The Red Mansion Big Liar.

Chapter 364 Everyone gets what they need
Rongguo Mansion, the small courtyard in the northeast corner.

Xue Baochai, who was waiting for news, saw Tongxi and Tonggui following Aunt Xue into the room, holding a pile of boxes, and couldn't help but wonder, "Mother! What is this?"

"Hey!~ Stop talking about it!" Aunt Xue waved her hand and ordered Tongxi and Tonggui, "Put the ginseng on the table and go out first!"

"Ginseng?" A hint of suspicion flashed across Xue Baochai's face, but she did not rush to ask.

After Tongxi and Tonggui placed the ginseng box on the kang table, they said goodbye and left.

Aunt Xue shook off her big woolen coat, revealing her heavy, delicate body underneath. She walked tremblingly to the edge of the kang and sat down heavily.

She pointed at the ginseng on the table and complained, "I thought the old lady had changed her tune, but she asked us to clean up these unusable things for her."

"Why are there so many?" Xue Baochai opened the box and sighed, "Why don't you keep these things and sell them?"

"What do you think?" Aunt Xue sighed, "You have seen the ginseng that Yi-ge-er gave you last time. Now the old lady's intentions are obvious. Why would she care about these things in the future?"

People are bound to have preconceived ideas, and the Rongguo Mansion did not tighten its belt. Aunt Xue could never have imagined that Grandmother Jia was selling off everything she had.

Instead, they thought that Zhang Yun逸 had sent new ginseng of better quality, and that the excess ginseng could not be used up, so these old ginseng of poor quality were eliminated.

"That's true!" Xue Baochai lowered her head, fiddling with the box on the table, and pretended to be nonchalant, "How long will it take to sell so many?"

Although the price of ginseng in the Great Xia Dynasty was not as exaggerated as that in the Qing Dynasty, when it was often one or two thousand taels per catty, the lowest grade of the fifth grade ginseng cost five hundred taels of silver per catty.

Although Lady Jia's ginseng was not the best, it was of high quality.

Even if ordinary people sell all their belongings, they can’t afford ordinary ginseng, let alone this kind of good ginseng?

Even if a wealthy family has some financial resources, they would just buy a few coins or taels of silver when needed to get by, and that would be enough.

There are few people who can afford it and the usage is not large, so the delivery speed will naturally be much slower, which is why Xue Baochai made such an exclamation.

Aunt Xue was naturally very clear about this, and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "What else can we do? It's rare that the old lady has something to ask us, so are we going to refuse? Fortunately, there is no problem selling this thing. At worst, we can just not buy this kind of plants from the inner palace for the time being and sell these few first."

At this point, she suddenly remembered the advance payment and said hurriedly, "Oh, right! Pay the old lady the money first, and after the New Year, ask the shopkeeper to come over and take it to the store to sell slowly."

Xue Baochai frowned and said, "Since you are consigning it to your family, why do you need to pay the money first?"

"Since the old lady has taken the lead in organizing a birthday party for you, she has done everything she can to celebrate it. She also said that she will only sell it for 10,000 taels and asked me to take it back and sell it at my own price. What else can I do?"

She hugged Xue Baochai and sighed, "Although we don't have to do this in business, isn't this necessary? The old lady obviously intends to marry the eldest daughter to Yi'er. Although your aunt will help with our family affairs, the eldest daughter is closer to the old lady after all. It's better to coax her at this time to avoid unnecessary trouble!"

At this point, she looked at the ginseng on the table and said with a smile, "Besides, the price is quite suitable. It's not that we have no profit. We are just using cash to cushion the loss."

If it weren't for the fact that the price was fair and profitable, it would be hard to say whether Aunt Xue would be willing to advance the money.

Upon hearing this, Xue Baochai remained silent.

Aunt Xue was telling the truth. There is no reason not to stock up when doing business.

The Xue family claimed to have assets of millions, although this was a bit exaggerated as it included fixed assets. However, thanks to Zhang Yunyi, the imperial merchants in the inner court had two more specialties: sugar and glass.

With these two additional sources of income, Xue family's business is now more prosperous than in previous years.

Although she felt pain every time she thought about the caustic soda business, she still had the money to make, not to mention that there was still money to be made. Thinking of this, Xue Baochai nodded and said, "Since mother said so, let's do as she said!"

Aunt Xue patted her on the back and said, "Give the money to her right away, and you'll be in luck."

"Yes! ~ I understand, daughter!" Xue Baochai agreed and went to the inner room to get the silver bill.

He brought the 10,000 taels of silver note and came to Rongqing Hall again. He handed the note to Jia's mother and said, "Mother is worried that she will be busy during the New Year and might forget it, so she specifically asked me to send it to the old lady first."

Grandmother Jia was grateful for the favor, so she was generous in praising Baochai. She also asked her what plays Baochai liked to listen to and what she liked to eat, so that Li Wan could prepare them for the birthday party.

Baochai knew very well that Lady Jia was old, loved lively occasions, and liked to eat sweet and soft food, so she followed Lady Jia's preferences, mixed up the facts, and said a lot of nonsense.

This made Lady Jia even happier.

But, this is just pretense after all.

When Baochai left, Grandmother Jia immediately frowned and ordered Yuanyang, "Go and call the master!"

She knew her son's character very well and was worried that if he didn't receive the money, he would interfere and cause some trouble.

It was the end of the year and he still had to interact with Zhang Yunyi. He was worried that he would interfere, so he was eager to finish his business as soon as he had gathered the money, before he even had time to warm it up.

It cannot be said that Lady Jia fell into the trap easily.

Although she did not believe Jia She, she had full faith in Zhang Yun逸's character.

In addition, seeing that the emperor intended to compensate her, she had no doubts and was fooled into handing over half of her family fortune to Jia She, her prodigal son.

"Since you have accepted the money, please don't hold on to it anymore. It's not that I don't trust you, but I have to keep some evidence to prevent you from accusing me of bias in the future."

Because she was worried that Jia She would be greedy and did not care about the mother-son relationship, she followed the principle of handing over money and handing over goods and asked Jia She to sign a receipt.

Jia She did not take it as an offense, but smiled happily and said, "Mother, you are really embarrassing me! Mother has always been fair, how could she be partial?"

He immediately took out the four treasures of the study and said, "Son will write a written agreement now, so that mother can rest assured."

Seeing that the money was about to be in his hands, why would Jia She create trouble?
Not to mention just signing a document privately, even if he found a few middlemen to testify, he would not refuse and would sign and seal it very readily.

Yingchun had already been sold out by him, and now with Zhang Yunyi's tacit approval, he could have the best of both worlds. He had earned such a huge sum of money that he would laugh in his dreams.

He was afraid that the night would be long and he was anxious to take the money and leave so that he could go out and have a good time, without wasting a moment.

"Brother Yi, go and tell her then!" Grandmother Jia pondered, "Remember, tell her about the seniority and the juniority. If you want the second girl to marry into your family, you can only make things difficult for her."

This was something that had been discussed long ago, so Jia She naturally wouldn't make it difficult.

"Don't worry, mother! I will leave the matter of the second girl being my concubine to my son."

The two of them each got what they needed, and it was a case of loving mother and filial son.

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(End of this chapter)