lady, please calm down

In mid-May, the heat is getting heavier.

Summer harvest in Huaibei has always been a very important matter for farming and harvesting.

Mao'er personally watched for half a month, waiting for the new grain to arrive in the warehouse, and then he felt at ease and had a few days to relax.

I don't know whether it was because he suddenly became idle or because of the sultry weather. For the next two days, Mao'er became very sick and couldn't even lift his energy to do anything.

May 19, afternoon.

Seeing that Maoer had not left Hanchundang for most of the day, Caihua and Yunong came to visit hand in hand.

When the two of them walked in, Mao'er was sitting in front of the dressing table, resting her chin and looking at the draped begonias outside the green gauze window in a daze.

"Sister, are you not feeling well? I didn't see you come to the dining room at noon today. Haven't you eaten yet?"

Yunong stepped forward and asked with concern. Mao'er turned his head when he heard the sound and gave a weak smile, "Maybe it's because the weather is hot and I don't have much appetite."

Unlike other families in the palace, the women in each room have their own food. Unless there are special circumstances, most of them eat three meals a day in the dining room. Yunong asked this question.

Seeing Mao'er's half-dead look, Cai Hua couldn't help but raise her hand to explore the latter's forehead, then put it on her own forehead for comparison, and then said, "You don't have fever, either?"

After another suspicious look, Cai Hua suddenly raised her eyebrows and said with a hint of surprise: "Mao'er, are you pregnant again?"

Loss of appetite and lack of energy are indeed similar to signs of pregnancy, but after hearing this, the cat firmly shook his head, "No, I'm just sick of the fever."

"That's hard to say! I'll call Dr. Wang to come over and check your pulse."

After saying this, Cai Hua, who has a strong execution ability, turned around to look for someone, but was quickly stopped by Mao'er, "Ah! Sister Cai, don't call people randomly, the official and I haven't had sex for more than a year, where did she get pregnant?" !”

They have been family members for many years, and Cai Hua and Yu Nong are the closest to her among the sisters, so Mao'er didn't hide it.

But when Yunong heard this, she covered her fleshy mouth in surprise and said stupidly, "Wow! Sister, you can bear it so well!"

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Cai Hua rolled her eyes at Yu Nong, but she also looked at Mao'er strangely and said, "During the first month of the year, the prince returned to his mansion and stayed for several days. You..."

Speaking of this, Cai Hua herself also remembered that Chen Chu had stayed at home for a few days, but as a princess, Mao'er pretended to be generous. In the past few days, she had driven the officials to the sister's yard, and it was finally her turn. After she left Huainan, news came about the killing of prisoners in Dayi County, Yangzhou Prefecture. Chen Chu went to Yangzhou that day.

The prince went to the Kingdom of Jin as early as the first month of last year, and only came back in the first month of this year after a year. Mao'er was too humble again. After all, the two of them haven't been close for more than a year.

Thinking of this, Cai Hua couldn't help but smile with foxy eyes, "You love to pretend, hehe, you've gone too far."

When the cat heard this, he slightly pouted his cheeks in displeasure, but he happened to see his own appearance in the bronze mirror. Maybe he felt that his reaction was a bit childish, so the cat slowly retracted his cute little cheeks.

When she was angry, she might be able to fool Ayu and Yunong. Even though she was like this, Cai Hua still said to herself: "Our princess is indeed sick. She needs to get an injection from the prince, and then find the funny cat stick." Have some fun."

After living together for many years, even Yunong could tell that Sister Cai was not serious again, but she did not dare to answer the conversation, lest her sister lose face, so she just stood there and giggled.

Seeing Mao'er making a disgusting face and still not speaking, Cai Hua suddenly smiled, leaned over the former's shoulder, and said: "Mao'er, let's go to Anfeng to find him?"

Upon hearing this, Mao'er subconsciously turned her head. However, because Cai Hua acted like a monster and lay on her shoulder, the two of them almost kissed. The frightened Mao'er quickly moved her head back, and then said: "He is busy with military affairs. What are we going to do?”

This meant that she refused to go to Anfeng to look for officials. Rather, it was because she wanted Cai Hua to find a reason for her to go to Anfeng.

After saying that, Mao'er shook his shoulders, trying to throw the disheveled Cai Hua off his shoulders.

But the latter just hugged Mao'er and continued to whisper in Mao'er's ear: "Let's go find him and talk about military and national affairs! Now that Huaibei has been transferred to military production and will not see any profits in the short term, Liu Baishun is trying to make up for Jianghuai's The Shizhenxiang army that Xiong took away needs money to train the new army in Tokyo; Po Hanwu also needs money to train in Yangzhou. Now we in Huaibei are also struggling. Let's discuss this matter with the prince. It is very reasonable. ?”

Indeed, since the end of the Battle of Tokyo, Huaibei has entered a semi-war state, making way for the production of armor, thunder cannons, and fire guns.

In addition to the military expenditures of Zhe Yanwen and Zhang Shuye in the northwest; Dalinghe Zhou Liang in the northeast; Jiang Huaixiong and Han Shizhong in Huainan. Lu Qinzai, who was in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs of Qi State, wrote to Chen Jingyan every three days, requesting Huaibei to raise funds.

With Qi's finances, it is impossible to support this bottomless pit of expenditure. 90% of military expenditures come from Huaibei.

But after one year, even Huaibei is struggling. As Mao'er, who is in charge of Luliuwei Farm Reclamation, and Cai Hua, who is in charge of Sihai Trading Company, they can naturally feel the pressure.

Yesterday, Chen Jingyan visited Cai Hua again in the name of visiting his daughter and grandson. He took the opportunity to find Cai Hua and asked the four major banks to raise 700,000 cargo notes to support the northwest battlefield.

Cai Hua became angry when she heard this and said: "Since the beginning of the war, the country has owed more than 4.78 million taels to the four major banks in Huaibei, Sihai Commercial Bank, and Luliuwei Farm Reclamation! How can we borrow money again? Is this world just for money? Is it from my family?”

Although Cai Hua was a junior, Chen Jingyan did not dare to take it lightly. He only talked about the relationship between the King of Chu and the State of Qi, and pointed out overtly and secretly that sooner or later, the State of Qi would belong to your family.
Cai Hua's reply was simply, "No! Huaibei is the root. If this continues, it will affect the operation of the entire Huaibei!"

Seeing her being so stubborn, Chen Jingyan couldn't help but get angry, "If that's the case, then we'll raise money from Sihai Trading Company. Anyway, this business bank is owned by five of my families!"

Chen Jingyan was acting arrogant, but Cai Hua was even more arrogant than him. He said directly: "I don't agree! If Uncle Chen insists on doing this, he will convene a board meeting and remove me, the great shopkeeper, from the board of directors!"

The boss of Sihai Commercial Bank has a veto power. This means that if Chen Jingyan wants to forcefully raise money from the commercial bank, he will unite with the other four companies to remove her from her position, otherwise Cai Hua will definitely vote against it.

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What Chen Jingyan said was angry. Even if Cai Hua didn't need to remind him with the words "Uncle Chen", he couldn't do that. Who knows in Daqi that the five tribes in Tongshan are in the same spirit. If such a move is made, his son-in-law will What do you think? What would Qi officials think?

Do your four families want to seize power?
Chen Jingyan choked and said anxiously: "Okay, okay, if you don't listen to my uncle, I will write to your father and ask him to come to you in person!"

"Hehe, Uncle Chen, just write the letter. If my father can control me, can I still be the concubine of King Chu?"

These words are arrogant. If Cai Yuan could control Cai Hua, how could she have fooled around with the married man Chen Chu back then!

"Then I'll write a letter to Yuan Zhang!"

"Uncle, go ahead and see if he listens to you or mine."

All in all, yesterday's meeting was not a pleasant one, and Ayu was extremely embarrassed as a companion.

Chen Jingyan's beard trembled with anger. After he walked away, he muttered, "Sages, you will never deceive me! It's really hard to raise a villain with a woman!"

Mao'er naturally knew about this. The reason why Chen Jingyan met Caihua was precisely because Mao'er felt that he was not good at rejecting others, so Caihua refused.

The two women agreed that last year, they started a war with the three countries at the same time, and the military expenditure exceeded 20 million taels, and most of it was Huaibei's free contribution, and a small part was in the form of loans.

But at the end of last year, the Zhou army invaded north, and Huaibei was also damaged to a certain extent.

Coupled with the huge consumption of funds, Huaibei has already experienced tight liquidity. If it weren't for the cargo invoices, it might not be able to survive.

And after a year of fighting, Huaibei had no actual profits recorded to make up for the deficit. After the Chinese New Year, the two major stock markets, Luliuwei Farm Reclamation and Sihai Commercial Bank, continued to fall, leading the stock market to fall across the board.
In the past few months, it has dropped by 10%. Although the drop is not huge, it is also an unprecedented situation since the establishment of the exchange.

The people of Huaibei, which has been experiencing rapid development and dividends for all, can't help but become increasingly uneasy. After discussing with Mao'er and Caihua, they decided to stabilize Huaibei's basic market first.

Therefore, when Cai Hua suddenly said that she was going to Anfeng to visit the officials in the name of "official business", Mao'er was immediately moved.

First of all, this reason is extremely legitimate. No one will say that she, a dignified princess, has put down a lot of things in order to stay with the officials.

Secondly, it is indeed necessary to ask the officials what to do next with such a huge deficit and how to make up for it.

Thirdly, the cat really misses the official. It’s all because of the cauliflower snake acting like a monster, lying on the person’s shoulder to talk. The hot and humid breath blows onto the earlobes, making the cat feel like a cat scratching his heart, making his heart feel itchy and his body feels hot. .

But Mao'er hadn't spoken yet. Yunong, who had been looking at the two of them since he heard Cai Hua say "Go to Anfeng", couldn't wait to say: "Sister Cai, you just said that you are going to Anfeng to discuss important matters with the young master. It is very reasonable." ! When are we going to set off? Nunu will pack up now!”

Cai Hua, who was still lying on Mao'er's shoulder, stood up and turned around. The charming smile when she was talking to Mao'er had turned serious. She just heard her scolding: "What are you going to do? The princess and I are going there. Let’s do business, you stay at home and help us take care of the kids with Ayu!”

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When Yu Nong heard this, she immediately pouted her fleshy mouth. No matter how much business there is, can't it be finished in one or two hours? Also, you two didn’t even take care of your children and wanted to leave them to me, obviously just to live a threesome world with the young master in Anfeng!

Knowing that it was useless to seek help from the cold-blooded Cai Hua, Yu Nong looked pitifully at Mao'er and muttered: "Sister, I miss you too. By the way, the fragrance and cosmetics workshop that Nunu manages produces products that can be stored for half a year. Shampoo, Nunu has to report to the Master personally! This is also a job!"

Cai Hua raised her eyebrows and was about to speak, but Mao'er, who had already made up her mind, said first, "Go ahead. We'll go together tomorrow. Yu Nong, go and inform A Yu, and then call Jia Rou. Let’s take the kids with us!”

"Kekeke, okay! Yunong is going now!"

Fearing that Cai Hua would talk bad things again, Yu Nong quickly agreed and ran downstairs. When only Cai Hua and Mao'er were left in the room, the former couldn't help but give Mao'er a sideways look, looking quite angry, "I said, Princess, can't we not pretend to be generous? We all left at once. .You don’t know why the three monks don’t have water to drink?”

Also, how happy it would be if she and I were alone and gave the child to Yunong.

Where can the whole family go and have time alone?

Mao'er looked at Cai Hua a little apologetically and said in a low voice: "I know Sister Cai has my best interests at heart, but there are many people in the family. The officials have given me the position of the head wife. If I continue to rely on my status to benefit myself, If I am a poor person, I will be sorry for the respect that the officials have shown me over the years."

"Hey, you, you only think about others."

"Sister Cai's words are wrong. They are not anyone else. They are all your family. Does Sister Cai say so?"

"Yes, yes, yes, don't give me nonsense. If you can't get that cat-teasing stick to play with when you get to Anfeng, don't cry!"

"Sister Cai~" Mao'er said coquettishly, and even that playful eye-rolling expression also carried a slightly familiar charm, "Sister Cai, can you be more serious~"

May twenty-sixth.

Ten miles outside Anfeng City, there is a algae garden.

This place was originally a courtyard for officials. When the Huaibei Army went south, the officials fled south, and the garden was confiscated by the Anfeng Dynasty.

This house has four entrances, both inside and outside. Although it is not big, the pavilions, pavilions, winding paths and corridors are very elegantly built.

What is even more valuable is that in the third courtyard, there is a small oval lake, which leads the live water of Shaopei into the courtyard from the north and out from the south.

Next to the small lake, shaded by green willows and surrounded by rockeries, it is an excellent place to escape the heat in summer.

In March, Pei Weishu renovated it and presented it to Chai Ji, so that the emperor could stay here during his leisure time in the summer.

However, on May 24th, King Jin's family came to visit. Because the temporary residence in the city was small, they could not accommodate so many people.

The King of Jin asked the Supreme Emperor to use this place temporarily for a few days.

It is unknown what Chai Ji's true thoughts were in his heart, but his statement was very straightforward, "The King of Jin works hard all day long, and it is rare for the family to get together. There is no need to 'borrow' a mere courtyard. I reward King Jin for this courtyard!"

Chen Chu naturally burst into tears with gratitude, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

I was in tears, but I didn’t even say a word of refusal.
Today is the second day since the family moved here.

The weather is hot, so this small clear lake with only no calves in the shallow part and only four feet in depth has naturally become an excellent place for children to play.

In the past, at home, my mother was very strict and wouldn't allow them to wade in the water.

But in front of their father, as long as he allows them to play in the water, no one can stop them.

In the morning of that day, Chen Chu asked the embroiderer to make swimsuits for the four older children, Rao'er, Ran'er, Ji'er, and Mian'er.

At the hottest time in the afternoon, Chen Chu personally took several people into the water.

For a moment, the peaceful lake seemed to be turned upside down. The giggles of children splashing water on each other and their pleas of "Daddy, carry me on your back, Daddy, carry me on your back" echoed throughout the third courtyard.

This is the back house, so there is no need to avoid it. Such a noise soon attracted the royal family members.

Caihua and Mao'er sat under the shade of the tree, watching Ji'er, who was usually the most tightly controlled, being thrown high into the water by his father like a cannonball, and splashing into the water, splashing water on Rao'er and Ran'er's faces.

The two girls were so frightened that they sat up straight at the same time. Unexpectedly, Ji'er emerged from the water like a nimble little fish, wiped the water on his face, and laughed and said: "Daddy, Daddy, come again! Come again and throw once!"

"Okay!"

Chen Chu followed Shan Ruliu, bent down and raised his hand to pass under Ji'er's armpit, and did it again.

Immediately afterwards, Ran'er and Rao'er also gathered around, "Daddy, daddy, I want to giggle too."

At this point, Mao'er and Cai Hua relaxed again. Mao'er smiled and sighed, "I'm so frightened when I see an official taking care of a child."

"Let them be. It's rare for father and son to have fun together."

Cai Hua turned her head and glanced at Ying'er, who was sleeping soundly in her nanny's arms.

Ayu, who was standing aside, saw her uncle playing happily with the children in the lake. She couldn't help but look down at Nian'er, the second young master of the palace, in her arms, and said softly: "Nian'er, please grow up quickly. Grow up." Then I can play with my father and brothers.”

Jia Rou, who has not yet fully integrated into the atmosphere of the few people, wanted to sit under the shade of the tree next to Cai Hua and Mao'er, but she felt that it was not elegant to sit cross-legged on the ground like this, so she stood on the shore and watched as she tried to climb up to her father's back. Mian'er, who was on the bed, unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

Everything is fine, except for the children's swimsuits. Jiarou has never seen Aolai's underwear before, and feels that these small pieces of cloth sewn together are too revealing. Several of them are young children, but Ai Qing is also He was bare-chested, wearing only a short pair of calf-nosed trousers.

Just one look at it will make you feel uneasy and make your face feel hot and smelly.

Cai Hua had long been used to all this. However, she looked around and suddenly said strangely: "Hey, why don't you see Yu Nong? She usually loves to join in the fun."

When Mao'er heard this, he also turned around and looked. He said Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived.

But when they entered the fourth and third entrance of the hanging flower door, they saw tall Yunong sneaking over wrapped in a sheet.

It seemed that he didn't expect that there were so many people beside the small lake, and Yunong was obviously shocked.

But then, she clenched her fists in front of her chest to cheer herself up, and then walked over with her butt twisted.

"Are you singing that song again?"

Cai Hua said inexplicably, "Okay, you have no clothes to wear, but you are wrapped in a sheet?"

Yu Nong grinned guiltily at Cai Hua, without answering, and walked straight to the lake. The next moment...
The next moment, Yu Nong's hands that were huddled in the sheets loosened, and the sheets slid to the ground along her smooth skin.

I saw Yu Nong under the sheets, with only two semicircular pieces of cloth connected by thin ropes covering her chest on her upper body.

On the lower head, there are two triangular pieces of cloth at the front and back, tied by thin ropes to the crotch. Every time you move, the bow-shaped tie trembles, as if it will loosen at any time.

Jia Rou only glanced at it, then her face turned red and she turned her head away in embarrassment.

The swimsuit is black, which makes Yunong's skin look better than snow. Years of good life have made Yunong's already good figure even more beautiful.

Someone was stunned on the spot.

"." There were similar clothes in Mao'er's wardrobe, but they were worn out in broad daylight. Mao'er couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed and scolded: "Yunong! Why are you dressed like this? Go back and change clothes!"

But Yu Nong had already entered the water, her innocent big eyes turned around, and she found that the young master was staring at her for a moment. Yu Nong instantly gained confidence and explained in a low voice: "Sister, this is a swimsuit. Our family is in Tokyo." There is a warm soup in the house on Mian Street. When Nunu went to Tokyo to visit the prince, the prince asked Nunu to dress like this when he took a warm bath."

After saying that, Yu Nong bowed his head slightly and looked at the young master with pitiful eyes. However, Chen Chu was a little dazed at this time and did not receive Yu Nong's request for him to help him speak.

Seeing this, Yu Nong suddenly took another step forward, and with an ouch, he started struggling in the lake, "Ahem, sir, save Nunu, Nunu doesn't know how to drink water."

At this time, not only did Chen Chu react and swam over in a hurry, but even Tie Dan on the shore was frightened and pretended to go into the water to save people.

But unexpectedly, Cai Hua grabbed her and said, "What are you going to do? This small lake is only four feet deep at its deepest. How can anyone be submerged?"

While talking, Chen Chu had picked up Yu Nong from the water. Yu Nong wrapped his arms around Chen Chu's neck. The latter hurriedly said: "Are you not choking?"

"Ahem, cough, cough~" Yunong, who was lying in Chen Chu's arms, pretended to cough twice, then looked at the person above him and said in a whisper: "Master, what you said just now is right, right?"

"Ah? Yes, yes, everything I, Yunong, say is right!"

"Oh, sir, why do you have a nosebleed?"

On the shore, Cai Hua and Mao'er looked at each other faintly. How could they not see through Yu Nong's thoughts, but their own officials just did this!
Look, the nosebleeds are coming out!
"This little hoof, I didn't notice before, but he is also a seductive vixen!"

Cai Hua gritted her teeth and said. (End of chapter)