After a day and a night of fighting, it was unknown whether the battle had ended or paused. Finally, the sounds of fighting and killing stopped at night.
Everyone stayed at home nervously for the whole day. When there was no movement outside at night, everyone started to light a fire to cook and go out to take a look. Of course, they did not walk very far. They just took a stroll in front of their own house.
Fu Liangcheng went to start a fire and made some simple food. After eating with the children, he went out to the old folks 'home a few doors away to ask if anything had happened yesterday. After seeing that everyone was fine, he went home.
The children at home were still very afraid, but they had not slept for a day and night. They were in poor spirits. Madam Wang wanted to coax the children to sleep, but she was afraid that she would have to hit them again tonight.
When Fu Liangcheng reached home, he saw that his children and wife were all tired. He said," Everyone, get some sleep. There's no movement now. Both sides should be resting. They're fine for the time being."”
Hearing this, Madam Wang was relieved and coaxed the children to sleep.
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The Prince's Mansion of Anbo Prefecture in the Capital
Master: "The new embroidery skill that was reported a few days ago has arrived."”The butler brought the things Shopkeeper Qian had sent over to Qi Bai Yi.
At this moment, Qi Bai Yi was looking at the clocks he had brought back from the West. They were all pocket watches, exquisite, beautiful, and small.
Even though this pocket watch was small, it was still very expensive. A basic style without any fancy decorations was worth 100 taels of gold, while a pocket watch with some gold and silver decorations inside was worth 500 taels of gold, and a pocket watch like Qi Bai Yi's with gold gems was worth 2000 taels of gold.
This price was set by Qi Bai Yi, of course. These were sold in the West for 50 taels of silver each, regardless of the style. Qi Bai Yi's caravan bought almost all of their goods, and they even gave him 10 large pendulum clocks. Of these ten pendulum clocks, three were sent to the palace, and the rest were kept in the Rare Treasure Pavilion as the treasure of the shop.
The butler saw that his master was focused on the newly arrived pocket watch and did not dare to disturb him. He stood quietly at the side with the thing in hand.
After waiting for a long time, Qi Bai Yi finally spoke.
The butler presented the items and placed them on the table one by one.
Qi Bai Yi picked up a handkerchief and looked at it carefully. It was really not bad. At first glance, it looked like a real spider plant. The needlework was vivid and vivid, and the colors were ingenious. The combination of light and dark gave the whole picture a three-dimensional feeling. Excellent, really excellent!
"Where did you get this?"
"Reporting to Master, this is the embroidery technique that I've discovered in Nanrong Manor. This old servant mentioned it a few days ago. I've sent it over quickly."”
"If we were to release this in full, it would be something that would shake the entire capital and the Xia Dynasty!"”
This Qi Bai Yi was indeed worthy of being called a money-grubber. His business vision and business sense were extremely sensitive, and he was also ruthless.
Qi Bai Yi then looked at the other items. He picked up a hand rope and played with it in his hand." I'll buy as many of these embroidery pieces as you can. Take these samples to the Rare Treasure Pavilion and display them for a few days. Add a few of these to the auction items at the Rare Treasure Gathering the day after tomorrow." Is this a hand rope?"
The housekeeper looked at the thing in Qi Bai Yi's hand and said,"Master, this is a hand rope. It should be divided into two sizes for adults and children."”
Qi Bai Yi: " Mm, let's sell this for 50 copper coins each. We'll sell it in Ni Shang. Also, prepare some for those wealthy families who buy clothes frequently. Tell them to thank them for their long term support."
It was fine to give this new product to those with high status. Don't give it to ordinary people. This was money.”
When the butler heard this, he thought to himself, Master, you're really stingy! Although he felt that his master was stingy, this was something that was given out in his master's name. That meant something different. That was honor!
Qi Bai Yi also said to send these ropes to the palace and let Imperial Grandmother keep them for others to play with.
When the butler heard this, he immediately understood that she was trying to raise the price of this little thing. If the empress dowager rewarded it, then this thing would not only be 50 wen per stick. Perhaps our uncle would dare to sell it for 500 wen.
Despite his thoughts, he still accepted the order and left. When he left, he took away everything except the handkerchief that he had taken a fancy to and the bracelet that Qi Bai Yi was still playing with.
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Two days had passed, and the battle at Nanrong Manor was still not over. However, each household could send one person out with their household register to buy some rice, grain, and vegetables. Now, they had begun to purchase limited supplies. Moreover, there were yamen runners to register and maintain order.
Originally, there were no restrictions, and no yamen cared about this matter. However, because everyone went out to buy things on the first day and wanted to stock up on supplies, many shops were sold out of rice, noodles, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and meat. Not only that, but many people rushed to buy things because they were late. The most serious thing was that a few people in the North District actually came out.
The magistrate was afraid that things would get chaotic here before the war outside had started. He issued a document to let the district chiefs and bailiffs cooperate to manage the shops that still had supplies. The shops sold things normally, but each household had a quota. If they did not cooperate, they would be thrown into prison and fined. With this document, the whole world would be more stable.
As for the Fu family, because they had a grocery store, they sold out all the commonly used items such as oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar on the first day they opened. No one bought other things either. Now that there was no place to stock up, the store was closed. They had earned some money, but they didn't have much. However, because they didn't buy much food before, they needed to buy more because there were many people in the family.
Today, Old Master Fu brought his second son and eldest grandson to the place where they bought grain to queue up. However, not only had there been no grain delivery recently, but he had also heard that a few batches of grain ships that came by water had been robbed by the Japanese. Not only had the price of grain increased several times, but the family that could originally buy 10 catties was now only allowed to buy 2 catties.
Today, the old man had taken out one tael of silver and thought that he could buy 10 catties of rice to eat first. It was only when he arrived that he found out that his household register could only buy 2 catties. One catty was 50 wen. 50 wen per catty was old rice, and there was some sand in it.
He had no choice but to buy as much as he could. He took the household register to Li Zheng and made a mark on it. He wrote down the date and purchase record, then went inside to pay for the food.
When the few of them returned home, everyone saw that they had bought so few things. Why was there only so little? It was not enough to eat!
The old man told everyone about the situation outside and the current price of grain.
When Madam Zhou heard this, she thought that it was not good to buy rice for so many people to eat. There was not much food in the house. Should she let her sister-in-law return to the Zhao family?
Just as everyone was talking, someone knocked on the door. Fu Heng, who was close to the door, went to open the door. He saw that it was Uncle Zhao Li.
Fu Heng called out to uncle and let him in.
When everyone saw that Zhao Li had come over, they thought that he was here to pick up his wife and children. After all, the situation was special now, and no one mentioned anything about splitting up or divorcing. It was true that they could live in peace.
However, everyone was wrong. Zhao Li came to live here because they had previously been told to split up. If they didn't have a place, they would stay at their father-in-law's house first. It just so happened that the situation was special now, so their mother and brother mobilized Zhao Li to come over. They even said nicely that they would help the couple. Zhao Li also wanted to reduce the burden on the family, so he came over.
"Father, Mother, we'll have to trouble you in the future. My mother has agreed to let us live alone."”
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