Number One Scholar's Spicy Wife

  These two years, the young lady must have had a very hard time. She is so haggard, not only taking care of her husband day and night, but also worrying that he might leave at any moment. It's really pitiful for her.

  The biggest lie, and Uncle immediately suggested going to see Xie Wenjing's father.

  The old lady rarely showed enthusiasm, personally taking her brother-in-law to the bamboo garden. Others were left behind as the old lady said the bamboo garden was not suitable for noise. She left her daughter-in-law to entertain her sister-in-law and others. Xie Wenjing also stayed with her mother to accompany her aunt.

  The eldest uncle brought two hundred-year-old ginseng from Hangzhou and other medicinal materials, led by the old lady, into the bamboo garden.

  As soon as I entered the bamboo garden, the most obvious feeling was quietness and freshness.

  "Cheng Yu, your eldest maternal cousin has come to see you!" As soon as the old lady entered Cheng Yu's room, she smelled a strong medicinal scent. She was very satisfied in her heart, this kind of medicinal scent was exactly the smell of those highly nourishing medicinal materials.

  Liu Lingling was at the bedside, seeing Old Madam coming over, she hastily paid her respects. She was waved away by Old Madam, indicating for her to move aside. By herself, she sat down beside Xie Chengyu's bed. With a painful and loving expression, looking at Big Uncle, he was even more grateful to Old Madam for treating his adopted son so well.

  Xie Chengyu just found out that someone from Hangzhou had arrived, and he was afraid his wife would reveal his illness too early, so he specifically instructed her not to say anything. At the moment, he was still feeling weak and needed time to recover. He could only apologize to his brother-in-law.

  So Xie Chengyu still pretended to be extremely weak, barely opening his eyes, with pain flowing out of them, his mouth opening and closing, wanting to speak but unable to say anything, making his uncle feel very sorry for him.

  This man, who was once so dignified, has now withered away! He is even too weak to breathe easily, and it feels like he could go at any moment. Saddened by this, I couldn't help but shed tears.

  "Xiang Yu, don't speak, I know what you want to say, I know everything, just don't speak and take good care of your body. Wen Jing and Wen Bao still can't leave you! Juan Er also can't leave you!"

  Uncle Du Bing, a big man, was moved to tears by his brother-in-law in front of him. In order not to affect his brother-in-law's mood, Uncle Du quickly opened the gift he had brought.

  The old lady suddenly stood up and took her husband to Xie Chengyu's next room, which was a place for storing medicinal materials.

  The eldest maternal uncle looked around and saw the room full of precious medicinal materials, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Thank you so much, Madam, for your kindness to Chengyu!" The eldest maternal uncle bowed deeply to the ground in front of the old lady, thanking her on behalf of his sister.

  "As the saying goes, I am this child's mother, so I naturally want to pamper him. The Qin family is indeed generous, and they spared no expense!" The old lady looked at the room full of precious medicine with satisfaction, and the eyes of her relatives from Hangzhou widened in shock. It can also be said that the daughter-in-law did something useful, not only bringing honor to herself but also giving face to the Xie family.

  "It doesn't matter, it's all worth it. All these years, thanks to the old lady's care and love for my sister, I couldn't share any burden with her, and this is all I can do. Ah, I hope that Chong Yu will recover soon under Master's care!"

  The old uncle sighed with emotion in front of the elderly lady.

  The old lady accompanied him with a firm expression: "It will work, it must work, I don't believe that so many good medicines can't save my son!"

  The old lady's words were sonorous and powerful, even the servants outside were moved to tears, and they thought in their hearts that the old lady of the Xie family had a heart as kind as a Bodhisattva.

  Xie Chengyu, lying on his sickbed, heard this shameless old woman's words and couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

  If I didn't know now that those precious medicines are harming me the more I take them, I would even have to thank this hypocritical old woman.

  The old woman's means are not ordinary, fortunately her own daughter is thoughtful and can see through the old woman's ugly face.

  "Hmph, old woman, bear with me for now, once I'm fully recovered, I'll give you a surprise."

  Liu Lingling looked at Xie Chengyu, and it was like looking at a dead person. Having such a stepmother is almost unbearable.

  The elder uncle did not dare to delay his brother-in-law's rest any longer and hastily left.

  Xie Wenjing's mother saw the eldest brother return to the main courtyard, and had no choice but to apologize to the eldest brother and sister-in-law before retreating back to the bamboo garden to take care of Xie Wenjing's father.

  After lunch, the old lady specially arranged for Xie Wenjing to take her uncle and aunt to her own pomegranate garden. The old lady was giving Xie Wenjing an opportunity to talk to her uncle about doing business.

  The elder uncle and aunt brought their two sons to Xie Wenyin's pomegranate garden, then took out another silver note for Xie Wenyin. A five-hundred-tael silver note.

  "Uncle and Aunt, I've already accepted the gold bangles you gave me, I really can't accept any more!" Xie Wenjing said with reddened eyes.

  In my past life, my uncle also loved me like this. Unfortunately, my death caused them sorrow and guilt. I couldn't take the silver notes that Uncle left for me, but I will definitely exchange the medicine he prepared for Father into silver notes.

  "Wenjing, listen to your aunt's words and take the silver ticket. Although your grandmother is good to your father, one must always leave a way out for oneself. Relying on others for a living is not as good as having something in one's own hands. You're growing up now, you should also dress yourself up properly. The Zhao family is a big household, you can't be inferior to them in terms of bearing. Do you understand? Quickly put it away, don't let others see!"

  The elder aunt Li Suo immediately stuffed a 500-tael silver note into Xie Wenjing's hand, forcing her not to decline again.

  "Great Aunt! Me, me?" Xie Wenjing finally couldn't hold back her tears. She was so fortunate to have received the deep love of her uncles in both lifetimes!

  "Good girl! Don't cry, okay? Your dad will definitely be fine, he still has to see you get married! Stop crying now? Auntie is coming to Yangzhou this time to take a look and see if we can stock up on some old rice. The wheat from the first half of the year doesn't look good, but in the second half of the year, the price of rice should rise sharply. We'll make the most of it by stocking up on last year's old rice now. This batch of goods will have to see us through until next year. Wenjing, do you want to come out with us for a stroll?"

  Xie Wenjing's eldest aunt has always been a capable person, doing business at home and never thinking that women doing business is bad. Her own shop, her own management, what's wrong with that? Being able to earn money is the most important thing, who cares about those people saying unpleasant things, they're just jealous of her ability to make money.

  Moreover, seeing Wen Jing cry like this also made her aunt feel heartache, so she might as well take her out for a walk to clear her mind. If Wen Jing had such an idea, she would naturally help out, and perhaps at some point, the old lady of the Xie family wouldn't be willing to spend that much money on her brother-in-law's medical treatment anymore.

  What should we do at that time? Of course, it's better to prepare for a rainy day! But I don't know if Wenjing herself dares to have such an idea. Let's try and see!

  "Uh-huh!" Xie Wenjing nodded with a sob.

  This time, my uncle is planning to stock up on more old rice in Yangzhou. The price of old rice was already higher than previous years, and these businessmen all know that the wheat harvest was ruined by snow this year, so the price of rice will naturally rise.

  But last year was good at the beginning of the year, and the rice warehouses were full, so even if the price rose, it didn't rise much. At this time, many farmers have already started to feel anxious.

  Xie Wenjing would not normally follow her eldest uncle to buy and sell goods, but this time's procurement directly affected Eldest Uncle's business, so she had to go along and remind him.

  I remember that in my previous life, my uncle also took me out to buy and sell rice, but because I unknowingly asked Aunt a question, she suddenly changed her mind and didn't buy the old rice, instead buying all kinds of grains.

  Generally, seeds are sold by the government, and even if merchants have prepared seeds for sale, they cannot sell them at a price lower than that of the government. Every year, the government uses seeds to control grain prices, allowing farmers to cultivate with peace of mind.

  In this way, the merchants would sell suitable grains as ordinary food at a price that could be higher than the official price. Although the government only opened its granaries to sell grains during the planting season, it greatly suppressed the grain prices of the merchants.