Chapter 35 King Yan's Methods
Cheng Shuyi's guess was verified the next day.
She carried the basket of dirty clothes to the moat and gave the clothes to the old woman who was doing odd jobs washing clothes by the river.
This old woman washed her several times and was quite polite to her.
benign countenance.
But today, the old woman seemed like a different person, and the look in her eyes was full of hatred as she glared at her.
"I won't wash clothes for a profiteer who eats human bones. It will dirty my hands!"
The old woman kicked away the dirty clothes basket that Cheng Shuyi had placed on the ground.
He even spat in Cheng Shuyi's direction, almost spitting on Cheng Shuyi's face.
Cheng Shuyi looked at the clothes that had fallen to the ground, looking stunned.
What's going on?
The old woman continued to curse, deliberately raising her voice: "This evil woman is rich but unkind. She feeds all her food to stray dogs and refuses to give a single grain to the disaster victims in Lingnan."
"Such a ruthless person, not even afraid of losing his good deeds, will have his descendants drowned in the moat!"
Many people were washing clothes on both sides of the moat.
Hearing this, everyone looked over.
There was a lot of discussion immediately.
Cheng Shuyi only reacted now.
It turns out that they were forcing her to donate food.
There is no need to think about it, this is probably the method of King Yan.
He is a member of the royal family and a grown man in his forties, but he still uses such petty means.
Cheng Shuyi instantly became disenchanted with the royal family.
"Zapo, how much did you donate to relieve the flood in Lingnan?" Cheng Shuyi was neither angry nor annoyed. Instead, he pretended to be innocent and directed the question to her.
Zapo's real name is unknown.
He got this name simply because he took on some odd jobs like washing and cleaning in the nearby alleys.
I heard that his family had fallen on hard times and he used to be a master.
But in Shengjing City, there are people who become rich every day, and there are people who fall into poverty every day. It is too common.
When asked this by Cheng Shuyi, Zapo's first reaction was stunned.
After being stunned for a moment, his face turned red and he became furious, as if his lungs were punctured.
He defended himself stubbornly: "I, I didn't have any food. If I had food, I would have donated it all."
"Unlike you, who had so much food, yet watched his compatriots suffer and did nothing to help them. You are unworthy of being a human being!"
Um?
This is like the words of an old saint.
His own saintly heart burst out, and he was unable to save the world, but he wanted to use others to fulfill his own love.
Cheng Shuyi finally got to see it today.
"If that's what you said, then you should wash clothes for all the beggars in the city."
"Why should I wash them?"
Zapo felt as if she was offended.
Cheng Shuyi put on a fake smile and said, "Because you have laundry skills, can you bear to see the beggars in the city get dirty and suffer?"
"Why, beggars are not your compatriots?"
"You, you...I'm too lazy to talk to you."
Zapo was speechless after hearing her words.
He randomly stuffed the laundry sticks, washboards, soap jars, etc. on the stone slab into the basin.
He went to another place to take a job in a dejected manner.
Cheng Shuyi picked up the clothes, asked other people doing laundry on the shore, and gave the clothes to another woman.
Times are tough.
Even if you are born in Shengjing City, not everyone can have enough food to eat.
There are plenty of people to do these odd jobs.
While the clothes were being washed, Cheng Shuyi went back to cook.
Yesterday evening after school, the academy was empty, so the carpenters came to lay pipes.
It will be finished before noon today.
So the academy was closed this morning, and the two kids and the kids in the alley were all playing in the air-conditioned room at Cheng's house.
She went back to make lunch for the cubs and asked the other children to stay and eat as well.
Before going home, Cheng Shuyi stopped by the academy.
"Master, now that the academy is finished, go to the Cheng residence across the street and help me install two more rooms."
There is the west wing where Pei Yanli sleeps, and the main hall for daily use.
She always needs to open the freezer.
When the children from the academy come to play at home, they can’t always stay in the two kids’ room.
After all, that's where you sleep.
It was too hot last night, and Changge'er and his children couldn't stand it, so they stayed overnight at Cheng's house and slept on the floor.
My sister slept with her last night.
After the refrigerator was installed in the main room, the other children were allowed to sleep on the floor in the main room.
The friendship between childhood friends is precious, and Cheng Shuyi will try his best to create conditions for the two kids to make friends.
Lunch time.
Cheng Shuyi made some sweet and sour dishes for the kids.
While the children were eating in the room, the carpenters arrived.
Cheng Shuyi asked the carpenters to get busy first, and she went out to the shop and asked He Guangzhi to arrange for ice to be delivered to the academy.
By this time, when school started in the afternoon, every classroom and study in the academy would have become cold.
The ice was transported on a flatbed cart with a quilt underneath, and the ice was tied directly to the cart.
Each block of ice weighs two hundred pounds, and the store sells one block for two taels of silver.
According to incomplete statistics, nearly three hundred pieces of ice cubes have been sold since they were put on the shelves yesterday.
This is the sales volume before pipes were laid and ice was placed in buckets.
Once those wealthy and powerful families install freezers and lay pipes at home like RT-Mart, the sales of ice cubes will be even higher.
A piece of ice has extremely low cost and is almost all profit.
Cheng Shuyi made a fortune!
He Guangzhi sent someone to deliver ice to the academy. He and Cheng Shuyi were on the same road, and the two started chatting.
"Boss, a few people came today and asked insinuations about where our store's granary is and when the goods will be delivered, etc."
He Guangzhi is not clear about these issues.
According to Cheng Shuyi, the goods in the store are all delivered at night.
He was not allowed to pick up the goods either.
He only knew that there was a warehouse in the backyard of the shop, and the things in the warehouse were enough to stock up for two days at most.
"Let them ask whatever they want, but they won't get anything out of it."
Cheng Shuyi didn't care.
Her goods are in the space. Can King Yan find them?
Cheng Shuyi didn't care about the rumors, and the granary of the Darunwan family could not be found.
The emperor only gave Prince Yan ten days to gather grain, but as the last day was approaching, he only had 30,000 dan of grain.
Those people from Shen Ting bought grain from Cheng Shuyi and actually delivered it directly to the Ministry of Revenue.
But he couldn't take away even a grain of rice from his hand!
Damn it!
In that case, don't blame him for being cruel and ruthless.
evening.
Cheng Shuyi was still busy in the shop. After the two kids came home from school, they went to the academy to play football.
It's been hot lately, so they don't eat dinner until dark.
Cheng Shuyi was able to continue to reconcile accounts with He Guangzhi in the store.
But after a while, my sister came running in crying, "Shuyi Shuyi——"
Cheng Shuyi was startled and dropped the account book and stood up.
"What's wrong?"
Her sister took her hand and led her out the door.
"Shuyi, my brother fell into the river..."
"What!"
Cheng Shuyi let go of his sister's hand and ran towards the academy at the fastest speed in his life.
He Guangzhi picked up the little girl and chased after her.
When Cheng Shuyi was discharged from the hospital, only Shen Huaichang and a few others stayed on the shore to rescue him.
There was no sign of my brother on the shore or on the water.
"Aunt Cheng..."
Cheng Shuyi was so frightened that his face lost all color. He asked with trembling lips, "Where's Qiqi?"
Shen Huaichang said: "Aunt Cheng was rescued by the people from Prince Yan's Mansion as expected."
When Pei Ruqi was rescued from the water, the people on the boat shouted at them, saying that they were from Prince Yan's Mansion.
"King Yan!"
He attacked the child!
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