Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu stayed in the city for eight days, and the flower-viewing banquet was the last day.

When leaving the Bai family, Bai Xiaoxiao and the Su sisters were reluctant to leave when they heard that they would be returning to Qinghe County the next day.

Liu Xu invited them to come and play with her anytime. They reluctantly said goodbye and agreed to see them off together the next day.

Old Madam Su also suggested that Liu Xu come to their house to play next time.

After returning to Chang's house, Liu Xu asked Qiaoyu and the others to pack their luggage while she went to look for Chang Yifei.

Chang Shaoshang had locked himself in his room since returning home, and was now staring at a handkerchief in his hand in a daze. A small jasmine flower was embroidered on one corner of the handkerchief, and the word "花" was faintly visible in the center of the flower.

Hearing Qingfeng outside the door announcing that Liuxu had arrived, he quickly folded the handkerchief and put it back in his arms. He rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and then opened the door.

"Little sister, why are you here?"

Liu Xu rolled her eyes at him and said, "I'll go back tomorrow and check with you to see if there's anything I missed."

Chang Yifei nodded, and the two went to Chang Yifei's study.

Because he needs to prepare for the opening of a new store, Chang Yifei will not go to Qinghe County in the short term.

This time, they not only want to open the Fucheng Zhenxiu Pavilion, but also select five slightly prosperous counties to open branches. At the same time, the Fucheng Anxin Home Textiles will also be opened.

The drawings can be made according to the ones Liu Xu gave me earlier, and slight adjustments can be made based on the size, but all stores must have a unified style.

As for the noodle shop and oil mill, Chang Hongxuan took over. He specifically handed this matter over to his younger brother Chang Hongyao, and of course the equipment drawings were in his hands.

"I didn't expect the Fang family to be so generous. Hehe, those two stores are not only in the perfect location and size, but also just right for opening a store and saving money." Chang Yifei said happily.

"Why save? I have to pay the rent for Zhenxiu Pavilion. The rent for Anxin Home Textiles belongs to my senior sister. Brothers should settle accounts clearly and stop dreaming!" Liu Xu retorted.

"Yes, yes, I didn't say it doesn't count. If they hadn't sent it to us, we would have had to buy a store, wouldn't it cost a lot of money? Now it's yours, isn't it better to keep the wealth within the family?"

Liu Xu was too lazy to pay attention to him, so she asked about the progress of the purchase of the house behind Zhenxiu Pavilion.

The city is much bigger than Qinghe County, so the scale must be larger. The side of the store facing the street is about 15 meters wide, and Liu Xu plans to set up a lobby on the first floor and booths on the second and third floors.

As for the private rooms, they were all located in the backyard, with a separate row of two-story buildings built specifically for use as private rooms. In addition to building several more small courtyards, we had to buy the back and left and right courtyards.

"I bought them all. It's just that the one at the back was a little bit stubborn. I had to use some tricks to get them to agree." Chang Yifei said calmly.

Liu Xu said that there was nothing wrong with it, they only offered the market price, that family was greedy and it was their own fault to suffer a lesson.

In addition, Liu Xu asked Chang Yifei to send 2,000 kilograms of soybean oil every month, whether it was squeezed by himself or bought from outside.

Chang Yifei nodded to indicate that he would deliver it on time.

At the same time, the Fang family was in an uproar. Fang Xueruo came back and smashed things all over the house, and finally cried her heart out.

She had always thought that she would marry Chang Yifei, and today she had put her innocence on the line. She had never expected that not only would her reputation be ruined, but she would also end up becoming the bastard of the Ran family.

Mrs. Fang pushed the door open and saw the mess on the floor. Her daughter was sitting greedily in front of the window, so she walked up and slapped Fang Xueruo in the face.

"Cry, cry, cry. What's the use of crying now? Why didn't you tell me and your second brother when you were going to do this?"

At this moment, Mrs. Fang no longer had the gentleness and dignity she showed in front of others. Her face was cold and her eyes were gloomy.

Fang Xueruo was stunned by the slap in the face and stopped crying, but she had been crying too hard before and had been hiccuping and sobbing.

"Mom, hiccup...I...I don't want to...hiccup...I don't want to marry that loser from the Ran family, wuwuwu..." Then she started crying again.

"Shut up!" Guo Ningshuang, also known as Madam Fang, shouted coldly, "Who else do you want to marry if not him? Who would want you?"

At this time, Fang Yu also walked in. Although Fang Yu was a jerk, he still loved his sister very much. Seeing her crying so sadly, and then seeing the slap mark on Fang Xueruo's face, he hurried forward to help his sister up, feeling distressed.

"Mom, why did you hit Xue'er? It was obviously done by that bastard Chang Yifei!" Fang Yu said gritting his teeth. With new and old grudges added together, he hated the Chang family even more.

"If she doesn't do such a stupid thing herself, will she be retaliated against?"

Your mother is still your mother. Even though Guo Ningshuang hated the Chang family, she knew that if her daughter had not planned it first, how could she have been given the opportunity to retaliate!

Fang Yu wanted to refute after hearing this, but the fact was that his sister failed in her scheme against others and ended up losing more than she gained.

"I asked you to marry the young master of the prefect's family before, but you insisted that you liked that wolf cub Chang Yifei. What do you think now?" Guo Ningshuang was so angry that her lungs were about to explode.

"Be good, stop crying! Second brother will go and avenge you! Doesn't the Chang family want to form an alliance with us? I just want to make this happen." Fang Yu said viciously.

"Yu'er! Don't be impulsive. We can't touch that willow catkin!" Guo Ningshuang urged after hearing this.

"Mom, I'm not stupid. Dad had a hard time settling this matter."

"Then you say..." Guo Ningshuang looked confused.

"Don't the second and third branches of the Chang family have two daughters?" Fang Yu raised his eyelids and said gloomily.

Upon hearing this, Guo Ningshuang hurriedly stopped him: "Silly son, the father of those two is a concubine's son, aren't you being reckless?"

"Mother, so what if she's a concubine's daughter? At worst, we can find a reason to divorce her later. The second and third wives of the Chang family have already been dissatisfied. When the time comes, we will do this..."

Liu Xu and others naturally didn't know about the conspiracy of Fang's mother and son.

In the evening, after dinner, the family was digesting their food in the yard. Su Bijun mentioned what happened at the flower viewing banquet in the daytime, and Chang Hongxuan frowned. But he was a man and could not comment too much, so he just patted his third son's shoulder to comfort him.

Chang Erge suddenly said: "Because the third brother is not married!"

As soon as these words fell, Chang Yifei felt that his parents' gentle expressions had disappeared...

"You talk as if you're married?" Chang Yifei muttered.

"But I'm engaged!"

"Hey, second brother, you can't be like this! Didn't you get engaged after you were 20? I'm only 18!"

"But Qingya and I are childhood sweethearts!"

Chang Yifei: ...Why didn't I feel that his second brother was so bad before?

The yard was somewhat quiet. After a while, Liu Xu and Han Duoduo couldn't help laughing out loud, and then a series of laughter broke out in the yard. Even the servants who were serving on the side lowered their heads and their shoulders shook constantly.

Fortunately, the Chang couple never mentioned Chang Yifei's marriage again.

In fact, most children from wealthy families get married late, girls at the age of 17 or 18, and boys after 20, but some get engaged earlier.

Liu Xu had already told the Chang family's head and his wife that after accompanying Mrs. Chang to the flower-viewing banquet, they would return to Liujia Village.

Although Su Bijun was reluctant to leave, there was still a long way to go. Not to mention that the children had things to do, and the Xu Ruolan sisters were still waiting for the two children at home.

After giving all the necessary instructions, the food was almost digested, and everyone dispersed and returned to their own yards.

After a good night's sleep and breakfast with my godfather and godmother, I was ready to set off.

There was only one carriage when they came, but there were two when they went back. One was specially used to carry the various gifts that Liu Xu and his family had bought for everyone in the city, as well as the gifts from the Chang family.

The gifts Liu Xu and his friends received yesterday and the gifts from the Fang family were quite valuable, so they were placed in the car they were riding in.

The other carriage was driven by Chang Zhong and a subordinate. It was arranged by Chang Yifei, both to deliver things and to protect them.

At the gate of the Chang Mansion, Liu Xu said goodbye to her godfather, godmother, and Aunt Han and her son, and prepared to get in the car and leave.

At this time, Bai Xiaoxiao and Su Zisu Tong rushed over. Liu Xu and Han Duoduo were both a little happy.

Several girls squeezed into a car. Liu Xu invited them to go to Liujia Village to escape the heat when the weather got hot. Several of them said they would come together in the future.

They chattered all the way and sent Liu Xu and his group to the dock. After Liu Xu got on the boat, the little sisters waved goodbye to each other.

After the boat started moving, Chang Yifei covered his chest with the handkerchief and made a decision in his heart.