Chapter 479
After laughing, Yuan Jing continued to do two things at once. He was writing a storybook in his hand and muttering to Jing Lie about his doubts. The most obvious thing was that the only dishes brought back from the kitchen in the evening were fish and meat. He also said that the old lady had given the order and that she felt sorry for the fourth young master who had lost a lot of weight. Could Yuan Jing say that he was rejecting the old lady's kindness?
Jing Lie's eyes flashed coldly. He didn't expect Yuan Jing to be in such a situation in this mansion. He sneered: "This old lady thinks being fat is a blessing? She has more than one grandson. If it is a blessing, you shouldn't be the only one to suffer."
Yuan Jing laughed again: "That will have to wait until a year later."
Oh, he really can't help it. If that happens, will the hero and heroine still love each other to death?
Seeing Yuan Jing so happy, Jing Lie smiled secretly and shook his head. Forget it, don't bother these people, just let Yuan Jing have fun. He believed that Yuan Jing actually had some guesses about the situation inside, and he was the same. There was only one person who could make the Marquis of Yongyi so afraid, and that was the emperor.
Jing Lie thought that it seemed that he had to get to know the old emperor's princes better and pick an heir who the old emperor disliked very much to disgust him.
Two days later, Yuan Jing and the people from the Marquis' Mansion sent Zeng Yuanxin away. In fact, with the death of the original body's father and brother, the power of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion has weakened a lot. Compared with his brother, the current Marquis Zeng Kang is much more mediocre in ability. The longer time goes, the more the connections accumulated by the previous generation will be lost. Therefore, for the family business and future of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, Zeng Yuanxin, as the prince, must go to the border in person to gather the power left by the original father and brother.
In the original plot, perhaps in order to set off the male protagonist, or perhaps because of the male protagonist's halo, even though he was injured and missing for a year on the battlefield, in the end the male protagonist still took over the connections and power left by his original father and brother. Therefore, unlike his father Zeng Kang, the male protagonist was a prince with real power, and later he became the Marquis of Yongyi who held real power. The village girl also made a gorgeous transformation into a marquis' wife of the highest rank.
Yuan Jing was very low-key in the farewell procession. He found that Zeng Yuanxin's fiancée Yu Yaoyao was also there. She stayed in the carriage and did not show up, but he saw Zeng Yuanxin walk to the side of the carriage and talk to the people in the carriage: "Miss Yu, wait for me to come back. I will marry you when I come back."
It was obvious that he had some feelings for the girl he was engaged to at that time, but what did he do later?
Zeng Yuanxin left, and Zeng Jingshu climbed into the carriage of her future sister-in-law and went back to the city with her. The relationship between the aunt and the sister-in-law was so good at that time, but later even Zeng Jingshu was pulled over by the village girl. Of course, Zeng Jingshu, like her mother Madam Hou, looked down on the heroine's village girl background at first, and created many opportunities for Miss Yu, but the more opportunities she created, the more Miss Yu was pushed to the opposite side of the male and female protagonists.
This day was also the day when Jinlie Cloth Shop opened. Yuan Jing returned to the city in a low-key manner and went straight to Jinlie Cloth Shop. The old lady wanted to call him back but it was too late. Zeng Jingshu also saw it and said to her future sister-in-law, "She must be trying to please the man outside again. Our family's reputation has been ruined by him. Fortunately, my brother is here. Sister Yaoyao, don't worry. People outside can clearly distinguish my brother from this fat pig. No matter how bad his reputation is, it can't affect my brother. Sister Yaoyao, just wait for my brother to return triumphantly."
Yu Yaoyao slapped her shyly: "What nonsense are you talking about? By the way, will you come to the flower viewing banquet tomorrow?"
"Of course I'm going, Sister Yaoyao, I'll go with you tomorrow."
Yu Yaoyao hadn't married into the Marquis of Yongyi's Mansion yet, so she didn't want to comment on the people in the mansion and deliberately changed the subject. In fact, she had heard a lot about Zeng Yuanjing. It was absolutely impossible for her to have much affection for Zeng Yuanjing, but she also felt that he would not have much influence on her. After all, he was from the first wife, and she was marrying into the second wife who inherited the title of the Marquis. Zeng Yuanjing would most likely be separated in the future, so it didn't matter what happened.
Although the old lady was unhappy, she didn't say much, because the food sent to her in the past two days was eaten up. So although the old lady didn't like the joke made by her grandson, she just turned a blind eye. As long as he didn't cause trouble for the Zeng family, she would just find him a marriage in the future and send the young couple away.
When he arrived at the cloth shop, Yuan Jing saw all his cronies were there. This was the opening of the cloth shop, and Yuan Jing specially invited them to come over to increase the popularity of the shop. When he was under house arrest, these guys brought him letters and food and toys, without saying anything and just focused on having fun and ignoring him aside.
The reason why these people can play together is that their personalities are not that different. They play around, but nothing serious happens.
These guys were chatting and laughing with Jing Lie, and they seemed to be getting along quite well. Yuan Jing was not surprised at all. If his lover couldn't win over these playboys, then he would have lived in vain. There was no one he couldn't handle.
"Oh, Fourth Young Master Zeng is here, come in quickly, we're just waiting for you." Xia Zhou was the first to see Yuan Jing come in and waved to him happily. Recently, Yuan Jing was under house arrest and they each had their own things to do. They hadn't met for a while, so they were of course happy to meet at Jinlie Cloth Shop this time.
The other two in the four-member group are Zhao Yu and Li Yan. Li Yan has the highest status. His mother is a princess of the royal family and his father is the son of the Duke of Zhenguo. He has been extremely favored since birth. Although he is not ambitious, his personality is actually a bit simple because of the favor.
Zhao Yu is a bastard son of the Marquis of Yi Yang. Xia Zhou's status is the worst. He is the legitimate son of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but his life is much worse than that of Zhao Yu, a bastard son.
It was a coincidence that the four of them were able to play together. The original body and Li Yan had a friendship that started with a fight when they were young. When the original body's father and brother were alive, he was as favored as Li Yan. He would often meet Li Yan and they would fight at the slightest disagreement, even in the palace. The elders of the two families would just watch and have fun from the sidelines. They have been together for more than ten years as they fought.
The four people inside looked out together. When Li Yan saw Yuan Jing's current appearance, his eyes widened. He ran over and circled around Yuan Jing: "Great, you fat guy, you are really determined to lose weight. I have told you eight hundred times, but you refused to listen to me. Let me tell you, when you lose weight, you will definitely be one of the four young masters in the capital."
Yuan Jing laughed out loud: "Aren't we the fourth rich dandy in the capital now? Do I need any other title?"
The four of them laughed out loud in unison. The word "wanku" was added. The four of them were considered to be the most troubled people in the capital and did not have a good reputation.
After laughing, Li Yan pulled Yuan Jing out of the door, winked at him and said, "Brother, I think your taste is much better this time than last time. It's okay to like a man, but you have to find someone that we both like. I heard that you fell in love with another one outside and spent money on him, but I was scared. Tsk tsk, I came here today and saw that you are far better than the last one."
They and Yuan Jing are brothers and friends, so no matter that Yuan Jing likes women instead of men, the feelings between them will not change. Li Yan has never looked down on Yuan Jing because of this. He just disliked him for having poor vision and being so open-hearted to Xie Boli, who obviously had no good intentions.
Now this man is a down-to-earth person. Although he also spent Yuan Jing's money, he is willing to do business honestly and will get the money he invested back in the future.
Business is not doing well? How could it be possible? With these brothers helping each other, how could it be bad? Just today, they came here and bought a lot of cloth. Although this cloth is not high-end for them, they can buy it back to make clothes for the servants.
Yuan Jing acted proud and said, "Of course I have good taste. Of course, what I choose is good."
"Come on," Li Yan rolled his eyes, "What good is that Xie guy? But I heard that you're going to take back all the things you gave him? Haha, that's good of you, so that Xie guy will be so self-righteous and look down on us brothers."
"I won't do that anymore. I have nothing to do with that Xie anymore."
"That's right." In Li Yan's opinion, it's better to find Jing Lie now. They have already found out about Jing Lie's family background. Precisely because it's not very good, they won't dare to let down their good brother in the future. They are still watching over him. If he really dares to let him down, Jing Lie will not be able to stay in the capital.
That's how you protect your shortcomings.
While they were talking, a customer came into the shop to look at the fabrics. Because the shop had just opened, the fabrics were 20% off in the first ten days, and the prices were much lower than fabrics of the same grade. So for the cheap prices some ordinary people from the capital came in to take a look.
The waiter became busy. Jing Lie called a few people to the back yard to talk, and then asked a nearby restaurant to send a table of food over. In just half a day, Jing Lie not only got to know these people's personalities, but also got to know their family secrets. Yuan Jing, who was watching Li Yan and others playing finger-guessing games with Jing Lie, almost laughed out loud with his chin held up.
Li Yan and his friends thought they were smart, but what they knew was actually revealed to them by Jing Lie. They still felt so good about themselves, thinking they had done a good job of keeping a low profile for their good brothers.
Anyway, by the end of the drinking, Jing Lie persuaded the three men to pay money to join the cloth shop to expand its production. After Yuan Jing sent the three drunkards to the carriage and watched the carriage go away, he turned around and said to Jing Lie: "Okay, maybe they will regret it when they sober up."
Jing Lie pulled him back to the backyard and said, "It's okay if you regret it now, but you won't regret it in the future. If I didn't see that the three of them were sincere to you, I wouldn't have asked them to pay money to join us."
Jing Lie's plan for himself was certainly not to run just this small shop. Since he loved what he did, he would of course expand the cloth business. To do so, he had to start with weaving and carry out one-stop production and sales.
"These three people are not bad people by nature. Besides, if you leave the Yongyi Marquis Mansion in the future, Li Yan and Zhao Yu have strong backgrounds. Our cloth shop will have a backer and will not be bullied by outsiders."
"Pfft, who dares to bully you?"
"What happens behind the scenes is another matter, but in public, Li Yan has a few people as his backers, so we have to give him some face."
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