Chapter 56: Great Tonic
"Zhailang! Uncle Fu! You are still waiting for me here? This is so embarrassing."
When Wen Ziyi saw the two of them, she ran forward excitedly.
"Look at you, jumping around again, your head is covered in sweat. Don't move, I'll wipe it off for you."
Wei Zhai sighed lightly, walked forward to support Wen Ziyi, raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat off her face, with an expression of doting that was hard to conceal.
Uncle Fu looked at the two of them with a smile, then shook his head with emotion: "Now that you two have grown up, it's time to talk about getting married."
Wen Ziyi's pink face suddenly turned even redder. She suppressed her shyness and looked at Uncle Fu with a face full of curiosity.
"Uncle Fu, please stop teasing me. The eldest lady was very satisfied with our results and has rented the teahouse shop to me. But the eldest lady said that I am good at math and maybe I can do business."
"So they rented me another shop and asked me to go and take a look. The eldest lady said she couldn't think of anything she could do with it, so she asked me to help her think about it."
Wen Ziyi was overwhelmed and acted like a spoiled child: "Uncle Fu, please help me. I have only learned arithmetic and running a teahouse from you, but I haven't learned how to open a shop yet."
When Wei Zhai saw Uncle Fu pick up the lease, his expression suddenly became serious.
He quickly stepped forward to comfort Wen Ziyi, raised his eyes to look at Uncle Fu, and asked, "What's wrong, Uncle Fu? Is this lease wrong?"
backyard.
Jiang Qingning looked at the place where Wen Ziyi had just disappeared, with an inquiring look in his dark eyes. He turned to Jiang Qingxi who had come to his side and whispered softly, "Go check and find out who they are."
If they were criminals being hunted by the imperial court, she would never allow them to be taken in, no matter how smart they were.
Jiang Qingxi listened carefully to what was said, and she responded, "Don't worry, sister, I'll take care of everything."
After she finished speaking, she walked towards the outer courtyard.
forecourt.
Uncle Fu's heart sank suddenly. He realized that Jiang Qingning knew his background, and that what he was doing now was probably a test of his ability. He looked up at Wen Ziyi with scrutiny.
"Ziyi, what did you say to the eldest lady just now?"
Uncle Fu's eyes were sharp, and his words were filled with anger.
Wen Ziyi looked up blankly, and her eyes instantly turned slightly red.
She shook her head innocently and stepped back. "I didn't tell the young lady anything. The young lady praised me for my math skills, so I told her that it was you, Uncle Fu, who taught me math. It's a pity that I'm stupid and didn't learn much."
Uncle Fu asked in a deep voice, "Are you sure that's all you said?"
Wen Ziyi looked hurt, and her eyes instantly turned red.
She looked up at Uncle Fu blankly and asked aggrievedly.
"Uncle Fu, are you doubting me? We've been through thick and thin together for so long, and Uncle Fu is Zhai Lang's master. How could I possibly do something to let you down?"
"Ziyi, calm down. Uncle Fu doesn't mean that. Please be quiet for a moment. Let's go back to the room and talk."
The argument between the two attracted the attention of the servants passing by, and Wei Zhai immediately spoke up to stop the quarrel between the two.
Uncle Fu snorted coldly and walked towards the room.
Wei Zhai looked at his back, his eyes as deep as the sea. He listened to the sobbing sound beside his ear, turned his head and gently coaxed Wen Ziyi softly.
"Ziyi, I'm sorry for making you feel wronged, but my master has this temper and won't tolerate even the slightest mistake."
"It's okay. I know you didn't do it, but let's go in and apologize to the master first. He won't really blame you."
Wen Ziyi raised her eyes and looked at Wei Zhai's tender expression, but her heart couldn't help but feel cold.
Whenever facing Uncle Fu and her, Wei Zhai would always side with Uncle Fu, even though they had known each other for many years, but in the end, nothing could compare to the strong bond between master and disciple.
Wen Ziyi concealed the emotions in her eyes, raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears, and forced a smile at Wei Zhai.
"I know. As long as you can trust me, I won't be disappointed. Zhai Lang, now that we are settled, I want to marry you as soon as possible."
Wei Zhai's face froze, and he asked awkwardly, "Didn't you say you didn't want to marry me yet?"
Wen Ziyi shook her head: "Before, I was worried that someone would take your place in the imperial examination. If I had mentioned marriage, you would have felt coerced. But now we have Ning Pavilion to live in and we can even open a teahouse."
Wei Zhai frowned and interrupted: "This is different."
"Why is this different?" Wen Ziyi's heart sank suddenly. She asked in confusion, "Zhailang, don't you want to marry me anymore?"
Wei Zhai sighed, stepped forward and held her hand: "This is just our temporary shelter. Once my work with Master is done, we will have to leave the capital. Wouldn't it be better to return home and get married and invite all our relatives and friends?"
Wen Ziyi looked at the man in front of her seriously, and smiled for a long time, "You're right. I'll go apologize to Uncle Fu first, and then we can discuss how to open the teahouse, okay?"
Jiang Qingning was lying on the chaise longue, holding the monthly account book sent by the shops under her name in her hand. Nanny Zhang was making tea for her and Zisu was fanning her, making her feel very warm.
Until the sun set in the west, Jiang Qingxi flew into the courtyard.
She ran into the room carrying a few strings of candied haws and threw herself beside Jiang Qingning, acting coquettishly.
"Sister, look, I brought you some candied haws!"
Jiang Qingxi handed the largest bunch to Jiang Qingning, and gave the rest to Zisu and Aunt Zhang. The two of them understood that they had important matters to discuss, so they stood up and went to guard outside the door.
The door was closed.
"Have you found anything?"
Jiang Qingning closed the account book, and the two sisters sat side by side eating candied haws.
"I just went to eavesdrop, but they are too cunning and don't trust us because this is our territory." Wen Ziyi apologized to the old man surnamed Fu.
Not long after, they left the house and went to see the shop that my sister had given them, but I still caught them. They secretly passed the message to others."
Jiang Qingxi took out an envelope from her bosom. She didn't open it and handed it directly to Jiang Qingning.
Jiang Qingning took it and looked at Jiang Qingxi, saying helplessly, "Little sister, you didn't knock the person unconscious and snatch the envelope away, did you?"
A trace of guilt flashed across Jiang Qingxi's face, and he scratched his hair embarrassedly.
"Sister, I'm used to snatching things from my brother on the battlefield. By the time I realized what was happening, I had already snatched the envelope."
Jiang Qingning took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and finally opened the envelope to check.
Jiang Qingxi looked around and asked, "Sister, what's written on it?"
Jiang Qingning handed the envelope over and shook his head, saying, "It's a code word. Although I don't know what message he's conveying, I can be sure that this person is definitely not an ordinary person."
Jiang Qingxi sighed, "I think they are most likely the murderers on the run, but the three of them are not of one mind. Each of them has his own little tricks, and they look like they are not in harmony with each other, especially Wen Ziyi and Old Man Fu."
"Sister, you don't know. They just started arguing in the front yard. If Wei Zhai hadn't stopped them, Wen Ziyi might have revealed the secret between them."
Jiang Qingxi shook his head and sighed. He had never expected that the capital city was so full of dangers. It was indeed not as good as Lingnan, which was poor but free.
"Sister, why don't you come back to Lingnan with me? Father, mother, and brother miss you every year. It's a shame that the Anping Marquis's Mansion deliberately blocked our correspondence with you, unaware of your suffering. Otherwise, our family would definitely come back and snatch you away!"
Jiang Qingning chuckled and shook his head, raising his hand to comfort her: "I have to stay in the capital, this is our home."
"My father and brother were exiled back then, and the case was hastily concluded and confusing. I must find a way to uncover the truth."
"Little sister, keep watching them, but don't alert them. First, secretly collect evidence for the future. Perhaps if you can find out the secret behind them, you can successfully enter the eyes of the emperor."
Jiang Qingxi nodded distressedly: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely listen to you carefully. If we sisters work together, we will definitely be able to achieve all our goals."
Jiang Qingning raised his hand and touched her long hair, his eyes full of relief and pampering.
"Sister hopes that you are all well."
Despite this, Jiang Qingning still planned to go into business and become a wealthy businessman in the capital and climb up the powerful.
She has bought a lot of real estate deeds over the years and has been developing properties and renting them out.
Now we have achieved the most significant results in the shortest time.
But these are far from enough for her. For Jiang Qingning, only money and power are the real supplements.
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