The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

That night, Huanhuan waited for Xu Qu to come back and told him about what happened during the day. Xu Qu smiled and said, "Really? As a brother, I never realized that my sister has such a high talent for business."

He smiled teasingly and mischievously, "Will you, the careless brother, agree to give some shares to your talented sister?"

Xu Qu thought for a moment, smiled faintly and said, "Are you willing to take this share from your sister-in-law's shares?"

He said slowly without hesitation: "Yes."

Xu Qu put away his smile and said, "I'm serious."

Huan Huan also said seriously: "I am serious too."

Xu Qu asked: "You agreed without even asking how much the settlement would be?"

Huan Huan asked curiously, "You only asked me if I was willing to share, but you didn't say how much."

Xu Qu was helpless, he let out a long sigh and said, "Isn't it all about bargaining between you and me?"

He looked at Xu Qu with a smile and said, "I believe that you, as the manager, can do things fairly."

Xu Qu was speechless. He looked at it for a long time and then said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. I didn't explain it clearly."

Smiled slowly and sweetly, the light in her eyes shone like stars under the flickering candlelight. She pulled Xu Qu's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Oh, this is not important. What is important is that Xiangyue also agreed, and you, the shopkeeper, also agreed. Now my Shishi Rouge has a booster, the business has expanded, and the income will definitely increase. What does the mere share divided out mean? Don't you agree, shopkeeper?"

Xu Qu did not answer, but kept looking at Huan Huan gently and attentively, with the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door. He slowly looked towards the door and said, "Come in."

Xu Qu slowly looked towards the door. It was Da Ping who came in. He said, "Sir, Madam, the housekeeper sent me to ask you two to go to Madam. She said that guests have arrived."

"What guests?" Huanhuan immediately responded as soon as he asked, and then asked: "Are they guests from Lingnan? So soon?"

Without waiting for Daping to answer, Xu Qu said, "You go back first, we will be there soon."

As Daping left, he slowly asked Xu Qu: "From your tone, did you know this?"

Xu Qu explained, "I just heard about it today. When I came back, I was so busy listening to you that I forgot to tell you. Let's go first and we'll talk on the way."

Along the way, Xu Qu slowly told the whole story. It turned out that the wife of Lord Chang of Lingnan Dao had a smooth journey and arrived in Shanghuai early at noon today. Because they were invited by the wife of Lord Shi of Shanghuai Prefecture and Xie Jin to change their itinerary to Shanghuai, Mrs. Chang of Daofu was invited by Mrs. Shi to live in the mansion of the prefect.

Originally, the Cao couple and their servants could also live in the governor's mansion, but the accommodation would be a little tight. Moreover, Madam Xie wanted to get closer to the Cao couple so that they could discuss the Xiangyunsha business, so Xie Jin invited Cao couple and their group to live in Xu's mansion, which would kill two birds with one stone. Madam Xie could talk about things conveniently, and Cao and his family would live comfortably.

As they talked, Xu Qu and Huan Huan arrived outside the main hall of Jingyuan. The main hall was brightly lit, and the sound of laughter could be heard from outside the door. Huan Huan and Xu Qu hurried into the house. As soon as they entered the house, they saw Madam Xie sitting on the left side of the main seat, smiling warmly and attentively. On the right side of the main seat sat a middle-aged man, who must be Shopkeeper Cao. Shopkeeper Cao looked to be in his forties, and even though he was laughing very happily at this time, it was difficult to hide his shrewdness.

Mrs. Xie introduced Xu Qu, Huanhuan and the guest to each other. Huanhuan bowed to Cao the shopkeeper and then hurriedly bowed to Mrs. Cao who was sitting in the guest seat. After the greeting, the person sitting next to Mrs. Cao stood up and greeted Huanhuan. Huanhuan then realized that the person next to Mrs. Cao was actually Xie Jin!

"It's so late, why is she still here?" Huanhuan was a little puzzled.

Xie Jin didn't care about Huanhuan's doubts. She bowed politely to Huanhuan and sat back.

On the other hand, the eldest aunt who was sitting next to Xie Jin had been looking at Huanhuan leisurely. Seeing Huanhuan looking dumbfounded, she sneered and said, "This is an occasion for entertaining guests, don't lose your composure. Bihua will live in the Xu residence from today on."

"Huh?" Huanhuan thought she had heard it wrong and looked at Xie Jin and her aunt in shock. "Isn't this against etiquette?" she thought to herself.

The eldest aunt seemed to know what Huanhuan was thinking. She raised her eyebrows proudly and said, "The Cao couple only understands simple Mandarin. The people who came from Lingnan who understand Mandarin live with the wife of the governor in the governor's house. Now the Xu family can't find anyone who understands Lingnan dialect. It seems that the previous plan will be greatly discounted even if it is not abandoned. Fortunately, the versatile Bihua knows some Lingnan dialect and is willing to help us translate it. Otherwise, tut tut... ah, our Xu family is really blessed to have Bihua."

Listening to these words slowly, she knew that her aunt said them specifically for her to hear. She couldn't help feeling a little awkward. She looked at Xie Jin and her aunt in silence.

Xie Jin had originally looked as if nothing had happened, but after his aunt finished speaking, he raised his eyelids and quickly glanced at Xu Qu.

Although it was only a fleeting glance, what kind of emotion and meaning was that? It was full of affection, lingering love, yet pretending to be reserved.

Huanhuan thought she had seen it wrong, so she shook her head and looked over again, only to see Xie Jin turning to Madam Cao with a smile.

Just as she was standing there, not knowing what to do, Xu Qu beside her pulled her sleeve, and she sat down with Xu Qu in the guest seat opposite.

Xiangyue, who had been sitting there for a long time, sat elegantly, watching everything indifferently, and only smiled at Huanhuan when her eyes met Huanhuan's.

Huanhuan was still in shock and could only give Xiangyue a dry smile.

Soon, the second uncle also came. After some greetings, Mrs. Xie gave the main seat to the second uncle and sat next to Mrs. Cao.

For a moment, Huanhuan saw the following scene: several women were strangers but were trying to pretend to have a lively conversation. Huanhuan's ears were filled with the polite laughter of his second uncle and shopkeeper Cao, which was used to cover up the embarrassment when they could not communicate smoothly even after gesturing and guessing.

However, Huanhuan didn't pay attention to these. She sat there, silently asking herself if she had seen it wrong or if she was too suspicious. Then she looked at Xu Qu again and found that there was nothing wrong with him. His eyes were always focused on his second uncle and Manager Cao.

Is Xu Qu learning how his uncle handles business? Thinking of this, Huan Huan felt a little ashamed. Xu Qu was hard of hearing, but he still took the opportunity to study hard, while he was thinking about something here.

Thinking of this, Huan Huan also turned his attention to Madam Cao. Madam Cao was petite but had a loud voice, so Madam Xie also raised her voice accordingly when she spoke.

From their conversation, I slowly learned that Manager Cao and his wife and their accompanying servants would live with Madam Xie in Jingyuan, while Xie Jin would live in his eldest aunt's courtyard.

Huan Huan felt this arrangement was a bit strange, but she didn't have time to think about it, and she heard them say that tomorrow the Cao couple would accompany the wife of the prefecture to attend a banquet hosted by the wife of the state prefecture, and that Madam Xie, her eldest aunt, and Xie Jin would also attend this banquet.

In the next few days, Mrs. Xie and Uncle Two will accompany Shopkeeper Cao and his wife to visit the scenic spots in Shanghuai. They will also visit Xu's businesses, such as Yongshengfang. Hearing this, he smiled and thought, the previous part was about hospitality, which has been laid for so long, and this is the key point.

Then, Mrs. Xie asked Mrs. Cao if there was any place she was interested in, and the Xu family would try their best to help them arrange it so that they would have no regrets in their trip.

During the conversation, Xie Jin was smiling as she translated and passed on messages to both sides. But according to Huanhuan's observation, Xie Jin's Lingnan dialect was not so fluent, because sometimes she would pause to think about what to say. And when she listened to Mrs. Cao's words, some of her small expressions flashed by, which made Huanhuan feel that Xie Jin might not understand Mrs. Cao's words, at least not completely. But Xie Jin always behaved very naturally and appropriately, and maintained a good atmosphere throughout the conversation with others.

Huanhuan had been carefully observing the entire conversation, not missing any details, until the guests had a great time and said goodbye to each other and returned to their own residences. She was secretly thinking about the purpose of some of the words they said. Xu Qu was also silent along the way, and seemed to be thinking deeply about something after returning home.

Until she was about to fall asleep in bed, Huanhuan suddenly remembered something, opened her eyes, looked at the roof and asked, "Hey, did you know Xie Jin was going to move in?" After asking, Huanhuan turned her head to look at Xu Qu, who was breathing evenly with his eyes slightly closed, and seemed to have fallen asleep. Huanhuan didn't look at Xu Qu when she asked, and she didn't expect to get any answer, she just said it out loud.

She looked at Xu Qu for a while, with a smile always hanging on the corners of her mouth unconsciously. Soon, fatigue came over her, and she lay down and fell into a deep sleep again.