Chapter 222: The Rich Son-in-law
The fundraising of the Happy House has received enthusiastic support from people from all walks of life, and the money raised this night is almost three million taels, of course, in addition to the singing and dancing of the Happy House girl, the biggest encouragement should be the regent Chu Ye,
He not only came to the scene, but also first donated 100,000 taels of silver, in addition, there was also Concubine Wen also donated 50,000 taels, the two played an exemplary role, the back of the businessmen and nobles, did not dare to be less than this amount, naturally, there are also some enthusiastic people although they are not ashamed of Qinglou to participate in fundraising, but, because they are doing good deeds, they can't take care of so much, they have entered to respond to the good deeds,
As the organizer of the Liu family, after being unwilling to do good, donated 2 million taels, and the Tea Merchants Alliance also donated 2 million taels as a disaster relief fund to buy grain and transport it to Eucalyptus.
Yin Le noticed that Chu Ye's expression was gloomy when she saw her appear in the Happy Building, but then she suppressed this unhappiness and showed a polite smile, so she put her mind at ease and let Bai Zi proceed according to the original plan.
This night's fundraising, Happy Building, as an independent businessman, donated 100,000 taels, these 100,000 taels were from the Yufeng Sect, Yin Le's toothache-like voice, Bai Zi added another 50,000, and said expressionlessly: "If I see your distressed look again, all the belongings of the Yufeng Sect will be donated,"
Yin Le knew that Bai Zi would do what he said, so he didn't dare to say anything, but he had a lot of slander in his heart.
Old man Liu didn't know that the silver was sent to Eucalyptus, he knew that Eucalyptus was in the drought-stricken area, and he had also thought about making a contribution to the people of Eucalyptus, and had secretly asked the housekeeper to contact the areas near Eucalyptus to buy food, but the housekeeper came back to report that the nearby grain had been swept away by large merchants, and several states and counties near Eucalyptus had no surplus grain for sale, and even if there was, the price was very expensive.
In desperation, I had to order someone to go to the western part of Guangdong to buy rice and grain, where the rain was abundant and the harvest was very good, and there should be a large amount of grain for sale.
At this time, Yin Le also used the money raised to buy a large amount of grain from Xiangguo, which was being transported to Eucalyptus and several nearby prefectures and counties.
On this day, the prefect made an appointment to meet with the local squire and celebrity, and Mrs. Wen didn't want to look at people's faces again, and the prefect's appointment was just for disaster relief, but what their Wen family could help had already been exhausted, and they couldn't help anymore, so he said that he was not in good health and resigned from the invitation of the prefect.
Unexpectedly, not long after sending someone to speak, the prefect hurried to meet everyone with everyone.
Old Man Wen was stunned, so he had to lie on the bed and pretend to be sick,
"Old man, it's better," the prefect's sad face was very different from the past, and now his face was full of concern, and the corners of his mouth were a little happy,
Old Lady Wen got up slightly, and said apologetically: "Lord Lao drove a special trip here, and also hindered the Lord and you from discussing things, the old man is really guilty,"
The prefect sat in front of the bed, pressed his body to get up, and said with a smile: "Xiaguan came over today, he made a special trip to thank the old man, this time, the people of Huanzhou have been saved,"
Old lady Wen looked at the prefect suspiciously, the wrinkles on her face piled up, and said: "Why did the lord say this, the people of Eucalyptus were saved, where did they start, and why do you want to thank the old man?"
The old man Zhou, who had always been against Old Lady Wen, snorted coldly and said contemptuously: "Pretend, you pretend again, who doesn't know that your poor son-in-law has prepared a large amount of silver and purchased a large amount of grain from Xiangguo, and is now on the way to Eucalyptus,"
When Old Man Wen heard what he said about his son-in-law, he immediately lowered his face and said in a deep voice: "If you don't get angry with me, I'm not reconciled, I've been fighting all my life, in addition to knowing how to use this matter to stimulate me, will you order anything else, I don't welcome you here, get out of here,"
The prefect hurriedly reassured: "Don't be angry, Old Man Zhou is not angry with you, what he said is true, your son-in-law, that is, the owner of the Longxing Tea House in the capital, together with the regent of the dynasty, held a fundraising banquet, raised a large amount of money, has purchased a lot of grain, is on the way, the official received the document early this morning, and today I summoned you to come to the mansion to discuss and distribute the grain,"
Old man Wen couldn't help but get angry when he saw that the prefect said the same, "Lord Prefect, I'm afraid this is just a joke, the poor boy of that day, no matter how much he changes, he can't change the owner of Longxing, I'm afraid that someone has other intentions and adds another joke to my Wen Mansion," After that, he glanced at Old Man Zhou with cold eyes,
Old man Zhou was already indignant in his heart, Wen Xiuxiu, who eloped away in the past, had always been a tool for him to attack the Wen family, but now it has become the greatest glory of the Wen family, and he has to follow the prefect to thank him, he was already so disgusting as eating a fly in his heart, and now when he heard the suspicion of Old Man Wen, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "Yes, the old man still wants to frame your family,"
Wen Dong said on the side: "Grandpa, the concubine sent a letter a few days ago, and she did say that the owner of Longxing was my uncle, but grandpa didn't read it, so he tore up the letter,"
Old Man Wen opened his mouth wide and looked at Wen Dong in astonishment, "Seriously,"
"Naturally, it's true, but the concubine didn't mention buying grain for disaster relief for a while, so when the disaster relief food was delivered to Eucalyptus, her grandson didn't know," Wen Dong said honestly,
Old Lady Wen's originally angry eyes suddenly surged with a glimmer of brilliance, but he still said stubbornly: "He is him, the old man is the old man, the two families have not been in contact for decades, besides, Xian'er has long passed away, and people may not be able to count how many ladies there are now,"
The Wen family was never allowed to mention Wen Xiuxiu and Liu Qinglin, so Liu Qinglin sent a letter to his family that year, saying that after Wen Xiuxiu passed away, the Wen family had never contacted the Liu family, and Mr. Wen didn't know that the domestic tea business giant was his son-in-law, let alone his son-in-law Since Wen Xiu's death, he has not continued to be single.
The prefect said appreciatively: "Liu Dongjia has only married one lady in his life, that is Wen Xiu, the daughter of Wen Mansion, since Wen Xiu passed away, Liu Dongjia has been single, even though there are many beautiful women and beauties coming to get closer, but he has never been tempted,"
When Old Man Wen heard this, he didn't believe it, "I'm afraid that Mrs. is not, but there will be a small number of concubines in the house, and Xian'er's appearance is not outstanding, even if he doesn't accept concubines after his career, there must be many outsiders, otherwise, why did Xian'er die early?"
When Wen Xiuxiu died, the career of the Liu family was not as prosperous as it is now, Wen Xiuxiu worked very hard in her early years, gave birth to three sons, and her body was not properly conditioned, and she had to continue to take care of various things for the family, and often ran for Liu Qinglin's business, so when Liu Qinglin's business was a little better, she was already terminally ill.
Everyone didn't know the inside story, and they didn't dare to say more, but when they saw that Old Man Wen's expression was not as resistant and disgusted as Fang Cai, they were all happy.