Chapter 027: Begin to plan
"Whoa!"
Wang Qifang opened the box full of jewels with her mouth down, and round pearls the size of her thumb rolled all over the kang mat. As a woman, no one can resist the temptation of jewelry, Wang Qifang thinks she is an ordinary person, and naturally she will not be exempt from vulgarity.
Putting the empty box aside, Wang Qifang carefully twisted a pearl, the color of the beads is very good, round, natural, and the later generations have seen the cultured and imitation pearls are very different. The belly of the fingers gently slid over the shiny surface, and Wang Qifang felt a heavy sense of satisfaction suddenly hit her heart.
Well, this pearl is so big and in good condition, it should be worth a lot of money.
Wait a minute? This world has been detached from the trajectory of history, glass, lace and tomatoes have been made by many predecessors, and it shouldn't be difficult to artificially cultured pearls, right?!
Wang Qifang remembered that before the crossing, she was still chasing a Qing piercing novel at the starting point, and the male pig was reborn in Cao Hao's body, which was precisely the method of artificially cultivating pearls to give the Cao family a deficit. Well, there won't be a predecessor in this world who understands freshwater aquaculture, right?!
After the failure of the glass beads, Wang Qifang inevitably questioned some of her mastery of some specialties, she rubbed for a long time, and finally pinched the beads with her index finger and thumb, held them up in front of Mama Zhao, and asked with a hint of shame:
"Mama, this is worth a lot, isn't it?"
"Hehe, of course it's worth it!"
From the moment Wang Qifang opened the treasure box, Mama Zhao's tense heartstrings suddenly relaxed. When she saw the treasure in the box, she was even more determined - alas, her wife still cherished Qi Niang, and she didn't forget to leave her daughter's life-saving property before leaving.
She casually picked one up from the kang mat and explained to Wang Qifang: "This is a baby, Qi Niang, don't look at this pearl is not a rare thing, but it is rare to see a bead with such a good color as the wife left you." Well, it's just such a small bead, I dare not say more, and it can be worth three or four taels of silver if I say less! ”
One is three or four taels, and there are hundreds of them spread out in front of her, so isn't there three or four hundred taels of silver?! In addition to pearls, there are also precious stones, Wang Qifang's fiery gaze shifted to the water-colored red and sapphires, raised her eyes and asked, "What about these gems?" ”
"Hehe, this gem is worth more than pearls!" Mama Zhao put down the pearl, followed Wang Qifang's gaze, picked up a bright ruby, rubbed it lovingly, and said: "These gems are still those Hu people from the Western Regions, since the Empress Cixiao designed a phoenix crown with rubies, rubies have become one of the necessary jewelry for her daughter's family when she got married." I remember that when my wife saved a dowry for Qi Niang, she collected a lot of rubies. Later, after you married into the Zhao family, I went to count it, but I didn't find it. I mistakenly thought that I was being ignored by Mrs. Zheng again, but I didn't expect Mrs. to receive this! ”
"How much is that worth?"
As the saying goes, when material civilization is guaranteed, people will pursue spiritual civilization. At this moment, Wang Qifang is still struggling for survival, and she still values silver more than jewelry and jewelry.
"Look at you, it's all silver when you open and close your mouth," Mama Zhao listened to Wang Qifang's words, but she didn't doubt that she didn't know anything. Because Wang Qifang didn't care about these "vulgar things" at all in the past, let alone knew the value of the treasures in her hands, many of her jewelry were taken away by some Diao slaves at very low prices.
Otherwise, the things that the Wang family marries are enough for a family of four to squander the delicacies of the mountains and seas for a lifetime and have a surplus, how can it be like Qi Niang's side, selling out the jewelry around him can only support it for four or five years. Moreover, it is still green vegetable tofu every day, and I can't even eat bird's nest with better color.
In Mama Zhao's opinion, although Qi Niang vowed to work hard, if Wang Qifang really showed that she knew everything and could calculate everything, it would make Mama Zhao suspicious.
In front of her, Wang Qifang didn't understand anything, which was in line with her consistent performance. Therefore, Mama Zhao said slightly angry words in her mouth, but she did not have the slightest doubt in her heart, I saw her take the empty box, put the gems and pearls into it one by one, and said while cleaning up: "The gems should be two or three times the size of pearls." However, we are staying in a remote place now, and the gems are not at a high price. We don't lack anything, you still have to keep these things to add makeup to the little girl! ”
Two or three times? That's about ten taels of silver for a gem?! Wang Qifang's attention was still on how much the baby was worth, and she didn't hear Mama Zhao's words clearly.
"By the way, Mama, how much silver does it cost to buy a farm the size of Qingyuan Villa?"
"Huh? Farm? Mama Zhao climbed on the kang and pulled out the beads between the gaps and put them back in the box. After listening to Wang Qifang's question, she sat on the kang suspiciously and asked, "What, Qi Niang, do you want to buy a farm?" ”
"That's right!" Wang Qifang nodded, in fact, from the moment she decided to stay, she had a plan to buy Zhuangzi in her heart. It's just that there was no silver on hand at that time, and there was no plan but no way to realize it.
Now, with a box of jewelry left by my mother, it should be enough to buy a Zhuangzi.
"Wouldn't it be nice for us to live here?" Mama Zhao obviously didn't understand, she thought of a possibility, and cautiously tempted: "Qi Niang, my aunt said that she would let Zhuangzi 'recuperate', if we leave Zhuangzi, Jingli will know ......"
"Don't be afraid," Wang Qifang knew the subtext that the old lady didn't say, and gently patted Mama Zhao's hand and explained: "I'm not angry when I said that I would buy a Zhuangzi and go out to live." It's just that, Mama, you also know that my current situation is very special. If those villains in the house know, they still don't want to harm me?! Feng Tiezhu and his family look very kind, but just like Mama said, they don't know people but don't know their hearts, they are not dead contract slaves in my hands, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not betray us for silver——"
Hearing this, Mama Zhao suddenly understood, looked at Wang Qifang with approving eyes, and nodded: "Qi Niang has really benefited, you are right, you are right, hand over your safety to the subordinates who do not support you, how can it be done?!" It's just that if we buy Zhuangzi, we can't be too far away from Qingyuan Villa, otherwise my uncle will be blamed if he finds out! ”
"Well, what Mama said is, let's buy a Zhuangzi next to Qingyuan Villa, when I went out yesterday, I also took a look, and found that there are a lot of idle fields and barren mountains nearby, no matter which place, let's buy it first, and use it as a place to recuperate!"
"En, okay, I'll go find out after lunch later, let's try to settle down early!"
"This is the first," Wang Qifang raised her index finger and said quite calculatedly, "Second, when Mama went to visit Zhuangzi, by the way, she also found someone to buy a few clever maids and subordinates, and we still have to stay in Zhuangzi for a while, I can't bear to work so hard for Mama!" ”
"Buying people?" Hearing this, Mama Zhao was obviously stunned, and a bad premonition flashed in her heart, "Qi Niang, you don't want to go back to the house, right?" "Why are you staying for a while? How long is this time? A month, a year or a lifetime?!
Thinking of this, Mama Zhao's face was full of gloom, and she suddenly thought that since she knew that she was pregnant, Qi Niang had never mentioned that she wanted to send a letter to Zhao Mansion? Could it be that Qi Niang was hurt by her aunt's ruthlessness and didn't want to go back?!
"Of course not, Xiaoya is still in the house, of course I can't give her up." Wang Qifang thought of the little person in the dream, her eyes were full of tenderness, but her tone was extremely firm and said: "It's just that if you want to go back, you must also have a plan, I was driven out like a lost dog, and I must not go back easily with grievances!" ”