The Pastoral Medicinal Fragrance of the Imperial Concubine

Chapter 111 Finding a Backer (2)
Hao Dan lowered his head, for some reason, he remembered the last time when Leng Ping disliked his foot odor. Since then, he has washed his feet every day, and now...

"Sister, can't I go to study?" Hao Dan finally agreed!
"Yes, that's called being obedient. Don't worry, the private school ends early, so you can help me with things after school, as long as you don't mind working hard!" Leng Ping patted Hao Dan on the shoulder.

Hao Dan immediately replied: "It's not hard, I like to help my sister do things!"

Leng Ping also smiled, it seems that the matter of going to school between Hao Dan and Shi Shi must be settled first, and the matter of going to Ruan Mansion for medical treatment must be properly discussed with Hao Shi.

At this moment, Hao Shi has been hiding in the crowd, until Cao's daughter-in-law Xiuhua and Xiao Lang were all taken away by her natal family, and only Mrs. Cao was left crying, and Hao Shi slowly regained her senses.

"Hao's sister-in-law, when did you become so lively?" Gou Sheng Niang watched the excitement today, and saw that Hao Shi hadn't left, so she immediately pulled Hao Shi, intending to talk about the aftermath of today's farce feel.

"Mother, mother!" Before Gou Shengniang could speak, she saw Shitou and Hua'er running over, their faces were full of joy, and they dragged Hao towards home.

"Hua'er, what's the matter? Look at you laughing so hard that your lips are split up to your ears, but what's there to eat?" Gou Leftover immediately wanted to talk to Hua'er.

Hua'er has a small mouth and is clever. Although she was born at the same time as Shi Shi, her expressive ability is much better than Shi Shi's, so the leftover dog picked Hua'er and asked.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Hua'er hurriedly waved her hands, fearing that the leftover mother would ask more questions, she and Shitou hurried home with Hao Shi.

"Going in such a hurry, I'm afraid others will snatch it!" Gou Sheng Niang waved her hands in disgust, and finally met the old kidnapper's wife, the two finally found a confidant, and talked about the Cao family's affairs again.

As she walked home, Hao asked in a low voice, "Hua'er, did your sister-in-law bring someone to our house just now? Did that person leave?"

"Mother, let's go, but leave a big ingot for our family!" Hua'er looked around vigilantly, seeing that it was all wasteland, some distance away from the village, so she said mysteriously.

"Leave a big ingot?" Hao Shi was taken aback, then hurried back home.

At home, Leng Ping was lighting the moxa sticks and putting them in an iron box to try. Seeing Hao Shi coming back, she hurriedly asked, "Mother, is the cloth bag ready? Give it to me to try!"

Hao asked the children to go out to play, then hurriedly went to the kang to get the cloth bag that had been hurriedly made overnight, and handed it to Leng Ping.

Hao Shi's skillful hand, although it is just an ordinary cotton cloth, but green bamboo is embroidered on it, which looks very beautiful.

Leng Ping nodded in satisfaction, seeing that the moxa sticks were almost burning, she covered the iron box, put it in a cloth bag, and tied the cloth bag to the inside of her arm using the cloth strips on it.

Because the skin on the inside of the arm is soft and sensitive to heat, Leng Ping tried it for a while, but it was ideal, it wouldn't be very hot, but she could feel the heat permeating all over her body.

Seeing Leng Ping's busy appearance, Hao Shi wanted to speak several times, but hesitated.

"Mother, Master Ruan came just now. It's a pity that you are not at home. He wants me to go to Ruan's mansion to see a doctor for Mrs. Ruan in five days. I have paid all the money for the consultation, 50 taels of silver!" Leng Ping tried the temperature , raised his face and smiled.

"The person who came today is Master Ruan?" Hao Shi was startled, her face turned pale, and she immediately whispered: "Ping'er, you can't go!"

Leng Ping was startled, and also noticed that Hao Shi's complexion was not good, so she hurried forward to take her pulse and asked, "Mother, is there something wrong?"

Hao shook her head, grabbed Leng Ping's hand and said, "Can this job be postponed? I heard just now that Master Ruan is not an easy task. Most of the ruffians in the city are under his jurisdiction! We should avoid provoking such people!"

Leng Ping thought that Mrs. Hao was worried about something, but it turned out to be this, so she immediately smiled and said: "Mother, you are worrying too much, I just went to treat Mrs. Ruan, why go back and provoke Master Ruan! Besides, Mrs. Ruan is waiting I am very good, if there is no Mrs. Ruan, our family will be like the people in the village, right now we are desperately trying to find a way out!"

Speaking of the situation in the village, Leng Ping pondered for a while, and then said to Hao, "Mother, you go to the village chief's house in the evening and say that Lord Ruan came to bring some food to our family today. I can’t afford it either. If anyone wants it, we’ll sell it to them at [-]% of the current market price. If the family really has no money, they can also pay on credit. In the future, it’s okay to use labor or pay for food later!”

The last time I bought about [-] catties of grain, and now there are two months before the wheat harvest, the Hao family only needs to keep two months of surplus grain, and Leng Ping plans to use the rest to lend money. The price is high!

Leng Ping didn't dare to have such thoughts before, because she was afraid that people in the village would bully them, and the Hao family would not return them without a man. Today, when Ruan Ji came, many people in the village saw it. Taking advantage of Ruan Ji's reputation, Leng Ping also wanted to raise a big banner. It can cut off the coveting of the Xiaoxiao boys on the Hao family!

Hao Shi muttered, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, just nodded.

After dinner in the evening, Hao Shi took Hao Dan to the village chief's house to discuss food matters, while Leng Ping began to show off, preparing to make a backpack for each of Hao Dan and Shitou who were going to school.

Shitou heard that he would go to school in a few days, he was very excited, his mouth was tightly pursed, and he sat obediently by the side, watching Leng Ping draw pictures eagerly.

"Sister-in-law, let me sit on the stone, and I will do it too!" Hua'er volunteered, regardless of her young age, when Hao Shi was doing needlework before, she was also helping at the side. This time, she also sewed the silk flowers. many.

"Okay!" Leng Ping encouraged the children to try more. Now that she has plenty of money, even if the flowers are not good, it is just a waste of some fabrics!

Hearing Leng Ping's promise, Hua'er immediately became excited, moved over the bamboo basket that Hao Shi put on the kang, took out the powder paste, and took a piece of cloth strip, and first slapped it on it.

Leng Ping watched with great interest, but she was thinking about the use of the 50 taels of silver. Now that she has Ruan Ji as her backer, it's time to start building a house!

After more than half an hour, the Hao family, which was deserted before, was suddenly filled with people. These people were all from the village, they came here on the wind, and they came earlier than the village chief Yu Xiuman!
"Hao Ren's family, we want to borrow some grain first, let's write an IOU, and when the grain comes out in May, we will pay you back if we make money in the capital!" The old kidnapper's wife said shyly.

(End of this chapter)