Chapter 218: Visiting Ma's Family
"The sun is up?!" Jiang Liuyu opened her eyes in a daze, and through the faintly lit paper window, she could barely see a faint glow in the east, spreading upwards from the lowest horizon.
"Didn't you brag about the sun just now, could it be that I have to rise earlier than the sun?"
"The plan of the day lies in the morning, if you don't get up early in the morning, what kind of spirit can you have in the day. I'm doing this for your good, and now that you have become a princess in the palace, you need to exercise your body well, this is the way to maintain health. β
Xiang Fanhua looked at Jiang Liuyu's aggrieved appearance, and somehow felt very colatable. Bao Jingshu also pursed her lips and smiled, and the cold rain beside her picked up the quilt on the ground very obediently, shook it clean and folded it, and put it back on Jiang Liuyu's bed.
The weather is cold at night in the mountains, so the rooms in this small courtyard are all made of clay kang beds. Xiaoyun slept on the kang next to Jiang Liuyu, and for the early morning, this kind of thing was the same as Jiang Liuyu's not yet awakened.
Jiang Liuyu took the quilt from Hanyu's arms, and sat cross-legged on the kang like a pillow, his whole head shrunk heavily in the middle of the quilt.
"Flowers, I'm telling you, if I don't get enough sleep in the morning, I won't be able to do a good day. And what kind of health care do you say, how old are we, and what kind of life do we raise? β
"You get up late, but others get up early, we don't come here to have fun, we still have something to do."
Xiang Fanhua pursed her lips, her eyebrows were coldly raised, but she couldn't use violence against Jiang Liuyu, so she said a long list of words in her ear, saying that she was drowsy.
"Their Ma family has a lot of business all day long, if we go late, the head of the Ma family may have gone out a long time ago, we didn't just run in vain in the past, in this case, the days will drag on for a few more days."
As soon as he heard that the return trip might be postponed, Bao Jingshu, who was listening on the sidelines, was also anxious and hurried over to help persuade him. However, general persuasion is of no use to Jiang Liuyu at all, Bao Jingshu gave a glance of instruction, and Han Yu nodded and went out.
"If I'm not mistaken, the princess seems to have always wanted to eat the lemon dew paste made by the jade pot herself." Bao Jingshu said as she slowly sat down on the edge of Jiang Liuyu's bed, and reached out to pull out the quilt on her hand little by little.
As soon as Jiang Liuyu heard the name of what he was eating, he immediately softened his attitude, and gradually his hands were empty.
"It's just that this lemon dew paste needs to collect the morning dew to make it, and it will become bitter after more than an hour of coming out of the steamer. If the princess doesn't eat it again, then I can only reward Xiaoyun with the remaining lemon dew paste. β
Saying that, Bao Jingshu took advantage of Jiang Liuyu's not yet fully awake and exchanged a look with Xiang Fanhua. Xiang Fanhua knew it in his heart, and directly called the falling star next to him to help Xiaoyun get up.
"No, I'll get up." Xiaoyun is used to being a maid, and she has served the eccentric Jiang Liuyu for so long, and the speed at which she wears clothes is already extraordinary.
Jiang Liuyu was in a hurry at that time, and waved his hand to stand up. Xiang Fanhua was happy, and Bao Jingshu also hurriedly stood up.
"Okay, Falling Star, Xiaoyun, why don't you help the princess get up quickly."
It's just so busy, tossing and turning for a morning. The lemon dew paste still hasn't been eaten, because the jade pot has never been made at all.
Hanyu was called out by Bao Jingshu, just to inform the jade pot to make another dessert with a similar taste to lemon dew paste.
Jiang Liuyu sat on the bamboo chair with her back hunched over, looking unhappy, and only holding a bowl of osmanthus syrup in her hand. That is, as long as you put the sugar-pickled osmanthus in boiling water and stir it, it can be made into sugar water, which is the most time-saving and labor-saving.
At least the requirements for getting Jiang Liuyu up have been met, and there is no need to care about what the process and method are. Bao Jingshu smiled lightly and sat on the stone bench next to her, Han Yu was afraid that she would be cold, so he deliberately took a cushion to cushion underneath.
There were two or three kinds of fritters, pickles and buns on the table, Bao Jingshu held a cup of tea and tasted it slowly, while Xiang Fanhua ate gruel while flipping through her booklet. Sometimes she doesn't have a good memory, so she writes it down in a notebook to prevent it from forgetting.
"According to the results of our investigation, the current head of the Ma family is called Ma Zengtong, that is, the fiancΓ© of Shang Shanke. Ma Zengtong used to get up early, listen to a morning of opera at home, have lunch, and then go out to talk about business with people after taking a nap. β
"This guy is quite good at enjoying it, what the hell is he doing? When I used to be in charge of my family's business, I had to run around all day long. Jiang Liuyu held the sugar water and drank it little by little.
The sugar-pickled osmanthus brought by this seems to be a little sour after a long time, and the sugar water soaked out is also sweet and sour, which is not very tasty, but it can't be wasted.
"The Ma family seems to be mainly in charge of the money village of Yangcheng's generation, and then use the money in the money to buy the land and shops on the side, if it weren't for the imperial court's regulations that private mining is not allowed, it is estimated that he can even buy back the mine."
Xiang Fanhua wiped his mouth after eating the gruel, and casually took a fritter in his mouth.
"In addition to managing the exchange of silver tickets and real money, the money bank can also keep other people's hard-earned money. It is equivalent to renting at a low price, and as long as you give a small profit, you can use the money stored in the bank to expand your own industry, which is the most profitable way. β
"Oh." Although Jiang Liuyu was very clear about this kind of thing, she was also very cooperative with Xiang Fanhua's surprise at Bao Jingshu.
"She is worthy of being the head of the Qin family in Yancheng, and she understands these things thoroughly."
Xiang Fanhua's praise was a bit exaggerated, and Bao Jingshu's face couldn't help but turn red.
"Then it's just the right time, let's hurry over and take some time on the road, if it is noon, he may really be too lazy to receive us."
Jiang Liuyu handed the sugar water bowl in his hand to Xiaoyun and put it on the table, the maid Luoxing had already helped prepare the carriage of several of them, the three ladies sat together and talked, and a few of them sat in the carriage behind.
The small courtyard rented by the three of them is relatively remote, while the big mansion of the Ma family stands on the best location in Yangcheng, covering an area of at least hundreds of acres.
I have only heard the introduction of people who have only heard it, saying that there are rockeries and flowing waters, flowers and green trees, and the people of the Ma family are the best at enjoyment, and they have repaired several small yards in a row, which are specially used to raise their own private Youling.
And these people are men and women, and they are not just for performance on weekdays, it is said that several of them are entangled with the current head of the family, Ma Zengtong, and Ma Zengtong did not refuse to come, and all of them were accepted into the government.
Xiang Fanhua had a general understanding of the booklet in his hand, but he didn't know how much Ma Zengtong could go, as soon as Jiang Liuyu heard that this person was so attentive, he felt even more aggrieved for the merchant girl.
At about midnight, Jiang Liuyu's carriage stopped at the Ma family, and Jiang Liuyu's identity post was handed over, and the people of the Ma family did not dare to ignore it.
Now the entire court knows that King Jing married a woman from a merchant family as a princess, although it is a little undignified to say this, but it is already the case, and no one dares to disrespect it.
When Jiang Liuyu came over, Ma Zengtong was still messing around in Youling's yard. The little guy who came to report naturally lowered his hands, and his head was covered with cold sweat, for fear that he would anger Princess Jing because of his master's negligence.
"Isn't it just a woman, what's there to be afraid of, even if I go later, she has to wait there obediently." Ma Zengtong was lying on his back on a comfortable soft couch, the fingertips of his right hand were constantly spinning on a smooth and round shoulder, and there was a great downward trend.
"You can ask what she's doing here?"
"The princess said that she has a business about Yuzhi skin care products and wants to talk to the master." Seeing that his attitude had finally softened, the little guy sighed.
"Master, I heard that this thing is widely respected in the capital, and it is said that when the capital was in turmoil and chaos a while ago, it was also solved by this Yuzhi. Maybe we can think about it. β
"A rare thing that can't be found anywhere, but it was sold at such an ordinary price by Princess Jing, and she really can't do this business."
Ma Zengtong held his two hands, feeling uncomfortable lying like this, and moved slightly, and heard a shy murmur from the side.
"Okay, I'll just reluctantly go over and see, after living for so long, I haven't seen what the princess looks like."
In the front hall of the Ma family, the three ladies have been sitting here for a long time because of Ma Zengtong's neglect. Xiang Fanhua was very heroic with one hand supporting the table and the other hand supporting his knees, almost sitting like a man's zama step.
Jiang Liuyu was also impatient, but she was still more elegant than Xiang Fanhua, just holding her elbows with both hands, and her fingers kept tapping on her arms.
Bao Jingshu is smarter, knowing in his heart that this Ma Zeng Tong has no one in his eyes, and wants to give Jiang Liuyu a dismount, so now is not the time to mess up.
Looking around, the furnishings of this Ma family are still good, especially the combination of the strange stones of the canal and the bonsai in the yard, which looks very natural and complements each other.
Bao Jingshu especially likes the bonsai with pomegranate flowers, so he took advantage of this gap to go down and take a look, thinking that when he returned to Yancheng, maybe he could renovate his yard according to the style here. And at this time, Ma Zengtong came over from another direction.
"Hearing that the princess is coming, the villain thought that he couldn't meet the princess so hastily, so he deliberately bathed in the back and smoked incense, telling the princess to wait for a long time, but he really didn't want to go, and I hope the princess will forgive me."
As soon as Ma Zengtong entered the front hall, he didn't even see a few people standing inside, so he hurried to make amends, and his words were very earnest, so that Jiang Liuyu had nowhere to release his resentment.