A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Su Shunci raised her head when she heard the sound, with a look of surprise on her face.

"Eldest sister is here, sit down quickly." He then ordered the maid Jinyun, "Hurry up and serve tea. I want the new purple bamboo shoots this year."

The two sisters sat down on one side, and Su Shunci said happily: "Sister, my third cousin helped me contact a Sichuan brocade merchant a few days ago. Our business has been very good these days."

"I guess I can pay dividends to my eldest sister next month."

Because the two sisters are partners, Su Shunci works more carefully and cautiously than before. I was afraid that I would lose Su Qingyu's money and let her down.

Su Shunci became very motivated when she thought that she could make money through her own efforts and share dividends with her eldest sister. These past few days I have been busy checking accounts and selecting goods, and I have often been busy until very late. I'm a little tired, but my spirit is very good.

Su Qingyu frowned and looked at her, "How busy are you? Why are you getting dark circles under your eyes?"

"How old are you? You may get sick from overwork and become a little old lady."

Su Shunci was amused by Su Qingyu and laughed loudly, "Big sister is scaring people. No matter how hard I endure it, I won't turn into a little old lady."

While talking, he yawned.

Su Qingyu looked at her distressedly and said, "Instruct the people below you to do more of the things at hand. If there are not enough people, spend money to find them."

Su Shunci knew that she was worried, so she nodded and comforted: "I know, I'll take a good rest after these busy days."

"You've been away these days. Didn't your grandmother and father say anything to you?" Su Qingyu asked again. She was always afraid that Su Shunci's family would find out about this and make things difficult for her.

Su Shunci smiled playfully, "I told them that I would look for connections and see if I could open a silk shop."

"Don't you, eldest sister, understand your grandmother? If I say this, even if I don't return home for three days and three nights, she won't look for me."

Thinking of what happened in the mansion, Su Shunci smiled and said, "If eldest sister returns to the mansion in a few months, I'm afraid all that will be left is the courtyard wall."

Su Qingyu was startled, then laughed out loud, "You mean, the mansion has been relying on selling things to make a living?"

Su Shunci curled her lips, "Isn't it? Grandma and father sell a lot especially. I haven't seen what the second aunt sells, so I guess she has a lot of money. The third uncle and the third aunt's family are not rich, so I followed the instructions of the eldest sister and sold them privately. It’s a bit subsidized.”

"That's the case, the food and clothing expenses in the house have not been reduced at all. A few days ago, a distant relative of my grandmother's family sent me a message, and my grandmother was stunned and asked someone to send two hundred taels of silver."

"I just want to see how many things they can sell and how many years they can last like this."

Su Qingyu thought of the last letter Su Shunci sent and said coldly: "They have not reduced their expenses. They are probably waiting for mother to return home and help them as before."

Su Shunci's expression turned cold when she heard this, "Let her daydream about her mother's dreams. It's actually beautiful."

Since the little girl went out to do business, she has learned a lot of curse words.

"Grandmother is still waiting for Su Xiangling to marry into a wealthy family. The family is already in such a difficult situation, but Su Xiangling has everything she needs for clothes and jewelry." Su Shunci got angry whenever she mentioned this. The whole family was confused.

Su Qingyu heard her mention Su Xiangling and asked, "Is she still so close to the prince these days?"

Su Shunci nodded, "In the morning, she showed off to me with a post, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince invited her to go to another courtyard in a few days."

Su Qingyu smiled. It seemed that Su Xiangling was dedicated to the Feng throne.

Then she got down to business, "Aci, I'll send someone to give you some money in two days. You use the money to buy some cheap cotton cloth. When the cotton from mother comes back, you can find someone to make cotton clothes."

Although Su Shunci didn't understand the reason, she still said, "I understand. Do you have any requirements for cotton?"

Su Qingyu said: "The cheaper, the better. Contact a few familiar brocade merchants. You can buy the old fabrics in their warehouses. They will not be happy to sell them to you cheaply."

In the previous life, this year was a cold winter. Not only the north was affected, but the south of the Yangtze River, which was always warm as spring, was also much colder than before, so cotton cloth and cotton-padded clothes immediately became a hot commodity.

Fortunately for the rich family, the servants in the mansion worked hard for a few days and made thick cotton-padded jackets. It is the poor people who are suffering. They cannot afford high-priced cotton or charcoal, so they can only carry it.

So she asked Su Shunci to buy some cheap cotton cloth and make them into cotton-padded jackets for sale.

In addition, Shen Zhixiu is the second assistant in the cabinet, and the Lin family and his mother are merchants. Maybe the disaster relief work will fall on them again. This batch of cotton-padded clothes is used for disaster relief. It is low-cost and very useful. It can save many lives.

After returning to the Shen family, Su Qingyu went straight into the study and began to calculate the cash in her hand.

To buy cotton, you need to spend 500,000 taels of silver. To buy cotton cloth for Su Shunci, you don't have much money. Eighteen thousand taels is enough.

She calculated over and over again that she could collect three hundred thousand taels of cash in hand, which also included the gold Shen Zhixiu paid when he was hired. Privately, she didn't want to touch the gold in the betrothal gift.

Su Qingyu held an abacus in one hand and a pen in the other, frowning in thought. Is she also going to sell her property?

Seeing that she had been calculating for an hour, Pearl's expression became worse and worse, so she persuaded her: "Madam, why don't you borrow some from the third cousin?"

Su Qingyu shook her head, "It's better to say goodbye. Now is the time to collect grain. I don't want to hold back my third cousin."

Pearl rolled her eyes and thought of another idea.

"Why don't you ask Third Master? Don't we still have money in our yard's account?"

Su Qingyu hesitated for a moment and then shook her head, "Forget it, the total amount in Xiyuan's account is less than 100,000 taels of silver. Besides, I want to give this money to my mother, so I can't bear to give my husband's money to my mother's family. Three Even if I don’t have any objections, it’s not good for other people in the house to find out.”

Pearl didn't know why, and looked confused, "Didn't Madam always say that husband and wife are one body before? Why do you say that now?"

Su Qingyu felt a headache from settling the accounts, so she simply put down her pen and started talking to Pearl.

"These are two different things. Although husband and wife are one, there is a certain balance that must be maintained sometimes."

"Some things can be done casually, but some things should not be messed up. The sense of proportion here must be grasped."

Just like after her mother got married, she mixed her dowry with the money from the house, and finally the trouble got out of hand.

She is the same, she can't regard the Shen family's and Shen Zhixiu's as hers. Her private money can be given to her mother, but Shen Zhixiu cannot.

Pearl seemed to understand, and muttered, "I thought the Madam and the Third Master had already made no distinction between you and me."

Su Qingyu shook her head and was about to tease Pearl when she heard Jade's voice coming from outside.

"Third Master, why didn't you go in?"