Chapter 364 Going to meet Zhao Chengliang

Because she was a girl, the expenses in town were high, so in order to provide her with an extra mouth to feed, Gao Wanxin was raised in the countryside since she was two years old.

She raised the child until he was seven or eight years old. Later, Gao Wanxin's mother saw that the child was living a miserable life in the countryside, with insufficient food and clothing, and looked like a clay doll, so she brought him to the town.

At that time, she had just miscarried a child.

Because of poor diet, the baby in her belly was lost.

Therefore, everyone in the Gao family said that she was unlucky and a jinx, and whoever came into contact with her would be unlucky. Even Gao Wanxin was scolded miserably.

Gao Wanxin has no feelings for this village.

When she was a child, she felt that the village was too big and she could never get out.

Looking at this small village now, she can't help but sigh that she was so naive and pitiful back then. Her only request as a child was to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear.

I never thought she could get to this point.

She thanked her mother for taking her out of the small village and going to Kyoto to live with relatives.

She should also be grateful that Zhao Xuan likes her.

To be honest, Gao Wanxin never felt that there was anything special about herself. Compared with Zhao Xuan, she was just younger and prettier.

If Zhao Xuan were young and in his prime, he might not be attracted to a plain-looking woman like her.

"My lady, it's windy, put on some clothes."

When Gao Wanxin was standing on the high slope looking down, the maid beside her took clothes and put them on her.

"Well, back to town."

"My wife misses everything here."

The maid knew that this place was Gao Wanxin's hometown. As the old saying goes, the closer you are to home, the more timid you become. The maid thought that Gao Wanxin was the same.

"I never think about what's happening here. Everything here is like a nightmare to me. Who would think about nightmares?"

The maid said nothing more.

We took a carriage straight back to town.

She asked someone to prepare a hot stove and scald some meat and vegetables. After eating, she felt much better.

After her lunch break in the afternoon, she heard from the servant that someone had come from Gaojia Village, saying they were looking for his wife.

After Gao Wanxin had dressed up a little, she let them in.

The Wang family collected some silk in the village, a total of 300 kilograms, and sent it all to Gao Wanxin.

Gao Wanxin checked it carefully, made sure there was no problem, and accepted it directly.

These silks are not of the best quality.

Even the people in this village cannot produce the best silk. The 300 kilograms they have are mostly old goods. The price Gao Wanxin offered is only slightly higher than the local price.

According to the market price, silk ranges from 18 wen to 50 copper coins.

If the quality is good, it would be 50 copper coins per pound, which is the best.

The ones she collected from the village were only considered okay, and Gao Wanxin paid 35 copper coins per pound for them.

There are about three hundred pounds here.

After settling the money, Gao Wanxin gave Aunt Wang an extra two taels of silver as a reward for her hard work.

Aunt Wang was holding the silver coins, but she was excited and happy. "Wanxin, if you need our money in the future, just tell us. Even if it's necessary to tell us, Aunt Wang won't cheat you for your mother's sake."

Gao Wanxin smiled and said, "That's what I wanted to tell you. These three hundred kilograms of silk are still not enough. I need more."

"Aunt Wang and Uncle Wang, you two should work harder and go to the surrounding villages to see if there are any families spinning silk. I will take as much as I can. I will send people to pick up the goods regularly at this Lai Fu Inn. My people will let you know when they come. If they don't come, just keep the goods safe."

"Also, I'll give you one hundred taels of silver for you to use to receive the goods."

Gao Wanxin then added, "But let's be frank. If you only take the money and don't do the work, then I don't need you in this profitable business."

Before Aunt Wang could speak, Wang Laifu and Wang Degang immediately said:

"Don't worry, we will never do that. We all know each other, and you know who our family is."

Gao Wanxin nodded lightly.

"Now that we've talked, you can go back first."

"Do as I say."

"By the way, Uncle Wang, I want to be buried with my parents. Please help me choose a good feng shui site. Here are ten taels of silver for your hard work."

When the heavy silver money was handed to him, Wang Lai Fu was so happy that he almost cried for his mother.

It is true that money makes the world go round.

After sending the Wang family away, Gao Wanxin went to take another look at the silk. She was thinking of loading the silk onto a truck and shipping it to Kyoto. What she meant was that she would find someone in Kyoto to weave the silk collected from the countryside into cloth or a silk quilt.

The idea of ​​the silk quilt came to her mind when she heard Yun Qiao talk about it.

In addition, she also wanted to make silk clothes.

Only by doing these tasks under her own supervision can she control the quality.

In Kyoto, you can find some women who can do this. The price is not very expensive and they can also make high-quality products.

After finishing the work here, by the time the Gao family knew that Gao Wanxin was the boss behind the silk collection, Gao Wanxin had already left Gaojia Village and went to Jizhou.

Jizhou is very close to the village and town, it just takes an hour's walk.

Gao Wanxin went to Jizhou the next morning. She went to the old house that Zhao Xuan mentioned.

This so-called old house was a small courtyard that Zhao Xuan bought when he was an official here. When she went there, there was an old couple guarding the courtyard.

After asking clearly, I found out that Zhao Chengliang didn't live here at all.

"Old woman, please tell me the truth and don't hide anything. My lord sent the young master here because he wants him to correct his mistakes, study hard, and achieve great things when he returns to Kyoto."

"You are all elders in front of the master, you must not hide anything from him."

After hearing Gao Wanxin's words, the couple said:

"After the eldest son came to Jizhou, he didn't stay here often. The money that my husband and I saved was all spent by the eldest son."

"Madam, the eldest master has developed a bad habit recently..."

The old woman was an honest person. After learning from the maidservant beside Gao Wanxin that the person in front of her was Zhao Xuan's wife, the mistress of the Zhao family, she immediately told the truth.

Gao Wanxin frowned, "Speak nicely..."

It turned out that after Zhao Chengliang came to Jizhou, he lived a peaceful life for a while, but later he met a few young people in Jizhou, and after a few interactions, he learned how to drink from them.

"I heard that he owed money outside, but we don't know how much."

"We didn't know at first, but we heard that the eldest son wanted to sell the yard. I asked the old man to find out, and then we found out that the eldest son was addicted to gambling."

"My lady, since you are here, you must take care of it."

When Gao Wanxin heard that Zhao Chengliang had developed this bad habit, she took a breath in anger.

She thought that she had no say in the matter, but since she was there, she might as well give some advice. She would also go back and tell Zhao Xuan and let him handle it.

"Where is the eldest son now?"

"On Willow Street."

Only then did Gao Wanxin realize that the so-called Liu Street was a brothel where some prostitutes lived. Gao Wanxin was so angry that she almost couldn't stand.

She really couldn't control this matter.

But she had promised Zhao Xuan that if she had to bring it, she would definitely bring it.

It would be better to meet Zhao Chengliang before leaving.

"Go, go find him, and bring the eldest young master back." Gao Wanxin's voice was filled with helplessness.