The excitement at the meeting did not diminish because Luo Fangzheng left. On the contrary, everyone watched him leave and surrounded Wu Qi.
They had all heard that the Wu family was doing a big deal recently, selling absolutely fresh grapes, and they all wanted to find out more about it.
If possible, everyone would like to share a piece of the pie with the Wu family.
However, Wu Qi kept silent and only said that he got the goods from a friend and did not reveal any news to them. Everyone was disappointed.
After a while, I heard a shout from outside.
"Master Zhou is here, Master Zhou is here!"
This shout shocked everyone present to stand up. The previous laughter suddenly subsided and was replaced by looks of respect on their faces.
To make a living, this merchant needs the help of his parents and officials, so one can imagine everyone's attitude towards Mr. Zhou.
Seeing the singing and shouting outside repeated several times, a handsome man wearing a round-collared official robe and a green beard walked over.
The man held his head high and his chest high, and was in good spirits. One big hand was firmly holding an extremely gentle and beautiful woman, who was his first wife, Yuanshi.
When the two of them were about to reach Wu Qi, Magistrate Zhou stopped and said with concern: "Is this the Miss Wu family? Miss Wu is not feeling well. There is really no need to get up to greet me. Today, the wealthy people in Qinghe County are leaving."
No need to wait, sit down, sit down quickly!"
Magistrate Zhou's voice fell, and everyone looked at Wu Qi in surprise. This kind of partiality was only targeted at the Yuluo family in the past.
Is it possible that Qinghe County is going to change again?
"Thank you, sir." Wu Qi said without being humble or overbearing, and sat down directly. Everyone saw County Magistrate Zhou looking towards them, and then they collected their thoughts and sat down.
Luo Fangzheng was following Magistrate Zhou, and he also noticed Magistrate Zhou's special treatment to the Wu family. A sharp look flashed in his shrewd eyes, but it didn't show on his face.
He respectfully welcomes people inside.
After County Magistrate Zhou sat down, he only spoke a few symbolic words to everyone. Then he stood up and toasted everyone with a glass of wine, allowing everyone to speak freely after drinking.
Everyone stood up and took the wine glasses. Seeing this, Li Tannian also picked up the cup, thinking that everyone present was an old fox who said something but left something behind. How could he speak freely?
But at this moment, someone in the crowd said: "Hey, Mr. Zhou has already toasted, why are Miss Wu and the people around her still wearing curtain hats? Isn't this disrespectful to Mr. Zhou?"
After one person said this, someone immediately echoed: "No, Mr. Zhou treats us so politely, how can we treat Mr. Zhou like this! Miss Wu, you'd better take off your hat, so as not to make Mr. Zhou too many
think!"
Magistrate Zhou had a smile on his face, but did not speak. He obviously acquiesced in what everyone said.
Li Tannian didn't want to cause trouble to Wu Qi. Her face was not shameful in the first place. The reason why she wore the veil before was just because she was used to it. Later, when she saw that all the people coming were men, she never took it off.
Being picked on like this, she didn't want to cause any trouble, so she immediately wanted to take off her veil, but unexpectedly, a pair of hands stretched out to stop her.
Wu Qi thought of the little portrait and almost subconsciously made this move. When he saw her looking at him in confusion, he said in a low voice: "No need."
He turned around and said to Magistrate Zhou: "Sir, the rules at home are very strict, please forgive me."
County Magistrate Zhou didn't expect that someone would refute him in front of so many people. His expression was sluggish, and the flesh in his palm was pinched hard by Yuanshi. Then, her gentle voice sounded, "Mr. Zhou
, you can’t embarrass the girl’s family.”
When County Magistrate Zhou heard this, he immediately laughed out loud. There was no trace of concern on his face.
"Madam has said not to embarrass the girl's family, why are you still embarrassing her like this?"
After a meal, everyone laughed and joined in.
Wu Qi glanced at Li Tannian, who immediately understood. Li Tannian and he raised their glasses and toasted a glass of wine to Yuanshi, the wife of the county magistrate, who was sitting on the high seat.
Yuan was a very gentle and kind person, and he immediately responded to them.
Afterwards, it was time for the merchants to express their opinions.
Li Tannian was greatly disappointed. He thought he would hear some useful words, but in the end, all these people said were high-sounding and extremely hypocritical remarks.
She was not very interested in those remarks and focused on the food on the table.
After all, those who came today were all wealthy gentry households in the county, and the food on the table was extremely rich. Li Tannian ate a little of everything, which attracted Wu Qi's sideways glances.
On such occasions, she was the only one who wanted to eat.
"You should eat too, you can eat it." Li Tannian thought that he was addicted to food again, so he said encouragingly.
Wu Qi had no intention of eating it at first, but after hearing what she said, he became interested. Seeing that she was holding a piece of crystal cake to taste, he also took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.
Not to mention, this crystal cake tastes really special when eaten at this time.
Not long after, three or two merchants selling orchids, bonsais, calligraphy and painting antiques came up with several pots of orchids, and they all wanted to offer them to the Yuan family.
Yuanshi Ailan, this time, just admired and commented on the orchids presented by everyone, but had no intention of accepting them.
Those who did not send out the gifts were disappointed. After listening carefully, they found out that due to the hot weather a few days ago, Mrs. Yuan's favorite Da Yipin plant was not taken care of properly by the people below and was about to die.
Mrs. Yuan felt sad and had no intention of raising a few new plants.
Many experts who knew orchid were present and sighed after hearing this.
It's the first grade. It's the best among orchids. Their ink orchids and spider plants are not as valuable as Mrs. Yuan's one!
Everyone stopped thinking about sending orchids, and then started thinking about rescuing Da Yipin for Mrs. Yuan. After all, most of them were orchid farmers, and they also claimed to be knowledgeable about orchids.
When Mrs. Yuan heard this, a glimmer of hope arose in her beautiful eyes, and she immediately sent someone to quickly bring over the large first-class plant.
When the big one was brought, many people gathered around and racked their brains to think of a solution.
But seeing that the leaves are all withered and yellow, where is the elegant and noble look of the past with the emerald green color and waxy petals?
This... is like this, how can we save it? What a pity for such a beautiful flower!
Everyone shook their heads and sighed.
Magistrate Zhou saw his wife's expression of disappointment, and he couldn't help but feel pity for her, and immediately said: "You may think of some more ideas. If this great lady is really saved, I will be very grateful to you!"
The people present shook their heads helplessly. If they could have saved it, they would have saved it long ago.
Luo Fangzheng glanced at Wu Qi and said meaningfully: "The Wu family was once a big orchid farmer, and they also had a unique way of caring for orchids. It is said that before the previous county magistrate was transferred, the Wu family helped him revive a plant.
Jianlan, I don’t know if Pingting is willing to help Mr. Zhou now."
Luo Fangzheng clearly wanted to dig a hole for Miss Wu. Li Tannian remembered that Luo Kui had said that the president of the Chamber of Commerce was his uncle, and couldn't help but shook his head.
These Luo family members are really not good people!
"Do you want to see him deflated?" She tilted her head and asked Wu Qi. Before Wu Qi could react, she narrowed her eyes and stood up: "Let me try."