Chapter 2041 Uncle Zhou
Zhou Lijun coughed lightly and said with a smile, "It's our fault. It's not really a secret. It's just that our parents are worried, so we're hiding here to talk."
She changed the subject and asked with a smile, "When did Brother Xiang come back? Did he have dinner? Do you want to have some food with us?"
Xiang Mingxue thought for a moment and nodded, "Thank you for bothering me. It's a good opportunity for me to go and pay my respects to your parents."
Not to mention Zhou Lijun, even Zhou Liwei was stunned for a moment. The two siblings were just being polite to each other, so why did the usually polite brother Xiang suddenly become so impolite?
Zhou Liwei scratched his head and couldn't help but look at Zhou Lijun. What should he do? They had already eaten.
Zhou Lijun was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "Brother, please. My fourth uncle is here too. Would you like some wine?"
Xiang Mingxue smiled and nodded.
When they arrived at the main hall, Old Zhou and his companions were talking to Old Madam Liu and Mr. Zhuang, while Zhou Dalang and his brothers were standing in a group separately, and no one knew what they were talking about.
Zhou Silang's eyes lit up when he saw Xiang Mingxue. He left his brothers and went to meet him. He laughed and patted his shoulder, saying, "Brother Xiang, when I got back, I heard that you went to Fengzhou. I thought it would take several days before I could see you again. I didn't expect you to come back now."
Xiang Mingxue smiled and said, "I came back early this morning and arranged for my men to come over. I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that you would also come to the capital at this time."
Zhou Silang asked, "Have you reached an agreement with Fengzhou?"
Xiang Mingxue smiled and nodded, "Yes, so we have to delay entering the grassland this year. We have to wait until the summer harvest is over before we can enter."
Xiang Mingxue did not intend to compete with Zhou Silang for the tea business. The goods they imported from the grassland included medicinal materials, furs, pearls and gems, etc. Because they each had their own sales channels, there was no conflict at present.
So it is a mutually beneficial relationship.
Originally, Xiang Mingxue also had a tea business, but it was not big. However, his hometown was also in Jiannan Road, so it was not difficult to find tea.
But after thinking about it, he gave up this business and left it all to Zhou Silang. He then went to Fengzhou to look for food. He planned to mainly do food business when entering the grassland, and bring in some porcelain and cloth to make a lot of money.
Zhou Silang naturally knew that this was Xiang Mingxue's good intention. Besides feeling a little anxious, he was also a little touched. After a pause, he wanted to pull Xiang Mingxue to the back to discuss this matter in detail. However, Xiang Mingxue looked over there as soon as he opened his mouth and said, "That is..."
"Oh, that's my second brother and sister-in-law," Zhou Silang then remembered that he had not met his second brother and sister-in-law yet. Xiang Mingxue was a guest at Zhou's house. Although he lived on the other side and even went out through the east side door, they would always meet under the same roof. So he pulled Xiang Mingxue to meet Zhou Erlang and his wife first.
"Second brother, this is the brother Xiang I told you about. Brother Xiang, this is my second brother and second sister-in-law."
Zhou Erlang smiled and was about to say hello, but Xiang Mingxue was silent for a moment before calling out, "Uncle Zhou Er, Aunt Zhou Er..."
Zhou Erlang's smile froze slightly, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Silang. What was going on? How could he be a generation older than the fourth brother for no reason?
Zhou Silang also froze, turning his head to look at Mingxue.
There was a suspicious red on Xiang Mingxue's face. Although it was not very obvious, Zhou Silang could still see that his good brother was embarrassed...
Why should you be embarrassed?
Zhou Silang's head started to work slowly. It was obvious that all the brothers were on good terms with each other. Even Xiang Mingxue called the older Zhou Dalang "Brother Zhou". Why did he call his second brother "Uncle" when it was his turn?
Zhou Silang's mind suddenly exploded with fireworks. He suddenly thought of the troubles his second sister-in-law had just been nagging about, saying that Lijun was so old but still hadn't found a partner...
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang also fell silent and looked at Xiang Mingxue silently.
Zhou Liwei turned his head stiffly to look at his sister. Zhou Lijun met his gaze with a puzzled look on his face. It took him a long time to realize what he meant... and what Xiang Mingxue meant.
Zhou Lijun was surprised for a moment and couldn't help but look up at Mingxue.
Zhou Dalang came over from the other side, his sleeves rolled up. Seeing them standing together but no one was speaking, he asked, "What are you talking about? Has Master Xiang returned? Has he had his meal yet? Would you like to have some?"
Xiang Mingxue took a deep breath quietly, trying his best to make his expression less noticeable as he said, "I've already eaten. Thank you...Brother, it's getting late. I'm going back to my room to rest. I came here because I haven't met Uncle Zhou Er yet, so I came to say hello."
So he bowed to Mingxue and left.
Zhou Dalang looked puzzled and turned to ask Zhou Silang, "Who is Uncle Zhou Er? Our uncle?"
Zhou Silang just stared at Zhou Erlang with an indescribable look on his face.
Zhou Erlang was not stupid. At first he thought that Xiang Mingxue had called him the wrong name, but he later specifically called him "big brother". It was obviously not an unintentional mistake, so he did it on purpose.
But I don’t know whether it was the wrong name or the right one.
Zhou Erlang looked at Zhou Lijun, and the father and daughter looked at each other silently. In the end, Zhou Erlang was too embarrassed to ask his daughter these things.
This kind of thing should be asked by the mother.
But he knew that there were actually some conflicts between his wife and daughter, especially now that his daughter was becoming more powerful and had a tougher temper. It would be good if the two of them could avoid quarreling, let alone whether they could get anything out of each other.
So he looked at Zhou Silang and simply reached out and pulled him away.
Feng wanted to ask Zhou Lijun something, but Zhou Silang had a bad feeling and immediately pulled Feng along with him, "Second sister-in-law, let's talk together."
Feng came in early, and Zhou Silang was still a little kid at that time, so she reached out and patted his paw without any hesitation. She didn't object, but just followed the brothers away. She also wanted to find out what was going on.
However, Zhou Lijun was devastated. It was a mistake, such a big mistake. She wanted to divert the blame to someone else, but why did she end up bringing disaster upon herself?
She looked at Zhou Liwei suspiciously, "It's you..."
"No," Zhou Liwei said without hesitation, "Second sister, this concerns your reputation. Am I the kind of person who would joke about my sister's reputation?"
Zhou Lijun then considered another possibility, "So..."
Zhou Liwei lowered his voice and said, "So Brother Xiang likes you. No wonder he specifically asked us to call him Brother Xiang and said that we should talk about our own affairs..."
Zhou Silang was also explaining to Zhou Erlang and Feng, "People on the grasslands don't care about trivial matters, and our two families aren't relatives, we're just friends, with some favors. So on the grasslands, he told Li Zhong and the others that he didn't want to be called old for no reason, so he asked them to call him Big Brother Xiang. Since he and I do business, naturally we have our own way, so we call each other that way."
"Calling them mixed? Why does he call Big Brother Big Brother, but when it's my turn he calls me Second Uncle? He can tell who's following whom," Zhou Erlang stared at Zhou Silang and asked, "Tell me the truth, is there something going on between Lijun and him..."
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(End of this chapter)
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