After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

As soon as Liu Yunxiang returned home, he went to the accounting room and took away all the money on the account.

Back at Yilanxuan, she asked Jinyan to call a handyman named Zhang Qi from the outer courtyard.

Zhang Qi is good at martial arts, can read and write, and can settle accounts. His father was a civil servant. He took part in the imperial examinations and failed every time. As a result, he went crazy. In order to treat his father, his mother sold him, the oldest in the family, to the Marquis Mansion.

In her previous life, she accidentally discovered such a talent and stayed with her ever since.

Not long after, Jinyan led Zhang Qi in.

He is tall, but very thin, with dark complexion. He wears a short jacket made of coarse cloth and has a patch on his chest.

Liu Yunxiang's eyes felt a little astringent when he saw his old friend.

"Zhang Qi, what do you do in the outer courtyard?"

Zhang Qi said honestly: "Fix things, feed horses, plant flowers and grass, do carpentry, everything."

Liu Yunxiang suddenly remembered that Zhang Qi seemed to have told her that he had practiced eighteen kinds of skills in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

"Do you want to do something for me?"

Zhang Qi scratched her head, "You are really stupid, I wonder what I can do for the third lady?"

Liu Yunxiang smiled. He was not stupid. He was very good at doing business.

"This is 3000 taels of silver. You can use it to build a courtyard. It needs to be in Shengjing and it needs to be more secluded. This courtyard is used to store grain. It needs to be larger, with more rooms and a roof that cannot leak. If If you have any money left, you can buy grain and store it in this courtyard." As he said that, Liu Yunxiang pushed a wooden box to Zhang Qi.

There is both cash and banknotes, which is all the money on the books of the Hou Mansion.

Zhang Qi's eyes widened and she couldn't believe that Liu Yunxiang gave him so much money.

"Third Madam, do you believe me?"

"letter."

Liu Yunxiang patted the box and said, "These 3000 taels are not much. If you follow me in the future, you can earn much more than this."

Zhang Qi pondered for a moment, "I do know a courtyard that has been abandoned for several years. It is very hidden and the price is cheap, but people have died."

"I'm not afraid of dying, but I'm afraid of being in trouble with the government."

"No, that family member committed suicide and no one reported it to the authorities."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Then you go ahead and do it."

Zhang Qi picked up the wooden box, walked a few steps, and then looked back at Liu Yunxiang, "Madam, can I ask, why me?"

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "You have not been in the house for a long time, so you know whose food you are eating right now."

Zhang Qi understood, "I only do things for my wife."

"it is good."

After sending Zhang Qi away, Jinyan returned to the house and saw Liu Yunxiang staring at the peach tree outside the window in a daze again.

"Madam, why did you buy a yard to store food?"

Madam already has a grain and oil store under her name, and food can be bought at any time, so there is no need to save too much.

"We are about to have a famine in Shengjing." Liu Yunxiang looked away and said.

"what?"

Liu Yunxiang made a hissing gesture to Jin Yan, "This matter is confidential and must not be mentioned to others."

Jin Yan nodded hurriedly, "I will keep it for you without telling anyone."

Seeing that it was getting late, Jin Yan was a little worried, "Madam, you really don't want to go to Orchid Garden. Master Yan is so moody. If he comes back to embarrass you, I'm afraid..."

I'm afraid my life is at risk.

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "I won't go. He has a new love and won't think of me."

At this time in her last life, she remembered that Yan Mu only doted on Yuan Qingyue. She went to Orchid Garden several times but saw no one. It wasn't until three months later, when he was ordered to go on an expedition, that he thought of her.

By then she had aborted the child, and he found out about it and almost strangled her to death.

He also said that when he comes back, she must let her have another baby and never think of breaking up with him in her whole life.

He said those words naturally not because he had feelings for her, but because he did not allow the people under his control to escape from his control.