The daughter of the splendid good fortune is respected

Chapter 547 The Painful Reality (2)
The old lady Xue said with a smile, "Miss Xiao, I invite you to come here. Firstly, it is to thank the Xiao family for their generous help, and let our Xue family go to Beijing with you. Second, it is because of the refugees who followed. I heard that those people are the same The servants and guards of the Xiao family have something to do with it, so I want to ask about it, and ask Miss Xiao to clarify."

"The old lady is polite. When we first encountered refugees following us, our family members were also sick and injured, and there was not enough manpower. We were worried that those refugees would attack our convoy. So we recruited some guards and soldiers from among the refugees. The rough envoy, on the one hand, solved the problem of insufficient manpower, and on the other hand, it also solved the hidden danger of safety. Thanks to the help of these people along the way, we have been saved from danger several times."

Xiao Mingyu told the truth.

The old lady Xue nodded with a smile, "Great kindness. The Xiao family is indeed a kind person. I heard that your Xiao family came from Zhongzhou?"

Xiao Mingyu laughed, "Exactly, I don't know if the old lady has any doubts."

"The Prince of Qin's mansion in Zhongzhou is at war with the imperial court. It's a difficult journey."

Xiao Mingyu smiled and said, "It's not bad, at least the whole family has come out."

"That's good, that's good." Mrs. Xue nodded, "I heard that Mrs. Han Ge's daughter married to Zhongzhou. I wonder if Miss Xiao has heard of it?"

Xiao Mingyu raised his eyebrows, "Why does the old lady ask this?"

Mrs. Xue smiled, "When I was in the capital, I also saw Mrs. Han Ge's daughter. I haven't seen him for many years, but now I meet someone from Zhongzhou, and I suddenly remembered. I was worried about the safety of my old friend, so I asked. I don't know Miss Xiao. Is it clear."

Xiao Mingyu said, "I'm not too sure about what the old lady asked. But since she is the daughter of Mr. Han Ge, I think Mr. Han will definitely send someone to protect her."

"That's true." Seeing that Xiao Mingyu didn't want to say more, Mrs. Xue didn't ask any more questions.

Xiao Mingyu talked nonsense with Old Madam Xue before getting up to leave.The Xue family had no reason to keep Xiao Mingyu, they could only let Xiao Mingyu leave.

Xiao Mingzhen came over, "Sister Mingyu, is the Xue family looking for you to buy food?"

"Has the Xue family already opened their mouth?" Xiao Mingyu asked curiously.

Xiao Mingzhen nodded, "That's right. Xue Jinyan came to me and said that he wanted to buy some grain from us at the market price. I asked, and their grain can last for two days at most. They can't buy it even if they have money during this journey. Food. If we don’t sell them, they will run out of food.”

Xiao Mingyu smiled and said: "We have agreed to sell food to them from the very beginning. But if the third brother believes in me, he will shirk it for a while, and sell them to them after the Xue family runs out of food."

"Why is this?"

Because she wanted to teach the Xue family a lesson, and wanted the Xue family to taste what it was like to be hungry.Of course, Xiao Mingyu couldn't say that to Xiao Mingzhen. "Third brother, selling grain to them now, they will only think that our Xiao family is not short of food, and they will take it for granted that our Xiao family sells grain to them. Put it off for a few days, and when they know that the grain is not easy, we will send charcoal in the snow , then the effect will definitely be good.”

Xiao Mingzhen thought about it, "Okay, I will do as you said. I also feel that I can't treat the Xue family too well."

Xiao Mingyu smiled, Xiao Mingyu would not let go of the opportunity to cheat the Xue family.As for why the Xue family was suddenly curious about Han's affairs, Xiao Mingyu guessed that maybe the Xue family had heard something.Xiao Mingyu called Han Ba ​​and told them to go on, telling the Xiao family not to have too much contact with the Xue family, unless necessary, it is better to stay away on weekdays.

After two days, the Xue family really ran out of food.Xue Jinyan found Xiao Mingzhen and said he wanted to buy food.Xiao Mingzhen only said that his family didn't have enough food, and there was no surplus food to sell.But for the sake of everyone going to the capital all the way, I borrowed a few catties of food for Xue Jinyan.

Xue Jinyan returned empty-handed, a few catties of food, for a team of dozens of people, it was not enough for one person to eat.

The Xue family sat together to discuss matters. The Xiao family did not sell food, so it was almost impossible for the Xue family to go to the capital.The old lady Xue asked Xue Jinyan to continue looking for Xiao Mingzhen, saying that she would buy grain at twice the market price.Xiao Mingzhen naturally refused, still using the reason that the Xiao family had no food.

Xue's family was worried, food was out, everyone drank gruel all day long, and it didn't matter if the female relatives didn't do anything.What should the servant guard do, he can't run back and forth hungry.The hearts of the people are scattered, how to get to the capital.

Mrs. Xue, Xue Mengshi, complained from the side, "Mother, my daughter-in-law guessed that the wife of the Xiao family's fifth room must be the daughter of Mr. Han Ge. Then Xiao Mingyu refused to admit it. When we asked about it that day, she must have thought that our Xue family was here." What's your idea? Maybe the Xiao family's refusal to sell grain has something to do with this matter."

I have to say that Mrs. Xue has told the truth.

The old lady Xue stood up, "What are you talking about now, can you talk about food? Is it that important whether the fifth wife is the daughter of Mr. Han Ge? You have to stir up trouble and involve the whole family."

Xue Meng was wronged, "Mother, didn't mother object when my daughter-in-law mentioned it back then. Why is she blaming her now?"

"Okay, you shut up for the old man. Be careful, you go to Xiao's house together with the old man. With so many conveniences from the Xiao's house, the old man should show something. Let's go to see Mr. Xiao, and hope that Mr. Xiao can make it easier, Maybe our Xue family can buy some food, at least to support the next state capital."

Xue Jinyan stood up, "Grandson obeys the order. The old lady is going this way, and Suner will send someone to speak first."

Mrs. Xue wanted to meet Mr. Xiao, so she naturally agreed.Xiao Mingzhen was by Mr. Xiao's side.Mr. Xiao is old and refined. After exchanging greetings with Mrs. Xue, as soon as Mrs. Xue mentioned the matter of buying food, Mr. Xiao knew what to do.Like Xiao Mingzhen, Mr. Xiao also complained about how difficult the journey was.His wife passed away, his son passed away, and many servants also died.Having worked so hard to get here, food is the root of the Xiao family.

Mrs. Xue expressed her understanding of the difficulties of the Xiao family, but compared to the Xiao family who still had food, the Xue family who had run out of food was even more pitiful.In any case, I would like to ask Mr. Xiao to be kind enough to sell some food to the Xue family, so that the Xue family can overcome the crisis of food shortage.

Mr. Xiao stroked his beard, pretending to be profound, but refused.

Mrs. Xue, on the other hand, will never give up until she achieves her goal. She stalks her relentlessly and tries to achieve her goal despite her old face.

In the end, Mr. Xiao was defeated and reluctantly sold three hundred catties of grain to Xue's family.He also said that this is the food saved from his mouth, there is only so much, no matter how much the Xiao family can't get it out.

Mrs. Xue breathed a sigh of relief when she achieved her goal.Ask Xue Jinyan to offer silver taels, and give money at twice the market price.

Mr. Xiao intends to make a fortune, but Mr. Xiao can figure out what is more important than making friends with the Xue family.He refused again and again, "Follow the market price. If you pay twice as much, the old man won't sell the grain."

(End of this chapter)