"What are you thinking about?"
Above his head, a low magnetic voice sounded.
Chu Yue felt nervous for a while, and replied with a guilty conscience, "No...I didn't think about anything."
Lu Xinghe pursed his lips and smiled.
"I will do what I promised you before."
Chu Yue hummed and leaned into Lu Xinghe's arms, feeling relieved.
…
In the next few days, Liao Meng would come to Chu Yue every day to change his dressing, but he still had no money to pay Chu Yue.
"Brother Liao, how many soldiers have you raised to make your grandson, a former guard commander, so poor?"
Chu Yue asked while changing his dressing.
Liao Meng sighed.
"I can't send all the brothers who used to follow me back. Those who don't want to go home or are homeless, I can only find ways to make arrangements for them. Although my grandfather used to be the commander of the security guard, he was honest and loyal when he was in office. , The family doesn’t have any particularly profitable industry, and besides, I’ve been out here for so many years, so I can’t still ask for money from my family.”
Hearing this, Chu Yue finally understood and seemed to have thought of something. Chu Yue said: "Brother Liao, why not buy a village and let the soldiers temporarily disarm and return to the fields. This way they can be self-sufficient and can find companions to compete with each other in their spare time so that they will not be wasted." With their skills, if there is a war in the future and they are needed, it will be easier for everyone to gather together again."
Liao Meng rubbed his thighs.
"Your method is good, but now it's difficult for me to support the people under my command. Where can I get the spare money to buy Zhuangzi? Zhuangzi here in the capital is not cheap."
"Of course I'm borrowing it." Chu Yue looked at him, "Otherwise, it will take years and months to wait for Brother Liao to make money to buy Zhuangzi? And since Zhuangzi is raising brothers, naturally it can't be too close to the capital."
"Borrowing money?" Liao Meng frowned, "Not to mention that I am not familiar with the officials here in the capital. I suddenly got the position of guard commander. I don't know how many people have been blocked. People want to pull me down. Who will help me in this position?”
Moreover, with so many brothers under his command, Zhuangzi must not be too young. Dozens or hundreds of taels of silver cannot solve the problem.
Chu Yue pointed at herself.
"me."
"You? Do you have so much money?" Liao Meng asked with some uncertainty.
"Brother Liao, don't underestimate me. Not to mention the Xingyue Medical Center, the Baiyuan Garden in the east of the city, and the palace's rouge and gouache business. Not to mention everything else, I still have enough money to buy a village."
What's more, after the operation of Hongyan Pavilion throughout Nanyuan has matured, it is now more appropriate to describe it as making money every day.
Help Liao Meng for no other reason.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Guards had great authority in the palace, and she just wanted to sell Liao Meng a favor.
If something happens in the future, he might be able to help.
Seeing that Chu Yue was willing to help, Liao Meng looked happy.
"Are you really willing to lend me money?"
Liao Meng, as the grandson of successive commanders of the army, although he had been in the military camp for more than ten years, he looked rough and ruffian, but he was not stupid.
He doesn't dare to accept anyone who lends him money.
But as a woman, Chu Yue was not involved in court or position, and she had been on the battlefield before. He appreciated it, and he also understood in his heart that even if she had her little thoughts, she would not act like she had lent him money. For this reason, let him do some unreasonable things.
At most, I just want to buy him a favor and give him more convenience when walking in the palace in the future.
Chu Yue smiled.
"Since I said this, I am naturally willing to do it. Is it possible that I am still trying to trick Brother Liao?"
Liao Meng slapped his thigh and said with a cheerful face, "Okay! You have helped me a lot this time. I won't thank you enough. If there is anything I can do to help you in the future, just tell me."
"good."
After bandaging Liao Meng, Chu Yue asked Ningdong to bring him a thousand taels of silver notes.
She handed the banknote to Liao Meng.
"Brother Liao will use these five thousand taels to buy Zhuangzi first. When the time comes, I will ask someone to send some grain and seeds to Brother Liao. After the first three or four months, when the grain is planted, there will be no worries in the future."
Liao Meng glanced at the banknote in his hand and looked at Chu Yue in astonishment.
"Don't you want to make a sign?"
One thousand taels is not a small amount of money.
Chu Yue waved her hand and continued to work on the task at hand.
"I'll call you big brother anyway, so there's no need for a written note. You can just pay me back if you have enough money. I believe in Brother Liao."
Liao Meng laughed.
"Okay, thank you very much, sister!"
Chu Yue sent Liao Meng downstairs.
"Today is the seventh day. The wound on Brother Liao's back has healed quite well. After returning home, he still needs to eat light and drink less."
"Are you coming again tomorrow?" Liao Meng asked.
"Don't come here once the sutures are removed. Just ask someone to change your dressing."
"Okay, I have to go ask someone to buy Zhuangzi. Let's go first."
After saying that, he waved his hand and walked out of the medical center.
Chu Yue looked at his back with a smile, "Brother Liao, walk slowly."
Just as she was about to turn around and go back to the hospital, she saw a figure walking not far away.
Chu Yue looked at the visitor and said with a smile, "Wu Yong, why are you here?"
Wu Yong pursed his lips and smiled.
"You just called Liao Meng to call Brother Liao affectionately. How come you call him by his first name when you come here?"
Chu Yue said with some embarrassment, "We are so familiar with each other, I'm used to calling you by your name."
Wu Yong came to stand in front of Chu Yue.
"Are you done yet?"
"What?" Chu Yue looked puzzled.
Wu Yong smiled slightly and said, "Last time I came back, you took care of me. I want to treat you to a meal in return."
"Just the two of us?" Chu Yue asked.
After thinking about it, Wu Yong felt that it was a bit unreasonable, "If it's inconvenient, then forget it."
Chu Yue shook her head.
"Where to eat?"
Since we treat him as a family member, we will definitely meet him frequently in the capital from now on. It is just a meal in public, so just accept it openly. If he is coy, it will make people feel that there is something wrong in his heart.
Seeing that Chu Yue agreed, Wu Yong was overjoyed.
"It definitely can't be your Ruyiju, otherwise you might have to rush to pay for it again."
Chu Yue bent her eyes and smiled.
"Okay, you decide the place, guests can do whatever they want."
Wu Yong thought for a while, "Then let's go to Jingshui Tower. I'll order the food first. You can come directly when you're done."
Chu Yue nodded.
"good."
After settling the matters in the shop, Chu Yue led Ningdong and Heimu to Jingshui Tower.
She was not very keen on gatherings in the capital before. She rarely appeared at banquets unless necessary. Except for a few people who had come into contact with her, she was still a stranger to other people in the capital.
"This girl, this is our first meeting, do you want to go with us?"
As soon as she arrived at the entrance of Jingshui Tower, Chu Yue was blocked by a strange man.
The man looked Chu Yue up and down without any cover-up. The frivolous expression made Chu Yue frown in displeasure.
"Step aside!"
Looking at Chu Yue's plain and simple outfit, the man had no intention of getting out of the way.
"Yo! I'm still a little angry. Do you know who I am?"
