I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

Three years later, the flowers bloomed in June.

With the blessings of family and friends, Miss Meg March became Mrs John Brooke.

After the warm and lively wedding, the young couple with sweet smiles returned to their new home arm in arm - a beautiful house built not far from the March family's residence.

Different from the plain and simple pigeon house that Pei Xiang "saw" in the "prophecy", the Brook couple's new house at this time is more spacious and bright, and the interior decoration style is also very elegant and unique, and it is embellished with many exquisite art decorations .

It can be seen that the financial situation of the newlyweds is very good. Although the living conditions are not rich and expensive, they are comfortable enough.

Watching the newlyweds go away, Laurie walked to Pei Xiang with a glass of orange juice, blocking a small part of the sunlight for her with his tall body.

"Amy, you are so beautiful today, and the roses are overshadowed."

"Thank you for the compliment, Laurie, but I won't intercede with Mr. Lawrence for you. You have played too many pranks at school."

"Oh, I knew that no one but Joe could understand my good intentions."

"I thought it was enough for Qiao to understand you," Pei Xiang pretended to be confused, "Am I wrong?"

Laurie raised his eyebrows and said: "Of course you are wrong, cold-hearted Amy, who doesn't want everyone to understand themselves? However, you are also right. It would be great to have Joe understand me."

As he spoke, Laurie, who was still slightly distressed, showed a look of pride and satisfaction.

Seeing this, Pei Xiang couldn't help laughing, and then deliberately annoyed him:

"But in my judgment, even Jo isn't ready to understand her big boy Teddy if you continue to piss your tutor off and get asked to write a review."

These words made the proud expression on Laurie's face collapse. He secretly felt that Pei Xiang's judgment was reasonable, but the dignity of a man made him completely unwilling to admit it.

So, the young man rolled his eyes and quickly changed the topic to a topic that would not let him feel guilty.

"Let's stop talking about me. At least, in today's happy and happy day, we really have no reason to keep talking about the little accident at school. Hey, Amy, it suddenly occurred to me...John said to me, he I’m not planning to go on a honeymoon trip right away, but I’m going to be busy with recruiting new factories first.”

Pei Xiang raised his eyebrows with a slight smile, and followed Laurie's new topic and said:

"Yes, the factory buildings and machines in Murdochell Town are all in place, the only thing that needs to be done is to equip the relevant personnel. After the machines in the factory can be effectively operated and everything is on track, John can relax Enjoying his wedding trip and family life."

Laurie, who has already gone to college, snorted dissatisfiedly:

"I doubt whether the down-to-earth and hard-working Mr. Brook will really enjoy the day of vacation easily. With you and his enthusiasm for business, maybe you have just dealt with the affairs of the new factory, and in the blink of an eye, you have a new money-making plan, and then... Vacation plans have had to be pushed and pushed."

Pei Xiang bent the corners of his lips, and said softly:

"There will definitely be. John has worked hard for the past two years to provide Meg with a better and more comfortable living environment. He is working hard for his own small family, so how could he ignore the wedding trip and his wife's mood because of this? , isn’t that putting the cart before the horse?”

"I see, thank God," Laurie breathed a sigh of exaggerated relief. "To be honest, I'm really worried about John, and of course you, Amy. I'm worried that you two are so busy making money that you're neglecting your life." There are many fine details in it."

Pei Xiang's eyes fluttered, and he joked: "How could it be? As long as that mischievous Master Laurie is around, who of us can live in a pool of stagnant water?"

Laurie raised his eyebrows and accepted Pei Xiang's teasing comments in a good mood, but he inevitably remembered some old things because of this conversation.

"At Christmas that year, Meg and John got engaged, and then John went to the army to fight, and was injured and retired after more than a year. I remember, he originally planned to start his own business, and my grandfather lent him The initial principal was prepared, but it was not used in the end. Hey, what a pity, why was he recruited by you?"

These words also reminded Pei Xiang of what happened two years ago, so he said very proudly:

"Naturally, it's because the prospect of cooperating with me is bright, and you can make money without losing money at first glance, so John was persuaded by me."

Laurie grinned, and was about to laugh at Pei Xiang's lack of modesty, but he thought about it, her words have been proven to be correct now, and there is really nothing to laugh at.

More than two years ago, Pei Xiang saved a sum of money relying on her jewelry, paintings and written works, and planned to make several investments.

She asked John Brooke, who had just returned from the battlefield, to help her deal with the affairs. Later, those investments made money, but Pei Xiang did not deposit the money in the bank account, but hired Brooke to help her run the factory to negotiate. Price, and then have someone improve a certain metal fitting according to the data on a few drawings.

At that time, after those metal parts were produced, Pei Xiang's savings were almost exhausted.But without waiting for others to worry about her financial situation, she directed Brooke to contact some large shipyards, and then sold the metal parts she had improved, and sold the blueprints at the same time.

That time, Pei Xiang made a fortune.Just when everyone thought she would use the money to make some safe investments, she persuaded Brooke to become her partner, and then the two started a factory.

The scale of the factory is small, but some mechanical parts produced in it are very popular with shipyards, so there is no need to worry about sales.Therefore, in less than two years, Brooke's net worth has rapidly increased, not to mention Pei Xiang, who occupies a larger share of the investment.And with the expansion of product sales, a new factory for the two was also built-the one that Laurie had complained about before.

At this time, Joe waved to Laurie not far away, as if he had something to talk about.Laurie always put Jo first, so he immediately left Peixiang and walked towards the second lady of the March family.

As soon as Pei Xiang placed an order here, a young man came over to say hello immediately.This girl is beautiful and rich now, and she is definitely a popular candidate in the marriage market.

Pei Xiang socialized with a smile on his face while looking around casually.Soon, she found Ace Hummel quietly drinking juice in the shade of a tree not far away.

"Sorry, excuse me."

After a chat topic ended, Pei Xiang said goodbye to the young man opposite him politely in time, and then walked towards the place where the young man was standing under the tree.

"Ace, I thought you'd be a little later."

"Someone can't hold back." Seeing Pei Xiang approaching, Ace moved two steps to one side, giving her the cool place under the shade of the tree. "It saved me a lot of time."

"Are you sure who it is?"

When asking questions, Pei Xiang's tone and eyes were very flat, as if the things she and Ace were discussing were ordinary, and it was not an illegal and egregious business secret theft.

"At present, only Betty, the laundry maid, has been caught. We are still waiting for the person who connects with her to show up. James and Penko will continue to watch the development of the situation, and they will always be able to cut off those claws that stretch out."

"Sure enough, it's Betty." Pei Xiang was not too surprised, but a little disappointed, "When I moved into Lawrence's house, she worked there. She is a woman who likes to smile, and she is very agile and dexterous in doing things. "

Without Pei Xiang asking, Ace explained the cause and effect clearly:

"Betty's brother is a gambler, and has recently owed a lot of debts. In order to save him, Betty agreed to some people's conditions and agreed to help them steal blueprints from your study. Besides, you noticed that someone was flipping through The document on your desk was actually done by her. But she deliberately drew the suspicion to the new female foreman, disrupting our investigation."

Pei Xiang nodded slightly, and stopped talking about the bribed Betty, but chatted casually:

"You just mentioned Jims and Penko. Are these two your new subordinates?"

Ace is still under fifteen years old at the moment, and his face is still a little immature and childish, but his height and physique are no longer inferior to adults.

For the past three years, Pei Xiang taught him two hours of lessons every day, and the rest of the time did not interfere with his growth and choices.

And Ace seems to be born with an aura of being a leader. He can always easily gather some people around and make them willingly do things for him.In addition, there are many of these people who are older than Ace and have better backgrounds than Ace, but they are all willing to obey Ace's arrangements.

"Well, Penko is from the south, and Jims is a vagrant. Both of them are more suitable for detailed follow-up and investigation work. Amy, if you have no objection, I plan to arrange them to your new factory. One is to find them a stable job, and the other is to help you keep an eye on them. Since those people have already sent someone to steal things from your study, they will definitely not let the factory go. "

Of course Pei Xiang would not object to this proposal, she would always recruit people into the factory anyway.

"I'll go back and talk to John. This way, he will feel more at ease, so that he won't worry about security and confidentiality when he and Meg are on their wedding trip."

Ace gave a soft "um" and lowered his head to take a sip of juice.

At this time, Mrs. Hummel came here with her daughter Luoshan. After seeing Pei Xiang, she showed a friendly and familiar smile:

"Amy, Beth was still looking for you just now."

"Well, what can Beth want from me?"

Luo Shan replied cheerfully: "Bei Si would like to ask you if you want to stay at March's house tonight? Joe's new story is finished, and I want to read it to everyone tonight, and I hope we can give advice. There will be a night talk later. , I guess the subject of the conversation must be related to today's wedding."

In normal times, Pei Xiang is willing to stay and listen to Qiao's new stories as soon as possible, and is also willing to participate in the night talks of the little sisters.However, she needs to interrogate the person who stole the blueprint tonight, and she probably has no free time, so she can only shake her head regretfully, and then said with a common excuse:

"Luoshan, please help tell Beth, I won't stay tonight. Hey, I have to make up lessons for Ace, he has missed a lot of homework recently."

When Luo Shan heard that it was related to her elder brother Ace, she immediately stopped trying to persuade her.

She had inadvertently disrupted her brother's study progress twice before, and then was mercilessly deducted from her pocket money for a whole month.

The lessons from the past are still fresh in her memory. Luoshan Hummel, the little girl who counts on her brother to give her some pocket money to buy a hat, never dares to delay her brother's beloved study time.

"Amy, I'll talk to Beth. Well, you go ahead and talk to my brother. My mother and I are going for a walk over there. See you later."

Pei Xiang smiled and nodded, watching Mrs. Hummel and Luo Shan cross the green lawn before turning her gaze back.

"I didn't expect Luoshan to attach so much importance to your studies, Ace."

"Well, she's not very good at things in books, so I hope everyone around me can study hard and help her make up for her regrets."

"Well, it's rare to see her urging Rodrigue and Elisa."

"It's just that you seldom meet. When you go to my house in the future, you will always see Luo Shan studying and studying with everyone, I promise."

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