Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 650
Sure enough, Mrs. Shen coughed and said: "This is a good time. If we can establish a relationship with Beijing and China, the road ahead will be easier."

Li Xin lowered his eyes and said: "The workshop belongs to Madam's family, so this matter should naturally be decided by Madam."

Mrs. Shen stared at Li Xin for a while, then smiled and said: "The formulas I hold in my hand are only about a dozen or twenty kinds. If there are more, the sales will be better after entering Beijing."

Li Xin's heart moved slightly, and Mrs. Shen continued: "Originally, the market to Jingzhou and Yuzhou has already opened up. Who would have thought that there would be a natural disaster in that area, and the sales would drop sharply. If it weren't for the news of the merchants from Beijing. , I am afraid that this business will make me a little embarrassed."

Li Xin knew that the Shen family's business was not only sold well in Yizhou, but also sold to other prefectures.I still remember that the goods were delivered by the people of the mighty bodyguard at that time.

Thinking about it, the disasters in the two nearby states did greatly affect the Shen family's business.

What Madam Shen said was to let Li Xin come up with good ideas again.

Li Xin sighed in his heart, knowing that Mrs. Shen was still worried about her, and felt that she still had something to hide.Coupled with the fact that Guan Wen's business is getting better and better, Mrs. Shen will inevitably feel that Li Xin will start a new business on her own and also run a women's business.

In fact, Li Xin is really not interested in doing business.Now she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and she is extremely satisfied with her family business. She never thought about earning a lot of money by herself.

Guan Wen honestly handed over all the money he earned to her.

Li Xin smiled at Mrs. Shen: "Madam, don't worry. There must be skilled craftsmen in the workshop. When Madam's business is on the right track in Beijing, the craftsmen will gradually develop other varieties."

The smile on Mrs. Shen's face faded slightly.

Li Xin said softly: "Madam, the most important thing is to take care of your body. If you earn money, but your body collapses, isn't it worth the loss?"

Mrs. Shen responded lightly.

Madam Xia said softly: "Madam Guan's words are right, Madam should keep it in mind."

Mrs. Shen replied in a low voice: "I understand the truth, I understand my body myself, so don't persuade me so much."

Mrs. Shen asked Nanny Xia to add more tea, and after turning over this matter, she mentioned to Li Xin that Shen Ruixuan's parents wanted to see her.

"...Chang Ke and his wife come back once in a while, and I have never met you before, so I would like to thank you in person."

Li Xin lowered his head quickly and said, "What did Madam say, it's been so many years, why should Madam still remember?"

The corners of Mrs. Shen's lips raised into a smile: "Speaking of which, I had a great fate with you at the beginning. You only said that it was a mistake that saved my grandson, but if you hadn't appeared, I'm afraid my grandson would suffer so much. Even It was finally found, and there must be a bad memory. It is really thanks to you."

Li Xin was a little embarrassed, but Mrs. Shen's words of thanks were very sincere.

But Li Xin still felt that Mrs. Shen's attitude towards her was a little cold today, as if she was blaming her for something.

Was it because she vaguely avoided Mrs. Shen's question about cooperating with Beijing-China merchants, and implicitly asked her to continue to provide varieties to the Shen family?Li Xin didn't think so.

Although Mrs. Shen has always been kind to her today, Li Xin just felt that Mrs. Shen was alienated from her.

Alienation is also good, Li Xin thought.She didn't want to have too much dealings with women in this kind of mansion.Not to mention that the interpersonal relationship in Shen's residence is also quite complicated, which made her unable to see through it all the time.

Li Xin smiled: "The young master is also blessed by the Bodhisattva, and it is also Madam who has done good deeds and accumulated good deeds. God is also watching. I am grateful for Madam's kindness, and I am secretly looking after the young master."

Mrs. Shen knew that she was evading again, but this time she was a little relieved: "It's okay, Chang Ke and his wife belong to the official family after all, and you don't feel comfortable looking at them."

The smile on Li Xin's face also faded by two points.

Is this reminding her of her merchant status?

Mrs. Shen was not in good health, and Li Xin didn't have much else to chat with her. After sitting for a while, seeing Mrs. Shen showing signs of fatigue, Li Xin got up and left without hesitation.

Mrs. Shen didn't keep her either, and asked Madam Xia to send Li Xin out of the house on her behalf.

Xia Nanny is still very polite to Li Xin, compared to Han Kuai's family, Xia Nanny's behavior is more shrewd and restrained.After sending Li Xin to the second gate, Mother Xia smiled at Li Xin and said, "Madam is ill, so I don't need to greet Madam Guan, and I hope Madam Guan will not be offended."

Li Xin said with a smile: "Madam Xia is polite, Madam has always treated me well, so naturally I will not blame Madam for such a thing. On the contrary, Nanny Xia is an old man by Madam's side, and it is very hard to take care of Madam on weekdays. Take care of yourself."

Madam Xia nodded and said "yes", and watched Li Xin and others go out.

On the way back to the closed house, Madam Cao bowed her waist and said to Li Xin, "Madam and Madam Shen know each other before? This is the first time this servant has seen Madam Shen!"

Li Xin smiled and didn't answer.

Seeing that Li Xin seemed to be impatient with this topic, Mama Cao couldn't say anything more, so she just kept her mouth shut.

The matter of returning the gift to Shen's house came to an end, and it took Li Xin a few more days to return the gift elsewhere.

There are still a few gift givers left on the list that Li Xin got in his hand.

"The Xue family..." Li Xin frowned as he looked at the impressive word "Xue family" on the list.

Cao Guanshi bowed his head and said: "Xue Qian and his young master Xue Qian came to the Xue family that day, and they left without staying after eating and drinking, and the villain did not have much contact with the Xue family father and son. I saw the Xue family father and son gave generous gifts."

Li Xin nodded and sighed.

It turned out to be the Xue family.

"Madam, are you going to return the gift to Xue's family?" Mama Cao looked at Li Xin's expression, "It stands to reason that Xue's family has to go when all the other families are gone."

Of course Li Xin knew that Xue's family had to go, but...

"The Xue family doesn't seem to have any female relatives?" Li Xin asked softly.

Mama Cao hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your servant only heard that the Xue family has only one aunt, and other than that, there is only the old mother of the Xue family, and she is already in her twilight years. Everything in the family is managed by that aunt and another mother who is appointed by the master of the Xue family."

Li Xin nodded: "That means there are no female relatives who came out to receive them."

Mother Cao said: "That aunt can come out to receive Madam."

Li Xin raised his voice, said "Oh", and said: "I'm going to the door, and an aunt from the Xue family came out to receive me. Not to mention whether it is reasonable or not, I am afraid that if it gets out, people will say that the Xue family does not understand the rules."

Cao's mother was embarrassed immediately, and said: "Yes."

Auntie is not on the stage, she can be regarded as a higher-level servant who waits on others.Although the concept of hierarchy in Yizhou is not as strict as in Beijing or other places, wives and concubines are still clearly divided.The concubine buys and sells, and allows the mistress to beat and scold her.No family that pays attention to etiquette will let the aunt come out to socialize among the female relatives.Even if there is no main room at home, that won't work.

So generally speaking, some powerful and wealthy families, especially those with concubines, will definitely marry back a second wife if the head lady dies, within three years at most.This is not only related to the issue of incense inheritance, but also has practical significance-one concubine must not be allowed to climb up in the entertainment among female relatives.

Once this is the case, it means that the family will take a concubine as a wife.This is despised by those who follow the old traditions.

But Xue Qian has never married a stepwife, and his aunt who gave birth to his daughter has always existed in embarrassment.

Mother Cao said in a low voice: "This servant is thinking about it. It is true that I have never heard of Aunt Xue's coming out to socialize with any lady... Madam shouldn't have approached this aunt. I have no choice but to demean myself."

Li Xin smiled, but didn't answer.

She didn't mean to look down on Aunt Luo, but she just got in touch with her and felt... not very good.In addition, after hearing what Xue Qingyan said about Aunt Luo's disadvantages to her, Li Xin would not deal with her even more.

This is life.Li Xin couldn't help sighing in his heart.Although she came from a bad background and had flaws in the past, with her current status compared to that Aunt Luo, she is still a head taller than Aunt Luo.

Waving his hand, Li Xin said, "Forget it with the Xue family, you order it down and prepare a gift in return, and then let Guanshi Cao send it to Xue's residence in the name of me and the master."

Mother Cao nodded in agreement.

Li Xin paused and said: "Specify that the return gift is for Mrs. Xue and Xue Qingyan, the eldest son of the Xue family."

"Yes." Mother Cao replied again, and then asked Li Xin after hesitation: "I heard that there is another girl in Xue's family..."

Li Xin nodded and said: "I know, but that girl is a concubine. If Xue's family has a mistress, I can bring a gift by the way, but Xue's family doesn't have one, so this gift should be waived."

Mama Cao couldn't help but glanced at Li Xin's face. Seeing that she had no expression on her face, she just ordered them to do things calmly, she immediately put away the surprise in her heart, respectfully responded, and went to do things without mentioning it.

At night, Mama Cao and Guanshi Cao settled down to sleep. Mama Cao tossed and turned, unable to sleep, she gave Guanshi Cao a hand and said, "Old Cao, do you think our wife is really a powerful person? She is more powerful than our previous master." Still great?"

Cao Guanshi gave a low "hush" and said, "It's good that you know, what do you say?"

Mother Cao couldn't help but said: "I have only been working with this lady for half a month, and I feel that she is not a good master... In the past, the mistress yelled and scolded me. At most, I found it scary, but now We are now under the hands of this lady, but we dare not fool around all the time, when she looks at me, I feel that she knows everything... Those eyes are like mirrors..."

Guanshi Cao turned over and sighed at his old wife: "It's good that you understand. This lady looks good at her face, but she has a steelyard in her heart. Let's do things under her hands and do my best. She is not a We will be treated badly... You see, those people we left behind have been in the hands of the lady, who has suffered any serious crimes? She used us as a pawn to everyone, and she didn't do anything to us. "

Mama Cao's mouth moved, and she said after a while, "Didn't you say... this lady used to be... what?"

Steward Cao immediately pinched Mama Cao, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk about this again! Do you still want to live here? The master has a clear attitude, and no one in the master's village dares to mention this matter again... let alone the master. Today, it was the husband and wife who made it together, don't mention it again..."

(End of this chapter)