Reborn to be a mistress, she went crazy killing the legitimate daughter

Nanny Lin was also silent, "Madam was confused for a moment, she will figure it out later."

"If she could really think it through, she wouldn't have tried to stir up trouble on Xiao Ran's wedding night." The old lady's face was still cold, "She even learned to pretend to obey but actually disobey."

Nanny Lin was silent for a moment, and even she didn't know how to speak for Xu.

It must be said that Xu was really confused. The old lady had been in charge of the affairs of this mansion for more than 20 years, and she had only been in charge for a short time, yet she dared to interfere in everything.

The old lady didn't say it explicitly for her sake, but she reminded her secretly several times. It was not known whether she really didn't understand or was pretending not to understand.

Now that the old lady asked her to hand over the power of the household to the Marquis's wife, it was just an ultimatum, yet she still dared to use tricks behind her back.

Do you really think you can hide it from the old lady?

"As for Xiao Ran, please have someone look after her and don't let anyone neglect her." The old lady ordered.

Nanny Lin agreed, knowing in her heart that the old lady was supporting the Marquis' wife.

Shen Yiran was unaware of the conversation in Jingxin Hall. He took his two children to the charcoal shop in a carriage.

The shopkeeper and his waiter were sitting on chairs, bored, eating melon seeds leisurely.

The carriage stopped at the door. The shopkeeper glanced outside casually. Unexpectedly, it was the master's carriage. He put away the melon seeds and greeted them with a smile.

Seeing Shen Yiran, he smiled and said, "Madam, how come you have time to come here?"

The shopkeeper was a smart man and recognized her identity at a glance.

"Grandma asked me to try to be the housekeeper. I want to get familiar with the business in the shop."

The shopkeeper came over with the account book in his hand, with a slightly bitter look on his face, "It's not that I'm not doing my best, it's just that this month, there's no charcoal business. No matter which charcoal shop it is, business is not good."

"I understand, shopkeeper, don't worry."

She was not an unreasonable person. "Did we make the charcoal ourselves?"

"Yes, it's burning now. Although we can't do business now, business is booming in winter. We can't get our ears pierced right after getting into a sedan chair, right?" The shopkeeper smiled, "Madam, do you want to go and take a look?"

Shen Yiran showed some interest, "I have never seen charcoal burning before, boss, can you accompany me to have a look?"

"Okay!" The shopkeeper told his clerk to look after the house and took Shen Yiran to the kiln.

The workers were wearing thin clothes and were loading wood into the kiln.

"Is this pine?" She frowned slightly.

The shopkeeper was shocked and explained: "This is sold to ordinary people. Ordinary people don't have much money and can't afford good charcoal. We also have high-quality charcoal made from ash trees in the shop."

Shen Yiran has looked at the account books and found that the sales volume of pine charcoal is indeed quite large every winter.

"Pine wood is not good." Shen Yiran shook his head. "Pine wood charcoal is oily, produces a lot of smoke and sparks when burning, and is unsafe."

“But…” The shopkeeper hesitated.

"Is the price of pine wood low?" Shen Yiran asked with a smile.

The shopkeeper scratched his head in embarrassment, "The charcoal sold to civilians in the capital is all pine charcoal."

For ordinary people, it is difficult to even have enough food and clothing, and it is not easy to burn charcoal to keep warm in winter. No matter whether it is good or bad, as long as it is cheap, it is fine.

"What if we use eucalyptus?" Shen Yiran asked.

"This..." The shopkeeper didn't understand, "I'll go and ask the person in charge of the kiln to come over."

The person in charge of the kiln was a man in his forties, with a face that was dark from all the smoke and fire, but he was full of energy and spoke in a muffled voice.

When Shen Yiran heard that he wanted to replace pine wood with eucalyptus, his first reaction was to shake his head, "Eucalyptus is much wetter than pine wood, so it will take longer to burn."

As costs go up, prices will have to increase accordingly.

If the price goes up, ordinary people won’t be able to afford it.

A little bit adds up to a lot, and they can make a lot of money every year by selling pine charcoal. If they don't do it, someone else will. There is no reason to give the business away.

“What if we cut down the eucalyptus trees in midsummer and dry them, then burn them in autumn?”

The disapproving boss widened his eyes.

Shen Yiran continued, "After being sawn into discs and dried, the discs will split by themselves, saving the effort of chopping wood. In addition, it only takes eight years for eucalyptus to mature into timber, and the price is much lower than that of pine wood."

Pine charcoal is commonly used on the market, so the price of pine wood is naturally not too low.

But no one has ever used eucalyptus, its leaves are poisonous, and its price is less than 20% or 30% of that of pine.

So,

"Madam, what you said makes sense. I will try it right away!"

Before he could finish his words, the man had already run away.

The shopkeeper was dumbfounded and could only cover up for him, "Don't mind it, ma'am, that's just his personality."

"Talents like this are good." Shen Yiran chuckled.

Without staying long, Shen Yiran went to the fan shop across the street.

I finally understood why business was so bleak when it was clearly the season.

"Who painted this fan?" These fancy patterns were no longer used in the capital three years ago.

"It's Madam."

Yes, Xu.

"Can't you see that these tricks are outdated?" Shen Yiran asked.

The shopkeeper looked embarrassed, "But, Madam..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Yiran already understood.

"Never mind, I'll draw you some new patterns."

The shopkeeper was as happy as if he had seen his real father when he heard this, because this is the daughter of the Grand Tutor!

The shopkeeper personally spread the paper and ground the ink, and served Shen Yiran very well.

While I was drawing the blueprint, a batch of new straw fans were delivered.

Ji Siyue held a big palm-leaf fan in her small hands and stood by to fan Shen Yiran.

The cool breeze is so refreshing.

"Let's fumigate these cattail fans with scented flowers. Mugwort can repel mosquitoes, orchids are elegant, peonies are rich, and cedars are cool. You can decide for yourselves what to use."

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up.

He just felt that he had learned a lot today.

Shen Yiran comes from a scholarly family, and he also has such wonderful ideas in business.

"I've made note of this!" With a wife like this, why would you worry about bad business in the future?

The shopkeeper personally escorted me out, and then I took the kids shopping and eating.

The two children found everything new and tried all kinds of snacks. Shen Yiran also made two new sets of clothes for each of them.

Children should be energetic. What does it look like if they always dress in old-fashioned clothes?

After all, he was a child. After running around all day, he went back, sat in the carriage, and fell asleep in Shen Yiran's arms.

After returning to the Marquis' Mansion, Shen Yiran first sent the two children back and then went to Jingxin Hall.

"You're tired after a long day. Why don't you rest in the house?" The old lady held Shen Yiran's hand with concern and took her to sit next to her.

"I have something I want to discuss with grandma." Shen Yiran said: "According to the rules, I should go back tomorrow, but..."

Bo Jinnian hasn't returned yet, so it's hard to say what will happen next.

"No problem!" The old lady sat up straight. "Go ahead. If anyone bullies you, grandma will support you."

The old lady held Shen Yiran's hand and said, "Xiao Ran, you don't have to be afraid of anything. From now on, Pingyuanhou Mansion will be your backbone. Grandma will protect you!"

Nanny Lin took out a few boxes, which were prepared by the old lady in advance as gifts for Shen Yiran to take back when he returned home.

Shen Yiran's eyes were quietly red.

That night, Shen Yiran lay down next to the two children and turned off the lights. Then he heard two unnatural cat meows coming from outside the window.

"Where did the cat come from?" Bai Zhi muttered, taking a tinder to light the candle.

Shen Yiran stopped Bai Zhi, winked at her, and deliberately raised his voice, "Don't pay attention to it, go back and rest."

This kind of noise is not something a cat can make.

She quietly stood up and tiptoed to the window, and sure enough, she saw Bo Jinxiu squatting under the window, imitating the cat's meow.

This bastard!

Shen Yiran's mind moved, and a plan came to his mind. He returned to the bedside and whispered instructions to Bai Zhi.

In the darkness, only Bai Zhi's eyes were getting brighter and brighter.