Gong Fujiao Daughter-in-law

Chapter 170 Husband and wife
Summer is long.

This year happens to be hot summer again, so the hot days seem particularly long.

Xie Zhijun changed the windows with light screens, and asked the ice cellar on Zhuangzi to bring ice to the house, so life was not so difficult.

She herself is not greedy for coolness, so she takes a lunch break when it is too hot at noon, and in the evening, when Wei Ji returns, she puts the ice basin on, making it much more comfortable to stay in the room.

When Wei Ji came back that day, he told Xie Zhiyun the good news.

"The old man Wang knows quite a lot. He confessed to many things before, saying that Sima Shi did it. Although it can't be used as evidence against Sima Shi, he can be thrown in front of the Dingxi Palace and let Dingxi King do it for us. The house is in charge."

Xie Zhiyun: "..."

It has to be said that Wei Ji sometimes thinks of tricky methods, but they are very effective.

Xie Zhiyun said, "What did King Dingxi say?"

Wei Ji sneered: "What else can I say, saying that this person is a spy of Daqi, sowing discord between our two families, and saying that Old Man Wang will be killed in the street, so as to make an example to others."

"I saved it," Wei Ji couldn't help laughing again, "I said that I would show him to Daqi Li Youxiang in the future, and ask him if he was sent by him."

Xie Zhiyun almost laughed out loud.

She handed the handkerchief to Wei Ji, and asked him to wipe off all the sweat on his body, and then changed into a clean underwear, so as not to catch the cold again while sitting in front of the ice basin.

"This time Sima's hands are not good, and it's not good if he doesn't do it, but it will be uncomfortable for several days."

Wei Ji lowered his eyebrows: "Yes, when it's time to collect cotton, let them be more honest, so as not to make trouble for the family."

Xie Zhiyun nodded, poured sour plum soup for both of them, and ate together to relieve the heat.

She is also very busy these days.

The cotton in Linyan had already been negotiated, and when it was time to collect the cotton, Wei Cang and Cui Ji were not at ease, so they sent the second and third couple to Linyan to watch the cotton collection.

There are four people missing in the family, but Xie Zhiyun is even busier. She is looking for cloth shops from door to door here, and wants to weave cotton into cloth as soon as possible, so that it can be made into winter clothes in time for winter.

Last year's winter clothes were all handed over to the cloth shop. This year, because they collected the cotton themselves, they could save a lot of costs. If they negotiated the cloth shop's errands, they should be able to get better materials and cotton clothes.

It can also save a lot of expenses.

For the past few days, Xie Zhiyun and Cui Ji have been going out together, checking and discussing business in every cloth village, and they are too tired to speak when they come back at night.

After eating a bowl of iced sour plum soup, Xie Zhiyun felt alive.

"In the past few days, my mother and I have looked at all the cloth houses. Some of them are very good. Ji's cloth house is the largest. They are in Yezhou. Taixing and Langhuan have Zhuangzi. More than half of the cloth can be sold, because they want to take over the business of selling cotton, so the price is very suitable.”

"When Xiuxiu comes back, we can talk about it. The price will be about the same."

"However, the Ji family gave us a profit, so we can't be too greedy. Besides, there are so many cloth shops in the city. We have selected a few big cloth shops, and each of them will share some, so that the cloth can be supplied within a month. .”

Xie Zhiyun said while planning to show Wei Ji: "Although we took some trouble, the final result is very good. Father's decision is extremely correct."

Wei Ji didn't know how to make an abacus, his eyes flickered on the abacus, and then fell on Xie Zhijun's slender fingers.

When she was planning the abacus, her fingers were very nimble, dancing and dancing in front of his eyes like glowing fireflies.

"Calculating roughly, this year not only saved a lot of money for the families who donated military funds by relying on the cotton business, but also saved thousands of taels of silver in our own military expenditure. With this money, we can fully subsidize the military expenditure and save more money. Some food."

Wei Ji smiled: "Thanks for your hard work."

The more Xie Zhiyun counted the money, the happier she was. She even forgot the fatigue during the day. She smiled and said, "Why am I working so hard? The key is that we can hold these armaments in our own hands, and sign the agreed few cloth villages. They also intend to compete with each other, and if the cloth is fast and good, we will continue to cooperate next year, and if the cloth is not good, we will not be able to get our cotton next year."

"If they want to do business, they won't cut corners, they'll do it right."

As long as you pinch the cotton in your hands, everything will be fine.

Xie Zhiyun was still saying: "The few thousand taels can do a lot of things, and even the vanguard battalion can issue an extra pair of straw sandals to each person. This is the benefit that falls to the soldiers."

Wei Ji drank the sour plum soup, listened to Xie Zhijun planning these things with a hoarse voice, his heart felt warm, and he felt comfortable all over his body.

"Okay, don't be busy," Wei Ji took the abacus from her hand, and said, "Your voice is hoarse, talk less, rest a little longer, will you go out tomorrow?"

Xie Zhijun smiled, picked up the teacup obediently, and drank the sour plum soup slowly.

"It's all over, I won't go out tomorrow, I have to settle the family accounts, now that Xiuxiu is not here, I have to settle it myself."

Wei Ji smiled, and suddenly said: "Ma'am, you've worked hard. By the way, I remembered that the end of July seems to be Uncle Yu's birthday. This year should be Uncle Yu's fiftieth birthday. Our family will celebrate."

Xie Zhiyun and Cui Ji have been busy with cotton matters recently, but they forgot about this, and Wei Ji reminded them of it.

"It's a good thing you said it, Hanzhao is not at home recently, we can't see her, my mother and I have forgotten about it."

As she spoke, she took a booklet from the table and added a few strokes to it.

"It's been too much recently. I have to write it down and discuss it with my mother tomorrow."

"However, Uncle Yu has been in Yingzhou for the past few years and hasn't gone anywhere."

Yu Hanzhao's father was a general of the Shangzhu Kingdom, who had been stationed at the border in the early years, but after the civil strife in North Vietnam, Yu Shangzhu Kingdom happened to be in Yingzhou, so he became a hero who served as an escort.

When Sima Ling ascended the throne as emperor, he immediately conferred the title of Great General Yu to Wei Shangzhu Kingdom, which meant that it was obvious that he wanted to separate the Yu family from the Wei family.

But his wishful thinking failed.

Both families believed that the present peace was hard-won, so they made a marriage contract in private, and let the second son of the Wei family marry the female general of the Yu family last year.

Marriage is a matter of marrying two surnames.

Their marriage can be described as a lie. Regardless of the relationship between Wei Yao and Yu Hanzhao in private, at least the common people feel at ease after seeing such a scene.

At least, there will be no war in North Vietnam for the time being.

Then let the in-laws swing their knives at each other?
But Xie Zhijun also knew that General Yu had been trapped in Yingzhou since he was conferred the title of Shangzhu Kingdom, unable to go anywhere.

For Yu Bing, this might not be another kind of hiding.

However, the Sima Clan cannot do without the Yu Clan, and now it is Yu Hanzhao's two elder brothers and the Yu Family Army who are guarding the border at Longsui.

"Si Ma Ling's vision is too short-sighted." Wei Ji said.

(End of this chapter)