Chapter 61 Red Sandalwood

"Boss, I'm back." Wang Dahu bowed to Boss Jiang.

Manager Jiang nodded and asked him to sit down. "Da Hu, we may have to stay here for two days. There's a whirlpool at Triangle Cliff, so we can't leave for the time being."

Wang Dahu was stunned, and then he felt fortunate. If he hadn't gone last night, it would not be convenient to go today. He could find another opportunity to go later. He didn't know if there would be anything there. Mingzhu was so lucky!

"I was thinking of finding someone to go to the sea to salvage something, but now it's not possible." Manager Jiang sighed and looked at Wang Dahu.

"Da Hu, is this something your sister gave you? How did you get it here?"

Wang Dahu moved both boxes to the table, looking a little depressed. "My sister and brother-in-law have passed away. These things were fished out of the sea by my niece. I thought they were good, so I asked for them. I want to take them to the capital to sell them so that I can support them."

When the shopkeeper Jiang first took a fancy to Wang Dahu, he specifically inquired about his situation and learned that he had only one sister in his family. But now his sister has passed away, and he wants to raise two children?

Manager Jiang was somewhat unhappy, but he couldn't bring himself to ask Wang Dahu to ignore it. The two children were pitiful enough without their parents, but if their uncle didn't care, it would be too cruel.

But let me be frank first.

"Da Hu, our Jiang family only has Xiao Yue. She has a bit of a temper, but she's not a bad person. She definitely wouldn't treat the two children badly. If she does anything wrong, come and tell me and I'll talk to her."

Wang Dahu nodded subconsciously, then realized halfway through: "Boss, do you mean to let the two children follow me?"

Of course, Manager Jiang was unwilling, but he knew that Wang Dahu valued family ties, so he finally nodded.

Wang Dahu didn't know what to say for a moment, and spoke after a while.

"Boss, you misunderstood. My niece is already married, and the nephew lives with her."

Shopkeeper Jiang was a little surprised: "I remember your niece just came of age this year. She got married at such a young age?"

Wang Dahu didn't want to talk too much about Ye Mingzhu's marriage, so he said a few perfunctory words and asked Manager Jiang to take a look at the contents of the two boxes.

Knowing that his daughter didn't have to raise two children, Manager Jiang felt much better and took the box closest to him, which happened to be the box of gold and silver jewelry.

His idea was the same as Wang Dahu's, that these jewelries needed to be reprocessed in order to increase their prices.

Wang Dahu nodded secretly, it was almost the same as he guessed.

Shopkeeper Jiang opened the box of Yunjin again, his eyes filled with shock. "How could there be such fine fabric?"

Wang Dahu remembered Ye Mingzhu's words: "Boss, my niece said she wanted to give one of the horses to Xiaoyue to make clothes. I think all of them are good. How about you help me pick one?"

A gleam flashed in the eyes of the shopkeeper Jiang: "Does your niece know that this is Yunjin?"

"I know. I've already told you this. Brocade like this is incredibly rare. Even if it's soaked in water, it's still easy to sell."

Wang Dahu tried to improve Ye Mingzhu's impression: "My niece's name is Mingzhu. She knew the price of Yunjin, so she insisted on giving one to Xiaoyue, saying it was a meeting gift for her."

Manager Jiang stroked his beard and thought to himself that this was a sensible child.

"Yunjin is too precious. It would be inappropriate for people of our status to wear something too gorgeous. Let's take this one with Ruyi pattern. Xiaoyue can wear it even after she gets married. The rest will be sent to the capital. Let the old masters process these seawater. If they can't process them, we can discount them."

Wang Dahu couldn't hide the smile on his face. After these brocades were made by the masters in Beijing, they would definitely be better than they are now, and the price would double.

"Huh!" Manager Jiang suddenly made a surprised sound. He moved the box containing the brocade in front of him, knocked on it, and then leaned over to smell it. His eyes became enlightened.

He dragged over another box containing gold and silver jewelry, and knocked on it in the same way, even looking at it closely for a long time.

"Hahaha, Dahu, your niece is quite lucky. These two boxes must have been fished out of the sea by her, right?" Shopkeeper Jiang smiled and stroked his beard, feeling that his daughter's marriage was truly a good match.

Wang Dahu shook his head in confusion: "I didn't ask Mingzhu."

"Mingzhu? What a nice name. Is she married? When you get back, ask your aunt to prepare a dowry for her."

Wang Dahu was confused. Why did they suddenly talk about this?

"Da Hu, come and take a closer look at these two boxes." Manager Jiang kept the secret and took a sip from the teacup beside him.

Wang Dahu approached the box in a daze and looked through it carefully. He found nothing wrong and was about to speak when he smelled a very faint fragrance.

"Rosawood?" Wang Dahu's face changed.

Shopkeeper Jiang nodded with satisfaction. "Let's not talk about the price of Yunjin for now. Even this red sandalwood box is not cheap. Two for one, and it's made of golden nanmu. It's a waste to use it to store all this jewelry."

Manager Jiang shook his head at the end.

Wang Dahu could no longer speak. He didn't expect that these two boxes had such a special origin.

Rosewood has a fragrance and can preserve things without rotting. Many families who love their daughters want to make a box like this for their daughters.

Golden nanmu is even rarer. It takes at least several hundred years of growth to be used to make furniture. Most of it ends up in the hands of nobles and wealthy people. It is rarely seen on the market. I didn't expect to see two today.

Although it has been soaked in water, it has been repaired and is as good as new.

"Leave all these things here. Go to the accounting office and withdraw two thousand taels of silver first. The rest will be revalued and given to them when we get to the capital."

Manager Jiang was thinking about what price would be appropriate.

Wang Dahu simply took out the coral in his arms, his face slightly red. "Boss, this is a wedding gift from Mingzhu to Xiaoyue and me. I want the master craftsman in the shop to make it into jewelry."

When Manager Jiang took the coral, his face showed no reaction. There was only one thought in his mind: Dahu's niece is so lucky.

"Leave this to me, I'll go talk to you privately," said the shopkeeper Jiang, who took Shanhu and thought for a moment. "We can't leave anyway, so why don't you go back and spend some time with the two children? I'll send someone to call you when we're ready to go."

Wang Dahu was ecstatic: "Thank you, boss. I only went back for half a day this time. I was really worried about the two children. You don't know how they are doing. Sigh..."

When Wang Dahu told the manager Jiang what Uncle Ye and his wife had done, he shook his head. These days, relatives are more dangerous than outsiders.

"How about you not pay the money yet? Ask the child if she wants to buy a farm or a shop. If she is willing, we can buy her a farm near the county and then a shop in the prefecture. This way, we can also make some money."

Manager Jiang felt pity for Ye Mingzhu and was willing to help her.

Wang Dahu kowtowed to the shopkeeper Jiang happily and said, "On behalf of Mingzhu and her brother, I want to thank you, shopkeeper."

"Okay, kid, go prepare some food and supplies for the kids. You won't have to come back soon."

Manager Jiang waved his hand and asked Wang Dahu to leave.

Wang Dahu happily bought all the snacks and candies in the town, and also bought ten pounds of meat, two chickens, and fifty pounds each of flour, rice and other fine grains, and asked the coachman to drive the carriage to take him there.

The driver who had picked him up that morning was the one who followed him. Seeing how much Wang Dahu had bought, he shook his head secretly. Wouldn't it be better to save some money? He spent it all on his nephew.

Wang Dahu was thinking about telling Ye Mingzhu the good news as soon as possible and did not notice the driver's expression.

If he knew what the coachman was thinking, he would definitely tell him: My niece is a fairy, so I am willing to give her flowers.

Ye Mingzhu, who was being thought of by Wang Dahu, was standing at the door of Jiang's house, looking at Lin coldly.