The shopkeeper sent Xu and Song Wan Yue to the guest room and had tea and snacks served before he said, “You know I have a daughter who is at the age of marriage, and a matchmaker came to the door the other day, talking about the Zhang family’s son.”
There was a pause here, and after a glance at the two men’s faces, her voice trailed off, “It’s the same Zhang family that once slandered the Minister of Household.”
The Zhang family has offended the Song family after all, and she is afraid that if the Song family settles accounts in the future, her daughter will be unlucky, so she is thinking of going to the Song family in a few days to find out quietly, and if the Song family has no intention of settling accounts, she will accept the marriage. ”
“Zhang Zhuan?”
When Song Wan Yue asked, the shopkeeper’s heart tightened, “Yes, he is two years older than my daughter.”
“He’s a nice guy, and we’ve worked together.”
“Really?”
The shopkeeper’s eyes lit up.
Song Wan Yue nodded, “All the herbs used in my workshop are bought from his pharmacy.”
The shopkeeper’s heart fell, “Since Miss Song says he is a good person, he must be good, so I am relieved. Although he is the son of a concubine, he is in charge of the family business, so he can’t be any worse in the future.”
“Madam is right, we should look at people based on their character, regardless of whether he is a concubine or not, as long as he is a good person. I have to go to the Zhang family’s pharmacy as the workshop will start in the next few days. If you are free, you can come with me and see Mr. Zhang by the way.”
“May I?”
“Of course you can, just think of it as you accompanying me and my mother there.”
The shopkeeper was delighted, “Wait a moment, I’ll go and change my clothes.”
The shopkeeper went to the back yard and quickly changed his clothes and came over, following the two out of the embroidery workshop and taking the carriage to the Zhang family pharmacy.
The Zhang family pharmacy had naturally been informed of the opening of the workshop, and the herbs to be sent to the shop had been prepared well before the 15th.
Zhang Zhuan was receiving a guest, a young man of his age, who bore a slight resemblance to him.
“Cousin.”
The teenager was surrounded by an aristocratic air, but was very polite.
Zhang Zhuan, on the other hand, was a little slowed down.
He had never heard that he had an aunt, and if the boy did not bear a slight resemblance to him in his eyebrows, he would have thought that he was a fraud from somewhere.
“My mother insisted on being a concubine back then, and when my maternal grandfather and grandmother disagreed, she broke off relations with her family, so it’s only right that cousin didn’t know.”
A concubine for someone?
So cousin was also a concubine?
Zhang Zhuan became a little closer to him, he had been a concubine for many years and naturally knew how difficult it was for a concubine, “Why has cousin brother suddenly come over, could it be aunt her ……”
The young man’s eyes were slightly red, “My mother she passed away.”
Zhang Zhuan was surprised, looking at his cousin’s age, his aunt wouldn’t be too old, so would she have passed away? But after all, he has been the head of the family for several months, look steady, “people can’t come back to life, cousin please be sad.”
“Many thanks, cousin.”
Zhang Zhuan was about to say something else when the housekeeper came in to report, “Young master, Miss Song has gone to the medicine shop, the head shopkeeper sent someone over to send word for you to come over.”
Hearing that it was Song Wangyue, Zhang Zhuan couldn’t be bothered with hospitality and ordered the housekeeper, “Take cousin brother to the guest house first, I’ll go and see Miss Song first.”
The housekeeper responded and turned sideways in an inviting gesture, “Young Master Cousin, please.”
The young man’s eyes flickered, wanting to say something, but fearing that Zhang Zhuan might be suspicious, he swallowed it back and got up, “Cousin go and get busy first.”
Zhang Zhuan was in a hurry to see Song Wangyue, so he didn’t think too much about it. After instructing the housekeeper to lead him over, he quickly walked outside.
Only after he had left did the teenager walk unhurriedly outside, and when he reached the road, he asked, seemingly unintentionally, “Who is that Song girl? Cousin’s sweetheart?”
The housekeeper was startled by his words and hurriedly said, “Young Master Cousin must not say that, Miss Song and Young Master are partners in business, and it is thanks to Miss Song that the family’s medicine shop is so prosperous.”
“A woman in business?”
The young man was astonished.
“Miss Song is not a woman, she is a young girl, only ten years old this year.”
“Ten years old?”
The teenager became curious, “Doing business at the age of ten, that’s a strange woman, tell me about it.”
Zhang Zhuan’s carriage stopped at the back door of the pharmacy, he got down from the carriage, walked quickly into the courtyard, entered the house where the guests were waiting and paused for a moment when he saw two other customers inside.
“This is my mother and Aunt Liu.”
Song Wangyue introduced.
Zhang Zhuan politely called out to the people, took a seat on one side and asked, “Miss Song is here today ……”
Liu’s eyes fell on him, the more he looked at him, the more satisfied he felt, his face needless to say, his speech and mannerisms were not petty, unlike the concubine sons of other families, who met people with an intuition that they were inferior and could not straighten their backs when they spoke.
“I accompanied them to buy some things and thought you hadn’t delivered yet, so I stopped by to see if all the herbs were ready?”
“Yes, Miss Song can come with me to take a look.”
“Good.”
Zhang Zhuan took her to the door of the storehouse and had the fellows bring some out, Song Wan Yue examined them and nodded, “These herbs are good, it seems that Sir Zhang has put a lot of thought into them.”
“It’s a privilege in my three lives to work with Miss Song, naturally I won’t be sloppy.”
“Then may we work together happily and make a fortune together.”
Inside the house, Boss Liu asked Xu in a whisper, “What does Madam Song think?”
“Not bad, his eyes are clear and his words and actions are disciplined, he is a very good candidate.”
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and nodded repeatedly.
Song Wan Yue soon returned, several people left the medicine shop, got on the carriage and sent Boss Liu back first, before going back to the mansion.
Song Lin arranged for Huang Gao and his wife and Huang Yu to stay in a courtyard, lit charcoal pots and boiled hot water for them to rest, and went back to his courtyard himself.
After Xu returned and asked, she took the embroidery thread over and asked with a smile, “Miss Yu’er can you help me separate these embroidery threads together, Yue’er gets a headache when she sees these.”
Because Huang Yu had said that she didn’t intend to marry anyone, the Huang Gao couple had come back and persuaded her bitterly until now, Huang Yu really didn’t know what to say to them, and immediately took over when she heard the words, “Don’t worry Madam, I’ll separate them all soon.”
“Let’s stay together, it’s just as well to talk.”
Xu finished and gave a wink to the Huangcao couple, who understood and found an excuse to go out, leaving only Xu and Huang Yu in the house.
Huang Yu put the embroidery thread on the bed and divided it carefully.
Xu also took some and said, “I felt a connection with Miss Yu’er the first time I saw her today, so I thought it would be nice if we were family.