Chapter 119: "Marrying a Wealthy Family" Linkage (I)
The capital has been a prosperous place since ancient times.
When Qi Huaijing first arrived and took over the Yue family shop, the business increased several times and gradually became busy.
With a family to support, Shen Tang couldn't stay idle either. He had to take care of the front yard and backyard, the mother-in-law, the children, the cats and dogs, the parents and siblings of the Shen family, and also had to deal with the verbal battle between Qi Huaijing and Madam Yue...
If it weren't for her, this family would quarrel eight hundred times a day.
In addition to housework, she also helped Shen's father proofread ancient books. On a whim, she started to run a bookstore, selling books, collecting books, and engraving books, which was an elegant thing.
In the past two or three years, the bookstore has been making losses.
Fortunately, the loss was not much. Naturally, Qi Huaijing did not intend to rely on her to make money for the family... He also praised her for being much better than cousin Ling Yun.
By chance, a clerk in a bookstore put the medical case book she had written on the shelf. Because it was economical, practical, and written in a fluent style, it sold faster and better than obscure books of sages. It became a must-have for ordinary people at home and was reprinted several times.
It's the end of the year again.
After Chen Tang finished checking the account books in the study, he was stunned for a long time, then checked them again... and was sure that there was a slight surplus this year.
She jumped up and screamed as she threw herself into Qi Huaijing's arms, knocking over the account books on his table.
“Aaaah…making money!”
After listening to her incoherently talking about the good news, Qi Huaijing kissed her fiercely, his eyes filled with tears even more than hers.
Chen Tang looked at his proud face and couldn't help but hug his waist tightly.
"Come on, I'll take you to a restaurant!"
The world is busy.
Whenever they had free time, the two of them would always go out for a stroll together. Every now and then, they would leave their children to Mrs. Yue to play with them, making both the young and the old very happy and satisfied.
There are always endless famous mountains and historical sites to visit inside and outside the imperial capital, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, teahouses, restaurants, lantern towers and theaters... The two of them drank tea and chatted in the downtown area, and also kissed passionately behind the rocks.
Sometimes they played until late at night and went home only when their feet were sore. After getting off the car at the ceremonial gate, Qi Huaijing carried her to the back house and called her again and again.
"Tang'er, Tang'er, Tang'er..."
Chen Tang closed his eyes and leaned on the warm and broad shoulder, responding to him one by one.
"Huai Jing, Huai Jing, Huai Jing..."
"Are you happy today?" he always asks.
"I'm so happy!" She was generous with her praise.
Life is like the sea. The two are cousins, husband and wife, and also each other's closest and most tacit friends.
Of course, when the heart is full of passion, it can also be a romantic young master and a beautiful maid, a noble lady in the boudoir and a handsome servant, a young girl swinging on the swing and a dandy boy climbing over the wall to attend a party...
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There are also times when he is serious, such as when he goes out to a banquet.
There are many banquets in the capital. Qi Huaijing is a businessman, and he has business friends from all over the world, distant relatives and old friends... There is always drinking and laughter.
There was also a banquet at the Shen family. Scholars respected their teachers and education. When the students heard that Master Shen had come to the capital, they made another wave of elegant appointments.
After a few visits, Chen Tang got to know the mistress of the Xie family, the richest family in Beijing, Madam Chen Qi.
There are two students in the Xie family who were taught by Master Shen, one is Xie Yushuo, the cousin of Mr. Xie, and the other is Shen Ji, the brother-in-law of Mrs. Shen.
Both brothers were on the list of successful candidates in this imperial examination.
The Xie family was originally a merchant family in a small city, starting from Pingshan County and then moving to Guangling City. Now they have lived in Beijing for many years, their business has made them rich, and their education has produced two outstanding people... Despite being so rich and powerful, they have become more low-key and cautious, and mostly interact with old relatives and friends in Guangling City.
In March, when the flowers are blooming and the grass is green, Madam Shen held another spring banquet.
The Xie family is wealthy and their garden scenery is naturally beautiful, with lush flowers and trees, scattered rocks and hills, and layers of courtyards, pavilions and waterside terraces.
The whole garden was filled with beautiful people in fine clothes. Chen Tang instructed the accompanying maids to keep a close eye on the young masters and young ladies and not to allow the children to run around and cause trouble at the banquet.
Turning around, Chen Li came out from behind the rose rack with intertwined flower shadows, walked over to sit beside her, pulled her sleeve, and whispered quietly.
"Sister, who is that person?"
Chen Tang followed her gaze and saw a gentle young man, dressed in brocade and wearing a jade belt, handsome and upright, it was the old acquaintance.
He was also looking over here, gazing at the Shen sisters from afar, nodding and smiling.
Chen Tang smiled in response, also tilted his head, and answered quietly.
"That's the third son of the Xie family, Xie Yushuo. He was a student that Daddy taught at Guangling Academy of Education, and he just entered the Imperial Academy this year. When he was in Guangling a few years ago, he visited Daddy at our house, and you saw him too. Don't you remember?"
Chen Li suddenly realized, no wonder she felt he looked so familiar.
But... he was a member of the Xie family, but he just said that he was lost and asked her to walk for a long distance in the garden... It was really strange.
The girl had just grown up, and Chen Li's heart moved. Her cheeks suddenly turned red. She held the handkerchief in her hand and dared to raise her eyes for a while.
But in a moment, I met those clear eyes again.
Their eyes crossed, and they both quickly looked away, looking at the rippling spring water in the pond, the ripples on the water surface...
The melodious music of stringed instruments in the garden falls into the ears along with the lingering spring breeze.
"If you don't visit the gardens, how can you know how beautiful spring is..."
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