Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 136 A small profit

Having said that, after lunch, Zuo Junya insisted on pulling Mrs. Zuo Jian Shi and Fang Shi together, insisting on playing some kind of hero killing.

Mr. Zuo is only thinking about court and poems and songs, he is very upright, and his family is not like others, where there is nothing to do, one concubine after another is carried in the door, the backyard of Zuo's house is very peaceful, except for the eldest wife, Mrs. Zuo , there is only one aunt, and that is the maid who served Master Zuo personally since she was a child. Later, because she was getting old, the old lady Zuo made the decision and raised her to be a concubine. Otherwise, other people would not want such a girl. Yes, if Mr. Zuo doesn't take her into his room, then the servant girl will be alone for the rest of her life.In the past, Mrs. Zuo had to worry about the relationship between the family, but now that Mrs. Jian has entered the door, she is also a good housekeeper, so Mrs. Zuo will take care of small matters directly, and only major matters will be brought to Mrs. Zuo.The result of the peace in the inner house is that Madam Zuo is actually quite boring.

After being coaxed by Zuo Junya, Mrs. Zuo was really moved. She and Jian's and Fang's formed a table and started the game.

The Zuo family has Mrs. Zuo's mother-in-law and Zuo Junyu's sisters, and the Fang family also has three mothers and daughters.Both Zuo Junya and Luo Tian were young, so they automatically withdrew from the battle and acted as military advisers.One helped Mrs. Zuo hold the cards, the other taught Fang how to play, while Jian's hand was played by the big maid standing in front of her head.

Luo Tian understood once again how impoverished the spiritual life of these boudoir women is. A small hero kill can make the dignified and elegant ladies change from their gentle and amiable appearance in the past, and reveal themselves like wolves and tigers. look.

Here, Mrs. Zuo is holding a card, looking around with a pair of sharp eyes, as if she is judging who is the traitor and who is the traitor, she is not as kind as she used to be. With a fierce light, occasionally he turned his head slightly to ask the big maid what she meant.

Zuo Junya sat behind Mrs. Zuo, pointing out which card Mrs. Zuo should play from time to time. At the card table, she was the only one who yelled the most.

"Mom, if you get this one out, you'll get this one out."

"What if I kill my companion?" Mrs. Zuo frowned, thinking about the best way to deal with it.

Luo Tian was delighted to see it, since Mrs. Zuo and Jane's were able to have such fun, at least her attempt this time was not considered a failure.

When Luo Tiandu went back, the deck of cards naturally stayed in the Zuo Mansion, but Mrs. Zuo didn't let her go back empty-handed, and rewarded Luo Mingdu and her sister with a pair of golden hairpins and a good-looking one. jade bracelet.

Zuo Junya was also very happy. She knew that Luo Tiandu had been working on this deck of cards for more than a month. Now that she had brought it over, she felt that she had taken advantage of it, so she insisted on taking money from her small treasury to give Luo Tiandu, but was declined by Luo Tiandu.

"My father has been taken care of by Mrs. Zuo and Mrs. Zuo since he came to Shangjing. Our whole family is grateful. It's just a small thing. It's rare for Mrs. Ma and the two young ladies to like it. It's not worth Mrs. Ya's expense." The best thing is that buying ten decks of these cards is enough.

Zuo Junya became even happier. She felt that Luo Tiandu was really understanding. Knowing that she was bored, she sent such a fun deck of cards over and told her that if there were any other interesting things in the future, she would teach her how to play.

Luo Tian fully agreed.

After returning, Luo Tiandu went to order hundreds of wooden cards, and then began to conceive the next hero story.She had a hunch that there would never be fewer people who would come to her to order cards in the future.She knows that this kind of card is easy to be imitated, so she puts extra effort into conceiving the story background, making sure that each deck of cards is different, so that it looks precious.

Since Mrs. Zuo became obsessed with hero killing, she often invited people to play a game at home.And Mrs. Zuo is close to her natal family, and now she has a good pastime, so she can't help but introduce this novelty to Mrs. Chang, so that she can play a game in her spare time to kill boredom.The old lady Chang was really happy, and after she learned it, she naturally withheld Madam Zuo's deck of cards and kept it at home to play with her daughters-in-law. Luo Tiandu made another pair, and Jane followed suit, and ordered a pair from Luo Tiandu in private, intending to show respect to his old mother and several sister-in-laws.

Luo Tian had been prepared for a long time. At this time, three decks of cards had been made. When Master Zuo and Jian Shi came to find her, she agreed, but she didn't take out the cards immediately, and waited another ten or so. God, sent two decks of cards to Zuofu, which also showed that it took a lot of effort to make a deck of cards, so as not to give people a very cheap feeling.

Mrs. Zuo and Jian Shi got the cards, only to realize that the one in their hands is different from the previous ones, not only that, but the ones in their hands are also different. Needless to say, they are very satisfied in their hearts, because they specially requested to make it She couldn't take advantage of a child, and she couldn't give money directly in front of her face. She had to borrow a name and gave Luo Tiandu a big gift, and Jian's did the same.This is the official relationship between people, even if they know each other well, this is actually a business where you give cards and I pay money, but you can't buy and sell so straightforwardly.

Different from the last time, this time Madam Zuo rewarded mostly some common gold and silver utensils, the more eye-catching one is a gold step shaker inlaid with pink pearls, which can still be sold for seven or eighty pennies if you take it out. Besides these, Mrs. Zuo also sent someone to send three bolts of high-quality silk; Luo Tian laughed when she saw it, thinking that Mrs. Zuo saw that their mother and daughter were all dressed in ordinary clothes, and reminded them in a different way, Dress smarter.

She doesn't care too much, it's all money anyway.

What Jane's sent was a whole pair of gold-faced noodles.

Luo Tian did the math, the two gifts from the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, when counted together, two or three hundred taels would not be able to escape.

Sure enough, women's money is the best money in the world, especially the money of rich women who are lonely, empty and have nothing to do.

Luo Tian kept the whole set of golden noodles given by Jane's and the golden walking shaker given by Mrs. Zuo. The rest were melted outside and kept for later use. Although these gold and silver utensils are beautiful, they are useful But it's not that big. When it comes time to spend money, it's better to use whole pieces of silver.

Mrs. Zuo's family got a pair of hero-killing cards. It didn't take long. The noble ladies in Shangjing knew about it. Women in the inner house often like to compare and follow suit. Whoever comes out with something new, you have to be talented. It was a shame, and besides, Hero Killing really entertained these noble ladies who usually had no entertainment, so many people inquired about this card with Mrs. Zuo and Jian Shi privately.

Luo Tian just pretended not to know, and just waited at home for Mrs. Zuo to introduce customers.She could understand that the Zuo family was a famous family, and Mrs. Zuo's natal family was also a well-known family in Shangjing. If she came forward, she would definitely get more money than others who went directly to Luo's house to ask for cards. After all, her status was there.

In only three or four months, Luo Tiandu produced a dozen or so decks of cards, which were sent out by Mrs. Zuo one after another, and then received many gifts back one after another.

However, these aristocratic women who are moldy with idle time have similar habits of appreciating things, nothing more than some jewelry utensils, all kinds of clouds, satins and silks, etc. Luo Tian would rather they give money directly, which saves a lot of trouble.For those cloths, Luo Tian asked Fang to take some of them to cut clothes for the family, and entrusted someone to take the rest back. The old man Luo, Yao Shi, Luo Baihan, and five people, Jiang Xia, each had a share.The Luo family is able to have what it is today, thanks to Jiang Xia's contribution, and Luo Tian will never forget to bring something to Jiang Xia every time he returns to the Luo family village.

Other jewelries, which looked more unique and precious, were kept and waited to add a dowry to Luo Mingdu in the future. Other styles of gold and silverware, which were generally not distinctive and eye-catching, were all melted outside.Calculated, in the past six months, Luo Tiandu has already saved six to seven hundred taels just from the gold and silver melted down in the past six months, which is enough for Luo Baisu to compile books in the secretary province for several years.

Luo Tian only saved the money and had no plans to use it. As for setting up a shop in Shangjing, she never even thought about it.Just because of the avoidance system for officials, she is not allowed to buy property in Shangjing. Besides, even if she set up a shop in Shangjing under the name of someone else, Luo Baisu is now in Shangjing. Who will wait for another two years? I don't know if he can still stay in Shangjing. If Luo Baisu wants to be transferred abroad, she can't stay in Beijing. No one will take care of her shop and she can only sell it again, and she won't be able to earn back her capital.

After much deliberation, she felt that it would be the most worry-free and trouble-free to do this kind of business without capital. Pan Shop was also worried about being caught in the name of a businessman and affecting Luo Baisu's future, but she made cards completely. Don't be afraid, the imperial court taboos private contacts between officials, shouldn't the women's relatives be allowed to exchange some ways to pass the time in private?
Of course, these cards bring not only financial gains, but also a lot of benefits in terms of interpersonal relationships. Now some of Luo Baisu's colleagues' families often invite Fang to drink tea and listen to Xiaoqu and so on, although they are all minor officials and female family members of the sixth or seventh rank, but compared to when Fang first came to Beijing, half of them were unknown, and the first time he went to the street, he was ridiculed openly , but it is much better.

At the very least, Fang Shi has now entered the social circle in Shangjing that suits her identity.

Luo Tian was very satisfied with this. They were originally from a farming family, and Luo Baisu was also new to the officialdom. In terms of human relations, it is more appropriate to associate with these official family members of the same level. Everyone has similar identities and human relations. Sometimes there will not be too much pressure.As for the noble ladies of the real aristocratic families in Shangjing, Luo Tian felt that they would be very generous customers, but it was unnecessary to treat them as friends.

(End of this chapter)