Chapter 412 - Chapter 412: Chapter 412 High-Priced Sale of Popular Goods_1 (1/2)
Chapter 412: Chapter 412 High-Priced Sale of Popular Goods_1
Early the next morning, Wei Ruo got up and had breakfast in her own room before leaving the house.
Just as she approached the gate of Tingsong Garden, she encountered Yun Shi, who had come to visit her.
“Where are you off to so early in the morning?” Yun Shi asked.
“I have matters to attend to outside,” Wei Ruo responded, herexpression indifferent.
“You just got back yesterday and now you’re leaving again. Just how much do you dislike being in this house?” Yun Shi questioned.
“Mother, after this massive snowfall, this is how it looks in town. Have you considered the conditions in the open fields? There are large numbers of disaster-stricken people living there. Since I’m charge of this issue, shouldn’t I take the responsibility all the way?” Wei Ruo counter-questioned Yun Shi.
Choked by Wei Ruo’s response, Yun Shi acknowledged that Wei Ruo was reasonable but also felt that she had lost face. She then said, “With the roads blocked by heavy snow, what can you do? Clearing the snow, repairing houses, and rescuing people from ruins, are these things that a woman like you can do?”
“Mother, rest assured. There is something I can do. Even if I can’t be helpful, as Madam Yuan and approved by the Seventh Prince to oversee the farming issue, shouldn’t I express my concern for this matter?” Wei Ruo retorted.
After saying this, Wei Ruo left without waiting for Yun Shi to come up with a response.
Watching Wei Ruo’s departing back, Yun Shi fumed, “I must have been out of my mind to think about reconciling with her just because she saved Chen once again!”
“Madam, don’t get angry. The young lady might have been anxious to go out,” Cuiping consoled.
“It’s true that she has work to do, but with this attitude, she’s completely ignoring me. When have I ever been disgruntled about her being busy outside? It’s her arrogant demeanor that upsets me!”
She had come here intending to have a good talk with her eldest daughter, but as soon as she saw her indifferent and perfunctory demeanor, most of her good mood disappeared.
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Wei Ruo had supplies of cotton quilts, cotton jackets, a large amount of coal, and rice grain. These goods were in high demand in the snowy weather, especially in this unusually early snowstorm that hadn’t been seen in hundreds of years.
Wei Ruo hadn’t sold these items in her store in the Government City before, so she planned to go along with Xiumei to the Four Treasure House and arrange the related matters.
As Wei Ruo and Xiumei walked through the streets, due to the joint efforts of the officials and citizens, main thoroughfares in and out of Taizhou prefecture had been cleared.
They saw many run-down houses of poor families that collapsed under the heavy snow, turning into ruins.
The situation in the city was already this bad, let alone in the countryside.
Seeing that this year’s circumstances were worse than last year’s, Xiumei couldn’t help but mutter, “What’s happening these days? It always has strange weather at the end of the year. The places that don’t usually get a lot of snow, are now getting heavier snowfall year by year!”
“Every several decades there will be a Little Ice Age. When it arrives, the climate gradually becomes colder, harsh weather occurs more frequently, and fish catches, as well as grain yields, decrease. I hope the climate changes in these two years are not related to that. It will get better after these two years,” Wei Ruo said.
Xiumei nodded and said, “Yeah, I sincerely hope that such bad weather will not occur again, otherwise who knows how many more people will die. This year we have finally grown a bit more grain, so we hope we can have a good year!”
“Hopefully.”
When Wei Ruo arrived at Four Treasure House, since her nurses and Uncle Xu had moved to the mansion bestowed by the court, the backyard of Four Treasure House was now empty. Only one room was reserved for Wei Ruo and Xiumei to change clothes and costumes.