Wife Kim An

Chapter 66

When we arrived at the border between Sucheng and Yizhou, the sky gradually darkened, and there was a sultry atmosphere in the air.

"It's going to rain, speed up the journey!" Song Xiao gave an order, and the groom drove the carriage quickly, and arrived at the city gate of Yizhou at noon.

After the thunder, it began to rain gradually.

"It's raining again."

"Really annoying!"

"Search even in rainy days..."

The team entering the city exuded dissatisfaction resentfully, but under the maintenance of dozens of officials, they still maintained an orderly team.

"Hurry up, get off the car one by one, if you don't get off the car, you are not allowed to enter the city!"

Officials pushed and shoved in the crowd, and from time to time they compared the pictures in their hands with the men entering the city.

Song Xiao held up an oil-paper umbrella and helped Shen Junyi get off the carriage.

When she went to Sucheng, she also suffered such strict investigation.The portrait in the official's hand is a veiled teenager, but in Song Xiao's eyes, this painting is too abstract.Unmarried men always wear veils when they go out, and teenagers wearing veils are all over the street. How do you find them?

The official sent the portrait to Shen Junyi for a long time, and said to the person beside him: "Take this one back."

Song Xiao was startled.How can I spend it safely in Sucheng? Shen Junyi will be arrested here.

"Master Guancha, is there some misunderstanding here? I am Miss Song from the Song Mansion in Sucheng, and this is my Zhengjun!" Song Xiao emphasized the words "Song Xiao" and "Zhengjun" in Sucheng. He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and secretly stuffed it into the hands of one of them, smiling at her.

The faces of the officials changed slightly, and they looked at each other: "It's the Song family in Sucheng, and they were married before. I'm sorry, Miss Song, we made a mistake." It turned out to be a married man.

They looked at Bai Zhi, saw his ordinary face, frowned, and ignored him.

When the official was about to leave, Su Ye poked his head out of the carriage: "Xiaoxiao, can't you go into the city yet? I'm about to fall apart sitting in the carriage." Just now Su Ye fell asleep in the carriage, Song Xiao saw It was rare for him to sleep soundly, and he didn't let Su Ye get out of the car.He was waking up slowly now, and for a while he couldn't tell why so many officials surrounded the carriage in the blink of an eye.

When the official gate saw Su Ye wearing a white veil and white clothes, his eyes lit up, and he said, "You, you, you! It's you, quickly take off the veil!"

The roar of the official sent aroused the whispers of many onlookers.

Su Ye's sleepy face suddenly sank, seeing the portraits they held in their hands, his whole body tensed up.

Sensing Su Ye's abnormality, Song Xiao thought that he didn't like others taking off his veil, just like what Yan Luofei did to him made him angry.

Are these officials here to take the opportunity to find fault and grab money?

Song Xiao frowned, took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve and stuffed them into the official's hand, and said with a smile: "Master official, it seems not good for unmarried men to remove their veils. The Song family is a big family in Sucheng. It is also quite famous in the capital city of Phoenix, do you think the dignified lady of the family will harbor a suspect?!"

This time, the officer looked at Yinzi and sneered: "If it really has nothing to do with the eldest lady, why don't you let him take off his veil to show his innocence?"

Song Xiao's face turned blue.

"What nonsense, quickly take off the veil. Can you afford to delay your lord's affairs?"

"You!" A dozen of them stopped Song Xiao and the others, and one of them stepped forward to lift Su Ye's veil without hesitation.

The order they got, no matter what method they use, must bring the man in the portrait back to the Yamen, and wait for the magistrate to deal with him.As for why they were looking for someone, since they didn't explain it to them, they didn't dare to ask.It is said that it is a matter of losing the head.

Su Ye watched the veil slip off calmly. Facing the disgusting eyes of the officials, he shrugged and smiled, and said, "Adults, are you satisfied? But the grass people have entered the city?"

The officer was stunned, and waved impatiently at him: "Go in, don't block here!"

According to the magistrate, the man in the painting must be beautiful after taking off his veil. They don't know how to be beautiful. They only know that if they don't find this man, they will be in great trouble.

Just now when they saw Shen Junyi's good looks, they had the idea of ​​catching a bad guy at random.

"It turned out to be to cover up the ugliness. I thought it was so beautiful..."

Su Ye curled her lips unhappily after hearing the other party's muttering.

Want to take me back?snort!
After the episode, Su Ye brought back the veil, and played around with everyone in the carriage, as if he had returned to his previous heartlessness.

Yizhou Songjia Grain Shop.

"Song Enran has met the eldest lady." She hurried out to greet a young woman, only twenty years old, she saw Song Xiaofu's blessing, which was a gift from the branch family to the main family.

Song Enran is the granddaughter of the old lady's younger sister. She is four years older than Song Xiao and ranks first among the grandchildren of the Song family. However, due to her status as a branch family, even though she is called Miss in the branch family, now that Song Xiao comes, The position of eldest lady is destined to be reserved for the old lady's line.

She was unwilling and unwilling to accept it!Why, the status she worked so hard for, the image she worked so hard to create in front of everyone, was deeply deprived of it because of the separation of the family.

Song Xiao replied politely: "Sister Enran, as a descendant of the Song family, how old are you? How can I let you call me Missy? You can just call me Xiaoxiao."

But still a child.A smile appeared on Song Enran's face: "Thank you, sister Xiao."

The grandchildren of the Song family are a generation of talents in the Song family. Although Song Enran is the daughter of a separated family, she has a business mind since she was a child, so she took control of the more important industry of the Song family - the grain store at a young age.

When she came, Song Xiao deliberately heard the old lady talk about Song Enran's contribution to the Song family. She couldn't figure it out, how could such a person, in such a period, not be able to deal with the old grain in the warehouse?

"Sister Enran, would you like to tell me in detail what happened?"

"Well. Yizhou was flooded and the rice fields were flooded. I knew it was a good opportunity. After telling my grandmother, I first mobilized a large amount of rice from Sucheng and sold it at a high price in Yizhou. I made a solid profit. But later , Several other companies also followed my example, hoarding food from various places and selling it at high prices in Yizhou."

"At the end of May, the county magistrate started disaster relief. I knew that the opportunity to make money was about to disappear, so I immediately rushed to several places to dispatch rice grains. Who knew, I was one step ahead, and the grains from all over the place were swept away, leaving me empty-handed. return."

"Finally, from other people's mouths, I learned that there is still a rice grain store in Nianchuan that has not been sold short. Seeing my enquiry, they sold it at a sky-high price. Four taels of silver per catty."

"I know that the price of grain in Yizhou has been as high as five taels of silver per catty. As long as I throw out the grain when Yizhou is short of grain, I can raise the price on the ground. Persuasion. Under this kind of famine, there is nothing more important than food and your own life."

"I was persuaded by the shopkeeper, and I was afraid that others would be one step ahead of me, so I shipped all the rice grain from that rice shop back to Yizhou. When I first came back, I learned that Yizhou was out of grain, and the price of grain had already fallen. Soaring to ten taels of silver a catty. Just at this time, a regular customer came to buy grain and bought two carts of rice. I made a full 5000 taels of silver."

"But who knows, the two carts of rice were pushed back the next day. I was told that these were old grains from the year before! But I sold them at the highest price this year. It was a fraudulent act, and I was informed to the government. .I returned all the money, and paid 1000 taels of silver. Later, I learned that the old customer bought new rice from the Lin family."

"Because of such a commotion, the news that I bought old grain has been known."

Song Enran gritted his teeth, and said: "Under the famine, even old grain can still be sold short. Even if I was deceived by that grain shop in Nianchuan, I have always been firm. As long as it is rice, so what? If you earn money, you can still raise the price! But who knows! The Lin family is here!"

"I buy old grain, they buy new grain, I lower the price, they also lower the price, and even opened a Linjia grain shop opposite the Songjia grain shop. The performance of the grain shop is getting worse and worse, because the price is constantly lowered, The price is getting closer and closer to the original purchase price, and in addition to running back and forth to buy rice at the beginning, and now hiring a horse-drawn carriage to deliver the rice, the toll alone has lost nearly a thousand taels. Even so, the grain store is still barely supporting it. "

"Not long ago, there was a heavy rain. It was not until three days later that I discovered that there was a big hole in the wall of the granary for some reason. The rainwater leaked in large areas, and all the grain in a warehouse was flooded. I found out that it was already three days later. , although I tried my best to save it after I found it, most of the grains have turned yellow." Song Enran put a bowl of cooked rice on the table, "Is this rice still edible?"

Yellow?Song Xiao remembered seeing the news on TV before: Someone soaked the rice in water and left it for a few days, but the rice grains turned slightly yellow, and the cooked rice also turned yellow.

Because of soaking in water for many days and encountering high temperature, the rice fermented.

"No matter how low my price is, no one will buy it." Song Enran let out a long sigh of relief, as if he had said everything and suddenly relaxed, "Everyone is spreading the word that after eating the yellow rice from the Song family, no one will buy it." Sickness will also cause problems. Who would dare to come and buy again? No one cares about the normal old rice in another warehouse." If it was because of this, how could she ask the master for help.It's just that the main family sent Song Xiao, who was younger than her, so they gave up here completely.she thought dejectedly.

Song Xiao asked: "You said you lowered the price, and the Lin family also lowered the price. Why is the price of grain still as high as ten taels of silver?"

"No one cares about my rice, and other rice shops have also been suppressed one after another. Naturally, the Lin family can raise it infinitely. All the rice grains in Yizhou are monopolized by the Lin family."

"So that's it." Song Xiao nodded, "I already understand the general situation. Have you ever met the young master of the Lin family? Grandma said that she is insidious and cunning, so I should not be careful. What do you think?"

Song Enran shook his head: "I haven't seen her before, all the things are arranged by her servants."

Seeing Song Xiao get up, Song Enran quickly stopped her: "Where are you going?"

Song Xiao smiled and said, "Sister Enran, I brought ten carts of rice and some vegetables. Let's sell them at a lower price."

Song Enran shook his head: "It's useless, you are cheap, and the Lin family is also cheap. You only have ten carts and meters, and you can't beat the Lin family."

Song Xiao was surprised: "Two months have passed, and there is still a lot of rice? In addition, the old rice in our two warehouses can't compare?"

"what do you mean……"

Song Xiao smiled confidently: "Who said that rice can't be eaten after being soaked in water for a long time? It's really stupid."

Just like what Song Enran said, when the Song Family Grain Store displayed white new rice at five taels a catty, the Lin family next door also changed the price to five taels.

For the same price, rumors and rumors spread in the city, the people still choose the Lin family, and the Song family is still no one cares about it.

Song Enran shook his head, he had already guessed the ending.It's just that she doesn't understand what Song Xiao is busy with these days, is she at her wit's end and ready to go home?

Song Xiao has not been lazy these days.She selected five catties of rice with round grains from the soaked old rice.She washed the rice and steamed it in a large steamer for about half an hour.Afterwards, she put the steamed rice in a basin and let it cool.After the cooked rice had cooled, she sprinkled boiled water in the cooked rice basin and stirred the rice with her hands.After that, she mixed a kind of sweet wine that is common in Dongmu into a rice bowl, stirred it well, covered the lid, and placed it a foot away from the brazier.

Song Xiao stretched himself, really tired.

"Song Xiao, what are you doing?" Shen Junyi stepped forward and rubbed her shoulders.

Song Xiao squinted her eyes to enjoy, and said with a smile, "I'm... doing a magic trick! Three days later, a miracle will happen!"

Shen Junyi was at a loss.magic?Miracle?

Su Ye glanced lightly, seemed to realize something, and whispered to Song Xiao in a low voice: "Actually, it can still be like this... like this..."

It has become a daily routine for some people to walk scattered on the streets of Yizhou. They come to the Lin Family Rice Shop to buy rice and then go home.Then from a distance, they smelled a fragrance.

They unconsciously looked towards the opposite side, and saw a woman standing in front of the door of the Song family's rice shop, carrying a plate with a jug of wine and a dozen cups on it.The man in white beside her picked up the wine jug, shook his hand slightly, and the water rippled beautifully over each cup.

"Guest officers, why not try a cup of rice bar in the scorching summer." Song Xiao put on a professional smile on his lips.

"Rice wine is sweet and mellow, can increase appetite and help digestion."

"Miss, are you pregnant? Drinking rice wine during pregnancy can nourish Qi and blood."

"Miss, seeing that you look tired, you should drink rice wine. Rice wine can refresh you, quench your thirst and cool off the heat."

"Young master, I want to make my skin whiter and smoother. Drinking rice wine has the effect of moisturizing the skin. Drinking rice wine often can make the skin delicate and smooth, and let the wife touch it again and again."

The boy blushed and said, "I'm not married yet..."

Song Xiao black line.You don't wear a veil without being married, isn't that a misunderstanding...

Song Xiaoqing coughed, and said: "If you are not married, you should try it out. Become beautiful, and you will meet a good wife!"

"Don't miss it when you pass by. The nutritional content of rice wine is extremely high. It is a good product for nourishing qi and blood for middle-aged and elderly people, pregnant women and those who are weak."

Everyone swallowed, only to listen to Song Xiao's seductive way: "There are more than a dozen ways to eat rice wine, not only for drinking, but also for putting in rice balls to make rice wine rice balls. Put in white fungus to make rice wine white fungus. Put in fruit , to make fruit-flavored rice wine. Everyone, don’t you want to try it? Now, it’s free to taste!”

"I, I want a cup!"

"I, I want too!"

"It tastes so sweet."

"Flavor and delicious."

"How is this rice wine made?"

Seeing more and more people gathered around the door, Song Xiao took out a catty of rice, coughed, and said, "This kind of yellow rice is the rice used to make rice wine. A catty of silver!"

"I'll buy!"

"I'll buy it too!"

Seeing everyone scrambling to buy, Song Xiao touched the sweat stains on his forehead.Bragging or something, Song Xiao, you are getting better and better!
"A pot of rice wine costs 15 taels of silver!"

Song Xiao had a profiteer's smile on his face.Rare opportunity, by the way blackmail it!

In the past few days, Song Xiao has sold the rice wine he produced to various restaurants, and the old rice in the rice shop has also been brought back to life.There are endless streams of customers.After the Lin family changed the grain price back to ten taels of silver, they did not do anything again.

The old rice in the rice shop was gradually emptied, Song Xiao had almost finished the matter in Yizhou, and handed over the follow-up work of purchasing new rice to Song Enran.After the heavy rain passed, Song Xiao was ready to leave for Sucheng.

Song Xiao calculated the profit, with a happy smile on his face.

"Xiaoxiao, I feel that you are the happiest when you are counting the money..." Su Ye couldn't help complaining, "This time it really went so smoothly."

Yes, it went smoothly, everything went so smoothly, it was so smooth that she found it unbelievable.

"My master praised the rice wine very much after tasting it, and would like to invite Miss Song's family together." A middle-aged woman stood in front of Song Xiao, clasped her fists and said.

"Who is your master?" There has been an endless stream of people seeking to see her recently, and it seems that they want her to sell them the brewing method of rice wine, but she declines them all.Of course, there are also bold men who come to propose marriage.

"Young Master Yi."

Son, man?Song Xiao secretly glanced at Shen Junyi, and said with a straight face, "No see."

It must be those matchmaking, or self-recommended pillow seats.No see, no see.

"Not seen?" The other party was a little surprised, but quickly calmed down, and said proudly, "My master said, Miss Song said now that she can't see her, but one day she will beg to see my master. I will take my leave."

The corners of Song Xiao's mouth twitched slightly, he had never seen such an arrogant servant.It seems that this Young Master Yi is a super egomaniac!
Beg him, think too much.

Song Xiao turned around and smiled at Shen Junyi: "If you're looking for faults, ignore her. Besides, we'll be going back tomorrow."

In the attic of a certain mansion, the incense is slowly rising, and a person is playing chess alone with a piece.The man has a pair of narrow and beautiful phoenix eyes, and he looks at the chessboard so intently, thinking.

A middle-aged woman stepped forward and bent down to report. "As Young Master expected, Song Xiao refused."

"That's natural. She and her husband are inseparable, and you proposed it in front of the two of them. If she really agreed easily, this scene will not be very fun." He tore off the belt, like a waterfall The black hair was scattered in a mess, reflecting the whiteness of the creamy cheek even more beautiful.

"Aunt Jing, some people are so proud recently that I really can't help but want to hit them." The corners of his eyebrows raised slightly, his eyes moved slightly, he smiled charmingly, and his voice was soft, as if he was talking about whispers between lovers, Intriguing.

"Young master, what do you want to do?"

"Before, I sent people to pay a lot of money to ask Song Xiao to sell the rice wine brewing method, but she was not tempted. It can be seen that she also knows that once the recipe is leaked, it means that she will cut off her own fortune. I also sent people to lure her with beauty, but , but she didn't even look at it, and drove him out of the mansion."

Young Master Yi lay lazily on the soft couch, picked up a sunspot with his long and white fingers and gently dropped it on the chessboard.

On the chessboard, Bai Zi was killed without any ability to resist, and now he is in a dead end.

"Aunt Jing, my son, have I ever lost?" He slightly curled his lips, as if smiling lightly.

"No, the young master has always been clever."

He removed the last white piece on the chessboard and said with a smile:
"I've been a winner since I was born!"

"I'm waiting for Song Xiao to cry and beg me."

(End of this chapter)