Chapter 245 Rice Shop [Second Update]

The haze of his heart just now was swept away, but after listening to Xia Houchen's words, his face suddenly turned red again.

Xiahouchen took out a box from the Dobaoge at the head of the bed and put it in front of the dressing table. It was the emerald gold bracelets many years ago. He put on the bracelets with his own hands and said lightly, "In previous years, I saw that you liked it very much, so I stayed. This pair of bracelets should have been a pair."

"Thank you, my father-in-law!" In addition to touching and liking, I don't know what words to use to express the joy in my heart. If my husband is like this, what can I ask for?

Then Xiahouchen asked the painting fan to go to the kitchen for breakfast. After the couple finished eating, they went to the main house to serve tea for the Marquis of An and Mrs. Anguo.

Mrs An Guohou likes her heart, and then asked Xia's mother beside her to send a gift. She said softly, "I wanted to give you a pair of bracelets, but Chen'er said that the bracelets in your hand were obtained by him with a lot of thought. Naturally, I didn't dare to steal his limelight, so I gave you a jade pendant."

He secretly stared at Xia Houchen. The pair of bracelets was not obtained by Xia Houchen with a lot of thought. They were obviously robbed.

Mother Xia opened the box and put on the jade pendant for her heart. The jade pendant was actually a little warm on her skin and was carved with warm jade.

"My daughter-in-law thanked my mother!" Xinrong kowtowed to Mrs. Anguo.

"My wife is willing to use such a valuable object. If the gift from me is poor, it won't be laughed at!" An Guohou was dressed in black clothes with a clear outline. Although he was 50 years old, he looked like he was in his early 40s. He is three points similar to Xia Houchen and is not angry and arrogant.

An Guohou pulled off the jade pendant on his waist and asked Xia's mother to hand it to his heart.

This jade pendant is extremely suitable for both men and women.

"Daughter-in-law thanked my father!" Since the value of this jade pendant can be compared with that of the jade pendant, he did not look carefully at the water color of the jade pendant and kowtowed to the Marquis of An.

The husband and wife got up, and Mrs. An Guohou asked Xinrong and Xia Houchen to leave.

However, Xia Houchen was speechless all the way until he entered the Huacui Garden of the two of them and said slowly: "My father made a lot of friends in the early years. This jade pendant was given by those people in the world. You must wear it on your body. If there is an accident one day, you can save your life."

Xia Houchen looked serious, as if there was something to hide his face. He smiled and said, "I don't often go out of the house. Where can I be in danger, but this jade pendant is very beautiful, and I will naturally wear it on my body."

"Is it that you don't want to take care of those shops by yourself? I'm very interested in the brothel you bought with money!" Xia Houchen grinned.

Well...the brothel!

Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Xia Houchen.

She glanced slightly, "I can't take care of the brothel in person. In the past, when I read novels, I felt that the brothel was a good place with many people. It would be better if you could throw a few of your own people in."

Xiahou Chen raised his eyebrows, and she could guess his thoughts.

"Do we have a good heart? Sure enough, we can only be husband and wife!"

Her heart is dumb. It's not that she hasn't seen Xia Houchen's thick skin, but it's the first time she has seen him licking her face like this.

"I'm too lazy to tell you this. You should tell me why you proposed marriage to the emperor in front of Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty! I won't believe the nonsense you said earlier.

"The emperor's will!" Xia Houchen said lightly, "The emperor wants to see you earlier, but he is afraid that he wants to leave you in the palace. He is a wise king. How can he rob the wife of his ministers?"

This answer was a little surprised, and Xinrong said, "Does the emperor plan to announce that I will enter the palace in person soon?"

"No, he left the palace!"

The husband and wife only said so many words and did not mention this topic again, and their heart also knew the answer she wanted.

Xiahouchen has an official position and should go to the court every day, but he is just newly married. There are three holidays. These three days, Xiahouchen nestled in Hou's house every day to accompany his heart. Or visit the whole Hou mansion hand in hand, or carry a pen and grind ink, and red sleeves add fragrance.

In the eyes of outsiders, it is naturally a young couple raising their eyebrows.

Just after the holiday, Xiahouchen left home before dawn every day.

He also knows that there are no big rules in the Anguo Marquis's mansion. Usually, only the wife of Anguo Marquis is in the house, and the Marquis of Anguo also has to go to the early morning.

On this day, Xinrong went to the main house to have breakfast with Mrs. An Guohou, and mentioned that he wanted to go abroad today.

Mrs. Anguo wiped the corners of her lips and said kindly, "You are a young man. Naturally, you should go out to play. If you stay in the house every day, you will get sick, you can't tell me about such a small thing. You can also invite your best friend to visit your home. I'm old, so I like to be quiet. There is an aunt in the house, which is not lonely. You haven't seen Chen'er's two concubines these days, because the two of them also go to school in the national prison like men.

Xinrong nodded. Women in the Zhou Dynasty could be female officials, and non-girl officials had also studied in the National Prison. There is a female student in Guozijian, and she just heard about it.

"Both sister-in-law are talented." Xinrong remembered that although the two sisters-in-law were a concubine, they were also awarded the title of princess, the eldest princess Xiahouqi, and the second princess Xiahou Yu, who were also members of the Poetry Society.

"The two of them are about the same age as you, but they have a marriage contract and will get married in another year. At that time, there was only me and Aunt Shen in the house. If you could give birth to a son and a daughter earlier, Aunt Shen and I would have something to do.

"Mother..." Her heart turned red and she lowered her head.

"I won't say that, you young people!" Mrs. An Guohou shook her head.

After breakfast, he said goodbye to Mrs. Anguohou and asked her to prepare a carriage and leave the Anguohou Mansion.

Although I confidently bought several shops from the old lady of the Xue family, it is also a headache now. It is impossible to raise such four shops with the money earned by rich flowers.

Deacon Li and his son, Manager Li, take care of the rice shop and brothel. As for the brothel, it is really troublesome.

Previously, I discussed with Deacon Li how to deal with those rice shops.

On weekdays, the rice shop sells rice from nearby farmers. The rice shop has its own horse team, so he asked the horse team to go to Yunnan to buy 1,000 catties of fragrant rice.

Yunnan's fragrant rice is the royal tribute rice, and Yunnan is far away from Chang'an. It can't make much money to transport fragrant rice in Yunnan. It can only be eaten by the emperor to give it to the ministers.

However, Xinrong did not intend to make money from the rice shop. The fragrant rice is valuable. If it is made into a dessert, it can not only be sold in the rich flowers, but also occupy a place in the restaurant. The price is a little higher, but it won't supply much every day. She just bought a thousand catties first and tried it.