Chapter 418: Chapter 418. Cousin Lost
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Your father and uncle went to the winery. They said they wanted to expand the winery.”
Seeing that her daughter was looking for her husband, Yang Ruxue quickly told her where he was.
‘Til go take a look.”
Su Qing also had this plan but didn’t expect her father to be one step ahead. After all, businessmen knew how to seize business opportunities.
“What? You just came back.”
Yang Ruxue hadn’t even said a few words to her daughter, and she was leaving again? How could she bear to?
“I’ll be back in a while.”
Su Qing could see her mother’s reluctance and felt she was an unfilial daughter. Since recognizing her mother, she had not been by her mother’s side for more than three days. Her mother’s heart was traumatized every time she left in a hurry.
“Shall I go with you?”
Yang Ruxue was a housewife. She wasn’t interested in doing business but wanted to spend more time with her daughter. No matter how boring the place was, as long as she had her daughter, she would be happy.
“Sure,”
Su Qing couldn’t bear to reject her mother, so she wanted her to hear the good news.
“I’ll go too.”
It wasn’t Yang Rubing’s first time going to the winery. She had been there several times when she was worried about her daughter, but today, her niece was back, so she joined in the fun.
“Alright!”
Su Qing smiled and agreed. While they were talking, Luan Hong quietly left. When Su Qing looked for her, she was already gone. She guessed where Luan Hong went and couldn’t help but frown. nOVe/lB)1n
It seemed that Luan Hong had fallen deeper than she thought!
“Eh? Where was Luan Hong? Wasn’t she with you just now?”
Yang Rubing also noticed that her daughter was missing. She looked behind Su Qing and muttered to herself.
“...” Su Qing did not tell her aunt about Luan Hong being infatuated with Chu Jingfeng. She had to find an opportunity to talk to Luan Hong later.
However, she did not expect that Luan Hong would not return even after nighttime. It was as if she had disappeared into thin air.
Because of her mother and great aunt, Su Qing did not ride a horse with them in the carriage. She could only rest appropriately after the journey. She was also a child who was doted on by her mother.
This was the first time Su Qing had leaned on her mother. Yang Ruxue’s eyes were filled with motherly love. She looked at her precious daughter dotingly. When she touched her daughter’s cold hand, she held her hand in her palm with heartache.
“Qing’er, your hand is so cold.”
Su Qing did not refuse. Her mother’s hands were as soft as cotton and hot as a stove. She enjoyed this warm moment.
She liked this plain happiness after fighting and killing for a long time.
Soon, the carriage arrived outside the winery. The winery had been expanded once, but it was not enough. Su Hanxuan and Luan Qingshan discussed with their neighbors and bought their houses at a high price to expand the winery.
They had already negotiated with three families. The remaining two families had heard that Su Hanxuan wanted to buy their houses and had deliberately raised the price. He had offered a price five times higher than the market price. If he gave it to the two of them, the other three families would feel that they had suffered a loss and ask for more money, so they could not reach an agreement.
When Su Qing and Yang Ruxue arrived, they had just finished discussing with the two families. Su Hanxuan was so angry that his face turned pale. The family had said such nasty things. Five times the price was not enough. They had to pay ten times the price. They were taking advantage of the situation.
Su Qing jumped down from the carriage and turned around to help her mother and aunt get out of the carriage. She saw her father and uncle leaving the house next to the winery with a sad face.
“Dad, uncle?”
Su Qing shouted. When Su Hanxuan heard his daughter’s voice, he immediately smiled, and his anger from before disappeared.
“When will Qing’er get home? Why didn’t you rest before coming to the winery?”
“Father, 1 just got home. Mother said you were in the winery, so I came over to look.”
Su Qing supported her mother and smiled as they entered the winery courtyard. There was a small mountain of corn in the yard. The raw materials were well prepared, and the chimney of the winery was smoking.
“Why don’t you rest for a while!”
Su Hanxuan followed his daughter to the courtyard. He still felt sorry for his daughter, who was tired from the journey. How could a girl work so hard? Even a man couldn’t stand the jolts. Her business had already gone to Tartan. He couldn’t compare the business style with the emperor and prince there.
This was what it meant to be a woman. If she were a man, she would have become the wealthiest man in the country.
Su Qing didn’t know what her father was thinking. She helped her mother into the winery and saw the workers cooking the wine. Su Hanxuan personally recruited these workers. Many of them were refugees who had fled to Jingshi Dao. They cherished this job and worked hard regardless of whether anyone saw it.
Seeing that their boss had returned, no one slacked off. Those who pulled the windmill and threw coal into the stove worked hard.
“Qing’er, our wine supply is in short supply. Father wants to expand the winery and buy all the houses here.”
Su Hanxuan told his daughter about his plans, and Su Qing listened with a smile. Those who didn’t know her would think she was a gentle young lady from a wealthy family. Who would have thought that she had a ruthless side to her.
“Father, you and I have thought of the same thing. We need as much as Tartan has. The business at the restaurant is also scorching.”
The original winery was in the restaurant’s backyard, but Su Hanxuan bought this abandoned winery to expand it when he saw such a huge demand. He was a very bold businessman.
“Father has already bought the three surrounding houses. When they move out, he will surround the courtyard and dig a wine cellar to store wine.”
Su Hanxuan only reported the good news and not the bad news. He did not mention that the two families refused to sell their houses.
“Not bad.”
Su Qing smiled and nodded. As she spoke to her father, she glanced at the workers who were working. Those workers also looked at her secretly. Was this the eldest daughter of the Su family? She was so beautiful!
Su Qing looked around and didn’t find anyone suspicious. The winery was significant. If a spy sneaked in to steal or poison the technology, it would be a big deal.
“Go back!”
Yang Ruxue was a woman from the Inner Residence. Her face turned red when she saw the workers’ bare-chested bodies. She pulled the woman out of the door without looking at them.
Yang Rububing was more open-minded than her sister. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have agreed to let Luan Hong go to the winery every day, so she calmly faced this scene and followed her sister out of the winery.
Suddenly, she returned, found her husband, Luan Qingshan, and asked him, “Qingshan, have you seen Luan Hong?”
“She went to the restaurant to deliver wine.”
Luan Qingshan smiled and told his wife he was proud of his daughter’s ability.
“That’s not right. She went home with Qing’er just now but disappeared in the blink of an eye. I thought she came back to the winery!”
Yang Rubing was a little worried. Her right eyelid was twitching wildly as if something had happened.
Seeing that Madam was worried, Luan Qingshan quickly said, “Madam need not worry; perhaps Hong’er has gone to the restaurant!”
“Let’s go and take a look. Why do 1 feel so uneasy?”
Yang Rubing was still flustered, and she hurriedly pulled her husband out.
When she saw her aunt anxiously pulling her uncle out, Su Qing was about to tell her parents about Ji Shuisheng and herself. Su Qing also remembered that Luan Hongren was not in the winery.
Seeing that her aunt was anxious, she calmly said to her parents, “Father, Mother, 1 have some matters to attend to.”
“Again?”
Yang Ruxue hurriedly grabbed her daughter’s hand and refused to let her go. Su Qing could only explain,
“I’m going to find Luan Hong.”
She wondered where Luan Hong had gone. However, she could not tell her aunt and uncle. She could only go and find her herself..
