In fact, Jiao Shun did not expect things to go so smoothly.

He originally planned to repeat his old tricks to temper Miaoyu's temperament, but who would have thought that Miaoyu would succumb so quickly.

Last night in the main hall, her resistance was not even as strong as that of Wang Xifeng who was willing to do so. Of course, Feng Lazi would be quickly defeated every time she provoked her with all her teeth and claws, and her endurance was far inferior to Miaoyu's.

These will not be discussed in detail.

But it was said that Jiao Shun did not drive his mule cart out of the back gate of Muni Courtyard until three o'clock in the morning.

The whole journey was silent.

When I saw the entrance of Rongning Street, I saw a donkey-pulled cart parked in front of the corner gate of Rongguo Mansion in the distance. The boys were moving in and out to load things on the cart, and several maids and servants were surrounding the cart.

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As soon as Jiao Shun thought about it, he guessed that Grandma Liu was leaving.

So when he returned home, he specially sent Hongyu to give fifteen taels of silver to Grandma Liu. It wasn't that he was stingy, it was mainly because it was difficult to cover the expenses of the Rongguo Mansion.

As the saying goes, gold shines wherever it comes. Recently, because Lin Hongyu has gradually shown her talents, Jiao Shun likes to instruct her in everything. Yuchai is very fond of this, but when asked about the past events of Guancui'an, she also

All we could do was to calm down and stop.

Xing Xiuyan heard Jiao Shun mentioning Grandma Liu, and after briefly asking about the reason, he quietly added half a piece of silk cloth to her.

Hongyu gathered her money and hugged the silk cloth, and hurried to the door. She saw that Grandma Liu had already boarded the donkey cart and was about to leave the city.

So he hurriedly shouted to stop it, saying that his uncle also had a gift for him.

When Grandma Liu heard that it was the master who held the ceremony that day, she hurriedly jumped out of the car. She thanked her profusely and asked her grandson Ban'er to kowtow in the direction of Jiao's family before loading the things into the car.

Wiping tears, he said goodbye to Zhou Rui's family, Ping'er and Hongyu.

"She really caught up this time."

As Zhou Rui's family said, they called Ping'er and Hongyu and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to go back and resume our lives. Alas, there are so many things to do in this day. Sometimes I really want to spend some time in a village in the countryside."

A day when the sky is pure.”

"What's so hard about this?"

Ping'er had always been familiar with her, so he smiled and said: "Didn't Uncle Zhou go to various places with the second master to visit Wanchenli in autumn? I will go there next time, and my aunt will follow."

"I do think so."

Zhou Rui's family shook their heads and said, "But you can't have no one around to take care of your wife, right? Besides, there are so many things going on in this family..."

Just as he was talking, he suddenly saw a group of people and horses galloping towards him. The leader was none other than Zhou Rui, who was going to inspect the autumn harvest. Since he was here, it was obvious that the person on the gorgeous carriage behind him must be Zhou Rui.

Jia Lian has no doubt.

Zhou Rui's family was surprised and happy. They rushed forward and shouted: "Master, why didn't you send someone to inform the family in advance and you came back?"

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Zhou Rui tightened the reins hard, turned over and dismounted, but ignored his wife and asked Ping'er: "Is the second grandma at home?"

"You should be in the small hall right now."

Ping'er answered, and when he saw his expression was different, he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "Uncle Zhou is so anxious to come back, and he asked about Second Mistress, could it be that something went wrong in Zhuangzi?"

"Alas~"

Zhou Rui sighed and said helplessly: "It would be simple if it were just a matter in Zhuangzi. There hasn't been a good harvest in the past few years. More or less doesn't mean anything."

From what he said, it was obvious that the problem was very serious.

Before Ping'er could ask again, Jia Lian's carriage also arrived. Before the carriage could completely stabilize, Jia Lian jumped down from behind and staggered half a step. Fortunately, a boy helped him to avoid falling.

But he pushed the boy away ungratefully, turned around and asked the same question as Zhou Rui: "Where are you grandma?"

Zhou Rui rushed to answer: "I just asked, the second grandma should be doing housework in the small hall."

Jia Lian stopped talking and rushed in with a sullen face and head.

Seeing this, Ping'er was busy and followed him not too far away...

There are two flowers blooming, one on each side. "w forcing q"

As soon as Grandma Liu left, all the girls gathered in Daoxiang Village. However, it was the fourth girl, Xichun, who was asked by the old lady to describe the events of yesterday's visit to the courtyard and have a banquet and draw it into an album.

Xichun originally had no interest in the poetry club, and he had recently become aware of Chai Dai and Xiangyun Tanchun, who were secretly doing something behind his back and his second sister's back.

I will take a year's leave and will not participate in the poetry club's activities during this period.

Everyone tried to persuade her to stay, and Dai Yuyin laughed and said, "It's all because of the old lady's words yesterday, asking her to draw some garden pictures, which gave her an excuse to be lazy."

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly corrected: "Don't blame the old lady, it's all what Grandma Liu said."

Daiyu closed her mouth and said: "But, it's all her words. She is a grandma of that kind, just call her 'Mother Locust'."

He said it and everyone laughed.

Seeing that everyone was joking but refused to give him leave, Xichun complained again: "I originally said that I would only paint this garden, but yesterday the old lady said that painting the garden alone would not make the house look like it? I asked everyone to paint it too.

It would be better to look like a carnival painting - but I don't know how to detail the building, and I don't know how to draw figures, and I can't refute the old lady's ideas. It's really a dilemma."

Daiyu covered her mouth with a fan and asked with a smile: "That's all, but I wonder if you can draw grass and insects?"

Li Wan was eating melon seeds at the side, and his dexterous tongue could wrap the seeds out with just a few twists. In just a moment, he peeled off half a plate of melon seeds. Now when he heard Daiyu's words, he couldn't help but wonder: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

?Are there any grass or insects in this painting?"

Lin Daiyu spread her hands: "It doesn't matter if you don't draw other grass insects. If you don't draw the 'mother locust' yesterday, wouldn't there be a shortage of examples?!"

Everyone realized that there was a sequel to her joke, so they laughed even harder.

Daiyu herself laughed so much that she held her chest with both hands and urged Xichun: "Hurry up and draw it. I even have the inscription and postscript. I'll call it "The Picture of Carrying Locusts Chewing"!"

Everyone laughed more and more after hearing this.

At this time, I suddenly heard a "clunking" sound. When I looked around hurriedly, I saw that it was Xiangyun leaning on the back of the chair. The chair was not stable at first. She was leaning on the back of the chair and laughing. She accidentally used the wrong force twice and hit the chair.

It tilted eastward, and even the person and the chair fell over. Fortunately, there was a wooden wall blocking it, so it didn't fall to the ground.

Seeing this, everyone became more and more unable to stop.

Tan Chunyuan also laughed for a while, and suddenly remembered Jiao Shun's previous criticism, so he quickly stopped laughing and took the initiative to change the subject and asked: "By the way, there are so many people here today, but why don't you see Sister Baoqin?"

Xue Baochai hurriedly explained: "Going to see her brother, it seems that she is going to delay preparing the boat back to the south."

After saying this, everyone stopped laughing.

Because of Bao Qin's temperament, even though we only got along with him for less than a month, everyone was reluctant to part with her.

Jia Baoyu even blurted out: "Why are you leaving? Wouldn't it be better to just stay at our house and talk and laugh every day?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xue Baochai made a serious face and said: "She still has her mother at home, but she is ill now. It's not wrong...otherwise she should have gone back to Jinling long ago!"

She showed off her filial piety, and Baoyu realized that she was being abrupt. He didn't dare to reply, but his face still looked like he couldn't give up.

At this time, Amber suddenly came looking for her, but it was the old lady who asked everyone to collect money to celebrate Wang Xifeng's birthday. It's more or less informal, as long as you have a heart.

Li Wan hurriedly asked Mrs. Wang about Aunt Xue's customs, and then asked everyone to pay money per head.

After gathering the money together, she said again: "Young man, I have to tell Sister-in-law Zhen. It's hard for the old lady to speak, so why don't I go for a walk? I'll wait until I get her share together."

Just deliver it in person."

After hearing this, Amber went back to the old lady's courtyard to report.

However, when they arrived in the courtyard, they saw that the festive atmosphere in front of the door was gone. The maids and servants were all silent, and they couldn't help but peek inside.

Amber didn't understand what had happened, and was worried about being hit by a gun, so she took the maid she knew well to ask her carefully.

But it turned out that Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang and others were talking and laughing about celebrating Wang Xifeng's birthday, when suddenly they saw Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian rushing over in a hurry.

At first, the old lady joked that "Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here" at this time. Everyone was laughing together in the meeting. Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng opened his mouth and the happy atmosphere came to an abrupt end.

"Ancestor, Prince Zhongshun also wants to start a tire shop business!"

The atmosphere in the room stagnated, and the smile on Jia Mu's face faded visibly. She frowned and said, "Where did you get this news? Have you ever confirmed it?"

Wang Xifeng looked sideways at Jia Lian. Jia Lian immediately took a step forward and said with a bitter face: "There shouldn't be any lies. It was the steward of the Zhenguo Palace who secretly told me when my grandson was patrolling the village. He also said yes, yes.

There is a thief in our family, and he has revealed the latest tire manufacturing method, as well as the cost and profit, to Prince Zhongshun's palace!"

When Jiao Shun took the lead in planning the pneumatic tire business, most of the strategies he formulated were imitated by later generations. Firstly, he had good cost control, and secondly, he constantly improved the technology. Therefore, although there were imitations on the market, they did not threaten Rongguofu.

Dominance position.

After adding the bonus of imperial certification, and even using price reduction and promotion methods, it monopolized 90% of the market.

And because of the yard repairs, Feng Ya went from being frugal to extravagant, and her expenses continued to increase. This tire shop has almost become the lifeblood of the palace. Now I heard that this business is being targeted by the Zhongshun Palace, and even colludes with it.

The mole stole the latest craftsmanship, and everyone couldn't help but be in an uproar.

The old lady slammed her cane on the ground a few times and shouted: "How could it be like this? How could it be like this?! Didn't I give you a lot of instructions and tell you to take care of the shop? Why did you end up causing such trouble?

A thief?!"

"Old lady Mingjian!
To be continued...