The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

Chapter 221 Preferring boys over girls

"What? Ten thousand?" Li Quan sat up straight with disbelief in his eyes. "Are you serious? Ten thousand?"

"Of course." Shang Ruoyi looked at him: "Master Li, do you think it's too little and don't want to sell it?"

How could it be too little? Ten thousand pieces were exactly thirty thousand taels, which was just enough to make up for the shortfall on the account.

He and the head of the Li family looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"Not less, not less." Patriarch Li said happily, "When will Shopkeeper Shang want it?"

"After the New Year, I will go to the Li family to get the clams myself."

After the new year?

The father and son looked at each other, and the head of the Li family whispered, "Shopkeeper Shang, can you pay the money first?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xia Xia hurriedly said, "Dad, our Li family has always been a silver-for-goods business, how can we let someone take the silver first?"

Patriarch Li looked at her, coughed a few times, and whispered, "Xia Xia, you are a woman, you don't have to interfere in the family business."

"But······"

Before she could finish, the head of the Li family looked at Shang Ruoyi with a burning gaze: "Shopkeeper Shang, you should know that among the four countries, the Dongzhu of my Beiling Li family is the best. Every year, the best ones are tributed to the palace for the queens and princesses to wear. There are countless people who want to cooperate with my Li family. If you don't pay the money first, I'm afraid these Dongzhu clams will be gone before the New Year."

Shang Ruoyi nodded seriously after hearing this: "The Li family's Dongzhu is indeed very famous, but the head of the Li family just said that this business has nothing to do with Miss Li, right?"

"Xia Xia is a woman, so she naturally cannot interfere in the family's business."

As soon as the head of the Li family finished speaking, he heard Li Quan next to him sneer: "My daughter will get married sooner or later. Only men in the family can really keep the wealth, so the family business naturally has nothing to do with her."

Shang Ruoyi smiled when she heard this, then stood up and bowed, saying, "In that case, the two of you should just pretend that I have not been here today."

After saying that, she stood up and was about to leave.

Seeing her like this, the Li family father and son became anxious. Now she is the God of Wealth, how could anyone in this world let the God of Wealth go?

Patriarch Li hurried forward with a smile on his face: "Shopkeeper Shang, why did you leave when all of a sudden?"

"The reason why I want to buy the pearl oysters is actually because I get along well with Miss Li. If this business has nothing to do with her, I would never want to do it." Shang Ruoyi looked at Li Xia Xia standing beside her: "In this case, I'll take my leave."

what?

It was because of this that he could take out 30,000 taels at will.

She didn't seem to care how much profit the thirty thousand taels could bring, which showed that she had quite a bit of money.

Seeing her leave without any reluctance, Patriarch Li hurriedly chased after her: "Shopkeeper Shang, Shopkeeper Shang, let's talk it over nicely. Let's talk it over nicely."

His eyes fell on his daughter. He never expected that his daughter would find such a God of Wealth for their Li family. He gritted his teeth and said, "In this case, Shopkeeper Shang's affairs will be handed over to Xia Xia. However, she rarely deals with business matters. If there is any inadequacy in the hospitality, please forgive me, Shopkeeper Shang."

Hearing this, Li Xia Xia's eyes lit up: "Dad, are you telling the truth?"

"Xia Xia, remember not to neglect it."

"Yes, daddy."

After Shang Ruoyi left, Li Quan's face turned cold: "Dad, leave such a big business to Xia Xia..."

"There is no other way at the moment. Someone has to make up for the 30,000 taels of silver notes you are short of. You know that your grandfather is already dissatisfied with you. If he knew about this, he would punish you severely." The head of the Li family looked at his son and sighed: "If it weren't for your mother, I would have kicked you out of the family long ago for causing such a big disaster."

Li Quan's expression changed, and he smiled awkwardly: "Dad, I will definitely remember the previous lesson and will not make the same mistake again."

Li Xia Xia saw Shang Ruoyi off. On the way, she thought for a while, but couldn't help asking, "Sister Shang, why do you have to ask me to do this business with you?"

"I like you better." Shang Ruoyi paused as she got into the car and looked back at Li Xia Xia who was standing at the door. "Some things, if you look carefully, you will see scenery you have never seen before. It's the same with people. You have to go through some things before you know what you really want."

Li Xia Xia looked at the carriage going away and blinked. She always felt that there was other deeper meaning in Shang Ruoyi's words.

He Jingheng was sitting on a cushion in the carriage, handing her the hot water bottle in his hand. "They are just some pearls. If you like them, I'll get them for you. Why do you have to come here to buy pearl clams? Why would they sell you good clams? Even if you buy pearl clams worth a hundred thousand or a million, you won't be able to get a top-quality pearl."

Shang Ruoyi curled her lips: "Of course I know this." She held the hot water bottle, a sly smile flashed across her face: "They can't raise top-grade Dongzhu, how do you know I can't raise it either?"

With the spiritual spring water, why worry about not being able to grow top-quality Dongzhu?

She was just afraid that there were too many Dongzhu.

He Jingheng looked at her ambitious expression and said no more.

The New Year is coming soon. In previous years, Shiya Village was dead silent and there was no sign of celebrating the New Year. After all, if we couldn't even get enough food to eat, what difference would it make whether we celebrated the New Year or not?

But this year is completely different. Every household is busy.

Each worker working in the He family was given meat and grain.

"Thank you, Boss." Wang Erzhu smiled and said, "Since I've been with you, our lives have become much better off."

"Yes, we actually have meat to eat during the Chinese New Year this year. It's like a dream."

Just then, a whip sounded not far away.

"Hurry up! Hurry up! If you don't leave, I'll beat you to death!"

The voices of the yamen runners came over.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

There were only six people wearing thin prison uniforms with many holes on them and the wounds on their flesh were clearly visible.

"Sir, please, give me some coarse grain bread!" A dishevelled woman rubbed her hands and begged, "My child is starving to death, sir, please, please."

"You still want to eat coarse grain cakes? You're dreaming! If you don't leave, I'll beat you to death without waiting for you to starve to death." As he finished speaking, he raised the whip and was about to whip again. A middle-aged man who was also wearing prison uniform held the woman and the child in his arms and let the whip fall on his back.

He clenched his teeth and said nothing.

The yamen runner whipped a few times, felt relieved, and said in a deep voice: "Hurry up, your residence is in front."

The man gritted his teeth, his back was covered in blood. Seeing this, the woman kept wiping her tears, and the child in her arms also burst into tears.