A banquet was eaten from late afternoon to the end of the meal, and after the banquet was over, Fan Yan and the others left drunkenly, while Shui Hong was left by Chen Xu to live in another courtyard, which was not only a sign of closeness, but also a gentle respect for Shui.

Although Shui Qingrou has an indifferent personality, now that he sees that his second uncle has finally woken up and wants to stand with Chen Xu, he finally put his mind at ease, accompanied Shui Hong for a long time, and carefully inquired about the situation of his uncles and aunts at home, and told him to bring his younger siblings and juniors to the Hou Mansion to play next time.

For Shui Qingrou, who has become a concubine, Shui Hong has always been respectful, he never thought that his niece, who had no parents since childhood, would one day become the wife of the world-famous Qinghe Marquis.

Because the last time he married his relatives, Shui Qingrou was taken away at the wedding, causing Chen Xu to be alone and almost robbed by the mountain bandits, although in the end, Chen Xu planned carefully not only rescued Shui Qingrou but also wiped out the mountain bandits, but the Shui clan felt fear and great pressure on this matter, so Shui Hong didn't dare to come to see Chen Xu on weekdays, even if he sent tea, he arranged for Xianyang's store to be sent to Chen Xu's mansion.

And Chen Xu didn't like the Shui family and Gongsun Beiyan these ill-intentioned nobles of the Six Kingdoms together, and Shui Qingrou didn't seem to have much affection for the Shui family, so Chen Xu didn't bother with it.

But after all, Shui Hong is still a shareholder of Huaxia Qianzhuang, and this time he personally came to Xianyang to support the construction of Dongfang Road, and it is such a close relationship, Chen Xu is still polite to Shui Hong.

After dinner, Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou Chen Jiang accompanied Shui Hong to chat and play mahjong, and by the way, they also asked about the current situation of the tea business.

Shui Hong also talked about the tea business carefully, and after talking about it, all kinds of estrangement and unhappiness in the past have also disappeared, and Chen Xu said about the methods of planting and cultivating tea trees in tea-producing areas in later generations.

"The planting of tea trees has started now, and we have also arranged for people to go to Xiaohe Village to see the tea mountain you have cultivated and planted, but it will take five or six years for these tea trees to grow up, and it is estimated that it will take five or six years to start picking a large number of tea leaves!" Shui Hong nodded after listening.

"These things need to be done slowly, at present, Daqin is stable in the country, and the imperial court also encourages childbirth, in another ten years, the population of Daqin will be greatly increased, for the daily consumables such as oil, grain, salt cloth and porcelain tea will be bigger and bigger, growing tea and making tea is definitely a huge way to make money, if my plan succeeds this time, once some laws that suppress merchants are abolished, as long as the second uncle manages carefully, after ten years, the Shui family will inevitably grow into a super family that monopolizes the tea business of Daqin, and the wealth is just around the corner."

"It's still Xiao Xu, you are far-sighted, the second uncle used to be a little unconscious, but don't worry, I have ordered the entire Shui clan to no longer have any involvement with the princes and nobles of the former Han Wei and other places, and many people have been expelled from the family, and the Shui clan will fully support you in the future!" Shui Hong said with a slight blush.

"That's the best!" Chen Xu smiled and nodded.

"By the way, Xiao Xu, the tea business has made a lot of money in the past two years, according to the previous distribution agreement, there are nearly 300,000 dividends that are still stored in Huaxia Qianzhuang, this time I brought the deposit receipts ......" Shui Hong took out a few deposit slips from his pocket and handed them to Chen Xu with both hands.

"Don't use it, the second uncle will keep these deposits, this time to invest in Dongfang Road, the second uncle needs to spend a lot of money to get a service station, and when the road is repaired in the future, the service station will start to make money, you will give it to me together!"

Chen Xu postponed it, Shui Hong finally had to put away the deposit receipt, and continued to play cards and chat, Chen Xu suddenly remembered something, and asked with a little curiosity: "Second uncle, why did you send Qingrou to Lushan to follow Chi Songzi's predecessors to practice?" ”

Shui Hong was slightly embarrassed, but still explained: "It wasn't my intention to send Qingrou up the mountain at the beginning, my brother died of illness, Rou'er was only one year old at that time, but I didn't expect that my sister-in-law also passed away the next year, leaving Rou'er alone, and at that time it was the time when the Seven Kingdoms were fighting every year, our Shui clan was not in Wancheng, but in Xinzheng, and was somewhat involved with Han Gongzi. Gongzi Fei was disliked by the King of Han, but the King of Qin heard that Gongzi was not proficient in the art of governing the country, so he asked the King of Han to send Gongzi Fei to Qin, but the King of Han did not allow it, so the King of Qin sent troops to attack Han, and the King of Han and the nobles were afraid of Qin, so they called Qin Naxi and sent Gongzi Fei into Qin......"

"At that time, the situation of the Qin State soldiers was chaotic, and the people of the tribe were panicking, and I was only in my twenties at that time. Many people wanted to rebel against the Qin State, but it was a situation where the Qin State was already so strong that the five countries could not fight against each other, and the patriarch knew that Korea was hopeless, so with the help of the Gongsun clan, the family moved to the Wei capital of Daliang, and there, Rou'er met Gongsun Beiyan, who was two years older than her......"

"Half a year later, the patriarch died, and I took over as the patriarch of the Shui clan, but in that year, Gongzi Fei was killed in the Qin State...... Alas! ”

Speaking of this, Shui Hong sighed sadly: "King Qin wanted to get Gongzifei, but after getting it, he didn't reuse it, and listened to Li Si's words to poison Gongzifei, which made everyone in Korea grieve at that time, and many businessmen began to leave Korea like our Shui clan, three years later, Qin State once again raised a large army to attack Korea, the King of Han was captured, and countless princes, nobles and wealthy businessmen were relocated to Xianyang. ”

"Gongsun clan and Xinling Jun Gongzi Wuji friends, but also after the prime minister, in Wei is quite powerful, so my water family has the protection of Gongsun family, the family's business has slowly stabilized, after the Qin State destroyed Han, the following year to kill Zhao, Wang Jian led the Qin army and Zhao army in Jing Cheng for more than a year, Gongzi Wuji repeatedly wrote to hope that the King of Wei united the five countries to aid Zhao, but the King of Wei was worried that Gongzi Wuji would threaten his position, so he seized Gongzi Wuji's military power, Gongzi Wuji then drank and had fun in the mansion all day and died of depression, The Five Kingdoms watched as the Qin army finally broke through Handan. ”

"Gongzi Wuji died, and the Gongsun clan gradually weakened, so we had to lead the clan to migrate to Wancheng, and in the winter of that year, an old man in Ge Yi came to the house with a strange appearance, and after seeing Rou'er, he said that the rise and fall of my water clan was all on Rou'er, and asked me to send it to Lushan to follow Lushan Gong to practice, and left me a letter as a recommendation, so I sent Rou'er to Lushan ......"

Shui Hong roughly talked about the changes of the Shui clan and the matter of sending water gently up the mountain to follow the practice of red pine nuts.

"Only now do I realize that the old man was indeed a strange man, if it weren't for his words and that letter, how would Rou'er have met Master Hou? And my Shui clan has today's status, and it is also protected by Hou Ye, Rou'er has been lonely since she was a child, and I really didn't fulfill my uncle's responsibility to take good care of him, so that he suffered a lot in Lushan, but the so-called bitterness is sweet, Rou'er is now married to Hou Ye as his wife, I was not confused at the beginning, fortunately I listened to the old man's words! ”

Shui Hong sighed when he said this, Shui Qing's eyes were red and secretly wiped his tears, Chen Jiang took Shui Qing's hand and comforted him repeatedly.

Chen Xu finally understood the reason why Shui Qinghe was sent to Lushan to cultivate at such a young age, but he still had a doubt, that is, who was the strange-looking old man in Ge Yi.

"Second uncle, what does the old man who asked you to send Qingrou to Lushan look like in the first place?"

Shui Hong thought for a moment and said, "The age is about seventy...... Maybe eighty, gray beard and heterogeneous daytime, with three sarcomas on his forehead......"

"Guiguzi~" Chen Xu couldn't help but drop the mahjong in his hand and stood up and exclaimed.

"Guiguzi?" The water that was pumping and squeezing suddenly turned to look at Chen Xu, and then eagerly grabbed Chen Xu's arm, "Husband, you said that the old man is the predecessor of Guiguzi?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Xu nodded, and only said after a while, "In the whole world, there will be no one else except him who looks so good!" ”

"Xiao Xu, who is Guiguzi?" Shui Hong couldn't help but ask.

"Xu'er, the name Guiguzi sounds so weird, do you know it?" Chen Jiang couldn't help but ask curiously.

After Chen Xu's face recovered, he sat down and said, "I also heard it from other people's mouths, Guiguzi is said to be an old immortal who has lived for hundreds of years!" ”

"It turns out that there are really immortals in this world, and I also met a very powerful old immortal in Taiyi Temple last time......" Chen Jiang suddenly stopped talking when he said this, and then stood up and said, "Since Rou'er is the person that the old fairy has taken a fancy to, she must also have immortal energy, I want to go back to the incense and worship!" ”

After Chen Jiang finished speaking, he hurried away.

Shui Qing's delicate body trembled slightly, Chen Xu hurriedly reached out to hold her hand and said to Shui Hong: "Second uncle, it's getting late now, I'll let you take you to wash and rest!" ”

"Okay, I haven't slept well these days, so I really want to rest early!" Shui Hong nodded and stood up, so Chen Xu called the servant girl to take Shui Hong to wash and sleep.

"Gentle, it's getting late, let's go wash up and rest!"

"Hmm!" Shui nodded softly, and was led by Chen Xu to the inner courtyard.

"Don't think too much about what your mother said, it seems that you are really not a mortal, you were actually taken by the predecessors of Guiguzi, maybe you are also a disciple of the fairy family!"

"Husband Jun said with a smile, Qingrou is just the daughter of an ordinary merchant family, how could he be a disciple of the Immortal Family, Husband must tell me about the affairs of Guiguzi's predecessors later, okay?"

"Good~"

There has never been an accurate statement about Guiguzi's identity, and it can be said that he is the most mysterious immortal figure in Chinese history since there were real records.

And for such a strange immortal, Chen Xu has enough awe, even more interested in Qin Shi Huang.

Especially after Guiguzi personally appeared to save Wang Qingsleeve last time, it made him extremely interested in the legendary half-immortal characters such as Chi Songzi.

But these people usually see the head and the end, and trying to find it is completely similar to looking for a needle in a haystack, so Chen Xu can only temporarily suppress this matter in his heart.