Tang Xiaobei hesitated for a moment, then blushed and hugged Jin Feng's arm.
Jin Feng looked away with a guilty conscience.
Tang Dongdong understood it at a glance.
There were waves of unspeakable emotions in my heart.
There is some loss, some sourness, and some regrets.
She met Jin Feng earlier, and Guan Xiaorou had been trying to match them up.
Occasionally when she had insomnia at night, she would fantasize about the days after marrying Jin Feng.
Of course, she also considered the issues of Tang Xiaobei and Jin Feng.
According to custom, Tang Xiaobei could only marry Jin Feng, who redeemed her life. If she married someone else, she would be scolded as ungrateful for the rest of her life.
When the elder sister's life improved, she took the younger sister over too. This situation is very common in Dakang.
This is the case for less than half of the households in Xihewan that have concubines. Among the village chief's concubines, two of them are sisters, and one is their cousin.
When Jin Feng heard about this situation for the first time, his jaw almost dropped, but then he discovered that instead of looking down on the three sisters, everyone was full of praise for the concubine who was the first to marry the village chief.
I think she understands the general situation, is living a good life, and knows how to help her sister.
The three sisters also get along more harmoniously than ordinary wives and concubines, and they keep the village chief's house in order.
Therefore, Guan Xiaorou and the villagers of Xihewan have long regarded the sisters Tang Dongdong and Tang Xiaobei as Jin Feng's concubines.
It's just that Tang Dongdong is straightforward in his career, but a little indecisive in his emotions.
Tang Xiaobei had stayed in a brothel for several years and knew the most about men and women. Not long after being redeemed from the brothel by Jin Feng, he discovered this problem, and he also saw that Jin Feng, like Tang Dongdong, was emotionally passive.
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Two such people may never get together in their lifetime without external help.
So during the few days in Xihewan, Tang Xiaobei kept persuading Tang Dongdong to take the initiative, and even helped her come up with ideas several times.
It was Guan Xiaorou's obsession to take a concubine for Jin Feng. When she discovered that Tang Xiaobei was trying to bring Jin Feng and Tang Dongdong together, instead of getting angry, she took the initiative to cooperate with Tang Xiaobei.
But Tang Dongdong acted like an ostrich every time and used being busy in the factory as an excuse to escape.
There was no other way, so Guan Xiaorou had no choice but to tell Tang Xiaobei that if there was a chance, she should first deal with Jin Feng and break Jin Feng's unwillingness to take a concubine, and then slowly bring the two of them together.
This solves half of the trouble.
Tang Xiaobei originally liked Jin Feng, and with Guan Xiaorou's encouragement, that's why he took such initiative.
It was exactly what she thought. Even though Jin Feng was decisive in killing on the battlefield, he was as cowardly as her sister emotionally, yet Tang Xiaobei took him down with all his strength.
She and Guan Xiaorou's plan has completed the first step, and the next step is to bring Tang Dongdong and Jin Feng together.
But this step was much more difficult than Tang Xiaobei expected. Tang Dongdong and Jin Feng both excused themselves to leave because they had something to do, and did not talk to each other at all.
"It's over!"
Tang Xiaobei let out a sigh of disappointment.
It seems that there is a long way to go to bring the two of them together.
Sure enough, early the next morning, Tang Dongdong said that the factory was busy and took the two female soldiers back to Xihewan.
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In the future, the county town will be one of Jin Feng's important places to stay. It is no longer a matter of always staying in an inn. Moreover, the documents from the Escort Bureau and the Chamber of Commerce have been obtained, so it is time to find a place to hang up the sign.
So in the next few days, Jin Feng visited Guangyuan City several times, and finally chose two courtyards facing the street on West Street.
The smaller one is used as a chamber of commerce store, and the larger one is used as a security bureau station.
Anyway, soap is an exclusive business, and there is no need to beat gongs and drums to attract people, so there was no grand opening ceremony on the opening day. Jin Feng just asked people to tidy up the two yards a little, and the signs of Zhenyuan Escort Agency and Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce were hung up.
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Except for those who live nearby, basically not many people know that two new stores have opened in Guangyuan.
The day before Zhang Liang opened, he brought over most of the veterans who had been disbanded and reorganized, and he also brought boxes of soaps.
The next day, the female shopkeepers who had received Jinfeng's assault training carried wooden boxes one by one and, under the protection of veterans, rushed to various county offices around Guangyuan to begin their first assessment.
The last one to come back after selling out the soap will be eliminated and transferred back to Xihewan to spin thread or make soap.
It is not easy to open a market and you will not see the results within a few days.
After confirming that the chamber of commerce and the escort agency were basically operating normally, Jin Feng took Tang Xiaobei and the injured monkey back to Xihewan.
After all, the new kiln and several textile workshops were about to be built, and he wanted to go back and keep an eye on them.
Moreover, the traffic between Xihewan and the county town will be very frequent in the future, and the cableway over Heifeng Ridge must be built as soon as possible. Even if it is just a wooden wheel first, it can save a lot of trouble.
Knowing that Jin Feng was coming back today, Guan Xiaorou had been waiting on the high ground at the entrance of the village for a long time.
When he saw the convoy going around the foot of the mountain, he hurried down the high ground.
Jin Feng thought Guan Xiaorou was here to greet him and was moved, but Guan Xiaorou just said hello to her in a hurry and ran to the carriage behind to find Tang Xiaobei.
One after another, he stuffed a handful of bracelets, hairpins and other things into Tang Xiaobei's hand, one for each sister, and the call was called "affectionate".
It was as if Tang Xiaobei was really her biological sister.
Jin Feng deliberately slowed down his horse and when he was walking alongside the carriage, he happened to hear Guan Xiaorou asking Tang Xiaobei if he was pregnant...
This scene reminded Jin Feng of the first time he brought his girlfriend home in his previous life, and how his mother treated her.
Jin Feng entered the village with a dark face. Jin Feng was so angry that he didn't even return home and went directly to the smelting workshop.
I thought Guan Xiaorou would call him, but she didn't notice it at all. She was pulling Tang Xiaobei around mysteriously and didn't know what to say.
"Ah, Master, when did you come back?"
Zhou Jin was busy in the laboratory. When he saw Jin Feng come in, he ran over with excitement on his face: "Master, are you thirsty? Can I pour you some water?"
"Hey, my apprentice is still considerate, Xiaojin, you will be my little cotton-padded jacket from now on."
Jin Feng sighed and reached out to rub Zhou Jin's head.
When it was getting dark, Guan Xiaorou finally realized that she had neglected Jin Feng, and cautiously ran to the laboratory to call Jin Feng back for dinner.
Naturally, I was inevitably given a severe lesson by Jin Feng that night.
He didn't even run away with Tang Xiaobei.
In the next few days, apart from visiting the new kiln and textile workshop, Jin Feng spent almost all the rest of his time in the laboratory and smelting workshop, busy designing ropeways and manufacturing more efficient looms.
In the absence of basic knowledge, many tools needed to be made by himself. Fortunately, Mancang had already brought out those female apprentices. For some parts that were not so precise, Jin Feng had drawn the drawings and dimensions, and Mancang could do it with others.
came out, which greatly reduced Jin Feng's workload.
As a man in science and engineering, Jin Feng prefers a life like this, where he draws pictures every day and has ready-made hot meals and dishes and a warm bed when he goes home. Isn't it better than fighting with people in the city?
The only flaw is that this girl Xiao'e has been a bit troublesome recently.