"I'm going back to the Lu Mansion first and going to the warehouse to see if there are any items that can be sent to keep out the cold."
"Then I'll go back to the Meng Mansion to take a look."
Su Ningjie and Su Ningwen stood up and hurriedly left the Princess's Mansion with their guards.
"Big brother, besides eating less meat, what else can we do for the frontier soldiers?"
"The Hundred Beasts Map sold for a lot of silver. I'm considering using half to buy warm clothes for the soldiers on the border. It'll be like you and I contributing our share."
"Big brother, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. We originally came here to tell Mom and Dad how many copies of the Hundred Beasts Atlas we sold and how much silver we earned."
Su Ning'an stood up suddenly and said, "I'll go tell mother right away."
"Big brother, wait for me."
Xiao Xier couldn't run faster than Su Ning'an and fell far behind.
"Little Miss, please go slower and be careful not to fall."
Xiao Xier listened to the anxious words of the head maid Shang Xue and slowed down her pace. "I won't run anymore. I'll walk over."
"Young lady." At this time, Lei Xiao ran over from the corridor holding a big box.
"Commander Lei, you've bought all 10,000 empty medicine bottles so quickly?"
Lei Xiao handed a box of empty medicine bottles to Shang Xue, "Not yet. These are 100 empty bottles. I bought them from Qihuoju, three streets away from the Princess's Mansion. They don't have too many, so there are only 100 bottles on the shop floor. There are 3,000 bottles on the farm outside the city. They will be delivered to the Princess's Mansion tomorrow. I still have to go to a few more shops to get 10,000 bottles."
Lei Xiao said as he pulled out a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts from his pocket. "These are the sugar-roasted chestnuts I bought at the roasted nuts shop next to Qihuoju. They are very fragrant and delicious, so I bought them back for the young masters to try. I wonder if you, young lady, like them."
Xiao Xier came closer and smelled it. It was very sweet and her mouth was watering. She reached out and took one to taste it. "Hmm, it's delicious. Go buy another ten kilograms. Big brother wants to eat some."
Lei Xiao nodded. "There are other delicious foods in the workshop. Miss, would you like to go to Qihuoju and try them yourself? They taste better when they're fresh out of the pot."
Xiao Xier thought it made sense, "Sister Shang Xue, come with me."
Shang Xue quickly handed the box to Qiao Yun, the maidservant beside her, and said, "Go and report to the Madam. We will be back soon."
"yes!"
Lei Xiao sent the master and servant onto the carriage, glanced back at the guards in front of the princess's mansion, the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously, and then he drove away in the carriage.
"Princess, Commander Lei has ordered 3,000 empty medicine bottles from Qihuoju. He's going to send back 100 bottles first. And Commander Lei bought this bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts next door to Qihuoju. Miss, Shang Xue followed Commander Lei to the next door to Qihuoju..."
"Mother, these sugar-roasted chestnuts are delicious." Su Ning'an took them from Qiao Yun, grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth, then handed the rest to Xiao Lingyu, "Try it."
Xiao Lingyu savored the sugar-roasted chestnuts while checking the empty medicine bottle.
"Ang'er, the silver you earned from selling the Hundred Beasts Picture is your first pot of gold. Save it well. I appreciate your kindness. Mother has already arranged for warm clothes and will send them to the Western Territory along with frostbite cream."
Seeing that Su Ning'an had finished the sugar-roasted chestnuts in the blink of an eye, Xiao Lingyu said, "Go to Qihuoju and find Xiao Xi'er. Buy 30 kilograms of raw chestnuts. I'll fry them for you. I guarantee they'll taste better than those sold outside."
Su Ning'an brought a few servants to the roasted nuts shop next to Qihuoju. There were three large iron pots in front of the door, in which peanuts, walnuts and chestnuts were being stir-fried.
There was no sign of Xiao Xier in front of the door, so Su Ning'an looked inside the shop again, but still did not see Xiao Xier.
"Shopkeeper, a gorgeously dressed and lovely little girl just came here. She's this tall..."
Su Ning'an described Xiao Xier's temperament and appearance to the store owner.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw Su Ning'an's appearance, he knew he was a wealthy young man. He smiled and said, "My dear young man, you are the first wealthy young man to come here today. I have never seen the young lady you mentioned. Go look for her somewhere else quickly, and don't let the human traffickers abduct her!"
Su Ning'an's face darkened, but he thought that with Lei Xiao by his side, no human traffickers would dare to target his sister.
"Let's go! Find Lei Xiao!"
"It's the eldest young master!"
Craftsman Pavilion
"Master Lei, the princess is thinking about the soldiers on the frontier, so we at the Craftsmen's Pavilion must also contribute. These ten thousand empty medicine bottles will be donated to the soldiers on the frontier. I will personally deliver them to the princess's residence tomorrow at 5 pm."
Zuo Yuanbang, the owner of Qiaojiang Pavilion, didn't expect that when he came to the shop to check the accounts today, he would meet people from Huguo Princess Mansion.
The wealthy businessmen in Huayang County have been envious of the Lu family these days. They have been trying their best to curry favor with the Princess Huguo's Mansion, but have no way to do so.
Now that such a good opportunity is in front of him, he must perform well.
Lei Xiao looked at Zuo Yuanbang and said, "Okay, please check it carefully before delivery."
"Definitely, definitely, there won't be any mistakes."
At this moment, Su Ningan's urgent voice came from behind, "Commander Lei!"
Lei Xiao felt something was wrong when he saw Su Ning'an's forehead covered with sweat.
"Young Master, why are you here?"
Su Ning'an looked around the lobby past Lei Xiao.
"Where did you take my sister?"
Lei Xiao was confused. "When I brought my brothers here to buy medicine bottles, wasn't the young lady at the mansion with the eldest young master?"
"The maid Qiao Yun said that you returned home half an hour ago with a hundred empty medicine bottles and took my sister to the Qihuoju next door to buy some roasted goods!"
"Master, this is unfair!" Lei Xiao's eyebrows twitched. "I brought my brothers here to buy empty medicine bottles, and I haven't left yet. It's impossible for me to send back a hundred empty bottles first! Someone must have pretended to be one of my subordinates and kidnapped the young lady!"
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