Reborn in a Noble Family - Chapter 134
Chapter 134 Long-term Planning
Although he did not understand where Qiao Yunxi’s awkward thoughts came from in his previous life and in his current life, he knew that Qiao Yunxi was the savior of his two lives.
Oh, this kindness is a bit too great. Could it be that you really want to make a promise with your body?
“I’m asking you something!”
Seeing that Gu Jinzhen hadn’t answered for a long time, Qiao Yunxi became impatient.
“Ah, what?” Gu Jin Zhen raised his head.
Qiao Yunxi suppressed the fire in his heart. “I said, I’m going to eat now, and I won’t be with you.”
Gu Jingshu and Qiao Xingbang had a meal, so Qiao Yunxi was too lazy to go home to eat. He had some snacks on the way and casually strolled around.
“Alright, let’s go together.”
Gu Jinzhen’s movements were faster than Qiao Xi’s. Before Qiao Xi could regain her senses, he walked into the restaurant, looking eager as if he was afraid of being stopped.
“Miss Qiao, please.” Tang Yuan’s head was big. Master Gu Qian ignored him. He was afraid that Qiao Yunxi wouldn’t let him eat with him. He went in first. Wasn’t he afraid that Qiao Yunxi would turn around and leave?
Qiao Yunxi followed with a faint smile.
“What does Qiao Qiao want to eat?” This wasn’t the first time Gu Jinzhen had called Qiao Yunxi this way. With his previous experience, this time he called her Qiao Yunxi smoothly, and he was very emotional.
Yu Guang glanced at Qiao Xi. Seeing Qiao Xi’s calm expression, Gu Jinzhen was delighted.
It was a good sign that there was no disgust.
Qiao Yunxi also took the menu from the waiter. Before he could read the words clearly, Gu Jinzhen ordered a few dishes. Finally, he moved closer to Qiao Yunxi and asked, “Qiao Qiao, do you have anything to add?”
Qiao Yunxi closed the recipe and stared at him without blinking.
“Is something wrong?” Gu Jin Zhen knew later.
“Why do I feel that you are different from before?”
“Your illusion.” Gu Jinzhen refused to admit it even if he was beaten to
“You’re not trying to confuse me before secretly helping Qiao San out, are you?”
Gu Jinzhen frowned, “Don’t say such a disgusting name at dinner.”
Eh?
Is it really different?
Qiao Yunxi rubbed his chin and looked at Gu Jinzhen, “Tell me, what do you want to do?”
“Let’s eat together.” Gu Jinzhen blinked.
Oh, pretty boy trick.
Qiao Yunxi snorted contemptuously. “You ordered what I liked. Don’t tell me it’s a coincidence.”
“What a coincidence.” Gu Jinzhen had a thick skin.
Qiao Yunxi knew that he couldn’t ask anything, so he picked up the teacup on the table.
Seeing that the atmosphere wasn’t good, Gu Jinzhen rarely said anything. It wasn’t until the waiter brought the food to the table that he politely served Qiao Yunxi boiled meat.
“Shu Zhou belongs to the basin climate. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides. The climate is cold and humid. Eat some spicy food to get rid of humidity. However, don’t eat too much. It’s not good for your stomach. After you rest for two days, I’ll take you to eat delicious food.”
Even though he knew that Gu Jinzhen’s words were wrong, Qiao Yunxi didn’t want to affect his mood and didn’t want to talk to him.
Thus, one of them was as attentive as a dog’s leg, and the other only knew how to eat with pride. The two of them actually finished the meal very harmoniously.
Qiao Xi held the tea and enjoyed it happily.
“Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao won’t be back until very late tonight, will they?”
Seeing Qiao Yunxi nod, Gu Jinzhen said, “There’s a snack street ahead. Let’s go take a look.”
“You treat?”
“Of course.”
He replied too straightforwardly.
Qiao Xi thought for a moment and put down her teacup. “I think we should have a good talk.”
Gu Jinzhen put aside his gaze guiltily and said, “I have nothing to say.”
“I do.”
He was clearly only an eleven-year-old child, but his aura was comparable to that of an adult.
“Let me tell you first. You should keep it for now.”
“Keep it? Why do you keep it? Is it convenient for you to monitor me?”
Gu Jinzhen said sullenly for a long time before he said, “Dang Gui’s skill is not bad. She’s also a woman. It’s convenient for you to take her with you when you go out.”
At the very least, it was better than Wei Nanshui.
When he thought of this, he became angry.
It was time for Wei Nanshui to know something.
“Since Dang Gui’s skill is so good, then you can keep it. You are doing big things and are useful. It would be a pity if Dang Gui followed me.” Gritting his teeth, Qiao Yunxi patiently didn’t tear his face off with Gu Jinzhen.
Before she could figure out Gu Jinzhen’s new routine, she was also helpless.
“Danggui is not monitoring you. I promise you.”
Really?
Qiao Yunxi raised his eyebrows.
Gu Jin Zhen looked away guiltily once again and said reluctantly, “Angelica sinensis won’t interfere with your work. If you’re worried, I’ll give you the contract to sell your body. Angelica sinensis will be your people from now on. I’ll only listen to your orders.”
This way, Qiao Xi wouldn’t have to worry about Angelica secretly sending him a letter or something.
As for the deed of sale?
Just go to the government and get one. In any case, the Twelve Killing Gods were all orphans he had taken in, so it was easy to settle the identity issue.
Qiao Yunxi narrowed his eyes.
Gu Jinzhen had spared no effort to persuade her to stay behind. He definitely didn’t have any good intentions. Even if she had openly returned the angelica, who knew if the angelica would secretly monitor her.
Besides, the “Twelve Killing Gods” that Black Condom mentioned earlier sounded awesome. Dang Gui was also one of the “Twelve Killing Gods”. After retreating from Dang Gui, who knew who Black Condom would secretly poke at?
After weighing the situation carefully and analyzing the pros and cons, Qiao Yunxi said, “Since you are so sincere, I will reluctantly accept it. Since Dang Gui is mine, her life is in my hands, right?”
Gu Jinzhen nodded straightforwardly.
In the next few days, Gu Jinzhen came out early and returned late. The two of them didn’t even have a chance to meet each other. Only then did Qiao Yunxi relax a little.
She followed Gu Jingshu around and went to the Qiao Clan’s embroidery manor to take a look.
The Qiao Clan’s business was mostly silk, which occupied a favorable position in time and place, while the north of Sichuan had always been the fat meat in the eyes of Jincheng merchants.
It’s not that the economy here is so developed.
Jincheng was the most economically developed place in Shu Prefecture. Because of the surrounding mountains, the north of Sichuan Province was relatively isolated and was in a self-sufficient business. When the Imperial Court said that it wanted to rebuild the Shu Dao, Qiao Xingbang brought his trusted aides over. First, he borrowed the power of the Imperial Court. Second, the Qiao Family had been keeping an eye on this fat meat. Now was the right time.
Qiao Yunxi followed Qiao Xingbang around and roughly understood the economy. After thinking for a while, she wrote a letter to Fatty Jin. Apart from driving the “Food World” here, she also wanted to set up other industries.
What are you doing?
After thinking for two days, she decided to make a tea shop.
While discussing with Qiao Xingbang, she said her purpose bluntly.
That’s right, she opened a tea shop for Fang San.
The properties of Second Fang and Fourth Fang were protected in the name of the Qiao Family, and they were all in Jincheng. Only the property of Third Fang was in western Sichuan, and it was a tea business that the Qiao Family had never set foot in.
Gan Wan’s mother’s home was in the west of Sichuan Province. With the help of her mother’s family, the tea business of Third Fang was doing well. Qiao Xi thought that it was time for the Qiao family to be blocked.
“Daddy, when are we going to split up?” Qiao Xi had thought it over carefully when she asked this question.
The Qiao Clan was only on the surface now. The people from the few rooms had long since seemed to be separated from each other. It was only a matter of time before they split up.
The reason why everyone was barely able to live together now was because they had long houses to deal with. The other houses needed the Qiao Family more or less for their business, and they needed Qiao Xingbang’s name to protect them. But even so, they were enjoying what the Qiao Clan and Qiao Xingbang had brought them while calculating how to vacate the long room.
Qiao Xi didn’t mind teaching them a lesson, but she wanted their lives …
Qiao Xi thought she couldn’t do it.
She was not the Holy Mother, nor was she someone who cared about human life, unless these people were the ones who had committed suicide themselves.
It could be said that splitting up a family was the best of both worlds.
It could not only curb the greed of the other party, but also achieve the goal of being out of sight.
Qiao Xingbang said, “Daddy has been thinking about this for a while and hasn’t figured out how to do it.”
It’s a real problem.
Qiao Xingbang was not Old Madame Qiao’s son, but the head of the Qiao Clan, with a shop seal in his hand.
Split?
Why would Old Madame Qiao let Qiao Xingbang take Qiao Family’s property out?
Dismantle Qiao Xingbang’s identity?
That would be tantamount to tearing apart her foolish behavior back then, deceiving Old Master Qiao and the entire clan.
If the one from the Southern Campus used this as a pretext to say that Qiao Xingbang was a bastard conceived by Old Madam Qiao, the Qiao Family’s property might really fall to Second and Third Fang. After all, Changfang was a wild path. Who knew where Fourth Fang came from?
Therefore, splitting up a family was a tough battle.
“Daddy knows this,” Qiao Xingbang comforted. “Why not? What is Daddy doing in northern Sichuan?”
“Daddy means …”
Qiao Xingbang nodded, “When the Qiao Family was handed over to Daddy, they said that it was a merchant aristocratic family, but in fact, it was only five to six years in Jincheng. How deep could it be?” “It’s not that Father boasts. Father has been traveling all these years. Without Father’s efforts, the Qiao Family would not have the current background. It can be said that two-thirds of the Qiao Family’s current property was created by Father.”
So, these two-thirds will not be let go?
Knowing Qiao Xingbang’s bottom line, Qiao Xi also knew what to do.
Qiao Xingbang mysteriously blinked at Qiao Xi, “There’s no hurry to split up the family. At least, I’ll have to wait for Daddy to transfer the assets.”
He was indeed a merchant!
Qiao Xi narrowly looked at Qiao Xingbang.
She didn’t think anything was wrong with Qiao Xingbang.
He was originally a long-haired person, so why would he let others off so easily?
Two-thirds of the Qiao Clan’s property was taken by Qiao Xingbang, which was to return the Qiao Clan’s previous property to the Qiao Clan as capital. After inflation, the Qiao Clan had taken away far more than this from them in the past few years.
“Father, what is Qiao Qiao doing?” Qiao Yunxi’s eyes lit up.
Qiao Xingbang shook his head in amusement, “You girl, you don’t mind big things, do you?”
He nodded excitedly.
Qiao Xingbang suddenly said seriously, “Qiao Qiao, you know that the roots of the Qiao family are in Jincheng. That is not only the roots of the Qiao family, but also the roots of the Changfang family.” If Changfang wanted to develop, he had to leave Jincheng, but he couldn’t forget his roots. All you have to do is stay at the base camp. Now, you are the president of the Chamber of Commerce. This is good for our Changfang. They don’t dare to openly take things from the Qiao Clan in Jincheng. So, you just need to guard them. Of course, if there is someone who doesn’t dare to think about it, you can do whatever you want. There’s no need to think too much about it. You have to know that your own safety is the most important thing. “