In the next few days, Lu Fenghe went to the old house every day, sometimes holding Sister Zhen in the morning, sometimes holding Brother Bao in the afternoon, and occasionally just going there with Zhao in the evening.
At noon, Lu Fenghe met Lady Lu Qi who was coming out.
This was the first time the two of them had met each other since what happened last time. When they met head-on, they couldn't just turn a blind eye without saying a word.
Lu Fenghe took Brother Bao and bowed, without saying a word. Brother Bao didn't see many people in Xifu, so he couldn't tell who his aunt was, so he just called her aunt.
Madam Lu Qi gave a hum without a hint of saltiness.
Lu Fenghe took Brother Bai and was about to leave.
"What a great skill. With just one move, he can make the old man lose sight of his grandfather."
Lu Fenghe turned his head and glanced at Mrs. Lu Qi. Is this person really never thinking about whether there is something wrong with him?
"That's not right. You can go out and tell your relatives that my grandfather is old and dim and has been deceived by me." Lu Fenghe was not willing to be outdone.
"Perhaps you are just too old-sighted. A broken shoe who returns home with Li is still the apple of your eye."
Lu Fenghe patted Brother Xi's hand and asked him to go to the old lady's yard first. After Cuizhi took Brother Xi away, Lu Fenghe finally gave Lady Lu Qi a straight look.
"Why don't you say this to seventh brother first, then go to second uncle, third brother and sixth brother and say it again, and then say it to me."
Madam Lu Qi gritted her silver teeth. She didn't dare to say this even to Lu Qilang. She had already lived in the old lady's Buddhist temple and only came out for an hour every day. The old lady said, one day, my great-aunt
I saw her. She will move out of the Buddhist hall one day.
The old lady in front of the old lady went with her every day, but she never saw the old lady in Dongfu. She also wanted to go to her cousin to intercede, but her cousin didn't see her either.
Lu Fenghe knew that Lady Lu Qi was coming these days.
"Have you ever wondered why grandma didn't see you?"
Mrs. Lu Qi never thought about it. When she first said she was here to visit the doctor, the old lady was politely thanked and said that the old lady wanted to rest, so she was not invited in. None of the medicinal materials and supplements she brought were confiscated.
The same words were used for three days, and on the fourth day, the old man was already well and there was no need to visit the doctor. He should go back and don't come back in the future.
She also said that she came to talk to the old lady, and the old lady asked someone to tell her that if the old lady came and said something unpleasant, she would not make their young daughter-in-law angry.
Mrs. Lu Qi was so angry that she roundly said that what she said was not pleasant to the ears and she didn't want to get angry after hearing it.
"Did you say something about me in front of the old lady to make her displease me?"
Lu Fenghe smiled brightly, "If you think so, then that's it."
That is to say, the servants were watching, and his grandmother was in front of her. Lu Fenghe looked at Madam Lu Qi's look and wished he could pounce on her and have a fight with her.
"Did I tell you wrongly?" Lady Lu Qi asked fiercely.
"You go back and ask Brother Qi this question."
Lu Fenghe really didn't know. It was Brother Qi who didn't explain it clearly to her, or whether her brain didn't listen. Is it a question of right or wrong now? It's a question of whether she can say it.
Lu Fenghe didn't bother to talk to her, so he took Lu Fu and left. Lu Qi Niang wanted to chase, but she was caught by the nanny, "Qi Niang, please save some face."
The lawsuit between Lu Fenghe and Mrs. Lu Qi was not avoided, so naturally everyone knew about it.
When Mrs. Lu saw Lu Fenghe, she asked, "Were you stopped by Qilang's wife?"
"It's not like we bumped into each other. Going forward, I'd better come early in the morning."
The old lady didn't ask them what they said. After all, it wouldn't be anything nice. If Qilang's wife could sincerely apologize, He Niang would definitely ask why she didn't see her when she came in.
Under the care of Dr. Tang and the supervision of Lu Fenghe, the old couple looked much better.
On August 25th, the ship from the northwest came back.
Fortunately, there was a steward following him. Lu Fenghe also told Jinbao when he left. If there was bartering in the border market, the exchanged items did not need to be brought back to Piling. What could be sold along the way was sold.
Jinbao was also capable. Not only did he sell everything and come back with only the banknotes and copper coins, he even brought some other goods along with him, earning a lot of shipping money.
Lu Fenghe reconciled the accounts with her. Most of the money the Zhao family earned from silk was iron money, which they left on Qinfeng Road. Fortunately, they earned some money in the northwest border market, but it was not enough to pay for the silk. Lu Fenghe still allocated it from the tea money.
Some people gave them to Zhao Dalang.
There was too much iron money left, and a lot of capital was put in.
Lu Fenghe sighed, exchanging iron money like this was not an option, the capital would only become less and less, and in the end, all the money would be lost to Shen Nanxun's iron money.
"Is there anything unexpected that happened during this trip?" Lu Fenghe asked Jinbao and Liu Rui.
Liu Rui travels a lot of business, and the biggest feeling of this trip is, "It is really convenient to take the waterway, mainly because it is cheap. It takes a lot of effort to stay in a hotel or set up camp every day on the land route. If you take more boatmen with you if you take the waterway, it will be more convenient."
It is also possible to sail day and night."
"Exactly, the cost of sailing is relatively low. In addition to the boatmen, there are many cooks at the port, so we don't need many people at all. Food and accommodation are all on the ship, which saves another expense." Jinbao pointed to the expenses on the road in the account book to Lu Feng
Look.
"We can go to Chenzhou two more times. I've asked around. Businessmen from other places don't like to go to Chenzhou, and the iron money is hard to spend elsewhere. If we go to Chenzhou, it's no problem to add 10% to the price."
"How could this happen if Chenzhou is so close to Gyeonggi Road?" Geographically speaking, Chenzhou is very close to Gyeonggi Road, so it shouldn't be a place lacking goods and merchants.
"This is the case not only in Qianzhou, but also in Shangzhou and Zhongzhou. If the prince wants iron money, he can go two more times. However, going to these two places means not making money, and walking all the way to exchange for iron money..."
Jinbao said it very tactfully, except that he didn't tell Lu Fenghe explicitly that he didn't have that much money to lose.
"Have you told the prince about this?" Lu Fenghe asked.
Jin Bao shook his head, "The villain just met the Master in the border market and did not strike up a conversation."
Lu Fenghe sighed. It seemed that she had to write a letter to Shen Nanxun about this matter. It was annoying!
"You've worked hard too. Go down and rest first. We'll talk more about it when we come in tomorrow."
Lu Fenghe had to take a good look at the account books so that he could have an idea and know what to sell on his next trip to the north.
Although Jinbao has been doing business with his master since he was a child, he is afraid that his master is not very good at accounting. Jinbao's accounting work is really tiring.
"Ask Zhang Dayong to come in." Lu Fenghe said, "There are six more."
These two people are Lu Fenghe's roommates. Zhang Dayong's family was too poor and he sold himself in. The sixth son is a son of the Lu family, and the seven or eight members of the family are Lu Fenghe's roommates.
They followed Jin Bao to see the goods before, but did not follow him to the northwest. Lu Fenghe thought there was no need to go with so many people before, but now he thought of the use of the two of them.