The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Huanhuan and Xu Qu were looking at each other with silly smiles. Youcheng stood by the door frame and coughed twice, saying, "Time is running out. Let's get down to business, sir!"

Xu Qu seemed to remember something at this time and said, "Oh, by the way, let's discuss the next arrangements. I don't have time today, so I'll take you to Yihong Pavilion after breakfast tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

He slowly and simply replied, "No problem."

Xu Qu thought for a moment and said, "In addition to Yihong Pavilion, we can also take you to see Wulan Garden, which is smaller than the other two. It doesn't matter whether it works or not. We just want to have a formality."

He looked at Xu Qu slowly and said quietly, "You are very familiar with these places."

Xu Qu obviously didn't expect Huan Huan to say that. He stood there awkwardly and said, "Uh... no, I've only heard of Wulan Garden but never been there." He paused and added, "Really."

He blinked slowly and said, "Well, I'll believe you if you say so."

Xu Qu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Do you have any other ideas?"

Huanhuan hesitated for a moment and said, "I thought about it carefully yesterday and felt that what you said was right. Since we want to expand, then I want to..." Huanhuan looked at Xu Qu and mustered up the courage to say, "I want to open a shop." Seeing that Xu Qu had no objection, she continued, "It doesn't have to be big, but it has to be in a good location."

Xu Qu nodded and said, "That's a good idea. I'll take care of the shop."

He slowly let out a long sigh and said, "Now there is only one last question left."

"What?" Xu Qu asked.

She said slowly, "I have always bought rouge from Qiaoji. The last time I bought rouge, I heard the boss of Qiaoji say that his son was studying and retired, and he felt that they were working too hard, so he wanted them to stop doing it. In the future, when we sell more rouge, only Qiaoji can supply us with such a large quantity. If they stop doing it, supply will still be a problem in the future."

Xu Qu thought for a moment and asked, "Can't we switch to another company? Even if we find several companies, we can avoid being controlled by one company alone."

He slowly replied, "In terms of quantity, we can find a few workshops to make up for it, but the quality is still far behind Qiao Ji's workshop."

Xu Qu tapped the table with his fingers, lowered his head and muttered to himself: "Well, it's a problem."

After a while, he slowly became worried again. If the quality problem is not solved, it will be difficult to grow bigger and do well.

Xu Qu was silent for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "How about we just do something bigger, buy Qiao Ji's craft formula, and build our own workshop?"

Huanhuan was actually surprised by Xu Qu's idea. She blurted out: "Is this feasible? This will probably cost a lot of money, and there are many connections involved. I don't understand anything yet."

Xu Qu said, "Don't worry about the money. If you offer a suitable price, you can use the current workshop and masters of Qiaoji. In the early stage, you can ask Shopkeeper Qiao and his team to control the technical process and guide us for a period of time. We will learn slowly. As for the specific details, you need to discuss them in detail with Shopkeeper Qiao and his team."

He took a long breath, made up his mind and said, "Okay, I'll go back to Heyang in a few days and talk about it."

After that, he slowly picked up a piece of food for Xu Qu and said with a smile: "It's getting late, you should eat quickly."

Xu Qu was still chewing slowly at this time. As he didn't have enough time, he only drank a bowl of porridge, and then left in a hurry with Youcheng.

After dinner, he simply cleaned up and called Xiaoyu to pay his respects to Mrs. Xie.

On the way, Xiaoyu leaned closer and whispered to Huanhuan: "Miss, what should we do if we meet the eldest aunt?"

In fact, this was what Huanhuan had been thinking about. She replied, "Do you think this will work?" and then she broke into a big smile.

Xiaoyu said speechlessly: "So fake and flattering."

"What about this?" After saying that, he slowly put on a superior and cold look.

Xiaoyu said blankly, "Why does she look a bit like my aunt on a daily basis?"

He curled his lips slowly and said, "Forget it, we are not impolite people."

As soon as the voice fell, several servants gathered in front of them and chatted excitedly. They smiled and greeted Huanhuan and Xiaoyu. Huanhuan and Xiaoyu also smiled and responded to them. Suddenly, a young servant said loudly: "Young Madam, I heard that you scolded the eldest aunt yesterday and made her so angry that she was speechless. It was very satisfying!"

Huanhuan stopped walking immediately after hearing the words. Her first thought was, "It spread so quickly! And they exaggerated it so much! How embarrassed must this be for my always proud and arrogant aunt?"

Seeing Huanhuan's worried look, Daping from the group stood up, waved his hand at the boy and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

The servant was unconvinced and said loudly: "Hey? How could I be talking nonsense? Isn't that what you just said?"

Da Ping scratched his head and said unhappily, "How could I say such a weird thing? Let's go, we still have work to do." After that, Da Ping pushed and drove the servants aside. The group of people walked away, talking and laughing. The servant at the end even turned around secretly, grinned and gave Huan Huan a thumbs up.

The group of people walked away. Xiaoyu saw Huan Huan frowning and staring at them, so she asked, "Miss, why are you unhappy?"

She slowly and weakly replied, "I was wondering if my aunt would take revenge on me."

Xiaoyu laughed out loud when she heard that, and said, "Miss, why don't I believe you when you say that? When have you ever been afraid of this?" Huanhuan also laughed and said, "You're just kidding! Well, when enemies come, we have to fight them with our generals and when water comes, we have to block it with earth. There are too many things to do right now, so I don't want to think about those trivial things." After that, the two of them walked towards Jingyuan.

In Jingyuan, Huanhuan briefly presented her and Xu Qu's plan to Mrs. Xie. Mrs. Xie said that they could tell her what support they needed and her family would do their best to support them.

The conversation between the virtuous mother-in-law and the filial daughter-in-law ended in a happy atmosphere. They did not meet their aunt until they returned to Huixin Garden, which saved them a lot of unnecessary trouble.

The next day before lunch, Xu Qu took Huanhuan, who was dressed in women's clothes, to Yihong Pavilion. Everyone in Yihong Pavilion found it very interesting. When Xu Qu, Huanhuan and the chief steward were talking in her room, some people would come in to serve tea, some would come in to add water, and those who couldn't come in would watch through the window.

The chief steward was also very happy to see the two of them, and greeted them much more enthusiastically than when Huanhuan came alone. Taking advantage of the chief steward's absence, Huanhuan asked Xu Qu in confusion: "Why do I always feel that this chief steward is too warm to you?"

Xu Qu said calmly: "According to what you said, the chief steward knew from the beginning that you were a woman, so naturally he would not be very warm to you. But I am different. I am a man, so it is possible for me to take care of her business, so of course she is more warm to me."

He uttered "oh" slowly and said nothing more.

On the way back, Huan Huan felt that something was wrong until the carriage bumped and she bumped into Xu Qu's arms. When she saw Xu Qu's belt, she remembered the unique Bian Nan belt buckle. She punched Xu Qu lightly and said, "You liar."

Xu Qu didn't know what was going on. He clenched his fists and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

He looked at Xu Qu slowly and said, "You liar, you said 'I've only heard of Wulan Garden but never been there'. I just remembered that I saw your unique belt buckle when I first went to Yihong Pavilion on the day of the outing. Youcheng also said that you went there often for a while."

Xu Qu was speechless and said, "What I said was 'I have only heard of Wulan Garden and never been there', so I have never been to Wulan Garden, but I didn't say I have never been to Yihong Pavilion."

Hearing Xu Qu's play on words, Huan Huan got angry and said, "You asked me if I had done what I said to my family members. But you haven't done it yet."

Xu Qu was silent for a while after hearing this, and finally turned around and said to her, "I have really only been to Yihong Pavilion, and it has been years since I last went there. I followed you in on the day of the outing."

"Follow me?" Huanhuan said in disbelief.

"Yes, I noticed you at the outing party. That night, I happened to see you dressed as a man and entered Yihong Pavilion. Of course, I know now that you were going to sell rouge, but I didn't know it at the time. I followed you in out of curiosity."

Huanhuan knew that she was the wife chosen by Xu Qu at the outing banquet, so what he said now was right. But she just couldn't control her anger. She didn't say a word, puffed up her cheeks and looked at Xu Qu with resentment.

Xu Qu was extremely helpless, and after a long while he could only say "It's true!"

"Don't lie to me again!" he said with a breath left in his throat.

"I won't lie to you. I keep my word!" Xu Qu promised.

Amid the clattering of horse hooves, Huan Huan and Xu Qu finally looked at each other and laughed...