Noble Lady

Chapter 232 If You Don’t Do It, There Are Plenty of People Who Will Do It

“…” Du Jingyuan blushed in embarrassment.

Even Du Juan, who was standing next to her, had slightly red eyes.

At this moment, Yuli came in trotting, "Miss, Miss Chen San is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Lizhu, dressed in a bright and charming red dress, walked in.

"I heard that my future fifth sister-in-law came to visit Miss Xue, so I came too."

"You're really well-informed." Xue Chenyu pointed to the soft couch that had just been made up in the back, "Sit down first."

Chen Lizhu looked at the two of them getting dressed and said enviously, "It's better for you to grow up together like this, the relationship will be deeper."

"You also have little sisters who grew up with you." Du Jingyuan said with hidden meaning.

Those are all royal relatives, which others cannot envy.

Chen Lizhu resisted the urge to hit her: "Don't bring up such things. Don't think I won't hit you just because you want to marry my fifth brother."

They started arguing again.

Du Jingyuan simply tied her hair up and strode towards Chen Lizhu to have a verbal battle.

Xue Chenyu asked Yuzhu to simply put her hair up, and she was too lazy to wear any jewelry, so she sat down between the two of them.

"We are discussing Ayuan's engagement. I will prepare a dowry of ten or eight hundred pounds for her when the time comes."

"Xue Xiaoyu, you..." Are you crazy?!

"Miss Xue, please don't be so shabby. Although our Duke Chen's Mansion isn't as wealthy as a country, my aunt and the Queen Mother have prepared some dowry for me. I'll also give some to A Yuan when the time comes."

"How can this be possible?! If it gets out..." Du Jingyuan stared with her dark pupils, she was almost dumbfounded.

How could that be possible? When she was getting married, her own mother was so stingy, but her best friend and future sister-in-law were the ones giving her a dowry?

"If this gets out, others will envy you to death." Xue Chenyu interrupted her, "Go out and ask around. Who else is so lucky as you to have a friend as wealthy as me?"

Du Jingyuan: That’s true.

"Think about it again, can anyone get close to the Duke's daughter?"

Du Jingyuan: That’s right.

Wait, "You can't say that!"

"It's a happy decision." Xue Chenyu and Chen Lizhu looked at each other and would not tolerate any refusal.

Du Jingyuan pouted stubbornly, her eyes filled with tears, and finally she couldn't hold back and a crystal tear fell.

later.

Chen Lizhu didn't know what method she used, but she found a group of wealthy ladies and asked each of them to give Du Jingyuan a little.

On the day of the wedding, there were sixty-eight huge loads of dowry, which was a real trousseau. Half of the noble ladies added to their dowries, and half of Kyoto was envious.

However, this is a story for another day.

……

Ji Minrou struggled for half a month and finally achieved something.

The manager she hired was quite efficient. He had found the wine-making master and odd jobs early on, and had also purchased grains efficiently. He had already started the wine-making process.

Ji Minrou's morning sickness gradually subsided, and she was able to go out and walk around.

When I was tired of walking on the street and bought a cup of tea, I heard people talking about the price difference between grain and alcohol.

"It's been a bumper year for several years in a row. Will this year be another bumper year?" In a tea stall on the street, a dark-skinned strong man had a sad face.

The person opposite him didn't think so. "Isn't it good in a good year? Food is cheap these days, so we don't have to worry about not having enough to eat."

"You don't understand. In such a good year, we can't eat all the grain, and we can't sell it for a good price. Why don't I have the ability to make wine?"

"Wine wine?"

The black man lowered his voice slightly for fear of being overheard. "I heard from my mother that there was a man named Wang Laizi at the east end of our village. He was so poor that all he had left of his house were four walls."

"I don't know where I learned the art of brewing wine recently. I brew wine with cheap grain and sell it at a high price. A dou of wine costs ten taels of silver, while a dou of rice only costs ten cents!"

"Now he's bought a house in this city, married a wife, and even taken in two beautiful concubines. What kind of luck do you think he has?"

The young man opposite him was also greatly shocked, "Is this true?"

"You don't know Wang Laizi from our village yet. Just ask around and you'll find out."

Not to mention them, everyone else in the tea stall heard it too.

A dou of rice costs only ten coins, and if it is brewed into wine, one dou can be exchanged for ten taels of silver. Who wouldn't be tempted by hearing this?

Even though labor and other expenses are inevitable, it is still a very high income.

It was precisely because of this that Ji Minrou tried so hard to open a winery. She had been hesitating for several months and was only just getting started.

She thought to herself, "We can't let these people get there first."

She was about to leave with the camellia when she heard the dark man say, "You don't know, Li Laoer, I went to ask yesterday, and a dou of rice is already nine cents. If there's another good year, who knows what the situation will be like."

Ji Minrou was madly moved.

He gave up all thoughts of going back and told Camellia, "Let's go and take a look at the shop."

As he said this, he stopped a carriage carrying people on the street.

Camellia followed reluctantly, but the moment she lowered her head, the corners of her mouth curled up.

Madam still has a way. Just wait, cousin, there will be a day for you to cry.

Ji Minrou went to the wine shop this time to meet Manager Zhang. Without saying a word, she asked the manager to buy a large amount of grain.

The steward hesitated for a moment, "... Madam, it's harvest season soon, so there's no need to rush to stockpile food."

"What do you know? A bushel of rice costs nine cents these days. We have to make some wine and sell it quickly to recoup our investment."

The steward respected her as the head of the household and said in a measured tone, "Madam, if this year is another good year, grain prices may go down. Besides, the amount we've stockpiled is enough for a quarter, so there's really no need..."

"I'm the master, and you're the master?" Ji Minrou interrupted the steward coldly, "If I tell you to store grain, you should go. If you don't, there are plenty of people who will do it!"

She frowned, and Manager Zhang swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and could only nod in a mumbling voice.

Seeing that he was obedient, Ji Minrou raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Inferior people are inferior people. You just do what your master tells you to do. Why do you care so much?"

Then he walked away with a sneer on his face.

Manager Zhang frowned and didn't speak for a long time.

The odd-job worker couldn't stand it any longer and came over to comfort him, "Manager Zhang, you do everything yourself and treat this shop like your own. How could the lady speak to you like that?"

Manager Zhang gave a wry smile and said, "It's because we earn their living. Stop standing around here and get to work."

Ji Minrou had some fun outside, and when she came back she saw He Ruyi in red sitting in her room.

She is obviously not white, but she imitates others and wears red. She cannot support the color and looks pale and thin, which makes her look weird.

She felt disgusted with He Ruyi in her heart, but she didn't notice that she was also sweating and looking miserable when she went out.

"Oh, what's the wind today? It blew our second aunt who married into the Cui family back again." Ji Minrou walked into the room in a sarcastic tone.

He found that the room was much cooler. Looking into the corner, he found a basin of ice. Could it be sent by He Ruyi?

He Ruyi snorted coldly, "You're almost my sister-in-law now, and you're so confident. So, how does it feel to be honored by your son?"

Ji Minrou raised her eyelids and looked at her already bulging belly. "Isn't Second Aunt herself famous because of her son? How can you not know what it feels like?"

He Ruyi: "..." Don't be angry. You didn't come here to be angry.

She took a deep breath and raised her hand for Yushu to bring up the food box.

As soon as I got close to the food box, I could feel a chill. When I opened it, an even colder breath hit me in the face.

Ji Minrou didn't look at the food box. Her eyes fell on Yushu who was holding the food box. After a glance, a hint of teasing appeared in her eyes: "You're giving Yushu to Master Cui as his concubine so soon?"