This mountain is mine

Chapter 306
"A bucket of rice was only [-] renminbi the day before yesterday, but today it has risen to [-] renminbi. I went to see that the major grain shops were crowded with people, looting. Some big merchants have already begun to restrict the purchase of grain. It is only after noon every day. The shop was closed and no longer sold.”

"Miss, if things go on like this, the price will have to increase. Although there is some food in the house, it is not much. It can last for three months. Do you want to buy some and stock up?"

After Jiang's mother finished speaking, she sighed again, her face full of sadness.

Storing grain is easier said than done, it requires money.

Shi Shuhui gave an "um", although she was also anxious in her heart, her face was tense.

The family is old and sick, and it was not her turn to be an unmarried young lady to be in charge of the family, but she had given up on getting married anyway, so she just supported the family.

It's just that these economic matters were not taught to her when she was in the Shi family. The Shi family is a scholarly family, and she has never been exposed to these matters. No one told her how to run a family.

Mother Jiang was the only one who kept her company, and made a point or two from time to time, barely coping with it, but now that the price of goods has risen, the household seems to be dwarfed by comparison.

She weighed it up without hesitation, and said: "Then let's stock up some, I don't know how long this situation will last, I still have some jewelry and embroidery that occupy the warehouse, take them out Sell ​​it, by the way, sell the horse at home too, now I don’t go out much, and I don’t need it.”

Mother Jiang let out an "hey", feeling a little sad in her heart.

As early as three months ago, the price of food had risen. In order to buy more, Shi Shuhui had already sold a few pieces of jewelry. A young lady in her prime was extremely simple, and she didn't have many decent jewelry. Now, what is sold is Shi Shuhui's dowry. This horse was given to her by Fang Shi. It was not a baby before, and the horse was fed with bean cakes and sugar every day without interruption.

But the family really didn’t have much money. Originally, they didn’t have much savings in Fangling. Although they got some rewards after the birthday celebration, the aunt and Shi’s family also helped some, but this house is not a small expense. These few people are sick, weak and weak, and they have spent almost all of their money. Now every family avoids them, so there is no other way to help them. Yang Hao doesn't have much salary, and most of it is given here.

The income is also pitifully small. In the past, I could still copy books. Now that there are printed books, the work of copying books is much less, but it is better than nothing.

There are many capable people in Beijing, and there are even more kinds of goods. Although the Yu family's embroidery is outstanding in Fangling, it is nothing to bring it to Beijing, and the price is not as high as it was in Fangling.

And now that the price of rice and grain has risen, people are panicking, and there are fewer embroidery jobs.

Seeing Mama Jiang's relatives, Shi Shuhui persuaded: "Mother Jiang, don't worry, this situation will not last long, and the court will not ignore it. It's just a few pieces of jewelry. When grandma and mother are in good health, I will pay attention to it later. Just fill it in slowly.”

Mama Jiang also knew that there was no other way now, so she sighed and said, "I've inquired about it, and some grain stores also accept jewelry, so there's no need to redeem it. In the past, one tael of silver could only be exchanged for one thousand. Wenqian, now one tael of silver can be worth [-] Wen, which is higher than before, but the price of rice noodles has also increased..."

The two discussed the charter, and Jiang's mother hesitated for a moment, and said, "Ma'am, shall we stay in Bianjing all the time? There is no way to go on like this. If this house is sold out, it is enough to buy a house in other places, and it can also be bought. A few acres of land."

When she said this, Mother Jiang couldn't help thinking, if she was still in Fangling now, what would it be like?At least the mountains in Fangling are not expensive, unlike here, every inch of land is expensive. Before the family, Yu Miaomiao bought the mountain and planted food, at least they can be self-sufficient.But after this farewell, the Yu family's situation became even more difficult, and the eldest lady was also implicated.

Shi Shuhui didn't think so much.

She had thought about this problem a long time ago, but the family members were in poor health, there was really no other way, otherwise leaving here would be a new beginning, although it was hopeless to revitalize the Yu family, they had to live on.

And you have to avoid the Yang family, right?To avoid jumping around under other people's noses, they will be upset, and they will also feel uncomfortable, especially when they meet someone like Yang Yuan who is most capable of using tricks secretly.

Where to move to, this place has to be inquired slowly.

Unexpectedly, this person really didn't talk about it. He just thought of the Yang family, and ran into Yang Yuan not long after he left the house.

Shi Shuhui stepped into the shop, and saw him sitting in a shop by the window, with the corners of his lips curled up, obviously smiling, but the shopkeeper was sweating anxiously, bent over with a respectful face talking to him.

Shi Shuhui's footsteps stopped, her eyes suddenly turned cold, she was thinking about whether to quit, she really didn't want to deal with Yang Yuan, especially last time she spit on him impulsively, and she didn't know how he would retaliate against her.

Just as he was hesitating, Yang Yuan seemed to be aware of it. He raised his eyes and looked over. When he saw Shi Shuhui, his eyes paused, and then he looked away calmly, talking to the shopkeeper.

Yang Yuan didn't seem to recognize her, Shi Shuhui breathed a sigh of relief, and comforted herself, even if she recognized her, so what, this shop is for business, why Yang Yuan can't come to her?
What's more, she has been putting her embroidery here for consignment sale all the time, she is also a regular customer, and she doesn't want to change another family just because of Yang Yuan, the gain outweighs the loss.

She entered the shop confidently. This is an embroidery shop. I don't know if it was affected by the soaring prices. The shop is very deserted. Not only are there no customers, but there are also no waiters coming to greet her.

Although Shi Shuhui was suspicious, she was not in a hurry, and casually looked at the embroidery samples in the shop.

Not long after, the shopkeeper straightened up and walked over, but Yang Yuan didn't go out, only drinking tea leisurely.

Shi Shuhui glanced at Yang Yuan, met his gaze, then quickly moved away, and said to the shopkeeper who was approaching: "Shopkeeper, is Yunniang there? Last time she asked for a picture of a hundred clothes, I brought it this time." .”

The shopkeeper also knew Shi Shuhui. He was not powerful, and he was very kind to Shi Shuhui. It will work, she will be there after noon."

Shi Shuhui nodded, "Then I'll wait here, and I made an appointment with my mother to wait here."

The shopkeeper sighed, and said again: "The guys in the store have been sent out at this time, and no one is entertaining you. You can do whatever you want, I have some urgent matters..."

Seeing the shopkeeper's anxious look, Shi Shuhui quickly waved her hands to show that she didn't care.

After the shopkeeper hurriedly went to the counter, he polished the ink and picked up the pen to start writing.

Shi Shuhui was not curious either, she looked away and slowly looked at the embroidery in the shop.

Although the store is not big, the embroidery samples inside are very delicate, and there are all kinds of embroidery from all over the world. Shi Shuhui is not good at embroidery, so she just wants to see the excitement and novelty.

Suddenly it was dark in front of her, covered by a figure, blocking the light, she subconsciously looked sideways, and saw Yang Yuan standing beside her with a smile, she frowned slightly, and heard him ask: "You just said that there are Baizi Can you show me the picture?"

Not waiting for Shi Shuhui to refuse, he said again: "Yunniang also accepted it for me, if you like it or not, you have to go through me."

Resented what Shi Shuhui was about to say.

She hesitated for a moment, the shopkeeper over there heard their conversation, had put down the pen and paper, was looking over, saw Yang Yuan's gaze, and hurried over.

Although I don't know why Yang Yuan suddenly became interested in revealing his identity, he still explained to Shi Shuhui according to his request: "Lady Shi, this is our boss, and the picture of Baizi was indeed taken by the boss for Yunniang."

Shi Shuhui pursed her lips, the Yang family made Yu's family a laughing stock in Beijing, her reputation was even worse, she found many embroidery shops but no one accepted her family's things, unexpectedly the one that was willing to accept it was Yang Yuan's .

Remembering that she accepted Yang Yuan's charity, and was played around by him, she looked at Yang Yuan full of annoyance.

If it was the past, she would have left angrily, but now that she is in charge of the house, she doesn't have such capital, and after thinking about it, if she is not angry, it should be Yang Yuan Don't let him succeed.

Just when Yang Yuan thought she would turn around and leave, she said coldly, "Yes."

After speaking, she took off the bundle from her shoulders, took out the neatly folded white silk, and opened it in front of Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan looked at it and said, "That's right, this is the one."

Shi Shuhui paused, and asked: "May I ask, did you give this hundred sons as a gift?"

Yang Yuan nodded. Naturally, this kind of thing was given away, so maybe he used it for himself.

Shi Shuhui hesitated for a moment, then asked, "For your sister?"

Yang Yuan readily admitted it, and asked her back: "I only asked Yunniang to accept it a month ago. This picture of a hundred sons may not be able to be embroidered in half a year. It must have been embroidered long ago, right?"

Thinking of his straightforwardness, Shi Shuhui was not hypocritical: "Yes, it has been embroidered a long time ago."

"Your dowry?"

Shi Shuhui glanced at him, her face was tense, she scolded Yang Yuan for her lack of eyesight, and poked her heart on purpose, while still gritted her teeth and nodded.

Yang Yuan's smile widened: "I guess that's it."

Shi Shuhui endured the impatience in her heart, and said: "At that time, Yuniang paid a deposit of two pennies, and the remaining half... If it is given to her, I don't need the final payment, and I will give it to her."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed the things into Yang Yuan's arms, turned his head and left.

The shopkeeper said "Hey", and she had already walked out, like a ghost, "Third Young Master, this..."

Yang Yuan looked at the picture of Baizi in his hand, and said with a smile: "Then do as she said."

The shopkeeper nodded, and said again: "Third Young Master, everything has been written, I will paste it right away."

Yang Yuan responded, and the shopkeeper turned around to get busy.

Yang Yuan looked at the picture of a hundred sons, and murmured: "Give me the dowry, and I won't take any money... Hehe, you are really brave."

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper paused, turned around, saw Yang Yuan smiling brightly, felt weird in his heart, noticed the gleam in his eyes, shuddered in his heart, turned around quickly, and took the just written The good paper was not pasted and went to the door, and pasted the paper. Not long after, the clerk in the shop came back sweating profusely with a few big boxes on his shoulders.

It didn't take long to post it, and the door was full of people, talking about it.

"Now that prices are soaring, copper coins can't buy anything. Gold and silver can also be bought directly in some shops, and their value is preserved. Everyone wants to exchange all the copper plates in their hands for gold and silver, but this store does the opposite. , to exchange gold and silver for copper coins, and I don’t know what the idea is.”

"Whatever he is, he might be a good man. There are a lot of gold and silver in the family. As long as it can be exchanged, you can do whatever you want. Shopkeeper, one tael of silver is [-] Wen now. I have two taels of money. Help me." Changed."

"That's right, it might be [-] Wen a tael by tomorrow, so I'll change it too!"

"The boss is very kind..."

"..."

Seeing the crowds of people at the door, the shopkeeper naturally smiled when he heard people's praise.

But he said in his heart: What a good man, when did the third son do a white job, the copper plate was devalued for a while because some people colluded with the government and businessmen to drive up prices in order to recover coins, now the third son is not short of gold, this box It's like digging a gold mine.

When these gold and silver are put into circulation, there will be a day of recovery soon.Now the third son exchanged a tael of silver for [-] Wen, and later recovered, and then exchanged a thousand Wen for silver and returned, but he could make a lot of money just by passing hands.

Shi Shuhui was also standing at the door of the shop. She made an appointment with Mother Jiang to meet here, so she didn't go far. Naturally, she also saw the paper posted by the shopkeeper on the door, and her face was full of thought.

She knew that the owner here was Yang Yuan, and she and Yang Yuan had only met three times including this time, but she was fooled by him, and she didn't know if it was because she had too much prejudice against Yang Yuan Yes, she always felt that what others said was wrong, what kind of benevolent person is Yang Yuan, would he lose money with his eyes open?

He must have done it on purpose.

But she couldn't figure out why, but she squeezed the burden in her hands tightly. She originally planned to exchange all the gold and silver jewelry for rice noodles, but now she decided to take a gamble and exchange them for copper coins. When she had an idea, she said she would do it. Just do it and go directly to the exchange bank.

Inside the house, Yang Yuan was writing a letter. The gold was not exchanged for Zhao Man in vain. He had to charge some labor fees to let his sister know that he was his real brother for her sake...

He has never been silent and helpful.

Then Chuanxiong came in to send a letter back to Fangling, and at the same time picked out a bunch of gifts for Yu Miaomiao.

Chuanxiong asked: "Master, before Lao Jiang said that he had accepted a picture of a hundred sons, didn't he send it to the girl as well?"

Yang Yuan looked the same, and said calmly: "I just stained it with ink, you go out and tell Yunniang, let her take it again."

Chuanxiong responded and hurried out.

After Yang Yuan dealt with the matter at hand, he took Chuan Qiong and went out from the backyard.

(End of this chapter)