary fragrance and jewelry business. If the Southwest War breaks out, no matter how big the stall is, there will not be so much goods to sell.

Thinking of this, Chen Huanzhang couldn't help but wonder whether he should take advantage of the Hundred Flowers Festival to bring some incense back home. If the war breaks out, the incense here will not be shipped out, and the contract signed with the Mi family will be in vain. At that time, the prices of all the fragrances in the world will definitely go up. I'm afraid I have to think about this carefully, and maybe even have to go to Mi's house.

"I heard that the Huang family's cargo was transported by water. I wonder if he was so lucky to be able to transport it out safely." There was obviously something in Mei Wu Niang's words.

Chen Huanzhang was startled when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Mei Wuniang: "What do you mean? I have also traveled by water in the past, but the water situation at the junction of Linnan River and Xiaojiang River was not stable, and the rest was along the river. Generally speaking, It’s faster than transporting by land. As long as you rent a boat from Feng Er at the pier, there’s no big problem. It’s just that we usually transport fragrances. If something happens to the water transport, the loss will be greater.”

Mei Wu Niang shook her head and lowered her voice and said: "I also got the information in the past two days. Now I rent Feng Er's boat, but it may not be reliable. I don't know if he had a falling out with Whirlpool Undercity." , or some other reason, anyway, I heard that there is no return..."

Chen Huanzhang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this: "Why have I never heard of this incident?"

Mei Wuniang had always disliked looking for Feng Er to rent a boat. She always felt that this person had a bad background, let alone whether his hands were clean, so almost none of Chen Huanzhang's goods had been transported by water in the past few years.

"Don't say it's you, it's us. If Ajie hadn't gone out for a walk recently, he would have been kept in the dark. And he has only heard so much, and the details are not clear yet." Mei Wuniang explained.

For some reason, Chen Huanzhang suddenly lost his interest and fell silent. Although Huang Chifeng lost this batch of goods because of his struggle with him, he couldn't be happy. This trade route was becoming more and more chaotic. These businessmen are not a good person.Seeing Mr. Chen's sudden depression, Mei Wu Niang couldn't help but be a little surprised. It was rare for a person like him to behave like this today, but after thinking about it carefully, she understood. Come over and sigh:
"Third Master, please don't worry too much. God will always give us businessmen a way to survive. Maybe it will last for a few years. When everything is sorted out and there is a smooth road, Third Master can still do business." .”

Chen Huanzhang didn't know that Mei Wu Niang was trying to comfort him. In fact, the situation of local people like them would be even more difficult. In the face of life and death, business was nothing. He couldn't say those words that were so heartbreaking that he couldn't help but understand. Throat: "It's rare this year that I actually have to spend the whole New Year here. But it's quite deserted to celebrate the New Year alone. Why don't you follow me to the Zhuangzi to be lively?"

Mei Wu Niang pondered for a moment, then nodded: "That's fine, it's definitely more lively when there are more people."

Early the next morning, Mrs. Meng returned to her parents' home. Because she was afraid of being late, her eldest brother went out and didn't even eat breakfast. He entered the courtyard where his eldest brother and sister-in-law lived, and caught up with the two of them having breakfast.

Sister-in-law Qian's eyebrows skipped a beat when she saw her sister-in-law coming again at this hour. Could it be that she returned the money before and borrowed it again today?
Meng Qiliang was a little worried when he saw his little sister coming at this time. He was afraid that something might happen to the Mi family again. He didn't invite his little sister to eat, so he just asked: "What happened?"

Meng was in a hurry, let alone breakfast. She got up early and went out without even drinking water. After half an hour's journey, she was thirsty and hungry. When she arrived in front of her eldest brother who had doted on her since childhood, she didn't care about the many details. , sat down at the table, and called the maid serving next to him: "Hurry and get me a bowl of water and a bowl of porridge. I'm in a hurry to go out. I haven't eaten breakfast yet."

Then he turned to look at his eldest brother: "Nothing has happened. I'm just afraid that my eldest brother will go out later and I don't know where to look for you. Everyone in the family has gone back to the clan to catch up on goods. There is only one person on the counter to help. I’m in a hurry to go back as soon as I’m done.”

Meng Qiliang felt relieved when he saw his little sister's appearance. He couldn't help but feel angry and funny: "I don't know how old you are now, and you are still in such a hurry. If you have anything to do, you can't ask someone to send you a message first. I If I know about it, I will naturally go looking for you. Why are you doing this trip if you haven’t eaten all morning?”

Meng pushed back her hair in embarrassment, and just as the maid came over with tea and porridge, Qian was beating her heart, but she couldn't show it in front of her master, so she just smiled and said: "Alian, please drink some water first." , it’s not too late to talk about anything after breakfast.”

Meng knew that her eldest sister-in-law Qian had not wanted to see her in the past few years, so she came to see her eldest brother in front of her today, so that she would not hear about it later and think that she wanted to hide something from her. Not wanting to make his eldest brother uncomfortable, he nodded quickly and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for your consideration, but I won't be polite."

The three of them finished their meal and the maid cleared the table. Meng Qiliang glanced at Qian. Qian clearly saw it but refused to move. Meng knew at a glance that the two were having a feud, so she quickly got to the point: "Brother , there is such a thing, we have a big customer from Liangzhe Road, he ordered all the goods for our house this time, his name is Chen Huanzhang, do you still remember?"

When the younger sister came to pay back the money, Meng Qiliang was afraid that something would go wrong, so he asked carefully about the origin of the money. Naturally, he remembered this and nodded: "I have met Mr. Chen from the Chen family on Liangzhe Road. Once, what happened?"

"He has a recipe, which he said he got from a pearl farmer in the south. He wants to ask the Meng family to help him check it out. If it is feasible, it would be best to make a batch of goods for him." Meng felt that it goes without saying. So thoughtful, she was the matchmaker anyway. As long as her eldest brother was willing to meet Mr. Chen, her trip was not in vain.

Qian curled her lips inaudibly, and couldn't help but sneer in her heart. Her relatives from her mother's family approached her and wanted to buy more goods from the Meng family, but Meng Qiliang shook her head and refused, saying that she couldn't break the rules of the clan. Now, their precious little sister who was raised like pearls and jade has spoken out to see if this rule can still be kept.

Meng Qiliang said with a straight face: "Huai'an is not at home, so why are you, a woman, taking care of these business matters? Maybe something has been caught, and it is not convenient for Huai'an to come forward, so you are asked to come... "

"Brother, what are you thinking about? I looked at that recipe and thought it could just make up for our shortcomings, so I wanted to show it to you. If you think it's feasible, I've got both ends covered. If you If I don’t think so, Mr. Chen will definitely not blame me. He may not take this idea of ​​business very seriously. He just talked about it in a rush." ​​Meng pouted, only in front of her elder brother, She still has a bit of the extravagance she had when she was young.

"You just read someone's prescription? You don't know what the prescription is? Why are you so ignorant now?" Meng Qiliang felt more open-minded when he heard that it had nothing to do with his brother-in-law, but he felt that it was inappropriate for his younger sister to do this.

Meng had expected that her elder brother would say this. She smiled bitterly and shook her head: "I didn't know that what they showed me was the recipe for the balm. If I knew, a person of several decades would avoid it no matter how ignorant he was. Some. Chen Sanye's family is a trading company and does not have a workshop. He took this prescription to spend money to help others. People don't care whether it works or not. Besides, he also admires his eldest brother for his integrity and knows that we must He was entrusted to me only if he couldn't do such a thing."

Meng Qiliang shook his head, but what he was thinking was that Mr. Chen was really good at scheming. His little sister had seen this recipe, and now whether she looked at it or not, it was as if she had seen it, so he simply stretched out his hand: "Where is the recipe? Take it. Come and let me take a look!"

When Mrs. Qian heard that Meng Xiaomei had caused this yellow mud to fall into her crotch again, she returned to her parents' house. The key was that her husband just took it, and she couldn't help but cough lightly.

Meng handed the prescription to her eldest brother, and then explained to Qian with some scorn: "Sister-in-law, this recipe is really good. How much money has our family spent on raw materials for this whitening balm over the years? I just can’t make good quality goods at a low price, so I think this recipe might be able to break the situation.”

Qian had a smile on her face and her words were caring, but she didn't sound very nice: "No matter how good the recipe is, it belongs to someone else. If you bring it to your door like this, do you want us to spend money to buy it? Or do you have some other intention, Alian?" , none of these traveling businessmen are simple, you have to be careful..."

Qian finally found a legitimate reason to talk about her sister-in-law, but she couldn't hold it in. After a long while, Meng Qiliang, who had been looking at Fang Zi and didn't know what he was thinking, interrupted Qian: "Go and talk to her." Then Mr. Chen has a message and says that I will be waiting at the trading house the day after tomorrow and ask him to come and look for me at any time!"

(End of this chapter)