Chapter 286 How to spend the huge sum of money
Although there were no relatives on both sides to witness it.
But after the divorce agreement was submitted to the government office for filing.
Lu Qingyao successfully divorced Jiang Yunze.
He also sold the house and got a huge sum of money.
For this day.
In order to have bargaining chips for divorce.
She prepared for four years.
If this had happened when the Lu family was in trouble, she would not even dare to think about it.
As for the Jiang family's house, my father exchanged another house with a colleague more than ten years ago, just to be closer to the Lu family.
How could she not know her parents' good intentions?
It was just to give her the opportunity to sneak back home from time to time, and to make it convenient for her parents to visit her.
A married woman who often returns to her parents' home will be criticized.
But if I go back secretly without anyone noticing, no one will say anything about me.
In order to take Jiang Yunze's pitiful self-esteem into consideration, she specially chose this smaller house.
Actually, I didn't spend a lot of money. I just spent a few thousand taels on decorating the courtyard and purchasing furniture.
Even after more than ten years, this house should be worth less than 25,000 taels.
After a rough calculation, he still made a profit of six or seven thousand taels.
I think Jiang Yunze and Qi Caiwei also know this.
Jiang Ziyan held up a box of not-too-heavy banknotes and asked, "Mother, why were Daddy and Madam Qi willing to pay such a high price for this house? Logically, they should have known that it was above the market price."
Before coming, A'niang said that she didn't want this house anymore, and if they were willing to pay a high price, she would sell it.
My mother has this kind of temperament.
There is no such thing as disgust. Only a fool would not make money if he has the opportunity.
Lu Qingyao looked at her son. "Your father and Qi are willing to be the ones who make the most of this. On the one hand, they are reluctant to move. He has been an official for so many years. If he were to move, he would definitely move to a bigger house in a better location. There is no reason to move to a worse place."
"With their current financial resources, they can afford an extra few thousand taels, but if they want to move to a bigger house, they don't have that ability. Moving out and getting another house may not be as good. They are also very proud, so they naturally can't afford to lose face."
"Another reason is that Qi Caiwei desperately wants to become the mistress of the household and wants our accounts, so she's willing to spend more money to buy them."
Jiang Ziyan nodded and understood.
Auntie is taking advantage of them.
It seems incredible to say, but there is probably no other son in this world who longs for his parents to divorce as much as he does.
His biological father pretended to be ignorant even though he knew the truth.
The more you know about him and the more you understand him, the more disappointed you become with him.
The Qi family almost kidnapped and killed his wife and children on the way, but even though he knew it, he still pretended to be deaf and dumb.
I don't know whether to say he is cold-blooded or cowardly.
How can one not be heartbroken to have a father like this?
But he didn't care anymore.
Having my mother, my brothers and sisters, my aunt, and my grandfather's family is enough.
This saves us from all the complicated grievances.
But what he could not tolerate the most was that they actually had the idea of taking his sister away.
Daddy wants my sister back because of his reputation.
Qi Caiwei wanted to get her sister back simply to take revenge on her mother.
He just noticed that there were bruises on the back of Xiao Zishu's elbow.
It seems that Aunt Tao is a considerate and loving person who loves her children.
In this case, there is only one possibility...
If my sister falls into their hands.
He felt heartbroken just thinking about it.
No one can have any ideas about my sister, not even my dad.
After thinking for a long time, Jiang Ziyan felt that the matter of Qi Shangshu cheating in the imperial examination seemed to need to be further exacerbated.
I heard from Aunt Xiuxiu that King Jing has a lot of evidence, even witnesses.
Originally, she should have paid him a visit to thank him for sending people to protect her along the way, but A'niang said that her identity as the descendant of a criminal was sensitive.
Now she is a divorced woman.
If people with ulterior motives knew about their friendship, it might cause unnecessary gossip and trouble.
So I just asked Liuyun to help bring the thank-you gift back.
During the days since they came to the capital, apart from visiting the Mu family, they had no other interactions.
Even the letter that the master's wife asked her to help deliver, A Niang secretly handed it to the doorman of the Cui Mansion and left.
Jiang Ziyan stroked his sister's scallion flower and said with a smile, "Miaomiao, second brother will take you to the teahouse that Cheng An sent to listen to a story tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, then invite Brother Cheng An to join us." Jiang Miaomiao nodded.
I saw my second brother's ambiguous expression and the smile on his lips.
Why did she feel like her brother was going to cause trouble?
Lu Qingyao looked at her son.
As soon as her son's tail wagged, she knew what the boy was planning.
But it’s not possible now.
The capital is not like Jiangzhou. There are so many people watching here. This kind of thing is not suitable for a child like him to do.
She pinched her daughter's little face and said, "Miaomiao, I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I can go with you."
"Okay." With my mother by my side, everything will be fine.
Jiang Ziyan: ...
It's true that nothing can be hidden from my mother.
Forget it, I won’t go.
He bit his lip and whispered, "Mother, I just remembered that my sister hasn't finished her homework yet. I have to supervise her calligraphy practice tomorrow, so I'd better not go."
Jiang Miaomiao: ...
The second brother keeps coming up with new ideas to tease her.
She didn't want to reciting things with her head shaking all day long, like an old monk chanting sutras.
The little girl pouted and moved towards her mother, staying away from her second brother, and rolled her eyes at him.
That little guy is so funny.
Jiang Ziyan was amused and burst into laughter.
I touched my sister's little green onion flower with some guilt, but she knocked it away.
I had to change the subject, "Mother, tell your sister about what's happening in the capital. It's her first time here, so everything must be new to her."
"good……"
Lu Qingyao began to talk incessantly.
Talk about where the most prosperous place in the capital is, where the largest restaurant in the capital is, which restaurant has the most delicious food and wine, and there are also many snack stalls in the capital.
Talk about how people in the capital celebrate festivals and how they differ from those in Jiangzhou.
Talking about what you should pay attention to when living in Beijing.
Finally, he gave a reminder.
The capital is too big and too dangerous. Miaomiao is a child and cannot go out alone.
If you are not careful, you will encounter a beggar.
…
Jiang Miaomiao: ...
I really want to grow up quickly.
The little girl sat cross-legged on the cushion, resting her chin on her hand and tilting her head to listen carefully.
Although she is a time traveler, her understanding of life in the capital and this place is just like her current age.
Still in the childhood stage.
Just like in modern times, you have studied hard for many years, gone to high school or college, or have a higher degree and read more books.
When I came here, I was still half illiterate.
It still needs to be remade.
Not to mention becoming the top scholar, it is harder than climbing to the sky to have thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge.
Even though she has lived for more than twenty years, she is still a rookie here.
Besides, the capital is not as comfortable as Jiangzhou. It has its own rules, and there are powerful people everywhere who you can't afford to offend.
If you want to live and work in peace and contentment in a place, you have to understand the rules and even the laws of that place.
Otherwise, if you are not careful, you won’t even know how your head fell off.
For example.
In some dynasties, people were not allowed to eat carp, and if they did, they would be beaten with a stick.
In some dynasties, people would be arrested for wearing strange clothes on the street.
When it comes to buying houses, some dynasties had strict hierarchies, and ordinary people's houses were not allowed to have colored tiles. There were also restrictions on the height of steps and the depth of the courtyard.
If violated, will be punished.
Another example is drag racing.
Oh no, it's horse racing.
In ancient times, people were also not allowed to race horses in the market.
If an accident occurs, the offender will be flogged, and in serious cases he may even be exiled to do hard labor.
So these days, whenever A Niang has free time, she will chat with them.
The little girl also pricked up her ears and listened attentively.
Lu Qingyao was surprised to find that her little girl had become very well-behaved since coming to the capital.
She listened quietly when others talked and chatted.
I don’t know if she can understand.
Anyway, he looks very focused.
After saying this, A Niang felt thirsty and asked Aunt Xiuxiu to buy some food and drinks.
Miaomiao's eyes fell on the box containing the banknotes, and then on A Niang's clothes and jewelry.
I thought that my mother was a wealthy woman now, but she was still so low-key.
He had never even been to Yipinju in the capital, leaving everything to Manager Jin.
Just as I was curious, Aunt Xiuxiu came back in a panic.
As soon as he got on the carriage, he asked the coachman to drive away quickly.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Lu Qingyao was about to lift the curtain to take a look, but was stopped by Xiuxiu, "Sister, go home and pack your luggage, don't stay here."
With my aunt's personality, what could make her so nervous?
Jiang Miaomiao also felt nervous.
When the carriage started moving, Aunt Xiuxiu said, "Sister, Jiang Yunze and Qi Caiwei want to harm you. They are two despicable and shameless villains..."
"As soon as you divorced, the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital, saying that you are the daughter of a criminal. Although your crime is not as serious as that of a woman who married out, since you are divorced, you should be punished with the same crime as the Lu family. I am afraid that at tomorrow's morning court, some officials will come forward to bring up this matter. I am worried..."
Worried that Emperor Xuan couldn't handle the pressure.
He asked the Lu family father and son to go to the north secretly, wanting them to guard the border and catch the rebels off guard.
There is absolutely no way to vindicate the Lu family now.
Lu Qingyao said helplessly: "I can only spend money to avoid disaster. It seems that the money I got has not even warmed up yet and I have to spend it immediately."
She had envisioned this situation, but she didn't expect the people and court officials to react so violently.
He wouldn't even let a little girl like her go.
I feel a little disappointed for my father and brother.
"Sister, what should we do now?" Xiuxiu was still a little overwhelmed by the situation. "How about we run away?"
She had thought it through. If things didn't work out, she would take her sister and the children and hide, and would not come out until the Lu family was vindicated.
But it is still difficult to deal with those who have families, including the elderly, the weak, women and children. If they are forced to do so, they will have no other way out.
At once……
He found a bandit's den and hid inside, changing his name and surname.
Lu Qingyao didn't know that Xiuxiu had already thought of a way out for her.
It means becoming a bandit.
She pondered for a moment and asked, "Xiu Xiu, how much is a stone of millet in the capital these days?"
"It's the autumn harvest season now, so corn prices should be low. However, this year's harvest was poor, and coupled with the mutiny, the court is levying grain taxes. Now the price of corn has risen to 500 wen per dan."
At this time last year, my sister only earned 300 wen per dan of corn.
However, my sister has been continuously stockpiling food every year over the past few years.
There is a stockpile of rice and corn.
Harvest and store every autumn and sell in spring and summer.
For example, corn can be stored for up to nine years without spoiling and is much easier to store than rice.
So every year, my sister would transport the high-quality rice from the south to the north to sell, and also stockpile a lot of corn.
Nowadays, most of the military rations collected are also corn.
The price of corn is also rising.
Xiuxiu grabbed Lu Qingyao's arm and said, "Sister, we should have made a lot of money this year, but disaster is looming. Why are you still thinking about making money?"
Lu Qingyao smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. Let me ask you, how many stones of corn do we have left in the warehouse that can be used?"
"Five hundred thousand koku."
Xiuxiu couldn't even count on her fingers how much she could earn this year.
But I should be able to make a lot of money.
But think about it, even if they hide in the mountain stronghold, they still need money, and they can't rob like real bandits.
Lu Qingyao: "Xiu Xiu, go and transfer 200,000 dan of millet and send it to the Ministry of Revenue."
Ministry of Revenue?
"Why should it be sent to the Ministry of Revenue?" Xiuxiu was very puzzled.
Lu Qingyao thought for a moment, then picked up the silver note she had just received and handed it to Xiuxiu. "Add another 30,000 taels and send it back to Jiangzhou along with these silver notes. Tell Manager Jin that we can store more food this year."
"Mother, you...you don't want to offer those 200,000 dan of millet as military rations, do you?" This idea came to Jiang Ziyan's mind as soon as he heard about the Ministry of Revenue.
"What? Donate it." Xiuxiu widened her eyes.
It’s not easy for Sister to earn this money.
Those hands have calluses from using the abacus.
Without saying a word, Jiang Ziyan took the small abacus that A Niang was carrying.
The dial started to make a crackling sound.
Count it down.
"The purchase of 500,000 dan of corn cost almost 150,000 taels."
"And the cost of 200,000 dan of corn is about 60,000 taels."
"After donating it, there are still 300,000 stones left."
"These three hundred thousand dan will be sold at the current market price for a hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver."
Jiang Ziyan said happily, "Mother, you made a good deal. If I can use this millet to silence the complaints of the people and the court officials, it will be worth it. Besides, this rations are for the soldiers. Only when they have enough food can they win the battle, and only then can my godfather and grandfather return home soon."
"After hearing Yan'er's analysis, it turns out to be a good idea." Although Xiuxiu didn't understand Jiang Ziyan's muttering, she suddenly realized it.
"Mom, you are so awesome." Jiang Miaomiao admired her mom even more.
If she remembered correctly, A'niang started to stockpile grain after the bamboo shoot business in Taoxi Village started to pick up.
She had actually started preparing for a rainy day at that time.
Could it be that my mother is a prophet, and that she is also...
My aunt had the same question as her, "Sister, how did you come up with the idea of stockpiling food so early?"
Lu Qingyao felt a little embarrassed when she looked at her children and Xiuxiu.
He smiled and said, "I grew up in the border area. It's different from the capital. Shortages of food and fodder are common. When there's no war, we're all self-sufficient. I understand the difficulties faced by the soldiers. When I went to Jiangzhou and saw the vast expanses of fertile land, I subconsciously wanted to stockpile more food."
Jiang Miaomiao: ...
Uh! Did she get it wrong?
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