Zhou Lijun said as a matter of course: "He said so."
She said: "Not only do I know about this, but the eldest brother, second brother, and fourth uncle also know about it."
From the capital to the grassland, they have to go through so many places along the way, both buying and selling goods, they have to stay together every day, especially after entering the grassland, in order to guard against caravans, everyone sleeps together.
She is a girl's house, so she can have a tent alone, but she is surrounded by their tents. At night, when everyone gathers around the campfire, don't they gossip
There are so many serious things, it won't be long.
So as time went on, not only their uncles and nephews knew the details of the Xiang family, but Xiang Mingxue also knew the details of their old Zhou family.
What's more, the biggest secrets of the two families still overlap, and all of them have been resolved publicly. What else can't be said between the two families
When Feng heard this, he became thoughtful, "That means knowing the root and the bottom..."
When Zhou Lijun heard this, he was afraid that her mother would make a decision for her directly, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, should I ask my sister about such a big matter?"
She is still in charge of my sister-in-law's job and the family's accounts. To be honest, if the world doesn't allow it, she really doesn't want to marry, mainly because she is living well now.
It's a pity that if she really doesn't marry for the rest of her life, it may be difficult to do business in the future, especially the business that needs to contact some female relatives.
Zhou Zhoulang hurried to find Xiang Mingxue.
Xiang Mingxue had already ordered some food and wine from the kitchen in advance, and when he saw him coming, he stretched out his hand and said, "Sit."
Zhou Zhou Lang stepped forward and sat down silently, staring at him.
Xiang Mingxue held the pot and poured him a glass of wine, and without waiting for him to ask, he admitted openly, "I want to be the king."
Zhou Zhoulang: ...I treat you as a brother, but you want to be my niece and son-in-law
but…
Zhou Zhoulang looked at Xiang Mingxue seriously, and to be honest, he went in and out of the grassland with him twice, and he still agrees with this marriage in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't praise it in front of his second brother and sister-in-law Learn from Ming.
However, he couldn't cheat on his niece, so he drank the wine in his glass, put down the glass and asked, "Do you like my niece?"
Xiang Mingxue nodded without hesitation. He paused and explained: "Actually, I used to be Lijun and my niece. After all, counting from Zhou Taiyi, I am indeed her elder."
He wasn't impure from the start.
Because of Zhou Man's relationship, Xiang Mingxue has always been commensurate with Zhou Zhoulang and his peers, but last year they entered the grassland together, in order to show their closeness, Zhou Lijun asked his nephew to call him uncle, and he felt awkward when Zhou Lijun also called him uncle.
He has met many people, but there is only one Zhou Man who is as capable as Zhou Lijun.
But Zhou Lijun's ability is not the same as Zhou Man's. Zhou Man is just like them. She was raised as a scholar, so she is smart and capable, but she always makes people ignore her gender and associate with her as the same kind.
Zhou Lijun was not. He could see the tenacity of the woman from her. She had all the restraints and prejudices that women are currently subject to, and he could feel that she was also working hard to break free from these restraints.
But Zhou Man is different, she is too open-minded, too casual, and never takes these things to heart, so she doesn't suffer from this pain, but how many people in this world can do this
As long as she is the only one.
And there are very few women like Zhou Lijun. At first, I felt pity for Mingxue, thinking that this little girl is smart, tough, and willing to endure hardships. She is better than most men in this world.
Later, we entered the grassland together for more than two months. We saw each other when we looked up, and we saw each other when we looked down.
In fact, Xiang Mingxue hesitated mainly because it was not easy to mention.
As Zhou Zhoulang said, he is several years older than her, and he is also a generation behind her. Even if the two of them are not relatives, they are not very suitable because of their friendship with Zhou Man.
But when he heard what she said to Zhou Liwei today, he couldn't hold back his move.
On the way back, he made up his mind, "If she is willing to marry me, I will make her happy in the future, and I won't restrict her to be trapped in the back house."
Of course, Zhou Zhoulang also knew about his second niece's ambition and ability. Seriously, Zhou Lijun's ability to do business is not weaker than him at all. During the trip with her last year, the family earned three times as much as the year before, a large part of it. The reason is that she bought and shipped goods along the way, and kept buying and selling to earn money.
He stared at Xiang Mingxue, "Are you serious? After getting 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 Zhou Lang heard this, he stroked his chin and thought for a while, then asked, "Then do you mind if she helps her family's business after she gets married?"
Xiang Mingxue: ...
He stared at Zhou Zhou Lang, the two of them looked at each other for a long time, and finally said to Ming Xue: "Brother Zhou Zhou, are you not afraid that she will take all the money from her mother's family to her husband's house?"
Zhou Zhou Lang waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about this, the contract will definitely be signed at that time, and there is also her share here, and there is an account book. Besides, she is not such a person."
The last sentence seems like an impromptu addition.
Xiang Mingxue thought for a while and said, "It depends on what she wants."
Zhou Zhoulang became excited, and patted his shoulder across a table with his hands, and said with relief: "My good brother, I praised you in front of my second elder brother and second sister-in-law."
He said cheerfully: "If our two families really get married, we can do business together, and we might be able to open a business route on the grassland by then."
Many big merchants that enter the grassland have their own tribes that they regularly cooperate with, and each time they agree on the time of the transaction, this is their own business 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 goes two times, he should consider giving some benefits to his subordinates to cover his wages. In this way, if the imperial court finds out, it’s just that you have so many people working together to run some errands, and your family has a lot of land, so it shouldn’t be possible to change your household registration.”
Zhou Zhoulang: "The imperial court did not restrict merchants' imperial examinations."
Xiang Mingxue himself was admitted to the government school to study at the beginning, and he rushed to the examiner, so he naturally knew, he said: "Although there is no restriction, 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 from merchants who can reach the third rank, and not many of the fifth rank."
Basically insulated from the position of prime minister.
Therefore, Xiang Mingxue will not let his descendants be discriminated against in this way.
Zhou Zhoulang was still ignorant, but Zhou Lijun outside the door was stunned.