Cai Ping finally couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking, should I buy another farm close to the mountains?" Jin thought so, also thinking that there would definitely be a shortage of water during the drought. If there was any place with water in the end, it would definitely be a place like this.
"A farm in the mountains! There's no way to grow crops in such a place. Why did you think of buying such a farm, Madam?" Caiping spoke to Jin in a casual manner.
Cai Ping was the most capable maidservant of the Jin family. She had been with the Jin family since she was a child. Although she was just a maid, the Jin family treated her like a family member. Later, the Jin family wanted to marry her off, but she was unwilling to do so.
She said that after a few years, she would tie her hair into a bun and stay with Jin as a nanny.
Jin found good husbands for all those who followed Caiping at the same time as her, but Caiping stayed with her all the time.
"It's Yue'er, that girl. She said today she wanted to eat wild rabbit or something. So I thought I'd just buy a farm like this, and occasionally catch some wild animals to give Yue'er a treat. I could also plant some fruit trees and give them to her as snacks."
Among the people in their family, only Yue'er cares the most about food, and that's all Jin can say.
Cai Ping heard from her wife that it was the eldest daughter who liked her, so she nodded. She had also watched the eldest daughter grow up, and Cai Ping liked her very much.
Cai Ping immediately recalled in her mind the information she had collected over the past few days about the farms that were to be sold. This information was originally intended for the Marquis' Mansion, but now that the Madam no longer had the power to manage the household, of course, this information was no longer needed.
Cai Ping was thinking about Zhuangzi's affairs, but that didn't stop her from expressing her approval of the lady's behavior. "We need to buy one. The young lady will definitely be happy when she finds out."
"You, just pamper her! Keep an eye out for her for me, and if there is one, buy one." Jin said casually, not caring about the money at all.
Her dowry was originally quite rich, and she had been managing the business well over the years. She had quite a bit of money, which could be seen from her usual generosity.
Otherwise, why would the third brother and his wife think that the housekeeper could make money? In fact, all the money Jin spent was her own money.
Seeing that Madam really wanted to buy it, Cai Ping picked out a manor from her memory that she thought best suited Madam's idea, "Madam, since you said that, I can think of one. It's quite close to Yuan'an, only a few hours away.
But it's near the Daqin Mountains, so there's only a small amount of mountainous land, and the rest is forest. The key point is that the asking price is about the same as fertile farmland, so no one has ever bought it.
Upon hearing this, Jin sat up straighter. She knew the Daqin Mountains, which stretched for hundreds of miles. It was impossible that they had all been killed!
She asked with interest, "Is there any water source in Zhuangzi?"
Cai Ping thought carefully about the information she had inquired about, and replied carefully: "Yes, it is said that there is a small stream flowing down from the mountain that never dries up. There is also a well."
Jin believed in Caiping, and after hearing what Caiping said, she was particularly happy. It was like someone giving you a pillow when you feel sleepy!
Jin quickly ordered, "Take the banknote and take a look. If it's really as you said, just buy it!"
"Yes," Cai Ping agreed, and hurried to get the banknotes from the lady's small box. Cai Ping thought to herself that she had to move quickly. The young lady liked something, so she couldn't let others snatch it away.
As wealthy as the Jin family was, Zhou Qiongyue was as poor as they come. It wasn't the kind of poverty she showed on the surface. She still had a lot of priceless jewelry, but she didn't have many banknotes. It was impossible to liquidate these jewelry.
During the spring hunting, her grandfather gave her 10,000 taels, and she cheated 1,000 taels from the second prince. She had 200 taels of private silver, and that was all.
Zhou Qiongyue’s previous monthly allowance was ten taels of silver. Both the original owner and she were extravagant people, so the monthly allowance was not enough for her to spend. It was only with the help of her eldest brother, fifth brother, and father that she could barely make ends meet.
As for the farm and jewelry shop under her name, they were only acquired by her this year, and it is still unknown whether they are profitable or not!
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the banknotes in front of her and felt very worried. With this little banknote, she wanted to build a secret room, renovate the side courtyard, and even buy a farm. It was definitely far from enough. She didn't expect that even though she had become the daughter of a marquis, she was still short of money.
Zhou Qiongyue grieved for the silver for a while, then quickly drew a few sets of jewelry drawings and some marketing methods she had seen in her previous life, and asked someone to send them to the owner of the jewelry shop.
It is impossible to give up. Working hard to make money is the basis for resisting risks.
What Zhou Qiongyue didn't know was that the heroine Xie Zixin had the same problem as her: no money. The heroine was even worse off than Zhou Qiongyue, having no other source of income except her monthly allowance.
Xie Zixin has secretly pawned three sets of jewelry, but she can only pawn these three sets because the others are either for daily wear or have special markings.
The three sets of jewelry were pawned for a total of 12,000 taels of silver. Although the price of these three sets of jewelry was much more than that, that was how it was pawned, and the discount was huge.
Xie Zixin looked at the ten thousand taels in her hand and planned to "borrow" some more from the second prince in a few days. By then, she would buy a farm in her name and store more food. When the drought came in two years, how much silver would she have?
Xie Zixin had good intentions, but what she didn't know was that Li Jingchen, as a prince, was actually quite poor. This was mainly because he hadn't yet married and hadn't set up his own household. Like most noble sons, he had no worries about food and drink, but he only had a monthly allowance.
In addition, the Queen's strict control made him not dare to accept the private gifts from others. In the past, when he was short of money, he would ask his cousin for help, but now his cousin loves money even more than he does, and he has no other way to get money.
Zhou Qiongyue, on the other hand, hadn't left the house since she decided to renovate the basement, and she was at home every day supervising the work. She even converted her side room into a small kitchen.
Of course, all the expenses did not go through the public treasury, but went directly to her own small treasury. For this, Jin subsidized Zhou Qiongyue with another 1,000 taels.
As for the basements, she built two, one in the side room and one in her bedroom.
After this matter was settled, the Spring Hunt would also be in place. Zhou Qiongyue hurriedly handed in her name card and entered the palace again.
The queen was very happy to see her niece enter the palace, and she wanted to keep Zhou Qiongyue for lunch before leaving the palace.
Zhou Qiongyue had been staying at the Queen Aunt's place for the entire morning and hadn't seen the real person. Of course, it was impossible for her to just go back like that.
So when the Queen invited her to have lunch, she immediately agreed, "Okay, aunt, actually I want to talk to my second cousin about something."
After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, she opened her eyes and looked at the queen pitifully.
What an old fox the Queen was! As early as when Zhou Qiongyue kept looking outside the palace gate, she knew that her niece was not here to see her. Otherwise, she would not have invited her niece to have lunch in the palace at this time.
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