Chapter 113: Negotiation (Part 2)

  "What business? So profitable?" Eleven exclaimed in surprise when Third Madame told her she wanted to go into business with her.

  The three madams mysteriously smiled and said: "You'll know when the time comes..."

  The eleventh girl saw that she was unwilling to reveal her intentions, so she made a very worried look: "But I don't have the capital!"

  "How can there be no capital!" The third wife's eyes flickered, "Didn't they say there was 20,000 taels of silver as dowry?"

  "Mother says I'm too young and don't need that much money. It's all been converted into fields, houses, and jewelry."

  The three wives laughed and said: "What's so difficult about that? Just pawn the jewelry at a pawnshop, and redeem it back when you've earned the money."

  The eleventh girl couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

  If I were really a fourteen-year-old girl waiting for money to be spent, it would be hard to avoid this trap!

  "This, this isn't right!" Eleventh Sister's eyes widened as if she had never heard of such a thing before. "If others were to find out, they would think that the Marquis is cheating us..."

  "You don't say it, I won't say it, who else will know?"

  The eleventh girl listened and smiled secretly.

  If it really happens, I'm afraid you'll be the one who ends up being laughed at!

  She couldn't help but raise her vigilance.

  Third Madame, with an urgent look. The only thing that can make people remember is the title of "Eternal Peace Marquis's Wife". Is this matter related to Xu Lingyi in a big way?

  "Third Sister-in-law, wait a minute!" She showed a flustered and at-a-loss expression.

  The third lady thought that she had never experienced such a thing, and being indecisive was also normal. She smiled: "Then you'd better hurry up and respond to my letter. I'm waiting for the money to be used. If you don't have this intention, I'll have to go find fifth brother's wife. You know, if we miss this opportunity, there won't be another chance."

  The eleventh girl nodded hastily: "I know."

  Look up and gaze at the autumn silks.

  She found herself lowering her eyelids.

  She felt a stir in her heart. She thought of the three madams who had used the excuse "incompatible zodiac signs" to ask Dong Qing to avoid them, and Qiu Ling had also looked like that at the time.

  The eleventh girl nodded secretly.

  The three madams instructed her a few more words "hurry up", then stood up and bid farewell.

  Binju's face was slightly red as she rushed out of the east wing, pulling Shiyi Niang to sit on the large kang by the window in the east wing.

  Amber and Wintergreen stood shoulder to shoulder, covering their mouths as they giggled.

  "What's going on?" asked Eleventh Sister in surprise at their appearance.

  "Madam, fifty taels. Your monthly allowance, fifty taels."

  The eleventh girl was also quite surprised.

  Thinking of having this money, I can do a lot of things, and the smile couldn't help but overflow from the corners of my eyes: "So much!"

  "Madam, we can finally catch our breath," Amber laughed.

  Binju nodded repeatedly: "Adding the 50 taels of silver that Dongqing sister brought back, we have a total of 104 taels and 6 mace. Next month on the 15th, there will be another 50 taels of silver income, so we'll have 154 taels and 6 mace. By the end of the year, there will be another 50 taels..." She counted on her fingers, with a somewhat unrealistic tone.

  The eleventh girl couldn't help but burst out laughing: "One year is six hundred taels, two years is one thousand two hundred taels, ten years six thousand taels..."

  "Ah, ah!" Binju nodded.

  Everyone burst out laughing.

  The atmosphere became very lively.

  Dong Qing poured tea for Shiyi Niang: "Now we can finally relax, we don't have to worry anymore."

  "That's not necessarily true." Amber said, "It's probably just a case of money going in one hand and out the other."

  Binju originally didn't like to see Amber, and retorted: "Human feelings are all about mutual benefit. Madam, it's not worth adding some unnecessary trouble, just want to get some money."

  Amber glanced at Bin Hua and said, "Last time when Fifth Master and Sixth Master went to Shanxi, the mistress took out 50 taels of silver and two inkstones. I saw Third Mistress's expression, it was as if she thought it was natural to give so much. Fourth Aunt gave 10 taels of silver, but Third Mistress was very grateful. The mistress is not like before, her generosity is too small, it's laughable, but the reputation of being 'stingy' is even bigger!"

  Binju was speechless for a moment.

  The atmosphere in the room suddenly became oppressive.

  "Alright, alright." Eleventh Sister smiled and encouraged everyone, "The tree is dead, people are alive, can't be worried to death by this little money?"

  "Yes, yes." Dong Qing hurriedly smiled and persuaded, "Think about it, in the past two taels of silver a month, now fifty taels of silver a month... There will always be good days ahead."

  Binju smiled somewhat embarrassedly.

  Amber also burst out laughing.

  The eleventh girl saw the atmosphere ease up and smiled as she stood up: "Let's go take a look at the greenhouse in the garden."

  Because the five madams lived in the backyard, now the maids and daughters-in-law of each house, regardless of whether they belonged to the cow or not, took the initiative to avoid them. It was already late autumn, and the backyard seemed very deserted.

  Eleventh girl took Amber for half a day before seeing two wives pushing small carts. Amber hurried forward to ask the warm house where to go. The two wives, although they didn't know the eleventh girl, saw her wearing luxurious clothes and timidly pointed to Lijing Xuan: "Just next door."

  Amber thanked him and the two of them indeed saw a very large glass conservatory behind Lijing Xuan House, where flowers and trees were lush.

  "How much does it cost!" Amber stood outside the greenhouse, staring at those glassy eyes in amazement.

  The eleventh girl was also very surprised.

  I didn't expect the warm house of Xu's mansion to be so large.

  She was somewhat excited.

  Eleventh Girl wants to open a flower dew shop.

  In this way, there is no shortage of raw materials for experimentation. If the perfume can be extracted, the technology for planting fresh flowers in large quantities will also be available.

  Two people were there looking around, a woman came out of the flower house, saw Eleven Lady and was shocked: "Fourth Madam!"

  The eleventh daughter looked up and gazed into the distance.

  She is Shi's mother beside Madam Wu. She also holds a pot of purple butterfly orchids in her hand.

  "Stone Mother," said Eleventh Sister with a smile, "Fifth Brother and Sister want to decorate their house!"

  The stone mother glanced at the orchid in her hand and smiled: "Yes!"

  A woman emerged from behind Shi Mama and Shi Mama hastily said to the woman: "Ji Ting's wife, this is Fourth Madam."

  The woman in the seasonal courtyard was not yet thirty years old, and she looked very sturdy. She wore a coarse linen jacket and held a small flower trowel in her hand. When she heard that the person in front of her was the fourth madam, she immediately panicked, her face turned bright red, and she didn't know what to do.

  Shi's mother hastily smiled and explained to the eleventh daughter, "She is inexperienced in worldly matters, please don't mind." She then said to Ji Ting's wife, "Don't you greet the fourth madam yet?"

  Ji Ting's wife finally dropped her flower hoe and knelt down to kowtow to Eleventh Lady.

  Amber hurried forward and supported Season's wife: "Sister-in-law, don't be anxious. Our madam has come to take a look."

  The wife in the seasonal courtyard mumbled for half a day and still didn't hear what was being said.

  Eleventh Sister smiled and said to Shi's mother: "You go busy! Don't let Fifth Brother and Sister wait anxiously. I'll take a look at what's planted in the house?"

  Shi's mother smiled and bid farewell to Eleven, who was led into the warm room by Ji Ting's wife.

  Amber was just beside and talking with Ji Ting's wife.

  The lady of the season saw the eleventh girl with a pleasant expression and gradually became more at ease. She told Amber that her husband, Season Courtyard, was in charge of the Xu family's warm room, because the warm room was in the back garden, so he only came to the back garden at dawn and noon every day, and usually the warm room was taken care of by his sisters-in-law, younger brothers' wives, and nieces. As she spoke, the eleventh girl saw a few women's shadows among the green trees and red flowers. The lady of the season hurriedly called them over to pay their respects to the eleventh girl.

  The eleventh girl chatted with everyone for a few sentences and let them disperse, continuing to stroll through the warm room with Ji Ting's wife.

  Rare and fragrant orchids, elegant tea flowers, delicate apricot blossoms... everything is available, but each has only two or three pots.

  She felt a little disappointed - this warm room was obviously used by the Xu family for decoration.

  "Can it be grown?"

  The wife in the seasonal courtyard hurriedly replied: "I can!"

  "How many mu of land is it?"

  The wife's face immediately turned red: "I haven't planted that many... only about a dozen pots."

  "If you let Ji Ting plant a dozen or so acres, he will be confident that they will grow well."

  "I want to ask our family's mouth."

  To be honest and straightforward in answering.

  Since I've come to the back garden of Hua County, it would be impolite not to greet the master of Danyang County.

  Eleventh Princess nodded and went with Amber to Fifth Madam's place.

  The Fifth Mistress scolded: "Fourth Sister, you're willing to come now?"

  The eleventh girl just smiled.

  The five madams were busy serving tea.

  The two of them sat down and talked for half a day, seeing that it was almost noon, they went together to the old lady's place.

  It was said that Eleventh Sister had gone to the warm room, and Madame Wang smiled: "Is she thinking of wearing flowers?"

  The eleventh girl told Madam Tai about her idea of making perfume: “...I saw it in a book before, I don't know if it can be done or not?”

  The old lady was very supportive: "Good! From now on, we won't have to go outside to buy it, just ask Eleven directly." Her tone was affectionate, and it could be seen that she simply regarded this as one of Eleven's hobbies.

  It's already a great comfort for Eleven to be able to do so.

  The fifth wife immediately shouted: "I'll come and help the fourth sister."

  "You just take care of yourself, that's all the help you need." The old lady smiled and patted the hand of the fifth wife.

  Zhenji'er quietly asked Shiyimang: "Like Er Bomu, do you make incense yourself?"

  "Really? Second Aunt can make incense?"

  Zhen Jie'er nodded: "We use the incense made by Second Aunt when we celebrate Chinese New Year at home."

  The eleven-year-old girl's mind was racing quickly.

  How could I have forgotten this great Buddha?

  One day I'll have a good chat with the second mistress and see if she has anything with mature craftsmanship...

  Luo Zhenxing and Dainai arrived as scheduled, and Shier Niang had already told Tai Furen about this matter. After going to ask for Tai Furen's well-being, they sat in the hall waiting for Lu Yonggui.

  Before two quarters of an hour had passed, Mrs. Tao led Lu Yonggui in.

  He looked like he was thirty-four or five years old, of medium build, with slightly dark skin, bright eyes and a steady demeanor. Eleventh Lady had a good impression of him at first sight.

  He bowed to everyone and explained: "We have a Chinese herbal medicine shop at the West Gate, and July and August are the peak seasons for collecting medicinal herbs, so we didn't have time to rush over."

  Luo Zhenxing and Shiyi Niang stared at each other in surprise, neither of them knowing that Yuan Niang had a medicinal herb shop.

  Lu Yonggui looked at her with a slightly sunken gaze, handing over a blue cloth package to Shiyi Niang: "This is the account book of managing the estate with my aunt for the past ten years."

  Amber went to pick up.

  Na Lu Yonggui hurriedly whispered a sentence "Very heavy-handed, be careful, miss".

  Amber smiled slightly and said, "Thank you, Manager Lu." She really used force to hug the package, then put it on the black lacquer square table between Luo Zhenxing and Eleventh Mother.