The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

After hearing what Xia Mianwan said, the people gathered at the gate of Pei's house nodded.

"Madam is right, Madam is righteous!"

"We are saved, that's great, that's great!"

"Yes, yes, we are saved. My daughter will finally not go hungry anymore!"

After the people discussed for a while, Xia Mianwan reported the address of the Sixi Street food store, and then said: "I will not bother with you about today's matter. Even if you don't come to make trouble, the food store on Sixi Street will still sell food tomorrow. But... in the future, you must never act like this again, so as not to disappoint others."

"We were wrong, we were wrong ma'am."

"Yes, yes, we were all wrong... Don't be angry..."

Xia Mianwan didn't say anything more. After telling everyone when the shop would open tomorrow, he returned to the main courtyard.

Xiaowu had been waiting in the main courtyard for a while.

When Xia Mianwan saw Xiaowu, she smiled and said, "Xiaowu, long time no see. Is everything okay?"

Xiao Wu smiled and said, "It's all good. I received the letter my sister asked Madam Qin to bring, and I immediately started to prepare. Since the chaos, we have developed the habit of storing food. This time, Uncle Sun and Zhang Xiaolian also made great efforts."

"Oh, how do you say that?" Xia Mianwan's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"Xiao Lian has done a lot in the mountains in the past two years. She led the children to open up the wasteland bit by bit, saved the mountain products, and dug several large cellars, which were filled with food.

Every once in a while, Xiaolian would come down the mountain and leave her mountain products with me to sell. Now the children in the mountains have grown up and can help with a lot of work. So Xiaolian can sell more and more things. With the money she makes, Xiaolian buys new clothes for the children and rebuilds the house in the mountains.

Because of the war, there were still some abandoned baby girls outside. Xiaolian picked them up when she saw them. Now the mountain is becoming more and more lively.

As for Uncle Sun, he always thinks of us. Most of the food this time was provided by him, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to come so quickly." Xiao Wu said with a smile.

Xia Mianwan was very happy, her brows relaxed, and a gentle smile appeared on the corners of her lips, "That's great, I'm very happy too, Xiaowu, you helped me a lot this time."

Xiao Wu waved his hand and said, "We are one family, no need to be polite."

After chatting for a while, Xia Mianwan asked the maid to take Xiaowu to the guest room to rest, and then he returned to Shaoguang Courtyard and took Ruzhu, Rumeng, Qinghe, Zizhu, Hongling and Xuanxue to arrange the sale of grain tomorrow.

At 3 p.m. on the second day, Ruzhu and Rumeng took Qinghe and Zizhu to the food shop. They were in charge of selling grain today.

After waking up from a late sleep, Xia Mian went to Madam Zhou's place.

Madam Zhou and Xiaowu were originally close, and Xia Mianwan knew that Xiaowu must have come to Madam Zhou's yard.

"Sister Zhou, I knew Xiaowu was here with you." Xia Mianwan smiled and walked over to Madam Zhou and Xiaowu and sat down next to them.

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "I am trying to persuade Xiaowu to spend the New Year with us in the capital."

Hearing this, Xia Mianwan also advised, "Xiaowu, why don't you stay and celebrate the New Year with us."

Xiaowu was in a dilemma. He had to come out in a hurry this time, and there were still many things in Yanzhou that he had not dealt with.

Xia Mianwan saw that Xiaowu was in a dilemma, so she asked, "Xiaowu, is there anything else in Yanzhou?"

Xiao Wu said: "It's not an important matter, but I am still a little worried about leaving my brothers and sisters in Yanzhou."

Xia Mianwan laughed, "Xiaowu, children always have to grow up, it's okay for you to go back later. And this time, I have something to discuss with you."

When Xiao Wu heard that Xia Mianwan had something to discuss, he hurriedly asked, "Sister Xia, what is it?"

Xia Mianwan said: "Don't worry, take a few days off first, and I'll talk to you once I've sorted out my thoughts."

Xiao Wu calculated the time carefully and asked, "Is there enough food here to sell?"

Xia Mianwan nodded, "It's enough to sell. It's not that the capital city really has no food. It's just that those people want to make our Pei Mansion suffer, so they deliberately hoarded it. It's a good idea. My move is like cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot, which makes them uncomfortable. And after this move, if they want to be enemies with our Pei Mansion again, they will have to consider how to complain to the emperor after Pei Yanxu comes back."

Xiao Wu suddenly laughed, and Madam Zhou asked curiously, "Xiao Wu, what are you laughing at?"

Xiao Wu said: "Sister Xia is very different now. In the past, whether in the North or in Yanzhou, Sister Xia has never been so flamboyant."

Xia Mianwan laughed, "You are making fun of me!"

"No! I'm happy for you. I hope you will always be this happy."

Xia Mianwan was actually very touched. If it weren't for Xiaowu and Zhou Chengze's help, she wouldn't have been able to do so smoothly this time. Pei Yanxu might have suffered a lot in Yubei.

"Xiao Wu, thank you so much this time!" Xia Mianwan said to Xiao Wu seriously.

Xiao Wu is not good at speaking. Seeing Xia Mianwan like this, he thought for a long time before saying, "Sister Xia, if it weren't for you, my godmother, the children, and I... wouldn't be here today. There's really no need to be polite between us."

Xia Mianwan was very happy, "Xiaowu, we must celebrate the New Year here this year!"

"Okay!" Xiaowu finally agreed.

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In the evening, the food shop closed and the maids all returned to Pei Mansion.

The food store was selling grain very smoothly today, and everyone happily bought grain and prepared to go back home to celebrate the New Year.

This matter was resolved quietly by Xia Mianwan, and many people in the capital who were watching silently were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

A few days later, the news reached the ears of the emperor. At first, the emperor heard that the women of the Pei family were embarrassed because they took the lead in donating materials, and he was furious. But then he heard that the young lady of the Pei family perfectly resolved the crisis. He couldn't help but sigh with the queen: "I didn't understand why Pei Aiqing had to marry a former general's wife, but I was also narrow-minded and worried that Pei Aiqing was too popular, so I thought he could do whatever he wanted. But I never thought that this young lady Pei was really something. If it wasn't really inconvenient for Pei Aiqing to spread the news in Yubei, I would have thought that Pei Aiqing was behind the scenes directing his wife to do this."

"Now it seems that Madam Pei's intelligence and talent are no less than that of Mr. Pei."

The Queen smiled and said, "No matter what, they are all the emperor's subjects, and it is also the emperor's credit."

The emperor pulled the queen to sit together, "It's all the blessing of our prince."

"Your Majesty is right!"