Qiao Erlang was so coaxed by his grandmother's words that he lost his mind and became a slave.
He is not necessarily jealous. He takes good care of his two younger brothers on weekdays. However, no matter how much brotherhood they have, it does not affect their competition for their grandmother's love!
When Qiao Dalang heard about his performance today, he couldn't help but laugh at him: "You are really promising. Why don't you compete with your sixth brother for milk?"
Qiao Erlang jumped up all of a sudden: "You are the one who cares. I don't believe it. You didn't ask your grandmother to give you special lessons. Otherwise, how come you are so good at martial arts? Isn't it because you learned it from your grandmother in private?"
Qiao Dalang retorted, "If you have the ability, go and learn. It's not like grandma is unwilling to teach you.
When I wake up at the sound of the cock-crow, you sleep like a pig. Who can I blame? Besides, didn't you learn the skill of making money from your grandmother? We are the same, so why don't we blame each other? "
Qiao Sanlang acted as a peacemaker as usual: "Okay, stop arguing, second brother, do you still want me and big brother to help you?"
Qiao Erlang's face changed, and he turned to Qiao Sanlang and smiled: "Good brother, of course I want it. You usually come into contact with many young masters from wealthy families. You can mention this matter by the way. There will always be someone interested!"
"Grandma said that the more businesses that sponsor us, the more money we'll make! Their products will be widely advertised, and we'll have more customers. It's like killing two birds with one stone!"
Qiao Sanlang was very rational and poured some cold water on the situation appropriately.
"It's okay for wealthy businessmen, but don't count on the noble families. In their eyes, making money is a lowly business that is not worthy of being on the stage.
I'll make a list someday and invite the sons of wealthy merchants to a banquet. I think we'll get a lot out of it!"
Qiao Erlang curled his lips and said, "We didn't expect the noble family to be like this. They are just a bunch of hypocritical guys. They own more shops than anyone else, but they say that other people's shops are a lowly business.
Grandma said that these people are just making up stories because they are afraid that there will be too many competitors and that they will snatch the few resources in the world. If everyone can open a shop and snatch the resources in their hands, do you think they will be anxious?"
There is nothing people can do in this world without money. Rich families have private soldiers, guards, servants, and spend lavishly every day. Would you try it if you have no money?
If they frankly admitted that they were money lovers, like Xu Can, Qiao Erlang would still look up to them. But these noble family members were willing to be hypocrites, saying one thing in public and another in private.
They looked down on the few taels of silver in the shop, but they showed no mercy when it came to taking money from the national treasury!
It's not that Qiao Jilang hasn't seen other people's faces when traveling in Kyoto, but he never takes the sarcasm and ridicule of irrelevant people to heart, and he's too lazy to care about it.
My grandmother told me not to argue with people who have no conflict of interest with you. When you watch others showing off, there is no need to kindly correct them. Just treat it as a monkey show.
After he did as he was told, he felt much better!
This time, his main target for soliciting sponsorship was the wealthy businessmen in Kyoto who were eager to show off. He had no intention of wasting time with the aristocratic families.
But Qiao Erlang didn't bother them, but they bothered Qiao Erlang.
After Qiao Xin returned to Beijing, she made a lot of noises one after another, which attracted the attention of many people. The adults hadn't done anything yet, but the young men in the various mansions couldn't sit still!
On this day, the young men of the Qiao family went out of the city to pick up their sister who was returning to Beijing. They formed a team with Xu Can and Guan Jianze, and returned to the capital under the escort of Shunzi and others.
The second lady was impatient to stay in the carriage, so after entering the city she rode her horse side by side with her brother.
A group of people who were originally talking and laughing met the Second Prince and Lu Le and others leaving the city at the city gate. For some reason, a conflict broke out between the two sides, and the girl from the Qiao family took the lead in beating people!
When Qiao Xin got the news from outside, she couldn't believe it. Did the Second Lady beat someone up in the street?
"Who will start first?"
"The second lady started the fight first. The other party was rude and flattered the weak. The second lady slapped the young master of Dingbian Marquis. In the chaos, the second prince's horse got scared and trampled on many stalls of the people. In the end, the horse was pulled, but the second prince fell off the horse.
They are now insisting that it was our people who tampered with the horses!"
Having said this, Manager Yu paused for a moment, obviously thinking about what to say next.
“The Second Prince was ordered by the Emperor to welcome the Xiling envoys escorted by the Marquis Dingbian and his son, and he also met people from the Heng Mansion. My family also happened to be in the city, so we all got together, but we didn’t expect this to happen!
And the Third Master was also on his way back at the time and happened to see this scene!"
Qiao Xin paused as she hurried outside and turned to look at him: "Isn't the third brother due to arrive tomorrow?"
"I didn't know either, but the Third Master has indeed returned!" What a coincidence it was to encounter such a thing!
Qiao Xin felt that there were too many factors and she had to figure out these relationships first. With the third child around, she didn't have to rush to protect the cub.
As soon as Xu Can and the second prince met, they were at loggerheads. These two had been at odds with each other for a long time, so it was normal for them to quarrel.
But why did the second granddaughter quarrel with the youngest son of Dingbian Marquis and even fight? Lingshu may have a bad temper, but she is not unreasonable!
Qiao Xin was no longer in a hurry. She returned to her yard calmly and gave instructions to everyone directly.
"Send someone to the third brother's yard to see if there is anything that has not been prepared. Prepare it quickly and prepare more food in the kitchen..."
Nanny Qin: "Won't the old lady go and take a look?"
"No, the third one is enough. If I go over there, it would be too much of a bully!"
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Heng Wen was very happy to see Qiao Yunting again after many years, but before he could say hello, he saw his third brother being pinned to the ground and beaten by a girl, with a black eye and a swollen face, and he had no power to fight back.
When he asked about the other party's identity, he found out that she was his eldest brother's daughter! He suddenly lost sympathy for this half-brother and instead asked his niece whether Qiao Lingshu's hand hurt or not, and whether she was injured anywhere.
This caused Dingbian Hou and Qiao Yunting to look at him strangely. If they were not clear about each other's identities, they would have suspected that he had ulterior motives.
Qiao Dalang and Qiao Erlang even pulled their sister behind them and looked at each other vigilantly.
The children of the Qiao family were extremely delighted to see Qiao Yunting suddenly appear in the crowd.
"Nephew, niece, nice to meet Uncle San!"
"father!"
Qiao Yunting jumped off his warhorse, grabbed Silang and Wulang in his arms, and hit the little guy in the face with his rough beard.
"Son, Daddy is back!"
Qiao Silang and Qiao Wulang shrank their necks, not wanting to admit that this childish and rough man was actually the old father they missed day and night.
Qiao Yunting didn't care about his son's disdain, nor did he care about the rule that servants should hug their grandchildren but not their own children. He hugged his son for a long time and kissed him before he remembered his nephews and nieces standing next to him.
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