Chapter 344 Making Money in the Right Way
Before Shen Dagou could react, Liu Laosan came from the backyard with Shen Tian, and also talked about the New Year's gifts, some for Shen Yi, some for the Su family, and another The portion is for Shen Dagou's family.
Being interrupted by Liu Laosan, Shen Dagou forgot to continue asking, and did not react until he left the imperial capital.
"That's not right! What does that young master mean? Why did he give my family a New Year's gift? And what is his identity?" Shen Dagou was shocked and suddenly felt uneasy.
Su Zhan said comfortingly: "Don't be suspicious. Uncle Liu is here. He is my brother-in-law's godfather. He will definitely take good care of your sister. Who cares about him! Anyway, I gave you a new year gift. It’s not free, and I don’t know if my sister gave Uncle Liu a New Year’s gift?”
He began to worry.
Song Yongnian was a little speechless, "Brother Shen is doing things safely. He must be thinking about everything in advance. You don't need to worry about it."
"That's true!" Su Zhan muttered and thought about it.
At this time, the first escort team passed them by and was about to enter the city.
Suchuan turned around and said, "That seems to be the escort team from our Lizhou."
Everyone looked back for a while and expressed their agreement.
The escort team carried a bunch of things all the way to the Yongan Marquis Mansion.
The concierge went in to announce.
Liu Laosan came out again to take a look.
The head guard presented a gift list and said: "Master Hou, these things are annual gifts prepared for you by the Shen family, Su family and Liu family in Zhaohua County, Lizhou. Please take a look."
Liu Laosan opened the thick gift list and looked at it with interest in front of Murong Xu. He found that there was jade inside, and he immediately became interested, "Where did the kid get the good stuff?"
The escort chief explained: "Master Shen has explained that some of the valuable things were exchanged with the caravans coming down from the ice field. Some of them were bought by others. Mr. Shen is now the town official of Dahe Town and is busy building a pontoon bridge. Most of the things were prepared by his wife."
Liu Laosan smiled. Nodding, "That kid Su Tai is very considerate and very good."
As he said that, he showed Murong Xu the gift list.
Murong Xu didn’t expect that there were still living things, and was shocked, “Can you still escort these?”
The head guard cupped his hands and said, "Master Shen has given us enough money, so we can deliver it. The things are still alive. Please take a look at them."
The head guard asked people to carry several boxes, two of which had Use a slotted ladle to easily scoop up the fresh aquatic plants, and the live shrimps below begin to jump around. Each one is about as long as the palm of your hand, and they are particularly fresh and beautiful.
“Good stuff!” Murong Xu praised without hesitation.
The escort looked bright, puffed out his chest, and continued to let others open other boxes.
They were all big fish weighing more than ten kilograms, as well as fat-headed fish weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, and two large boxes of fresh crabs.
These things are definitely luxuries in winter.
Murong Xu praised him repeatedly.
The escort said as if offering treasures: "That's not all! In addition to these things, there are also fresh fruits and vegetables, all grown in greenhouses. There are not many in quantity, and we are all greedy just looking at them."
The corn, cauliflower, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, and eggplant are all brought up.
Murong Xu was tempted.
The melons, apples, persimmons, and oranges that were opened below once again blinded everyone's faces.
Murong Xu said shamelessly: "Master Hou, your godson is really worth it! Everyone who sees these good things has a share, so give me some of them!"
Mr. Liu San glared dissatisfied, "These are my sons' filial piety to me. It's not good to separate them when you open your mouth, okay?" !"
Murong Xu decisively took out a banknote from his arms, "What about this?"
"It's not much," Liu Laosan said with a distressed look. It's what my son and daughter-in-law want." "What about this?" Murong Xu gritted his teeth and gave two more.
"Deal!" Liu Laosan quickly collected the check, fearing that Murong Xu would regret it, "Young master, just tell me what you like, and I will ask the butler to share it with you."
Murong Xu laughed angrily. , "Is it true that the dignified Lord Marquis has lost his money?"
Liu Laosan pouted and said miserably, "Master, are you?" You know me, we have no money, and we can’t bear to use the rewards given by the emperor. We only get a small salary every month, and we have to treat Tiantian girl and take medicine to replenish her body. We have to spend money on everything. I can’t do it without losing money. !”
Murong Xu was speechless and took out two more banknotes, “Is this enough?”
"No, no. Those were for selling things before. I can't accept these two anymore!" Liu Laosan is still very principled.
Murong Xu squinted his eyes and said, "Isn't there still jade? Show it to me."
"Okay!" The escort leader asked someone to bring up the jade.
As soon as the thing was opened, Murong Xu was very surprised, "It turned out to be a fine mutton-fat white jade, such a big piece of rough stone! It's rare to see it!"
It was rare for him to be serious.
Liu Laosan muttered: "My daughter-in-law's uncle is from the ice plains, and it is much easier to do business with them than us! Isn't it normal to get some good things?"
Murong Xu didn't He said nothing and silently took out a few more banknotes, "Master Marquis, how about you spread the things out for me?"
Liu Laosan nodded wildly and collected the remaining banknotes obediently.
I earned almost 10,000 taels from Murong Xu today, making a fortune!
He was secretly happy, but his face remained calm.
He asked people to pack some aquatic products, vegetables and fruits for Murong Xu to send back, and then prepared another portion to send to the palace for the emperor.
The ones left behind were enough for him and Shen Tian to have a good New Year.
Murong Xu got a large piece of fine jade and was in a good mood. He sat with Liu Laosan for a while before leaving.
As soon as he left, Liu Laosan immediately called the housekeeper to settle the accounts.
“With these extra banknotes, how long can our family survive?”
The housekeeper immediately took out the account book and said: "Master Marquis, there are not many servants in the house, and the expenses are also small. The daily expenses for a month are about eighty taels. If we don't count the worldly things, a thousand taels of silver a year is enough. These are enough." We have been using it for several years."
"No! Thinking that my godson is so capable! From now on, as long as we sell the annual gift he gives to that bastard Murong Xu, we won’t have to worry about money, hahaha." Liu Laosan’s abacus crackled, and he said to Chang Murong Xu, who came to harass Shen Tian, was no longer so angry.
When Shen Tian learned that Liu Laosan had used those things to defraud Murong Xu of a large sum of money, Shen Tian couldn't help laughing.
I miss that peaceful and warm village more and more.
Shen Dagou and his party traveled day and night, hurrying and taking their time, and finally got back to the village before the Chinese New Year.
The first thing is to go to Shen Yi's house to share the money, and explain the annual gifts clearly one by one.
The more he explained, the more displeased he became with the New Year's gift given by Murong Xu.
He dragged his things back home with his head drooped, and told his family about Shen Tian's situation first.
The family was relieved to learn that Shen Tian was getting better and would be fully recovered within half a year of treatment, and they were not in a hurry to get her back.
Shen Dagou moved those New Year's gifts into the main room. He was very happy when he mentioned Liu Laosan's New Year's gifts, and was full of doubts when he mentioned Murong Xu's New Year's gifts.
"I don't know what is going on with that young master. I went there twice and met him both times. He also prepared New Year's gifts for our family alone. It's so strange."
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