How Lord Xia talked to Mrs. Xia, outsiders don't know.

However, Mrs. Xia fell a lot of things, and Lord Xia went to the study even more angrily, which shows that she did not negotiate.

But Mrs. Xia finally relented, prepared a birthday gift in it, and did not embarrass Hu Jiayue again.

In fact, Mrs. Xia just added something to Hu Jiayue's birthday gift, saying that there was no need for the family to give two gifts, and Hu Jiayue didn't care.

However, Hu Jiayue also knows that if Mrs. Xia has not been rectified when she goes to the birthday banquet this time, then she will not have a good life after she comes back, and she can only look forward to not making mistakes on that day, otherwise she will have to live that kind of hopeless life again.

On the Song Mansion's side, Qinghai and Kexin commanded several people in the kitchen, busy for a day and a night, and finally finished making the roast duck.

Distressed Kexin, plus too tired, Qinghai hated not to make roast duck again in this life, and even regretted learning to make roast duck in the first place.

Anyway, when the Cui family came to pick up the roast duck, they were very happy, just by looking at the color and smell, they knew that the roast duck did not cut corners.

In the past two days, Song Yao has been busy designing the commercial city of Beicheng, and the two of Red Sleeves and Keren have been sitting in the study with her for a day, putting forward some opinions from time to time, or recording the ideas that Song Yao thought of temporarily, so as to facilitate the final planning.

Qingshan is not idle, he, Hong Qi and others were assigned different tasks by Song Yao, leaving early and returning late every day.

Song Yao entered Beijing this time, and she didn't plan to stay too long, at most, she could stay for a short time after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, so she had to go south to see the situation in the shipyard, and the shipping affairs should be carried out simultaneously.

Therefore, the Beicheng side must start construction before Song Yao leaves, and it is best to be able to see a little scale.

However, the shops that Song Yao bought before were temporarily put aside by Song Yao.

It is naturally inconvenient to take it back if it is still rented, and as for the idle ones, it is just a waste of a few months, Song Yao is not distressed, everything can only start to operate when the people who have been secretly cultivated from all over the country are sent over.

Now manpower is the top priority, Song Yao wants to build her own business empire, she must use her own people, and she must be a competent person, otherwise it is tantamount to making a wedding dress for others.

"If Madame wants to do business in Qinglou, she must open up the connections in the capital, and there must be a reliable bustard, as well as a top girl, these ......" Red Sleeves pursed her lips, but the latter words were not spoken.

Since ancient times, a girl who enters the Qinglou has ruined her life.

But unless it's a woman who is sold and is forced to pick up customers, how many of them are willing to go into that kind of place?

Song Yao understood what Red Sleeves meant, after going through that ordeal, Red Sleeves didn't want to see a woman enter the fire pit, how could she want to force Liang to become a prostitute.

"At the end of the day, even if we don't do this industry, there will be people who do." Song Yao frowned and said, "Working under me, at least I can give them a chance to choose, and they can have a guarantee when they are old." ”

Red Sleeves understood what Song Yao meant, nodded and didn't speak, his expression was a little gloomy.

But although people didn't know about Red Sleeves' experience, but seeing that her expression was wrong, they guessed that Red Sleeves was a person with a story, so he took over the conversation and said: "What Madam said is very true, whether it is Qinglou or those tooth shops, there are people who sell their bodies out of their own intentions. But sometimes he is sold, and he is the only chance to live. ”

Song Yao was silent, but she also understood that what she was talking about was her personal experience.

To live is sometimes the most difficult choice, because to live is to sell one's dignity and body, and even life and death are no longer controlled by oneself.

But in this era of reasonable trading, the market demand is so big, and where can it take care of so much.

But the man continued on the side: "The slave maid has heard before that some song and dance workshops can't be run anymore, so they will sell the girls who have been trained for many years to Qinglou, but the price is higher. There are also those sinful slaves, or exiled families, and the government will also sell their female dependents to the land of fireworks. Unless someone is secretly taking care of it, it is impossible to be a maid. ”

Hearing this, Song Yao subconsciously glanced at the lovely person, and saw that her eyes were half-lowered, and she couldn't see any emotion on her face, so she didn't look at it anymore.

"But what people are talking about, you can consider it. Even if you sell yourself in a green house, it's much better than being a military prostitute. Song Yao sighed, this is an era that is unfair to women after all.

"Madame doesn't have to worry about my feelings, I'm just feeling emotional." Red Sleeves had already restrained his emotions and said with a wry smile: "As Madame and Keren said, there are too many miserable women in this world, but it is a blessing in misfortune to be fortunate to be able to work under Madame." ”

Song Yao knew that Red Sleeves was a thoughtful person, even if the scar in her heart never faded, she could face reality.

"Then let's decide, tomorrow to find out if there is a suitable girl and bustard." After Song Yao finished speaking, she thought about it again: "There are many beautiful girls in the south, but you can buy some girls from some small brothels, and if you cultivate them a little, you can also double your value." ”

Monks from outside are good at chanting, and there are people in the south who specialize in cultivating thin horses, even if they are qualified to be the first card, but the price is higher.

The Beicheng side is mainly engaged in the business of the military camp, and there are many second-generation officials in the military camp, so they will not miss a few silver to find flowers and willows, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to earn back.

Maybe these skinny horses can become pawns in their hands in the future, and that is Song Yao's ultimate goal.

"Yes, that's it." Song Yao had an idea in her heart, so she immediately started to do it.

After being so busy for a few days, Song Yao was free, and she was tired and lost weight, but her spirit was full.

As long as he thinks about making money in the future, and his status must be impressive, Song Yao feels that everything is enough.

After playing with Song Yuanbao for a long time, Keren came to report the news, saying that Hu Jiayue ordered someone to send a letter to her.

After reading the letter, the corners of Song Yao's mouth hooked up with a light smile.

Although she didn't pay special attention to the affairs of the Xia family in the past few days, she also knew that Mrs. Xia must be miserable, otherwise she begged Mrs. Cui once, and arranged for someone to go to Zhang Shangshu's mansion, wouldn't it be in vain.

"Red sleeves, go to the study and send my hand-copied three-character scripture to Mrs. Cui, and thank Mrs. Cui for me." Song Yao commanded.

Song Yao's words are a thousand gold, and the value of a three-character scripture is comparable to ten thousand taels of real money.

Although Cui Jincheng has passed the age of learning the Three Character Sutra, if he can copy the handwriting on it, he will also be introduced to the writing of thin gold font.

This way of thanking is more practical than giving other gifts, and Song Yao believes that Mrs. Cui will be happy, and she will have the opportunity to make friends again in the future.

After the red sleeves were ordered to leave, Song Yao looked at the lovely person and asked, "Let's talk about it, how wonderful the Xia family has been these days." ”

Keren followed Song Yao's gestures, sat down at the bottom, and talked about the Xia family.

At the birthday banquet of Zhang Shangshu's Mansion that day, Mrs. Xia vigorously scolded the officials and wives, but where could she talk to her in the underground, she was almost like a clown.

Although Mrs. Cui was dissatisfied, she owed Song Yao a favor, but she deliberately raised her value for Hu Jiayue.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xia praised her daughter-in-law against her will, and how well she treated Hu Jiayue, and kept letting Hu Jiayue serve several other ladies, wanting to use this to gain a virtuous reputation, and also showed her face.

But Hu Jiayue was thin-skinned, and everyone who was angry at Mrs. Xia's flattery trembled, feeling that she had embarrassed Mrs. Cui, and was even more afraid that Song Yao would be difficult.

But I don't know if it's a coincidence, or Mrs. Xia used too much force, and actually pulled off Hu Jiayue's sleeve, so frightened that Hu Jiayue hurriedly hid behind the maid.

However, there are people all around, even if Hu Jiayue dodges, it also allows people to see the injuries on her body clearly.

Even if Mrs. Xia tried to tribulate Hu Jiayue, she couldn't let her lose face in front of outsiders, otherwise the Xia family would not be able to raise their heads, so they let Zhang's subordinates lead the way, so that Hu Jiayue could change her clothes.

During this period, Mrs. Xia inevitably had to count Hu Jiayue in various ways, and even beat her hands a few times.

accompanied Hu Jiayue to leave in order to gain a good reputation, but where was Mrs. Xia willing to take such a good opportunity, and left first without waiting for Hu Jiayue to change her clothes.

After Hu Jiayue changed her clothes, she returned to the front hall, and she was embarrassed to come forward again, so she sat in the garden, and a few young daughters-in-law came to talk, but the identities of these people were better than Hu Jiayue, and Hu Jiayue was not easy not to answer.

Although Hu Jiayue did not admit that she was abused, those little daughters-in-law still understood from Hu Jiayue's demeanor and the news she just got that Hu Jiayue was wronged.

Some people can't help but feel some sympathy for Hu Jiayue, everyone is a daughter-in-law, and there are some problems with their mother-in-law more or less.

There are also people who are purely watching the excitement, a joke of a small Xia Fu, they can still talk about it at will.

Until the banquet was over, Hu Jiayue didn't wait for Mrs. Xia, she already knew it in her heart, but she didn't know what happened to Mrs. Xia.

Back at the house, Hu Jiayue wanted to make a play, and asked the concierge if she didn't see Mrs. Xia return to the house, so she sent someone to wait outside Zhang Shangshu's mansion.

But the subordinates were driven away by the people of Zhang Shangshu's Mansion, and at sunset, the second housekeeper of Zhang Shangshu's Mansion took people and tied up Mrs. Xia's master and servant and sent them back to Xia's Mansion.

However, the second housekeeper was Lord Xia who met alone, and only Lord Xia knew what he said.

Lord Xia's official position does not need to be in the early dynasty, and before dawn on the second day, Hu Jiayue and his wife were called to him, and Mrs. Xia was ordered to give Hu Jiayue all the dowries of his wife.

Mrs. Xia was beaten and her speech was leaky, so she had to nod under the coercion of Lord Xia.

Xia Liang's mother's daughter is a big family, and when she got married, she also had a dowry list, and it was not easy for Mrs. Xia to hide something.

And Lord Xia has already explained that in the future, the Xia family will be handed over to Hu Jiayue to take charge of the feed, and Mrs. Xia will be sent to Zhuangzi to raise her body.

"This Mrs. Xia is also ruthless enough, if it weren't for Miss Hu's mastery of the middle feed now, and Lord Xia ordered that there was not enough money to make up, then Mrs. Xia might not have to keep a lot of private money. Over the years, her expenses have been all from Miss Hu's mother-in-law. ”

But the man still felt a little angry when he said it.

"However, Miss Hu is also benevolent and righteous, and she did not take the dowry of Mrs. Xia, and gave it all to Mrs. Xia's son, indicating that they will not take advantage of this house, but they will not accept it."

"Mrs. Xia's son is also a person who can scatter wealth, I'm afraid he won't be able to stay until the day when he marries a wife and has children." Song Yao inquired about the situation of the Xia family, and knew what kind of virtue Mrs. Xia's son was.

"What Mrs. said is exact, this is also Mrs. Xia's stealing of chickens and rice, thinking that she could occupy her wife's things, but she didn't expect to catch anything in the end." But after the man finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "I can't say that I didn't get anything, she has spent a lot of money earned by her wife's dowry shop over the years, and even if she offsets her dowry, she can't make up for it." ”

"You girl, you can calculate." Song Yao said with a smile: "That's it, it's just something outside the body, Jiayue doesn't care, being able to free herself from that old woman's hands is the most important thing." You prepare some supplements, and Ming'er will send them to Jiayue, her body is already weak, so she has to take care of it. Tell her I'll see her in a few days. ”