[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

"Father!" As soon as I entered the door, I saw my father fainted on the ground.I quickly helped my father up and called for help.

The doctor came to see and said that there was nothing serious, but that my father was getting old and couldn't care less.After I personally sent the doctor out, I leaned against the door and sighed softly.It's my fault, I've only been thinking about my own affairs these days, but I forgot that there is still an old father at home.

"Miss." Qingzao called me timidly.

I rolled up my sleeves, turned back, and said softly, "Today, all the people on duty in the study will be deposed to Zhuangzi." Fortunately, my father is fine this time. If something happens and no one is around, it will be very difficult It is very likely that they will lose their lives and die.

"……Yes."

This is the first time I have been punished so severely, and Qingzao seems to be frightened by me.I stopped, took Qingzao's hand, and said in a warm voice: "Qingzao, you also have to help me look after the inner courtyard. There are too many things in the mansion these days, I can't take care of them, you have to help me a little."

"...Miss," Qing Zao's eyes turned red, "It's my fault, Miss is sick but I didn't take care of the affairs of the mansion, making everyone lazy."

"It's okay," I smiled, "It's not too late now. Qingzao, you are the steward of the inner courtyard. I will punish you this time for the monthly silver that has been suspended for half a year. Are you convinced?" Qingzao is an orphan. They are all in the mansion, and I don't miss her pocket expenses on weekdays, and it doesn't affect her much if I don't have monthly silver.

"Hey!" Qingzao replied loudly, patted his chest and assured me, "I will definitely watch the inner courtyard carefully in the future!"

I laughed.After all, Qingzao was young, so she regained her spirits very quickly.I went back to discuss with Liu Jiahe, who was in charge of Zhang's documents, and planned to take over the business again.My body has already healed, and the rest is just waiting for time to rush again, there is no need to make my father suffer.And, a bit of work is good for me, too.

When it was dark, I went back to my father's room and waited on him to drink his medicine.Father waved away the others, half leaned against the head of the bed, and held my hand, "Zelan, I'm getting old."

"What are you talking about?" I smiled and wiped the corners of his mouth. "My ears are bad. You mean to grow old and strong?"

My father laughed out loud, almost coughing from laughter, "Are you also taboo to say death? My father thought you were not afraid of the sky and the earth!"

"It's scary not to know how to be afraid. This is what you taught me." I put the medicine bowl away and helped my father. "Do you have an order?" I'm afraid to think about my father's absence, but this It's not a reason to stop there, besides, time is something you can't keep.

"Zelan, when you were 15 years old, I asked you what to do with your life's major event. You said you let me decide. Now I ask again, do you still have this answer?"

I shook my head and smiled wryly.In the end, it was this problem that my father was most worried about. "My lord father, I don't want to. It doesn't matter whether I meet or not, it's fate, as long as you don't blame me for disbanding the Zhang family when I don't have an heir in the future."

"Zelan, look carefully, that's life too."

"I know." I whispered.I have nothing to do with Zhong Jietong, and there is nothing I can do about it. It's just that I accidentally let the bad emotions come out.I can hide my thoughts from others, but I can't hide my thoughts from my elders.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I have lived for so long, and I have not yet reached the point where I am obsolete. You can do whatever you want," my father reached out and stroked my long hair, "Do you understand?"

"Zelan Zhang's reputation is not good now, do you still let me play around?" I said half-jokingly.

"Hahahaha!" Father laughed again, "You were born not to play, but you were born to obey the rules? Pooh! I, Zhang Sanlang, have never obeyed any broken rules in my life. If I did, I would not be able to marry you back then." Damn." Father leisurely told me about his past.

I sat on the edge of the bed, nodded and responded softly.I don't know if it's because my father is the youngest son in the family. Compared with the other two uncles, even though the Zhang family's family style is mainly stable, my father is more enterprising. When he was young, his business also took a high-risk path.Until later, when I was older, I was born, and my mother passed away, the Zhang family’s large-scale business was transferred to a stable property in one fell swoop, and small investments were dispersed, and I took me to live quietly in Longqing, a remote place in Heizhou. In the county, at most, they have to go to the state capital several times a year to take care of business.This stay lasted for 19 years. Because of me, my father went to Beijing again.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the two elders, Li Wenxian and Lin Mu, will go back to Longqing County.I sent it to the outside of Guiyang City, broke off a weeping willow and handed it to Li Wenxian, then bowed my knees and bowed, "Thank you, both of you."

"Hey!" Lin Mu took a willow branch with one hand and stuck it on his head, "Xiao Xiaolan has also learned to be arty? This ghost city," he pointed at the gate of Guiyang, "I can't come, I can't come, let the orchids come Got into a bad habit."

I smiled, "Are you laughing at me for describing me as a ghost now?" After the illness, I lost a lot of weight.

Lin Mu walked out with his hands behind his back, without looking back, he said: "The big ghosts and the little ghosts have their own wombs, and the devils and evils are all bastards~~ The little orchids are crushed into mud, unsightly, unsightly~~~~~~~~"

I covered my mouth and laughed, then raised my voice and shouted to him: "Orchids can be made into good spices only when they are made into mud. How can there be a tangy fragrance without going through a bit of cold?"

Lin Mu turned around and walked backwards with his back to the road, "Xiao Xiaolan sells flowers and praises the fragrance of flowers, don't be shy~"

I tilted my head and smiled, "Businessman habits, just kidding."

Lin Mu moaned and took an elementary school student beside him on the road, leaving only Li Wenxian and me standing by the city gate.Li Wenxian folded his hands in his sleeves and said with a smile, "Come back early."

After this battle, I also understand that I have to stabilize the Zhang family's foundation in Heizhou before we can talk about development.If there is an accident next time, I can no longer always rely on my father, otherwise I will lose the original intention of letting me support the family alone.I nodded to Li Wenxian, "When my father recovers, I will also leave for Heizhou."

With my support, Li Wenxian got into the waiting carriage.He half lifted the curtain, and said to me who was under the carriage, "Don't be lazy." After that, he asked the driver to drive.When the carriage reached the side of Lin Mu who was walking first, Li Wenxian was still waving at Lin Mu from the window of the car, and then walked away, making Lin Mu yell in anger.

I saluted again in the direction they were leaving, stood still for a while, and then got on the carriage and turned back into the city.

"Miss," the servant Wang Dali called out from outside the car, "do you want to go home first?"

"No, let's go to the All-Commerce Federation first."

"Yes!"

Although sticking to it is still the top priority, but we can't give up the great opportunity we got in Guiyang this time.That day, I spent the whole afternoon with other merchants in the All-Commerce Federation, and after returning home to have dinner, I got to discuss with Liu Jiahe and other paperworkers in the study about taking over the Lanzhou tea garden that Kui Huangyi transferred, and then waited on My father fell asleep, so I had a breath of free time.No wonder everyone says that minor illnesses are a blessing, and it is also a blessing to stop when you are sick.

It's raining again outside.

I asked Qingzao to go to bed first, then extinguished the candle by myself, sat alone on the window sill, bent my feet up, and hugged my knees.I reached out to catch some rainwater from the window, and then drew a smiling face beside it.Well, it's too monotonous.So, I added a few more strokes, added a beard and a pointed hat to the smiling face, and drew it into a Santa Claus.

Tick, tick.

crying nose.

In the late autumn of September, my father was almost in good health after rest, and I was about to leave Zizhou.Before I left, I sent a letter to see Kui Huangyi, who would have thought that this bastard would say that I was troublesome, so no see.I took a piece of pink paper that had been smoked for 49 days and smelled extremely vulgar, and said with a pen: "Idiot, I have something important to discuss." The letter was sent, and within a day there was a reply .The note paper he sent was of excellent workmanship, and the incense was just right, as if mocking my poor taste.Take a closer look at the words on it: "Idiot, Xishi Bridge at Xushi tomorrow." The word "Idiot" is strong and powerful, with iron and silver hooks, and the end is majestic and majestic.

I can't laugh or cry.Doesn't that mean that if I accept the appointment, it means that I am an idiot?I just know that I have something to trouble him this trip, is it necessary for him to resist seeing me so much?Said that he was a fool once and he returned it intact.

The next night I arrived on the Xishi Bridge as scheduled, and the attendants all retreated to the distance.I looked at the Songtao River under the bridge, and the fallen leaves were drifting away with the quiet flowing water, and the gurgling water reflected the starlight.I looked up, and it was a new moon tonight, without the moon, it made the stars stand out even more brilliantly.

"It's late, I'm sorry." Kui Huangyi hurried over.

"I'm just here early." I smiled respectfully.

He raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly, "You don't know what restraint is until the time when you need something from others."

I smiled, "Master Aoi, whatever you want to say." I don't want him to refuse my request this time, so he will be particularly annoyed, haha~

"Go ahead." He crossed his arms and turned to lean his back against the bridge railing.

"Master Kui, when the executives of the All-China Federation of Commerce change next year, I would like to ask you to help push me to the position of vice president of the Heizhou All-Commerce Federation branch."

He glanced at me, "Only you?"

"I also know that my qualifications are too low, so I want to ask Aoi-sama for help." I folded my sleeves and smiled sideways. "If I fight alone, I may not be invincible, but I hope to achieve ten success."

"Why are you suddenly active?"

"Is there anyone who doesn't like power?" I said perfunctorily with a casual smile.

As soon as Kui Huangyi stretched out his hand, he slapped me hard on the head, "The truth."

I glared at him.Whoever tells him the truth is a big fool. We are already in a relationship of intrigue, and I am not so easy to be fooled.I raised my hand and rubbed my temples, and said, "Lord Kui will still need a girl from the people in the future, so don't worry too much about it?"

"Do you think it's useful to use honorifics at this time?" He snorted again, his gray-blue eyes despised me from head to toe, "To be honest."

To be honest, none of us actually expected the other party to confide in us. He just wanted me to show my hole card and make an offer. "Lanzhou." I said softly, "One of Kui-sama's goals is Lanzhou?" The Lanzhou tea estates he handed over to me were all in key locations, and they couldn't be won without a period of operation. This shows that Kui-sama Huang Yi has long been paying attention to Lanzhou's movements, and has made arrangements there.

Kui Huangyi's eyes sharpened instantly, and he looked at me coldly.I turned my head to avoid him, and instead of looking at him, I just lowered my head and played with my skirt, keeping the smile on my face unchanged.

"How dare you meddle in my business?" He straightened up and took a step closer to me, his deep voice was only within the hearing range of the two of us.

I also lowered the volume, and replied softly: "My bottom line has always been very clear, Mrs. Kui can measure the help you are willing to give me according to what I can give." Buying clearly, selling clearly, the price is not right , You can break up.

He sneered, "Do you dare to get rid of me and go alone at this level?"

It's no use scaring me. "Don't dare, there's nothing I can do. I hope Master Kui will take good care of the chess pieces." The price is too unreasonable, so I have to leave even if I don't want to. This is the rule of a businessman.How to use me, whether to use me, Kui Huangyi can think for himself.Each has its own abacus, and this is the way to cooperate.

After a long silence, he said: "The branch of the Zhang family in Lanzhou, follow my instructions when the time comes, and don't shirk."

I looked up at him, but didn't answer.

He frowned, "Know your bottom line."

At least he promised not to let me go too far.I just asked him to help me, not to the point of dying for him.I smiled and said, "It's a pleasant cooperation." The deal was made.

Kui Huangyi snorted again, with a look of impatience between his brows.

I burst out laughing.

"What's wrong with your nerves?" He asked with a cold face.

I was in a good mood, "Even you find it troublesome to entertain me, and you always feel that you are very powerful."

"Don't compare you to me, idiot."

I laughed out loud.

"Zhang Zelan, just climb up to see how weak you are." He walked away, "Got it, go back and stay."

I smiled and bowed to his back.

When he was gone, I still stood on the bridge, looking up at the starry sky.

Even if I don't climb up, I still know how small I am.

After a while, Kui Huangyi actually walked back and threw me a bag of things.Shouldn't it be a bomb?I opened the oiled paper bag outside and saw that it was a roll of sugar.I looked at him and took a bite at his gesture.Well, it's soft, delicious, and delicious~

"This is Tangjuanguo," he stood beside me with his arms folded. "Yam, jujube, and other melons and fruits are made. They are famous snacks in Guiyang."

I stopped biting the candy roll fruit, and then aimed at Kui Huangyi.Having said that I am not obsessed with eating biscuits, he doesn't have to work hard to pull me away from the way of biscuits.I swallowed the candied fruit in my mouth, wiped the corners of my mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "Master Aoi, what are you doing?"

He said in an extremely flat tone: "Promote Guiyang's tourism industry."

I was silent for a long moment, and then laughed out loud, "...hahahaha..." I was out of breath from laughing, "Master Aoi, you really are a good laugher."

Kui Huangyi's face darkened a bit, "Zhang Zelan, if you say anything unscrupulously again, I will kick you into the Songtao River to wake up."

Cough, accidentally, I also said the joke between Yan Tian and Yan Tian about making jokes.I barely stopped laughing, "Yes, I'm sorry." Pfft~ Kui Huangyi's face is so lethal when he says cold jokes.

He glanced at me, turned around and strode away, I caught up a few steps.

"Angry?" I asked.

But he drew a nasty arc on his lips, "Just trying to see if you can catch up."

...Aha?

"If you want to chase, run for me. Like a turtle, you won't be able to catch up until you die. Clear your head. This is Guiyang, the world's top city. Throw away your naive ideas. .Another nonsense, and I will kill you."

I shrugged, "Compared to the tortoise and the rabbit, the former is the final winner. Haven't Aoi-sama heard of that fairy tale?"

"It's too slow, if you can't catch up, you will die by yourself."

Why are you so persistent in letting me die?I stopped and watched Kui Huangyi go away, again dumbfounded.

No, I won't chase blindly, but I won't die easily either.

Zhang Zelan is Zhang Zelan, even if something has changed, I am still Zhang Zelan.

If I don't remember who I am - I'm looking up at the stars again - how can I survive in a world that doesn't belong to me?

The two worlds are separated by more than a galaxy.

Or is my own worldview already a mistake?

The author has something to say: The third part will be released tomorrow: The Urn of the King