Xu Shi gently held Xiao Yicheng's wrist, his voice trembling slightly but sincerely.

Xiao Yicheng lowered her eyes, her palm was slightly cold, and even a little wet.

He looked at Xu again, her eyes were full of anticipation and fear, as if once Xiao Yicheng shook her head, her faith would completely collapse.

"I ......"

Xiao Yicheng paused, and suddenly felt uncomfortable for a moment.

If it was really the robber she arranged, why did she not allow the fourth aunt like this? Is it because of Mama Jiang, or is it the eldest brother?

He opened his mouth and was about to ask "why", but felt the force between his wrists heavier.

"Chen'er, it's not easy to run the Hou Mansion, everything I do is for the sake of the Song family's harmony, but as long as Aunt Jiang is here, the Song family will not be at peace, do you understand?"

Xiao Yicheng was silent, before that, the Song family was indeed jumping because of Jiang Xuan's existence.

So, it was common sense for her to have this thought.

Xiao Yicheng looked at her silently for a long time before asking, "Is it really for the Song family?" ”

Xu nodded.

Xiao Yicheng smiled, "It's all over, don't keep it in your heart." ”

He raised his hand and patted Xu's shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, although I am not your own child, I will remember your kindness to me, and repay it with my life, please relax my stepmother." ”

Hearing this, Xu's tense heart fell, and he muttered: "That's good, just believe me." ”

Xiao Yicheng's eyes flashed when he saw this, and he changed the topic and said: "I heard from someone that my stepmother has recently opened a new shop, I don't know what kind of business she is doing and how profitable it is?" ”

Xu Shi said vaguely: "It's all ordinary business, you dance knives and guns all day long, even if I tell you, you won't understand." ”

"Oh." Xiao Yicheng chuckled, "How about the profit?" Does it make you tired? ”

Xu replied: "How can you make money from the beginning of doing business, as long as you ensure that you don't lose money." ”

"Don't worry, the business won't be too busy at the beginning, I can bear it."

Xiao Yicheng frowned slightly, but still smiled indifferently: "It's good not to be busy, can the income of other shops be okay?" ”

Xu Shi was about to nod, but he shook his head again and again, and said in surprise: "I remember, you never asked about the people who make a living in the house, why did you suddenly ask about these today?" ”

Xiao Yicheng came back to his senses and said: "A group of displaced people have poured into Qinghe Town on the outskirts of Beijing, causing many people to be infected with fever, and Your Majesty has ordered me to assist Master Zhang in raising funds to appease the displaced people, solve the fever, and beware of continuing to spread. ”

"The Marquis of Anyang has been loyal and good for generations, and in previous years, we were the first to rush to the front when we encountered this kind of thing, so this time we also have to take the lead in donating and cooperate with the government to deal with this matter."

Xu's face sank, "Want to give out the silver?" How much do you need? ”

Xiao Yicheng thought for a while and replied: "My stepmother can give the fourth aunt 50,000 silver, presumably she has a lot of money, 100,000 taels shouldn't be a problem, right?" ”

Lakh......

Xu was simply shocked, in previous years, the capital family raised three or two hundred thousand taels of silver for the march and war, if there is a local disaster, the donation of silver will only be less, where will open the mouth to come 100,000 taels!

"How can the displaced people enter Beijing and need so much silver to appease?"

Xiao Yicheng said: "My stepmother doesn't know, it really doesn't take too much silver to appease the homeless, but to treat fever, you need to use a few precious medicinal materials, the price of medicinal materials is high, and I don't know the specific infection situation in Qinghe Town at the moment, so it doesn't hurt to prepare more silver." ”

Xu Shi muttered and nodded, frowned again in a blink of an eye, and said: "Although there is a lot of business under the Hou Mansion, the expenses are also large, where can there be so much silver left?" ”

Xiao Yicheng smiled and asked, "How much can the stepmother allocate funds?" ”

Xu hesitated, because of Jiang Juan's 50,000 taels of silver, Xu still had a pain in pain, and now asked her to donate money to the homeless people to treat the fever, she really couldn't open her mouth.

Xiao Yicheng looked at her and asked, "Is there a problem with my stepmother?" ”

Xu Shi pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "I have to ask the housekeeper how much silver is still in the account, since it is a donation, with ability and intention, I can't let the Hou Mansion go hungry for the sake of those homeless people, right?" ”

"What the stepmother said is that I hope the stepmother will bother more about this matter, so as not to be tongue-in-cheek if it is not handled properly."

Xiao Yicheng bowed, "I still have something to do, so I won't talk to my stepmother." ”

Xu nodded, and Xiao Yicheng turned away.

How do you know, as soon as he walked out of the courtyard, he saw the people in the peony courtyard holding a stack of medicinal herbs and walking towards this side.

Xiao Yicheng smelled the smell very familiar, and hurriedly stopped it and asked, "What is this?" ”

The servant replied: "Second son, this is the medicinal herb of the other courtyard, the doctor previously ordered the servant to clean it up and send it to her." ”

Annex?

Xiao Yicheng's heart moved, and he hurriedly opened it to take a look, and he was instantly stunned.

It is really a Xizhou medicinal material.

The Song family's courtyard is located on the riverside, and only in the middle of summer will people go to escape the heat, and now it is the depths of winter, how could she find that the medicinal herbs are stored there?

Thinking that Jiang Juan had secretly asked people to go to the other courtyard to refine those medicinal herbs, Xiao Yicheng suddenly figured it out again.

It should be that Xu Shi had a heart at that time, and then found that there were rare medicinal materials hidden in the other courtyard, so he was moved.

Xiao Yicheng's face sank, and he muttered to himself: "My stepmother doesn't know medical skills, what do you want these medicinal materials for?" ”

The man replied, "The servant once heard the eldest lady mention that these medicinal materials are precious and should be able to sell for a lot of silver. ”

It's selling money again.

Xiao Yicheng's face turned dark, and he said coldly: "Give me all this!" ”

The subordinate was stunned, "...... the eldest lady's side"

Xiao Yicheng replied sharply: "I am ordered to collect medicinal materials and assist Lord Zhang in dealing with the plague, this is a holy decree, and the eldest lady will not disobey." ”

When the subordinates heard this, they had no choice but to give it up.

Xiao Yicheng took the medicinal herbs and weighed them, and said, "The rest will also be sent over, and none of them will be missing." ”

"Remember, I know how many medicinal herbs there are in the other courtyard, so don't try to hide them."

Seeing that Xiao Yicheng's tone was wrong, the subordinate responded in a good voice.

Back in the room, Xiao Yicheng looked at the stack of medicinal herbs and felt uneasy.

As soon as Cang Yue entered the door, she saw him like this, so she asked, "What's wrong with the second son?" ”

Xiao Yicheng glanced back at Cang Yue, and his face became even heavier, "Cang Yue, what do you think of your stepmother?" ”

Cangyue didn't know how Xiao Yi had become to ask about this, so she could only pick up the good ones and say,

"The eldest lady is generous and kind, very good to the second son, a good mother, a good housewife."

"Good mother, good housewife......"

Xiao Yicheng snorted, "Not necessarily! ”

Cang Yue's mind was confused, so she could only follow Xiao Yicheng's gaze and look at the table.

I saw the account book of a shop in front of the table, Cang Yue didn't understand this, but she vaguely noticed something.

He followed with a tight heart, "Second son, eldest lady, she ......"

Xiao Yicheng lowered his eyes and looked at the account book, and said in a deep voice: "She said that business is not easy to do, and it is fortunate that she can not lose money, but this is not written in the account book at all." ”