Chapter 578 Suspecting Feng Hu is going to abandon them
Madam Wu slapped her thighs. If she had known that she would meet the princess, she would have brought the little guy here.
She used the awning to cover the baby and patted his hands affectionately. "I thought it was cold on the farm and I was afraid that he would freeze, so I didn't bring him with me. I will take him to see the princess tomorrow and let him pay his respects to his aunt."
Little Nuobao asked casually, but when he thought of the little baby burping and crying and bowing to her in the nurse's arms, he found it very interesting and nodded with a smile.
Feng Shi pulled her over, "Okay, Siming is still young, don't always think about teasing that child."
"By the way, Madam Wu, do you have tenants on your farm? My house is still empty." Feng Shi talked about serious matters again.
Mrs. Wu also shook her head. "No way. The original owner of the manor treated the tenants harshly. He was afraid that the new owner would spread rumors, so he sent everyone away before buying the manor. Now the manor is empty. I only took two maids with me, and I was a little scared to walk in."
Feng led her forward and said thoughtfully, "Yes, but this has to be done as soon as possible. Spring is about to come, and it will be bad if the farming season is missed."
Mrs. Wu also had some plans. "My family is not like yours. I have someone in my family who can take care of the manor. In addition to the tenants, I have to hire one or two managers to take care of it for me."
Speaking of what happened afterwards, the two women started chatting. One or two trivial matters seemed not important, but they all had to be arranged quickly.
Feng also instructed, "We have to find a manager, but we still need to know the background of the servants. At least they have to have a clean background. We can't hire someone who will stab the master for a little money."
Previously, the matter of Liu Saozi's cook had always made the Jiang family feel uncomfortable.
Until now, the Jiang family has not hired a cook again, for fear of meeting some messy people and falling into trouble.
Mrs. Wu was even more scared by the doctor and the midwife during the birth. She kept nodding, "Yes, yes, I will ask my Wu Qing to ask his colleagues if they can recommend one or two people with clean backgrounds, so that my family can use them with confidence."
The adults were talking in front, and before they knew it, it was almost evening, and they had walked around the manor three times.
The little fat girl followed excitedly at first, like a little tail of Mrs. Feng, but when she found that she could not join in, she became bored again, and could only stretch out her tiger-head cotton shoes from time to time to step on the heels of her mother's shoes to relieve her boredom.
However, after not being naughty for long, the little Nuobao yawned, climbed onto the broad back of his second brother, and fell asleep with his mouth open.
When the rosy clouds filled the sky, Mrs. Feng realized that it was getting late. Looking back, she saw that the girl was drooling in her sleep, and she couldn't help laughing again.
"Look at this little girl, you are the one who shouted to come to the manor to play, and you are also the one who gets sleepy after walking a few steps. It seems that I have to get a bed for you to carry around in the future."
"Okay, let's go back. I'll go to your house to chat another day." The two women held hands, laughed a few times, and then went back to their respective carriages.
After returning home, Ansheng didn't go to the palace for a few days. At the moment, Xiao Nuobao didn't care about other things, but only focused on the movements of her third brother.
From time to time, she would enter into a state of meditation, visualize where Fengze and the others had gone, and then throw less food and grass from the offerings over.
Whenever they were almost done eating, Jiang Fengze would receive something from his sister, and he and Xiao Lanyi were so happy that they squeezed their eyes.
"Hehe, look at what's in the back, our meal delivery boy is working hard again!"
The other members of the Jiang family were busy with their own errands.
Now that they had Xiaoliu Village, Fenghu's mind was filled with it, and he would go to take a look from time to time, just like he was visiting Dalui Village.
It turned out that some farmers in the old manor noticed that the boss had been visiting less frequently recently, so they secretly inquired about it and found out that he had a "new love". They were immediately disappointed.
"Hey, the boss won't abandon us, will he? Won't he abandon us?"
"It's hard to say. Nowadays, the manor is being sold everywhere. Will the boss sell us too?"
"Wow, I have already given myself to the boss. If he doesn't want me, how can I live?"
Jiang Fenghu thought about the high price of rice in Beijing, so he took a few dozen bushels from the mansion. When he went to give them to them, he happened to see a few old men in their thirties and forties huddled together and hesitating.
He got closer and listened, and he couldn't hold it in.
What does abandoning them mean? Those
who didn't know would think that these people were his concubines!
After listening to Fenghu's explanation, the eyes of the rough old men lit up and they gathered around cautiously, "The boss just got a new farm and is too busy? He doesn't want us anymore, does he?"
"Then we can rest assured. Hehe, we will never leave the boss!"
Jiang Fenghu was so scared that he got goosebumps all over his body. In the end, he couldn't stand it anymore and ran away, leaving the rice behind.
What the hell is going on.
After a few days, the farm and land prices in the capital stabilized. There was no more sky-high prices as before, which was considered a blow to bad practices.
As for the major grain stores in the capital, they gradually resumed business.
The price of rice also returned to the original fifteen cents a bushel.
Even so, rumors have already spread that the price of grain in the capital is high and the supply cannot meet the demand. Many people cannot buy rice and kowtow and bang their heads against pillars in front of the grain shops.
When Ali heard the rumors, he thought it was ridiculous and was about to order someone to clarify the rumors.
However, Mu Yihan waved his hand and said calmly, "Any rumors in the capital will be spread as rumors. People love to spread rumors. But this time, let them spread it. The war is imminent. Let our opponents think that there is unrest among us, and they will be arrogant."
Ali thought about it and simply ignored it. Soon the rumors spread everywhere.
Not long after, even in Yuncheng, there were reports that the capital was running out of food...
...
Five or six days later, it was a sunny day, and the breeze made people feel comfortable.
At this time, a convoy suddenly came on the road to Beijing.
There were ten carriages in the convoy, all of which were loaded with food. They entered the city gate with a clatter, which was very eye-catching!
Sitting outside the first carriage was a skinny old man, who was curled up on his knees and smoking a cigarette.
The old man with the cigarette was amazed, looking at the farms in the suburbs of Beijing, and turned around and said, "It's worthy of being the capital! How come these villages are so neatly arranged next to each other, and you can't see the end at a glance!"
At this time, the curtain inside the carriage was lifted, and another old man with a mouth full of gap teeth said, "You country bumpkin, this place is not called a village, it's called a manor. I asked Mr. Zhang about it before I left!"
"Also, when you see your sweetheart later, don't keep talking about sleeping on the kang. There are only beds in the city, not the warm kangs like those in our village!"
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