peasant young lady

Chapter 288 It seems reasonable and well-founded, but it's all bullshit
Hearing the continuous panting of the people around, Dahua pulled Cheng Xia's sleeve anxiously, "Little sister, what is written on the imperial list?"

"Uh," Cheng Xia was stunned, and when she heard Dahua's question, she quickly recovered, "This emperor's list was written by His Majesty himself. Never accept concubine."

"Ah," Dahua couldn't help exclaiming, "Didn't it mean that there are thousands or hundreds of concubines in the palace? How can the emperor only have one empress?"

"That's right," a man watching at the side heard Da Hua's words, and immediately echoed, "Your Majesty, you are defying the world, how can you marry only one person, and the Ming Dynasty will spread its branches and leaves. , really."

cut!Cheng Xia snorted coldly, this is how a man thinks about this matter, just thinking about the number of descendants, why don't you think about the harmony between your majesty and the empress, the husband and wife will no longer fight in the harem, and the family and country will be peaceful?Short-sighted!
The man was still full of righteous indignation and pointed at the people around him, "Look, there are four reasons listed here, hey, it seems to be reasonable, but in fact they are all bullshit."

Dahua hurriedly asked Cheng Xia to tell herself, "What are the four reasons?"

Cheng Xia glanced at it, and said calmly, "First, His Majesty's childhood life was miserable, because of the jealousy of Concubine Wan Gui, he lived in the cold palace for five years, and he has long seen the consequences of concubines fighting for favor. Second, the education His Majesty has received since he was a child is to value the country and not beauties, so he doesn't want to let himself indulge in beauty and ignore state affairs; I have a deep love with the Queen and his wife, and I just want to be a couple for the rest of my life, spending my life lovingly."

Yes, there is a couple for a lifetime, this is what Cheng Xia said personally when he first entered the palace to meet His Majesty, "One couple for a lifetime, two places for ecstasy", and now Zhu Youtang has used it in the imperial list.

Suddenly, Cheng Xia felt an indescribable feeling that Zhu Youtang was really a good emperor and a good husband.

"There is one more, there is one more," Dahua asked impatiently.

"There is another one, that is, Zuo Shuzi of Zuo Chunfang and Hanlin Academy attendant read Xie Qianjin's words. Chen said that His Majesty decided to choose a concubine after listening to the suggestion of Yuma Jian Zuo Shaojian Guo Yong. Now, after many screenings, there are fifty candidates. When a woman enters the palace, His Majesty has nothing to blame for choosing a concubine, but it is not the right time now, because the tomb of the first emperor has not been completed, so how can you choose a concubine arbitrarily. Your Majesty thanked Xie Qian for reminding him, and said that he ruled the world with filial piety, He would like to keep his filial piety and never mention the matter of choosing a concubine again."

"Oh," Dahua nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, "It turns out that the emperor can do this too. It really opened my eyes." Sure enough, only in the capital can I see all kinds of strange things. In the village, what she faces every day is the shortcomings of her parents, how can she broaden her horizons.

Dahua stopped watching the imperial list, pulled Cheng Xia and walked forward, "Little sister, let's quickly sell the drunk red real estate, let's quickly open a restaurant, I can't wait to make money and enjoy life."

Seeing Dahua's energetic appearance, Cheng Xia immediately smiled, "Okay, I'll buy it right away, and then I'll make a lot of money and live happily ever after."

Cheng Xia took out ten bank tickets, a total of 1000 taels. After buying the restaurant, it still needs to be renovated and run to buy things. Money is needed everywhere, so it is always good to get more.

When Cheng Xia and Dahua returned to Zuihonglou, they only saw Shangluo and Du Zhong sitting opposite each other, but no bustard.

"Where's the person?" Cheng Xia asked puzzled, she had already brought the silver, so the madam would regret it, right?
Shang Luo saw the doubt in Cheng Xia's eyes, smiled and said, "Just now her husband came to look for her, saying that he encountered some trouble, and she will come over in a while."

Only then did Cheng Xia nod in reassurance, and sat down on the chair and poured a cup of tea. Cheng Xia immediately smiled, and she looked up at the person standing behind Eucommia, "Miss Weiyun's tea is fragrant and mellow. Take a long way to return the sweetness, does the girl know the tea ceremony?"

Wei Yun waved her hand, "Madam Shao is too much, I don't know anything about tea ceremony, I'm just figuring it out."

"Hey," Cheng Xia was curious, "Do you know that my husband's surname is Shao?"

Wei Yun smiled and nodded, "Mr. Du just said that you are her sister-in-law. I know that Mr. Du has no elder brother. The only one who can be called sister-in-law by him right now is the wife of Mr. Shao Chen who has recently returned from the Shao residence. I guessed right."

Cheng Xia looked at her with admiration, "Miss Weiyun is indeed a woman with a delicate mind, and it's no wonder that Eucommia often talks about you."

"Sister-in-law," Du Zhong called anxiously, "Don't talk nonsense, Wei Yun and I are not what you think."

Cheng Xia shrugged, it doesn't matter if it's what she thinks, as long as Dahua is what she thinks, as for the others, it doesn't matter what she thinks.

Shang Luo's eyes glanced back and forth between Du Zhong, Cheng Xia and Da Hua who was sitting between the two of them. He only took a few more glances at Du Zhong before he understood what was happening. Unable to speak, he jokingly said, "If I knew Du Zhong had such a beautiful woman by my side, why would Mrs. Du rush around for your marriage?"

Cheng Xia suddenly turned around and took a look at Shang Luo, saw the clarity and playfulness in his eyes, and quickly gave him a thumbs up under the table, damn it, he is indeed the son of the very smart Shopkeeper and Aunt Han, his brain is Liang Tang, after a while, he could see that Du Zhong was interested in Da Hua, and what was rare was that he understood what he meant, and followed suit, which was simply too clever.

"Shangluo!" Du Zhong was so annoyed by them that he wanted to do something, "My sister-in-law is joking and you are still trying hard?"

"Hey, I'm not joking," Cheng Xia nodded seriously, and was about to continue teasing Eucommia, but saw the old bustard walking towards him from the backyard, and quickly handed over the 600 taels of silver, "Here, This is 600 taels, once we sign the contract, the brothel and the girls will be mine."

The old bustard took the money, took out the prepared contract, signed with Cheng Xia separately, and took out the house deed, and that was the end of the matter.

Cheng Xia carefully put the house deed and contract in his pocket, seeing the sullen look of the old bustard, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?"

The old bustard pulled her face and sighed, "Didn't I say I was going back to my hometown, Xiangyang? You see, all my brothels have been sold, but my husband's manor is always in my hands. He came to me just now and said that the house he had set up earlier The customer suddenly found a better location, and they disliked our manor for being too small, so they didn’t want it.”

manor?Cheng Xia suddenly became interested, "Is your garden far from here?" Cheng Xia was referring to the brothel.

"It's not far away. Go out from the backyard and go north along that street. There is a lake. By the lake is my garden. It's very close." Seeing that Cheng Xia wanted to buy it, the bustard hurriedly sold it, "My family's Although the garden is not big, it is clean and elegant, very nice.”

Cheng Xia was suddenly puzzled, "You have a brothel and a manor in the capital, and you lived a comfortable life, why do you have to go back to your hometown?" Isn't it because you can't get along in the capital, so you left?
"Hey, you don't know," the old bustard sighed, "The capital city is very good, and there are many people who want to break into it, but it's not very good to be treated here. At the feet of the emperor, if you don't keep it together, someday you will say something inadvertently." You have committed a crime. In the root of the imperial city, throwing a stone at will can hit the relatives of the emperor, and we are afraid that one day we will cause trouble, and we will make money but spend it instead."

The old bustard saw the world clearly, "How about this, take me there to have a look at the garden, if I think it's suitable, I'll buy it."

"Little sister," Dahua hurriedly pulled her to stop her from being impulsive, "Didn't we buy a house? What kind of garden are we buying?"

Cheng Xia carefully leaned into Dahua's ear and whispered, "Didn't you tell me that you brought the chili seeds I dried earlier? Since we are going to open a restaurant, those bean pastes can only supply temporary needs. If you want to continue to make money, you have to rely on peppers, we need to grow peppers in a large area, and this garden is exactly what we need."

"But where does my little brother live?" Dahua asked again.

"It's too far away, and the courtyard is limited in size, so it's not suitable there," Cheng Xia patted Dahua's hand, "Don't worry, let's go and have a look first."

I followed the procuress all the way to the garden she mentioned. Judging from the distance and location alone, Cheng Xia is very satisfied. It is very close to the brothel, and it is very suitable as a supply place for raw materials.

"How big is this garden?" Cheng Xia asked.

"No more, no less, exactly the size of forty mu of land." The old bustard said quickly.

Cheng Xia nodded, obviously very satisfied.After walking for a while, she stopped shopping and just asked the bustard, "How much money?"

The old bustard was so happy, he didn't expect to solve two troubles in one day, "As you can see, my garden is perfect for growing food, even raising flowers to feed fish, it can't be wrong, If you buy it, then it is."

"So," Cheng Xia had to interrupt the chattering procuress, "How much money?"

The old bustard took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and acted as if a strong man cut off his wrist, "600 taels, it can't be lower."

Cheng Xia shook his head and laughed, "Look, you just said that you need to be honest in doing business, but you're playing tricks. In the countryside, an acre of land is worth two taels of silver, and a good field is only five taels of silver. In the capital, an acre of land is About eight taels, no matter how high it is, it will be ten taels per mu. Let’s take the highest calculation, ten taels of silver for one mu of land, and 400 taels of silver for forty mu of land. Of course, all the furnishings and furniture in your house must be added. That way, I won’t be at a disadvantage.”

The old bustard's face fluttered, and she smiled helplessly, "I really can't take advantage of you."

"You can't make a big deal just thinking about taking advantage," Cheng Xia smiled and looked at the madam, "Why, are you interested in signing another agreement?"

The old bustard clapped his hands violently, "I just like how happy you are, let's make a deal."

Cheng Xia raised her eyebrows triumphantly at Dahua, then walked to the brothel with the old bustard to draft a new contract.

Du Zhong and Shang Luo were two steps behind, Du Zhong suddenly looked at Shang Luo with a stern face, and said seriously, "I don't think I need to say it again, she is my sister-in-law, don't think about anything else."

From Cheng Xia talking about the brothel with the madam to now talking about the manor, Shang Luo looked at her more and more appreciatively, and it became more and more wrong, so Du Zhong had to mention a few words in advance.

(End of this chapter)