Chapter 587

Sister Quan and Mother Lan carried the child over. Because it's hot now, apart from the clothes I'm wearing, I'm only covered with a very thin quilt, and even this little quilt is always kicked off by them. No way, it's too hot.

Tu Qingmei looked at the appearance of the three children and said with a smile: "It's so interesting, the three children look like two!" After speaking, she poked Brother Xuan who was soundly asleep. Brother Xuan kicked his calf in protest, then continued to sleep.

Tu Qingmei said enviously: "That's great." After finishing speaking, she took out the three golden longevity locks she had prepared, and said, "I missed the three rites, so I will make up for it now."

Yu Xi didn't refuse either, and asked the maid to take it: "When you come next time, bring Ziyao and the others over, they haven't seen each other for more than three years."

Tu Qingmei explained: "The children have traveled a long distance, and they are not used to it when they first arrive in Ho City. I will definitely bring them here next time." The children felt uncomfortable once they arrived in Ho City, how could she dare to bring them here like this.

Yuxi nodded, and asked: "By the way, has Ziyao insisted on practicing calligraphy in the past few years?" I think she gave Ziyao a copybook back then!

Tu Qingmei said happily: "Yes, I keep practicing for half an hour every day, and now my handwriting looks much better than before."

While talking, Liu Er walked in holding Qi Hao's hand. Liu'er said before that she didn't want to take Qihao with her anymore, but unfortunately things backfired, and Yuxi wanted Liu'er to take Qihao with her for a month. Liu'er was very unwilling, but she didn't want to disobey Yuxi, so she could only reluctantly agree. At the beginning Liu'er was devastated, but fortunately she's used to it now.

Seeing Yuxi, Qihao staggered to the bed, called out happily: "Mother." Then he tried to climb up, trying to climb onto the bed.

Yuxi carried him to bed. Liu'er said: "Mother, the second brother and the others are still in bed! Ah Hao is so naughty, what if you let him go to bed and hit the second brother and them?" Since she started taking Qihao, Liu'er has also started to talk a lot.

Many people don't understand why Yu Xi did this? There are so many maids and women in the mansion, so there is no need for Liu Er to take care of them. Only Sister Quan knew that Yuxi was cultivating Liu'er's patience, and by the way, she was also letting her siblings develop more relationships.

Yuxi smiled and said: "It's okay if I'm here."

After hearing this, Liu Er went up to help Qi Hao take off his shoes. While taking off his shoes, he said: "Be good, don't hit your younger brother, you know?" Qihao slapped Liu'er on the face before, the pain caused Liu'er to burst into tears.

Qi Hao spoke more clearly now, and said: "Mother, younger brother, play." He meant to play with the younger brothers.

Yuxi wiped the fine sweat from Qihao's forehead with a handkerchief, and said with a smile: "My younger brothers are still young, you can play with them in two years' time." In two years' time Qihao will be enlightened I don't have time to play.

Tu Shi looked at Liu'er and said in surprise: "Ah, this is the second princess, right? The second princess is really good-looking?" The four-year-old child is so outstanding in appearance, and he will be great when he grows up!

Yuxi nodded with a smile and said: "Well, this is Liu'er, this is Qihao." After speaking, she turned to Liu'er and said to Qihao: "Liu'er, Qihao, this is my aunt."

Liu'er yelled in a soft voice, while Qi Hao yelled loudly: "Hello, Auntie."

The loud voice directly woke up the sleeping three brothers. As soon as the three children woke up, they clamored for milk.

It was more than a quarter of an hour after the three children were fed. Yuxi smiled at Tu Qingmei and said: "It is said that confinement should be pure, but I am so noisy every day."

Tu Qingmei is a straightforward person, without any twists and turns. Hearing this, she laughed and said, "Your words are too hateful. I don't even want to be quarreled with!" Which woman gave birth to four sons? Walk sideways at home!

Yuxi said: "Since you plan to live in Pickaxe City, you must have your own house? Are you going to buy a lot? I'll ask Han Ji to help you find out.

"Han Ji is the chief steward of Prince Pingxi's mansion, and he knows these things very well.

Tu Qingmei shook her head and said, "Letting Steward Han help me find a house, wouldn't it be an overkill." It is said that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, Yun Qing is the boss in the northwest, and Han Ji, as the chief steward of Pingxi Palace, handles everyone outside Everyone has to call Han Ye. However, Han Ji is very low-key, and never bullies others. Because Han Ji was cautious, those who didn't like him had no chance to deal with him.

Yuxi held Tu Qingmei's hand and said, "I really treat you as my sister, so you don't have to be polite to me, just ask if you need help."

Tu Qingmei shook her head and said, "Yuxi, I don't plan to buy a big house this time, I just want to buy a secondary yard."

Yuxi was a little strange, and asked: "It's too small, Ziyao and Jingyao will not have separate courtyards in the future." After speaking, Yuxi asked again: "Is there not enough money?" , It's not something that Yucheng can compare with Xin Ping'an.

Tu Qingmei didn't lie to Yuxi either, and said: "I'm afraid to buy a big yard. My sister-in-law brings her family to Pick City, and then she has to live with us." She really doesn't want to live with that sister-in-law of. In the past few years, she has also been the master of the house, how could she be willing to be suppressed by others now. It's fine if it's in his hometown, but he doesn't want to be in Pick City.

Yuxi hasn't paid much attention to the Zhao family's affairs in the past few years. It's a little strange to hear this: "No way? Your in-laws are both in Xinping City. As the eldest daughter-in-law, she doesn't stay in her hometown to serve the elderly and take care of her husband. What are you here for?"

Tu Qingmei is the kind of person who talks about everything, and she doesn't hide anything from Yuxi, she said: "The Zhao family used to be in the medicinal material business, and each house received a huge dividend every year. Since the business disappeared, the dividend has also been cut off. My uncle and sister-in-law are used to being extravagant, and the food is still the same as before. In addition, my uncle is raising four aunts and seven children, and the expenses are more than twice as high as before. The family only has a few shops and 800 mu The income from the fertile fields is not enough." Now the medicinal materials in the entire Northwest are partly supplied by Wu Kuo and partly by the caravan. Without the middle link, the medicinal materials alone save a lot of money every year compared to before.

Yuxi frowned and said, "You guys haven't separated yet?" Without a separation, the big house is so squandered, Tu Qingmei and his wife will suffer a lot.

Tu Qingmei said with a wry smile: "At the beginning, the second master sent all the money he got back home. It was only after getting Brother Teng that he knew how to plan for this family." Brother Teng was the concubine's son.

Yuxi really didn't know these things: "Then you and your children have lived a very hard life in Xining for more than three years." Now that the government in Northwest China is clear, corruption and bribery rarely happen. In addition, Zhao Hao's position is not high, even if someone pays filial piety, there will not be many.

Tu Qingmei shook her head and said: "It's not enough to suffer, the family is like this now, Ziyao and Jingyao will definitely not have much dowry when they get married. As a mother, I just want to make more plans for them."

Yuxi smiled and said: "Don't think too much, Ziyao is only eleven years old this year, so don't worry about five or six years before she gets married. Besides, the dowry is second, the main thing is to find a good person." If it is not good, ten miles of red makeup is useless.

Tu Qingmei nodded and said: "That's the reason, but as a mother, I want to prepare more for the children."

Yuxi nodded with a smile and said: "This is what mothers think. By the way, how do you know that your sister-in-law will come to Pickaxe City?"

Tu Qingmei said: "Someone in the mansion delivered a letter to me. My sister-in-law knew that my child and I were going to live in Haocheng, so she urged my uncle to say that there are many famous doctors in Haocheng, and that coming to Haocheng might not be able to heal his injuries. "Zhao Zhuo has been decadent since he was injured and disabled. In the past few years, he took in four concubines and gave birth to five more children. Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao wanted to take care of it, but they couldn't do it at all, so they had to let him.

Yuxi thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, it's useless for you to buy a two-entry house. When they insist on living in it, you have nothing to do."

Tu Qingmei said: "Could it be possible to buy a new one."

Yuxi shook her head and said, "How much money did your mother-in-law give you this time to settle down?" There is no separation, and the family must pay part of it to buy a house here.

Tu Qingmei didn't hide it, and said: "My mother-in-law sent me two thousand taels of silver." In Pickaxe City, as long as you don't choose a prosperous location, two thousand taels of silver can buy a courtyard with three entrances. If the location is good, you can only buy a secondary one.

It is more fair for Mrs. Zhao to have an accident. But no matter how fair this is, there is partiality. The eldest son has been abolished, and the second son has a good future. In the future, the division of the family will definitely favor the eldest son. Yuxi said: "Trouble is coming, and you can't hide from it. Don't buy a second-entry yard just because you want to avoid trouble, this yard may last you a lifetime! Or buy a third-entry yard, so that the two sisters It also has its own courtyard."

Tu Qingmei thought for a while and nodded: "I was thinking about it." After a pause, Tu Qingmei said: "I still have some money on hand, and I want to use it to buy two shops. After a few years, these two shops will be given to Zi Yao and Jingyao will be dowry. It's just that I'm not familiar with Pick City, and I don't want to bother my aunt..." Yuxi was able to say these things to her, and she stopped being polite.

Yu Xi smiled and said: "Let Han Ji find out for you, and you will definitely not suffer at that time." Han Ji will definitely get a preferential price if he comes forward.

After talking for a while, Tu Qingmei went home.

In the evening, Yunqing came back and told Yuxi one thing: "Yuxi, the summer harvest in Jiangnan this year is very good, and it should not be worse than last year." Yuxi said that there may be drought in Jiangnan, but in fact not only is there no drought, On the contrary, the weather is smooth.

Yu Xi smiled and said, "Is there something bad to say?" Seeing Yun Qing's appearance, she knew it was not a good thing.

Yun Qing didn't hide it from Yu Xi either, and said: "Yu Baojia posted the official letter we wrote to him at the beginning, saying that we harbored evil intentions and deliberately spread rumors."

Yu Xi didn't care about these words at all, and said: "They can say whatever they want, don't care. By the way, since Jiangnan has a good summer harvest this year, then we can take the opportunity to buy some more grain." there is none left. Instead of this, it is better to buy more and save them.

Yunqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "We can't hold enough grain in our granary and still want to buy it? Are you addicted to buying grain?" He really didn't feel the need to buy grain.

Yuxi said seriously: "I'm not joking, we store yams, we should store more rice noodles. He Rui, I want Wu Kuo to buy one million shi of grain in Anhui and Jiangxi. The price is not a problem, but it must Guaranteed to arrive in the Northwest within two months." Grain purchased from Anhui and Jiangxi can be shipped from Hubei to the Northwest. The relationship in Hubei has been cleared up, and all the things have been shipped from Hubei in the past few years.

Looking at Yuxi like this, Yunqing asked, "Even if there is a drought in the Northwest, the food we store is enough for the people in the Northwest to eat for more than a year." What Yunqing said didn't include the food stored on hand by the people.

Yuxi said: "I didn't say that, what we store is potatoes, no rice noodles. This time, we have made up the types of food.

Yun Qing said speechlessly: "Not to mention the stored grain, but the corn and wheat in the field, which have grown well this year. Yuxi, do I really think we don't need to buy any more grain?"

Yuxi's mind couldn't help but see the tragic scene of people cannibalizing people, and she couldn't help shivering. Yuxi said firmly: "It is necessary, very necessary. He Rui, one million dans of grain is only two to three hundred thousand taels of silver. We have money now and can afford it."

Yun Qing said in a funny and angry way: "We spent more than two million silver on the acquisition of potatoes this year." This is still a lot of potato left in the hands of the common people, otherwise it is estimated to be more than three million silver.

Yuxi said: "Didn't Yongcheng send 20,000 taels of gold last month? Anyway, it's not needed for the time being, let's use it to buy food first!"

Yun Qing was unwilling, and said: "The two thousand taels of gold can be used to buy other things."

No matter what Yuxi said this time, Yunqing did not agree. Seeing this, Yu Xi could only say: "Since you don't want to, then forget it."

In fact, Yuxi is not a person who compromises easily. The next day, I wrote a letter myself and asked Aunt Quan to hand it to Xu Wu. Mother Quan said: "Wangfei said that it is not appropriate for the prince to know about this matter, and please Master Xu not to tell the prince about this matter."

Xu Wu asked: "Why can't you tell the prince?"

Mother Quan didn't hide it from Xu Wu, and said: "This letter is for the princess to ask Wu Kuo to buy another one million stones of grain. Unfortunately, the prince disagrees. The princess can only use this method." This letter is to send For Wu Kuo.

Xu Wu said: "There is already a lot of grain stored in the northwest, so there is no need to buy any more grain?"

Seeing Xu Wu's hesitation, Mother Quan said: "You should know what kind of character the princess is. Since she decided to do this, there must be a reason."

Xu Wu thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, I'll send someone to send the letter to Wu Kuo now. But I will tell the prince about it later."

Sister Quan said: "It will be later, otherwise the prince will send someone to recover the letter." She didn't want to make useless efforts.

Xu Wu nodded in agreement. (to be continued)