There is a good husband in the crossing house

The waiter in the shop quickly gave Qi Lan and the others two servings of juice with ice cubes, one with orange flavor and one with apple flavor. The sweet and sour taste was not bad.

The two had just drank a few sips of fruit juice when a fat middle-aged man with a smile on his face knocked on the door and came in: "I'm sorry, Mr. Qi, something happened just now and I was delayed for a while. Lang is here."

"It's okay, shopkeeper An, please sit down." Qi Lan waved his hand to express that it's okay. This fat shopkeeper An is the big shopkeeper of this Yueke restaurant in the county and the general manager of this area. It was different there.

It is not only a place for guests to eat, but also accommodation, teahouses, etc.

Moreover, all the restaurants in the town under Qingshui County are under the unified management of the shopkeeper An.Even the treasurer Wang in Qinghe Town is also under this man.However, because shopkeeper Wang discovered Qi Lan and had a good relationship with Qi Lan, he had more opportunities to show his face in front of Qiao Mingyue than this shopkeeper An, and his status naturally increased.There is even a faint posture of surpassing the shopkeeper An.

It is precisely because he knows how much his superiors value this Mr. Qi, or rather Mr. Qiao's ability to farm the land.

So this shopkeeper An, who even the county master wants to give three points of face, has no airs in front of Qi Lan, and is as approachable as if the two are equals

"Young Master Qi, I have been asking people to inquire about what happened back then when I received news from shopkeeper Wang a few days ago. But there are too few people who know what happened back then, and the trafficker is also from other places. He just went in and out of Qi Mansion a few times. Once, and never came back after leaving.”

Shopkeeper An has not been in contact with Qi Lan once or twice in these years, in order to get the vegetables and food from Qijia Village.But I often go to Qijia Village in person, haven't you seen Mr. Qiao going to Qijia Village to pick up goods once or twice a month?

He is just a shopkeeper of a restaurant, how dare he ask someone from Qijia Village to deliver it?

In fact, this is a misunderstanding of Shopkeeper An. Except for the first few times, Qiao Mingyue wanted to reach a long-term cooperation with Qi Lan.Besides running a few times in person, the reason behind is to come to Qi Lan's house for food.

Especially after knowing that the things from Qi Lan's family are the real good things, it was even more out of control.

It can be said that if Qiao Mingyue's family didn't have enough deterrent power at the moment, Qiao Mingyue might just stay at Qi Lan's house and not leave.

After all, he was still afraid that if he was caught by the angry guy at home, he would not be able to get out of bed for the rest of his life, right?

"Human traffickers from other places?" Qi Lan raised his eyebrows, which is strange. What did he think at the beginning, he actually found a human trafficker from other places to buy him a brother, and now he wants to check this Nothing can be traced.

Could it be that he had already guessed that Qi Lan would have the ability he has today, so he had already made plans?

Of course, this is just Qi Lan's random imagination.

If that person can really know what happened a few years later, how can there be anything about him?

However, even if he couldn't find out about the trafficker, Qi Lan didn't think that Shopkeeper An really gained anything here.

After all, he is still in charge of a large force. If he really has no clues, how can he become one of Qiao Mingyue's capable subordinates?

Sure enough, right after Qi Lan, I heard Shopkeeper An say: "But we found another very interesting thing, Mr. Qi, guess what your identity is, this successor?"

Qi Lan raised his eyebrows, but just watched Shopkeeper An not speak. Seeing that Qi Lan was not cooperating with him, Shopkeeper An didn't feel embarrassed. Make sure, that trafficker has a capital accent."

"The capital?" Qi Lan was slightly surprised, and couldn't help turning her head to look at the little husband who had been hugging her arm, and the little husband was also curious and surprised.

"That's right." This time, shopkeeper An didn't hold back, and continued: "Master Qi, you also know that although it takes water, it only takes one day to travel from the capital to Qingshui County.

But in fact, even a wealthy businessman with a lot of money may not be willing to go by water. "

Qi Lan nodded. He didn't know it before, but now he understands that Qiao Mingyue was able to travel by water every time he came to Qingshui County.He even worried about how to help Li Mochen make money all day long, but he didn't have any extra money.

And the reason why he can go by water every time is also very simple, just because Qiao Mingyue and his aunt are in the shipping business. Although his father is a famous writer in the Great Xia Dynasty and Li Mochen's teacher, his aunt He was born in an out-and-out merchant family.

And because there was only such a brother in the family, the whole family finally fell on Qiao Mingyue Ah Mo.

In fact, if Qiao Mingyue hadn't just met Qi Lan three years ago, he probably would have taken over Ah Mo's shipping business, which is actually very profitable.There is only one thing, that is, if he really took over, he might not be able to stay in the capital often in the past few years. This is why Qiao Mingyue has been reluctant to take over.

Cough cough, it's getting far away, Qi Lan withdrew his thoughts, and looked at Shopkeeper An: "Treasurer An means that Xiaofang is probably from the capital?"

"Very likely." Shopkeeper An nodded: "As far as we know, when Mr. Qi Xiaofulang first came to Qingshui County, his accent was indeed somewhat similar to that of the capital. But it is not an orthodox official language, but some dialects. .

So we guessed that Qi Fulang should be from a small village on the outskirts of the capital. I have sent a message to Mr. Qiao, and Mr. Qiao will send people to find all the places called Dashan Village near the capital. "

"So I would like to thank Shopkeeper An, and my husband is also thanks to Shopkeeper An."

Qi Lan hastily thanked him. It is love for others to help you, and it is his duty not to help. Naturally, he can't take other people's help for granted.

"Young Master Qi, you're being polite." Shopkeeper An waved his hand to let Qi Lan not be polite, and he wanted to continue to say something. It happened that the waiter from the store came over with the dishes, so he only waited for the waiter to put down the dishes and left before continuing:

"There is also the step-husband of Mr. Qi. In recent years, that step-husband has rarely appeared in front of people. When we couldn't find out the trafficker, we checked this Mr. Qi's step-husband. Do you know Mr. Qi?" , Your successor, you actually came out of the palace!"

"What? In the palace?" Qi Lan was completely shocked this time, did he come out of the palace?What do they mean?

"Yes." Shopkeeper An nodded: "Young Master Qi doesn't know that every year some palace servants will be released from the palace to serve the concubine.

And these people are generally older, and there will be a large sum of money as compensation after leaving the palace.

Moreover, these people are usually sent back to the hometown of the palace servants by the palace servants, and there will be records in the local county government office, but this is not the case for Qi Fulang. "

Qi Lan listened to what shopkeeper An said at the moment, just like listening to a story, and the expression of the little husband beside him was the same, with a look of surprise on his face. Seeing that shopkeeper An stopped, he didn't forget to urge: " So what's going on with this guy?"

"This Qi Fulang came out before he was old!" Shopkeeper An looked mysterious: "Almost all other palace people are released when they are around 27 or [-] years old. This one, go back to Qingshui County And he didn't come home, he rented a house outside. Then he entered Qi's house, counting back and forth, he didn't stay in the palace for more than five years!"

Since there is an imperial palace, there are naturally palace maids and eunuchs.

It's just that there are no women in this world, only brothers.So those who serve those masters and concubines in the harem are naturally brothers.Moreover, the draft held every three years is also an opportunity for countless buddies who want to fly to the branches and become phoenixes.

It's just that what Qi Lan didn't expect was that Mr. Qi's step-husband also came out of the palace?

"Young Master Qi, that's all I've investigated, and more information is out of my reach.

But I have already told Mr. Qiao about these things. Don't worry, Mr. Qi, Mr. Qiao will definitely help you find out your husband's background. "

After saying this, shopkeeper An was about to leave. Although he was not the only shopkeeper in the restaurant, he wouldn't be at ease if he didn't keep an eye on it himself.

"Okay, thank you shopkeeper An for taking care of this matter. I'm afraid I won't go back for a few days. Next time you go to Qijia Village to pick up goods, you can just tell Li Sheng and say it's me. Let him give you two big watermelons!"

The watermelon of Qi Lan's family is a luxury accessory that even Yueke Restaurant can't supply. There is no other reason, just because there are not many plants every year, and the area is only three to five mu of land at most.

Because watermelon is a crop that needs to be planted in rotation, where watermelon is planted this year, it will take at least three or four years to continue planting. Qi Lan currently does not have a rich enough to use dozens of acres of land to rotate watermelon.

Therefore, the parameters of watermelon every year will naturally not be high.

Not to mention shopkeeper An, even Qiao Mingyue couldn't supply enough.

So when Qi Lan actually said to give him two big watermelons at this moment, Shopkeeper An was pleasantly surprised: "Then I won't be polite, thank you Mr. Qi!"

Listen carefully, this is for him, not for the restaurant!

It means that he can eat two big watermelons alone!

But don't underestimate the two watermelons in this area. Even people who come to Yueke Restaurant for dinner may not be willing to eat a piece of watermelon.It’s just that a slice as big as a palm costs about half a tael of silver, and a whole watermelon costs about a few dozen taels.

Fortunately, after Qi Lan's family's watermelon seeds were planted, although the watermelons grown were not as delicious as Qi Lan's family's, they were still very good. some comfort.