Noble Lady

Chapter 226: Lard is blinded

"I'm here for one thing only, Xue Chenyu. I want to marry Miss Bai Xiruo from Zuixianju, but I need 15,000 taels to redeem her. You pay this money first, and I will return it to you later."

He Minzhi said as a matter of course, and then said: "But you can rest assured, even if Miss Bai marries me in the future, I will not treat you unfairly."

What a thick skin.

What a big face!

"Master He, although my last name is Xue and my family has some wealth, I am not an inexhaustible money bag. You have found the wrong person."

He really thought she was a fool.

"So, you're not willing to help?" He Minzhi narrowed his eyes slightly. "Xue Chenyu, don't refuse a toast. Don't forget how your Wu'an Marquis Mansion approached me in the first place."

"If I hadn't been the son-in-law of a Hanlin scholar, when would your Xue family have become the target of public criticism?"

If the Xue family really relied on this crappy Hanlin son-in-law, they would have been finished long ago.

"That's my Xue family's business, so Lord He, please don't worry about it. You should think about how to raise the money to redeem Miss Bai."

"I want to see how long your Xue family can continue to be so rampant?!" He Minzhi stood up and left in anger.

Xue Chenyu said coldly from behind him, "Master He, don't just sit there and watch over a mountain of treasure without knowing how to use it. You almost forced the fourth girl to death before you got this nice shop. Have you forgotten that?"

He Minzhi was about to leave the yard, but when he heard Xue Chenyu's words, he couldn't help but pause.

Yes, before, He Jixiang would rather take out his mother's belongings and sign a severance agreement with him and leave the He family.

Ruyi's incident some time ago made the family a mess, and now it's Miss Bai's matter, he really forgot about it.

It’s a good deal for Xue Chenyu.

"Let's go to mother."

……

"Aunt, Rou'er hasn't seen you for a few days. You have lost weight now." Ji Minrou gently pinched Liu's shoulders, her words as sweet as ever.

Liu enjoyed her service and patted her hand gently, saying, "Actually, you don't need to do this now. Your most important task now is to take good care of the one in your belly and expand the He family."

"Aunt, Rou'er knows what's going on." Ji Minrou smiled tenderly.

He Minzhi came over excitedly and saw this scene.

"Cousin." Ji Minrou called out in surprise and hurried forward to greet him.

He Minzhi quickly helped the man up and said, "We are all family. There is no need for so many formalities in the future."

"Yes, cousin." Ji Minrou glanced at him and then turned away shyly.

She looks like a shy newlywed woman.

He Minzhi had just been humiliated by Xue Chenyu, and when he saw her expression like this, he felt like the head of the family again.

"Rou'er, why don't you rest in your room? Mother has plenty of people to serve her, so don't work too hard."

With a smile on his face, a gentle voice, and caring and considerate attitude, he is an almost impeccable and gentle husband.

"To answer my cousin, Rou'er has been sitting or lying down every day lately and is a little tired, so she wanted to go out for a walk. It was Rou'er's own wish to accompany Auntie. It's not hard at all."

He Minzhi nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, Mrs. Liu said, "Dalang, you've come at the perfect time. Rou'er was just saying that we were talking about opening a winery before, but we got delayed due to various things. Now is a good opportunity."

He Minzhi was stunned for a moment. He wanted to sell the shop, so why was he talking about opening a winery?

Now, the fastest way he could think of to make money was through gambling.

He had an inside connection, and if he could sell the shop as capital, he was confident that he could make the money back quickly.

If you open a winery, although the remuneration is extremely high, the initial preparation work and the time to generate revenue will take at least several months to more than half a year.

Besides, brewing wine is a technical job that not just anyone can do well.

"Isn't this decision too hasty, mother? Haven't you tried before, and didn't they all end in failure?"

Ji Minrou was stunned for a moment. After she realized that he was talking about her, her eyes became red and she was about to cry, "... Cousin, it was all my fault before. I had even found a winemaker, but I didn't expect something like this to happen..."

"Before, I was possessed by evil spirits and blinded by greed. I will never do that again."

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Liu interrupted him again: "Didn't you say you wouldn't pursue the matter any further? Whatever silver we can recover will be considered as good as it is?"

It was discovered at that time that Ji Minrou had taken away a total of more than 8,000 taels of silver.

Although the balance of the house purchase payment was taken away by her uncle, who was a life of luxury, drinking, whoring and gambling, fortunately the deposit of more than 2,000 taels was returned.

It can be considered as recovering some losses.

In addition, Ji Minrou became pregnant later, so He Minzhi discussed with Liu's mother and son that it would be best if the remaining silver could be recovered. If not, they would just sell Ji Minrou's uncle's house.

Liu thought the matter was over, but she didn't expect He Minzhi to bring it up again. This made Liu a little unhappy. "Da Lang, a real man, even if our He family is not as wealthy as the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, you should still keep your word. How can you be so fickle?"

"No, mother, I am not..." This means.

"It's settled." Liu didn't give him a chance to speak and directly decided the matter.

"We have the shop and the money. All you have to do is find a few decent people to run the shop."

After a pause, Liu said with some difficulty, "If you really don't understand business, go ask... Xue."

The winery must be opened, and this may be the most profitable business of the He family in the future.

But he still has to redeem Miss Bai.

I just asked her to borrow money and she kicked me out. How could I go back to her now?

He Minzhi knew his mother's temper and didn't dare to say this to her face. He could only suppress this thought temporarily.

I was also secretly thinking of other solutions.

But he didn't know that everything he did now was a stupid thing that would ruin his future.

……

Before evening, Zhang came to Furongju.

Xue Chenyu treated her to delicious tea and snacks. Zhang Shi sat down and didn't even bother to enjoy herself. She complained, "Da Lang has the nerve to ask me to be his lobbyist. I don't want to be the bad guy. It's really amazing that he came up with such an idea."

"What's wrong? What bad idea has he come up with?"

Zhang shook her head. "I don't really know. I only know that Dalang went to Ciwenyuan, and it seems my eldest sister-in-law has finalized the plan to open a winery. However, my eldest nephew feels that the money in the mansion's account is not enough, so he wants to mortgage the shop to you and ask for money."

"Among all of them, who has the brains to run a business? They should have some money and think about how to run their current business. Why do they have to do these things?"

"I'm sorry to trouble the second old lady." Xue Chenyu thought about it and handed her some chilled fruit.

The second room was not as comfortable as the first room. There was less ice, let alone chilled fruit, and life was very tight.

"Madam, you are so polite. I just walked a few steps and said a few words. Why bother with you? If I hadn't come to you, I wouldn't be able to eat such chilled fresh fruit."

Xue Chenyu didn't continue to be polite and asked Yuzhu to get a basket of fruits and put ice on the bottom to prevent them from spoiling.

Zhang thanked her again.

As for He Minzhi's wishful thinking, Xue Chenyu didn't take it to heart at all.

In order to strengthen the management of market vendors, the imperial court introduced new regulations last year.

All merchants, vendors, shops and other practitioners must join the "guild". Merchants must form "guilds" according to their business types and register according to their industries. People or shops that do not join the "guild" and do not register are not allowed to engage in business.

Ji Minrou had never done business and didn't know there was such a rule.

Not to mention, you need a special liquor license to sell alcohol.

She really wanted to see what they could come up with.

……