Chapter 353 Friends

Dou Dechang quickly made a "don't tell" gesture to Dou Zhao, and laughed softly: "Don't tell Seventh Uncle! Boyan came to Beijing quietly and lived in Yuan'en Temple Hutong. We don't even know where Huaishu Hutong is!"

Dou Zhao was shocked and asked, "But what happened? He came to Kyoto, why didn't he go to greet the elders? It's almost the New Year, where is he living? Who will take care of his food, clothing, shelter and transportation?"

Dou Dechang chuckled and said, "Bo Yan was originally planning to go back to Zhending to celebrate the New Year, but something happened to his friend, so he had to go to Kyoto to sort it out. So he came here with him, and stayed with his friend at Gaosheng Inn in Yuan'en Temple Hutong. He planned to visit his fifth uncle after the New Year."

Dou Zhao heard something else in his words. She thought for a moment and said, "Is it because his friend is in trouble? Bo Yan wants to help his friend, but he is afraid that his fifth uncle will be embarrassed, so he just lives in the inn with his friend and plans to see what happens first?"

Dou Dechang sighed: "Why aren't you a boy?"

"Are girls so useless?" Dou Zhao deliberately teased him, "How am I inferior to you?"

Dou Dechang chuckled.

Dou Zhao ordered Ganlu to take two pieces of snowflake silver and give them to Dou Dechang, saying, "Since he intends to conceal his identity, I will not go to visit him. If there is anything I can help with, just tell him to tell the servant to come to me."

Yuan'en Temple Hutong is to the west of Shuntian Prefecture School, and Yingguo Mansion is to the east of Shuntian Prefecture School, only a quarter of an hour away.

Dou Dechang accepted it without hesitation and said with a smile: "You are a wealthy man. A little bit of it from your fingers would be enough for us to eat and drink for a while. I will accept it on behalf of Boyan."

Dou Zhao couldn't help but smile and joked with him: "Do you want me to give you some personal money as well?"

"You don't need to pay with your own money." Dou Dechang said with a drooling face, "Can you give me two nice jade pendants? I can give them to people during the New Year."

Why not?

She always treated Dou Zhengchang and Dou Dechang as her own brothers.

She personally accompanied Dou Dechang to the warehouse to select jade pendants.

The two of them started talking about Dou Qijun's friends.

"… His surname is Kuang, his given name is Chao, and his courtesy name is Zhuoran. His family is engaged in maritime business, and they are considered wealthy in Panyu, Guangdong. That year, Boyan went to Zhongnanshan and was bitten by a snake. Fortunately, he met Kuang Zhuoran, who saved Boyan's life… This time, Boyan went to Guangdong to thank Kuang Zhuoran. Unexpectedly, something happened to Kuang Zhuoran's family… It is said that since September this year, the Kuang family's cargo ships have had several accidents in succession, and they have lost nearly 200,000 taels of silver. It seemed that they were about to be broken, but a former business friend introduced a tycoon from Kyoto, saying that he wanted to buy their shipping company, but the price was half of the market price.

The Kuang family naturally refused.

As a result, another ship sank.

The Kuang family felt something was not right, so they used the connections left by their ancestors and found out that a big man in the capital had taken a fancy to their shipping company and wanted to take it for himself. Kuang Zhuoran was a scholar and had connections with scholars, so the Kuang family decided to let Kuang Zhuoran bring a few capable managers to the capital to see if they could invite the big man to become a shareholder.

Boyan thought that Kuang Zhuoran had saved his life, so he decided to come and take a look. If it had something to do with our family, he was ready to ask his fifth uncle to mediate and turn hostility into friendship. Although Kuang Zhuoran didn't know Boyan's identity, he knew that Boyan was a calm and knowledgeable person, and hoped that he could come and help him with some advice, so he brought Boyan to Kyoto.

As a result, the New Year was approaching, but the person had not been found. Boyan couldn't go to Huaishu Hutong without hesitation, so he stayed in the inn with Kuang Zhuoran. "

"Who is this boss?" Dou Zhao curled his lips in disdain, "The way he eats is too ugly."

"That's right." Dou Zhengchang picked up a piece of peach blossom jelly peony and asked Dou Zhao, "Does it look good?"

Dou Zhao looked at it and thought of Ji Lingze. He said calmly, "Of course it looks good! You don't even look at who it belongs to. However, this thing is suitable for a young woman. Who are you going to give it to?"

"Oh," Dou Dechang said with a guilty conscience, "I haven't thought about it yet." Then he quickly changed the topic to Kuang Zhuoran, "But I always feel that the Kuang family is worrying too much. A family like them can only rank in Panyu. How could the big boss in Kyoto look down on them? Maybe it's just someone around the big boss who is using the tiger's skin as a banner. The Kuang family doesn't have many connections in Kyoto, so they were scared." As he said this, he put the peach-red jade pendant aside, picked up a emerald green jade cicada, and showed it to Dou Zhao, "What do you think of this one?"

"Not bad." Dou Zhao smiled, "In summer, if you wear it with a red string and hang it around your neck, it will give you a cool feeling. It's very beautiful."

"I think so too." Dou Dechang put the two jade pendants into his sleeves.

This damn kid, he forgot his mother once he had a lover!

Dou Zhao complained in his heart and picked out a Maitreya jade pendant, a bamboo jade pendant, a pomegranate flower gold hairpin inlaid with garnets, a Duan inkstone and a box of wolf-hair brushes. He said, "This Maitreya jade pendant is for my sixth aunt, the wolf-hair brush is for my sixth uncle, the Duan inkstone is for my eleventh brother, the gold hairpin is for my eleventh sister-in-law, and the bamboo jade pendant is for Qi Jin. Please bring them to them when you go home."

Dou Dechang shouted, "What about mine?"

Dou Zhao looked at his sleeves and pretended to smile coldly.

Dou Dechang covered his sleeves and said, "Forget it, forget it. I'll take it to you." He ran out of the warehouse.

Dou Zhao couldn't help but smile and told Gan Lu, "Put all the things in decent boxes."

Ganlu left immediately, and Dou Zhao went to the flower hall.

Dou Dechang said, "It's getting late. I'll go and discuss with Boyan what to do."

Dou Zhao sent Dou Dechang out and whispered, "Come when the prince is not at home."

Dou Dechang showed a look of sudden enlightenment and whispered, "I understand. Song Yantang must not be informed of this."

"Why are you so stupid?" Dou Zhao complained, "If the prince was at home, could he, as a son, just stand by and watch?"

Dou Dechang stopped and looked at Dou Zhao with a serious look: "Do you like Song Yantang very much?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Dou Zhao said angrily, his face inexplicably becoming hot. "Just take care of yourself and stop meddling in other people's business."

Dou Dechang was stunned, then surprised, and then hesitant. After a long while, he asked tentatively, "My business? What business?"

Dou Zhao secretly regretted his slip of the tongue.

For some things, it is better to ease than to block.

Considering Dou Dechang's obsession in his previous life, talking about the matter openly would only make him more reckless and without any regard for others.

She was about to make up her mind when Song Mo came back.

He could tell at a glance that something was not right between the two of them, and he quickly pretended to be surprised and said, "Why are you standing here talking?" Then he bowed to Dou Dechang and said with a smile, "I heard that my uncle was coming, so I asked the kitchen to roast the venison that we bought in the palace a few days ago. It just so happens that we have the pear blossom white wine that Tan Yu gave us at home. It has a mellow taste and is the best with roasted meat. The plum blossoms in the backyard are also blooming. How about I accompany my uncle to the warm pavilion in the back garden to have a few drinks?"

Dou Dechang said yes repeatedly and followed Song Mo to the warm pavilion in the back garden in a hurry, which seemed like he was escaping in a hurry.

After seeing Dou Dechang off and returning to the house, Song Mo was helped by a maid to change his clothes while smiling and saying to Dou Zhao, "What did your uncle say? You look so angry."

Dou Zhao didn't know how to tell Song Mo. Some things had happened in his previous life and were only just beginning to emerge.

She leaned on the big pillow, rolled up the pages of the book and frowned.

Song Mo changed his clothes, rinsed his mouth, sat down on the kang, brushed a few strands of hair that fell on Dou Zhao's cheek behind her ear, and said softly: "Didn't you say that I'll take care of everything? What's so difficult about it!"

Dou Zhao thought about it, sent away the maid beside her, leaned on Song Mo's shoulder, and told Song Mo about Dou Dechang and Ji Lingze.

Song Mo said, "Do you need my help?" His tone was extremely cold, completely different from his gentleness towards her, reminding her of the cold and indifferent Song Mo in her previous life, who was standing under the eaves surrounded by guards.

Dou Zhao shuddered and said hurriedly, "I don't need your help - you will only make things more troublesome."

"Look down on me?" Song Mo pinched her cheek.

I'm afraid that you would be too harsh and destroy Dou Dechang's happiness. After all, they were a very loving couple in their previous life.

"Aren't there still Sixth Uncle and Sixth Aunt?" Dou Zhao hugged his arms, "We can't take over the responsibility, right?"

Let this matter take its course.

If they are destined to be together, they will naturally be together; if they are not destined to be together, they will go their separate ways even without her.

Song Mo said: "But that woman is a widow after all..."

"I was broken off my engagement before!" Dou Zhao was afraid that if Ji Lingze really became her sister-in-law one day, Song Mo would look down on her.

"That's because Wei Tingyu has no vision!" Song Mo disagreed and said, "I have picked up a big bargain! Do you think everyone is as lucky as me?"

Dou Zhao laughed so hard that he was in a good mood. He complained, "Zixian, this guy, in order to please another woman, actually took things from his sister's warehouse!"

Zixian is Dou Dechang's courtesy name.

Song Mo doesn't care what kind of woman Dou Dechang will marry, he just wants Dou Zhao to be happy.

At this moment, Dou Zhao was in a good mood, so he continued to tease him and said with a smile: "It's a pity that he is my uncle, so I can't ask for it back. Otherwise, I will open my warehouse, and you can just take a few pieces that you like and put them in your warehouse?"

Dou Zhao played with him and pretended to be surprised: "Yours is not mine? I always thought yours was mine! Why should I move my own things around?"

Song Mo laughed loudly, his smile as bright as the summer sunshine, which made Dou Zhao stunned for a moment.

He smiled even more happily, hugged her and whispered softly in her ear: "Show me!"

"What?" Dou Zhao didn't understand for a moment.

Song Mo put his hand into her clothes and gently stroked her belly: "Let me see - our child!"

Her waist is still slim, her belly is still flat, nothing can be seen.

Dou Zhao was a little hesitant.

Song Mo squatted in front of her and unbuttoned her clothes.

The jade-white skin exposed to the winter air made Dou Zhao feel a little cold.

Song Mo leaned over and kissed her belly gently.

His lips were so warm and soft that she shuddered a little, but the pious expression on his face with his eyes lowered made her heart palpitate and tears welled up in her eyes.

She hugged Song Mo's head tightly and felt like she had fallen into a honey pot, sweet from head to toe.