Li Qinyuan originally thought that they should go directly to the Lu family's business or restaurants to talk about business. How could he think that Zhou Song would bring him directly to the Lu family, but although he had doubts in his heart, his face was still calm. , did not even ask a question.
Walking is even more leisurely.
It seems that he is not here to talk about business, but a distinguished guest invited by this family.
Along the way, he also met many people, servants, maids, everyone looked at him with a hint of curiosity and surprise, and even Zhou Song, who was leading the way, was a little surprised.
He is the owner who knows the Defeng firm.
This year, I was only eighteen, and I heard that he was from the Duke Wei’s residence in the capital. His reputation in Lin’an was not small in the past few months.
Thinking of this, the respect on his face increased a bit.
As we walked, he politely said with the person, "Don't be surprised, Boss Li, the owner is getting older now, and he doesn't like going to shops, let alone those restaurants, so he can only invite you to his home."
Li Qinyuan nodded and said indifferently, "It's okay."
Zhou Song didn't say more, and dutifully led the way, until he reached a corridor, then stopped, and bowed to a man in a white shirt not far away: "Boss, Boss Li is here. ."
heard.
Li Qinyuan also stopped and looked not far away.
Half-rolled bamboo curtains are hung on both sides of the corridor with murals. Under the corridor, an old man is holding a bird cage and is playing with the birds with a feather. The man is about fifty years old, with gray hair. He was still in high spirits, and he didn't look back when he heard the sound, just teasing his precious bird.
What kind of people has Li Qinyuan not seen in the past few months
At this time, I didn't feel left out, so I gave a junior salute to the other side and shouted, "Uncle Lu."
After teasing the sound of birds, all that was left in the corridor was the chirping of birds.
The old man in the white shirt, surnamed Lu, with a single name and a word, is the owner of the Huiyi silk and satin shop, and is also the head of the Lu family. He handed the bird cage in his hand to the servant next to him, then turned around, He started and looked at Li Qinyuan with a light expression, "What do you call me?"
Li Qinyuan replied, with a respectful and gentle voice: "My grandfather once told me about the past when he was there. He said that he had a brother of the opposite sex, surnamed Lu, who was honest and sincere. already."
Hearing him talk about the past, Lu Xue's face was slightly moved, but he returned to normal in an instant.
Still looking at him coldly, his tone was neither salty nor indifferent, "Co-author Li is not here to talk about business today, but to recognize relatives?"
Hearing this, Zhou Song's face turned pale. He knew the owner's temperament, the weather was uncertain, and he did business based on his own pleasure. If it wasn't for the fact that their Lu family had a foundation in Shaoxing, the owner's temperament...
Although this Boss Li is young, there is a government behind him, so he can't be easily offended.
He was just about to say a few words to slow down the atmosphere, but before he opened his mouth, Li Qinyuan replied, "If my uncle wants to call, naturally I want to talk about business." His face was always calm as he spoke The words still came slowly.
After speaking, he bowed his hands to the man, "I saw my uncle just now, and he was a junior, but now I see him as a business partner, and he was a regular salute."
His two attitudes were completely different.
The younger generation is respectful when saluting, but always polite but with a hint of arrogance.
After a brief silence, there was a burst of wanton laughter from the corridor, Lu Xue strode towards Li Qinyuan with a smile, clapped his hand on the person's shoulder, and scolded with a smile, "You brat is much better than your grandfather's old pedantic. ."
"To my taste."
He shouted again: "Come on, prepare me some wine!"
The old servant responded to the command, and Lu Xue led him directly to the stone table outside.
The servants of the Lu family were fast, and they quickly brought wine and fruit. Zhou Song, who was waiting on the side, poured drinks for the two of them and waited with their heads bowed. Lu Xue looked at Li Qinyuan while drinking and said, "When you were young, I also met you, your mother took you home to worship your ancestors, and it happened that I was also in Lin'an, so I met once."
After speaking, he touched his chin again, "But you don't look like you when you were a child. I almost didn't recognize you just now."
Li Qinyuan held the wine cup and said with a smile, "Why not?"
"You'll be like your father, with a straight face all day long, like a little old-fashioned, looking at it is a headache. Your mother even asked me to hug you, but I don't want it." Lu Xue took a sip of wine. , alcohol into his throat, said with a look of disgust.
Turning to look at Li Qinyuan and laughing, "I didn't expect you to be..."
Probably because he couldn't think of a way to describe it, he touched his chin while looking at the person, and spread his hands like a broken jar, "Anyway, your temper now suits my taste, come, come and drink."
He doesn't talk about business.
Li Qinyuan didn't say anything, and laughed and drank with others. After drinking three pots of wine, Lu Xue didn't know what the past was, and suddenly sighed, "I knew your grandfather from a young age, he likes reading, but I don't like it. these things."
"Later, he passed the exam and went to the capital without continuing Defeng. I didn't see him much again."
"The time I heard that he had an accident, I rushed to the capital, but..." His voice suddenly became choked up, and even his eyes filled with tears, "He was gone before I arrived. "
Hearing people talk about his grandfather, Li Qinyuan also became silent.
He lowered his head, pursed his lips, and said nothing, until he heard someone ask about his grandmother, and then he answered in a steady voice: "After my grandfather's accident, my grandmother and uncle went out of town, but I received a letter from my uncle a while ago, They have already returned to Beijing."
"Well, it's not easy for your uncle."
Lu Xue sighed, "In the past, a child of Zhong Ling Yuxiu went through such a great disaster, and I don't know what happened." He couldn't bear to talk about this, he asked, "I heard that there was a problem with your cloth before?"
"Um."
Li Qinyuan didn't lie to anyone.
In the business field, it is spread from ten to ten. Even if the distance is far away, there is always a way to know, "I encountered waves during transportation, and the cloth was soaked in water, and it can't be used."
Lu Xue didn't say anything, only asked, "How did you do it later?"
Li Qinyuan spoke bluntly: "A friend from the capital brought me 200 horses, and then went to the embroidery workshop to make some, and the rest was bought at a high price by the shops in the surrounding cities."
"Nearby Cities?"
Lu Xue frowned, "Why didn't you buy it in Lin'an?" After speaking, he understood without waiting for Li Qinyuan to answer, and scolded angrily, "That group of pickled scumbags can only do these things."
Li Qinyuan smiled, but he didn't mind, "It's just like this in the business world, there's nothing to say."
"You can figure it out." Lu Xue pouted, raised his eyes and glanced at the person again, "Then not only did you not make money this time, but you also posted a lot, don't you feel bad?"
"It's a lie to say it doesn't hurt, but—" Li Qinyuan smiled, put the wine cup in his hand on the table, looked at the person and said, "The most important thing in business is reputation, since I promised you, I will deliver it as scheduled. If there is a loss, I have to deliver on the date."
"Money can be earned slowly, but reputation and reputation cannot be thrown away."
"Defeng is the property of the Shen family. Now that I am taking over, I naturally have to uphold the legacy of my ancestors."
"it is good!"
Lu Xue raised his voice and slapped Li Qinyuan's shoulder heavily. He didn't look like an old man at all. He blushed and had a thick neck and looked excited, "When Defeng was so famous in Jiangnan, it was his reputation. I can't see it, I didn't expect…”
He was happy, his gray beard trembled with excitement, and he said to himself: "You are good, I can rest assured that Defeng will be handed over to you, and your grandfather... can also rest assured."
Lu's door.
Lu Xue sent people out in person, and there was a lot of retention between his words, "Why don't you stay at home for a few more days?"
Li Qinyuan smiled, but still refused, "I still have something to do this time. I'll come to see you when I get a chance next time."
In this way, Lu Xue did not retain it.
Just remembering one thing, he asked again, "I remember you're not married yet?"
Hearing people mention this, Li Qinyuan was taken aback for a moment, his eyes involuntarily looked at the carriage, his eyebrows and eyes were soft, and his voice was also much softer, "Not yet."
"That's good, I happen to have a granddaughter in my family, she is sixteen years old. I'm not bragging. Although my granddaughter is from a merchant, she is not worse than those official ladies. If she hadn't accompanied her grandmother to worship the Buddha today, It's a good time for you to meet."
The more Lu Xue said, the more he felt that this was feasible.
The Lu and Shen families have been in love for decades. At the beginning, he wanted his son to marry the daughter of the Shen family. Who would have thought that the child of the Shen family would marry Li Censhen? He was also involved with the descendants of the Shen family. Although he was not named Shen, he still had half of his blood.
"If you don't wait any longer, my granddaughter is probably coming soon."
"If you really don't have time, I'll take her to Lin'an in a few days, so that you can see each other." He was so excited that he wanted to make a decision on the spot, which made Li Qinyuan laugh and cry, "Uncle, it's really unnecessary."
"What?" Lu Xue frowned, "Could it be that you dislike her from a business background and are not worthy of you?"
Li Qinyuan hurriedly said, "Of course not."
"Why?" Lu Xue was still not very happy.
Li Qinyuan smiled and cast another glance at the carriage, with a soft tone: "I already have someone I like."
"what?"
Lu Xue was stunned for a moment, Xu was aware of Li Qinyuan's gaze, and he followed the person to the carriage over there, thinking of what Zhou Song said in private just now, he also understood in his heart, and smiled, "So it turns out that That's it, that's all."
"When you are free in the future, remember to come as a guest at home."
Naturally, Li Qinyuan had no reason not to, so he gave a junior salute to the people, "It's windy outside, uncle, let's go in."
Lu Xue nodded, didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the mansion... After Li Qinyuan and others left, they walked to the carriage. Lin Qing and others wanted to salute him, he raised his hand to stop them, silenced them, and stepped forward. When he opened the curtain, he saw Gu Wuyou leaning on the soft couch and sleeping soundly.
She didn't know if it was because the carriage was hot, her face was a little red, and there was a trace of sweat on her nose.
Closing the car curtain, Li Qinyuan wiped the sweat off his face in distress.
I thought that my movements were gentle enough, but I didn't expect to wake him up. His water-like eyes opened gently, Gu Wuyou looked at Li Qinyuan in a daze, and rubbed his eyes, "Are you back?"
"Ai."
Li Qinyuan responded lightly, fearing that she would be uncomfortable, leaned over and hugged him into his arms, pressed her sore back, and asked softly, "Didn't I just ask you to go out for a walk?"
"If you're not here, I'm too lazy to go shopping alone."
Gu Wuyou just woke up and had no strength at all. He let himself lean against his arms. After taking a sip of the tea he handed over, his throat moistened, and he asked, "How is it?"
"It's done."
Speaking of this, Li Qinyuan couldn't help but bring a smile on his face. This is the first big order he has completed, and he can even have a long-term cooperation with the Lu family in the future. The owner's calm appearance cannot be overjoyed, but in front of Gu Wuyou, he is not so particular about it.
This will bury his face on his shoulders, his tone is soft, with a hint of coquettishness, "Gu Wuyou, am I bad?"
"Amazing!" Gu Wuyou said while kissing him loudly on the cheek, with a dazzling smile in his eyes, even happier than Li Qinyuan.
The two lingered in the carriage for a while, and Lin Qing outside asked, "Master, are we going back to Lin'an now, or?"
Thinking that there were still people outside, he had been making trouble with Li Qinyuan in the carriage just now, Gu Wuyou blushed, struggling to get off the person, but Li Qinyuan didn't let go, still holding the person firmly in his arms, and Lin Qing said: "You go back first, I will stay in Shaoxing for a few more days."
Lin Qing was worried about their comfort and hesitated, "It's better to let the other brothers leave first, and the subordinates accompany you and your wife."
"No." Li Qinyuan stroked Gu Wuyou's hair in a calm voice, "Go back and help Xu Yong and Cong Yu. If something happens, I will naturally write to you."
in this way.
Lin Qing didn't say any more, replied softly, and took the rest of the guards to the city gate first. After they left, the driver asked respectfully, "Master, where are we going now?"
Long before he came, Li Qinyuan asked someone to inquire, and he said, "Go to the Xianheng Inn on Xianheng Road."
"Yes."
The driver responded, asked a passerby to ask the direction of "Xianheng Road", and then rushed over there. In the carriage, Li Qinyuan was talking to Gu Wuyou about the arrangements for the past few days, "Let's take a break at the inn today. , I'll take you on a awning boat tomorrow and eat stinky tofu."
This was originally just a casual mention by Gu Wuyou at the beginning, but he would have remembered it all.
There seemed to be gleaming rays of light in her eyes, she held his sleeve, her heart was filled with emotion, and her voice was soft, "Li Qinyuan, you are so kind."
Li Qinyuan smiled and stroked her head.
This little fool, the kindness he treats to her is far less than what she pays, but he doesn't say it, just holds the person firmly in his arms.
the next few days.
Li Qinyuan really kept his promise and took Gu Wuyou to play everything he wanted to play.
It was already May, and the weather was getting hotter than before. The two of them had just walked back to the inn after walking around the streets. They will return to Lin'an tomorrow. Gu Wuyou bought a lot of things, some of which are unique to Shaoxing. She plans to go back and let someone bring it to her home.
Li Qinyuan followed the person with a big bag and a small bag.
The innkeeper greeted them with a smile when he saw them coming in, "Are the two nobles dining in the shop or going out to eat today?"
A few days ago, both of them went out to eat. Today... Li Qinyuan looked down at Gu Wuyou and asked her, "Do you want to eat in the store or go out?"
"In the store."
Gu Wuyou looked at him and said, "I'm tired from shopping today. I plan to go to bed early after eating."
"Okay." Li Qinyuan always let her have the final say, and then said to the shopkeeper, "Then please let the shopkeeper prepare food for us, and we'll come down after we put things away."
"okay."
The shopkeeper responded with a smile.
After the two of them finished putting things away, they were tidying up again. The second girl outside knocked on the door, saying that dinner was ready. Li Qinyuan responded and walked downstairs with Gu Wuyou, before leaving. When I got to the lobby, I heard someone say, "I heard that the horse trader from the Western Regions came to our Great Week recently, and he said that he wanted to find someone to cooperate."