The little ancestor of the family

"Not really."

Leng Qingyu sighed.

"He must have been mad at me."

"what did you say?"

Leng Qingyu was a little embarrassed: "At that time, he saw that he couldn't persuade me, so he went to find Lu Tingen to argue.

I thought that since he was an adopted son of the Leng family, Lu Tingen would not pay any attention to him, so I did not stop him. "

"What happened?" Ye Xinran sensed that things would not be simple.

"Not long after he left, news came out from the Lu family that Lu Tingen was stabbed by him."

"You actually took action?"

"Ok!"

Leng Qingyu looked grim, "Zhong Yujian has always been very sensible in what he does, and your grandfather admires him very much, so when I first heard the news, I didn't dare to believe it.

It was not until I went to the Lu family and saw Lu Tingen lying in bed recovering from his injuries that I believed that Zhong Yujian had really taken action. "

"What did Lu Tingen say? Didn't he say that he was fine and asked you not to be angry?"

Ye Xinran guessed.

Leng Qingyu smiled bitterly: "That's exactly it.

Looking back now, everything Lu Tingen did was just an act. It's a pity that I believed him at that time and thought Zhong Yujian was really so ignorant of his own limits.

If we really offend the Lu family, it will not do us any good."

Ye Xinran remained silent, Leng Qingyu continued to speak.

"When I came back to question Zhong Yujian, he insisted that Lu Tingen's injury was not caused by him, and asked me whether I believed him or Lu Tingen."

Ye Xinran shook her head and thought:

Zhong Yujian was probably very angry at that time, and questioning like this would only make Leng Qingyu even angrier.

Leng Qingyu's expression also changed, and he said: "Although I was angry at that time, I was more disappointed. As long as he explained it to me, maybe I would believe what he said.

Who knew that not only did he not explain, he also kept saying that I was stupid, that I was fooled by Lu Tingen and still spoke for him. I was so angry that I slapped him!"

Speaking of this, Leng Qingyu actually felt a little regretful.

Zhong Yujian grew up with her and had always been very caring towards her. Although she enjoyed his care and felt at ease, she had never considered Zhong Yujian's status lower than her own.

That slap not only humiliated Zhong Yujian, but also made Leng Qingyu very uncomfortable.

But both of them were very angry and neither of them was willing to take a step back.

Leng Qingyu always believed that she did this for Zhong Yujian's own good, and hoped that he would be more sensible in future actions.

As a result, the next day, the maid told her that Master Zhong had sneaked away in the middle of the night.

Old Master Leng has always doted on his daughter. After finding out the whole story, although he did not speak for Zhong Yujian, he still advised Leng Qingyu:

"I know Yu Jian well. He is not the kind of person who makes trouble for no reason. How about you reconsider this marriage with the Lu family?"

Leng Qingyu was not willing to listen at that time. She felt that Zhong Yujian was selfish and did not care about the overall situation, so she issued an order that all shops of the Leng family should immediately kick out Zhong Yujian if they saw him in the future.

"From what mother said, Uncle Zhong has no grudge against our family. If that's the case, then his proposal for cooperation is reasonable."

Ye Xinran said.

"I just wonder what Uncle Zhong is doing now? From what mom said just now, he is in the timber business?"

"Yes!"

Leng Qingyu nodded.

"After he left, there was no news for three years. I even sent someone to secretly inquire about him, but there was no trace of him at all.

Who would have thought that in the fourth year, he suddenly emerged in Yancheng and became a big timber merchant there.

They also controlled the water transportation in the Yancheng area.

If the Leng family wants to purchase goods from their shop in Yancheng, they have to ship them by water. He asked the people in the shop about me, and that’s how I got to know him.”

"Did mother find out anything about him? Where did he go for those three years?"

What Ye Xinran was more curious about was, how could a penniless civilian, even if he was smart, become a famous timber merchant within three years?

Is it better brains or better luck?

"I didn't ask."

Leng Qingyu said angrily, "I have been asking about his whereabouts for the past three years, and sometimes I even worry that he is dead.

But he hid quietly for three years, and as soon as he showed up, he wanted to find out about me. How could he find out so easily? "

Hearing this, Ye Xinran already had a bad guess.

Sure enough, the next moment Leng Qingyu said, "I closed the shop in Yancheng in a fit of anger and will no longer do business there."

"Mom, are you angry?" Ye Xinran asked.

"It wasn't entirely out of spite. At that time, Lu Tingen and I were in a good relationship, and I didn't want Lu Tingen to hear about this and affect our relationship."

Speaking of this, Leng Qingyu blushed again.

I was really not sober at that time.

"So the relationship between the Leng family and that Uncle Zhong has always been a little awkward, right?"

Ye Xinran asked.

“It’s a little embarrassing.”

Leng Qingyu nodded, "He had asked someone to tell me before that he wanted to discuss business with the Leng family, but I rejected him. There was no news from him afterwards.

I don’t know why this matter suddenly came up again this year.”

"Maybe he heard about what happened in our mansion." Ye Xinran said.

“Although Yancheng is far from the capital, it is still easy for him to find out the news about the Lu family.

Since he proposed to cooperate, he must have considered it carefully. "

After a pause, she continued, "But if you want to cooperate, you still have to consider it carefully."

Leng Qingyu was a little hesitant at first, but after hearing what Ye Xinran said, he became a little confused, "Why? Although Zhong Yujian did some wrong things in the past, his character is still fine."

“It’s not a question of character.”

Ye Xinran grabbed her mother's hand and said, "I have to help her check. After so many years, has this Uncle Zhong gotten married?

Is there a concubine in the family?

If there is no formal marriage, are there any children in the family?

This needs to be clarified, right? "

Leng Qingyu's face instantly turned red, "No, they are looking for us to cooperate in business, why are they asking this?"

Ye Xinran looked at her and said, "Didn't mother just say that? Our two businesses, one is a cloth shop and the other is a timber business, and there is no overlap.

Uncle Zhong is so persistent in wanting to cooperate with the Leng family, it's definitely not for our supply, maybe it's for the boss!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Leng Qingyu's face turned even redder, and her cheeks were so hot that she couldn't help but put her hands on them to cool them down.

"We are all this age now, how can we still have such thoughts?

Besides, it has been so many years, it is impossible for Zhong Yujian not to get married, right?"