The wet nurse was extremely anxious, but the little girl, who was highly regarded by the old lady of the Yang family, was more calm and composed.
"Don't be impatient, Ma'am. You can't eat hot tofu if you're impatient. I want to see how long she can keep us trapped here, even if she can cover the sky with one hand!
What's more, isn't there an old lady?
When the old lady asks about it later, I want to see how she explains it!"
After hearing what the little girl said, the nanny also realized why she dared to come all the way here to touch the tigress's whiskers.
Isn’t it because of the old lady’s support?
Rebels appeared in the Wang family's territory and beat the Wang family members to a pulp. The Wang family is now busy recruiting soldiers and fighting the rebels!
How could he have the time to think about Wang, a married woman who could not help the family?
Otherwise, the old lady wouldn't have thought of putting people around her!
After thinking about it this way, the wet nurse calmed down again.
It’s just that I don’t have enough money on me, and I can’t even find out any useful information, which is really frustrating.
Wang sent County Magistrate Yang out of the door and sat on the beauty couch covered with a sable mattress, leaning back to listen to Si Xi vividly describing the words of the wet nurse and the little maid. After listening, she snorted twice and let Si Xi go.
Afterwards, he called several other managers one by one and handled the affairs as usual.
When she had almost finished dealing with most of the things, a steward from the Wang family found her and said, "My uncle has sent a letter."
After reading her third brother's letter, Wang Shi pondered for a moment, then instructed the steward to go and invite Xia Daohua: "Uncle Zhong, please go and personally invite Madam Xia."
The steward, whom Wang called "Uncle Zhong," took Wang's invitation and headed straight for Daohuaxiang. Although Xia Daohua liked to wander around, she often stayed in this small shop, quietly checking which products needed to be restocked and which layout needed improvement...
Uncle Zhong quickly found Xia Daohua. Xia Daohua didn't act pretentiously and directly handed over the store affairs to Sister Taohua, and followed Uncle Zhong to Yang's house.
She was wondering all the way why Wang was looking for her.
Judging from Uncle Zhong’s serious expression, it must not be a trivial matter.
Wang invited Xia Daohua to eat some freshly made snacks and side dishes from the kitchen, and then invited her to drink tea. Then she explained her purpose:
"I wonder if Madam Xia would be so kind as to sell me another batch of grain."
It was indeed for food.
But haven't all the disaster victims who poured into Jixiang County been resettled? Even the thriving "Puji Rescue" program hasn't seen many visitors lately.
Xia Daohua's doubts were clearly written on her face, and she asked bluntly. Wang smiled bitterly and said,
"There was a group of rebels in my hometown.
Madam Xia, you may not know that our Wang family has always attached great importance to its reputation for benevolence and virtue since its establishment for more than a thousand years.
In our territory, even if there is a famine, not many people will abandon their homes and flee.
Because, not only will our family waive the rent immediately, we will also do a good job of disaster relief. As for asking the court for money and food, that will be done after the disaster relief.
Therefore, these rebels are not poor people who are unable to survive, but a group of bandits with evil ambitions!
They just saw that the places around Da Chu were in chaos, so they wanted to create chaos and take advantage of the troubled waters!"
Xia Daohua didn't quite believe Wang's words, but she didn't refute them.
After all, ever since County Magistrate Yang and Wang came to Jixiang County, he had witnessed with his own eyes how they had devoted all their energy and efforts to provide disaster relief.
They actually used the food they bought for the victims.
As for what kind of family the Wang family is, Xia Daohua felt that since they could raise someone like Wang, they must not be too bad.
Of course, if the Wang family is really bad, it is not impossible for me to "enforce justice" in the future.
After all, robbing wealth is what he is best at.
Wang first denounced the rebels, and then explained with a bit of embarrassment that a batch of Wang family's food and grass had been burned by the rebels.
It was winter again, and the cost of living had already increased significantly, so the Wang family was inevitably a bit overwhelmed. Wang sincerely hoped that Xia Daohua could help buy some food.
Xia Daohua was stunned for only a moment before suppressing her thoughts that were drifting further and further away. She nodded and agreed to Wang's request: "Since Madam has asked, I will naturally do my best. How much do you need?"
Wang paused, then said, "Three hundred thousand dan."
Xia Daohua nodded: "Still delivering at the same warehouse as before?"
Wang hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. Then, somewhat embarrassedly, she said, "I wonder if I could pay half of the money first?"
Xia Daohua agreed promptly:
"Okay. But this food is not a small amount, so I need to prepare it. Once I have it prepared, I will send someone to your house to deliver the message."
Wang couldn't help but emphasize: "Madam Xia, don't worry, even if the Wang family can't pay for the grain, there are still Yang Lang and I."
Xia Daohua smiled and nodded, comforting Wang:
"It would take three to five days to purchase and collect this much grain. Even if it were already stored in the warehouse, it would still take another three or two days to transport it to Jixiang County!"
Madam, please don't worry. As soon as I get any definite news, I'll come and tell you right away."
Xia Daohua hopes that the Wang family can win.
After all, the Wang family's territory wasn't too far from Jixiang County. If chaos broke out there, it would inevitably spread to Ping'an County.
Wang asked "Uncle Zhong" to send the Yang family's carriage to take Xia Daohua back. She also personally followed the carriage to Xia's house and carried a wooden box for Xia Daohua.
After Uncle Zhong left, Xia Daohua opened the heavy box and saw the silver ingots inside. She immediately smiled from ear to ear.
That night, Xia Daohua went to find the escort agency she had cooperated with last time, hired the same team, and asked them to go to the capital and come back.
Considering that his family and "Puji Rescue" needed a lot of cloth and cotton, he simply asked the caravan to buy cloth from the capital.
Only the cheapest cotton silk was bought for silk, and the other fabrics were mainly white cloth, woolen blue cloth, coarse gauze, fine cotton cloth, and bright red cloth used in various celebration ceremonies.
In addition, the fleet bought a lot of cotton.
Before the goods were shipped back, Xia Daohua filled the warehouse with grain bags. Afterward, Xia Daohua stored the goods in the storage area of the interstellar supermarket. She then sent someone to find Wang and asked her to arrange for someone to weigh the grain.
Wang was extremely surprised and immediately rushed over with many servants.
When Wang heard that the caravan hired by Xia Daohua was returning from the capital, she couldn't help but feel that the Xia family was unfathomable again.
And the summer rice flowers must be just a cover.
After checking the quality of the grain and weighing a few bags herself, Wang suddenly felt extremely relieved.
While sending someone to deliver a letter to the Wang family, she loaded the car and set off.
Wang's trusted steward and servants set off with a caravan loaded with food, and also took away the letter Wang wrote to her brother from her natal family.
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