Chapter 178： let's stop

Chapter 178 Let's stop now

Wang Zongsheng finally felt relieved, "My child, thank you!"

"You're welcome, then I'm going back?"

Qiao Mai said goodbye. It took half an hour to return to Tianshui Town, and it took ten days to come and go.

Yuan Jiaqi hasn't gone to the academy yet, saying that classes will start again in mid-March, and he has been studying at home with Mr. Wang during this time.

Mid-March? There are not many days until the scientific examination.

The weather is still very cold, the snow is melting a little during the day, and it is still below zero at night.

But that’s okay, if it gets warmer and the snow melts, it will definitely be flooded.

In the middle of February in previous years, people had gone to the fields to plow and weed, but now, they are nesting at home, and they don’t even have a chance to dig wild vegetables.

The people under the jurisdiction of Tianshui Town were better. The relief food and firewood were all in place. There were not many casualties, and no one died of starvation.

I don’t know about other towns or villages. Anyway, there are many more people begging in Tianshui Town.

Qiao Mai asked people to set up a porridge shed outside, and they would serve porridge at dawn until evening. Vegetables and salt were added to the porridge, which was very thick and thoughtful. Occasionally, they would order a batch of steamed buns from the steamed bun shop to take care of their porridge. Business.

She has been spending money on selling hair accessories, and the things from the few houses she raided are useless at all.

But some rare items, which are inconvenient to take out, are all sold on the platform by her, and she will use all the silver she gets for the people here.

I heard from Shopkeeper Niu that during the days when she was away, the Qiao family and the Yuan family began to get nervous again.

The reason is that they got the relief food, and they found out that it was Qiao Mai who ordered it, and everyone had a share, thinking that Qiao Mai had softened his heart, so, during these days when she was not at home, they brag everywhere, saying that Qiu Mai changed his mind and wanted to admit it. They are gone.

As long as there is nothing wrong at home, she is relieved. When she got home, she hugged Linger and went back to her room to rest.

When you are away from home, no matter how good the food is and the place you live in, you still have to worry about it. How can you feel at home.

This sleep lasted for a day and a night. As soon as she woke up, she went to the old lady and told about the affairs of the capital.

"Will you go when Ru'er gives birth?"

"I won't go, let his mother go, we are too old to withstand such a long journey."

"Then I won't go either, just give the things to Mrs. Wang and let her take them over."

"The emperor is really sick?"

"That's what the little prince said. His father and the emperor are brothers. This should be true."

"Well, it would be best if it could be done well, but if it can't be done well, it will be another catastrophe."

"Will be fine."

As soon as Qiao Mai came back, she started to get busy. She asked someone to build several very strong high-altitude storage rooms at home, and stored all the food on them.

Double the drainage area around the house, both inside and outside, in case of emergency.

Also ordered a few boats from the carpenter's shop, each of which could only accommodate ten people, the Qin family thought it was ridiculous when they heard it.

After thinking about it, his face immediately became serious, and he asked the workers to work overtime, and their family also prepared a few.

The sika deer raised by Qiao’s family is about to produce antlers. At the beginning, they raised one male and two females. After more than a year of breeding, there are now five deer, three with antlers, and two who are not yet adults.

Only picked antlers from three deer, and because there were not many, they sold them to the pharmacy in the town at a lower price than the county.

As far as musk, it is not the right time to pick it until August, but there were three musk deer in the past, and now there are five.

According to this speed, there will be two more every year, and soon there will be more antler and musk.

Now everyone knows that Qiao’s family has another business, and the medical clinic in the town has booked with her. The purchase price of deer antler next year will be much higher. I hope Qiao Niang will keep it for them.

Not only that, knowing that she was capable, the clinic even opened its mouth to her, hoping that Mrs. Qiao could help them get some medicinal materials.

There are too many patients this year, and the medicines they have on hand are simply not enough.

Qiao Mai asked them to write a list of the missing medicinal materials, and she drove the carriage out twice, and got all the medicinal materials to the medical hall.

Not only did they get it all, but the quality of the medicinal materials was so good that even other towns asked her to come here.

It's a **** if you have money but don't make money. After collecting the deposit, she will deliver it to the hospital one by one, which relieves their pressure.

Qiao Mai is considering whether to open a shop specializing in selling medicines.

After thinking about it, I decided to forget it. A small shop in my house is already enviable, but now with deer antler and musk, it makes people even more envious and jealous.

Forget it, I wanted to give Liu Hai a craft, but in this weather, she really didn't dare to guarantee that she would give him the prescription on the front foot, but God is not strong on the back foot, so let's stop for now.

So up to now, the four shops in the south have not been rented out, and they have been closed.

Shopkeeper Lu became busy as soon as March entered. Although Ruyi married a small family, she was relieved that the dowry was exactly the same as Ruxin.

After the Qin family heard about the dowry she gave to their daughter, they gritted their teeth and forced to scrape together a dowry gift of one thousand taels of silver.

The dowry gift of the Qin family is different from that of the Feng family. Although it is the same amount, you can tell if there is sincerity.

One is pretending, but the money is not given out, and the other is a betrothal gift with the whole family's efforts. Do you think it can be the same?

After Qiao Mai returned to Lu's house from Ruxin, she never went there once. The shopkeeper Lu also came to Qiao's house less frequently, and the amount of embroidery work Qiao Mai gave her also decreased.

Unknowingly, the distance between the two families seems to be growing further.

Maybe it was because of Ru Xin, but Qiao Mai didn't take it to heart, when others treated her well, she would repay it ten times and a hundred times.

She asked herself, as long as she, Qiao Mai, could be worthy of the Lu family.

As long as Lu Sanniang doesn't do anything that hurts her in the future, then she will continue to treat her as always.

I heard that Ruxin's business is booming, earning a lot of money every month, that kid Feng Yinshi has been giving up on himself all day since his leg was broken.

What kind of newly-married beautiful lady, what kind of concubine, he didn't like them all.

It was only now that he remembered how comfortable he was when he had his ex-wife. He heard that Ruxin's business was booming. He went to the shop several times, but he didn't see her.

If he dares to make trouble, people dare to send officials to come.

Later, he went to wait for her shamelessly at the gate of Lu's house, sometimes at the archway in Zhennan.

After Mayor Qian found out about this, he sent a few guards to patrol the town, beat him up when he saw him, and stopped coming after a few times.

Qiao Mai didn't hum when he heard about it, so he pretended he didn't know about it, and he never asked Lu Sanniang.

In mid-March, the Yuan family got up and went to Fucheng.

On March 21st, the children of the Qin family and the Lu family got married, and Lu Sanniang invited the entire Qiao family to go.

Because of the proximity, the old gentleman and the old lady also joined in the fun and passed by together.

Qiao Mai prepared two gifts, one for himself and one for the Wang family.

Although makeup was added, they were on the Qin family's side. As for the Lu family's wedding, she didn't go there.

I sent one, which broke her heart, and she didn't want to send another one.

Ruyi is better at making clothes than her sister. Whenever the season changes, two sets of clothes will be delivered on time, all made by her.

Her double-sided embroidery is stronger, for example, and sometimes I come to her for advice.

After all, the younger sister is more thoughtful than the older sister, and knows how to behave. Every time she comes, as long as she is around, she will give her advice.

When the Yuan family got up and left, they packed up their luggage and took away all the utensils, saying that they didn’t need to deliver them for the exam, and he could go by himself.

Qiao Mai gave him enough silver and asked him to take it away.

At this time of his exam, the imperial court issued an edict that the Ming Dynasty reduced or exempted the grain tax for one year throughout the country.

Now the common people were overjoyed, they all cheered, and a smile appeared on Qiao Mai's face.

The snow in the north did not completely melt until mid-March, and the seeds from years ago did not germinate at all, and they froze to death long ago.

So, this year, the people in the north can only grow grain for one season, and they don’t know what will happen to God.

(end of this chapter)