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  An hour later, the carriage stopped in front of Su Lianwei's house. Lianwei got off and paid the fare, then the carriage left.

  Dahyu was inside the house reading a book of unknown title, when he heard a noise in the courtyard, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly hid the book under the bed. His robust and tall figure didn't show any clumsiness, like a gust of wind, he flashed to the side of the door, carefully looking outside, his muscles tense, full of vigilance.

  Outside the window, the sky is dark and hazy, with a gentle cool breeze. The leaves of the trees rustle softly in the wind.

  Under the tree, a person was lying on a small table, with no image to speak of. She lay on the table like a boneless thing, her two arms straight out in front of her, her originally neat hair bun slightly disheveled, her hairpin askew and tottering, as if it were about to fall off at any moment.

  Is Su Lianwei!?

  Dà Hǔ was taken aback, the tense and oppressive atmosphere vanished, he stretched out his hand to push open the door and went out. "What's wrong with you?"

  Lianyi knew it was Da Hu coming, without even lifting his head, "Tired." Very tired.

  First, a sleepless night, then a hasty nap during the day, and again arrived at Qingzhou County. After visiting many wine shops in Qingzhou County, looking for a partner, got drunk with Ye Ci, and woke up early to return to Yuewang County with a hangover. In the afternoon, still had to teach Su Bai and Lei Zi Arabic numerals.

  Su Lian suddenly felt, was she born to be a hardworking person? Why has she always been so tired?

  She is not a robot, and she also has a lazy side, but this side of her usually only shows up to people she trusts the most. For some reason, she only reveals this side in front of Da Hu, and even Lian Yi herself doesn't realize it.

  "Have you eaten yet?" Da Hu's heart softened, and his voice unconsciously became gentler. Su Lianwei treated him differently than others, he realized.

  "No." Lingyu said. "No thoughts, no time." Next to Da Hu, she couldn't help but want to be willful and playful. Although Da Hu's identity was unknown and he was taciturn, he gave people a sense of security like a mountain.

  "Alright, I'll do it." With that, Big Tiger turned around and headed towards the kitchen.

  "Wait," Lingling hastily stopped him, tilting her head, a pair of bright black eyes looking at him very innocently. "Dahou, I want to eat barbecue."

  "Barbecue?" Dahu was taken aback.

  Lianyi nodded, "Rabbit, I want to eat rabbit." She pouted slightly with her small mouth and said in a half-commanding, half-coquettish tone to Dahu.

  Dahu understood what he meant. "Alright, I'll go and fight." He turned around, took out a long thin bamboo stick from behind the door, pushed open the courtyard gate, and prepared to head up the mountain.

  Lianyi, who was originally very tired, saw the big tiger going hunting and suddenly became excited again. "I'll go too." She had never hunted before, thinking that her previous life was so dull.

  Dà Hǔ's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Aren't you tired?"

  "Tired, but want to go play on the mountain even more." Gone was the crispness of daytime, her face full of childlike innocence, Su Lianwei looked at least three years younger than she had during the day. As she spoke, she ran towards the kitchen to fetch something.

  "Oh." Big Tiger didn't stop her, and after Su Liangyu left the yard and closed the gate, he strode towards the direction of Xian Shui Mountain.

  Just took a step, his arm was tightened, being pulled by Lingyu, "Don't, don't be in a hurry, don't act rashly." Lingyu grasped Datou's arm, vigilantly looking around, with great care.

  Dà Hǔ followed her gaze around, but found nothing. "What are you looking for?"

  "I always feel that Chu Ying will pop out at any time, and then she'll definitely follow us," just like last time when we went to Xian Shui Tan for a bath. "It's not that I don't want to bring her, but the night is dark and the mountain is steep, what if she really gets hurt?"

  The big tiger lowered its head and looked at her, with a hint of thawing on its normally icy face.

  "What are you looking at?" Lingling glared at him with a bad temper, thinking that his childish behavior had provoked the big tiger's ridicule.

  "It's nothing." Da Hu hastily lifted his head, but the corners of his mouth slightly curled up.

  Jian indeed didn't see the figure of Chu Ying, and only then did Liang Wei let go of Da Hu's arm, letting out a long sigh. "Alright, let's go." She lowered her voice, as if they were thieves.

  The big tiger quickly walked towards the Xian Water Mountain, but felt a strange and wonderful feeling in his arm, warm and gentle, with a hint of lingering fragrance. He was somewhat embarrassed, suppressing the inexplicable feeling deep down, and took bigger strides as he walked.

  The big tiger man is tall and has long legs, so he takes big strides. As a result, Su Lianhui had to run quickly to keep up with him. Fortunately, Lianhui is not short herself; if it were a petite woman, she would probably have to sprint by now.

  When I climbed the mountain, the sky was already very dark. Although the full moon was bright and clear, the leaves of the trees in the forest on the mountain overlapped each other, not as dense as the ancient forests deep in the mountains where sunlight couldn't penetrate, but still breaking up the good silver moonlight into patches.

  "Big Tiger, can you see clearly? If it's really not possible, let's just go home." Lianyi said hesitantly, because since they climbed the mountain, Big Tiger had been quietly crouching in one place, not speaking or moving, his eyes staring blankly ahead.

  "Shh!" The big tiger's body didn't move, but he made a sound to signal to Ripples to be quiet. The latter obediently shut his mouth and squatted beside him, keeping him company.

  Suddenly, a very faint sound came from the grass in front, and then, only to see the big tiger's right arm swiftly grasping and pulling out a few strips, heavily slapping them into the grass. The whole process happened instantly, until the sound disappeared, and Lianying finally came back to her senses, startled.

  The big tiger got up and walked over, parted the grass, pulled out the dying rabbit, turned around and threw it to Su Lianwei. Lianwei was shocked, "This... is there still a way of hunting like this? Just now you couldn't see anything clearly, how did you do it?" Astonished, extremely astonished.

  "Listen." Datou only gave Su Lianwei a one-word answer.

  "Really? You can hear the rabbit's voice just by listening? That's too amazing! Lianyin really wanted to dissect Da Hu's auditory system to see what was different from normal people."

  Fortunately, Da Hu did not know about Su Lianwei's bloody impulse at this time. "If you train, you can also do it."

  "Oh, then there's a chance for you to help me train too?" Ling asked.

  "En." Datou replied, "Shh."

  Lianyin heard the big tiger's voice again, and she held her breath once more, straining her ears to catch any sound. And indeed, she also heard it! Under the cover of the rustling wind, the rabbit's jumping was extremely rhythmic, making it easy to judge, although she didn't know where the rabbit was exactly.

  Another swift bamboo whip flashed by, and another rabbit unfortunately met its demise.

  Dà Hǔ went forward, picked up the still warm dead rabbit and threw it to Su Liàn Wì. Liàn Wì grasped the rabbit's ear and gave a thumbs up, "Too awesome! Good job! Dà Hǔ you're too powerful! From now on I'll change your name from Dà Hǔ to Dà Niú!"

  The big tiger let out a nonchalant cold snort, but in fact he was overjoyed. The kind of excitement and complacency that couldn't be concealed or suppressed, the previous military achievements were numerous, but never had such a sense of accomplishment before. He actually liked being nakedly praised by Su Lianhui.

  "Big tiger, stop hitting, enough, even if you hit more, you can't finish eating it. I'll eat half of it and the rest is yours." Liangliang stood up, patted the dirt on her knees, "Let's go, to Xian Shui Tan."

  The big tiger did not understand and would not go back home to Xian Shui Tan.

  Lian Yi saw the puzzled eyes of Da Hu and patiently explained, "Wild game, it's only delicious when eaten outdoors. I just brought out salt and sugar, come on, let's go to Xian Shui Tan to deal with the wild game." Hurriedly urging Da Hu to lead the way.

  Dà Hǔ wú nài, biàn dài zhe yī bèng yī tiào de Sū Liǎn Wēi xiàng Xiān Shuǐ Tán ér qù. Yībiān zǒu zhe, yībiān xīn zhōng àn àn nà mèn, jīn tiān Sū Liǎn Wēi zhè shì chī cuò le shén me yào, zěn me hé píng rì lǐ jié rán xiāng fǎn? Suī rán yǒu xiē lüè wēi bù xí guàn, dàn bù dé bù shuō, jīn rì de Sū Liǎn Wēi què gèng... kě ài.

  Why is Su Lian Hui so happy? Because, everyone has a little hobby and leisure time, but she never had any, whether in modern or ancient times. Even when she was occasionally forced to learn embroidery as a woman, for Lian Hui, it was just a means of making a living, and had nothing to do with the word "leisure".

  But today was different, she felt relaxed, happy and interested in this matter, for her, this is the real leisure.

  The night road is not easy to walk, so the rabbit was carried by the big tiger. In front of them, they could faintly hear the sound of clear and melodious running water, which should be close to the Lianyuan Waterfall. Lianyuan snatched the rabbit from the big tiger's hands and said, "I'll go clean up the rabbit first, see you later." After that, she ran quickly to the side of the waterfall.

  The big tiger continued to walk at a steady pace, with an inexplicable sense of relaxation and peace, his lips curled into a faint smile.

  Suddenly, Su Lianwei arrived at the edge of the pond and changed her face, hastily turning her head to shout, "Dahu, come quickly, look what's in this pond!" Her face was full of horror.

  The big tiger was shocked and rushed over immediately, worried about Su Lianwei.

  Arriving at the edge of the pond, the ripples retreated, giving way to the big tiger and allowing it to take a look.

  The big tiger lowered its head to carefully look into the water pool, the water was clear and calm with a few ripples, the round moon reflected on the surface of the water. With the help of the moonlight, it could be vaguely seen that under the water pool, except for the rocky wall, there was nothing else. Why is this?

  The big tiger didn't realize what was happening, only feeling a fierce kick on his back. He cried out in alarm, but it was too late. Accompanied by splashing water and someone's silvery laughter, the poor big tiger was dragged into the pond.

  "Haha……Dahyu, you're too careless!" Lingling threw the rabbit, hugged her belly and laughed so hard she was doubled over. The usually cold Dahyu now looked like a drowned chicken, it was hilarious!

  The big tiger rushed onto the water's surface, wiping away the water on his face with his hand, staring at Su Liuqi with an unbelievable gaze.

  "Haha…… Soldiers don't get tired of tricks, do they, Big Tiger? You should know that." Lianyi laughed so hard she was almost crying, it was too much fun. How come she hadn't discovered this before? Teasing this big, stone-like tiger was so entertaining, finally found some amusement.

  The big tiger still didn't speak, continuing to stare at Su Lianwei with a half-surprised and half-questioning gaze.

  After a while, Lianyi laughed enough and suddenly raised her head, startled to see that Dahu had been staring at her with that gaze all along, not moving or responding. Her heart skipped a beat as she ran over and half-knelt beside the pond.

  "Big Tiger, are you... angry? Was my joke too much?" Lingling asked nervously, seeing Big Tiger still not speaking, she became a bit anxious. "Big Tiger, I just... I was wrong, I didn't think it through, can I admit my mistake to you? I... ah——"

  Along with a scream and splashing water, Su Lianying also fell into the water, pulled down by Da Hu.

  The big tiger's movements were too fast, even the cunning rabbit couldn't dodge it. As for Su Lianwei, she didn't even see the big tiger's movement clearly, only feeling her arm being tightened and then she was already thrown into the water.

  Because she was talking without any defense, her mouth and nose were filled with a lot of water. Fortunately, Da Hu didn't let go of her arm, so she wasn't in much danger. One hand grasped Da Hu's shoulder, the other covered her nose, and she coughed violently.

  This time it was Da Hu's turn to be anxious, "Are you okay?" Wasn't he a bit too heavy-handed just now?

  Lianyi coughed until her face was completely red, shook her head, this big tiger is too ruthless. She pushed him, he closed his mouth, but the big tiger took advantage of her speaking and pulled her into the water. But who can be blamed? The matter was obviously started by her, it can only be said that she reaped what she sowed.

  After catching her breath, Lianyi continued to laugh loudly.

  Dà Hǔ frowned, what's wrong with Su Liangwei today? She was secretly calculated by him and didn't say a word, but seemed... very happy.

  This was a joke, so Su Lianwei wouldn't get angry. She struggled free from Da Hu's grasp, and with a forceful push of her feet forward, she instantly pushed her body half a foot backward, then splashed a big handful of water onto Da Hu's face.

  "......" Big Tiger was stunned there, what is this? Su Lianwei hasn't made enough trouble yet?

  Ripples shrugged, "Really no fun, I think I've had enough of a childhood already. Originally, your childhood was even more boring than mine, you didn't even know how to play this little game, sigh." As she spoke, she began to swim towards the shore.

  It really made Su Lianwei say it right, Da Hu indeed had no childhood. From the time he remembered, he was already in the military camp, with older generals on both sides, who could accompany him to play? He has been practicing martial arts and reading military strategy since he was a child, and his current personality is precisely the result of a boring childhood.

  Dà Hǔ, although he didn't have a childhood, was very clever and immediately understood what Sū Liǎn Wī meant by "game". His lips curled up, and he also became interested. With one swift motion, he stretched out his hand to grab Su Lianwei's ankle, pulling her back just as she was about to reach the shore.

  She turned around with a ripple, looking at him with an unbelievable gaze, stretching out her slender fingers to point at him, "I've discovered that you little rascal, like to play dirty."

  "No, I Yun... have always been upright and honest, it's just a coincidence." The man was very particular about his reputation, and Dahuo was so anxious that he almost revealed his real name.

  "Hmph." Lianyi didn't care about that and stretched out her hand to grab Dahu's shoulder, then pressed him underwater. Another burst of laughter followed.

  The big tiger laughed under water too, it was very happy.

  Then the two of them started fighting in the water pond.

  Dà Hǔ's swimming skills are good, but Sū Liǎn Wēi's are even better. As mentioned earlier, Sū Liǎn Wēi obtained a lifeguard certification in modern times, with all indicators approaching perfection, especially in underwater retrieval of heavy objects. She is as agile as a small fish, making it impossible for Dà Hǔ to catch her, and then attacks when Dà Hǔ is completely off guard.

  Poor Da Hu, just like a dragon entering shallow waters, was helpless. He had great strength, but the water had strong resistance, dissolving his power, and he never knew that the woman's swimming skills could be so good, nor her peculiar grappling techniques.

  Lianyi's capture is modern capture, specializing in attacking the human elbow joint, making it unable to exert force. Poor Da Hu was repeatedly attacked by her, fortunately he knew martial arts and soon saw through her routine, turning passivity into initiative.

  But Su Lianwei was like a small fish, impossible to catch.

  Finally, Da Hu grabbed Su Lianwei and held her two hands behind her back, "Let's see how you escape this time." He also had a playful heart.

  She struggled for a while and found that she couldn't break free. Her face changed, "It hurts... it really hurts, Da Hu, let go of my arm, it's going to break."

  Dà Hǔ was startled, could it be that his strength had increased? He hurriedly loosened his grip. Shameless Sū Liàn Wī, at the moment Dà Hǔ relaxed his hands, she turned around, pressed both hands on Dà Hǔ's head and pushed him underwater again.

  This time, Liangliang didn't dare to fight again. After defeating the big tiger, he used all his might to swim quickly to the shore and sat on the shore laughing loudly. "Big Tiger, Big Tiger! I just said that a soldier is not afraid of deceit, how could you forget? People, it's not scary to fail, what's scary is to fail twice in the same mistake."

  The big tiger was really angry, but also found it funny. Tonight's Su Liangwei was not only abnormal, but also very poor.

  The big tiger came swimming up with a mighty roar, and Liangliang hurriedly stretched out his hand to make a "stop" gesture. "Can't you see I've had enough? I'm really exhausted now, my stomach is growling with hunger, if we keep going on like this, I'll be starving to death."

  The big tiger came ashore, crying and laughing at the same time, didn't even bother to respond to her. Whether she wanted to make a scene or not, it was all up to her, women are truly impossible to reason with.

  The clothes on Xia Ri's body were very thin, and after getting out of the water, Da Hu's clothes were wet and stuck to his body, revealing blocky muscles. Liang Li looked again and again, this figure is great! What a pity it was in ancient times, if it were in modern times...

  Wait... if Da Hu's clothes are transparent like that, what about hers?

  Lowering her head to take a look, it's better not to look, one glance and she's startled. This is much more impressive than Da Hu's place! It's a pity that in ancient times there were no bras, only a thin belly wrap, what can this cover? Now she's more stimulating than if she weren't wearing anything.

  "You're not allowed to look at me!" Lianyi covered her chest and shouted loudly.

  Dà hǔ wěi cuì dé hèn bu de liù yuè fēi xuě, "wǒ méi yǒu!" Míng míng shì tā gāng gāng yī zhě zhuàng zhe tā kàn, tā kè yì bù qù kàn xiàng tā.

  Translation:

  The big tiger was so resentful that he wished it would snow in June. "I didn't!" Although she had been staring at him just now, he deliberately avoided looking at her.

  Then, the two of them stood on either side and started wringing out the water from their clothes.

  The clothes were wrung out, still damp but much better than before. Liang Yu shrugged and said, "Dahu, let's go home."

  "Big Tiger was puzzled, 'Go home? Didn't you say we're going out to eat wild game?'"

  Lianyi innocently spread out her hands, "Just now you pulled me into the water pool, the salt and sugar I was carrying on my body all dissolved, can't roast them anymore."

  Big Tiger blushed and said, "You kicked me first."

  "Yes, yes, I'm not blaming you either. What's the hurry? Go home and roast it there, it's the same." said Lianyi.

  The big tiger let out a long sigh and suddenly realized a truth - never argue with women, they are always right. Su Lianwei said what to do, just do it, as long as he did what she said, everything would be fine.

  Then, Big Tiger picked up the two rabbits and led the way down the mountain.

  Because it was after the rain, the road down the mountain was muddy and difficult to walk on due to the lack of vegetation. Every step I took, I slid down a bit. Lianyi squinted her eyes, carefully watching the road, afraid of rolling down the mountain.

  Suddenly, a large hand entered her line of sight, its intention very clear.

  Lianyi had intended to decline politely, but her hand seemed to move of its own accord, extending itself into the large palm.

  One hand was ancient bronze in color, very large, the other hand was milky white and slender. The two hands overlapped, with a huge visual impact, Su Lian suddenly felt that in front of men, women were so weak and delicate.

  At the moment when Su Lian was dazed, Da Hu's palm wrapped around hers, and he continued to walk down.

  Dahu's palms were rough, with a layer of calluses, and some abrasions, but they gave people a strong sense of security. Lianlian was greedy for this sense of security, perhaps only at this time could her restless heart truly calm down, sometimes she even fantasized that if Dahu's mission would never be completed, how great it would be to spend the rest of her life in Suzhai Village.

  "What's so funny?" asked Da Hu, turning his head.

  Lianyi shook her head, feeling quite helpless. "Nothing, I just suddenly thought of a ridiculous idea and felt really naive."

  Dà Hǔ nodded and continued on his way, but Liàn Yī's words lingered in his mind and he couldn't shake them off. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "What idea?" As soon as the words left his mouth, he was surprised at himself for being so nosy and meddling in others' business.

  "Nothing." Lianyi didn't want to say anything.

  "Oh." Big Tiger didn't ask anymore, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.

  When they reached the foot of the mountain, Da Hu let go of Su Liu Wei's hand, and the sense of loss in his heart grew stronger, as if a piece had been dug out from his chest.

  Ripples too.

  I've arrived home, and the lights in the house are still on, it's very warm.

  Lianlian suddenly discovered a problem - she was so infatuated with this "home", was it because of the house that belonged to her, or because... in this house, waiting for her forever was Da Hu!

  Su Lianwei was shocked by this sudden idea and couldn't put it down for a long time.

  ……

  Three days later, as Su Liangwei had said earlier, Su Bai officially took over the Su family wine shop.

  At this time, the wine shop business was not much, and it was not possible to talk about profit or loss. Su Bai needed to stay honestly at the counter, when someone bought wine, he would collect money, keep accounts, take care of the money, and report to his brother or second sister from time to time.

  Entertaining guests usually doesn't involve Su Bai, but there's Xiao Er Lei Zi. Although Lei Zi isn't particularly clever, he's still quite smart and good at selling wine.

  Shengjiu wine shop is still booming, Su's wine shop is struggling to operate, Su's winery is busy brewing wine, the brewed wine is almost filling up the warehouse, Su Hao is getting anxious.

  Su Lianwei was calmly calculating the accounts at Su's wine shop, while Su Hao was anxiously pacing beside her, "Lianwei, is this... going to work? Shouldn't we stop the winery for a bit first? This blind brewing isn't a good idea."

  Lianyi stared at the account book, looking at the investment and budgeting how long it would take to break even, how many jars they needed to sell to break even.

  She was also worried, although she thought Qianhui would be fine in the future, but even God can make mistakes, let alone her. Doing business without taking risks is impossible. On the surface, Lianyi seemed calm, but in fact, she was also worried to death.

  Just then, Su Bai panted and ran up to the second floor, "Sister, there's someone downstairs looking for you, saying something about money."

  "Qian Hui." Ripples put down the account book, and smiled brightly. Great, Qian Hui had finally arrived, which also meant that her risk had succeeded in its first step.

  "Downstairs to greet in person, 'Qian brothers, all is well?'"

  Na Qian Hui deliberately wore a suit today, and with his attire, he really had some business demeanor. He raised his head to see a tall and elegant woman smiling at him, and was taken aback.

  When did he meet such a beautiful woman? The temperament on her body, saying that she is a lady's daughter, is also believable to some people.

  Qian Hui naturally didn't know Su Lianwei anymore, he only knew "Su Lian".

  Ripples fell down the stairs. "Qian brothers, I am indeed Su Lian. As a woman outside, it's inconvenient to wear men's clothes, not intentionally deceiving."

  Qian Hui suddenly realized, no wonder some familiar eyes, it turned out to be... He looked up at Su Lianwei, feeling like crying. He knew he was short, but not as tall as the young lady, how could he not want to cry? "It's Miss Su... I didn't know before, sorry for the disrespect."

  "Come on, Money Brother, upstairs please." He said, and stretched out his hand to lead Qian Hui up to the second floor.

  Su Bai was summoned to make tea.

  "Qian brothers, let's get down to business, how much wine are you preparing for the first time?" Lianyi also didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.

  Su Hao had previously heard about Yun Ruo's plans for the future, and now that he saw Qian Hui, he was somewhat surprised. Could it be that this person was the one Yun Ruo thought highly of? But his figure wasn't impressive, and his looks weren't handsome either, so why would Yun Ruo choose someone like him who couldn't hold his own?

  Qian Hui hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Two thousand barrels."

  Su Hao was shocked, "Two thousand jars? Can you sell them all?"

  Ripples of laughter, "As expected, I knew you would want two thousand jars." This was also the reason she had been making Su Hao work overtime to rush the production of Su Family Wine over the past few days.

  "Did you guess it?" Qian Hui was stunned, thinking that this request was really a lion's mouth opening wide, but unexpectedly it was within Miss Su's expectations. "Then, Miss Su, will you hand over these 2,000 jars to me?"

  Su Lianwei could see that Qian Hui was a shrewd and ambitious person. People with great ambitions usually wouldn't be tempted by small gains, but two thousand jars of wine weren't just a small gain. "Here, as we previously agreed, the first three times you take the wine, it's wine first then money, and you'll take two thousand jars at once, which is eight hundred coins per jar." These two points were also reasons why Qian Hui made this decision.

  Qian Hui was overjoyed, his face flushed with excitement. "Miss Su... I Qian Hui really don't know what to say, thank you for believing in me. I, Qian Hui, will definitely not let you down and will sell these wines."

  "Hold on," Lianyi interrupted her, the gentle smile suddenly turned serious, "Qian brother, you and I are strangers who met by chance. Although I can use written evidence to report you to the authorities, in order to avoid these troubles, I'll let my brother follow you to sell wine together. This wine, 100 jars for one settlement, is that okay?"

  Su Hao didn't expect it, but Liang Li let him follow, and he felt a bit nervous.

  "Alright," Qian Hui replied, "although this is a lot of silver, I, Qian Hui, will use my actions to tell you that I won't lose my great future prospects because of these two thousand taels of silver."

  "Well, that's settled then," he said, turning to Su Hao, "Brother, for the next period of time, it'll be tough on you. I'll just keep an eye on the winery."

  Su Hao hastily nodded, "Alright, Liang Wei, don't worry, I'll definitely take care of the task you entrusted to me."

  Su Lianwei had Su Hao follow Qian Hui, apart from supervision, there was another reason, which was to let Su Hao see how Qian Hui opened up the channels and where he sold the wine. One must not have a mind to harm others, but one must be prepared to defend against others, if Qian Hui is indeed an honest partner, then this business can continue, but if not, the next step will be taken by Su Hao.

  It's likely that Su Hao will learn some tricks of the wine industry by following Qian Hui for a while.

  Time was of the essence, so after a brief handover, Su Hao drove the carriage and brought Lin Xiang and Qian Hui to the Su Family Winery. After clearing out the warehouse full of Su Family wine, they packed up ten large carts before finishing.

  The winery workers were all scared, just a few days ago they were still nervous, but today they were shocked to the point of dropping their jaws. What kind of ability does Miss Su have, to be able to sell two thousand jars at once? Su Hao tidied up his clothes and made preparations for a long battle, got on the horse carriage.

  Lianyi looked at the wine and couldn't help but laugh, "Qianhui brother, are you sure you can handle it? Don't put too much pressure on yourself, if not, we can discuss it."

  But Huan's face was resolute, "A real man must have the determination to break through and make a name for himself. Miss Su, rest assured, I'm the only son in my family, I've already discussed it with my parents, we'll convert my room and the guest room into a warehouse, and I'll use all the money I've saved over the past five years, as well as the money my parents have been saving for my wedding, to buy a cargo carriage."

  Lianyi was shocked, "Are you crazy? If you lose, you'll be completely finished, and you won't even be able to marry a wife."

  Qian Hui's face was firm and determined, "I will definitely succeed!"

  Lianyi suddenly had a sense of admiration for this young man's determination, regardless of the outcome. In an ancient era dominated by petty farmer mentality, it was not easy for someone to have such resolve. "Qian brother, your room has become a warehouse, where do you sleep?"

  Qian Hui's face turned red, "I reckon Su Ge will also have to put up with it and sleep in the kitchen with me."

  Su Hao heard in the car and laughed, "No big deal, I'm not someone who can't bear hardships. Qian brother, let's start a business together!"

  Lianying smiled and nodded, "There are too many goods and the journey is long, Money brother, I won't prepare a farewell dinner for you. When you achieve success, I, Su Lianying, will definitely prepare a big feast to celebrate your victory, how about that?"

  "Well, then I'll thank Miss Su first." Qian Huiyi clasped his fists together, his face filled with excitement.

  Ten horse-drawn carriages set off with a flourish, a magnificent sight.

  Is Su Lianwei worried? Of course he's worried! But as Qian Hui said, if you want to do something big, you have to have the determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat!

  The horse carriage finally disappeared from view, and the flying dust gradually fell to the ground. The workers saw that people had left, so they all went back to work.

  "Everyone," said Lianyi, "for the past few days, you've all worked hard. As a reward, each of you will receive 500 wen in cash, which is considered overtime pay. For the next few days, there's no need to rush like this; just follow the usual production rate."

  Everyone was overjoyed when they suddenly received 500 wen in prize money, and they all thanked Su Lianwei loudly. In their hearts, they thought that working at the Su family winery wasn't bad at all - there was no difficult boss putting on airs, there were welfare gifts during holidays, and from time to time, there were some bonuses.

  Although Su Liangwei told everyone to slow down a bit, the workers did not slow down, but instead worked even more enthusiastically.

  ……

  Li's Mansion

  Li Yutang was going through the accounts of the Shengjiu wine shop. Recently, he had spent a lot of silver, which naturally did not come from the Li family's treasury, but from his own pocket. He suspected that his father already knew about his actions, but he would never ask his father for money.

  He wanted to crush Su Lianying with his own strength.

  Ink thickly and quietly entered, "Young Master."

  Li Yutang looked up and said, "En, what's going on over there?" Over there, of course, referred to the Su family winery.

  Mo's face looked a bit unsightly, "Reporting to Young Master, today the informant came back and said that before noon, Su Family Winery loaded ten carts of goods and departed without knowing where they were going. The informant got information from the winery workers' mouths, it turned out that there was some... distributor from outside, who came to take the goods, this time taking two thousand jars, for which Su Lianhui even gave each worker a reward of 500 coins."

  "Dealer!?" Li Yutang put down the account book, "Two thousand jars?" His perfect eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  Then, Li Yutang slapped the table heavily, "Not good, I've been fooled by Su Lianwei!"

  Mo Hong was taken aback, "Young Master, what do you mean by this?"

  Li Yutang suddenly felt a chill run down his back, and the scorching summer air he inhaled was icy cold. His eyes were wide open, his lips turned pale, and his face turned iron green. "She was motionless under my eyelids, but secretly sold Su's wine to foreign lands. I had a feeling before, and it turns out that Su Lianhui didn't take any measures against the victorious wine. Her purpose was actually here!"

  Mo Hen was also startled, "Young master, if we sell our wine too, won't that be alright?"

  Li Yutang was speechless with laughter and tears, "Mo Nong, after all these years with me, how can you say something so ridiculous? Sheng wine is sold at a loss to suppress Su family wine. The more it sells, the more losses it incurs. At most, Su family wine doesn't make a profit, but we're suffering huge losses!"

  Closing her eyes, she rubbed her temples with her hands. "Su Liangwei is indeed cunning, she has quietly found my weak point, now... I..."

  Li Yutang was not reconciled, but what could he do if he was not reconciled? The territory of Luan Guo was vast, and he could occupy the market in Yue Wang County, but what about other places? He could occupy ten cities, but what if Su Liangwei sold to a hundred cities?

  Li Yutang closed his eyes in pain, the two beautiful eyebrows were already messed up by himself. He could sell, but he couldn't afford to lose! What's next? Is it a desperate struggle or a sudden stop?

  Mo Jun saw this and immediately understood that it seemed Young Master had lost this battle.

  Perhaps, the young master did not lose at this moment, he had lost from the very beginning! From start to finish, the young master was never in a fair competition. Even if he won, it would be an unfair victory, even if he won, it would still be a loss!

  Inside the study, there was a deathly silence, and the atmosphere was oppressive enough to suffocate people.

  Li Yutang is struggling, but has no choice but to accept this failed reality.

  At the same time, another study in the Li's mansion was filled with bursts of laughter.

  Mr. Li Fu'an burst out laughing loudly, thunderous laughter, slapping the table, because he saw his own son's defeated appearance, extremely delighted.

  Quan Kang, who was standing beside him, smiled along with the others, but couldn't help thinking to himself - Master, Second Young Master is your own flesh and blood, isn't this treatment of him a bit too ruthless?

  "Haha, what was I saying? Ruiying will win, you don't believe me, haha." Mr. Li continued to mock his own son mercilessly, "Not to mention whether Yutang is upright or not, but Ruiying is too clever, how did she find Yutang's weakness? And how does that girl have such a big temper, daring to entrust her family's goods to an outsider?"

  Ancient merchants could hardly understand modern sales concepts, if ancient people could think of what modern people think, then this society would have developed in vain for thousands of years without progress.

  Quan Kang also agreed, "Put death in the back of rebirth, Liang Wei's daughter did a good job."

  Mr. Li stretched out his big palm, "Dadu, admit defeat and pay up."

  Quan Kang's face turned red with embarrassment, "Master, you're really serious about this?" Fifty taels was no small amount, it was half a year's salary for him.

  Li Fu'an raised an eyebrow, and suddenly had a youthful air about him. "Of course, if we're not going to play for real, why bring it up? Come on, you're getting old, no backing out now."

  Quan Kang had no choice but to take out the money bag from his bosom, dig out fifty taels of large silver ingots, reluctantly and carefully put them into Mr. Li's hands. The latter was not polite at all, grasped it with a big hand, and considered it received.

  Quan Kang hung his head in despair - Alas, Second Master, I have taken good care of you all these years, but you are really too disappointing.

  Mr. Li didn't put the silver ingot away, but instead held it in his hand and played with it, his eyes drifting off into a trance. He thought of Xu Guihua again, remembering how she smiled faintly as they chatted from south to north and east to west, remembering how she poured tea for him, remembering how she carefully bandaged his wounds.

  How did Li Fu'an know that his fondness for Su Family Wine was not accidental, but inevitable! When he was at the Xu family's home earlier, Xu Guihua had brewed tea for him using water from Xian Shui Tan mixed with silver flower powder.

  And the unique flavor of Su Jia wine is also due to this water, which was put forward by Xu Guihua.

  In the past, every time Li Fu'an drank Su Family Wine, he would always think of that serene afternoon when Xu Guihua poured him a cup of light and refreshing tea. For this reason, he had a special affection for Su Family Wine, which lasted for decades without change. Even when he was critically ill, he still couldn't bear to part with it.

  Things in the world are like this, there is a cause for every effect and an effect for every cause. It's precisely because of this causal chain that things unfold along their destined trajectory.

  Li Fu'an sighed for the nth time, Su Liangwei, worthy of being the daughter of Osmanthus, worthy...

  ……

  Su Lianwei chose an old employee at the winery to be in charge, arranged for work, and then took a horse-drawn carriage into the county to check on the store.

  On the main street, a master and servant were taking a stroll. The master was handsome in appearance, while the servant had a delicate face. These two young men, master and servant, caused many passing girls to steal glances at them, their faces flushing red.

  If it were usual, the flirtatious young master would definitely wave his hand and throw a charming glance, but today he had no mood at all, walking with his head down, venting his discontent.

  "Master, how are you so sure that girl is definitely in Yuewang County?" Ye Huan asked curiously as he followed alongside.

  "I met her once before at the Fengyuan Building, so I can recognize her. In Yuewang County she wore women's clothes, and in Qingzhou County she wore men's clothes - where is home, do I need to say?" Ye Ci replied impatiently.

  "Master, didn't Young Master Li say he was familiar with Yuewang County earlier? Why don't we let him come and help find it?" Ye Huan asked again.

  Thinking of that person in white clothes, Ye Ci coldly snorted, "That guy? Hmph, don't be fooled by his appearance of being detached from worldly affairs, he actually has a big ambition. If he were to discover such an extraordinary woman, would he tell me? He'd already have taken her for himself. Moreover, even if he were to give her up to me with a heavy heart, it wouldn't be without conditions...

  Ye Huan was startled by the sudden analysis, and when she looked up, she jumped in fright. Because, a woman in a blue dress, Su Liangwei, was about to enter a shop, and the sign above the door read - "Su Family Wine Shop".

  Digression

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