An hour later, Master Xian'er closed his eyes and slowly exhaled.
Xian'er stepped forward with expectation: "Master, what did you see?"
"A handsome young man."
"Handsome? Man?"
"Something must have happened to Yue Haitang in that mountain village. This person has a memory of Yue Haitang being seriously injured and definitely not being able to practice martial arts. Everyone in the mountain village thought Yue Haitang didn't know martial arts! She must have not been able to practice martial arts for a while! But that night she suddenly recovered!"
Xian'er was confused and full of doubts, but she saw that Master frowned deeply and was silent in his own world, so she didn't ask more.
Only to hear Master still talking to himself: "It was that little man. Yue Haitang had a close relationship with that little man. This person has a memory of seeing that little man exchanging martial arts with Yue Haitang. It is very likely that there is a problem here! That little man..."
Master Xian'er frowned deeply and kept emphasizing the three words "little man".
On that night in Xiaoqing Mountain, Master Xian'er might not have noticed Xia Shang, but Xian'er did.
That night, only Xia Shang was worthy of the word "little man".
"Could it be him?" Xian'er couldn't help but murmured.
"Who?!" Master Xian'er was very serious.
"Master, I'm not sure. If it's really that person... No, no, that person doesn't know kung fu at all, how can he help Fairy Shuiyue recover kung fu?"
"This matter is very serious, even if there is a one in ten thousand possibility, we can't let it go. Since you know that person, you can go and find out, I have other things to investigate."
Xian'er's eyes lit up: "Master, do you mean that I don't need to be confined anymore?"
"If you can make a great contribution in this matter, I can forgive the troubles you caused in the past and reward you heavily!"
"Yes!"
...
"Husband, what did you say to grandpa? What deal did you make? Will there really be no problem with Dad?"
In the car, Qin Huairou finally couldn't help but ask out the doubts in her heart.
Xia Shang had a short conversation with the old man in the small bamboo house. No one knew what they talked about in the house, but it was said that the conversation was pleasant and seemed to have reached some kind of consensus.
Xia Shang lifted the curtain and looked at Yulin County, which was getting closer and closer. He chuckled: "It's just some ordinary transactions between families. But I think your Qin family is very strange... I have heard some history. I heard that seventy years ago, when the Hua Dynasty established the country, some founding heroes gradually passed away, but your Qin family still exists. This can't be explained by the old man's long life. The old man lived fifty or sixty years longer than other founding heroes. Don't you think this is very strange?"
"Strange?"
Qin Huairou didn't understand. She thought that she had grown up in the Qin family for more than ten years, and there was nothing strange in the family.
Before Qin Huairou could recall, Xia Shang spoke again: "You don't need to think about this. Maybe I've thought too much. Maybe there's nothing behind this. The old man is very tight-lipped and didn't say anything. But I'm still willing to take a gamble. Huairou, do you know how much money the family made from selling books and wine?"
Qin Huairou was not very confident about the accounts, and always felt that there would be loopholes: "There are 70,000 taels of silver notes in Tonghui Money House, three boxes of gold in the wine shop treasury, and 70,000 to 80,000 taels of cash in the family treasury."
"What about the 100,000 taels?"
"I spent a batch of money and kept a batch at home."
"After returning, ask someone to collect the 100,000 taels and send it to the Qin Mansion, saying that it is a thank-you gift from the Xia family to the old man of the Qin family."
"Ah?" Qin Huairou widened her eyes, "Husband... You don't need to thank me for Xiao Qingshan's matter. Even if I thank you, it's not that..."
"You don't understand. Just do what I say."
"But..."
"No buts. What do we use the money for? Isn't it just to spend? Your husband is good at making money, but it's not enough to rely on himself in terms of personal connections. Our family lacks a network, a large enough network of relationships. It costs money to build this network. If you want this network to become strong, you need a lot of money."
Qin Huairou nodded, not quite understanding: "Oh."
During the conversation, the carriage had already entered Yulin County. The familiar air with the aroma of wine rushed into the nose, making the people of the whole county drunk.
The emergence of Wuliangye has brought many changes to Yulin County, attracting a group of wealthy businessmen, a group of drinkers, and more jobs for the people of Yulin.
Development is happening right in front of us, and Yulin County is getting better day by day.
There are no longer so many beggars in the county government office. The county government office has built a new wall and the government office building is waiting to be renovated. Many vendors who came from nowhere have added a lot of scenery to the streets and alleys of Yulin County. There are more people on the street, and people in the county no longer go straight to Yangzhou when they go out for fun.
Of course, the biggest change is the pedestrians who always carry wine on the road, which is a unique symbol of Yulin County.
Xia Shang looked at the scenery along the way, and Qin Huairou also looked at it.
The expressions of the young couple were exactly the same, one proud and one relieved.
After a while, they arrived home.
When Xia Shang saw the gate of his house, he almost thought he had walked into the wrong place. The courtyard wall that used to be only as high as the fence was gone. The ten-foot-high red-painted courtyard wall made of red jujube-fired bricks surrounded the courtyard tightly. A plaque with large gilded characters was hung on the brand new and open gate, with the words "Xia Mansion" on it. There is a couplet engraved on the doorposts on both sides:
"A gentleman who drinks carefully values his discretion,
A drunkard who is greedy for wine despises his reputation."
A servant dressed as a servant was sweeping the floor at the door. Xia Shang vaguely remembered that he was a servant who had just arrived.
Xia Shang and Qin Huairou got off the car, and Xiaoyue came out to greet them. She looked at the young master with tears in her eyes and talked about her bitter wait for a while.
Being pestered by the little maid, Xia Shang entered the courtyard.
The changes in the family were so great that people could not speak.
The ground of the courtyard with rocks and pits had been paved with large blue bricks three feet square, which were laid flat and neatly. Two rows of potted plants were neatly arranged, all the way to the main hall. On both sides of the main hall, the garden road bypassed the hall and entered the backyard living room. The east and west wings were separated and looked at each other from a distance. There were layers of hanging flower doors in the middle, and there were corridors connecting them. The layout of the courtyard has been arranged properly, and it looks like a wealthy family. There are some details that need to be added, but it looks perfect, which makes Xia Shang dumbfounded.
Looking at her husband's expression, Qin Huairou smiled sweetly: "I was worried about my husband a few days ago. I hoped that my husband would be in a good mood when he came back and saw the new house, so I hurriedly asked the workers to do it. Unfortunately, it is not finished yet. I wonder if my husband likes it?"
"I like it! I like it very much! But I don't know if there is a big bed in the wing room?"
"..."How could Qin Huairou not know the bad water in her husband's belly? She blushed with shame and said angrily for a long time, "My husband has no concubines, so why do you need that big bed? Besides, I won't let you do anything wrong. If you have younger sisters in the future, if they are willing, you can go and play with them."
"Madam, what are you talking about? What sisters? I only want you."
"My husband, I'm serious! When you are not here, I have made arrangements privately and have promised you a concubine."
Xia Shang's jaw dropped to the ground: "What?"