Chapter 130 Chapter 130 General Qin
If you ask Xu Yunfan to boil pine oil to make candles for several nights in a row, this little prince can do it with gritted teeth and endure it, but if you ask Xu Yunfan to repeat the same work every night, then I'm sorry, little prince Xu can't do it.
He is a man of wealth and status, but instead of being affectionate with his husband late at night, he actually wastes his time on such a trivial matter as boiling pine oil. Isn't that like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?
After returning to the village, Qin Run considered and hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to sign a special contract with Qin Dashu's family. Before signing, Qin Run said, "Uncle, Aunt, Brother Dashu, I called you here tonight not for anything else, but for this. Please take a look at this contract."
Qin Dashu and his family didn't answer. Instead, they said with a slightly awkward expression, "Run'er, you can just tell your uncles and aunts what's written on this deed. You know, few people in our village can read."
Therefore, they couldn’t understand this contract at all!
Qin Run: “…”
He had apparently forgotten about it, too.
"Uncle and aunt, this is what I'm planning to buy you out," Qin Runfang said. Dashu's face suddenly changed, and Qin Run hurriedly explained, "I'm not buying you as slaves or servants. I'm hiring you for ten years. During these ten years, you must work for our Little Qin Family. After ten years, the contract expires. You can choose to find another job or continue working for me. But I want to say this: if you're willing to come here, you must not tell anyone about the work I've arranged for you. So, once you sign the contract, you'll become Xiao Qin Family's employees. If you leak even a little bit of this, you'll definitely spend the rest of your life in prison, so you might want to think about it first."
"Of course, I'm sure you all know what kind of people Yun Fan and I are. If you don't have any intention of betraying us, we will definitely not treat you unfairly. Also, for your family of three, I will give you three taels of salary a month. This is just the salary. Yun Fan said that if you do well, there will be a bonus at the end of the year, which is also a reward."
When you do things for others, you cannot tell others about them. If they tell others about things that they should do, it means they are not careful and may leak core secrets. Such people should not be reused.
Everyone who signed the contract between the Qin family and the Xiao Qin family knew that the most important clause in the contract was that they had to keep their mouths shut about what they had done for the Xiao Qin family. Otherwise, if Qin Run and others found out that they had said something they shouldn't have, no amount of friendship would be worth the price they would have to pay for it.
Isn't it normal to keep a contract confidential? There's nothing wrong with that!
Qin Dashu nodded, indicating that they understood. "Run'er, didn't I sign a contract before for woodcutting? Doesn't that mean I don't need to do that job?"
"Well, it's no problem if we have one or two less people to chop wood. Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin can do the farm work, so if you three are willing, you can come over and make candles."
"What? We make candles?" Qin Dashu and the other two began breathing rapidly. They could actually make candles?
Why does this sound so unrealistic?
Are they hallucinating or dreaming?
But Qin Run's words once again made them realize that they were not dreaming. "Yes, it is the candles. This matter is very important, so I will sign a new contract with you."
Qin Dashu and his family of three returned home in a daze, stumbling upon each other.
Fang Ge'er was shocked to see her husband and parents-in-law like this. She thought they had encountered something, or that Qin Run and the others had said something to scare them so much. "Dashu, what happened between you and your parents? Don't scare me."
"It's okay, it's good news, Fang Ge'er. Run Ge'er has assigned us new work, but we can't tell you what it is. This is confidential and the contract has been signed." Dashu Niang patted Fang Ge'er's hand to reassure him.
Qin Dashu's family was also very honest. Since Qin Run said that they couldn't tell anyone, they wouldn't even reveal a single word about what they did for a living.
It turned out to be just a job change, nothing happened. Fang Ge'er knew about the deed, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "Dad, Mom, Dashu, you guys work hard in the future, and the family land will be handed over to me and grandma."
Qin Dashu's family didn't have much land, only a dozen acres. After all, their family was small back then and the manpower for reclaiming wasteland was limited, so naturally they couldn't reclaim so much land. The family's land could be managed by just the few of them.
Qin Dashu and his two sons spent the whole day making candles. Xu Yunfan had a lot of molds, so making thousands of candles a day was not a problem at all.
There are many pine trees on the mountain of Dali Village, and there is no shortage of pine oil and other things. Occasionally, Qin Dashu will boil a few pots of sweet potato candy and wait for Xu Yunfan to come back to make sweet potato rice candy.
With Qin Dashu and the other three, Qi Xiuyuan just had to wait for a few days and the 100,000 candles were ready.
After finally coming to Qinghe Town, Qi Xiuyuan naturally wanted to go see his third brother after discussing good things with Xu Yunfan.
"Second brother." Qi Xiu Ze was so excited to see Qi Xiu Yuan that he ran over from a distance. "When did you arrive?"
Qi Xiuyuan carefully looked at Qi Xiu Ze and found that his third brother was not as thin as he had imagined. He couldn't help but feel relieved. "I just came here not long ago. I just finished discussing business with Xu Yunfan and came to see you."
"Second brother, how was your business negotiation with my brother? Please don't let my brother suffer any loss. He is my brother. Second brother, please don't cut him. For my sake, please give him some profit."
Qi Xiu Ze's words made Qi Xiu Yuan's heart choke. Could this ungrateful man really be his third brother?
If the person in front of him wasn't that familiar face, he would have suspected that Qi Xiu Ze was being impersonated.
Qi Xiuyuan said angrily: "You kid, he is your brother, and I am still your biological brother, why don't you ask your brother to give in to me a little."
"Second brother, look at what you said. Don't think I don't know what people call you. They all say you are a smiling fox. You are not someone who will suffer any loss." Qi Xiu Ze thought, on one side is his biological brother, and on the other side is his future brother-in-law. Before he has a wife, it is naturally important to please his brother-in-law first.
It is not known whether Qi Xiu Ze and his friends are simply infatuated or just wishful thinking. Xu Yunfan told them not to think about his cousins, but they refused to listen and remained mysteriously confident.
Qi Xiuyuan pushed away Qi Xiuze's hand on his shoulder and refused to argue with his beloved brother: "I'm too lazy to argue with you. Let's go to class. Come on, I'll take you out for a nice meal."
"Want to eat something delicious?" Qi Xiu Ze grabbed his second brother who was about to turn around, "Brother, if you want to eat something delicious, why do you have to go out? Let's go to our cafeteria and eat."
"The cafeteria? The one where Xu Yunfan lives?" Qi Xiuyuan knew that the food in the academy was not very delicious.
He had eaten it before when he was studying in the academy. It was okay to eat it occasionally, but if he ate it every day, he would not be able to bear it.
Having experienced it himself, Qi Xiuyuan naturally felt that the food in the academy was just average, and could not compare to the delicious meals costing dozens of taels outside.
Only after eating the food in the cafeteria did Qi Xiuyuan know what true fragrance meant.
Chicken feet and duck feet, which are ordinary and regarded as cheap by the rich, can actually be made into such delicious food. It is simply unique.
Such a delicious food, yet he was still hesitant at first?
It's really wrong.
When Qi Xiuyuan asked, he was surprised. He originally thought that these pickled pepper chicken feet and other foods were special delicacies in Qinghe Town, but it turned out that they were not. They were unique foods made by Xu Yunfan's husband with seasonings made by hand.
After Qi Xiuyuan had eaten and drunk his fill, he did not forget to take a popsicle with him, and asked Qi Xiu Ze to shamelessly pack him a portion of delicious duck necks, duck wings, chicken bones and other food to take away.
During this meal, Qi Xiu Ze and Qi Xiu Yuan ate and took things for free, and Xie Baizhou and the other two were too embarrassed to watch.
Qin Run didn't mind. After all, Qi Xiuyuan's contract had already brought them a lot of profit. Compared with those two points, these foods were completely insignificant. "Is this enough to pack? Do you want to bring some more?"
"That's enough."
Seeing Qin Run still pretending, Qi Xiu Ze quickly said that it was enough, "This is enough for tonight. Just come and get more tomorrow if you want to eat more."
Hearing this, Qin Run paused while packing: "..."
Listen to what Qi Xiu Ze said. If you don’t know, you would think this is his home.
When seeing Qi Xiuyuan off, Xu Yunfan was still standing at the cafeteria door, looking at Qi Xiuyuan's back thoughtfully. Qin Run, leaning on a cane, walked laboriously to Xu Yunfan's side, "Yunfan, what are you looking at?"
This was the first time he saw Xu Yunfan staring at someone's back for so long.
Xu Yunfan turned his head, said nothing, and looked at Qin Run carefully and seriously.
Is it all just a coincidence?
Qin Run's incomplete memory fragments told him that he came from the capital.
Just now at the dinner table, Qi Xiuyuan looked at Qin Run several times. How could Xu Yunfan bear to see her husband being looked at like this by a man, so she simply asked him what he was looking at.
Qi Xiuyuan politely but not awkwardly apologized to Xu Yunfan, "I'm so sorry, I offended you. It's just that Run'er looks so much like that guy, it makes me curious."
"Second brother, the one you are talking about is not that person, right?"
"Second Brother Qi, do you also think Run'er looks like that person? When we first saw Run'er, we were all surprised, but if we look closely, Run'er does look a bit like that nobleman."
"Yes, yes, yes. Although they are only somewhat similar, it is that charm that makes them feel so similar."
Xie Baizhou and the others were talking back and forth, leaving Xu Yunfan completely bewildered. "Who are you talking about?"
Lin Xiaoran said mysteriously, "We are talking about General Qin."
Before Xu Yunfan could ask anything else, Qin Run immediately shook his head and laughed, saying, "You may have seen it wrong. You shouldn't say such things. How could I, a mere mortal, look like the general? Besides, with so many people in the Great Yan Dynasty, it's not surprising that a few look alike."
"You're right, we're making a fuss out of nothing." Qi Xiuyuan patted Lin Xiaoran and told him to stop talking.
Sometimes, looking similar to someone whose identity is sensitive is not necessarily a good thing.
Xu Yunfan heard these words at the dinner table, but he kept them in mind.
If one person says they look alike, then that person probably has some problems with his or her vision. If two, three, or even four people say that two people look alike, then it goes without saying that they must be very similar.
They both have the surname Qin. Qin Run is from the capital and his family is well off. The other party is a general, so how bad can the general's residence be? Qin Run also has a similar appearance to the other party.
Of course, it's not surprising that people who are not related by blood look alike, but when too many points are combined, even something that is not surprising is enough to make people think deeply.
But, who is this noble person that Lin Xiaoran and the others are talking about?
Xu Yunfan hoped he was overthinking it. Until he had absolute evidence to prove his suspicions, he decided to keep silent about the matter. "No, I was just thinking, Qi Xiu Ze's second brother is wearing all sorts of gold and silver, and he really looks like me in the past. Also, the Qi family is very sincere, so I'm considering collaborating with them on another deal."
"What deal?" Qin Run was very curious. For them, cooperating with the Qi family would be a win-win situation.
Knowing that Qin Run was uncomfortable standing, Xu Yunfan held one of Qin Run's arms and let him rest his weight on him. "Brother Run, lean on me and don't move your other foot."
Xu Yunfan helped the man into the room. Qin Run sat down and asked again, "Yunfan, you haven't told me yet what business you want to do with Xiu Ze's second brother."
Xu Yunfan thought about it and said to Qin Run, "After all, the business we are doing now is not making enough money. I want to earn more."
I have to say that this man who used to be a prince is different. His daily income nowadays is something that many people envy, but to Xu Yunfan, it is just a drop in the bucket, a small thing.
"We have a lot of people here at the Qin family, and there are still many people who haven't been used. Although they have a lot of land, and there are more than ten or twenty people in a family, if they can have a few of them come to work for us, it can be considered an additional income. So, I plan to make paper and sell it."
After Xu Yunfan finished speaking, he didn't get a response from Qin Run for a long time. He turned his head and saw Qin Run looking at him with sparkling eyes full of admiration.
Qin Run has beautiful eyes. His narrow and long eyes usually look smart, clear and clean, but because of the red mole that is placed in the wrong place, they become charming and seductive.
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