Chapter 248 All demolished
Gu Xixi was also lying flat on her back, completely sleepless, with her eyes staring upwards.
"Are you sure...Mr. He?"
He Jinglan hesitated for a while, "Forget it. It's not a holiday, and the children still go to class on time. How can I find an excuse not to teach?"
Gu Xixi smiled, "Who was it that left the class to Master Liu and insisted on going to the border with me?"
He Jinglan said, "That was in the past. Things are different now."
"I have become more determined now. As a woman, I must have my own career."
Gu Xixi understood and said, "Because of Madam Zhao?"
He Jinglan sighed without comment.
After meeting Matchmaker Zhao, I was indeed deeply touched by her.
She said, "Mrs. Zhao has always been true to herself and has never forgotten the man in her heart. If it were someone else, they would probably be obsessed with the past and fall into pain all their lives."
"She, on the other hand, found her life's work very early on. It must be difficult to be the best matchmaker, right?"
Gu Xixi nodded on the pillow, "If you want to be the best in any field, you have to pay a lot."
He Jinglan continued, "The money she earns is not only enough to support herself, but also her clothes and household furnishings, which are much richer than those of ordinary country people."
Gu Xixi said, "No matter who you are, as long as you have enough money in your hands, you will feel most secure and confident."
"If I don't get married or have children in this lifetime, I must save up a sufficient amount for my retirement. The more the better."
He Jinglan felt something was not right when hearing this and turned to look at Gu Xixi.
"Why do I hear your tone, it seems that you are not talking about others, but yourself?"
Gu Xixi smiled, "No, no, if there is a chance, I still want to find a man I like."
At the same time, she silently said in her heart: "If I can't find someone I like, then of course I'll just stay single forever!"
He Jinglan said, "After seeing you and Madam Zhao, I have made up my mind completely!"
Gu Xixi was a little curious, "What?"
He Jinglan chuckled smugly, "Once everything is settled, I will cheat my brother out of my dowry... No, I will try to get it all and do business with you! We can't let An Qinghe take away all the opportunities to make money."
"Of course, I promise to be your accountant and help you with writing if I have the chance. I can do this, too."
Gu Xixi yawned and said, "Okay, I'll definitely do it if there's a chance."
He Jinglan became more and more excited, so she simply got up and recounted, "You want to plant trees, make tea, and have some agricultural technology. Although I don't understand these, I know how to eat, drink and have fun!"
"I already have a few shops, so I can just take them back and use them for myself."
"You make tea, and I will open a tea shop in the capital, providing a one-stop service from buying and selling tea to drinking tea."
"I must open the sweet soup shop I mentioned before. Those noble ladies in the capital have never tasted such delicious sweet soup. I am sure I can make back my investment within a month!"
"Then you will be responsible for coming up with the recipe, and I will invest the money to build the shop. How about we split the profits 40% to 60%?"
"After two years, when your Pinellia fruit has borne fruit, you should be able to make it into a fruit drink. It will surely sell like hot cakes!"
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Gu Xixi was feeling a little sleepy, but after He Jinglan's disturbance, she was completely awake.
"You have been in the circle of noble ladies in Beijing since you were a child. These people love novel and exquisite food and are willing to spend money."
“It sounds like there is a lot of potential.”
“Not only opening one store, but also opening chain stores later.”
"Chain?" He Jinglan frowned, then understood smoothly, "You mean opening a branch store."
She laughed again and said, "Didn't you say that you didn't want to hear the word 'lock' recently? Why did you say it again?"
Gu Xixi said calmly, "I have already figured out how to solve this problem."
He Jinglan asked curiously, "Can you unlock the door?"
Gu Xixi closed her eyes and said, "You'll know tomorrow, go to sleep."
The next day at noon, when He Jinglan and Shitou came back from the village school, they saw that the west room, which had been closed for a long time, was open.
Shitou ran over in surprise, "Door! Sister Xixi, where is the door?"
Gu Xixi raised her hand and pointed, and the two of them looked in the direction and found two door panels leaning against the west wall of the courtyard, with the shiny copper lock in the middle.
"The bathroom is almost finished today. I asked the two craftsmen to help me remove the door."
"Uncle Qian happens to have some unwanted old doors. They will be delivered to us soon and we can just install them right away."
She smiled at Shitou and said, "You are growing up. You can't live with Aunt Zhang forever."
"There is a table in this room, which is convenient for you to do your homework. You can move in tonight."
Stone cheered happily, "Great, I have my own house now!"
At this moment, he seemed to have completely forgotten that he had said he would help Mr. Chen look after the house.
He Jinglan looked at the door and the lock, and felt that her thinking was still too narrow.
"Then what should we do with this thing? Don't want it anymore?"
Gu Xixi said, "Isn't the copper lock valuable? It would be a shame to just throw it away. I've thought about it and decided to give it away."
He Jinglan asked, "Who are you sending it to?"
Gu Xixi said, "Of course it's for Master Liu."
"The door lock has been returned intact, and I will naturally ask the man behind it to reimburse the loss of these two door panels."
A few days later, at the junction of northwest and southeast, continuous mountains rose into the clouds.
Inside the military tent, Mu Nanzhao suddenly sneezed.
Meng Chengping glanced sideways, "I heard that when you sneeze for no apparent reason in the summer, it means someone is talking about you."
Mu Nanzhao said coldly, "It's just rumors among the people, but General Meng took it seriously."
Meng Chengping was already accustomed to Mu Nanzhao's way of speaking.
He smiled and said, "The batch of medicine sent by Boss Gu will arrive soon."
"The general hadn't commissioned her yet, but she was quite attentive and took the initiative to help us make mosquito repellent."
"I think Boss Gu might be worried about your small body. It hasn't been long since you recovered from a serious illness, and he's afraid that you might get infected with the disease again and won't be able to survive."
Mu Nanzhao sneered, "If you have nothing to do, go to the cook camp and help."
After the army's battle and days of trekking, it is a rare opportunity for them to set up camp and rest today, and also to wait for the medicine that Gu Xixi will send.
Meng Chengping was naturally very relaxed, "I'm telling the truth, I envy you for being so lucky, I'm miserable."
"My Jinglan may have forgotten me a long time ago."
Mu Nanzhao was too lazy to roll his eyes. He just responded with silence while reading a book.
At this time, a soldier ran in and reported that the escorted medicines had arrived.
"The general said he can't leave for the time being, please ask Mr. Mu and General Meng to sign for it in person."
There was an open space in front of the camp, with a full truck of stuff parked.
The person delivering the gifts first took out two envelopes.
"This letter is from Boss Gu to the person in charge of receiving it, and this one is for General Meng."
Meng Chengping said with a smile, "Why is there still mine?"
As he opened the envelope, he did not forget to tease Mu Nanzhao, "I thought Boss Gu was talking about you, and now it's here? It must be you who received the things here. I just don't know what he said to me..."
He glanced at the letter, his smile suddenly froze, and he showed an expression of disbelief.
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