After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 679 Han Family
Madam Guan also instructed Nanny Chen: "When Mr. Qin comes home, please remind my eldest grandson to treat him to a feast. It would be impolite for us to arrange a marriage before his second brother comes home."

The old grandson finally showed some interest in her, and she was afraid that if she delayed it for too long, he would no longer be interested in her, so she hurriedly arranged the marriage without waiting for Qin Er to come home.

"Yes, I will definitely remember it." Nanny Chen replied respectfully. Suddenly, she heard a light knock on the door. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a servant in gray standing at the bottom of the steps, holding a letter.

Nanny Chen: "Present it."

"Yes." The servant obeyed the order, went up the stairs, reached the door, and handed the letter to Nanny Chen.

Nanny Chen took a look at the envelope and handed it to Old Madam Guan: "Old Madam, please take a look."

Madam Guan took it, opened the letter and saw nothing surprising. She only said, "Go and inform Nong Ge'er, and ask him to spread the news so that the Qin family can have a good New Year."

"Yes." Nanny Chen gave the letter to the servant and asked the servant to deliver it to the Silifang to the clerk.

After seeing this, the clerk felt relieved and continued to work until the appointed time.

The next day, the news that Manager Han had caught a cold and died of a high fever spread throughout Taifeng Town.

"Have you heard that Manager Han is dead?"

"Who is Manager Han? How did he die?"

"You don't even know Manager Han? He's the manager in charge of the incense and candle business in several nearby counties. He came to our town to show off his power some time ago, but now he's gone!"

"So it was him... He even scolded me, saying that my stall was blocking the road, and asked me to stop doing business and move the stall inside to let his car pass, otherwise he would sue me and make me unable to set up a stall again!"

"What's so strange about that? Who among the vendors here hasn't been scolded by him?"

The vendors on Xinda Street were all talking about the death of Manager Han, so the Qin family naturally knew about it as well.

During dinner, Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin sighed: "It's almost the New Year, and he's gone."

At least it won’t be gone until after the Chinese New Year.

Qin Xiaomi: "Life and death are determined by fate, not by human beings."

Moreover, Manager Han’s death was not unjust. Who made him use the title of his relative’s imperial concubine to oppress others?

All at once, he offended the emperor, the imperial concubine, his relatives the Zhang family, and his current masters the Song family. Even so, if he could still live to see the New Year, it would mean that these four parties are incompetent.

"Grandpa and grandma, please eat the noodles quickly, otherwise they will become clumpy." Qin Xiaomi said.

"Yeah." Grandpa Qin and Grandma Qin responded while eating the delicious mutton noodle soup, and quickly brought up the matter of Manager Han.

But within two days, the power of Manager Han was divided up by several managers under him, and they visited Manager Xue with generous gifts.

"Manager Xue, we have come here to buy new red candles. Please, for the sake of our past friendship, give us some of the goods." said Manager Gan of the Baofu County Incense and Candle Shop.

Shopkeeper Gan and the owners of incense and candle shops in nearby counties are all servants of the Song family, which controls the incense and candle shop business in several nearby counties.

Most of the Zhang family members ran bookstores, and the shops were usually opened in the capitals of various states, or in wealthy places such as Beijing and Jiangnan.

The border prefectures and counties are run by lower-class aristocratic families such as Song and Han.

The shopkeepers also said some words of apology on behalf of the master.

But there was no mention of Manager Han.

The New Year is coming soon, it's so unlucky to mention a dead person.

Xue Xing smiled and said, "My dear shopkeepers, before our boss returned to the capital, he specifically instructed us to reserve a batch of new red candles for the incense and candle shops in Baofu County and Linshan County. If the incense and candle shops in these two counties don't want them, we can sell the reserved new red candles to other places after the New Year..." "Of course we won't want them." Shopkeeper Gan hurriedly bowed and said, "Boss Xue is so kind. We thank you very much."

The owner of the incense and candle shop in Maohua County became anxious when he heard this, and looked at Xue Xing eagerly, "Manager Xue, my incense and candle shop in Maohua County is also waiting to sell the new red candles."

During the past two months, Liu, a poor peddler from Maohua County, had managed to make a living by selling new red candles and running a small shop.

Nowadays, people can own legitimate shops and don’t have to be peddlers anymore, which makes many people jealous!

Manager Xue looked embarrassed: "The Qin family has been delayed for a month because of the spy case, and now there is really no new red candles in stock..."

"How about this, I'll give you the batch of new red candles that our boss left behind, and you three can divide them among yourselves."

It was fair, but the shop owners of Baofu County and Linshan County were not very happy and they all glared at the owner of the incense and candle shop in Maohua County.

The owner of the Maohua County Incense and Candle Shop ignored them and stood up to thank them: "Thank you, Manager Xue. Then shall we go and check out the goods now?"

damn thing!
Manager Gan and the others cursed inwardly.

"Okay, please follow me, three shopkeepers." Manager Xue stood up and took them to the Xue family's large warehouse to count the new red candles for them.

"A pair of new red candles weighing one liang, with the six characters of fortune, wealth, longevity, happiness and fortune printed on them, 3,000 pairs of each character, and the price of each pair is 44 coins, but you must not sell them to the people for more than 55 coins a pair."

"This price is fine. We can make a profit of eleven cents on a pair of new red candles. Thank you, Manager Xue." Manager Gan and the others laughed, but they were cursing in their hearts.

You bastards, you only paid Liu the peddler forty cents a pair, which is four cents a pair cheaper than us!

However, they came this time to get the goods, and their main purpose was to repair the relationship with the Xue and Qin families.

As long as the goods can be obtained, the relationship will be repaired.

Therefore, the three shopkeepers signed the contract with a smile, paid the money, transported the goods, and left.

Manager Xue informed the Qin family of the situation and said, "The relationship has been repaired. Unless something unexpected happens, there won't be another manager Han who will come and cause trouble for Xin Hongzhu."

"That's good, thank you, Manager Xue." Qin Xiaomi thanked him.

Manager Xue smiled and said, "Why thank me? This is my job."

Qin Xiaomi: "I have to thank you. In a few days, I may have to trouble Manager Xue to help arrange accommodation for the female workers."

"It's getting darker and darker. If it snows, the women workers won't be able to go home in the snow, so I want to rent another row of houses for the women workers to stay overnight."

Manager Xue said, "Why do we need to rent it? The Xue family also has a share in this business, so they should vacate the house to help."

Qin Xiaomi shook her head: "No, let's rent it. Then we can use the public account and let the court reimburse us. The Xue family only needs to be responsible for protecting the safety of the female workers who stay there."

what?
So you were planning to fleece the imperial court?

"Okay then. I'll listen to Master Qin and arrange it right away." After leaving the Qin family, Manager Xue went to arrange manpower and clean up ten large rooms with stoves and beds. He also prepared thick quilts, daily necessities and other items.

After entering the middle of winter, the sky became darker and darker, as if it was going to press down on people's heads.

Seeing the weather like this, Grandpa Qin sped up the preparation of winter supplies and purchased firewood, rice, flour, grain, oil, eggs and other items almost every day.

Dangdang Dangdang!
"The Han family in the county is delivering goods, folks, please make way!" Village chief Zhou shouted, leading the way for Han Shifu's motorcade, which was delivering twenty truckloads of rice, flour, salt, sugar and oil to the Qin family.

Han Shifu is the cousin of Han Shiye and they have the same great-grandfather. Han Shifu is also the patriarch of the Han family. Because they are a big local family with a lot of land, his family started a grain shop.

With his status, he shouldn't have to deliver the goods himself, but he has a youngest daughter who is of the right age.