Xiao Yunying paused for a moment before answering, "As far as I know, I've lived here since my grandfather's generation, but I don't know much about before that."
If I remember correctly, the original owner's grandfather was a bodyguard. During one of his escort missions, he was attacked by bandits. He fought back fiercely but was seriously injured and died from his injuries.
The original owner's grandmother passed away from illness.
Master Chen muttered to himself, "If that's the case..."
Xiao Yunying winked at Chen Yuancheng, wondering what was going on.
It's not going to be that old trick of "I think the girl looks like an old friend," is it?
Chen Yuancheng shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know either.
When Mr. Chen saw the two of them making small moves in front of him, he remembered that he seemed to have heard his mother mention a while ago that his eldest son was fond of this Miss Xiao.
"I really have to thank you for what happened to my son when he was abducted a while ago."
Xiao Yunying said, "Mr. Chen, you don't need to worry about it. Madam Chen has already given me a very generous gift as a token of my gratitude."
Just as Xiao Yunying thought the other party was going to exchange a few more polite words with her, Master Chen changed the subject: "Miss and my son..."
Seeing his father's expression, Chen Yuancheng seemed to know what he was going to say, and said, "Yun Ying must have something to discuss with me. Let's go out first."
Master Chen was quite displeased that the child had interrupted him.
But he didn't say anything more: "Since you have something to do, you can go ahead and get busy."
Before Xiao Yunying could say goodbye, Chen Yuancheng had already pulled her out of the study.
Xiao Yunying said softly, "I'm not in a hurry, but you should at least say goodbye. It would be so impolite to do this."
Chen Yuancheng belatedly released her hand, somewhat awkwardly saying, "It's alright, my father doesn't care about this."
You know your own family better than anyone else; judging from his father's expression, you can't expect to get anything good out of him.
Xiao Yunying didn't know what Master Chen wanted to ask, so she guessed, "Does your father want to ask about our joint venture restaurant?"
"Perhaps," Chen Yuancheng said ambiguously. "What brings you here?"
Xiao Yunying said, "I wanted to let you know that my chicken coop will be completed the day after tomorrow. I'll have someone transport the black-boned chicken chicks over in three or four days."
"Okay, I've also found two people who know how to raise black-boned chickens for you. Have them come over with you and teach your family what to pay attention to when raising black-boned chickens, as well as how to prevent diseases and such."
Xiao Yunying smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you about this. No one in the village has ever seen a black-boned chicken or raised so many chickens. I was afraid there might be some problems we wouldn't know about. I didn't expect you to have thought of this for me."
Chen Yuancheng smiled and lowered his head: "Didn't you say that I'm always meticulous in my work?"
Xiao Yunying patted his shoulder: "That's right, you're the most thoughtful person I've ever met."
After saying that, he continued walking forward.
Chen Yuancheng looked at the shoulder where he had been patted, shook his head helplessly, and followed.
Looking at the lush greenery on both sides, which were almost entirely lawns, Xiao Yunying asked casually, "How have you been lately? Have you been feeling unwell?"
Chen Yuancheng truthfully replied, "I rarely go out in spring and summer, and when I do, I cover my mouth and nose. There are very few flowers and plants in the mansion, so it's fine if I'm careful."
Xiao Yunying nodded: "That's good. I came in a hurry today. Next time I come, I'll bring you some fresh fruit to eat."
Feeling Ling Qi looking at him expectantly, he added, "And Ling Qi's too."
Ling Qi then smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Miss."
Chen Yuancheng led Xiao Yunying towards his courtyard. Xiao Yunying stopped on the path and said, "I won't go. I've finished talking, so I'll go back first."
So fast?
Chen Yuancheng's mind raced: "Is there something urgent? I was thinking of discussing the sugar and wine workshop with you."
"Nothing's wrong, what happened to the sugar and wine workshop?"
"Let's go inside and talk."
Xiao Yunying followed him into the courtyard and sat down at the stone table under the shade of a tree.
Chen Yuancheng had Ling Qi bring over two ledgers and handed them to her: "Yun Ying, I want to expand the sugar and wine workshop, especially the wine. I want to open a separate wine shop."
Xiao Yunying flipped through the ledger: "Is this wine selling so well?"
She thought that people nowadays were used to drinking low-alcohol beverages and wouldn't be used to drinking high-alcohol beverages.
Chen Yuancheng explained, "Northerners are generally good at drinking, and for some, strong liquor is more to their liking."
He paused for a moment, then said, "There's one more thing. I want to supply wine to the imperial city."
Xiao Yunying stopped flipping through the ledger and looked up: "Huh?"
Chen Yuancheng said, "I know you don't want to have too much to do with the royal family, but as long as we sell this wine, one day it will be offered to us by someone with ulterior motives. Rather than letting others benefit from it, we might as well offer it to them ourselves."
Xiao Yunying scratched her forehead, agreeing with Chen Yuancheng.
There will always be people who, for certain reasons, will offer up valuable discoveries in exchange for something they want to gain.
Do you have connections?
Chen Yuancheng said, "I forgot to tell you, my maternal grandfather's family were imperial merchants, but they supplied cloth and silk."
Xiao Yunying suddenly realized: "No wonder your mother and you are so good at business."
Chen Yuancheng smiled and said, "I know you don't like trouble. If you don't mind, I will use the name of my Chen family to offer you good wine. Even if something happens, it won't involve you. You just need to sit back and wait to collect the money."
Unexpectedly, Chen Yuancheng had even thought of the things he was worried about.
She truly did not want to get involved with the royal family; having watched many palace dramas, she was deeply worried.
Alcohol is something that goes into your mouth, so if something goes wrong, it could be a matter of life and death.
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