287. Rice grains
Old Mrs. Xia only found out about Chanyi's encounter with the killer the next day, she was distressed and hugged Chanyi, who came over for a morning salute, and looked at it carefully, but she complained: "I said earlier that your doll is guilty of Tai Sui this year, and from time to time there are villains making trouble, let you go out carefully, how dare you run to those places where there are no people? If something happens to you, how can your grandmother live!"
As Mrs. Xia spoke, tears were about to fall, and she had been in some spirit in the past few days, but now it seemed that she was not good again.
Chan Yi hurriedly opened her mouth to persuade: "Grandmother, I didn't dare to tell you because I was afraid that you would be worried, that person looks powerful, but in fact he is not very good, and his granddaughter stabbed him, you see, I didn't hurt at all." ”
As she spoke, she turned around to show her, and Mrs. Xia saw that she still had the intention of laughing, so she glared at her angrily.
"Let's just say that you are a monkey, the bigger you are, the more solid you are, you dare to stab him with such a vicious person, you are a little bigger, in case he is good at kung fu and takes your life all of a sudden, see what you do!"
Chanyi stuck out her tongue, "Even if my granddaughter doesn't stab him, he will take his granddaughter's life if he recovers, not to mention that he is attacking the fourth sister, how can I watch her die in front of me?"
Although Mrs. Xia doesn't like Xianyi, but after all, she has been raised in the house for many years, and she is her son's daughter, no matter how much she doesn't like it, she won't watch her die like this, listening to Chanyi say this, she nodded praisefully, and said: "Wanwan is really growing up, knowing that the family wants brothers and sisters to support each other, but I hate that I don't know which one is black-hearted, and it is actually bought by such a gangster to do evil," said and glanced at Xia Shijing, who was standing aside, " In vain, you are still the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and your own daughter can't be saved, you went to the Yamen of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to set up a case today, and investigate this matter to the ground, and the gangsters must be caught, otherwise our family will not have to go out in the future?"
Xia Shijing knew that his mother was angry, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he responded in a deep voice.
The family comforted Mrs. Xia a few more words, and then set up breakfast.
Chanyi accompanied Mrs. Xia and Xie to have breakfast together, during which she said that she wanted to invite a few guards, Mrs. Xia thought about it and felt that it was time to invite a few guards, otherwise the next time she encountered such a thing, wouldn't she have to break her life there?
Mrs. Xia said: "This matter is handed over to your father, he knows a lot of people, ask around, see if there is a martial arts hall or dart shop that has retired martial artists, let's come to the house to be a nursing home, and if you go out in the future, you will take some nursing homes out, and you will be injured in three days." ”
Chanyi is actually for Shen Shuofeng to report two days later, but when it comes to martial arts or dart shop, she doesn't think Xia Shijing will have such a big connection, she thought about it and said: "Grandmother, I know that the second brother has some friendship with the son of Shen Shangshu's family, and I think he is the commander of the East City in the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, why don't you let the second brother talk to him and let him help ask and ask, he is a military general, maybe he can ask the right person?"
"Oh?" Old Madam Xia became interested and asked, "When did Brother Che have a relationship with the boy of the Shen Wei family?"
Chanyi replied with a smile: "I don't know the specifics, I heard the second brother say that Shen Gongzi was originally familiar with Xiao Ergongzi, you also know that Xiao Ergongzi is a friend of the eldest brother, wasn't the eldest brother a martial arts test before the New Year, it is estimated that he was familiar with it during those days." ”
Old Madam Xia nodded and smiled: "That's good, there is one more way for multiple friends, since Brother Che has such a friend, it is more convenient for him to help ask than your father." ”
In this way, it can be regarded as too clear, and when the second brother arranges Shen Shuofeng, it can be said that it was recommended by Shen Boyan, and grandmother will not even ask this little thing clearly.
Chanyi smiled and put a pair of chopsticks and fried mushrooms into Mrs. Xia's bowl, her eyes were slightly raised, and she saw at a glance the farming map hanging in the east room, in front of which were a few little dolls picking up rice ears in the field, but behind were a few farmers turning over the land and sowing the second crop of agricultural products, she knew that such a picture was a grange in the south, because the south was warm, and three crops of agricultural products could be sown a year, so there would be such a scene.
Xie Shi, who had been sitting next to them and listening to them, saw Chanyi slightly stunned at a painting, sandwiched a shrimp dumpling and put it in her small plate, and said softly: "Hurry up and eat, don't look around!"
Chanyi came back to her senses and ate the shrimp dumplings in a few bites, probably because the shrimp used was not very fresh, and there was an earthy smell in her mouth, she pouted and said: "Today's shrimp dumplings are not delicious, and I have to tell the people in the big kitchen in the future, if the shrimp is not fresh, don't serve it." ”
Xie Shi looked at her funny, "Now that the flood in the southeast is prevalent, even some large docks are not operating, where are there so many fresh shrimps, I am afraid that it will be a few days apart when they are transported, we can still pick and choose to eat in Yunfu City, you think about your uncle, he is in Quanzhou all the year round for disaster relief, it would be good to eat two hot meals a day." ”
Chanyi flattened her mouth, thought about the rice grain again, and hurriedly said: "Grandmother, mother, there is something I still want to discuss with you." ”
It was told to Xia Mingche before, about collecting rice and grain in Yunfu City, because she had been sick for a few days and had never had a chance to say it, so it took so many days to mention it.
“…… I remember reading a book from my second brother before, which wrote that there were several floods in the previous dynasty, and some displaced people came from the affected places, and the capital at that time was still Xijing, and there were not many rice and grain hoarders, and there were homeless people starving to death every day in the city, and some homeless people outside the city had begun to change their children and eat......"
Chanyi said this, raised her head and looked at Xie Shi, "Mother, I'm thinking, since my uncle will continue to return to Quanzhou after the New Year, then the disaster situation in the southeast must be better than us, whether we are hoarding some rice and grain, if there are displaced people pouring into Yunfu City, let's support a few porridge factories to give porridge, so it can be regarded as supporting the uncle." ”
Xie Shi's face turned pale, and he looked at Mrs. Xia with a smile: "Mother, who do you say she looks like? This year is only thirteen years old, she can think of these things," he turned his head and gently stroked Chanyi's hair, "It's hard for you to have this heart, just according to what you said, let's have some rice grain at home." ”
Chanyi said: "If we want to Tun, we will have more tun, and we are not afraid of more rice and grain, and we can always sell it, but if we buy it when we are less and catch up with it, I am afraid the price will double." ”
As she spoke, she reported the balance of the family to the Xie family and Mrs. Xia, and the Xia family now probably has a balance of fifty or sixty thousand taels of silver, which means that at least fifty thousand taels of silver can be stored, so that a lot can be stored.
Xie didn't expect his daughter to be so careful, and he unconsciously lost his smile.
Mrs. Xia thought Chanyi's idea was good, and agreed: "We have left 10,000 taels of silver at home for turnover, and the rest of the silver money will go to buy rice and grain, if we really want to use it at that time, we can also take out a lot, and we won't be stretched," she said while looking at Chanyi, her eyes were full of praise, "Since this matter is Wanwan's way of thinking, let Wanwan take care of it, grandmother allocated Zhang Shengquan to you to use, if you don't understand anything, ask him." ”
Zhang Shengquan is the big shopkeeper who has to be used by Mrs. Xia's side, and now he is in charge of the largest antique shop in Mrs. Xia's wedding shop, the shop has passed through Zhang Shengquan's hands, and the balance of a year is also one or two thousand taels of silver.
Chanyi didn't expect an unexpected surprise, so she nodded with a smile.
This matter was settled in this way, Chanyi had 50,000 taels of silver in her hand, but how to draw out 2,500 taels became a problem, she couldn't help scratching her ears and cheeks, seeing that Old Madam Xia and Xie Shi smiled together, they all thought that she was worried about receiving rice grain.
The two of them each comforted her and said: "You are still young, don't worry, this matter should be regarded as a practice for you, if there is anything wrong, and Zhang Shengquan is here, he is well-informed, and he will not let our family lose money." ”
Chanyi nodded carelessly, but in her mind, she was living a rice grain shop in Yunfu City, as well as some big rice grain shops that she knew in her previous life, and she finished eating breakfast in her mind full of thoughts.
In the middle of the afternoon, she ran to the Hidden Autumn Courtyard to tell Xia Mingche about Shen Shuofeng.
Xia Mingche reprimanded Chan Yi fiercely, "Your courage is getting bigger and bigger, you promise to do such a big thing, what should you do if he plots against you? Not to mention that he had to poison you before, you dare to use him, and even give him such a large amount of silver, when the time comes, he is familiar with our house, and when he sees Qian Yankai to attack his family, you won't even have a place to cry!" I don't agree with this matter, when he comes to the door the day after tomorrow, I will personally tell him, no matter what, we always saved him once, if he dares to mess around, I will let Shen Boyan want him all the way, so that he will not be able to gain a foothold in Yunfu City in the future!"
Chanyi waited until Xia Mingche's training was finished, and then said: "If he wanted to take my life, I would have died yesterday, so why waste so much effort, I also understand what the second brother said, but the current situation is so bad, do we really have to be beaten passively all the time? And judging from his kung fu, is it different for him whether he is familiar with our mansion or not, and it is not like entering a no-man's land? According to him, they need money in the building, and if someone else pays for our lives, do you think he will show mercy?"
Xia Mingche's face changed, he really didn't take these questions into account, he opened his mouth, only to realize that he didn't have a word to refute his sister.
"Second brother, although I am not as smart as you, but I won't be without a brain when I encounter something," Chanyi's voice was very soft, but there was a coolness in his words, "He is so short of money, if he thinks about it again, he will definitely not take care of it, it is better for us to start first, if we meet that strong kung fu next time, he will always be able to keep us safe for a while." ”