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I originally thought of Meng Jian's problem because of Xiao Yingzhu, but I didn't expect that I could actually guess it right.
Jiang Nian got out of the car at the gate of the Jiang Mansion, sighed softly, but when he turned around, he put away all the thoughts in his mind and said goodbye to Xiao Yingzhu with a gentle smile.
When dealing with him, I always subconsciously try to hide my true feelings.
The carriage parked at the door slowly moved forward. Jiang Nian's eyes fell on the dark carriage until its outline disappeared into the darkness and blended into the night, and could no longer be seen.
Fuling, who went out to see if the young lady had returned, slowly pushed open the door of the mansion. Seeing her young lady still standing at the door, looking at something, she was startled for a moment and hurriedly stepped forward to pat Jiang Nian on the shoulder.
"Miss, why are you standing here?"
Jiang Nian was stunned for a moment after being patted on the shoulder. He came to his senses belatedly and turned around and smiled at Fuling: "Nothing."
"Let's go in first."
As the night grew darker, Fuling could not see the hint of helplessness that flashed across Jiang Nian's face. She opened the door of the mansion a little wider and let Jiang Nian in.
Worried that Jiang Nian would sleep late and not be able to hold on at the competition venue tomorrow, Fuling walked along the corridor with a lantern and stopped outside the wing room. "Miss, go to bed first. I'll wake you up tomorrow."
Jiang Nian gathered his thoughts that seemed to linger on the carriage, straightened his mind, and nodded in agreement: "I understand... You can go and rest."
Getting rid of the emotions that were still lingering in his mind, Jiang Nian suppressed the slight bitterness and fatigue in his heart. He saw the moonlight outside the room slowly closing by the door, and his body sank into darkness.
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The next morning, Jiang Nian was not in a hurry to go to the competition venue. She planned to go to the pharmacy first.
On the way, Guizhi took advantage of her free time to tell her about what she had seen and heard at the competition yesterday. After hearing one of the fragments, Jiang Nian came back to her senses from thinking about the next plan and looked up at Guizhi: "Did that kid just now stay by the rice field all day?"
"Yes, I don't know what he was looking at, and he didn't do anything inappropriate... Guizhi went to ask, but didn't get an answer from the boy."
Jiang Nian pondered for a moment, but did not continue to ask, and changed the subject: "Are there fewer thugs keeping count of money at the pharmacy?"
Her thoughts were jumping so fast that Guizhi couldn't wrap her head around it for a moment: "Uncle Xu has found some."
Jiang Nian clasped his hands thoughtfully, "What about the accountant?"
"Accounting..." Guizhi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "No."
"Yes." Jiang Nian hid his thoughts in his eyes, "You continue to watch the child. If he is still alive after four days, bring him here to talk."
Guizhi nodded and took note of it.
The pharmacy lacks bookkeeping staff, and she has been delaying the selection of suitable staff. Now that the war is approaching, it is time for her to spread her anti-worm formula.
Jiang Nian lowered his eyes, calculated the time since the war, and thought about things related to Meng Jian and Dong Lan.
She had to wait until Meng Jian left Pingzhou before she could promote the insect repellent.
But when will Meng Jian set off, and how can we make him set off?
Is it just a matter of waiting until the five days of the competition and letting the other party do it themselves? Isn't that just relying on the other party to give you a chance? And the news I got from Xiao Yingzhu last night...
Since Meng Jian didn't want to cooperate with Dong Lan, he would naturally find a suitable reason to get out, but he still had a grudge against Huan Duying.
If he doesn't plan to do it this time, then when will he do it next time? This kind of hidden danger should be controlled.
Jiang Nian took a deep breath, raised his head and looked out the window with a bit of melancholy.
The more I experienced and the more I understood, the more confused I became. It was not as clear as when I first started working with Xiao Yingzhu.
In this treacherous chess game, which move will be the next one at the fork in the road?
Guizhi saw that the young lady was listening to her talk and was a little distracted. She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with the young lady? Is there something that Guizhi didn't explain clearly?"
Jiang Nian came back to his senses and smiled faintly, "Nothing... We're almost at the pharmacy, let's pack up. I need to check out the store's layout later."
After getting off the car with Guizhi, Jiang Nian took his bag and went back to the original drugstore to take a look.
She has been busy moving goods these past two days. According to her placement, the counter has been placed outside the middle shop. Therefore, the place where the counter was originally placed is now empty, with only a few empty shelves left in its place.
Some people who did not go to watch the competition gathered on the other side. Seeing Xu Bo busy with something, they pulled Xiao Shitou to ask about the insect repellent.
Jiang Nian turned and walked towards the warehouse. After taking a quick glance outside the original warehouse, he turned and asked Guizhi, "Have you listed the warehouse locations for the newly purchased shops?"
Guizhi was not familiar with this kind of thing and just shook her head. Thinking of the affairs she had recently been in charge of at the competition, Jiang Nian paused for a moment and sighed helplessly, "It's okay, I'll go ask Uncle Xu. There's nothing going on here. I'll go to the competition later. You go and take a look first..."
"Is that boy still over there in the rice fields?"
Guizhi didn't understand, but she still took note of it again. She glanced at the sky, estimated the time, and left in a hurry.
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Meng Jian once again returned to the old mansion where he once watched the continuous drizzle at night.
Zhou Jinyu followed Meng Jian and walked slowly up.
The grass, scented with the fragrance of rain and dew, brushed against their ankles. The masked man, who had been silently following them up the stone steps, only raised his head slightly when Meng Jian paused on a flat step.
The pause caused the hood that covered most of his eyes and eyebrows to move back slightly, revealing his fair forehead and black hair.
In the humid mountain forest, the breath was filled with dense white mist.
"You go and take a look there these days."
Meng Jian seemed indifferent to all the temptations from the Wu Mi people around him. The lush green leaves were dangling with round raindrops, just like the softness between his eyebrows.
The letters from the Donglan Wumi people were getting more urgent each time, demanding a reply like a life-threatening threat. Meng Jian simply flipped through them leisurely, occasionally pulling out a pen and paper to write a few words on the letter pages.
After hearing Meng Jian's order, the masked man's eyes flickered for a moment, then calmed down again.
Zhou Jinyu stood aside, drooping his eyelashes and adjusting his collar for a moment, then smiled slowly and said, "Young Master, just do what you want..."
"Whether it's heading towards Donglan or Huandu, it won't affect our plans."
Perhaps it was because Meng Jian and Zhou Jinyu often traveled together, and they were like friends but not friends, and their personalities were somewhat similar. When they stood side by side, the curve of their smiles looked almost exactly the same at first glance.
The masked boy lowered his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to answer something, but he didn't continue speaking.
Meng Jian smiled at him, said nothing more, turned around and continued walking up the stone steps. Zhou Jinyu still stood there, and when the young man started to move, he added with a smile:
"Yan and Yan have been separated from you for many years. If you still want to see them again... then you must complete this matter properly."
"In the future—"
Zhou Jinyu paused for a moment and looked up at Meng Jian who was walking in front of them.
The man walking up the stone steps had long hair that fell to his waist. He was dressed in a moon-white suit with butterfly patterns on the sleeves. When he turned his head, he smiled, like a gentle brother next door, watching to see if they were following his footsteps.
"From now on, you will be able to do whatever you want."
A clear voice beside him reached his ears. The masked boy opened his eyes, and his pupils reflected the figure of the man who was continuing to walk upwards. The similar eyebrows and eyes reappeared in his mind. The boy was silent for a moment, standing there motionless, and then nodded.
Zhou Jinyu gently arched his eyebrows to hide the deep meaning in his eyes.
"That fire separated you all, and now is the time to reunite... Since you already know, there's no need to hesitate."
Zhou Jinyu didn't know what he was recalling, but his eyes were filled with nostalgia. However, he didn't say a word in the end and continued to lead the young man forward.
The mansion in the mountains is where they will stay recently and will also be their final destination.
From now on, there will no longer be three people walking together morning and night.
The balanced relationship between them, seemingly friendly but not quite, would also be shattered by the clear liquid, turning into bloody fragments, reflecting their respective positions and the deep chasm between them.
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Jiang Nian walked around the newly purchased shop a few times, his eyes roaming around the crowd, and finally saw Xu Bo standing behind the counter, directing the staff to place the goods while turning around to check the amount of money paid for the insect repellent.
She stood there and waited for a while. Only after the people surrounding Xu Bo dispersed did Jiang Nian move forward.
Uncle Xu was busy checking the amounts in the account book. After collecting the money, he opened the account book again. He caught a glimpse of Jiang Nian's figure out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly put down the account book and turned around.
"Miss, the shelves for the pharmacy have been purchased. I have arranged all the items that have arrived in the store. The remaining items are those that have not yet been sent from the craftsmen."
I remember that the blacksmith shop in Pingzhou has changed owners, so the craftsmen that Uncle Xu found now should no longer be the original ones.
Jiang Nian nodded. This was not her main problem at the moment. Xu Bo and Fuling had completed the tasks assigned to them very well, and there was nothing she needed to intervene in.
"Uncle Xu, we're short of staff at the counter, right?"
She glanced at the crowd that had begun to spontaneously line up in front of the counter. In order to make them behave themselves and not crowd around, the guards had put in a lot of effort during the time when Jiang Nian was not in Pingzhou.
"Yes, Miss, do you have a choice?"
Jiang Nian seemed to be thinking about something, but did not agree directly: "I think so, but I am not sure at the moment."
She paused for a moment and said, "If I bring him back in five days, you can teach him some arithmetic or something."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Nian changed the subject and looked at the crowd queuing outside to buy things. Fuling was looking down to find the corresponding coins to exchange.
"One more thing. Uncle Xu, you can ask people to inquire about people in other states who are willing to learn about insect repellent. I plan to open a class to teach them how to apply this insect repellent to other states according to local conditions."
Uncle Xu hadn't anticipated Jiang Nian's intention to publicly release the insect repellent formula he'd been hiding. He subconsciously asked, "But isn't the Duke still cooperating with us? And if the insect repellent formula is made public, won't no one come to buy from us anymore?"
He said this in a low voice because there were people queuing not far away looking in.
Jiang Nian thought for a moment, thinking that Xu Bo didn't know what "opening a class" meant, so he skipped it for the time being.
"Then postpone this matter for a few days. After the competition, you can go and find out more. I will give you some requirements then, and you can do whatever you want."
The young lady's words cannot be disobeyed. Although Xu Bo did not understand what Jiang Nian meant, he still agreed for the time being.
Although Jiang Nian sometimes comes up with strange business tactics, they are unexpectedly effective. It’s not too late to listen first and then make a judgment.
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