Chapter 912 Fundraising for Charity (4)

The wives gathered together to talk in twos and threes, and Liu Er accompanied Mrs. Feng and the others to talk. Lu Xiuzhuo kept chatting with the wives of those merchants.

While talking, Youyuan walked in from the outside and leaned over to Liu'er's ear and said, "Second princess, the concubine is here."

Liu'er immediately stood up when she heard this, and said with a smile, "My mother is here." After speaking, she walked towards the circular arch not far away.

When Mrs. Feng and others saw this, they all got up.

Today is a fundraising day, and with so many guests here, even if you don't dress up, you can't look up. In this way, it was very rude, so Yuxi came here just now after changing her clothes.

Liu Er walked to Yu Xi's side, held Yu Xi's arm and said with a smile: "Mother, you are so beautiful today." She has never seen Yu Xi wearing a dress of this color, and today is the first time.

Yu Xi was wearing a purple embroidered cloud brocade top with wide sleeves and a lavender long skirt. Purple sè looks noble, but if it can't hold up, it will look old-fashioned. However, Yuxi's imposing manner is compelling, wearing this clothes on her will only make her look more dignified and gorgeous.

Yuxi nodded Liu'er's forehead, and said with a smile: "The mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter." Just looking at Yuxi's actions, you can tell that the mother and daughter are very close.

After everyone saluted, Yuxi smiled and said: "I have too many things to do, so I let the little girl entertain everyone. Please forgive me if there is any negligence." Although there is nothing wrong with Lu Xiu's help, no There is still something to say about passing by.

Mrs. Feng said with a smile: "My concubine's words are modest. Just now I told Aqin that the second princess is very capable and organized the banquet in an orderly manner. If it were my family's Lianwu, it would be impossible." Lianwu is already engaged. Yes, I was embroidering dowry at home, so I didn't bring her out.

Tong said with a smile: "Princess, you have to teach us the experience of teaching children when you have time. These children are all raised so well. The guy in my family whispers in my ear every day, saying If the children are half as good as the eldest son and the second young master, he would be willing to live twenty years less!"

Yu Xi couldn't help but smile, and with Cui Mo's personality, she really could say something like this: "As long as you don't spoil the child, don't be reluctant to let him endure hardships, and then invite a good teacher to teach him, and he will eventually become a talent."

Yuan Ying's wife, Mrs. Xiao, felt uncomfortable when she heard this, and felt that Yuxi was shadowing her. She didn't want her younger son to suffer, that's why she allowed her younger son to become a dandy who only knows how to eat, drink and play.

Mrs. Feng nodded and said: "My concubine's words are very true. If you want your child to become a talent, you must be ruthless." Daughters should be pampered, and sons must be taught strictly. It is also because of this idea that her two sons, Feng Zhiao and Feng Zhixi, are both outstanding.

Yuxi nodded and said: "Yes, if you want your child to become a talent, you must be ruthless. At that time, Ah Hao had blood blisters on his hands when he was practicing calligraphy, and I was so distressed that tears fell. But no matter how distressed I am, I can't tell him not to Practice this."

After talking about parenting for a while, I got to the point, donating money. Yuxi immediately said that donating more or less is everyone's wish, and she doesn't force it.

That's what I said, but since everyone came here, they definitely wouldn't donate less, otherwise they would lose face to their husbands.

Mrs. Feng Chang's was the first to donate, and immediately donated 6,000 taels, and Tong's and Ling Ruoyun also donated 6,000 taels. Feng Dajun, Cui Mo and others have been fighting outside, and they got a lot of spoils. Later, they got a lot of rewards, and they could still get six thousand taels.

The donation was in full swing, Jing Bai walked up to Yuxi from the outside and said, "Princess, Mrs. Pan has something important to report, and she is waiting in the front yard."

Yuxi greeted everyone and left the garden. The ladies also knew that she was busy, so they didn't think there was anything wrong.

Donations don't take long,

Everyone just needs to tell the amount donated and have it registered by the clerk. As for the silver, it can be handed over afterwards.

After two quarters of an hour, the donation project will be over, and the next auction will be the highlight.

Yuxi still eats lunch in the front yard this day.

Xu Wu waited for Yuxi to finish his meal and said: "The auction is not over yet, do you want to go over and have a look?" He didn't expect the auction to take so long.

Yuxi said: "I won't go there." Since Liu'er is in charge, it's good that she takes full responsibility.

There are quite a lot of auction items, and it is not expected to be completed in the morning, so the palace has prepared lunch for everyone.

Lunch is not rich, there are eight dishes and one soup for one table, and these dishes are very common, and no precious ingredients such as sambal and abalone are used. But because the chef is Fu Ji Lou's master chef, the taste is still very good.

Chang's, Tong's and others all came out of hard times, so they didn't feel that the lunch was simple. Besides, today is a fundraising banquet, if you eat delicacies from mountains and seas, the taste will change a bit. But they were a little surprised to see Liu'er eating with gusto. According to rumors, the second princess is very particular about eating and using, and can tell one, two, three, four, five, six out of a soup. But looking at it today, it is different from the rumors.

After lunch, the auction will continue. The auctions in the morning were all of low value, and now the auctions are all things in the booklet. But what everyone wanted to see the most was the set of ruby ​​jewelry described in the brochure. It is said that this set of jewelry is priceless, but it is the favorite of the princess.

After discussing the matter with Fu Minglang, Yuxi called Xu Wu into the room and asked, "What time is it?" Hearing Shen Shichu, Yuxi frowned and asked, "Why, isn't the auction over yet?"

Xu Wu smiled and said: "I just asked, there are only two or three things left, and it will be over soon."

Yu Xi hummed, sat down and began to review the notebooks.

At this time, the auction is going to the final stage, which is the set of ruby ​​jewelry given by Yu Xi. As soon as the jewelry was revealed, everyone's eyes were dazzled immediately.

Tong Shi came back to her senses, smiled and said to Chang Shi: "Sister-in-law, I thought it was exaggerated when I read the description in the brochure before. Only now do I know that I am a bumpkin."

Chang said with a smile: "These gems are perfectly cut, which is a rare skill alone. Not to mention, the color of these gems is also top-notch."

Ling Ruoyun smiled and said: "I talked to my master about this before, and my master said that if he likes it, he can buy it. I don't think it's enough to take out all the family assets."

Tong Shi nodded in agreement and said, "Only the biggest ruby ​​is enough to buy a five-entry house in Pick City." Over the years, their family has grown a lot, and they can afford it by gritting their teeth. It's just that this thing can't be eaten or used, and it's the bottom of the box when you buy it, so they are reluctant.

There is no woman who does not like beautiful and expensive jewelry. Although I can't afford it, it doesn't prevent me from taking a few more glances.

Xu Wu opened the curtain, and said to Yu Xi who was looking up at him: "Princess, the set of ruby ​​jewelry you gave sold for a sky-high price of 160,000 taels." However, a set of jewelry was sold for 160,000 taels of silver , is incredible.

Yu Xi smiled and asked, "Who bought it?"

Xu Wu said: "It's the Hu family. His family opened the largest medicine shop and gold shop in the city." The Hu family is also a well-known wealthy family in the city, and their reputation is no less than that of the Wu family.

Yuxi smiled, and said: "The Hu family is good at doing business, and this gem jewelry can be used as the treasure of their jewelry shop when they buy it back."

Hearing this, Xu Wu said: "Princess, you have to store such expensive jewelry well when you buy it back, how can you put it in the shop." If such an eye-catching thing is stolen by someone, you will not cry to death.

Yuxi laughed, and said: "The things in the gold shop are not so easy to steal. But I just said that, whether it will be put in the shop is the Hu family's business."

Xu Wu hesitated for a while and said: "Princess, apart from spending 160,000 silver on this set of jewelry, the Hu family also donated 100,000 taels of silver." The Hu family is really rich this time.

"Well, the government will reward those who donate the most." Yuxi didn't mention this before, but after discussing it with several officials, they all agreed.

Xu Wu also meant the same thing, it would not be too bad if the government donated so much money. If donations are held in the future, it is estimated that no one will take the initiative to donate.

In the evening, Xiao Shi told Yuan Ying about the day, and said after finishing speaking: "Master, the Second Princess is really capable, not only did she not have stage fright in such a big scene, she also made no mistakes at all." She looked at Liu'er is so capable, she thought carefully.

Yuan Ying hummed and said, "That's pretty good." The Second Princess may be capable [UUReading Book 00ks], but after all, she is young, and she was able to manage this fundraising mainly thanks to the help of others.

Seeing that Yuan Ying didn't understand what he meant, Xiao could only speak more bluntly: "My lord, you see that my last son is about the same age as the second princess. If last can marry the second princess, we will marry the second princess in the future. You don't have to worry about him anymore."

Yuan Ying looked at Xiao Shi as if he was crazy.

Xiao was a little uncomfortable to see, and said: "Master, why are you looking at me like this? I also made plans for Xue'er. The second princess is so capable, and there will be a large dowry in the future. Xue'er married her For the rest of my life, I will have no worries about food and clothing.”

Yuan Ying laughed angrily: "Yuan Zhi is not even qualified to be a companion to the son of the world, how can he marry the second princess?" If Yuan Zhi is good in everything, he can still win. But this son doesn't even look up to him, so how could the prince and princess like him. Don't talk about marrying the princess, just like Yuan Zhi, it's not that he underestimates himself as a father, don't even think about the daughter of an official's family above the fourth rank in Haocheng.

It's okay for others to look down on the youngest son, but even Yuan Ying, the real father, Xiao Shi is really uncomfortable: "The prince and the princess even look up to Wu Jinyu, how can my family's last be worse than Wu Jinyu?"

Yuan Ying said: "Wu Jinyu was able to get engaged to the princess because he was so beautiful that the princess fell in love with him. The Wu family did not hesitate to hand over tens of millions of family assets in order to marry the princess. Just like Yuan Zhi, you Do you think the Second Princess can take a fancy to him?" Wu Jinyu doesn't have much talent, but he is a good parent, which is his advantage. And Wu Jinyu doesn't have any bad habits, unlike Yuan Zhi who has problems from head to toe.

Xiao was stunned, and said: "What? The Princess Wu Jinyu was the one who fell in love with him? Didn't it mean that the Wu family handed over tens of millions of family assets, so the princess promised the princess to Wu Jinyu?"

Yuan Ying said: "Those are all rumors. And even if it is true, do you have tens of millions of family assets to hand over?"

When Xiao heard this, he immediately died down.

At the beginning of Haishi, Banxia came over to report something to Yuxi: "Princess, the Second Princess has been waiting for you in the backyard for less than half an hour. The mother persuaded the Second Princess to rest, but the Second Princess refused. I insist on waiting until the princess."

Yu Xi shook her head with a smile: "This child..." She took more than a dozen notebooks with urgent words and went back to the backyard.

Looking at Yuxi, Liu Er shouted with a smile all over her face: "Mother, you are back." Liu Er has been extremely excited since the end of the auction, and has not recovered yet.

Yu Xi asked: "Your mother told you to rest, you should go to rest, it's not too late to talk about the auction tomorrow."

Liu'er shook her head and said: "Mother, I won't be able to sleep when I go back, so it's better to wait here. Mother, you don't know, we raised a total of 1,353,000 taels of silver today." Calculated in thousand taels. The main reason is that Yuxi said that officials don't want to donate any more, so everyone didn't feel burdened, even if they donated a little more, it would be a big deal to have a few days of hard life, and it will pass after a while.

"Your Uncle Xu has already told Mother about this. It's great to be able to raise so much money. Liu'er, you've done a great job." The fact that so much money was raised is mainly due to the efforts of these merchants and rich households. Like the Hu family, the donation and the purchase of jewelry cost nearly 400,000 taels of silver.

Liu'er shook her head and said, "It's not that I did well, it's my mother's good idea. By the way, mother, the Hu family donated 100,000 taels, and the purchase cost around 300,000. Mother, why is their family so rich?" ?”

Yuxi said: "The Hu family used to be in the business of medicinal materials, and in recent years they have also involved in businesses such as cloth jewelry." Although the Hu family is a merchant, they often donate medicine and donate medicine. The children of the Hu family do not bully others, and they are famous in the city very good. The Patriarch of the Hu family is also a judge of the situation. When Yunqing captured the city of Pickaxe, he not only donated all the medicinal materials in stock, but also donated most of his family assets. Although he lost a lot of money, Yunqing looked at him differently. In recent years, under Yuxi's vigorous efforts to govern the Northwest, the development of the Northwest has been rapid, and the Hu family has taken advantage of this trend to rise again.

Liu'er heard this and asked: "Mother, are they rich?" Without money, it is impossible to be so generous.

Yu Xi hummed and said: "It's very rich, and it ranks among the top three in Pick City." Because the Hu family's low-key behavior is very good, even Yu Xi has a good impression of them.

Liu'er thought of the Wu family and asked, "What about the Wu family? I heard that the Wu family is also very rich!"

Yu Xi said: "The Hu family, the Luo family, and the Wu family, these three families are the richest families in Haocheng. However, the Wu family's business is mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a little worse than the other two." As for the richest man is the Hu family It's still Luo's family, only they know this, and Yuxi is not very clear.

Liu Er came to a sudden: "So that's how it is." Apart from the Hu family, the Luo family donated the most money. (to be continued)