"To put it this way, it's true. When we first met, you never told me that you were from the Sun family. In the end, we really became a family."
Lan Chen changed the topic, trying to cover up the embarrassment.
Sun Fan just showed a meaningful smile and said, "I just heard from my servants that you are planning to return to Xuzhou?"
"Yes."
"Oh, I was thinking I could have a drink with you again."
"When you go to Xuzhou, I will entertain you well."
"Hahaha! It's easy to talk, but I don't have the time these days. Since we are all a family, we are not afraid of your jokes. The selection of the head of the family has already begun, otherwise I would not take care of Wanyating." Sun Fan sighed.
He took a breath and said quite helplessly. "I could have stayed in Bafangke all the time to sing and dance, but now it's better. Alas, I can only go every now and then."
"Have you ever been wronged every once in a while?" Lan Chen smiled, "By the way, was this Wanyating your idea?"
"Yes, I just mentioned it casually at the beginning, and my father took it seriously. Alas, I am just looking for something to do for myself with my bad mouth, bah!" Sun Fanna regretted, maybe he had already thought of slapping himself a few times.
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This also made Lan Chen laugh non-stop, and this smile also contained "admiration" for Sun Fan. He seemed cynical, but he was a talented businessman.
Maybe it will be a big obstacle for Sun Miaomiao in the election of the head of the family.
But it also depends on whether he has such a heart. Thinking about this, Lan Chen also asked in a follow-up manner, "It seems that you are bound to win this election?"
"That won't happen." Sun Fan shook his head. "My eldest brother is still here. Although he is stupid, he is more practical. He can at least keep the Sun Mansion from falling for ten years."
"Ten years?" Lan Chen keenly sensed something was wrong and asked, "What if it were you?"
"It only takes one year to break through the sky, but if you can cooperate with me, after all, we will be a family by then, so there is no problem in holding on for a generation!"
"Ah this..." Lan Chen was stunned and said quickly, "I still listen to Sun Miaomiao on these matters."
"Haha! My sister... let's talk about it later." Sun Fan shrugged, and was silent for a moment, and finally said, "If you say this, I may be sorry for my father and my sister."
"But it stands to reason that if you get to know me first, I will treat you as a close friend."
"Lan Chen, if you are trying to get into Sun Mansion's lap, then I would advise you to give up. Sun Mansion will not have a good time in the future."
As he spoke, Sun Fan lowered his voice and said, "Over in the capital, maybe because of this 'famine', they took away Sun Mansion's shipping. As you know, who dares to get back the things that the royal family has taken away?"
Woolen cloth."
"Forget it. I heard that several neighboring big countries are a little restless. Maybe they are eyeing the famine in the Daqian Dynasty."
After saying that, Sun Fan let out a long sigh and patted Lan Chen on the shoulder, "If possible, I don't want to be the head of this family, and I don't ask for the Sun family to be promoted to a higher level. I just want to keep a green hill and have firewood to burn.
Lan Chen, believe me, others have a 30% chance of breaking through, but I have a 60% chance."
His pupils trembled slightly, and Lan Chen gasped slowly, as if he had heard some incredible news.
"Okay, I won't say much more. It seems that you are here to buy souvenirs with your retainers. I will ask the waiter to follow you, and he will introduce you to you better. I wish you a safe journey first, and we will have a drink then.
Serve those drinks and talk about old times."
After explaining the situation, Sun Fan also walked inside.
Soon, Lan Chen and the other two also bought satisfactory items, packed them up and took them to the Longhu Escort Agency.
A group of escorts, two carriages, one cart of goods, and one cart of people left Huadu and set off towards Xuzhou under the night sky, accompanied by the stars and moon.
In addition to Chang Qing's head escort, there are three escorts on this trip, which can be regarded as a special escort.
"With your skills, you don't need escorts, right?" Chang Qing rode on the horse and asked Lan Chen, who was sitting next to the coachman.
As for Katie Wang? She was already lying in the carriage and fast asleep. In fact, he was very tired.
Lan Chen smiled coquettishly and said, "I'll go back to you as I came. I'll just go with the flow. I happened to see that you were also empty."
"Hey, don't tell me. If it's a little later, I won't be able to find many people in the entire escort agency for you."
"What's wrong with this?"
"The General Escort Bureau in Beijing has summoned escorts back. This kind of recruitment is unheard of." Chang Qing pursed her lips and was a little confused. "What kind of person needs so many escorts? I can't even think about it."
think."
Lan Chen nodded and vaguely understood something. Maybe they were recruited to escort disaster relief food. "Maybe there is a shortage of food in the north. I'll ask you to escort them."
"Lack of food? How is it possible! The Daqian Dynasty..." Just as he was about to praise something, Chang Qing was dumbfounded, and then muttered to himself, "Should I say it or not, we were asked to escort the food recently.
There seem to be a lot less shops, and they have too much time to take care of themselves? And you know, in the small shop I took you to eat last time, a bowl of rice costs half a penny! It’s almost as fast as Zuixianlou!
"
"Zui Xian Tower costs five cents now."
After hearing this, Chang Qing was stunned for a moment and then frowned in disbelief, as if he had heard something out of the blue. He carefully thought about his recent expenses, and it seemed that they had all gone up, up.
Shaking his head, he laughed at himself, "Looks like I'm going to have to tighten my belt and live a good life."
"yes......"
After a moment of silence, Lan Chen raised his head, looked at the bright moon, and thought about something.
My thoughts were also accompanied by a long time, floating in this incomprehensible eternity, and moved to two days later.
This trip was uneventful, but something happened before arriving in Xuzhou, that is, I met a 'beggar'.
In this deserted place, we should actually be called ‘refugees’.
He said he came from the west and had been hungry for ten and eight days. Please give me some food.
Lan Chen was about to lend a helping hand, but was pulled away by Chang Qing. It wasn't until he was far away that Chang Qing said that there had been this kind of 'deception' on the road, showing weakness and waiting for travelers to donate generously.
It can determine whether the 'trip' is worth it, and secondly, it can take advantage of someone's unpreparedness to cause violence and hurt someone.
He had also observed just now that this person did not look like a Westerner, and his facial features and body shape were more like a Southerner.
Lan Chen also admired Chang Qing's vigilance, and he also hoped that the thieves would stop using this trick, lest real refugees come in the future and cause unnecessary conflicts.
Finally arriving in Xuzhou, Wang Katie, who originally thought her life was in danger and would never come back in this life, couldn't help but feel sore eyes and gurgling eyes when she saw the city.
Seeing this, Lan Chen couldn't stop complaining and said, "You're a man, you're still crying like this."
"Sire! I really thought I would never come back. That's great, that's great!"
Lan Chen shook his head, his eyes flashed with imperceptible favor, and he stretched his waist and said, "Yes, I'm back."