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  When Huajun walked out of the low room, she had already gathered all her emotions, still smiling, but with less passion and a hint of regret that others couldn't understand.

  Qī Yòu watched her walk away, and his heart also cooled down. The intimacy on Tea Mountain earlier seemed like just an illusion to him.

  "The girls have already picked a lot of tea, shall we go and take a look?"

  Qī Yòu looked at her for a while before turning away and saying "En."

  The two walked silently towards the room where tea leaves were placed, and Yun Shu and others exchanged a glance, bewildered. The atmosphere that was fine just now suddenly changed?

  The tea leaves have been picked to fill four baskets, and Hua Ruochu took a handful from the first basket to examine them carefully. They were all good, with each one intact and not many loose fragments.

  The second basket was also not good, with more scattered leaves than the previous one, but it got worse towards the inside, and when I reached the innermost basket, there were still quite a few old tea leaves inside.

  "It doesn't look very satisfying," Chunyu said softly. "That was the first day of picking, and those who were just learning to pick tea weren't skilled, wasting some. Now it's much better."

  Throw away the old tea leaves in this handful, Hua Ruyi didn't mean to scold anyone either. Doesn't everything need an adaptation process? Isn't she also adapting to married life?

  "Qiu Jin, from today on, you and Chun Yu will stay behind, assign people to their tasks, the tea pickers will continue to pick, and for the tea making process, you also need to select people to start teaching. It's not a difficult technique to learn, most of the tea leaves are at the right time for harvesting, you must speed up."

  "Yes." The two replied in unison.

  Hua Ru looked at Yun Shu initially and said, "There are still too few tools. Let the bamboo craftsman continue to make them. Compared to the ones he made now, they can be a bit bigger."

  "Yes."

  Qí Jūn hung his head and listened to Shǎo's orders, a few commands came down and everything was arranged properly. This wasn't the weak Shǎo! In the mansion, he was clearly hiding his abilities, fortunately, most of the people in the house were Shǎo's, otherwise...

  Hua Ru Chun naturally saw that everyone in the house was trustworthy, so she didn't pretend anymore. In the mansion, it was unavoidable, but once outside, she wanted to be as relaxed as possible.

  It's still early, Hua Ru broke off a piece of her sleeve and looked at Qi You, "Husband, I'll go help pick tea for a while, are you going to rest in the house?"

  Qī Yòu slightly shook her head, "Don't mind me."

  Whatever, Hua Ru had made up her mind to keep a distance, and she really didn't care about her anymore. She picked up a bamboo basket and went up the tea mountain surrounded by the girls.

  Qī Yòu's gaze followed her, watching as she laughed and chatted with the quick movements of picking tea leaves and talking to the clouds beside her, very lively.

  As long as she left Qi Fu's house, she was always happy, no matter what she did.

  Unable to control himself, Qi You slowly walked in the direction of Hua Ru Chu, his hand subconsciously plucking a tea leaf from time to time. When he reached Hua Ru Chu's side, he stretched out his hand and handed it over to her.

  Hua Ruchu had been approaching him since early morning, and the closer he got, the slower her pace became. Mingming's heart was still holding on tight for the time being, but she couldn't ignore his approach.

  Handing over the tea leaves, almost none of them are intact. Either it's just a single leaf at the tip or they've picked the old leaves together with the new ones, or simply just the old leaves. Just thinking about the man's expressionless face while picking tea gives me an indescribable feeling.

  "This way of picking is wrong, look at mine." He grabbed a handful from the bamboo basket, his hands full of green and intact flowers.

  Qī Yòu also picked one from the same branch that Huà Rú Chū had just picked, and handed it to her. Huà Rú Chū immediately smiled, "Right, it's like this."

  Qī Yòu nodded, learning from Huá Rúchū's example, one hand grasping the branch and the other plucking the tender shoots. Huá Rúchū looked at him, although his speed was a bit slower, but he also picked up quickly, then put down the handful in his hand and continued to pick the branches in front of him that hadn't been cleaned yet.

  Yun Shu quietly took her people and retreated when Master Gū left, leaving this place for the two of them.

  "It's not completely picked." Seeing him about to release the bunch of branches in his hand, Hua Ruyi hastily reminded him, also stretching out her hand to show him.

  Qī Yòu was very obedient, after picking up the place she pointed out, she asked her again, "Is it okay? No jumping characters."

  Hua Ru took a look and nodded, "Clean."

  Qī Yòu handed over the handful of things to the person opposite, Huá Rúchū walked briskly to his side and raised the bamboo basket a bit for him to put them in.

  Hua Ru didn't raise her head, so she didn't see the man's softened mouth corners. He was trying to find a way to get close to Hua Ru. Now it seems that the direction is not right. Hua Ru is meticulous and demanding in doing things. If he doesn't do well enough, she will remind him. As long as he doesn't intentionally do badly, Hua Ru's attention will naturally increase.

  "Don't pick leaves that are so old, this is such a big tea garden, don't be so stingy."

  "This small tender bud must also be picked, don't neglect it just because it's small."

  "Don't use so much force, the branches are all broken."

  “……”

  Even if he changed to another one, Qi You was still making mistakes non-stop, and then he heard Hua Ruochu's constant reminders, the speed of the two of them added together wasn't even as fast as hers alone.

  After a while, Qi You suddenly pointed his toes and returned to the foot of the mountain. Hua Ruochu thought he was tired and went down the mountain to rest, so she didn't think much and continued to pick tea. But soon after, that person flew up on the tea tree, holding a cup of tea, without spilling a drop.

  Hua Ru's mouth moved slightly, but in the end she didn't say anything. She finished the warm tea in one gulp, and having said so much, she was indeed a bit thirsty.

  Qī Yòu didn't bring the tea cup over either, and instead put it in the bamboo basket and continued picking tea.

  Hua Ru glanced at him and her eyes sparkled, but she didn't think much of it.

  Qī Yòu also saw good and collected, neatly picking tea leaves. The two of them started from one end, separated, and then met at the other end, one walking a big circle, the other only walking a small position, yet just fitting together into a seamless circle.

  Just as the sun was about to reach its peak, Qi You stopped in his tracks and took a bamboo basket from Hua Ru's hands, pulling her down the mountain without saying a word, "It's time for lunch."

  Hua Ru Chu felt a bit hot and let him hold one hand while using the other to shade her forehead, "Where are we going for lunch?"

  I sent someone to inform Ma Bo.

  I thought he would say go back to the mansion, hearing this answer made me a little happy, well, more than a little happy.

  When we arrived at the other courtyard, the dishes were already laid out on the table and the temperature was just right.

  "Ma Bo, Yun Shu, you two don't need to attend to me here, go down and have your meal."

  The two exchanged a glance, "Yes."

  Hua Ru had always been like this when they were alone together, occasionally serving dishes for Qi You. Although it looked no different from usual, somehow both of them felt that there was something different hidden beneath the surface, a feeling that couldn't be described as good.

  After dinner, Hua Ruji summoned Ma Bo to his side, "Have you found the craftsman I asked you to find?"

  "Yes, I went to ask the old people in Taiyuan City yesterday and got some information. Generally, it's not hard to find ordinary craftsmen, but I think you won't be satisfied with ordinary ones, so please give me a little more time to find highly skilled ones."

  Hua nodded slightly, "Indeed, even if it's just one or two, the craftsmanship must be good, best if there are some special ancestral skills, you ask around."

  "Yes."

  Qiu You listened to the beginning, as if he was looking for someone from the start. A faint sense of discontent rose in his heart. To say that he was familiar with Taiyuan, wasn't he stronger than anyone else in this house? Why didn't they tell him when searching for someone?

  "Is the shop ready?"

  Everyone is busy preparing because we are not doing a big business, it's easy to prepare, and in another two or three days, we should be able to open for business.

  "Alright, you guys figure it out and handle it. The most important thing is not to cause any trouble. If something goes wrong and we get into trouble, remember not to implicate the Qi Manor."

  Ma Bo's eyes swept over the young master, nodded in response, "Yes, I've already made arrangements. Several shops don't need to be said, even if they really investigate, it won't involve this courtyard of Qi Manor, you can rest assured."

  Hua Ruxin understood at first glance that Ma Bo had made good use of her brother-in-law's connections in Taiyuan, and they were able to avoid a lot of trouble on the surface. However, this caught Tao Jia's attention, which was something she didn't have to worry about.

  It's alright, I suppose your brother-in-law won't mind being taken advantage of by her a little bit.

  Everything that needs to be done has been taken care of, and there are no other plans. Just as Hua Ru was thinking about whether she should suggest returning to the manor, Qi Xun said, "You've been in Ji Zhou for a long time but haven't gone out to take a look around. Do you want to go see what's different from Yang Zhou?"

  Hua Ru Chu's eyes lit up, "Is it okay? Isn't being so open and obvious a bit too much?"

  "I'll get you a veil."

  "Yes."

  Hua had long wanted to go out for a walk, but every time she came out, she was sitting in a sedan chair, and it was always with Qi You. She could only sit properly and not even dare to lift the curtains.

  This finally opened his mouth, and he could finally take a good look at it.

  She sat in the sedan chair and arrived at the most prosperous section of the road, Hua Ru Chai wore a veil and got out of the sedan, following Qi You half a step behind, sizing up the surroundings on the street, and secretly comparing it with Yangzhou in her heart.

  When it comes to doing business, the people of Hebei Province can't keep up with those from Yangzhou. When it comes to beautiful scenery on the streets and buildings by the roads, men with faces as handsome as jade crowns, and beauties with light gauze veils covering their faces, none of these can compare to Yangzhou. However, there are two things that Yangzhou cannot surpass Hebei Province in: one is height, and the other is the spaciousness of the streets.

  It's probably related to the imperial city, Taiyuan's main streets are ridiculously wide, even ten horses can gallop side by side without worrying about colliding with pedestrians on the roadside.

  "Want to go take a look?" Seeing the people around him remaining silent, Qi You pointed at a store and said, "The princesses in there like it, maybe it can also win over his family's daughter."

  Following his pointing direction, Hua Ruochu suddenly felt that the wind was messy. That's how patriotic it is, and even Lao Fengxiang came out, wanting to sue her for infringement.

  Hua Ru Chu was extremely fortunate that she had worn a veil at this time, so Qi You did not see her abnormal behavior just now. Otherwise, with his astuteness, he would have definitely become suspicious.

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