[Rebirth] Deep house raising dumplings

After the first month, business is booming.

However, for the Xi family, this moment of warming the earth in spring has cast a layer of gloom.

The cloth workshop in the neighboring town was inspected by the Yongzhou Yamen, and more than half of the palace silk in stock was confiscated to the government.The officers and soldiers of this yamen came suddenly, and the cloth workshops in the neighboring towns had always been loosely controlled. How could they have seen such a posture?The official who took the lead made the notes, asked the steward to draw a pledge, and simply pasted a yellow cloth "cross" on the door of the cloth workshop.

This is not over, the news from Yongzhou, the magistrate's yamen also said that this matter is seriously involved, and it is a disaster for the country.Such a high hat fell on the head of Xijiabufang, which made the whole family panic.

Fortunately, Yin Chan suddenly remembered that the Yin family and the Yongzhou magistrate's family were old friends. Although she was a concubine and didn't know much about her father's contacts, she was a clue after all, and she couldn't just sit and watch how much the Xi family operated here. The ten-year cloth shop will disappear in an instant just because it sold the palace silk.

So Yin Yang wrote a letter to her natal family, and delivered it to the Yin family within a few days.

The Yin family has become more and more depressed these years. After the plague, even half of the servants left, leaving a good reputation in vain. For money and so on, they have to rely on the landowner's husband's family of the concubine Yin Dang to support half of the wall.The mistress of the Yin family is still a sensible person, although she feels uncomfortable, she finally understands the reason why her lips are dead and her teeth are cold.So after seeing the letter, he immediately went to talk to the prefect of Yongzhou in person.

The prefect of Yongzhou had no intention of actually sealing up the Xi family's cloth workshop, nor did he want to hold the Xi family's handle to be unforgiving.It's just that if you knock the mountain and shake the tiger, you will go down this step, and you can knock a sum reasonably.Holding the airs and withdrawing the rhubarb "fork" from the cloth workshop, he justly received the 100 taels of silver sent by the Xi family as a tribute.

The magistrate said that this trip was very comfortable. After all, there was almost no income last year. How can we do without a tax in the public treasury?Besides, the capital is very chaotic now, there are rebels everywhere, and Yongzhou is so far away from the emperor, so I have to rack my brains to dig some money out of the hands of these rich and powerful gentry?These days, it's not even easy to be an official!

However, for the direct victim, Aunt Feng, she had to smash her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.

Bufang is determined not to get the 100 taels of silver. At best, he can only take out three or forty taels of cosmetic money from his small treasury.Although the daughter is the young mistress in the Du family, Mrs. Du is always in charge of the Du family.Mrs. Du is good at everything, but she is a famous iron rooster, who will scream for days if she plucks a hair.Therefore, Aunt Feng, who was in charge, had no other way out, so she begged Yin Tang to help her hide it from Mrs. Xi, and quietly withdrew the money from the bank without making a fuss.

Yin Chan was a little embarrassed immediately. After all, 100 taels was not a small amount, and he had to spend almost all the loose money in the bank.And if you help Aunt Feng this favor, Yin Chan understands that Aunt Feng won't be able to make up so much in a short while, and the bank will not be worth the loss.But if you don't help, after all, she is her own mother-in-law, and she begs herself so humbly, Yin Chan still can't bear it.

Xi Wanxiang is not so easy to be irritated. Seeing his cousin's hesitation, she simply spread the account book in front of Aunt Feng, pointed at the account book in black and white with a finger, and said, "Look, Auntie, this Even the current inventory of the bank is only 30 taels. I just took out a loan two days ago, so I don’t have the money to pay you right now. You should tell grandma, a kind-hearted person like grandma , I will definitely lend you the savings from the Xi family’s rent collection.”

Hearing this little girl's categorical words, Aunt Feng rolled her eyes in anger, but there was nothing she could do. She glanced at the ledger and found that "the balance was 30 taels" was clearly written. people.

After Aunt Feng left, Yin Chan curiously took over the ledger from Wanxiang, flipped through it, only to find that the ink stains on these sheets were brand new, and a few traces of ink could still be left behind by rubbing her fingers.Yin Tang glanced at Wan Xiang, saw her pursed her lips and smiled, and understood that it was just the little girl's tricks secretly, and she relieved Yin Tang's encirclement.

Yin Tang put down the account book, poked Wan Xiang's bangs on the forehead, and pretended to be serious: "Why don't you learn what is good, and transfer to this crooked school."

The sister-in-law didn't use much force, and her tone was clearly pampering, but Wan Xiang pretended to be wronged, and sulked without saying a word.Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour, the sister-in-law brought a piece of pine nut candy to Wanxiang's mouth, comforting her softly - this trick has been tried and tested, and it is much more effective than arguing with the sister-in-law before.

That's right, the cousin sister-in-law is very insightful.When something happened, naturally he had already thought it through in his heart, but it was just different from Wan Xiang's way of acting.Among them, it is good that the two of them know the serious relationship, and there is no need to say it out.

For the 100 taels of snow-patterned silver, Aunt Feng finally opened her mouth to the old lady.

Mrs. Xi is not easy to be fooled. If you want to sell 100 taels of silver, you must ask clearly.Therefore, Aunt Feng was asked to send up the detailed accounts of the cloth workshop in recent years. After going through them carefully, the old lady Xi was furious.I thought that even if the cloth shop is not profitable, it can still make a living, but after a closer look, I found that the cloth shop has already made Aunt Feng look bad, and even made fake accounts in a mess. Then I know what's going on.

Feeling that the cloth shop is easy to take care of, she handed over both of them to Aunt Feng to manage, but now she has fallen into a situation where she can only scrape together two or thirty taels of silver at most!It really made Mrs. Xi stare so angry that she didn't even want to catch a glimpse of Aunt Feng who was standing in the corner without embarrassment and wiping towels. She pointed her in the direction of the door tremblingly and told her to get out quickly. Eyeball hurts in the house.

Fortunately, Xi's family still had some wealth, and Xi Xuyao ​​had brought back the bank note from Jiangning, so it was not long before one hundred silver was handed over to the public treasury of the prefect of Yongzhou.It's just that after this incident, the two cloth workshops in Aunt Feng's hands became in name only, melting away like thin ice exposed to the sun.

It's just that Mrs. Xi had to start to have a headache again about where these two fabric shops are going to go, and it's a bit of a loss to treat them as ordinary storefronts.After all, it is a time-honored brand that has been in business for so many years. Although it has been made nonsense by Aunt Feng, if it is handed over to a decent person and reorganized, it will definitely be able to make a comeback.

Mrs. Xi wanted to let Xi Xuyao ​​take care of these two cloth shops, but Xi Xuyao ​​was not here. The world in Jiangning was so vast, and he was still young. How could he be willing to stay in this small place and manage these two small shops? !

It's just that the current calamity is caused by the few pieces of palace silk that he brought back from Jiangning. Xi Xuyao ​​is still a sensible person, so he feels sorry for him.Even though he hated Aunt Feng, he made the old lady so anxious this time, and troubled the people of Yin's natal family to intercede. Bufang is back on track, and it won't be too late for him to leave when Yu's fetus is born.

Xi Xuyao ​​just doesn't understand that palace silk is very rare here, if it is only sold to people outside the country gentry, let alone palace silk, those landlords who have never seen palace silk will never know it, they will only think it is good How could it be passed on to the prefect of Yongzhou?It was like a surprise raid, and the palace silk in the neighboring town of Bufang was seized?After thinking about it, Xi Xuyao ​​still felt that he was negligent, thinking that it was easier to do things in a small place than Jiang Ning, but he didn't expect that he would capsize in the gutter.

Although Mrs. Xi had doubts, she couldn't care less about it. The past has passed, and the future will be calm and peaceful.Hearing Xi Xuyao's decision, Mrs. Xi was very comforted.But Xi Wanxiang began to worry, her cousin stayed here for a year and a half, and what happened last time will inevitably happen again in the future, and she is not superficial, how can she stay with her cousin all the time?

Of course, it wasn't just Wan Xiang who was worried, seeing that her belly was getting bigger and bigger, Yu Shi was even more anxious.Should I continue with the blanket, or should I go in with a different pillow?But in the future, the weather will get hotter and hotter, and the clothes will get thinner and thinner. How can we hide them seamlessly?Thinking about it, Mrs. Yu complained again that she was not up to date. When she was young, she was greedy for curiosity. After using musk for a while, her breath became blue and fragrant, but it seemed that she really couldn't conceive a child!I'm so worried that my hair is turning white.

When I went to the bank with my cousin sister-in-law in the morning, I saw Xi Xuyao ​​and Aunt Feng in front of the old lady as they passed the front hall, seeming to be doing handover work for the cloth workshop.Xi Xuyao ​​followed his father, Xi Yuanzhen, to do business in Jiangning for three or four years, so it was easy to understand, so he quickly figured out the business methods of the two cloth shops.It's a pity that Yin Chan didn't give Wan Xiang a chance to stay longer, so he took her and quietly walked around them.

Jiang Bi bird is more than white, and the mountain blue and white is burning.

Yin Chan walked slowly, and the little Wanxiang beside her seemed to be in a very happy mood, and even took her to see a pair of mandarin ducks perched by the water under the bridge.

Three or two plants of Artemisia annua have bloomed, and mandarin ducks are swaying leisurely on the water, creating a scene of warm water in the spring river.

Seeing Wanxiang watching so fascinated, Yin Chan didn't want to dampen her interest, and after much deliberation, she said: "Yesterday, the old lady asked me if our bank had a bad relationship with someone, which made people feel angry." It was stabbed to the prefect of Yongzhou."

Xi Wanxiang was taken aback, raised her head, and looked at Yin Dang: "How did the sister-in-law return?"

Yin Tang carefully looked into Wan Xiang's eyes, as if he wanted to see something out of them.

Two days ago, the shopkeeper of Chen's Cloth Shop came to the door again. He obviously refused to lend him money before, but he just said that he had some agreement with the bank before. Before he could finish speaking, he was stopped by Wan Xiang's eyes up.This made Yin Yang feel very strange, and it was a cloth shop, but it was born at such a critical moment, could it be that this matter is also related to Wan Xiang?But why did Wan Xiang do this?It's nothing more than for Aunt Feng, but Aunt Feng is not considered arrogant these days. Yin Chan thought about it for a long time but couldn't understand why.Therefore, Yin Yang wanted to take advantage of the current situation to test Wanxiang.

But Wan Xiang's eyes were so clear that she could see to the end at a glance.After watching it for a long time, Yin Tang felt that he was thinking too much. Although Wan Xiang was clever and had many ideas, she was still a girl. How could she do such a thing behind her back?Then he smiled and shook his head: "I really didn't know about this matter, so I had to tell the old lady the truth. Maybe it's such a coincidence that the magistrate knew about it for no reason, and just needed the money to be confiscated Ku, so they caught the Xi family and took advantage of them."

Saying that, Yin Yang sighed softly, as long as everyone is safe and sound, why bother so much?Many things do not have to get to the bottom of it.

Thinking about it, Yin Yangu shook his head, took Wan Xiang's hand, and continued to walk forward: "Quan should spend money and eliminate disasters. Compared with officials, no matter what time and dynasty they are, they are no match for officials."

Wan Xiang was a step behind her sister-in-law, looking at her back, she couldn't help feeling lingering fear.

Fortunately, she didn't lose her footing just now, if the sister-in-law stared at her for a while, Wan Xiang might really be overwhelmed.

What she did killed two birds with one stone. It not only allowed Aunt Feng to show her true colors to Mrs. Xi, and lost her power and status in the Xi family, but also invisibly strengthened her cousin's position in the Xi family.

It's just that she didn't dare to let her sister-in-law know. If her sister-in-law found out, she had stabbed it out through the shopkeeper of Chen's Cloth Shop. Fortunately, she asked the Han family couple to help, reasoned three points, and convinced them to believe Xi If the family's cloth shop is exhausted, and this result is the result, even if the sister-in-law does not blame her, she will definitely make the sister-in-law feel suspicious of herself.

And Wan Xiang also knows very well that the sister-in-law is a person with a lot of thoughts, if she finds out about this, she doesn't know where she will think of it!That being the case, Wan Xiang made up her mind to let this matter rot in her stomach, and never let her sister-in-law see the slightest clue.

That's right, I'm just Fourteen's girl, how could I do such a thing.

It's better to quickly find a way to deal with the shopkeeper of Chen's cloth workshop, lest he can't stand it anymore and go to the bank to poke a basket, and things will go wrong.