Hearing the sound of Song Lin’s words, Song Shu’s face lit up with joy, “Big brother, you’re back.”
In Song Shu’s eyes, big brother was not only the pillar of the family, but also his main backbone, as long as he had big brother around, he didn’t have to worry about anything at home. Especially after what happened to Lao-san a few days ago, his first reaction when he heard about it was to run back to the mansion and try to persuade his parents, but he opened his mouth for half a day, but he didn’t know how to do it. If his elder brother had been there, he would not have had to do so, and would only have had to echo his elder brother on the side.
“Father, you’re back.”
Song Wangyue also poked her head out of the house at the sound of her voice, holding a broom in her hand.
Song Lin walked over and saw that the house had been emptied, leaving only a bare kang.
“Third Uncle won’t be coming back later, so we’ll vacate this room for a meeting room, so it’s convenient for Second Brother to talk business with people.”
“Is this kang going to be stripped too?”
Song Lin asked, following her words.
Seeing that he didn’t ask why Song Sanxiao wasn’t coming back, Song Wangyue knew that Song Lin already knew about Song Sanxiao and replied, “No, this house is only for temporary use, and when the workshop is finished, second brother will go there to receive customers.”
“Build a workshop?”
Song Wan Yue nodded, “I plan to build all the family’s workshops on that ruin.”
Song Lin didn’t expect this and didn’t know what to say for a moment, so he changed the subject rigidly, “Old man misses you very much and asked me to come back and pick you up, so go and change your clothes.”
Song Wangyue put the broom down and went back inside to change her clothes.
“Big brother.”
Song Shen came over and tried to tell him about Song San Xiao.
Song Lin said, “I already know about Old Third, I’ll send Yue’er over first, I’ll be back first thing in the morning.”
Song Shu nodded his head.
Song Wan Yue came out after changing her clothes and got into the carriage while Song Lin rushed off to the county town.
Not far out of the Song family village, Song Lin said, “Yue’er, tell me about your third uncle in detail.”
Song Wangyue said it to him.
After listening, Song Lin also intuited that the murder of the people in the dartboard was not simple, “It is right to let your third uncle cut off relations with his family so that he will not bring misfortune to his family, and it will depend on your third uncle’s fate in the future. It’s just that your third uncle he’s used to being idle ……”
“Father don’t worry, the cold skin and spicy hotpot business and another set of mansions in the county are given to him, even if third uncle doesn’t do it himself, he can still earn money by hiring someone.”
Song Lin nodded his head.
He didn’t say anything else on the way, and soon arrived at the entrance of the mansion, letting Song Wan Yue down, “You go in first, I’ll go and buy some food and come back.”
Song Wan Yue went in and Song Lin turned his horse around and went straight to the entrance of the dartboard.
The door of the dart board was closed, and there was white paper on the door, looking unusually bleak.
Song Lin tethered the carriage and walked to the door to snap the door ring.
It was a long time before the sound of footsteps came from inside, and the alert sound of a question, “Who is it?”
“Lao-san, it’s me.”
Hearing it was his voice, Song San Xiao quickly ran over and opened the door, “Big brother.”
Song Lin reached into his pocket and took out two silver cheques and shoved them into his hand, “This is two hundred taels, take it and don’t spend it until you have to.”
Song San Xiao’s eyes were red, he thought his elder brother would blame him when he returned.
“Since you have chosen Miss Qi, treat her well.”
“I will.”
“Close the door, I’m leaving.”
Song Lin turned to untie the reins, and Song San Xiao followed him out, his lips opening, but nothing came out.
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“Grand great grandfather!”
Song Wangyue went straight to the old gentleman’s courtyard, her voice arriving before she arrived.
Hearing this clear and crisp shout, the old gentleman felt all the fatigue of the journey dispersed and looked at the door with a smile on his face.
Song Wangyue naughtily poked her head in first and met the old gentleman’s smiling eyes before she lifted her feet to enter, “I thought you would not arrive until tomorrow, so I thought I would come over early tomorrow morning to buy food and cook a delicious table for you.”
The old gentleman himself did not know why, but he felt happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw Song Wan Yue, even Xu Yan and Xu did not feel this way when they were young. He said no. You tell Grandpa if something happened on the road?”
Song Wan Yue nodded honestly, “When we passed through a small town, we bumped into the casket of the Duke of Qi and had a small conflict, nothing serious.”
The old man believed him and did not look into the reason.
“In these few days, is the family still at peace?”
The reason he had rushed here was that he wanted to protect the Song family’s well-being. With him around, no matter if the Third Prince or Concubine Shu wanted to lay a hand on the Song family they would have to weigh it up.
“I have hired someone to build a workshop, and since the business of pills has passed through the open road over there, I will not hide it anymore and sell it openly.”
The old man agreed, “You’re right, that’s what you should do, you can go ahead and do it, you have your great grandfather behind you.”
After speaking with the old gentleman for half an hour, Song Wan Yue saw the look of exhaustion on his face and told him to rest first and went to Meng’s house.
After lying down for a while, Meng estimated that Song Wangyue would soon arrive and got up to half lean on the bed.
Song Wan Yue came in with a smile on her face and moved a round stool to sit in front of the bed, “Grandmother, I would like to discuss an important matter with you.”
Seeing her face smiling, she knew it wasn’t a big deal, but Meng still cooperated and sat up straight, “Go ahead.”
“I want to build a restaurant, right where the Gu family’s original restaurant was, and I want Grandmother to take care of it for me.”
Not expecting her to let herself take care of the restaurant, Meng froze slightly.
“As you know, my parents are not good at business, and the family is busy with the workshop side which is not available, so I have thought about it and you are the only one who is most suitable.”
Meng came from a merchant family and grew up with an ear to the ground and knew how to do business, but she had even hired someone to take care of her own accompanying shop since she married Mr. Big, and she had almost forgotten how to do business.
“Am I, am I good at it?”
“Of course I can, one for two with Grandma.”
Meng was amused by her words, even Sister Wu could not hold back and came forward to advise, “Miss Sun is right, you will be fine, Madam.”
“I can do it?”
Sister Wu nodded affirmatively, “Yes.”
Meng gained confidence, “Good, I promise, I’ll help you manage the restaurant,”
Song Wangyue was overjoyed, “Thank you so much Grandma.”
“You girl ……”, Meng poked her forehead, “You’re still polite to your grandmother, but it’s true that grandmother has never managed a restaurant, so I’ll write a letter and have it sent to the capital right away, asking Steward Jin to come over. He was one of my bridesmaids back then, and he and Steward Qin have been managing the shops in the capital for all these years, so naturally their abilities are beyond reproach.”