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Su Qin smiled and took a few steps forward: "Don't run, don't fall again."

Xu Yunguo had already run over and held up the fruit to show Su Qin: "Sister Su, look how big this fruit is, and it smells so good."

Xu Feng rushed over and said with a smile: "Are you stupid? This is the fruit that Miss Su brought back, and you showed it to her."

Xu Yunguo: "Oh, right, I had forgotten. I just thought it was new and wanted to show it to Sister Su. Sister Su, what kind of fruit is this?"

Su Qin: "This is not a fruit, it's a melon, a muskmelon."

Xu Yunguo: "Ah? This is a melon? Is it the same melon as a pumpkin?"

Su Qin: "They are different. This is a fruit and can be eaten raw. Pumpkin is a vegetable and cannot be eaten raw. You will know when you take this back and try it."

Xu Yunguo asked with bright eyes, "Can I really take it back?"

Xu Feng immediately stopped him and said, "Nonsense! Miss Su brought back so many of them from such a faraway place. They are so precious. How can I just give them to you casually?"

Su Qin: "It's okay, this is not precious, I grew it myself, I brought back the seeds, I will plant more in the future, we will have more melons than we can eat."

Xu Feng saw it, because this melon was picked directly from the vine in the greenhouse. Qi Lusheng said that Su Qin transplanted it back in a wooden trough and planted it on the carriage all the way. With careful care, it produced more than a dozen melons. Of course, it was precious.

He still refused, "Maybe in the future there will be more melons than we can eat, but now there are only a dozen or so, which are still very precious. We should send them as tribute to the palace. If Yun Guo wants to eat more, it won't be too late to wait until we grow more next year."

Xu Yunguo was also sensible. She handed the melon to Su Qin and said, "Yes, I'll wait for Sister Su to plant more before eating them. Let's send these to the palace."

Su Qin didn't answer, but asked in confusion: "Why should I send the melon into the palace?"

Xu Feng was also stunned. They were used to thinking that the emperor would eat the good things first. This caravan brought back such precious melons, so why didn’t they send them to the palace?

Su Qin: "First, I am not an imperial merchant, so I have no qualifications or obligations to pay tribute; secondly, I am not a court official, so I don't have to send any good things to the palace."

She even turned around and asked Marquis Wuning, "My Lord, is that right?"

The Marquis folded his hands and looked up at the sky: "Don't ask me, I only have a title, but no official position. I don't even have the qualifications to attend the court, so I naturally won't send you to the palace."

Xu Feng was a little worried: "But if the emperor knew that we had precious fruits and ate them all ourselves instead of paying tribute, wouldn't that be bad?"

Su Qin comforted him: "There's nothing wrong with it. We are a caravan, so it's okay to have some strange things. So many officials bought the sweet potatoes before, but no one sent them to the palace. The food that the emperor eats needs to be inspected layer by layer before it is sent to the emperor. In order to avoid problems, things that have never been seen before will not be sent to the emperor.

Besides, there are only a dozen or so melons, enough for just a few of us. We're all family, so if you eat them, are you going to tell everyone about it?"

Xu Yunguo immediately shook her head: "No, Sister Su, don't worry, I'm tight-lipped. I won't tell anyone."

Su Qin touched her face and said, "That's right. We'll divide it up in a while. I'll also bring you other new things. You can pick whatever you want."

The group was picking things up at the farm. When they left, Xu Yunguo's arms were full of melons. The melons were distributed to the Wuning Marquis Mansion, the Zou family, the Su family, the Xu family, Wang Er, and finally two were left for Zhao Liangchen.

When they returned to the city, Su Qin asked Su Jin and the others to go back first, and she went back to Mr. Zeng's place with Aunt Zhang.

When Mr. Zeng saw her coming back, he asked curiously, "Why did you come back after just one day? Did you convince your father so quickly?"

Su Qin: "Father promised me to come back and live with Grandpa, but not today. Uncle Xu got the sixth place in the second class. I will come back after he gets an official position. I came back today to talk to Liangchen about something."

Zeng Lao jokingly said, "You should talk to him, otherwise I really don't know if he will climb over the wall of the Su family in the middle of the night."

Su Qin blushed inexplicably in the face of Mr. Zeng's teasing. She could also see that Zhao Liangchen had different feelings for her, but she could not respond to Zhao Liangchen's feelings until she was sure what to do next.

When Zhao Liangchen returned from the military camp to visit Elder Zeng, he was so surprised to see Su Qin sitting in the main hall that he didn't know how to react. It took him a long time to ask, "Why are you back?"

Zeng Lao snorted lightly: "Humph, if she doesn't come back, who knows how many sleepless nights some people will have. Don't let her end up climbing over someone else's wall and get caught by her own people."

Zhao Liangchen's face flushed instantly, and he hurriedly explained to Su Qin: "I won't climb over your wall."

Su Qin looked at his silly look and burst out laughing: "I know."

Seeing Su Qin smile, Zhao Liangchen finally realized what he had said and lowered his head in embarrassment. In fact, he couldn't sleep last night and had been wandering outside the wall of Su Mansion, but his reason controlled him not to climb over the wall.

Zeng Lao stood up and said, "Alright, you young people can talk. I, an old guy, will not get involved in your affairs."

After saying that, he returned to the east room. Su Qin said to Zhao Liangchen, "Let's talk in my room," as she was afraid of disturbing Mr. Zeng.

Zhao Liangchen nodded and followed Su Qin blankly.

Su Qin's room had not changed. It was still the same as when she left. It was clean and tidy. It was obvious that someone cleaned it regularly.

The weather was cold, and Aunt Zhang had already lit the charcoal brazier inside. When she saw Zhao Liangchen coming, she went back to cooking.

After Su Qin asked Zhao Liangchen to sit down, Zhao Liangchen didn't know what to say. He had a lot to say when he didn't see her, but after seeing her, he couldn't say a word. He just looked at Su Qin's face and felt that it was very good to just sit there quietly.

It was Su Qin who spoke first: "Thank you for buying those things for my Su residence. I will compensate you for the total amount of money you spent."

Zhao Liangchen hurriedly shook his head: "No need, it didn't cost much money. All my money was earned by you, so it's only right that I spend some money for your family."

Su Qin insisted: "That's different. We are in a cooperative relationship in business. Those are what you deserve. It's natural for us to spend our own money on my family's affairs. How can we spend yours? Brothers should settle accounts clearly. It's better for us to be clear about it."

Zhao Liangchen could tell that Su Qin was trying to distance herself from him. He felt a little disappointed, but he didn't insist. He didn't want to make things difficult for Su Qin. "I can't remember the exact number. I'll tell you when I get back and look through the account books."

Su Qin: "Okay."

Having already started the conversation, Zhao Liangchen spoke more fluently: "How have you been these days?"

Su Qin nodded: "Very good, the world outside is very good, you really should go and see it if you have the chance."

Zhao Liangchen nodded: "Okay."

What he was thinking was that if he had the chance to go somewhere else, he hoped Su Qin would be with him.

Su Qin came for a serious matter: "Tell me what the situation is in the capital now."

When talking about serious matters, Zhao Liangchen became much more serious. He told Su Qin in detail everything that had happened from the time she came to the present, especially the current situation in the court.

"The Emperor is a capable man. In just a short period of time, he has completely taken control of the court. Prince Liang is dead, the Privy Councilor has been dismissed, and Grand Tutor Yan and the Grand Preceptor are willing to hand over power. Now the Emperor is truly ruling the country himself. No one dares to offend him. I'm afraid he will need us less and less in the future."