I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

Zheng Guo was secretly surprised: Ji Xiaobei had entered the upper class so quickly and had come into contact with the emperor...

She used to scold her daughter for not knowing how to socialize, but she never expected that her daughter was actually such a social savvy.

Zheng Guo sighed. He was two generations older than Ji Xiaobei. Not to mention being a senior official in the central government, he didn't even know which way the gate of the municipal party committee faced.

She wondered what was in the box.

But without Ji Xiaobei's permission, she didn't open the box.

After packing up, she went to Jiaojiao's place to buy food with her.

The two went to the Nanjiao Market together, where there were more grain shops and the prices were more reasonable.

The innermost row of houses in Nanjiao Market are all grain shops.

Ji Xiaobei found a bigger shop.

Two people walked in.

The waiter saw two women coming in. They were well-dressed and obviously came from wealthy families.

He also couldn't understand why it was the housekeeper who bought food for the wealthy families.

The young man thought to himself and walked over.

"What would you like, sir?" the waiter asked with a smile on his face.

The room was filled with rice and flour bags against the wall. Ji Xiaobei walked around the room and asked, "How much is the white rice?"

"Sir, rice is 22 cents per pound. How much would you like?"

The young man asked with a smile.

"How much do you have?" When Ji Xiaobei asked this, the waiter was shocked. He had never seen a woman so wealthy.

Jiaojiao also glanced at Ji Xiaobei.

She had never bought rice. These things were done by the servants and she never interfered.

"We, we have a granary in our backyard..."

The young man swallowed and said.

"Let's go and take a look!" said Ji Xiaobei.

When the waiter saw that he had met a big customer, he hurried into the house to find the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper came out holding his robe.

"Sir, please come to the backyard. We have all kinds of rice and flour. Please go and have a look!"

The shopkeeper looked respectful.

The backyard is very large and contains several large granaries.

"How many kilograms are there in a granary? Is it all white rice?" Ji Xiaobei asked.

"One granary holds 2 jin... Yes, these five granaries are all filled with white rice. This one holds brown rice, which is 12 cents per jin..." the shopkeeper said, pointing to a row of granaries.

Ji Xiaobei counted and found there were 10 granaries in total.

"White rice is 20 wen per jin, and brown rice is wen per jin... I want white rice from Wuliangcang, and brown rice from Shiliangcang..."

Before Ji Xiaobei finished speaking, the shopkeeper was startled.

Are you trying to empty our granary?

He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sir, you are joking. We only have this much rice in our grain store. You...we have to keep it for sale!"

Jiaojiao also looked at Ji Xiaobei in surprise: "Sister, do we need so many?"

Ji Xiaobei nodded and asked the shopkeeper: "How much can you sell it to us?"

"I...I...I'll go ask the boss..." The shopkeeper had never done such a big business before, so he ran away picking up his robe.

Jiaojiao asked in a low voice: "Sister, buying so much, are we going to do food business?"

Ji Xiaobei whispered, "Food prices will definitely go up, so stock up more!"

Jiaojiao felt that it was unnecessary. She had so many silver notes and gold and silver in her hands that she could afford it even if the price went up.

But she felt that Ji Xiaobei must have her own reasons for doing this.

She didn't ask anymore.

A middle-aged man with a big head walked over quickly.

"Sir, are you planning to open a grain store? Why do you need so much grain?" The big-headed man looked at Ji Xiaobei with shrewd eyes and asked puzzledly.

"I have a big family and I want to store more food!" said Ji Xiaobei.

Big-Headed Man: There are so many people!

Ok!

It would be a waste to just keep the money and not make any profit. I can just go buy some more from the grain merchants anyway.

Finally, Ji Xiaobei bought white rice from Wuliangcang and brown rice from Shiliangcang from Datou.

Big Head took the silver happily.

Ji Xiaobei asked them to find someone to send them to Zhengguo Manor in Dongcheng.

Big Head agreed immediately.

I thought to myself: This is indeed a wealthy family.

Ji Xiaobei went to another large grain store. The shopkeeper there was an old man with a gray beard. He was quite cautious. He looked at Ji Xiaobei and said, "Miss, are you from Anzhou?"

Ji Xiaobei shook his head and said, "No, we are from other places and have settled down here. We have a large family and want to buy more food!"

The old man stroked his beard and thought for a while before saying, "My son, you are going to empty my grain shop. I think you should buy it from grain merchants. That will be more cost-effective!"

Ji Xiaobei thought the old man was kind-hearted and asked, "Then where can I find a grain merchant?"

The old man said: "The grain merchants haven't come for a while. They should be back after the New Year. You can buy a little to eat first!"

Ji Xiaobei said: "Then ask for less, one thousand kilograms!"

The old man smiled and said, "Miss, please order 500 kilograms first. We don't have much grain left here. If the grain dealer doesn't come, we will be out of stock. Our shop is small, so please bear with us."

Ji Xiaobei nodded. The old man had a lot of experience and might be able to see some clues.

When Ji Xiaobei left the shop, the shop assistant came up to him and asked, "Boss, we have so much food in the backyard, why don't you sell it to her?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's obvious that the woman is well-informed. The grain merchant hasn't come for a long time. The price of grain may go up. Let's stock up on our own. I'm afraid this year will be uneasy..."

Ji Xiaobei went to several grocery stores and bought enough salt to buy 100 kilograms.

One hundred kilograms of rapeseed oil and one hundred kilograms of soybeans, mung beans and peas.

I bought a hundred water bags, a dozen earthenware jars, and two large bundles of oilcloth.

It filled up a whole donkey cart.

She drove her donkey cart towards the east city.

"Sister, are we going to escape the famine?" Jiaojiao couldn't help asking.

"Prepare it first, maybe it will come in handy!"

Ji Xiaobei said vaguely that she couldn't say too much to Jiaojiao.

She had a bad feeling in her heart. Since the emperor had become suspicious of Ji Chang, he would definitely not have a good ending.

It is possible that both the emperor and Prince Qing will suffer losses, while the emperor will reap the benefits.

There is also the possibility that he will fail to protect the emperor and be punished by him.

There is also the possibility that they will be convicted of conspiracy with Prince Qing and convict the two of them of conspiracy to usurp the throne...

She hoped that the emperor would show mercy and sentence Ji Chang to exile with his property confiscated...

That's the lightest!

Ji Xiaobei didn't dare to think about it anymore.

In history, all the ministers who were targeted by the emperor had a bad ending.

If something happened to Fu Jichang, she, as a relative of Fu Jichang, would definitely be implicated...

Ji Xiaobei drove Ji Decai into East City with a serious expression.

She asked Manager Qin to unload the things, told him about the placement of the food, and then she and Jiaojiao went back.

On the way back, she said to Jiaojiao: "Jiaoer, I want to discuss something with you!"

Seeing Ji Xiaobei's serious expression, Jiaojiao asked worriedly, "Sister, tell me!"

"Zheng Dafu, I want to turn it off!"

"Ah, what happened to my sister? If you are short of money, I have some here!" Jiaojiao asked anxiously with her almond-shaped eyes wide open.