swear not to be concubine

Chapter 22

Jian Yan is currently in the plum grove of the Xu family.

When she first came to Xu's house, the plum blossoms had just bloomed, and the leaves hadn't even come out yet, a bare branch.But now, the plum tree is full of small plums, each plump and round, hidden among the thick green leaves.

It has been nearly a month since I arrived at Xu's house, and Jian Yan actually feels that life here is better than living in Jian's house.Apart from other things, at least Mrs. Jane is also a guest in this Xu family, so naturally she can't stretch her hands too far, and there are many things that she can't control.

For example, on the matter of eating alone, because everyone lives in Hexiangyuan, Jian Yan ate with Mrs. Jian, Xu Miaoning and Ji at the beginning, instead of just two or three meals per meal. Vegetarian dishes, and no one stipulated that she could only eat half a bowl of rice, or just drink half a bowl of porridge, Jian Yan lived a good life with enough food for a few days.

Mrs. Jian watched from the side, anxious in her heart, deeply afraid that Jian Yan would become a fat person if she ate like this, and her hard work for so many years would be in vain.It's just that she doesn't know what to say.Later, she thought of a trick, she only told Ji that Jian Yan had a bad spleen and stomach, she couldn't eat meat, and she couldn't eat too much in one meal, so she simply gave her some vegetarian dishes for each meal, and gave her less food, and let her go She ate at home by herself.

It's just that Jian Yan quickly thought of a countermeasure.

There is a small kitchen in the northwest corner of the back garden of Xu's family, which only manages the meals for the girls in the garden.As the saying goes, it is easy to do things with money, so Jian Yan asked Bai Wei to take some money and quietly bribed Mother Xia who was in charge of the kitchen. Yan eats a lot, so the ones who go to the kitchen to bring Jian Yan food every day are either pearls or emeralds. After all, Mrs. Jian knows what Jian Yan eats every meal.But after all, every time Bai Wei went to the kitchen, Mother Xia would secretly give her a pack of pastries, or some other food, which at least ensured that Jian Yan would not go hungry.

She is growing up now, and she eats a lot, each meal is only half a bowl of rice, two or three vegetarian dishes, and she is often so hungry that she is blind in the middle of the night.

And once Bai Wei came back from the small kitchen with a smile on her face.

Jian Yan asked her: "What's so good about this? You're so happy."

Bai Wei handed over a pack of hibiscus cake.Jian Yan hurriedly took a piece and put it into her mouth.

The entrance is soft and the tip of the tongue is full of sweetness, which is really endless aftertaste.

At this time, Bai Wei whispered from the side: "Girl, guess who I saw in the kitchen just now?"

It turned out that after Jian Yan and the others came to Tongzhou with Mrs. Jian, Zhou Lin also came.It's just that although he knew that Jian Yan and the others were in Xu's house, he couldn't get in, couldn't get in touch, and could only wander around Xu's house every day.But this small kitchen has a door that leads directly to the back street.Because Bai Wei was thinking about what Zhou Lin said at that time, she would go to Xu's house to find you, so every time she went to the kitchen, she would stand at the kitchen door and look towards the back street for a while. Coincidentally, she saw Zhou Lin just now. Xi De immediately called out to him, then pulled him into the kitchen, and told Mother Xia that this was her eldest brother, and he came to visit her specially.

Xia's mother in the kitchen had already been bribed by Bai Wei with money, so she wouldn't say anything more.So they let them talk in the kitchen, but they still guarded for them.

When Jian Yan heard this, she was so happy that she didn't even bother eating the hibiscus cake, she just asked Jian Yan: "When did Brother Zhou come? Where is he now? What are his plans for the future?"

Bai Wei told her in detail: "Brother Zhou has been here in Tongzhou for about ten days. According to him, he is currently staying in a ruined temple. As for what plans he has, he means that he also He doesn't know any other crafts. He has been dealing with silk threads for many years, so he simply finds a woolen shop in Tongzhou City to work as a clerk, and continues to return to his old profession. He also said that if the girl has Wherever you need him, just talk, he will definitely be there."

Jian Yan chewed the hibiscus cake in her mouth slowly, thinking about something on her mind.

In fact, she has been thinking about one thing these days.She now has nearly 1000 taels of silver in all the bits and pieces on her body, but there are too many places to spend money, and she can't just sit and eat.It is better to expect the Yellow River to flow backwards than to expect Mrs. Jane to give her money, so she has to find a way to make the money she has in hand produce money.

With money in hand, it will be easier to get out of Mrs. Jane's control in the future.

It's just that she was confined in this deep courtyard again, unable to go out to check for business opportunities and find something to do.But now that Zhou Lin is here, this is absolutely trustworthy, so why can't she hire Zhou Lin as the shopkeeper, give him funds, give him advice, and let him help her with business?In this way, there is no need to show up, and Mrs. Jane will not be able to detect it anymore.

The more Jian Yan thought about it, the more excited she became, and she was still thinking about it when she was lying on the bed at night.

But here comes the problem again, she only has 1000 taels of silver on hand, what can she do with it?We have to find a way to raise more funds.

She opened her eyes, looking at Chengchen above her head, and didn't sleep all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Bai Wei fetched water to help her wash up, and when she saw her appearance, Bai Wei was shocked immediately.

I saw Jian Yan sitting on the bed, her eyes were blue, but they were full of excitement.

"Bai Wei," seeing Bai Wei coming in, Jian Yan beckoned her over, "I thought of something."

Bai Wei put the pot of hot water in her hand aside, walked to the bed, and asked, "Girl, this is you, haven't you slept all night?"

Jian Yan didn't answer, but said with a smile: "Let's leave this alone. Bai Wei, I thought about what to ask Big Brother Zhou to do."

"Huh?" Bai Wei was a little dazed.The girl didn't sleep all night, just thinking about what to ask Brother Zhou to do?
And Jian Yan continued to say there: "I think I will pay the money here and hire Brother Zhou to be my shopkeeper and let him do business for me. Brother Zhou said that he is only familiar with silk thread, so let him do it. A wool shop. As for the money, I have already thought about it. I can probably scrape together 1000 taels of silver on hand right now. I thought, let Brother Zhou bring the 1000 taels of silver and set off immediately to sell in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Silk thread—I remember that he followed Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao to sell silk thread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he should be familiar with this. Let him first exchange all the 1000 taels of silver for silk thread, and then pawn all the silk thread in the pawn shop ..."

Bai Wei was a little dazed, it wasn't just Jian Yan's claim that she gave Zhou Lin money to open a woolen thread shop and hired him as the shopkeeper, but the key point was that since she bought silk thread, why did she pawn it to the pawnshop?
She asked her puzzled point, and Jian Yan laughed and said, "Because I only have 1000 taels of silver, how much is this 1000 taels of silver enough to buy? I thought about it all night before I thought about it." Come up with this idea, you can make 1000 taels of goods out of a capital of 2000 taels of silver."

Bai Wei expressed disbelief.How could this 1000 taels of silver be able to produce 2000 taels of silver?If so, wouldn't all businessmen in the world be empty-handed?
Jian Yan smiled and said: "Don't believe me, just listen to me. You ask Brother Zhou to exchange the 1000 taels of silver for silk thread, and then pawn the silk thread to the pawnshop. The pawnshop will definitely lower the price." , it is impossible to give Brother Zhou 1000 taels of silver, at most he gave 900 to 900 taels of silver, and then you let the elder brother take the 1000 to 2000 taels of silver to buy silk thread, and then pawn it in the pawn shop, and get the pawn shop He used the money to buy silk thread, bought it and pawned it, and set it up several times. Finally, he sold the silk thread he got, and went to redeem the silk thread in the pawnshop. But with the one thousand taels of silk thread that was first pawned in the pawnshop, there will be about [-] taels of silver on hand from selling the silk thread, and then take this silver to buy silk thread, wouldn't it be [-] taels? The cost of silver? For us, it’s just a lot of work, and then we lose some interest in the pawnshop, but the cost has doubled.”

Bai Wei was completely dumbfounded.

"Gu, girl, speak slowly, I didn't understand."

Jian Yan told her again in detail, took a piece of paper and a pen, and showed her the calculations.After repeating this three times, Bai Wei finally understood.Then she asked with great admiration: "Girl, how did you come up with this idea?"

Jian Yan pointed at the blue color in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Just thinking about this, I didn't sleep all night. Hurry up and find Brother Zhou later, let him take the money, and go quickly Jiangsu and Zhejiang sold the silk thread, and we started to do business."

Bai Wei has already greeted Xia's mother, and Zhou Lin can convey anything to her through her.So Bai Wei immediately went to find Mother Xia and asked him to meet.

After meeting, Bai Wei explained Jian Yan's meaning. After Zhou Lin thought about it, he also said that this method is good. He immediately left for Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then came back after selling silk thread, opened the shop, and immediately opened the door do business.

A few days ago, news came from Zhou Lin that he had returned from selling silk thread from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the shop was finished, the shopkeeper was found, and in two days he would officially open for business.And according to the method Jian Yan said earlier, although he only took 1000 taels of silver, he did sell goods for 2000 taels of silver.

Jian Yan was very happy.And this morning, Bai Wei even sent a message, saying that Brother Zhou came to tell her that the business in the wool shop is very good, and there are dozens of taels of silver in the account every day, so she can rest assured.

Jian Yan was even happier.

After transmigrating here, although she has no worries about eating and drinking, she still feels like duckweed and is worried.But now she has her own shop and her own source of income. Anyway, this is her first successful step to get rid of Mrs. Jane's control in the future.

(End of this chapter)