Chapter 268: Boosting the Economy
Seeing Su's anxiety, Jiang Tangtang had to intervene and persuade her, "Mom, don't worry. Don't worry, I have someone keeping an eye on her. I will definitely not let the girl from the Cui family get involved with my second brother again."
Under Jiang Tangtang's persuasion, Su finally calmed down and gave up the idea of settling the score with Cui Yueling.
In fact, as the former wife of the Marquis of Dingbei and now the manager of the treasure island, she is not an impulsive and brainless person.
The reason why he lost his composure just now and almost went to the Cui family to scold Cui Yueling was because he was too angry.
She personally selected Cui Yueling as her daughter-in-law and was very satisfied with her at that time.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he treats her like a half-daughter.
Not only her, but also Mrs. Lu praised Cui Yueling a lot. Although she had not entered the house, she had already regarded her as her granddaughter-in-law.
The Lu family thought they had not treated her unfairly, but when something happened to the Lu family, she was the first to come to the Lu family to break off the engagement.
In fact, if she just broke off the engagement, she would at most feel uncomfortable, but she wouldn't have much of an opinion on her. After all, the Lu family was exiled, and it was natural for her not to want to suffer this hardship.
But not only did she break off the engagement, she also wanted to step on the Lu family. She was wrong to break off the engagement while still caring about her reputation.
Now that the Lu family has recovered, they are clinging to us again. It's really disgusting.
After carefully inquiring about her son's reaction, Su was still worried and decided to arrange a marriage for her son.
At this time, she felt that being a lady from aristocratic family might not be a good thing.
Wasn't Cui Yueling a noble lady from an aristocratic family? But if she wanted her son to marry a woman who was so adaptable, she would rather he marry a village woman.
After Su figured it out, he immediately started to make arrangements.
In order to better understand the girl's talent, beauty and character, Su planned to hold a flower viewing banquet as usual.
This inevitably made many noble families smell something unusual.
After all, wealthy families love to hold various banquets when they are looking for daughters-in-law. The story of Cui Yueling harassing Lu Shili on the street and being scolded by his sister had already spread throughout Lingnan.
If someone thinks about it carefully, wouldn’t they figure it out?
Many noble ladies with sons would feel so angry just by putting themselves in Su's shoes.
Who wants a daughter-in-law like Cui Yueling!
This Su must be dissatisfied with what the Cui family did and wants to choose a wife for her son.
After all, the Lu family’s rise to power has not been a matter of one or two days. I have never heard of the Su family holding any flower shows before, but as soon as Cui Yueling’s incident happened, they wanted to hold a flower viewing banquet. Isn’t this obvious?
So, Su didn't say anything yet, but the news had already spread outside.
It was said that she wanted to use the flower viewing party to find a daughter-in-law for her second son.
Like the Cui family, there are many people who are optimistic about the Lu family and want to establish a marriage relationship with the Lu family.
It’s just that Su had been staying in Taiwan before and never went out to socialize, so it was even more difficult for them to meet Jiang Tangtang, so these aristocratic families didn’t find the opportunity.
Now that the Su family has taken the initiative to host a banquet and invite these families, how could they miss it?
For a time, the silver shops, cloth shops, and rouge shops in Qiongzhou were all crowded with ladies and young ladies who were preparing for the banquet.
Cui Yueling also heard the news. She was extremely anxious. "Brother, what should we do?"
She has been looking for an opportunity these past two days to meet Lu Shili alone again.
But she couldn't find any opportunity at all, and all the letters she sent to Lu Shili were returned unopened.
"I've got a note for you. Take it with you when the time comes." Cui Jun said, "Find a way to make them forgive you."
"But our family was so cruel at that time, will she forgive me?" Cui Yueling felt extremely regretful.
If she had known this day would come, she would never have broken off the engagement with Lu Shili.
"So you have to figure it out!"
Cui Jun also felt aggrieved, but thinking of the news from his father, he had to suppress the frustration in his heart and said, "If we don't resolve the misunderstanding now, after Lu Shiyan ascends the throne, the Cui family will be finished. The Cui family is finished, and you, as the daughter of the Cui family, will not be able to escape with ease."
There is no need for my brother to explain these truths.
Cui Yueling had been looked down upon for several years and understood best the difficulties of losing power.
But she also understood that getting Su to forgive her and let her in as a daughter-in-law would definitely be more difficult than getting Lu Shili to accept her again.
Since Big Brother was certain that Lu Shiyan would ascend the throne, why didn't she...
Thinking of Jiang Tangtang's current beauty, Cui Yueling's fighting spirit, which had just risen, fell again. How could she compare with Jiang?
Let’s find a way to impress Second Brother Lu!
She understood him. He only looked cold, but in fact he was the softest of hearts. As long as she could see him, cry a few more times in front of him and be more pitiful, she would always be able to move him.
"Brother, can you help me find out about Second Brother Lu's whereabouts? I want to see him again and explain everything to him." Cui Yueling said with her head lowered. She felt ashamed for being the eldest daughter of the Cui family and rushing so far for a man.
Cui Jun nodded, "Xin, I'll arrange it."
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Jiang Tangtang looked at the account book just delivered by the servant and couldn't help laughing. She really didn't expect that choosing a wife for Lu Shili could boost the local economy.
In recent days, the rouge shop's revenue has tripled, and the silver shop's revenue has also been rising sharply.
Although she did not own a cloth shop, Lingnan's commercial taxes were high, the economy and trade were active, and the government's fiscal revenue was good.
Suddenly I feel that such flower shows should be held more often.
She pursed her lips and thought, actually it was not impossible.
There are also many different kinds of gatherings in modern times.
There are more and more wealthy people in Lingnan now. When these people get together, they will inevitably compare their clothes, food and drink...
Her focus in the past two years has been on agriculture and infrastructure, but she has neglected business.
Jiang Tangtang was just thinking about it when Lu Zhixi rushed in.
"Don't think that if you hide at your sister-in-law's place, the matter will be over." Lu Shili walked into the house a few steps later than Lu Zhixi. Although he said that, the moment he saw Jiang Tangtang, his steps obviously became much lighter.
Lu Zhixi knew that although he said he was not afraid, he actually respected his sister-in-law the most, and hiding with her was the safest place. "How could I hide here? I have something to discuss with her. Besides, why should I hide? What does it have to do with me if Mother chooses a wife with you?"
"You're still talking!" Lu Shili couldn't help but raise his voice. "If you hadn't said those nonsense things in front of mother, would mother be so anxious to choose a wife for me?"
"What do you mean by nonsense?" Lu Zhixi snorted, "I was just telling the truth."
Jiang Tangtang smiled helplessly and interrupted their bickering, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Lu Zhixi glanced at Lu Shili, and said angrily, "Sister-in-law, it's all thanks to my second brother. The silver shop and rouge shop have been doing great business recently, and many items are sold out! I've thought of a few new jewelry styles, what do you think?"
As she spoke, she handed the drawing in her hand to Jiang Tangtang.
This was a habit she had learned from Jiang Tangtang. Before discussing something with someone, she would first do the preparations.
She would ask Jiang Tangtang for advice and decide on the style of the jewelry. She would not describe it in words until Jiang Tangtang met her, but would find an artist in advance to draw the style she envisioned.
This will not only make it clear at a glance, allowing Jiang Tangtang to better understand what she wants to express, but also make it convenient for Jiang Tangtang to give suggestions and make changes to the drawing.
Looking at his sister, Lu Shili couldn't help but sigh in his heart that his sister had really grown up.
When they were playing just now, he was still like a child who had not grown up, but when he turned around and talked about serious matters, he immediately became serious and meticulous, which made him look at him with admiration.
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