279 three years
Hua Ronghua listened with suspicion, "You mean that Miss Nadu hit this melon because she caught a rabbit?" ”
The guard nodded, "It is said that a lady was in a hurry to bring her crying son home and gave her two little rabbits, she ran away without looking, and accidentally bumped into Liu Gua when she was chasing rabbits everywhere." “
Isn't that yourself? I gave two rabbits to a little girl who watched the excitement at the time, was that Miss Du? Or did the little girl pass the rabbit on to someone else? After all, she could tell that she was going to bring her crying son home, which proved that she must have been there at the time. So, so, is the initiator of this matter?
If she hadn't sent the rabbit, Miss Du wouldn't have run around, she wouldn't have bumped into Liu Gua if she hadn't run around, and she wouldn't have lost her temper to marry Liu Gua! What if Miss Du is unwilling? What if she already had a sweetheart?
Hua Ronghua's heart was suddenly covered with a layer of guilt, and he felt that he had ruined the good future of a young lady. Look at the five big and three thick Liu melons, and then think about the petite and weak daughter, I still feel very much.
"I should also thank those two rabbits, if they hadn't run away, Miss Du wouldn't have bumped into Liu Gua because of catching rabbits." Speaking of which, the guards are a little sour, if Miss Du hits herself, then wouldn't she marry a beautiful lady again?
Hua Ronghua suppressed the panic and regret in his heart, and asked if he had something to do: "Is it too harsh to marry him just after bumping into him?" Maybe people don't like it at all! ”
Liu Gua was anxious, and suddenly stood up, "What?" Who am I going to marry if she doesn't marry? ”
The guard general reprimanded Liu Gua before looking at Hua Ronghua, "Mrs. Hua, Du Yuanwai likes Liu Gua very much!" ”
"Huh?" Hua Ronghua was a little unconvinced.
"It's true, that Miss Du is the only heir of Du Yuanwai, Du Yuanwai said that if you want to marry his daughter, you must have a family, and all the children born must be surnamed Du, otherwise he would rather let his daughter be a sister-in-law than marry Liu Gua!"
"And he agreed?" Hua Ronghua subconsciously looked at Liu Gua. Some people don't believe it, didn't it be said in ancient times that 'poor people don't plough people's fields'? How could he be willing to join in?
Liu Gua said as a matter of course: "As long as Miss Du marries me as a lady, don't let my child's surname be Du, just let my surname be Du!" ”
Even Hua Ronghua almost laughed when he said this, but then frowned again, "What about Miss Du?" Would she do too? ”
"This, the order of her parents, what is Miss Du unwilling?" The guard asked puzzledly: "What's more, Liu Gua has agreed to be a son-in-law, a centurion is a son-in-law, their old Du family is ancestral tomb is smoking!" ”
To put it simply, this is the sadness of arranged marriages, where the parties cannot have the right to choose for themselves.
"It's a good thing anyway. When are they going to have a happy event? I want to give a congratulatory gift before I leave! Hua Ronghua thought to herself that she would go to Miss Nadu for a while to ask clearly, if Miss Du was unwilling, then she would have to stir it up if she said anything.
The general smiled, "Isn't this what I came to discuss with you?" Liu Gua wants to do things before you leave, and wants to recognize you as your mother's family? ”
"Huh? Mother's family? ”
"Yes, isn't he getting married, and his family will naturally become his mother's family. Liu Gua had already cut off contact with his family, so this mother's family had the cheekiness to beg Mrs. to take responsibility! ”
"It's not going to work." Hua Ronghua hurriedly waved his hand, and when he saw the stiff faces of the guard general and Liu Gua, he was shocked that his attitude seemed to be a little hurtful, so he explained: "I'm going to leave in a few days, I'm afraid I won't have time to attend the wedding, getting married is a big deal, how can I be so hasty?" But don't worry, I'll send the gift in advance. ”
After some explanation, the faces of the two softened slightly, and the guard general smiled and said, "That's a pity." But, Mrs. Hua, I have something here that you can certainly help with before you go. ”
Help? Hua Ronghua straightened up instantly, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" "That's the point of this general's coming, right?
The guard general smiled and said: "That's the case, the exhibition has been in the past few days, and the small paddock in our big camp lane has also made a lot of money, although the fair is over, but there are still people who come to my paddock to buy prey, Mrs. Hua, do you think my paddock can continue to do it?" Anyway, I also earned some pocket money for the brothers in the camp. ”
Hua Ronghua sighed in her heart, this is the case, fortunately, she was prepared.
"I just came up with an idea casually, as for how to do it or how long to do it, it's all up to the general, if you can't make up your mind, why don't you ask the military department for instructions?" Hua Ronghua suggested with a smile.
Hearing that Hua Ronghua did not object, the guard general put his mind at ease, as for the military department, he was not worried at all, the imperial court had not paid the military salary for a long time, and he was not allowed to solve it by himself?
After sending the two guards away, the more Hua Ronghua thought about it, the more uneasy he became, so he asked Mo An to inquire about the situation.
Mo An was a little dissatisfied with Hua Ronghua worrying about an irrelevant person's affairs, but now that he is the master, he can only obey orders.
After investigating, she learned that Miss Du was not going to die or leave home, Hua Ronghua finally put her mind at ease, but she still gave a unique congratulatory gift: abacus.
Hua Ronghua also asked the gift-giver to pass a message to Miss Du and Liu Gua, if Liu Gua bullied her, she would be punished for kneeling.
Although this congratulatory gift is a bit nondescript, and it is not precious, it is just an ordinary abacus, and the words are so deviant, but who made the identity of the family there? This congratulatory gift has to be laughed at and the next one is not.
After three days, the Imperial Forest Army from the capital finally arrived quickly, and after handing over the silver taels, Hua Ronghua and his party took the imperial merchant caravan and marched towards the next state capital.
The seven prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, each prefecture, one state, three or five counties, are all places of varying degrees of abundance. Hua Ronghua held an exhibition in every state and county, each for ten days, and occasionally too many people also increased the time, plus the time for layout and hurrying, and the time for waiting for the imperial merchants to mobilize goods, three full years have passed in a blink of an eye!
In the past three years, the people of Fanwutang have traveled all over the south of the Yangtze River, exhibiting and selling the goods that were once tributes, and at the same time earning a lot of money. According to statistics, a total of 30 exhibitions were held in three years, with an average of about 200,000 taels of silver in 11 days per exhibition, and 5 million taels of silver were handed over to the national treasury, giving great support to the imperial court that had less than 10 million taels of silver in the treasury due to various reasons!
Even Fanwutang himself saved more than one million taels of silver in liquidity, and the first thing Hua Ronghua did when he had the silver was to reward the whole Fanwutang along with the guys and the Imperial Forest Army at that time. So much so that the people who have stayed with her in Jiangnan for three years and have not returned home are all smiling, feeling that they have earned more wages in the past three years than ten years, and the face value of the silver ticket hidden in the bracelet by Hua Ronghua has also become more than 10,000 taels.
In addition to the expenses set aside for this line, most of the other silver money was sent to the prince by Hua Ronghua and the account book, after all, the family is the head of Fanwutang, and the rest of the money was purchased from Jiangnan and transported to the capital with all kinds of easy-to-transport and easy-to-sell goods, and told the prince to open several fairs in the capital, and made a small profit.
Since then, the name of Fanwutang has been known within the imperial court, and everyone in the capital and Jiangnan is known.
Now these teams specially for the imperial court are carrying the 260,000 taels of silver earned from the last exhibition on the way back to Beijing.
"Hua Xiaoba, if you dare to lean out of the carriage again, I will beat you!" Hua Ronghua roared and dragged Hachi back into the car from the window.
Three years have passed, the two children have grown up, but they are becoming more and more difficult to manage, the two always take advantage of the adults not paying attention to the side to take risks, thanks to her group of people did not lose them, and Aunt Qinghua also returned to Beijing with the Imperial Forest Army a year ago because the princess was waiting to give birth. Now Hua Ronghua basically handed over all the affairs of the exhibition to Fuxi, and he and Niu Ya took care of the children together.
In the past few years, the old lady has sent people to pick up the children back to Beijing more than once, but they have been driven away by Hua Ronghua.
Hachi pouted and sat down next to his brother and muttered in a low voice, "What a disappointment!" ”
Xiao Qi looked at him, and saw that his mother didn't pay attention to this, and reprimanded his younger brother in a low voice: "You are so stupid, it's strange to climb the window in front of your mother and not be scolded!" ”
"You're stupid, I obviously climbed the window while my mother was sleeping!" Xiao Ba raised his neck and shouted in dissatisfaction, and the foaming star even sprayed Xiao Qi's face.
"Mother, that's not sleeping at all, it's fake...... Fake sleep! Xiao Qi held back for a long time and didn't remember what that word (fake sleep) was called.
"Fake sleep? False? Isn't it just a lie? Xiaoba thought for a while, and then shouted at Hua Ronghua, "Mother, didn't you say that a good boy can't deceive people?" How can you lie to me? As he spoke, his tear glands welled up, and he was extremely aggrieved.
Hua Ronghua looked at the two brothers, one of whom was crying at him, and the other was smiling and smiling watching the play, and suddenly felt a headache, and his tiger face pulled, "You two give me a little stop!" If you don't obey again, all the red bean cakes will be confiscated! ”
"Wow! My mother is an old witch! As soon as he heard that the delicious red bean crisp was about to be confiscated, Xiaoba stopped doing it, and immediately applied the bad guy image in the story Hua Ronghua told them to Hua Ronghua.
Xiao Qi said with two tears in his pitiful eyes: "Mother, Xiao Qi wants to eat red bean crisp!" That soft and cute appearance instantly sprouted Hua Ronghua's heart, but he still kept a straight face for a while to maintain his stern image.
The cowgirl next to her surrendered directly, took out an oily paper bag from her shoulder bag and opened it, picked up a piece of oily meat and handed it over, "Little Eighth Young Master, there is meat for you to eat!" ”
Xiao Ba twisted his head, "I don't want it, Xiao Qi said, your meat is made of chicken butts, and chicken butts are a special place for shit, so I don't want to eat shit!" He looked disgusted when he spoke, and covered his mouth with his little hand.
Niu Ya was like being struck by lightning, and her face froze there sluggishly, and she even forgot to put down the piece of meat she had raised.
Xiao Qi was in a hurry on the side, "Stupid little eight, if you don't eat, you won't eat, what do you say I'm doing?" ”