Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Treasure Land
Rong Xi put down the pen, and there was a trace of exhaustion in his eyes. Luo Yan asked him to go in and rest for a while, and then wake him up at dinner. Rong Xi obediently lay on the bed and fell asleep in a short time.
Luo Yan settled down, and her mind returned to the economy of the third room, and she asked Jiu'er to invite Mama Zhu over. Jiu'er came back and said that Mama Zhu was not there, and she might have gone to Mrs. Jiang's house.
Luo Yan was about to ask Mama Zhu to go to Mrs. Jiang's house with her to talk about the fiefdom, so it was just right, no need to call, Luo Yan looked at Mrs. Jiang's courtyard.
The door of Mrs. Jiang's room was closed, and Jin Yuan leaned against the corridor outside the door in a daze. Luo Yan walked over to call her, Jin Yuan was shocked, and when she saw that it was Luo Yan, she ran over with a smile, "The third grandmother called me?" ”
"Is Madame in the house?"
Jin Yuan pouted, and the pear vortex flickered, "Madame and Mama Zhu have been in there for a while!" The third grandmother wants to go in, and the slave and maid go to pass it on. Jin Yuan didn't wait for Luo Yan's instructions, and trotted to Mrs. Jiang's door and said crisply, "The third grandmother came to greet Mrs. Jiang." ”
The door creaked open, and Mama Zhu looked at Luo Yan with a smile and invited her in.
Luo Yan entered the door, although it was the afternoon when the sun was strong, the room was dark with the windows closed. It seems that Mrs. Jiang and Mama Zhu have important matters to discuss, and Luo Yan doesn't know how to advance or retreat for a while, for fear of disturbing Mrs. Jiang's important affairs.
Mrs. Jiang sat in the shadows, and Luo Yan couldn't see the expression on Mrs. Jiang's face clearly. "Yan'er, I don't know if it's time to come now?"
"Sit down! I also have something to discuss with you, and I wish Mama is about to invite you! Mrs. Jiang's voice was tired.
On the first and fifteenth days of each month, Mrs. Jiang's mood is particularly heavy. In that fiefdom, Mrs. Jiang has no intention of worrying, the only thing she prays for is that Rong Jiaoniang will enter the palace in the coming day and spend her life safely and smoothly; Rong Xi can understand the world and open up branches for the third room......
But Mrs. Jiang knew that these were beyond her control. Three years ago, Rong Liniang couldn't enter the palace, and Rong Jiaoniang was given the mission of revitalizing the Rong family, and Rong Xi, the accident eleven years ago. She can't complain......
Luo Yan sat down and slowly adapted to the darkness in the room, and then she saw Mrs. Jiang's gloomy face clearly. Luo Yan hesitated, not knowing what Mrs. Jiang was doing. Luo Yan cast an inquiring gaze at Mrs. Jiang.
Zhu Mama made tea for Luo Yan. smiled and said, "Actually, it's nothing, even Mu Xiyuan can't use so many maids now, Madame wants to discuss with you to send one out." ”
Luo Yan was stunned for a moment, could it be that Mrs. Jiang didn't look down on Baodie. Or do you want to send Jiu'er away? That's not going to work!
Mrs. Jiang looked at Luo Yan, "Mama Zhu is right, you also know that the economy of our yard is not good, and those two industries have no income at all." I'm afraid I won't even be able to issue the maid's monthly case next month......"
Luo Yan didn't answer, what Mrs. Jiang said was the truth. However, she came to talk to Mrs. Jiang about how to make those two industries produce silver......
Seeing Luo Yan silent, Mama Zhu couldn't help admiring Luo Yan's composure in her heart. Zhu Mama knew that Mrs. Jiang had already shown her face when she said these words. Asked Mrs. Jiang to tell who she wanted to send out of the garden, Mrs. Jiang was embarrassed to speak.
"The old slave is easy to say, but you can't lose the girls' monthly examples. I don't know how long the delay will be! Especially like Qi Feng, her family is in the mountains, there is no livelihood, her younger siblings are young, and they all rely on her monthly routine to live, Mrs. wants to send Qi Feng to other gardens on an errand, and wants to discuss it with the third grandmother, and then find banana leaves to see where there is a vacancy for Qi Feng to fill. ”
Luo Yan snorted, thinking about what Mrs. Jiang meant, it was said that there were Zhu Mama, Jiu'er and Baodie in Mu Xiyuan's courtyard. And Mrs. Jiang herself only has Qi Feng and Jin Yuan, Jin Yuan is still young and ignorant, and only Qi Feng can afford to do errands. Mrs. Jiang wanted to send Qifeng out, and Luo Yan felt strange.
"The only people who can send the mother-in-law and father-in-law are Qifeng and Jinyuan. Do you really want to let Qi Feng go to another garden? ”
Mrs. Jiang nodded, she didn't want to tell Luo Yan the reason, and the decision to send Qi Feng away had been thinking about it in Mrs. Jiang for a long time, until today in front of the Zen Temple, Mrs. Jiang saw Qi Feng looking at the garland on Luo Yan's head, and Qi Feng's eyes made Mrs. Jiang feel scared......
"Madame and Lord are here. Although the third grandmother can rest assured, the old slave will take care of it. The old man often travels around to study and is not often at home, and he likes to stay in the study at home, and there are not many things, and the old slave can also take care of the golden mandarin duck......"
After Mama Zhu finished speaking, she suddenly saw an embarrassment on Mrs. Jiang's face, and only then did she understand that her words made Mrs. Jiang uncomfortable, so she hurriedly changed the topic and asked Luo Yan if it was fun to live in Xiashan.
Luo Yan also saw the embarrassment on Mrs. Jiang's face, and she knew in her heart that Mrs. Jiang's embarrassment was to sleep in a separate room with her father-in-law Rong Yongxi......
Luo Yan smiled, "I was about to talk about the fiefdom of Qixia Mountain, I think that land is not only not an industry without input, but also a cornucopia of money!" ”
Mrs. Jiang and Mama Zhu's eyes widened, "How is it possible!" ”
Luo Yan smiled, got up and opened the curtain, Zhu Mama glanced at Mrs. Jiang, and saw that Mrs. Jiang had no objection, so she also opened the curtain and pushed the window open.
Luo Yan pulled the curtain and said, "I'll know when Jiu'er comes." Luo Yan played a dumb riddle, causing Mrs. Jiang and Mama Zhu to look at each other.
The windows were open, the sun lit up the room, and Mrs. Jiang's face brightened. Luo Yan pushed open the door and asked Jin Yuan to go to Jiu'er and bring the stone brought back from Qixia Mountain.
Jin Yuan responded and ran quickly towards Luo Yan's yard.
Waiting for Jiu'er to send the stone, Luo Yan asked Mama Zhu, which mountain is Qifeng's family in?
Zhu Mama said that Qifeng's family is in a small village with only a few dozen families in the deeper part of Qixia Mountain. The villagers had a hard life, and they didn't want to stay away from their homeland, so if they had children who could work, they were sent to large families to work as slaves and maids, earning a few months' money. Dozens of mountain families guard the mountains to hunt for a living, barely making ends meet......
As soon as Mama Zhu finished speaking, Jiu'er came in, holding the stone that Rong Xi gave to Luo Yan in her hand.
"This is the baby!" Luo Yan took the stone, as cautious and full of joy as holding a little baby.
Mrs. Jiang leaned over and looked at the stone in Luo Yan's hand, and her expression that was excited just now instantly turned to loss, "It's just a stone!" Mrs. Jiang said leisurely.
"Mother-in-law is right, this is just a stone, but not an ordinary stone." Luo Yan smiled mischievously.
When Rong Xi lifted the stone, Luo Yan didn't care, and when Rong Xi wiped the stone clean, Luo Yan found that the stone turned out to be a stone. Looking at the boundless stone ground, every piece of stone or hole full or layer of cake, isn't it all stone? Stone can be piled up rockeries and gardens...... If you dig it up and sell it, how can you worry that there is no silver to come?
Mrs. Jiang and Mama Zhu were stunned when they heard it, it turned out that the stone land was really a treasure!
Mrs. Jiang just smiled, and then she was worried again, and asked Luo Yan who the stone was going to sell to? Who are you going to move to......
Luo Yan smiled, "There is just a person in front of you, is it the time to use her?" ”
Mrs. Jiang and Mama Zhu looked at Luo Yan suspiciously, "Who is it?" ”
"Qi Feng!" (To be continued.) )