[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Chen Hu nodded: "Humble job is very sure."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said dumbfoundedly: "I didn't expect that the water rushed into the Dragon King Temple, and my family beat my family."

She didn't expect Jia Lian to start a business after he came to Jinling, and he happened to choose the grain business.

And there's the issue of heirs...

Lin Liu was a little puzzled. She remembered that Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian had been married for a few years, and sister Qiao was born?And in the original book, Wang Xifeng doesn't seem like someone who cares about his offspring.

If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have miscarried her child because of being busy.

After hesitating, Lin Liu still said, "The next time you see Mrs. Xu and Xiao Jia Wang, tell me that the jade I brought to Jinling this time has run out. If you want it, you can only wait until next time."

Wang Xifeng has just been married for less than three years, and it's not that she can't conceive, so there is really no need to use other means to conceive.

Maybe it won't be long before she becomes pregnant with sister Qiao?

Although Chen Hu didn't understand the reason, he still nodded in response.

After hearing Chen Hu's words, Wang Xifeng looked disappointed: "Is it true that your master doesn't have anything to make people pregnant? You brought a few this time, why did you give them away so quickly?"

Chen Hu looked up at Wang Xifeng, and said, "This thing is precious, so I didn't bring much with me to prevent it from being lost. There are so many people who want this thing, and it's been a month since my master came to Jinling, so naturally all of them have been given away. .”

Wang Xifeng thought of her urgency to seek a child, and believed Chen Hu's words: "Then bring that thing next time, can you keep one for me? If you think that my husband and I have no talent for doing business, we are willing to take money Buy, I'm not short of money."

Thinking of Lin Liu's attitude, Chen Hu nodded hesitantly: "I will pass on Madam's request to the master, but during this time, Madam should take good care of her body, so as not to get jade in time, but other problems will occur because of your health. Accident."

Wang Xifeng nodded naturally: "Don't worry, I will pay attention."

Now that she has hope, she will naturally not spoil her body.

After Lin Liu knew Wang Xifeng's "not short of money", she almost laughed out loud.Thinking that she hadn't seen Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng for several years, she simply asked Liang Xia to send a letter to the Jia family in Jinling, asking them to come out to meet.

But before the meeting time, Jia Lian brought Wang Xifeng and impatiently appeared in front of Lin Liu's courtyard.

Lin Liu invited people in with a smile.

As soon as they met, Jia Lian couldn't wait to call out "Cousin Lin", and then directly found a seat and sat down.

Seeing Wang Xifeng standing beside her, she didn't say sit down, so she quickly patted the seat next to her: "Cousin Lin is one of my own, so don't be so restrained."

Seeing Jia Lian's closeness to Lin Liu, Wang Xifeng was still a little jealous, but Jia Lian's words and deeds quickly dispelled her jealousy.She smiled shyly at Lin Liu, then sat next to Jia Lian, and purposely stretched out her hand to hook Jia Lian's hand.

Jia Lian looked at her suspiciously, but didn't break free, and let her hold her hand——

Anyway, they are all their own people, so there is no need to pay too much attention.

Lin Liu noticed Wang Xifeng's small movements and couldn't help shaking her head and laughing.In order to reassure Wang Xifeng, she sat directly opposite the two.

Jia Lian couldn't wait to speak: "Cousin Lin, when did you arrive in Jinling, why didn't you tell me? If I knew, I would pick you up when you came."

Lin Liu shook his head: "I sent Guiling back to take the provincial examination. I was in Gusu before, so I didn't think of sending you a letter. This time I came to Jinling because I have something to do, and I won't waste too much time here, so I never thought of contacting you."

Jia Lian was a little unhappy: "I asked someone to inquire. The neighbors around you all said that you have been in Jinling for a month, and you don't remember to say hello to me for such a long time, and you don't think much of me. Bar?"

Lin Liu explained: "I really didn't think about it. I was going to leave Jinling in the past two days. If I didn't suddenly remember that you are still in Jinling, I might have already left."

Jia Lian was stunned: "Leaving so soon?"

Lin Liu nodded: "Can I still lie to you? Guiling just finished the college exam, and will take the township exam soon. I'm planning to go to Yangzhou, buy some things, and then go back to Gusu directly. Ling lives alone in the old house, so I don't feel at ease."

Jia Lian saw that Lin Liu was really busy with business, so he didn't think about himself, and the little discomfort in his heart dissipated——

He knew that Lin Liu had been in Jinling for a month, but he never thought about passing a message to him. He thought that after many years, Cousin Lin had forgotten about him.

Today's Jia Lian is not what it used to be. After living in his grandfather's house for a period of time, although he still does not plan to take the imperial examination, he has learned a lot of truths through reading and the careful teaching of his elders.

After understanding those principles, he could easily see his isolated and helpless situation in Rongguo Mansion, and why the old lady's attitude towards him was so different.

Jia Lian knew very well that besides the elders of his grandfather's family, the only people in the world who really treat him well are the Lin family who lived there for a few years.

If Cousin Lin forgets herself because of the separation of several years, he will naturally feel uncomfortable.

Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Jia Lian is in a much better mood: "Then you will be leaving Jinling in a few days?"

Lin Liu nodded: "After we met this side, I'm going to leave."

Jia Lian was a little disappointed: "Can't you stay in Jinling for a few more days? I remember that the township examination is still about two months away, so you can definitely stay in Jinling for a while. Not to mention anything else, you can also give my cousin a business income." Isn't that the idea?"

Wang Xifeng also chimed in: "Yes, Cousin Lin, I didn't know until Jia Lian and I came out that it turned out that doing business is not so easy. We were full of confidence when we came to Jiangnan two years ago, and we originally planned to sell salt. Business. We thought, with the power of the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family, if you want to visit the Yan Yushi, you won’t even give us a salt invitation.”

Of course the idea was good, but the final result made Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng fall through their glasses.

Jia Lian cried and said, "In order to start the salt business, we gave almost half of our property. Who knew that we didn't know until we came to the south of the Yangtze River, because the imperial court discovered a new method of salt production, which made salt production very simple and produced a lot of money. It's amazing that the price of salt is almost the same every year."

"Of course the common people are happy, but the business of the salt merchants in Huaiyang has been tightened these years, and they are almost unable to sustain it. Because of this, the face of the Rongguo Mansion and the Wang family is not good. The officials in Huaiyang I have the same hatred as the salt merchants, and I don’t want to let other people get involved in this business.”

Lin Liu blinked uncomfortably, feeling rather complicated.

She didn't expect that not only did she deceive Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng in terms of food, but she also deceived them once in terms of salt.

Wang Xifeng also looked disheveled: "Don't mention selling salt. Although the salt merchants and officials in Huaiyang are unwilling to let us join such a business halfway, we haven't entered the business at all, at least we haven't lost any money!"

As she said that, she turned to look at Lin Liu with an angry expression, "I don't know what kind of luck this person is, the business of selling salt can't be done right now, and he has his eyes on the cloth business, which was still booming at that time. At that time, Jiang Ning Not long after the Jenny textile machine from the Weaving Bureau was introduced to the people, many people have a blueprint in their hands."

"The spinning machine is eight times faster than before. If we buy this spinning machine and open a cloth shop, we will make a lot of money!" Wang Xifeng glanced sideways at Jia Lian, and snorted, "Who knows that he just took the money to sell the cloth?" I bought a textile jenny and a textile factory that was about to close down, and before it opened, there were ten times more efficient jenny textiles on the market."

"He wanted to buy it with money again, but he was stopped. Sure enough, it didn't take long before he heard that someone had made a Jenny loom that was twelve times more efficient. After that, almost every other month, the loom's efficiency It will improve a lot.”

Wang Xifeng said bitterly, "Cousin Lin, tell me, if we keep spending money to buy other people's looms, can this business still be done? I hurried to ask someone to inquire, and only then did I know that the blueprint of Jenny's weaving machine from Jiangning Weaving Bureau It has been spread a long time ago, but it all fell into the hands of those big cloth houses."

"Those people don't know where they got the news. It is said that based on the blueprint of Jenny's textile machine, a more efficient textile machine can be developed. After those people got the blueprint, they replaced all of their textile workshops with Jenny. looms, but at the same time hired carpenters who are really capable, and rewarded those who can improve the efficiency of looms."

"Because of this, those more efficient textile machines will emerge in endlessly."

Jia Lian rubbed her ears embarrassingly, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the Jenny loom had already been spread. If I knew, how could I have chosen to be in the fabric business? I'm not stupid."

You use a loom that is eight times as efficient to weave cloth, and others use a loom that is twelve times more efficient. In terms of production speed, you are far behind others.

When the product comes out, the cost of others is low, and the price will naturally be lower. If your cost is high, the price can only be higher.With the ebb and flow, how can there be customers to buy things in your cloth shop?

Ordinary people don't know that your cost is higher than others, and they will only think that the fabrics in your store are more expensive than others, which is a scam.

Lin Liu felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Although she didn't mean to deceive people, but listening to Jia Lian's words, she had already unintentionally deceived the young couple in front of her three times.

If these two people know that I am the chief culprit for their successive business failures, I'm afraid they won't even be friends.

Lin Liu forced himself to be calm: "So you gave up the cloth business and switched to the grain business?"

Jia Lian's expression was sad: "Yes, I didn't think that I would not be able to make huge profits in the business of cloth and salt, and the risk is high, but the business of food is enduring. As long as you are careful, even if you don't make money, at least you don't have money." Will I lose money? Who would have thought that I could still lose money in the grain business?"

After he finished speaking, he stared blankly at the roof, and began to doubt life.

With the voice of making a steady profit without losing food, he could lose money to the point of bankruptcy. Jia Lian couldn't help but wonder if he was really not suitable for business by nature.

Lin Liu: "..."

Lin Liu didn't dare to ask him about his business anymore, and was really worried that he would say what he did and what business he did, but it was because of himself that he was tricked into losing money.

So he changed the subject and said: "I remember that cousin Lian and sister-in-law Xifeng have been married for more than two years, right? Have you ever given birth to a child? I have lost contact with you and the capital, and I didn't even know you were married. I don’t know if your husband and wife have…”

As soon as she asked, Jia Lian was fine, with a fairly calm expression, but Wang Xifeng immediately frowned, obviously not in a very good mood.

Jia Lian patted Wang Xifeng's hand and said: "We have been married for more than two years, but Feng girl has never been pregnant. I am not in a hurry. Anyway, we are still young, and it will be a matter of time before we get pregnant. But she got into it." She is so horny, praying to gods and worshiping Buddha everywhere, if she hasn't been eating messily, I'm afraid I will send her back to the capital and let the old lady help to watch her."

Wang Xifeng glared at him: "Aren't I doing this for you?"

Jia Lian's eyes rolled wildly: "I know you want to give birth to a child for me as soon as possible, but there is no rush. You see, Uncle Lin and Aunt Lin have no children after ten years of marriage, but after ten years, they still have children. Didn't you give birth one after another? You are not pregnant now, it's just that the time has not come, so why worry?"

Wang Xifeng glanced at Lin Liu, pouted, but didn't say anything.

But Lin Liu couldn't help laughing: "It's just pregnancy, what's the problem? I went out two days ago, and by chance, I got a jade pendant. The person who gave it to me said that this thing It seems to be able to make people pregnant. I don’t know if it’s true or not, so I will use it as a wedding gift for you, and I hope you don’t dislike it.”

As he spoke, he took out a jade pendant from his sleeve pocket, "I see that the material of this jade pendant is not bad, and even if it doesn't have the function of making people pregnant, it can also nourish your body just by wearing it on your body."

Wang Xifeng almost couldn't wait to take the jade pendant, and then directly hung it on his belt.After hanging up, she realized that her actions were a little rude, and she was a little embarrassed.

But after thinking about it, this was originally a gift from Lin Liu. Although he put on the jade pendant a little faster, he didn't do anything else, so there is no need to be embarrassed about it.

So she smiled heartily: "Cousin Lin, thank you for your gift, I like it very much. When you get married, I will have someone collect the most rare gifts in the world to give you, so that you can become the most enviable bride."

Lin Liu liked Wang Xifeng's temperament quite a bit, so she said with a smile: "It's only been a few years since I got married, and if the gifts are not rare enough by then, I'll ask you for it."

Wang Xifeng smiled and nodded: "If the gift I gave is not good enough, you can just ask your cousin Lian for a better one."

Lin Liu laughed: "That's for sure."

The three of them were about the same age, and they talked speculatively, so they chatted from the time Jia Lian entered the door until eating, and then when it was getting late and had to leave, Jia Lian got up to say goodbye.

After they left, Lin Liu smiled and told Bichun and Liangxia: "The last thing is done, you can go pack your luggage and get ready to go to Huaiyang."

Bi Chun and Liang Xia were nimble, and with the help of other little maids, they packed up their luggage in less than a day, and they were ready to leave immediately.

Lin Liu checked her luggage carefully, nodded, and was about to send someone to inform Chen Hu, but a servant outside the door came in to spread the word, saying that Mr. Chen had been put in prison.

Lin Liu: "...???"

Lin Liu was taken aback, and couldn't wait to ask the reason, so she asked the servant to take someone to find Jia Lian, hoping that he would come forward and rescue Chen Hu.

It's a pity that Jia Lian is out on errands and is not at home for the time being.

Just when Lin Liu was wondering whether to seek help from others, Chen Hu came out of the prison intact.

Lin Liu asked someone to take him to wash up, and after eating for a while, he brought him in front of him: "Uncle Chen, can you tell me why you were taken to prison?"

Chen Hu had a gloomy expression on his face: "Don't mention it, isn't it the Sun Liu family?"

Since the death of Sun Liushi, other people called Xiao Sun Liushi and became Sun Liushi.

Lin Liu actually had the idea that silk really came, but her expression was still very calm: "What kind of moth has Sun Liu made? It can't be that she crosses the river and demolishes the bridge, and after she gets the Sun's grain shop, she will give it to you. Charged, sent directly to prison, right?"

Chen Hu sighed: "It would be great if this is the case."

Lin Liu: "???"

"If this is the case, I just need to reveal my identity, what can the officials of Jinling do to me?" Chen Hu rubbed his forehead, "I was sent to prison by Sun Liu's parents on charges of adultery and adultery. , Sun Liu was also sent in at the same time."

Lin Liu was stunned: "Sun Liu's parents?"

Chen Hu nodded: "I thought the matter of the Sun family was over. I was about to pack my luggage and go to Huaiyang with the girl, but a group of servants suddenly rushed in. I was caught off guard, and the servants around me and I were not able to arrive in time. When I realized it, I was tied up by them and sent to the Yamen."

"I didn't know until I arrived at the Yamen that Mrs. Sun Liu chose to cooperate with us not for her children, but for revenge." Chen Hu had a complicated expression, "It turns out that Mrs. Sun has always held a grudge against what happened back then. Even though her husband and sister have received their due retribution, she is still not reconciled and wants to take revenge on her parents who conspired with her sister to deceive her into her brother-in-law's house."

It's just that she didn't have a chance before, so she could only swallow her hatred and torment her grandson Liu Shi alone.

But now that Lin Liu's side intervened, the Sun family's grain store was about to close down, which instead gave the Sun Liu family a chance to take revenge.

Originally, she only wanted to take revenge on her husband and sister, but she never expected to have a relationship with Lin Liufang, which gave her the capital to confront her parents——

The Sun Family Grain Shop brought back to life.

Mrs. Sun Liu can't control any contract, and she doesn't remember that she still has two children. She almost has the determination to die together, and puts all the wealth of the Sun's family grain shop, just to force her mother's shop to close down completely—— —

I forgot to mention that Sun Liu's natal Liu's family is also in the grain business.

Although the Liu family's business is not as big as the Sun family's, and they have to rely on the support of the Sun family, but Sun Liu's father is doing business steadily and never rushing into it. He saw that the situation was not good during the price war before, so he closed the business directly. down the business.

Chen Hu also thought about getting in touch with Sun Liu's parents, but one of the two is mercenary, the other regards her husband as her god, and the husband will do whatever he says.After investigating, he felt that these two people were completely unsuitable for cooperation, so he removed their names from the list.

There are many people like this who were eliminated due to personality reasons——

For example, the original head mother of the Zhou family, the second largest grain merchant in Jinling City, had been bullied by her husband's family to the point that she was inhumane, but when Chen Hu sent someone to contact her, she had no intention of saving herself at all. , would only beg Chen Hu's people to save her.

Chen Hu is not a saint, seeing that she really can't stand up, naturally he won't let anyone find her again.

Those who can be picked out by him, no matter how badly they are bullied, are at least those who have the idea of ​​changing their own destiny and wanting to save themselves. Those who just want to wait for others to rescue themselves from the place where others hand them the pole If you don't know how to catch the climber, you won't appear in front of Lin Liu at all.

Because of this, the names of Xu Jiu, Zhao Shishi, grandson Liushi and others appeared in front of Lin Liu.

But Chen Hu never expected that he would roll over one after another.

He just felt ashamed to face Lin Liu, and almost wanted to resign and leave.

Lin Liu didn't think it was Chen Hu's fault: "Zhao Shishi was too smart, he hid himself behind Zhao Rui for decades, and never showed his prominence. What happened back then was too long ago, and the historians erased all relevant information. Traces, it's normal for you to not be able to investigate the facts of the year."

"As for the entanglement between Mrs. Sun Liu and Mrs. Sun Liu, this matter is an undisclosed secret. Except for the original parties, Mr. and Mrs. Sun Liu, and their husbands and parents, no one else knows about it. You It’s normal not to find out.”

Lin Liu smiled: "If you really want to blame, you should blame me. When I saw the information of the grandson Liu, I thought it was a little strange that her two dowry maids died too close together, but I didn't remind You, this is my fault."

Turning over on Sun Liu's body really has little to do with Chen Hu.

The main reason is that when Lin Liu found out that Sun Liu might not be as harmless as the surface, she thought that even if she was not a good person, she would have died in the fight between wives and concubines in the backyard. It is normal for her to attack the two servant girls.

Even if she is not as weak as she appears on the surface, before she knows the truth, she only feels that the two of them are not the same.But out of the filter of the first wife, she is naturally more willing to help the eldest grandson Liu.

So even if she found something wrong with her eldest grandson Liu, she chose to ignore it——

She just needs to be sure that her eldest grandson, Liu Shi, is really being bullied, instead of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger like Zhao Shishi.

Who would have thought that the truth back then was completely opposite to what the investigation revealed?

Who knew that Xiaosun Liu's combat effectiveness was too strong, and she had already aimed at the timing of her husband's accident, and wanted to take her husband and sister together?

At first, Lin Liu thought that the elder Sun Liu's combat effectiveness was too weak, and he was not a single enemy of his younger sister Sun Liu at all.

Even now, it seems that apart from his character, the great grandson Liu also meets their requirements.

But under the suppression of Sun Liu, after the eldest grandson Liu lost power, there was no chance of character problems being exposed.

Before he lost power, he was exposed twice. Once, he killed the servant girl. Although it seemed vicious, it still belonged to the category of normal wife-concubine disputes;

Thus, the current situation has been created.

As soon as Lin Liu's words came out of his mouth, Chen Hu's eyes widened: "Miss Lin noticed something wrong with her grandson Liu before?"

Lin Liu smiled lightly: "You don't think that the two maidservants who died one after another in the information were normal deaths, right? There is no such coincidence in the world. Even if one dies of illness or the other has dystocia, the time interval cannot be so close."

Chen Hu was shocked: "Not only did she kill her own sister for life, but she also killed two maids? Why is she so vicious?" Thinking of the ending of the grandson Liu, he sighed, "I actually think that she was killed by Sun Liu Death is well deserved.”

"The dispute between wives and concubines in the backyard is a sword, and the death of the concubine can be seen. The most difficult thing to see is the child who is still in the womb." Lin Liu sighed, "This kind of thing happens in every household. , it’s really no surprise.”

Unless men don't take concubines, women will always fight even for children.

Chen Hu shivered, and suddenly thought of the monogamy and two concubines in his backyard: "Women are supposed to obey the three virtues, how can they fight for their own selfishness?"

Lin Liu's eyes were cold: "Aren't you just disregarding the livelihood of these grain merchants' families for your own selfishness?"

Seeing Lin Liu's gaze, Chen Hu couldn't help being startled, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to speak again.

Lin Liu was too lazy to argue with Chen Hu, so she asked: "Since you and Sun Liu were arrested for adultery and adultery, how could you be released so soon? You got away, did Sun Liu get away? "

Chen Hu hurriedly replied: "Because Mrs. Sun and Liu had already prepared for it, the witnesses prepared by the Liu family had already been bribed by Mrs. Sun and Liu. In front of the prefect of Jinling, the witness directly retorted and testified that the Liu's and his wife took Money bribed him to give false testimony. According to the testimony of the witnesses, the magistrate dug out the gold and silver from a tree, and then directly arrested Mr. and Mrs. Liu, and Sun Liu and I were naturally acquitted on the spot."

"However..." Chen Hu's expression was complicated, "The Liu family couple should only be imprisoned for a while, and they will be released soon."

The law clearly stipulates that it is not illegal for parents to beat their son to death.

It is not illegal to beat him to death, let alone falsely accuse his daughter?One or two months of detention, minor punishments and major punishments are enough.

Lin Liu frowned, feeling increasingly disgusted with the current feudal system.

But she quickly adjusted her mood, and said with a smile: "If Mrs. Sun and Liu really chose to cooperate with us in order to avenge her parents, as you said, she was naturally prepared. One or two months The time is enough for her to ruin the Liu family's business."

Chen Hu was taken aback for a moment, and then he remembered the real purpose of Sun Liu's series of operations.

She can't kill her parents. After all, filial piety in this era is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the Liu family couple were just accomplices, not the chief culprits. Sun Liu's run on the Liu family's business was already very big for the profit-seeking couple. punishment.

Chen Hu raised his head and glanced at Lin Liu, and saw that her eyes were calm, and she didn't seem to be disgusted with Sun Liushi's behavior, so he whispered: "When Sun Liushi left the government office, I asked me to tell you something."

Lin Liu was puzzled: "A word?"

Chen Hu bowed his head: "She wants to see you and apologize to you."

Because of these operations one after another, Lin Liu also became curious about this Sun Liushi, thinking that the time to leave had already been missed, so she simply nodded and agreed.

The next day, Sun Liushi and Lin Liu met in a restaurant that was about to close down.

As soon as she saw Lin Liu, Sun Liu made a big gift to her without hesitation: "I'm sorry that I didn't keep my promise to run the grain store well, but instead used the grain store to take revenge on others. If you don't mind, the Sun family I can use the Liu Family Grain Shop to pay for the loss of the grain shop. Believe me, without my father's support, the Liu Family Grain Shop would never last half a month in my brother's hands."

Lin Liu didn't expect to get such an unexpected joy just to meet Mrs. Sun and Liu.

After she hesitated, she asked her: "If you keep the Liu Family Food Shop, maybe there is no need to continue to be our puppet."

Sun Liu smiled: "It's good to be a puppet. With you as the backing, I don't have to think about what is there and what is not. I only need to receive a monthly payment, and I can live with peace of mind."

She is said to be a puppet, but she is actually just giving the grain store a name. As the boss in the eyes of the world, she does not need to be responsible for the real business affairs. Not only can she be respected in Jinling City by virtue of this status, It is really a good thing that Yue can still get a lot of white collar.

After her revenge was avenged, she just wanted to calm down and live a good life.

Besides, even if she had other thoughts, she couldn't resist, right?The land deed and house deed of the Sun Family Grain Shop are in the hands of others, and the grain stored in the Grain Shop has been exhausted in the past two years. If you want to continue to do the grain business, you can only rely on the young girl in front of you.

Mrs. Sun Liu thought very clearly and understood which choice was the best for her.

Lin Liu looked at the calmness in Sun Liushi's eyes, and laughed softly: "Since you have said so, if I don't accept it, wouldn't it be a little ignorant? It's a pity that I will leave Jinling City soon, no Fang Fang saw with his own eyes that you took the Liu Family Grain Shop into his pocket, so I can only wish you in advance that your wish will be fulfilled, and the flag will be a success."

Sun Liu then laughed: "Don't worry, my elder brother has been spoiled, how can he know how to do business? I also wish the girl a smooth journey and reach her destination safely."

The two smiled at each other and said nothing.

Lin Liu quickly bid farewell and left. After returning home and waiting for two days, after making sure there were no other accidents, she sent a letter of farewell to Jia and Lian, and then left Jinling with Chen Hu for Huaiyang.

There are many salt merchants in Huaiyang, but not many grain merchants, and there are only a few big grain merchants who can persist until now.

Moreover, the backyards of these grain merchants are messed up in a mess, which is completely unwatchable.

It's really hard to pick the right one out of them.

However, the names of two concubines appeared on the list that Chen Hu took out, which made Lin Liu feel a little surprised: "The wives of these two grain merchants, aren't they suitable?"

Chen Hu looked at the name and explained: "One of them is weak-tempered and loves her husband very much. The first time my subordinates came into contact with her, she almost exposed the people I sent, and there is really no way to cooperate; The other one is not living well in her husband's family, but the two of them are married with a similar family background. Now that something happened to her husband's family, her mother's family also wants to annex her husband's family. Of the two choices, she is naturally more willing to help her mother's family than us."

"Then what happened to these two concubines?"

Since the precedent of the Sun Liu family, Lin Liu can treat concubines normally, but there are only a few of them who are as powerful as the Sun Liu family, and their status is low. doubtful.

How could Chen Hu not have thought of this?

He smiled and said: "These two concubines are concubine daughters of the local salt merchants. They were raised as skinny horses since they were young. Before the grain merchant's accident, their natal family was not as good as the grain merchant. They were sent to the grain merchant's family to be concubines. But now that the grain merchant has an accident, their two powers have surpassed their husband's."

"The point is, they didn't live well in their husband's house, so they naturally want to leave now."

Lin Liu was surprised: "Is their natal family unwilling to take action? They are not interested in the food business?"

Didn't there come out a wife whose natal family wanted to annex her husband's business?Why didn't the natal families of these two concubines have this idea at all?

Chen Hu explained: "Miss, have you forgotten? The salt merchants here in Huaiyang have actually been hit hard. Although it is not as hard as the impact on grain, they are now in danger. Except for a few rich salt merchants, Others are focused on protecting themselves, so where can they get extra money to expand their business?"

If I want to leave, but my mother's family does not help, I can only rely on a third party.

Lin Liu was a little worried: "How is their relationship with their natal family?"

Chen Hu's investigation this time is very clear: "Girl, don't worry, these two girls who were raised as skinny horses, their mothers died of dystocia when they gave birth to them. Although their material life is not bad, there is no one around them to talk to. , even my biological father, it is rare to see him once, and he has no feelings for him."

It does sound like a good fit for their requirements.

Lin Liu nodded: "There are three people in total, does everyone want a son?"

Lin Liu took a closer look. Among the three, the only wife in the main house had only one daughter under her knees. After giving birth to her daughter, the husband would hang around in the concubine's room. Except for the first and fifteenth day of every month, he hardly went to rest in her room. up;

Among the two concubines, one has never been favored and never had children; the other has had a son and a daughter, but the son died a few years ago, and after so many years, she has never been able to conceive again, and gradually fell out of favor.

Chen Hu nodded: "That's true. Girl, do you want to give the jade pendant that makes people pregnant to these three people like before?"

Lin Liu thought for a while, then shook her head: "Before I gave jade first, it was because there were no examples, so people could not believe our words. Now there are several pregnant women in Jinling, you just ask them to go to Jinling to inquire."

Speaking of Jinling, Lin Liu thought of the grain business of the Zhao family.

After a pause, she smiled and said, "The Zhao family's grain store should be taken down, right? You remember to send a letter to Jinling to find a way to quietly sell the Zhao family's grain store to Jia Lian. In terms of supply, we can pay the original price Sell ​​it to him and don't make him suspicious."

It is better for her to avoid business related to Zhao Shishi.

Jia Lian is the sole heir of the Rongguo Mansion. No matter what Zhao Shishi wants to do with the grain store, he dare not continue because of the face of the Rongguo Mansion; and Jia Lian can also do his business as he wishes, which means that she has unintentionally tricked him three times. compensation.

Chen Hu's heart trembled when he thought of that woman Zhao Shishi, and he had no objection to Lin Liu's decision.