Chapter 510: The Second Extra Chapter is Not the Same, Young Man Travels
Lin Congyan has been thinking about a question.
Why could his elder brother Lin Congrong follow in his father's footsteps and go to the battlefield, while he could only follow his second uncle to escort goods to Yunnan?
In Dasheng, making great achievements is an honor, but doing business is considered inferior.
Therefore, on the way to Yunnan, Lin Congyan was completely out of energy.
His second uncle Lin Qingshou had extensive business experience and basically didn't need his help.
After arriving in Yunnan, Lin Congyan became completely idle.
Lin Qingshou couldn't bear it, so he assigned him a task, asking him to find a suitable tea garden to provide tea to the Lin family.
In Lin Congyan's eyes, Yunnan is remote and not as good as Shengjing.
What's more, he was always thinking about practicing martial arts and had no time to look for the tea garden.
Soon, he found a manager who looked honest and simple, and asked him to sign documents and pay a deposit.
"This young man has a unique vision. Everyone who drinks our tea says it's delicious!" The manager's eyes lit up and he turned the document directly to the place where the seal was stamped.
Lin Congyan took out his private seal out of boredom and wanted to stamp it without even looking at it.
"etc!"
A woman's scolding voice rang out.
The next moment, Lin Congyan's wrist was grabbed. He looked up and saw a cold and beautiful woman suddenly caught his eyes.
"You profiteer, you want to cheat people again? Everyone knows that the quality of your tea garden is extremely poor, and you can only deceive the second-generation rich people from other places." As the beauty opened her mouth, her cold temperament disappeared.
The steward was embarrassed and slammed the table:
"Qin Yunxiu, stop talking nonsense outside. Do you know what business is like?"
Qin Yunxiu picked up the document on the table:
"A pound of tea costs twenty taels of silver. If it were any more expensive, it would almost be comparable to tribute tea. And you still say you're not a profiteer?"
"Twenty taels of silver?" Lin Congyan frowned.
Even if he didn't understand business, he knew the price was too high.
After all, he was born in a family of military generals, so he just frowned slightly and the manager was scared away.
Having almost been fooled, Lin Congyan was so angry that he wanted to chase after him immediately.
But Qin Yunxiu held him tightly, preventing him from leaving for a while.
Lin Congyan raised his eyebrows and took out a tael of silver and placed it on the table: "Miss, thank you for speaking up for justice just now. This is your reward."
After saying that, he was about to leave.
But Qin Yunxiu still didn't let go: "Sir, I don't want your money."
Lin Congyan frowned. He was born in the Marquis of Changning Mansion. Wherever he went, women flocked to him. But this was the first time he met such a bold woman.
"Let go, I'm not interested in you."
After hearing this, Qin Yunxiu let go of Lin Congyan's hand, but she still didn't let Lin Congyan leave:
"You misunderstood. I'm not interested in you either."
"Are you looking for a tea plantation? I have one at home, and the quality is top-notch. If you want it, I can sell it to you at a low price."
"Tea garden?" Lin Congyan was a little surprised, but thinking of Qin Yunxiu's righteous words just now, he finally followed her.
As Qin Yunxiu said, the quality of her family's tea garden is indeed very good.
But Lin Congyan still had some doubts in his heart as to why such a good tea garden had not been sold.
What if Qin Yunxiu is in cahoots with the previous manager and is deliberately acting to raise the price?
Therefore, he did not agree immediately, but decided to discuss it with Lin Qingshou before making a decision.
But he didn't expect Qin Yunxiu to be so persistent.
After Lin Congyan said a few polite words, Qin Yunxiu waited for him at the inn where he stayed for a night.
He asked around and roughly knew the situation of the Qin family.
The Qin family had a hard time too. An accident many years ago caused the death of Mr. and Mrs. Qin, leaving only Qin Yunxiu and her brother to depend on each other.
Qin Yunxiu's brother had long since gone to the frontier battlefield to serve as a soldier, leaving her alone to support the family business.
In Dasheng, women who did business were considered unlucky.
Because of this, the Qin family’s tea garden could not be sold for a long time.
Lin Congyan thought about it and decided that although Shengjing City was also against this, it would not be difficult for the Changning Marquisate to revitalize the Qin family tea garden.
After making the decision, he personally drafted the document and went to find Qin Yunxiu.
But Qin Yunxiu rejected him:
"You're late. I've found a like-minded person who's willing to buy my tea garden."
Lin Congyan didn't feel sorry about it. It was just a tea garden. He could find another one. But he was a little curious:
"Who is she? Besides me, who else dares to buy your tea garden?"
Lin Congyan spoke frankly, but Qin Yunxiu didn't care: "Her name is Wu Qing, she came from the capital, a remarkable lady."
Capital?
Lin Congyan recalled but could not find any information about Wu Qing.
Perhaps it was a tea vendor.
Lin Congyan became interested: "How is it so great?"
While drying tea leaves, Qin Yunxiu said, "Mrs. Wu said she believes women will one day hold power just like men."
"I believe it too."
When Lin Congyan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.
Being from an official family, the place closest to the court, he knew very well that it was impossible for a woman to be in power.
But Qin Yunxiu saw his contempt and immediately stopped him outside the door without saying anything.
Lin Congyan only regarded this as a small accident and did not take it to heart.
But not long after, Qin Yunxiu appeared again under the inn.
There was no light in her eyes, and she looked as if her soul had been taken away.
When she saw Lin Congyan, she only asked one question: "Are you still buying the tea plantation?"
Lin Congyan had actually found a new tea garden, but when he saw Qin Yunxiu's eyes, he nodded inexplicably:
"purchase!"
After signing the documents and paying the deposit, Qin Yunxiucai opened his mouth to thank Lin Congyan.
Lin Congyan thought for a moment and then asked, "Where is Mrs. Wu Qing?"
Qin Yunxiu sighed heavily:
"She and I both believe that women can make a difference in the world, but the reason she wants to fight for women's rights is so she can enjoy the same pleasures as men."
Lin Congyan understood that their ideas were not in line with each other.
Since that was the case, it was hard to tell who was right and who was wrong, so he simply changed the subject:
"I don't think I've ever asked you why you want to sell your tea garden."
Mentioning this, Qin Yunxiu's mood improved a little, and even a smile appeared on her face:
"I want to find my brother and another person."
Lin Congyan had come into contact with too many women and knew very well what the smile on Qin Yunxiu's face meant. He asked:
"Is your sweetheart also at the frontier?"
"That's right." Qin Yunxiu admitted it generously without any hesitation.
"He was a colleague of my brother's. They had come to Yunnan together before. He was a great hero."
"Hero? That's really good." Lin Congyan couldn't tell what he felt.
He thought of his unfulfilled dream of joining the army.
At the same time, I feel a little sad.
He would help Qin Yunxiu not just out of kindness.
He had never seen a woman like Qin Yunxiu before. It was either new or exciting.
But now, no matter how much emotion I have, I have to hold it back.
Their statuses were so different that there was no possibility of a future together, not to mention that Qin Yunxiu already had a lover.
In this case, parting ways might be a good ending.
Shortly after that night, Lin Congyan embarked on his journey back to Shengjing.
Before leaving, he quietly went to the Qin family's tea garden and took a last look at Qin Yunxiu.
Anyway, I will never see him again, that’s what Lin Congyan thought at the time.
But he didn't expect that in just one year, he would see Qin Yunxiu again.
No, he should call her Third Sister-in-law.
Everyone in Shengjing City knew that when Lin Congrong returned to the capital, he brought back a woman.
The woman was just an ordinary citizen, but Lin Congrong used his military merits to exchange for a marriage contract.
At first, the Lin family did not agree to let this commoner enter their home.
But no one dared to say anything about the imperial edict that Lin Congrong had earned through his own military merits.
The first time Qin Yunxiu saw Lin Congyan, she was very surprised: "Congyan, it turned out to be you."
But Lin Congyan just smiled and said, "You've lost a lot of weight."
Lin Congyan heard a lot about Qin Yunxiu.
For example, Qin Yunxiu's brother died on the battlefield.
For example, when Lin Congrong accidentally entered the poisonous mountain, it was Qin Yunxiu who risked his life to rescue him.
For example, Lin Congrong listened to Qin Yunxiu's instigation and wanted to make enemies with everyone in the world, open a girls' school, and fight for women's interests.
Because of various messages, after Qin Yunxiu got married, even Aunt Mu, who raised Lin Congrong, didn't like her very much and even often made things difficult for her.
Lin Congyan had encountered this situation several times, but he had no position or qualifications to speak for his sister-in-law.
Fortunately, Qin Yunxiu always smiled.
She told Lin Congyan that Aunt Mu was a good person and had no bad intentions.
Lin Congyan didn't care what kind of person Aunt Mu was. On the contrary, he became more and more curious about what kind of person Qin Yunxiu was.
But the more he understood, the more resentment he felt.
Why did Qin Yunxiu marry Lin Congrong?
Lin Congyan was already quite resentful because all the Lin family's resources were tilted towards Lin Congrong.
He didn't think he was inferior to Lin Congrong.
It is also because of this that Lin Congyan has always been obsessed with the fact that Qin Yunxiu married Lin Congrong.
He often wondered, if he had met Qin Yunxiu earlier than Lin Congrong, would the outcome have been different?
But the cruelest thing is that there is no if in this world.
He could only sketch Qin Yunxiu's face on the drawing paper stroke by stroke in the dead of night.
Recalling this, Lin Congyan took down Qin Yunxiu's portrait.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Master, the lady was worried that you were tired, so she asked me to bring you a bowl of sweet soup she made herself." The servant said loudly.
When Lin Congyan heard this, a smile appeared on his face: "Bring it up."
He finished his bowl of sweet soup and his eyes fell on the portrait again.
In the past, Lin Congyan had always been thinking about a question: In a relationship, is the order of appearance really important?
When he was just twenty years old, the answer to this question was: important, very important!
But now that he is nearly forty, he is surprised to find that the problem that has troubled him for half his life seems to have been answered long ago.
The warmth of the sweet soup still lingered on my fingertips.
Lin Congyan smiled and rolled up the portrait:
"Come here, take this portrait to Qing girl."
"Tell her that her mother is a remarkable woman."
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