Chapter 61: Refuse marriage

The lotus leaf ran out of breath: "The slave servant heard that all the tens of thousands of mu of mulberry fields in our mansion had problems. The mulberry leaves were withered and there was no way to feed the silkworms!"
Nan Baoyi was surprised.
Nanfu has been in the Shu brocade business for hundreds of years. She has been fascinated by her since she was a child, and she knows exactly what a problem with the mulberry tree means.
"The slave maid also heard that the stock of fresh mulberry leaves in the warehouse can only last for five or six days. It is too late to wait for the new leaves to grow. Now is the critical period of spring silkworm cocooning, which is too bad-eh, girl, you go where!"
Holding the skirt corners, Nan Baoyi ran towards Songheyuan.
Panting, she ran to the flower hall, holding the door and looking inward.
The atmosphere in the hall was gloomy.
The grandmother looked through the account book solemnly, and underneath stood several chief stewards of the Zhuangzi, all with a calm face and faint tears in her eyes.
Millions of spring silkworms, the sericulture farmers have worked so hard to feed them all in the spring. If they all die, not only the sericulture farmers will have no harvest, but the weavers will also lose their jobs.
It will kill people!
Grandma closed the ledger, "If you buy mulberry leaves from elsewhere..."
The manager was very embarrassed. "On the day of the accident, the villain sent someone to the market to ask. But overnight, the price of mulberry leaves in Jinguancheng skyrocketed. At this time, the purchase at this time would not be worth the loss. If you buy from other places, I am afraid that time Too late...not to mention, which one has so many mulberry leaves?"
While discussing it, Mother Ji hurried in and whispered in the old lady's ear.
The old lady frowned. "What is she doing?"
After a pause, she said: "Fine, please come in."
Not long after, Nan Baoyi saw Mrs. Xia come over.
Madam Xia smiled and took the seat, "I heard that the old lady is in trouble, so I came here to see if there is anything I can do to help."
"Excuse me." The old lady smiled and motioned for the maid to serve tea.
Nan Baoyi hid outside the door, her slender and charming Danfeng eyes, revealing dots of dark light.
The Nan family and the Xia family are both Shu brocade merchants.
The Xia family also has ten thousand acres of mulberry fields and countless weaving workshops. If anyone can control the market price of mulberry leaves, it can only be the Xia family.
Could it be that the Xia family was behind the scenes of the Nanjia Sangtian accident?
Yes, the grandmother rejected the marriage of the Xia family last time, and Mrs. Xia must have a grudge...
Nan Baoyi gritted her teeth and heard Madam Xia smile:
"Now is the critical period for the cocoon formation of spring silkworms. If you starve to death, it would be a shame. Our family can allocate enough mulberry leaves to subsidize you. For the sake of years of friendship, the price can be negotiated."
The old lady kept quiet: "Let's talk about it, what conditions."
"The old lady is so refreshing!" Madam Xia laughed from ear to ear, "We are Qingqing, I have taken a fancy to Young Master Xiao of your house, and our family really wants to marry you. As long as the old lady accepts this marriage, Nan The mansion lacks mulberry leaves, the Xia family is willing to take it all!"
Shameless!
Nan Baoyi cursed secretly in her heart.
She hugged the fan and looked at her grandmother nervously.
Grandmother put down the tea cup and stroked the hem of her skirt kindly, "I'm afraid, let Madam Xia run for nothing."
She is a businessman.
The value of Xiao Yi is far more valuable than the one-year Shu brocade harvest.
She will not do the stupid thing of picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelon.
Madam Xia's face was ugly, and she obviously didn't expect that she would be rejected.
She curled her eyebrows fiercely: "Old lady, you are old, don't be stupid!"
"If Mrs. Xia has nothing else to do, please go back. Please worry about our family affairs."
Before Mrs. Xia's chair was hot, she was ordered to evict her.
She got up angrily, "I want to see, without the help of our Xia family, how do you get through this challenge!"
After she left, the old lady gradually reduced her smile.
She stroked the ledger, her old face seemed to have two fine lines.
Nan Baoyi felt very distressed.
She knew that the second uncle and the eldest brother were doing business outside, and the second aunt went to Du'an County to check the accounts. Her father was useless, so the grandmother was the only one who could really take care of things in the house.
Grandma is so old that she shouldn't work hard.
She stepped into the threshold, "Grandma..."
Seeing that it was her, the old lady immediately smiled and waved: "When did Jiaojiao'er come over? Come and give grandma a hug!"
Nan Baoyi leaned into her arms charmingly, "What kind of incense does grandma smoke today? It smells particularly good!"
"Grandmother is very old, it's not you little girls, what incense is it?"
"It must be the grandmother who served in front of the Buddha for a long time, and was contaminated with the incense of the Buddha! The Buddha is blessing the grandmother!"
The old man was coaxed into a smile by her.
She scraped the tip of Nan Baoyi's nose, "The little mouth is so sweet!"
Nan Baoyi took the opportunity to say, "Grandma, are you worried about Sangtian?"
The old man's eyes darkened, and he smiled reluctantly: "It's all business matters, Jiaojiao don't have to worry. As long as you eat and drink well every day, grandmother is happier than anything else!"
"Grandma, I am also a member of the mansion. Now that something has happened in the mansion, I should help. You are old and it is very inconvenient to go to Zhuangzi. I would like to go to Zhuangzi for you to see what those mulberry fields are what happened."
"Are you going to Zhuangzi?"
The old man was surprised.
How could she go to a place like Zhuangzi because her Jiaojiaoer had been raised since she was a deep boudoir?
Nan Baoyi nodded seriously, "Grandma, I am not afraid of hardship."
"but--"
"Grandma, you should let me go out to relax!" Nan Baoyi acted like a baby.
The old man couldn't help her, so he had to agree to let her go to Zhuangzi with the steward tomorrow morning.
After the little girl left, Mother Ji beat her shoulders and smiled: "Miss Fifth is sensible, and she knows she has helped the mansion."
The old lady smiled.
She didn't expect Jiaojiao'er to be of any help, but the little girl's filial piety was so precious that she should fulfill it.
She raised her hand and rubbed her temples, and began to worry about the mulberry leaves again.
...
Nan Baoyi returned to Chaowenyuan and happily asked Lotus Leaf to pack up.
The lotus leaf collapsed, "Miss, you are not a gardener, there is a problem with the mulberry tree, what use is it for you to run over? This is to add chaos!"
Nan Baoyi proudly said, "Lotus leaf, how can you look down on me? Your lady, I, I have won the first place in the Hua Dynasty event anyway. That's a Bingxue clever, big wise and foolish!"
She does not know how to care for mulberry trees.
But this does not mean that she has no choice.
He Ye couldn't understand what medicine she was selling in the gourd, so she had to help her pack up.
The second day.
The sky was faintly bright, and Nan Baoyi rode a carriage to the Qingcheng Mountain Villa.
The road is so long that you have to drive for half a day.
When she was dozing off, a carriage quietly appeared behind the official road.
Xiao Yi was sitting in the car, looking through the accounts.
He needs to go to Qingcheng Mountain to supervise grain and check accounts.
The driver of the car suddenly reminded: "My son, isn't that the carriage in our house?"