Lost a jar of sour bamboo shoots?

The emperor was speechless.

Logically speaking, this matter should not be considered to be too big. If it were in a normal situation, there would have been no need to disturb him.

But now .. "Investigate, investigate carefully, this palace .."

The emperor's mind suddenly flashed with the scene where Jiang Ting carefully asked him if he really got the asparagus last night.

He waved his hand: "It's just a bamboo shoot. If it's lost then so be it. In the future we will guard the imperial kitchens. It's only the new year so don't cause too much trouble."

Jiang Yihan this bastard, relying on his strong martial arts, stole that jar of sour bamboo shoot and left. But now, as his master, he still had to take care of the aftermath.

The emperor shook his head in amusement. It was truly rare to see such obsession in his heart.

Stealing what he liked and then leaving, was this what a living person was like? He wasn't a zombie that was only thinking about revenge.

Of course, Jiang Ting was not a walking corpse, but he was usually expressionless and did not have any interest in anything.

This made the emperor even suspect that after taking revenge, Jiang Ting would start to look down on the mortal world and leave the world. When he thought about it later, this person had killed too many people, he feared that Jiang Ting would not do so.

It was possible for him to grow old by himself while guarding that mansion.

It looked like he should also worry a bit about this person's marriage. When everything was over, he would definitely find a good marriage for this person and let the Jiang family flourish. Only then would he be worthy of the old tutor's careful guidance.

His Majesty the emperor had truly worried about his old reading partner.

As for his reading partner, he had already left the city at midnight, heading towards the north toward the Tongzhou.

The sixteenth of the first month.

Song Zhien's school officially started.

Mian Niang sealed her tuition with a red packet, took out the piece of pork she bought in the city yesterday, chased the black donkey cart, and sent Song Zhien to the school.

Along with the other two children from the same village and the adults from their families.

However, the other families only involved their men, and the so-called head of the family was the Song family. The one who came forward was his sister.

It was just that no matter if it was the people from the village, or even Song Zhien himself, they had all gotten used to the Song Family coming out whenever there was trouble, and Mian Niang was the one coming out.

"Mian Niang, was what you said last night about collecting mountain goods as a basket, true?" The Second Uncle Tian sitting at the back of the carriage pondered for a long time before asking.

Yesterday, Mian Niang went to the county city. Other than collecting the debts of the Peach Blossom House, he also went to Tian Rusi's general store.

He discussed the matter of harvesting the mountain goods and making up baskets to sell the goods.

There were many goods on the mountain, and there were many people who would go in to pick them. However, most of them could not buy them, so they set up a stall on the street, and the money they could sell was limited, they even had to pay taxes, and they spent a lot of time there. After a while, everyone lost their spirit, picked mushrooms, hazelnuts and the like, and ate them at home.

The elm and willow branches on the mountain were all good materials for making baskets, but most of the baskets were for their own use.

There were no countryside bumpkins who didn't know how to make baskets. Even in the cities, people who used baskets like this were very aware of it.

No one remembered to sell this basket.

Tian Rusi had a regular customer from the south who specifically collected these things.

Mian Niang and Tian Rusi discussed then. She was responsible for collecting these things in the village and then selling them at Tian Rusi's place.

Tian Rusi was just worrying about the lack of reliable sources of goods, and the last batch of goods she received were wormy holes. She was worrying about this, she was just a woman and it was not easy to do business, but these people, they actually took out their own goods to trick her.

She happily poured a cup of fresh tea for Mian Niang and sat in front of him, saying: "Me, I've wanted to tell you about this for a long time, I don't trust other people, but you, I definitely can trust you, there's no one more reliable than you! Even if you try to trick someone, you won't trick your sister right?"

The tea was the new tea from last year. The tea leaves were spread out in the cup, bringing about a refreshing fragrance, Mian Niang took a whiff and felt that it was indeed stronger than the tea leaves she had at home.

"I've had this thought for a long time, but I've been too embarrassed to mention it due to my identity."

Mian Niang was a little embarrassed.

Tian Rusi misunderstood her meaning and laughed: "What are you saying, why are you so afraid of being young and unable to shoulder the burden? Big sister just wants to tell you, this guy, she's not afraid of being young at all. Only when she's young can she have the courage and drive.

She truly wanted to make this deal with Mian Niang, so naturally, it was not only because of Mian Niang's dependable and honest side, it was also because of some other thoughts, but she also felt that it was too embarrassing to say it out loud, and only felt that it was not yet time, so she temporarily put these things in her heart and tried to persuade Mian Niang to the best of her abilities. )))

Mian Niang understood her misunderstanding, but was not able to explain. She genuinely wanted to make this trade, and she agreed very quickly, but she still agreed to go home and discuss it with her elders.

When Tian Rusi heard her talk about her family's elders, and how at such a young age, she was about to shoulder the burden of supporting her family, she was sure that the elders of his family must be old, and they must be looking after their own little thoughts. Before Mian Niang left, they immediately went to her cabinet and gave her two pieces of treasured ginseng tou wrapped in paper to give to Mian Niang.

"Don't think that it's too crappy. These were all dropped from old ginseng. They're all good stuff."

In the end, Tian Rusi still threatened them: "If you don't accept it, then that means you don't sincerely want to do business with me. You look down on me, and since this is the case, then don't come into contact with me again in the future.

Mian Niang laughed helplessly: "Your hat is really heavy, it is so heavy that I can't even lift my head up."

had no choice but to accept it as well. He then accepted the ginseng tassel and pondered on how he could repay this favor.

After leaving Tian Rusi's place, Mian Niang took two more laps around the city with the furry donkey cart. Since she didn't have any gains, she finally managed to return home.

When she left in the morning, she had already told this thought to Ah Niang. Madame Song was only worried that she was not confident, that she had a deep understanding of business, and was afraid that Mian Niang would not be able to handle it, but she knew that Mian Niang had her reasons for doing so, and agreed to it no matter how unwilling she was.

This time, Mian Niang didn't need her to remind him;

As for the Lady Boss, the next time you go there, you can directly capture two of our old hens for her to make up for her body. These two chickens are naturally not as expensive as these things, so it counts as our good intentions.

Madame Song and Li weren't those kind of people who would die, right? She wasn't the least bit lacking in terms of favors.

This was the first time Mian Niang had been able to discuss matters with her, so she was naturally happy in her heart.

He promised and went to see the Minister.

Madame Song Li did not follow, but when Mian Niang walked into the courtyard of Li Chang Zai's house, the filigree who was working inside came out to welcome her, smiling and teasing her.

Mian Niang used to laugh too, but that smile was always mixed with a bit of force and disguise, upon sensing it, it made her heart ache.

But he could not blame Mian Niang, in the past, being able to smile in such a manner was already very powerful, and it was only like this, with Song Zhixiao's punishment, and the better it was, the more genuine Mian Niang's smile was.

The filigree patted Mian Niang's shoulders and the two people entered the house, seeing that had come, Mian Niang took out the ginseng tassel in her hand and brought it out.

Naturally there was no lack of rejection, but in the end, Mian Niang was the one who insisted and allowed her wife to accept the ginseng whisker.

Mian Niang explained her purpose for coming here, but she was still a bit hesitant, mainly because she was worried that the person in question might not be reliable, so Mian Niang suffered a loss.

However, it was indeed a good thing, as it could allow the villagers to earn more income.

Finally, after some thought, he decided to gather the people in the village to discuss and listen to their opinions.

The Minister did not want everyone to make a decision immediately. They would go home and think about it, discuss it, and then give him an answer.

Before the crowd dispersed, he said some nasty words, "This business thing, if there's loss, then there's gain. If there's loss, then everyone cannot complain to Mian Niang. Furthermore, when taking in the mountain, everyone thought of it, don't make things difficult for Mian Niang, those with worms, their quality isn't good, but Mian Niang doesn't want to take them, if anyone dares to fool around, I will directly take charge of Mian Niang, and will not take over their family ever again. "

Everyone was still in disbelief as they discussed animatedly: "It's not that there aren't any capable people in the village, but they haven't even gotten up yet. How could Mian Niang, a woman, get up?"

"She did earn a bit of money selling tofu. It's a good thing that she got the Peach Blossom House, but I can't say that she really has the ability. Making tofu is the same as actually doing business, right?"

There were also those who were in favor of this idea, "Hills and wooden ears and baskets are nothing special. If it wasn't for this incident, everyone's things would just be moldy at home. It's not bad to earn more money."

"Although Mian Niang is silent, she is not an impetuous person. If she said that it was alright, there's a 80 to 90% chance that there wouldn't be any mistakes, not to mention that she still has a long history to prove it."

At that time, the ones who said that were Second Uncle Tian and Second Aunt Tian.

They didn't fully trust Mian Niang, but they were still willing to protect her in front of others.

Mian Niang did not hide it from him: "What's going on, it's true, I had thought about it before, but because I am a woman, I did not think about it, now I think about it, my own family's life is good, I don't think about it, the people from Tian Jia Wan are so nice to our family, everyone is having a good time, I am truly happy."