Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 175: Giving others support
Many cities in Chen County were empty, and many wealthy households also moved southward away from Chen County. King Chen went to the King of Shu and took away some of the people, including many wealthy households who wanted to get to know the King of Shu through King Chen's introduction. This left again A group of people.

The relatives of the Wang family didn’t know which group they belonged to.

"When I went out to look, if I hadn't recognized Mr. Wang's face, I would have thought he was a beggar from somewhere or a refugee coming to beg for food at the door of my house." Huang Guanjia said, "I didn't let him The Wang family came in and asked them to wait at the door. "

"Just drive them away!" Huang Dalangjun scolded, "Shameless people, they almost killed my sister, and they still have the nerve to join the Huang family? If I don't break their legs, they will die early. The young man of the Wang family has gained face!"

Butler Huang nodded and hurried out, but it could be seen from his expression that he was very happy.

If the Wang family didn't ask to come to the Huang family, the Huang family would still have to take a breath.

But since the Wang family shamelessly came to ask for help, didn't this give the Huang family a chance to vent their anger?
Huang Dalangjun just wants to entertain his sister's savior first. As long as the Wang family is still in Fucheng, he will have time to take care of it.

"Let the old lady laugh, don't let irrelevant people affect everyone's mood." Huang Dalangjun invited Ke Muqing and his party to the banquet, and said,

"I heard from Cai Que next to my sister that you like to drink something called milk tea. Milk is hard to find here, but I got some camel milk and asked Cai Que to try cooking it the way you said. Not to mention, It really has a different taste. Madam, you guys should try it later. If you like it, bring some camel milk back when you go back."

Chen County's material conditions are limited. In the past, there was an endless stream of merchants coming and going. As long as you have money, you can buy anything.

But now Chenjun can only eat whatever he has. Huang Dalangjun also put a lot of thought into setting up this banquet tonight.

It was only when Ke Muqing arrived at the Huang family that he realized how luxurious the homes of those who owned mines were.

The straw curtains were all decorated with gems, the seat under her butt was a real fur cushion, the handkerchief she used to wipe her hands was made of silk, and the floor tiles she stepped on looked like jade.

Nothing could be seen from the outside of Huang's house. I just thought it was an ordinary wealthy household with a bigger house.

But after walking in, I realized what it means to be unique and what it means to be low-key luxury.

The interior of a wealthy family's home is more exquisitely decorated than the palace of a prince.

"Mom, you said that the Wang family doesn't know how to enjoy themselves secretly by marrying a daughter-in-law like Miss Huang. I've been dazzled by the Huang family's property the whole time I came in. It's even more bluffing than the Wang family."

Zheng Qiushuang whispered to Ke Muqing, "If Cheng Shao marries me a daughter-in-law like this in the future, I, the mother-in-law, will be supported by others."

Although money is not that useful in this world, it is still useful if there is enough money.

At least I have enough money, so I don’t have to cover my heart and cry out in pain while eating a pound or a tael of food.

The first hot dish served after Ke Muqing and his party were seated was brown sugar bird's nest. Apparently Huang Dalangjun specifically asked Caique about the taste of everyone in the Yang family, and Caique must have mentioned eating bird's nest at the Yang family.

What the maid poured into the children's cups was not ordinary water, but mulberry juice. The children were so surprised that they gasped after taking a sip. They didn't expect that mulberry fruit could be eaten like this.

Huang Dalangjun said his thanks with tea instead of wine, and invited everyone to move to Huang's house.

Ke Muqing declined. It would be more comfortable to live outside her home. She didn't have to report her comings and goings to the host's house. Huang Dalangjun didn't force it, so he changed the topic to something else and asked about Ke Muqing's good friend.

"I heard from Caiqiao next to my sister that the old lady has a good friend who has a big business and likes to barter with people. My Huang family has mulberry forests, hemp fields, and mines. The old lady thinks that my Huang family's Is there anything your old friend can appreciate?"

"To tell you the truth, I want to exchange some food with your friend. The Huang family has a great business, but there are also many people under them who are hungry. I was patrolling outside the city a few days ago and saw too many textile workers working for the Huang family. The wife and the part-time workers in the hemp field have no food at home, so they can only eat one meal a day, which is made of vegetable paste cooked with mulberry leaves or hemp leaves. "

"It's not that the Huang family doesn't pay everyone. The Huang family has never been short of half a cent of wages for so many years. It's just that everyone can't find a place to buy food with their wages."

"So I thought, if I can buy food, I can pay them by giving them food."

There is still some food stored in the Huang family's house, but these food stocks can only ensure that the Huang family's main family does not go hungry for nearly two months.

Relying on these stored grains, even the head of the family like Huang Dalangjun is limited to how much grain he can eat every day. If he eats more, others in the family will eat less and starve.

So even Mr. Huang Dalang didn't dare to open his stomach and eat a full meal.

"My good friend likes gems and jade jewelry very much. I will send him a message later." Making money is something Ke Muqing won't mind bothering at all. The more the better, the more the better.

Who can object to having too much money?

"By the way, I wonder how much this kind of silk handkerchief usually costs?" Ke Muqing picked up the handkerchief at hand, "This material should be silk, right? The embroidery is really exquisite, and it can be embroidered so vividly on this silk handkerchief. The flowers and butterflies look so real, this embroiderer is really amazing. "

"This kind of handkerchief is available in Huang's shop. The handkerchiefs range from small to large, ranging from five to ten taels of silver. The embroidery work is simple to fine, and the price is about three to five taels of silver."

"An embroiderer can produce two or three pieces of this kind of embroidery work in a month, and even the embroidery thread is spun from silk."

"In the past, these handkerchiefs were collected from merchants in the capital and Jiangnan. I heard that from them, this handkerchief can be purchased for forty or fifty taels, and they are all sold to high-ranking officials and nobles."

So this is considered a luxury product in this era.

Ke Muqing remembered that she had seen a double-sided embroidered silk screen in a museum before. It was not big, only about one meter, and it sold for more than 400,000 yuan.

A smaller single-sided embroidered silk fan costs more than 10,000 yuan.

The Huang family's handkerchiefs are double-sided embroidery, and the embroidery work is very delicate. Whether it is animals or flowers, they are really lifelike, and different expressions can be seen in different light and angles.

According to the most expensive handkerchief costing fifteen taels of silver, this is indeed worth it.

For example, the price of the handkerchief in Ke Muqing's hand was as high as one hundred taels after the system detected it.

In this quotation, the higher value should be the embroidery work on the handkerchief.

"Based on what I know about my old friend, he must also like this veil very much. Mr. Huang Dalang can count how many such handkerchiefs there are in the house that can be given to my old friend. I think Mr. Huang Dalang has many, and my How much will your friend want?" Ke Muqing said.