"I guess the person who invited the talent to buy the shop may be the father and brother of the third princess."

"As far as I know, in Yanjing recently, except for the third princess, there is no one who wants to marry a girl, and it is worth such a big deal."

As a person in Yanjing, you must always know about these trivial matters, otherwise it will affect your decision.

Li Lanqi has her own channels for obtaining information, and his maternal family, the Wang family, is one of them.

"Then do we need to lower the price of this shop to others, and ask for a favor with the mother-to-be of the princess-to-be?"

Taking the new manuscript from Li Lanqi's hand, Duan pursed his lower lip slightly.

That shop is indeed not very good.

Selling people for 22,000 taels of silver is not without suspicion of cheating.

If that buyer is really the maiden family of the third princess, then after arriving, the profit will not be good, and the terrible thing is that he will have a grudge against them.

The third princess she had never seen didn't know what her character was like.

But come to think of it, as long as it's a woman, she won't like this, and being "calculated" by others is.

"It doesn't matter."

"How to sell, how to sell."

"Since the person who bought the shop asked someone to do this, then naturally he didn't want others to know their identity."

Li Lanqi shook his head and did not agree to Duan's suggestion.

In this world, there is no shortage of smart people, especially in Yanjing, where jackals, tigers and leopards are watching.

They don't need to be smart, and they shouldn't be the first birds, cut off the wealth of others, and invite resentment.

"Okay, just do as you say."

Duan thought for a while, nodded and agreed, Li Lanqi meant, no matter whether the person who bought the shop was the maiden family of the third princess, he pretended not to know, and he didn't inquire, everything was just business.

At that time, when the shop was not profitable, the third princess came to the door to ask for the crime, and she pretended to be crazy and stupid, saying that she had no idea about this matter.

If the other party is strong and wants to regret the deal, she will pretend to be a good person, promise to give her a "return".

Anyway, even if it's early, it's going to have to wait until the summer to get to the door.

And by that time, the first batch of output on Zhuangzi must have recovered the profits, and their hands will not be as stretched as they are now, and it doesn't matter if they "return" her.

Some things, take a step back and open the sky.

If she really gave the third princess back the shop, it would be equivalent to that she owed herself a favor.

Favors are always more difficult to obtain than wealth.

In particular, the favor of these three princes' mansions is still the most urgently needed thing they are asking for now.

"Last year, the income of our Zhuangzi outside the city was not good."

"I plan to wait for the first month of the new year to transfer the stewards of several Zhuangzi outside the city to each other, and then use this reason to check the accounts."

"I have the impression that last year, it was still a good season, and livestock breeding was good, but it shouldn't be, three of the seven Zhuangzi had such a meager income."

Grain and livestock are people's daily needs, and it is not difficult to sell, and the price will not be outrageous.

Moreover, the land of these Zhuangzi is considered fertile.

Since she married into the De Ping Bo Mansion, she has been stable, and there has never been a scene like last year.

Therefore, she planned to find an opportunity to check the accounts, in case it was caused by the people in the Zhuangzi who had been doing things in one place for a long time and had bad intentions.

"You just have to go."

"If there are people below who have been bribed by others, or have selfish intentions, they should be killed and killed, and they should be sold and sold."

"Unhealthy tendencies must not grow."

Hearing Duan's words, nearly half of the Zhuangzi outside the city last year had poor income, and Li Lanqi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Although he never intervenes in the feeding, he knows that the income of the Zhuangzi outside the city is more than half of the total income of their courtyard.

There are three places where the Zhuangzi is not profitable, which means that until the summer harvest, their courtyard needs to cut back on food and clothing, and reduce unnecessary expenses in order to be able to maintain it.

No wonder Duan refused to agree, and asked him to accompany him, go buy fabrics, and make new clothes.

It really didn't work, so he picked a few of the concubines and maids who didn't even look at him and sent them in without dowry and ate white food and drove them out.

Saving some expenses for food, clothing, and housing should also be able to reduce the difficulty for Duan's family.

"Don't think about what you have and don't."

"People's food, clothing, and housing can cost a few dollars of silver!"

"Those women, even if you don't like them, you have to keep them in the yard."

"After all, it is related to maintaining the relationship with some famous families, and this silver cannot be saved."

The two have been together for a long time, and there are a lot of things that they don't need to say, and they can know it just by their expressions.

Looking up and glancing at Li Lanqi's expression, Duan hurriedly spoke up and persuaded him to dispel his thoughts.

But anyone who dares to only send people and not give a dowry will be a famous concubine with a high position and low status in the family.

It was sent just to show an attitude, or rather, the sincerity of "cooperation".

If this woman hadn't made any mistakes, she would have been kicked out of the house for some reason, which would inevitably make both sides lose face, so that both sides would no longer have the possibility of "putting their hearts in their hearts", so as to cut off the relationship they had worked hard to maintain over the years, and even damaged Li Lanqi's reputation and blocked more doors for him.

This is something that Duan does not want to see.

To be exact, neither of them wants it to happen.

"Don't worry, Lan Qi."

"If there are people who work in Zhuangzi and really do things that they shouldn't do, and take benefits that they shouldn't take, I will not let them go."

"Now, in our hands, there is no evidence to prove that something is wrong with them."

"We can't just rely on subjective assumptions and indiscriminately knock a boatload of people into the water."

"Perhaps, it's really just a coincidence, and the harvest of the three Zhuangzi is not good, and it is not known."

Seeing that Li Lanqi was willing to listen to his own persuasion, Duan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The stewards who worked in those Zhuangzi were all born to the Duan family when she married Li Lanqi, and a few of them still grew up watching her.

People have feelings.

In her heart, she said that she didn't want those people she sent to Zhuangzi to do things to move their minds that shouldn't be moved.

Even if they have a last resort, she is willing to give them forgiveness.

It's just that......

No one dares to guarantee that yesterday, the people who were still loyal will not wave their knives at their original masters today for the benefit of those who have a heart.

Born in a famous family, or married into a famous family, if you want to live well, you must give up the kindness that you shouldn't have, in order to deal with the fangs and claws of the jackals, tigers and leopards who are fed on the side, otherwise, you will be like the wife of Mu Changzuo, the prince of Qianguo, Mu Rui's mother Zhang, who was played by the aunt in the house at the fingertips, and in the end, he couldn't even go home, and even his own son was dragged down, and he lived without being a ghost.

Duan has always understood this truth.

But there are some things that are one thing to understand, and another thing to do.

In other words, in some things, you can clearly understand, but in other things, you may not be ruthless.

"Don't embarrass yourself."

"If you can't handle some things, leave them to me to deal with."

Stretching out his hand to smooth Duan's slightly twisted brows, Li Lanqi sent the newly calibrated manuscript in his hand to her.

What he couldn't look down on the most was Duan's frowning.

It made him feel distressed.

To be precise, he would rather suffer himself than be reluctant to embarrass her.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"You are the head of the family, meddling in the affairs of the backyard, easy to provoke people to gossip, and hurt in your career."

Duan shook his head and rejected Li Lanqi's good intentions.

She is his wife, the person in charge of this court, there are some things, even if it is difficult, she can only bear it, and she can't rely on his majesty.

Otherwise, she will be criticized and will be troubled and tempted by more people with good intentions in the future.

If some things are destined to experience pain, then it is still better to have a long pain than a short pain, and it is more acceptable to people!

"You don't care about it."

"I will definitely be able to deal with it, no matter who looks at it, I can't say anything wrong."

After that, Duan added the name and remarks to the newly bound book in her hand, stacked it on top of the books she had already bound before, looked up, and said to Li Lanqi with a resolute attitude.

"Also, the shop."

"Since you have decided to pretend not to know, then later, in this matter, you should not interfere in the slightest."

"Just in case, in the future, people will come to the door and say that you knew about it, but you deliberately concealed it, and we can't argue."

According to the convention, as long as the matter of the feed is in charge of the woman, there is no right or wrong.

At most, it's just an improper disposal, and it's just a matter of paying some silver to others to make up for the loss.

Even if the party that suffers is quite unreasonable, at most, it is just to poke things out, so that the party that takes advantage is laughed at, saying that it is not good at giving back.

But if there are men in the house intervening, and the shops are bought and sold, they can no longer be regarded as a matter of giving in.

In other words, if there is a "problem", it will become the attitude of a house or even a government, at best, it is considered that the owner of that family is worried, and at worst, it will affect the reputation of his children and delay his future.

Of course, the Duan family didn't want Li Lanqi and their children to take risks because of the sale of a shop.

Although they are indeed very short of money to spend now, it is true that only by selling this shop can they solve their urgent needs, but if she can shoulder the matter alone, why should her husband and children be involved?

Women are weak.

For love, it is strong.

If you are a mother, you are strong.

"Okay."

Li Lanqi was silent for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he finally sighed helplessly, nodded, and responded to Duan's insistence.

This is indeed the most appropriate choice at the moment, or rather, the choice of no choice.