Chen Muqing was stunned.

How did Xiao Sa know that he had sent Yingfen to inquire about him?

She looked up in surprise and saw Xiao Sa's too hot gaze.

Chen Muqing was stunned again.

That is the hope and expectation in your eyes that people cannot misunderstand!

What is he looking forward to?

What are you looking forward to?

Thoughts flashed, and the waves of storms broke out in her heart... Something could not help but break out of the cocoon from the bottom of her heart... made her feel scared...

But before she could think about it, Xiao Sa had already stepped forward and asked aggressively: "You sent a close maid to inquire about our family... Why?"

The gap in height was so obvious at this moment that the sense of oppression made Chen Muqing feel his weakness in front of Xiao Sa for the first time.

"No, nothing is wrong!" She heard her voice and was at a loss, "Nothing is wrong. I saw you at the entrance of the alley of Yiwen Tea Shop that day. I seemed very unhappy, wearing coarse cloth clothes, without taking a servant, or following..." At this point, she suddenly felt guilty.

"Xiao Sa, are we friends?"

A little confused.

Xiao Sa was stunned and nodded.

Chen Muqing smiled slightly: "Friends should help each other, right? What happened to you? Can you tell me? Maybe there is something I can help?"

A smile appeared in Xiao Sa's eyes, and then the smile gradually overflowed from the eyes and fell on the corners of his eyebrows and mouth.

"You think something happened to me, so you went to find me?"

His voice was very light, as soft as the wind blowing through the treetops, and with a hint of caution.

"Mu Qing, do you think something happened to me, so you are in a hurry to find me!"

Xiao Sa asked her again.

Unlike the first uncertainty, this time, the question was spoken from his mouth and turned into a positive sentence - and as he said this, his expression became calm and gentle, and he also had a vague sense of calm self-confidence, which made him appear mature and steady.

Chen Muqing suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Sa's attitude made her feel familiar and safe.

Being polite, confident and restrained, neither too intimate with others nor too alienated with others... Just like her better male colleagues in the company before, she will help you within a certain range when she is in trouble, and when she is frustrated, she will comfort you within a certain range... The distance from more than friends and less than lovers makes her feel at ease.

Time will change everything.

After all, the two have not met for almost three years.

When she was a teenager, Xiao Sa might have forgotten her feelings, or she would have regarded it as a shy thing to put it in her heart - after all, she was still a married woman!

Shen Muqing let go of his worries.

I am too suspicious!

Xiao Sa's eyes were already very bright, and he looked at people sharply when he was a teenager... What's more, he is growing up now.

She smiled like a flower: "Of course I was worried that something happened to you, so I asked?"

Xiao Sa looked at the beautiful face and smiled slightly.

Mu Qing had a very keen intuition... This intuition made her judge right or wrong about her behavior. Just like in a carriage - she said nothing, she made a decision based on her feelings... Although it made him heartbroken, calmly came over and thought about it, it was the most correct decision.

There is also in the Yaowang Temple.

With so many people coming and going, she just came to her...

Xiao Sa's smile became deeper, and his eyes were filled with spoiling that he didn't even know.

"Nothing happened to me." He smiled, "It was my third brother who had something happened!"

When Chen Muqing heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought something happened to you?" After saying that, her heart that had just fallen up high again, "What happened to your third brother? Why do you want to sell the yard? And, why are you in Kyoto?"

Xiao Sa smiled, his attitude was unprecedentedly gentle.

"This spring, my third brother collected a batch of porcelain and transported it to Quanzhou. He and Xiao Cheng, oh, my illegitimate brother, were planning to do sea business together. Who knew that when the ship came back, he encountered a tsunami... he lost all his money. It was the twelfth lunar month and his family was about to collect the account... He helped me before, so I wanted to help him."

It is a good thing that brothers can help each other, so naturally they need to support them!

Chen Muqing nodded: "How much is the difference?"

Xiao Sa was stunned.

"I still have some savings in my hands," Chen Muqing smiled, "Just treat it as a loan to you. When your third brother recovers, he will pay me back the same. As a businessman, there are always times when he loses and makes a profit!"

Xiao Sa's eyes flashed and he whispered: "Forget it! The number is too large..."

Chen Zhen is in prison, thanks to him who helped him run around. Just treat it as paying off this favor debt!

"Everyone is getting high in firewood!" Chen Muqing smiled and said, "Tell me, I will help you according to my ability!"

Xiao Sa looked at her blankly without saying a word.

"Don't tell me that you are not short of money!" It's always a difficult thing to borrow money from others. Chen Muqing said in a humble tone, "Or otherwise, you won't go to sell the yard?"

Xiao Sa stared at her deeply, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's probably two or three hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Xiao Sa's smile had a flying smell, and Chen Muqing felt warm in his heart every time he saw it.

So she said absent-mindedly: "Why are there so much silver? What kind of porcelain does he collect? Even the newly-launched powder porcelain from the official kiln is not so expensive to pack on two ships?"

Xiao Sa looked at her unexpectedly.

Is there any story in it that I don’t know?

Chen Muqing's eyes were full of suspicion.

Xiao Sa's face turned solemn and said hurriedly: "If you want to explain this matter clearly, you have to start from scratch."

Chen Muqing sat on the chair next to him - she realized that there was no one in the room at some point.

She pouted and poured herself a cup of tea.

Xiao Sa sat on the chair of the Grand Master next to Chen Muqing with a smile.

"Although our family is rich, they are strict in their daily lives. Children who do not have families, whether they are legitimate or illegitimate, food, clothing, or study expenses, are all in the public service, but they also have certain limits. What you can use is the monthly monthly amount of 5 taels per month, and the red envelopes you get during the holidays. If you don't have enough, you either find a way to earn it yourself or save some money. Except for a few, for example, my fifth brother, the foreign family is the largest landlord in Linfen, and the red envelopes are a lot of every year, and others don't have much money. If you want to do business, you have to borrow from your grandfather and get three points of annual profit."

Chen Muqing opened his eyes wide.

"Your grandfather is very powerful, right? Can you come up with this method?"

Xiao Sa smiled and said, "It's very amazing. Our family became rich only after we were at the hands of our grandfather. At that time, my great-grandfather was just a rich man."

Chen Muqing nodded.

Xiao Sa continued: "After I became an official, my brothers were the third brother of the second wife and the fifth brother of the third wife. When the third brother borrowed capital from his grandfather to do this business, his grandfather did not agree at all. Seeing that the business was profitable, he was doing business with Xiao Cheng, he moved a sum of money to him privately, wanting him to make some private money, and he could fight with the fifth brother in the future. If it was just a loss of porcelain, it would be only about 100,000 taels. Later, the incident happened, and no one on board came back, but the resettlement fee was to be taken out on the spot. The money was borrowed from Quanzhou again... The third brother never dared to tell his family, for fear that the second uncle would be anxious when he knew it, and that the fifth brother would find out and stab him to his grandfather. As a result, the profit was profitable, and finally reached 240,000..."

Chen Muqing thought of Xiao Sa's fear of asking someone to tutor him in private...

"Your family is full of ducks..." she murmured in a low voice.

"What?" Xiao Sa's eyes widened.

The sixteen-year-old boy in red is back!

Chen Muqing couldn't help but smile: "What is it not a duck? In order to swim in the water, everyone's feet were slashing desperately in the water... What is it not like a duck?"

Xiao Sa was speechless.

Chen Muqing smiled a few times and said seriously, "Then how much money are you going to lend to your third brother?"

"You have to borrow about 200,000 yuan?" Xiao Sa said embarrassedly.

A big deal?

Chen Muqing was very surprised.

Xiao Sa explained: "The third brother's outer family is a shopkeeper of our family, and he dare not speak to other brothers. Xiao Cheng's family sold everything he could, and he raised 50,000 taels..."

Chen Muqing nodded: "Then how many do you have in your hands now?"

Xiao Sa hesitated: "I have collected 170,000 taels... I still have the yard of Baishu Hutong, some antiques, calligraphy and paintings..."

Chen Muqing interrupted him: "In other words, there is still 30,000 taels left?"

Xiao Sa's eyes flashed and he shook his head and said, "I had already agreed with the guarantor yesterday to sell him three thousand taels of silver... and there is still 27,000 taels left."

"Have you agreed to the yard?" Chen Muqing said in surprise, "So quickly?"

Xiao Sa nodded: "That place is surrounded by the petrochemical bridge, and the three ministries and six courtyards are all nearby..."

Yes! Houses in that area often have prices but no market. As long as someone lets out the news and sells the house, someone will buy it immediately!

"Then where do you live?" Chen Muqing said with concern.

"I'll go back to Gansu right away," Xiao Sa smiled, "This time I went back to Kyoto to urge Mr. Zeng to pay military salaries and also give gifts for the New Year."

"You're doing well!" Chen Muqing smiled, "It seems that he is highly appreciated by Lord Zeng. Have you been promoted?"

"It's better to do capital!" Xiao Sa was young and looked a little proud on his calm face, "but he was promoted to the fifth grade of capital."
To be continued...