Noble Lady

Chapter 110 Lychee

In his early years, Sun Ping'an went to school with his second uncle. Later, as a child of a servant, he was able to stay and teach. It is impossible to say that the academy did not give him the face of the Marquis' Mansion.

But Sun Ping'an is such a profit-seeking person, with the same character as He Minzhi. It is hard to say whether he will do anything immoral in the future to bring trouble to the Marquis' Mansion.

In the letter, she also asked the Marquis's wife to send Situ Zhen some lychees that the escort agency had just shipped from the south.

Mainly to thank Situ Zhen for helping investigate Chen Mingxuan's case.

Once I was sure that he had good character, I felt much more at ease hiring him as Xue Huai's teacher.

The reason why lychees have to come from her is because her family doesn't like to eat them.

Whether it was Dad, Mom, Xue Huai, or Luo Yan, they all got tired of the food after a few bites.

Only she, after having eaten it once as a child, would eat several baskets every year.

Because of her habit, the escort company also brought some every year, and later it gradually developed into a caravan specializing in transporting lychees.

A-niang only prepares some for personal exchange, and the rest are ordered by those dignitaries.

She has the most talents here.

Of course, we prepared so much this year because we wanted to pave the way for He Minzhi, but who knew that some people were so heartless and blind.

She didn't want to be like she did in her previous life, eagerly using such good things to pave the way for him.

Afterwards, Xue Chenyu asked someone to send some to Chen Lizhu and Du Jingyuan, and also asked someone to convey her thanks to Chen Lizhu and a letter to Du Jingyuan.

Soon, she received Du Jingyuan's thanks, saying that lychees in early summer are rare and she wanted to eat them but couldn't order them. If it weren't for Xue Chenyu, she might not be able to eat them this year.

This thing is extremely valuable in Kyoto, and not everyone can eat it.

At first, not many people here ate lychees, but as more and more people failed to order, the supply became increasingly insufficient to meet the demand.

Nowadays, the dignitaries in the capital can’t get lychees whenever they want, because the caravans can only carry so many on a round trip.

Generally, the priority is given to old customers who have been placing orders.

Xue Chenyu made money from selling litchi by riding on the Jiang family's caravan, and she was not worried that someone would steal the business.

There are plenty of lychees in the south, but only a few are of the best quality. The Jiang family has already started cooperation.

It is not that easy for latecomers to grab resources.

……

Because of He Minzhi's shamelessness, Xue Chenyu closed the gate again.

He Jixiang is now recuperating in Furongju, so Ji Minrou can't come and cause trouble.

So she could only go to He Minzhi hesitantly and complain secretly.

"Cousin, I couldn't get into Madam's house, and I couldn't see how badly she was injured. I feel really guilty. I wish I had been smarter."

"This isn't your fault. Don't blame yourself too much. I've seen Jixiang's injuries. He'll be fine after ten days or half a month of rest."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't been chasing Jixiang, she wouldn't have misunderstood that I was going to harm her and did such a radical thing. It's all my fault."

"Luckily, Madam was there and rescued Jixiang. Jixiang is also very lucky. He just happened to meet Yuzhu from Furongju passing by. If it weren't for her, Jixiang would have died from such serious injuries."

She said it was all her fault, but in fact every word she said was condemning Xue Chenyu for meddling in other people's business.

He Minzhiye thought what she said made sense, but he quickly came to his senses.

"That's not right."

Furong District and the maid's house are not together, so how could Yuzhu happen to pass by and save Jixiang?

Maybe Xue Chenyu is trying to come up with something new.

Thinking of this, He Minzhi hugged Ji Minrou and said more firmly: "This matter really cannot be blamed on you. You don't have to blame yourself anymore. I will talk to Xue family and make things clear."

……

No one in Furongju paid any attention to such dirty things; everyone was happily sharing the lychees.

Yumei also likes to eat it, but she is very restrained. She eats a few and then stops, sitting aside obediently.

Seeing her like this, Yuzhu couldn't help but ask her, "What's wrong? Lychees don't suit your taste?"

"No, this thing is rare. I know." Yumei's words were the truth from the bottom of her heart.

She grew up in the south and had eaten quite a bit of it, but it was only after she came to the north that she realized how precious it was.

When she was in Prince Cheng's mansion, she only ate a few and they were gone.

After all, there is only one basket in the whole mansion, and each courtyard gets a share, so there won’t be much left in the hands of the junior master.

She was able to eat that plate only because her junior master uncle gave it to her instead of eating it.

Now she can eat it in Furongju, and she also knows her limits. She can't just eat it all by herself just because she likes it and leave nothing for others.

Seeing her like this, Yuzhu knew that she had misunderstood. "You don't have to worry about that. Our girl has something here. Just eat it if you are asked to."

"The largest caravan transporting lychees in Kyoto belongs to your maternal grandparents. You don't lack these things, and you will also bring them with you when the next caravan arrives."

Yumei blinked, as if she couldn't believe her ears.

"Did you hear the young lady tell me to send lychees to Miss Chen San and Miss Du Da? You think there are only a few left in our yard. Besides these in the yard, we still have two baskets in the ice cellar. You can eat as much as you want."

Yumei swallowed nervously, "Two baskets?"

"Yes, two big baskets." Yuzhu said and gestured.

Oh my god!

Even the ladies in the palace wouldn’t dare to eat like this.

No wonder businessmen are suppressed. If everyone goes into business, wouldn’t everyone be rich?

"Ugh……"

Yuzhu didn't know why, but she sighed while peeling the litchi.

"What sad things did Sister Yuzhu bring up?"

"I'm not sad at all. I just feel sorry for our girl."

Yumei thought that the girl would not prepare three large baskets for no reason. Even if she liked them, she would have more next time and would not bring so many.

Yuzhu sighed and quickly explained, "These three baskets of lychees were ordered two months ago. A letter from Jiangnan said that the lychees would ripen earlier this year, and asked if you wanted to prepare some more now that you're married."

"The girl thought that the He family, given their current situation, wouldn't be willing to spend a fortune on lychees. They probably hadn't even tasted them before. So she asked them to prepare two more baskets."

"One is to let everyone in the He family have a taste of it, and the other is to give it to Lord He as a gift to pave the way."

But by March, not long after the letter was sent, the old lady couldn't wait to take Ji Minrou, who was widowed after her husband died, back home.

Moreover, as soon as he entered the palace, he began to stir up trouble and cause trouble throughout his life.

He also got together with He Minzhi, having an affair without any matchmaker, and they were like a couple.

He wanted the girl's money and threw all his bad and dirty things at her, treating her like a money bag and a rag collector.

Time flies and now it’s here.

The more Yuzhu thought about it, the sadder she became, and she actually started crying.