Great Imperial Merchant

Quzhou is not as cold as Danluo in winter. In previous years, there was not a single snowfall in several months, but there was more rain, and it was cold and gloomy all day long. I couldn’t stay at home without a brazier.

At that time when they first came to Quzhou, they were afraid of the cold and damp winter, so they settled after seeing that the inner house had fire walls. Now it is winter, after the fire walls are installed, they are really comfortable.

The heavy snow fell outside for three consecutive days without stopping. Yang Zhongyuan was a little restless these few days, and he was afraid that the ground would be slippery when he went out, so he never went out.

The house is warm, but he is restless, and keeps letting Zicao go out to see if Cheng Weizhe is back.

He couldn't say why, but he just felt uncomfortable, as if there was something he didn't know about Cheng Weizhe, so he became more and more anxious.

The Zicao people are also honest, and they went to the gate for a long time against the snow before returning. Yang Zhongyuan only let him go there twice before he came back to his senses and said apologetically, "Zicao, I'm really sorry. Think about it. Well, you go and change your clothes and don't go out."

Zicao smiled shyly and comforted him: "Master, didn't you just send the letter from the county this morning? You have read it too. It was indeed written by Master Zhe himself. Isn't he okay? Maybe it will be better when the snow stops. I can go home."

Yang Zhongyuan fumbled for a stack of floating silver paper in his hand, and sighed: "You don't know who he is, and you are always worried about me. Now that he has a small one, he is even more careful. After going out for so long and not returning, he must If he can go back early, I will go back early, I am afraid that something will happen to him on the way, so I will find an excuse to make me feel at ease."

Zicao had not been with them for a long time, but she was quite touched by Cheng Weizhe's carefulness, and she was a little flustered when she heard what he said.But in the blink of an eye, seeing Yang Zhongyuan's complexion was not very good, Zicao had no choice but to comfort him: "Master, Mr. Zhe is not a person without restraint, how could he go out on this snowy day. He has you two in his heart, and he will definitely take care of himself. No way When the sun rises tomorrow morning, Master Zhe will be home."

After Zicao finished speaking, she didn't want to make him continue to struggle, so she quickly took out the account book sent by the shopkeeper Qian in the morning: "Master, this is the account book for the past two days, it's still early for lunch, you can look at it first?"

Yang Zhongyuan suppressed the churning of his heart, took the account book and looked at it seriously.

Cheng Weizhe was not at home, and he couldn't go to the shop. It would be unreasonable to think about other things and not do business at this time.

Zicao finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing his serious expression.

He placed the waist pad for Yang Zhongyuan, warmed him with hot tea, and then quietly exited the study.

Outside the door, Chang Qing was leading two servants to clean the furniture. After winter, it was cold. Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe showed compassion to the servants and asked them to clean the furniture after burning the fire wall.This dragged on for half a month, and finally when the wall of fire was burned, Changqing immediately got busy with the servants.

"Brother Qing, what can I do?" Zicao walked to Changqing's side and asked him with a smile.

Changqing turned her head and saw him coming out of the study, her eyes flickered, and she led him to the second floor.

Yang Zhongyuan was looking at the account books in the study, and there was no one on the second floor, so it was convenient for them to talk.

"Xiaocao, didn't the master ask you about Master Zhe?" Chang Qing's face was not very good, but he looked energetic.

Speaking of this, Zicao's face immediately showed worry: "I have been asking for several days, and the snow outside does not stop. If Master Zhe doesn't come back, Master will not be able to sleep at night."

After hearing this, Changqing sighed.The atmosphere at home has been tense recently, Yang Zhongyuan is not stable all day long, and the two elderly people also have to worry about the family, not only have to tell the servants not to talk too much, but also worry about Cheng Weizhe, looking a little tired.Changqing was also anxious, but after the anxiety passed, there was nothing he could do.

Those in charge of the family knew that something had happened, only Yang Zhongyuan and Zicao were kept in the dark, perhaps because of the bond between husband and wife, Yang Zhongyuan's abnormal behavior in the past few days is justified.

Always hiding it is not an option.But Yang Zhongyuan is at a critical juncture right now, and he must never have another accident.

Changqing thought of this, he opened his mouth, looked down and saw Zicao's innocent face, and finally swallowed the words that reached his mouth.

Zicao has no heart and can't hide things in his heart. If he tells him, he will definitely tell Yang Zhongyuan directly.Changqing thought about Yang Zhongyuan's growing belly, closed his eyes, and only comforted him in a low voice, asking him to serve the master carefully, then turned and left the main house.

Let's discuss it with the old man, if it's true...they can't hide it at all.

That night, the heavy snow that had been falling for three days finally stopped.

Yang Zhongyuan had cramps in his legs in the middle of the night. After waking up from the pain, he was too embarrassed to wake up his father, so he had to sit up against the wall and stretch out his hands.But he is now six months old, and basically no matter how hard he tries, he can't touch his calf, and his leg still hurts after a long time of effort.

Zhou Quanxu is getting old, and he is a little light sleeper, and he can hear his movements no matter how lightly he moves.When he woke up, he turned around and saw his son losing his temper with the sheets.

"Xiao Yuan, is your leg hurting again?" Zhou Quanxu got up and approved the clothes first, then rubbed his palms to warm them up, and pinched them carefully for him, "You child, why didn't you call me?"

Yang Zhongyuan put his arms around his stomach, as if he didn't hear what his father said, and was in a daze.

Seeing him like this, Zhou Quanxu sighed slightly, pinched his legs carefully with his hands, then supported his shoulders, and made him look at him: "Xiao Yuan, you have been a little outrageous recently."

"Father...? I..." Yang Zhongyuan looked at Zhou Quanxu, a little confused.

Zhou Quanxu frowned and looked at him seriously: "I know you are worried about Wei Zhe, but he is an adult, and he has never done things better than you. He will definitely not go home with the snow at this time. But look at you, I am so anxious every day, and even the child suffers. Xiao Yuan, you are already going to be a father, and the baby is still in your womb. Any mistakes you make will affect him. If you touch it yourself, he will move. He will communicate with you and understand your mood. If you are unhappy, he will also be unhappy. If you can’t eat, he will also be hungry. You have to think about him when you do anything in the future.”

This is the most important sentence that Zhou Quanxu said to Yang Zhongyuan after he returned home. He has always been gentle and gentle with his son, wishing to make up for the separation of more than ten years.But they all saw Yang Zhongyuan's recent changes and were anxious in their hearts. They wanted to persuade them but didn't know how to persuade them. They were afraid that they might say something wrong, which would make Yang Zhongyuan even more anxious.

Zhou Quanxu made up his mind today, to speak louder, and to make Yang Zhongyuan feel at ease.

He was worried about Cheng Weizhe, afraid that he really wouldn't be able to return home, but Yang Zhongyuan couldn't bear the slightest mistake now, so he could only tell Yang Zhongyuan not to be so panic-stricken in this way.

Yang Zhongyuan seemed to be woken up by him, and suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Zhou Quanxu choked up and said: "Father, I didn't mean it, I just flustered, I don't know why. If he doesn't come back for a day, I feel panicked. "

Zhou Quanxu saw that his son's eyes were red, and he was afraid that he would be more sad than him, but he endured the pain and stretched out his hand to hold his son in his arms: "Xiao Yuan, Wei Zhe will be back soon, he will feel comforted only when you are well. "

Daddy's warm embrace gave him great comfort, Yang Zhongyuan finally calmed down, and even his heart which had been fluctuating all the time also calmed down, no longer so hesitant.

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Yang Zhongyuan murmured.

When Yang Zhongyuan fell asleep again, Zhou Quanxu couldn't sleep. He put on his cloak and left the main house, and walked slowly back to Anyuan.

It was late at night, the moon in the sky was shrouded in clouds and mist, and it was pitch black outside.

And the winter snow that has been falling for three days is gradually getting smaller, just falling on the shoulders in bits and pieces.

Zhou Quanxu returned to Anyuan, and when he entered the door, he saw Han Shiqian sitting alone behind the tea table making tea, the oil lamp was very bright, his face was dark yellow, and his expression was very solemn.

"Why don't you sleep?" Zhou Quanxu asked softly.

Han Shiqian seemed to be awakened by him suddenly, and immediately took off the teapot on the stove, looked up at him: "Didn't you also sleep?"

"Xiao Yuan is not feeling well. I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't sleep anymore." Zhou Quanxu sat across from him and took off his cloak.

"I hope the snow will stop tomorrow." Han Shiqian poured him a cup of hot tea and sighed, "In my life, the first half of my life was beautiful, but the second half was lonely. If it wasn't for Wei Zhe who accompanied me and recognized me as a master, now I would be a teacher. With you and Zhongyuan as family members, I'm afraid I will die alone forever."

Hearing what he said, Zhou Quanxu felt even more sad. He comforted him in a low voice: "Weizhe is a good boy, he will be fine."

Han Shiqian looked up at the moonlight outside the window, and muttered to himself: "Xiao Yuan is also a good boy, I just hope they can grow old together, don't be like me, spend most of this life alone."

Zhou Quanxu lowered his head, the oil lamp made the shadows of the two of them very long, but they were separated by a square table and did not overlap each other.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yang Zhongyuan went to bed late, and when he got up, it was already the sun.He opened the window curtain and looked outside, only to see the fine sunlight rushing in from the edge of the window, bringing rare warmth in winter.

"Zicao, prepare water." Yang Zhongyuan shouted outside, and he became refreshed.

Now that the snow has stopped, Cheng Weizhe will be able to come back today and tomorrow, Yang Zhongyuan thought so, with a smile on his face.

Zicao brought a basin of water into the room, and seeing him smiling all over his face, she also smiled silly: "Master, how are you today?"

"Anhao, today is a good day, and I am also happy."

After hearing this, Zicao laughed again: "The snow stopped in the middle of the night last night. Brother Nan saw it and said that it must be a sunny day today."

In the middle of the night... At that time, he was having a heart-to-heart talk with his father, and when he talked about how he settled down later, could it be because of Xueting?

Yang Zhongyuan shook his head while thinking, he got up slowly, put on his robe carefully: "Zicao, I'm a little hungry, what should I eat this morning?"

Here, the Yang family's mansion has returned to its former tranquility, while the people in Quze County are busy and anxious.

Yang Zhongyuan really knew Cheng Weizhe, he was really in a hurry to go home, so he hardly had any rest during the few days in Quze County, and ran all over the county to tea gardens, and waited until he finally settled on a large tea garden that was a bit out of the way. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and said he would go home the next day after only resting for one night.

He left the carriage to Ermao, and he ordered the bay red horse in the carriage station, thinking of going back with Li Yi on the horse.

But the wind and snow waited for no one. When they left Quze County, it suddenly snowed heavily and the road ahead became difficult.

From Quze County back to Quzhou, it is necessary to pass through a short mountain road. The road is spacious and not steep, and even the mountains are just small hills. However, the accident happened here.