The tent she was familiar with came into view, and the sound of a man's even breathing sounded beside her.
She pressed her hand lightly on her chest, feeling the rapid beating inside.
Is it a dream
However, she was very clear that those were not dreams, but things that really happened, which happened in her previous life.
After a long time, she let out a vague sigh.
In the end, the Zhou family who appeared today disturbed my thoughts, I haven't dreamed about it for a long time, and I never thought that I would have a clear dream again today.
If Zhou Guanning couldn't get past this hurdle, how could she start over? What are you talking about casting confidence? What are you talking about watching your daughter get married in a beautiful way, and you will live in peace for the rest of your life.
Maybe she should keep herself busy so she doesn't have time to think about the things she doesn't want to remember, the people she doesn't want to remember.
"Ma'am..." The man's sleepy voice suddenly rang in her ears, and she was startled when she was contemplating it. She half propped herself up and looked at the man beside her carefully under the moonlight, only to see that he was sleeping soundly .
Her heart softened without warning, and she poked lightly on the warm face of the other party, and said in a low voice helplessly: "You, why are you talking in your sleep like a child."
"Ma'am..." It was another dreamy voice, and she didn't know if it was an illusion, but she could hear a bit of coquettishness from this voice.
She caressed her forehead a little funny, feeling really stupid.
She lay back in the brocade quilt again, and subconsciously moved towards the person beside her, with her face pressed against the generous and warm chest, for some reason, she felt a warm current slowly flowing through her limbs, drawing She was completely dispelled by the coolness of waking up from the nightmare.
She thought, it would be great if this person could accompany her for the rest of her life...
Thinking that in a few years, the "stove" beside her would leave her, and she would no longer be able to rely on her at all, she felt her heart was very blocked and her nose felt sore.
The next moment, she suddenly thought, if she could prevent that accident, wouldn't he be able to avoid that death
It should be ok? It's just that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't change her son's encounter with Zhou Wanning in this life, and she felt uncertain again.
It doesn't matter, if she knows that the man beside her will lose his life due to an accident in the near future, but she does nothing, she will never feel at ease in this life, let alone forgive herself!
Having made up her mind, she rubbed her warm chest, and slowly closed her eyes, thinking that after waking up once, it would be difficult to fall asleep again, but after a short while, the sound of clear and even breathing sounded .
The next day, Wei Junhang went to Master Wu first, and Master Wu, who had already been entrusted by Wei Chenglin, naturally knew why he came, so he agreed without saying a word.
Knowing that he could go to practice martial arts with his master in the afternoon, Yun Fu could no longer maintain that little adult appearance, his little face was flushed with excitement, and his big eyes became brighter and brighter.
Shen Xinyan beckoned him to come over, and when the little guy ran up to her, she adjusted the clothes on his body and said: "You must listen to the master and practice hard, you know?"
Yun Fu nodded again and again, and patted his thin chest: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely listen to the master's words and practice hard!"
Seeing his serious appearance, Shen Xinyan couldn't help laughing, so she quickly held back.
Wei Chenglin, who stood quietly by the side, felt a little envious. He couldn't remember whether his mother repeatedly told him so worriedly when he went to class with the master for the first time when he was young.
"Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of him!" After a while, seeing that Shen Xinyan seemed to have something to say, he hurriedly said.
It would be a waste of time to say anything else.
Seeing the two little guys, one tall and one short, but with the same stern faces, walking out of the room one after the other, Xia He couldn't help sighing: "Usually I can't see it, but now I look at it, If you don't know, you will think that these two are brothers!"
"What are you talking about! These words can be confused!" Qiutang pushed her shoulder and said angrily.
It was only then that Xia He realized what he had said, stuck out his tongue at her a little embarrassedly, and then looked at Shen Xinyan who was disapproving, and then found an excuse and ran away in a hurry.
"Xia He is not wrong. These two children are not very talkative, and they always like to act like adults at a young age. It is not wrong to say that they are like brothers." Shen Xinyan shook her head with a light smile.
"I know madam has a good temper, but madam can't indulge Xia He in everything. Her explosive charcoal can explode on her own when no one provokes her. If madam continues to indulge, I'm afraid she will go to heaven in the future !” Qiutang said disapprovingly.
Shen Xinyan smiled, changed the subject and said, "Go and get my dowry list and booklet, so I can calm myself down."
The matter of cooperating with Xu Sumin was a foregone conclusion, and she didn't want to let herself idle to think about it anymore, so she simply sorted out her family property, and at the same time prepared the silver in advance to invest in the village.
Qiu Tang responded and left, and soon took her dowry list and private accounts.
Shen Xinyan took it and read it carefully, and found that after so many years of accumulation, her family background is actually not very small.
When she got married back then, the Jing'an Mansion had already declined, so naturally there was no way to buy her a generous dowry, so she was just sent out in a regular manner.
These years in the Duke's Mansion, although she was not the mistress of the family, and she didn't have much spare money, but because she never spent money like water, and didn't like to go out to socialize, she didn't use the dowry.
After more than ten years of accumulation, up to now, her family property has more than doubled compared to when she got married.
"Later, you will send a message to those shopkeepers, asking them to send in the income of this quarter in advance. I will make up a pool and try to get enough money to invest in Zhuangzi." After closing the booklet, she instructed Qiutang.
Qiu Tang didn't quite agree with his wife's decision to cooperate with Xu Sumin to open a hot spring village, and invested more than half of her net worth. Then Mrs. Xu must not let her down.
I thought that with the addition of the income from the dowry shop under my name in the past quarter, I could make up enough for Zhuangzi's initial investment, but I didn't expect that the final amount collected was far beyond Shen Xinyan's expectations.
"How can there be so little? It's a full 30% less than this time last year!" She frowned and asked in puzzlement.
"Nowadays, business is not easy to do. There are more and more shops in the capital, and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. Especially this year, many merchants from other places have flooded in, thinking that there are gold everywhere in the capital!" Shopkeeper Qian said bitterly.
Shen Xinyan closed the list, and said unhurriedly: "The fierce competition is not unique to this year. Our shops have been open for more than ten years at least. The business has never been good, but it is definitely not bad."
Taking a sip from the teacup, she wiped the corners of her mouth and said bluntly: "Forget it, just bring me the account books of this year from various shops and let me have a look."
"Ma'am, does this mean you don't trust us?" Shopkeeper Qian's face was a bit unattractive.
"This is strange. As the owner, isn't it normal to look at the account books in your own store? How can it be related to whether you believe it or not?" Shen Xinyan frowned even tighter.
Shopkeeper Qian's lips moved, and finally he said helplessly: "In a few days, I will personally deliver it for Madam to have a look at."
"No need, the account books are all ready-made, so why wait a few days, Qiutang, you can take someone there yourself." Shen Xinyan gave him no room to refuse, and ordered Qiutang directly.
Qiu Tang agreed, took the people in the prepared carriage and left.
Shopkeeper Qian felt restless and wanted to find a reason to leave, but Shen Xinyan asked him about the business of the shop over the years.
Reluctantly, he had to suppress the anxiety in his heart to answer one by one.
When Qiutang brought back the account books of several shops with someone, his expression finally changed.
Shen Xinyan didn't seem to notice, she casually opened a book and flipped through it, every time there was a clattering sound of pages turning, it was as if a sharp knife was approaching Shopkeeper Qian's body an inch.
But even if he wanted to leave now, he couldn't.
Time passed little by little, and in just one hour, he felt as if he had been roasted on a raging fire for an hour, and the sweat on his forehead didn't stop even for a moment.
Finally, Shen Xinyan closed the last account book, stared fixedly at him, and said slowly after a while: "I'm a bit dull, and I can't understand this account book. Why don't you explain it to me in detail, Mr. Qian?" Why is there such a big difference between the number recorded here and what you handed in over the years!"
Shopkeeper Qian couldn't bear it any longer and knelt down with a 'plop'.
"Madam, please forgive me. The little one shouldn't have been fooled by lard and become greedy, which is why he made a big mistake! Please forgive me, please give the little one another chance!"
"I only get 40% of the income from my own shop every year. You have a big appetite as a shopkeeper, and you dare to pay 60%! It's because I am too soft-tempered that you have no scruples in doing things. That's why you don't take me seriously anymore, don't you?" Shen Xinyan sneered, and the next moment, she slammed the teacup in her hand in front of Shopkeeper Qian.
"Tell me, who instigated you! If you don't tell me, Qiutang, take the Shizi's name tag and send him directly to the government!!"
"Yes!!" Qiutang was so angry that she wished she could eat the meat of Shopkeeper Qian.
"Madam, please forgive me. Madam, please forgive me. I said, yes, it's Mrs. Uncle!"
Mrs. Uncle? Leung? Shen Xinyan seemed to be surprised, but also expected.
Except for her sister-in-law, no one could have tampered with her dowry shop.
"Bold, you dare to climb up Mrs. Uncle! Mrs. Uncle is Mrs. Madam's direct sister-in-law, how could she do such a thing!" Qiutang yelled with a stern face.
"Everything you said is true, madam! You have evidence, yes, you have evidence!"