Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 189 Drinking water and being full of love

The cheerful Ruyi held Hualei's wrist and joked, "Oh, sister Hua, you are too thin. You should eat more. Look, your wrist is smaller than Pearl. If I had known earlier, I would have strung fewer beads and saved half a tael of silver. Hahaha."

Pearl next to her also stretched out her wrist with the bracelet on it and said, "Yes, yes, Sister Hua, you see your arm is smaller than mine. How about you take off the bracelet and I'll take a few beads off for you and put them on my bracelet?"

Hualei retracted her hand, protecting the bracelet on her wrist, looking at Ruyi and Zhenzhu, smiling with eyes curved, "I think it's not long enough. If it's longer, I can put it around my neck, hehe."

"Hahaha..." Ruyi and Zhenzhu laughed loudly. Mrs. Pei was also amused, her eyebrows relaxed, and she said, "They all love to talk nonsense."

Since Xiaoyuan and Rongjue were not around, Ruyi gave the gift for Xiaoyuan directly to Hualei, a piece of high-quality Hui ink, a specialty of the county where Ruyi's husband worked, the same as Rongjue and Rongjin's. Hualei happily thanked Xiaoyuan.

A few people were chatting and laughing in Songhe Courtyard when they heard the maid report that Manou and her son had also returned to the mansion and were heading towards Songhe Hall.

Ruyi Pearl was even happier, and Hualei also stood up and welcomed Manju into Songhe Hall. For a moment, Songhe Hall became even more lively. The sisters talked happily about their husbands, children, and the family's shops and farms.

Suddenly, Ruyi seemed to have thought of something, and turned to Hualei and said, "Sister Hua, I heard from Manju and Zhenzhu in their family letters that you helped Zhenzhu open a bookstore and drew clothing patterns for Manju's Nishang Pavilion. Now they are making a lot of money and counting money every day. I am so jealous.

Please help me think about it and give me some ideas about what kind of shop I can open to make money. You should know that I am the poorest among us, and my husband's family is the least well-off. This time when I came back to visit my relatives, besides my grandmother and my mother, the person I wanted to see the most was you. I wanted you to give me a whole money tree, a treasure bowl or something, so that I can count silver every day until my hands are tired. "

Ruyi smiled happily, with a playful look on her face. Seeing Hualei's dazed look, she took Hualei's hand and started to sing, "Sister Hua, I beg you, please give me the whole money tree." After she said that, she even laughed.

Agate and Pearl laughed so hard that their branches shook. Hualei also laughed and said, "Sister Ruyi, you can't stay in Shangjing for more than a month. You will leave soon. How can I get you a money tree? Even if I get you a money tree, you have to shake it yourself. How can you shake it when you are gone?"

Before Ruyi could speak, Agate beside her had already spoken, "That's right, that's right, big sister, you have to leave after the New Year, and you can't shake the money tree even if you have one. How about this, sister Hua, you give me the whole money tree, and I won't leave. I will always be in Shangjing City, and I will shake it when I have time. Hahaha."

"I'm free too, Sister Hua. If you give me a money tree, I won't go out to play anymore. I'll stay at home and shake the money tree every day." Zhenzhu also interrupted.

"Hahaha..." A burst of laughter like silver bells.

Ruyi suppressed the smile and said to Hualei, "Sister Hua, these two people are greedy, just ignore them. Or you can stop working on the money tree and get me a treasure bowl, and I will take the treasure bowl away." Ruyi covered her mouth.

Mrs. Pei, who was sitting nearby, looked at her granddaughters who were laughing together and couldn't help laughing as well. She scolded them with a smile, "You guys are so shameless. You all keep trying to take advantage of Lei'er. You should use your brains more. Your brains are limited to begin with, and if you don't use them anymore, they will become useless." The sisters laughed even louder.

Madam Pei looked at the sisters, straightened her face, and said to Ruyi, "You really need to think about it carefully. Your husband's family is poor. In the past few years, you have been using your dowry to supplement the daily expenses of your family. If you don't manage your land and shop well to earn money, no matter how much dowry you have, it will not be able to supplement the daily expenses for a few years. When the dowry is gone, what will you use to supplement the daily expenses? You are already the mother of two children."

Ruyi sighed softly. She knew that her dowry would not be enough to support her for a few years, but what could she do? Her husband was a good man, but his family was poor, and his hometown was not in the capital.

In order to support him to study for the imperial examination, his family worked hard and almost emptied out their family savings. My husband has several younger brothers and sisters, and they are also at the age to get married.

She would also need to work hard to repay him. Her parents-in-law were just honest farmers, and she couldn't count on them for money.

However, after getting married, she followed her husband to take up his post. Although she asked her mother, Madam Han, to help look after the several dowry shops and farms in the capital, her mother was not in good health and could not help much except for the affairs of her two uncles. Therefore, the shops and farms of Ruyi could only make a living every year, and there was not much left.

This time when she came back to the capital, she wanted to sell a farm because although her husband was promoted this time, he still needed to make some arrangements in his new position, but she did not have much cash on hand.

I just came back yesterday and confirmed with Madam Han that this year's land and shops are still the same as in previous years, just a mess.

So when she said she envied Agate and Pearl, she wasn't just joking, she really envied them. Pearl's shop wasn't in a good location or as big as her own, but after opening the bookstore, the money she made in a year was more than the total income of her shops and farm.

There is also Manju's Nishang Pavilion. I heard that it achieved last year's annual revenue in just three months. She knew the business of Nishang Pavilion. It was already very good, and now it is even better.

How about I stay in Shangjing this year and manage my farm and shop well, and let my husband go to the post alone? But the couple is separated for a long time, is this not okay? Should I take a concubine for my husband to accompany him? Ruyi began to feel uncomfortable.

Madam Pei probably saw through Ruyi's thoughts and sighed softly. In order to avoid entering the palace, she didn't even dare to choose the noble families in the capital, fearing that the emperor would make things difficult for her and bring trouble to the two families. That's why she hurriedly found this grandson-in-law. Although he was good-looking, had good character and was talented, he was indeed too poor. The grandson-in-law's family had a lot of brothers and sisters, and Ruyi needed money and effort, which was also a worry.