Tea Merchants of the Song Dynasty

Hearing the familiar voice and seeing the familiar little figure, Jiang Yin's expression changed slightly.

Then, she put away her tense expression, raised the corner of her mouth and said to the visitor: "Jiang Xiaoya, slow down, be careful not to fall."

The man running towards her was none other than Er Niang's eight-year-old son Jiang Xiaoya.

Second Niang was a member of the Jiang family's side branch and called Jiang Yin's mother her cousin. In addition, there were the first Niang, the third Niang, and the fourth Niang.

They are all in the old house in Yazhou, mainly helping to look after the tea mountains and the business dealings in Yazhou.

And their husbands, without exception, were all married sons-in-law.

Of course, their main task here is to manage the tea mountains, with the teahouses as a supplement.

After all, not everyone has the skills to take care of tea trees. Jiang clan members, regardless of gender, have to learn these skills since childhood, so they are naturally better than farmers hired from outside.

As for the tea and teahouse business, Jiang Yin's parents are mostly responsible for it.

In addition, Zhang Yuanzhi would occasionally bring Zhang Yang to participate.

But Jiang Yin's parents saw things clearly, so how could they allow the Zhang father and son to have close contact? They just gave them some convenience occasionally.

The eldest aunt, the second aunt, the third aunt and the fourth aunt were in charge of the two tea mountain peaks, while the eldest brother-in-law, the second brother-in-law, the third brother-in-law and the fourth brother-in-law also helped them on the tea mountain.

In fact, these people were all very nice to Jiang Yin in the past, but I don’t know why they suddenly avoided her this time.

While she was thinking, Jiang Xiaoya had already come to her.

Jiang Xiaoya looked up and said happily, "Sister Yin is here today? No wonder I couldn't find Xiaoli anywhere. It turns out that it was hiding here to welcome Sister Yin."

As he spoke, he picked up the little fox from the ground and handed it to Jiang Yin, saying, "Sister Yin, do you want to hold it?"

Jiang Yin paused, then patted Jiang Xiaoya's head with his hand that was not stained with mud and said, "I have already held her just now. It is inconvenient to have mud on my hands now. Why are you alone? Where are your parents?"

Although there won't be much danger in their own tea mountain, the situation has been serious recently. I believe Er Niang and the others will not let Xiao Ya run around alone.

However, Jiang Xiaoya pouted and said, "My parents went down the mountain from the other side. I came here to look for Xiaoli. I met Brother Heng on the way, and my parents ignored me.

Sister Yin, Third Grandpa said that you want to give our tea mountain to the Zhang family to manage. Is that true? Can you please not give it to me? I will study hard and protect the tea trees and the tea mountain when I grow up. "

He didn't want Jiang's tea mountain to become Zhang's tea mountain, and he hated the Zhang family.

Jiang Yin's eyes dimmed slightly, and then she squatted down and looked at Jiang Xiaoya and said, "Third Grandfather is talking nonsense. The tea mountain is the foundation of our Jiang family for generations. How could I, your sister Yin, give the tea mountain away?"

No wonder no one at the old house came to see her even though she had been here for so long. It turned out that they thought she was going to give the tea mountain away.

But where did Third Grandpa hear this news from? She had never thought about it at all, so how could she reveal such news.

"Really?" Jiang Xiaoya's eyes lit up and she asked excitedly, "Sister Yin really won't hand over the tea mountain to the Zhang family?"

"Of course it's true." Jiang Yin gave Jiang Xiaoya an affirmative answer, and then asked uncertainly, "So, your parents listened to Third Grandpa and moved you away without paying attention to me?"

Third Grandpa is Sanniang's father, and they are both members of the Jiang family. He has no reason to harm her.

She thought that it was because of what her third grandfather said that the people in the old house were uneasy with her and avoided her.

However, Jiang Xiaoya shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but some time ago, the eldest uncle of the Zhang family came to the old house to look for my great grandfather and the third grandfather. After that, my great grandfather and the third grandfather became very angry and looked sad every day. I don't know why, my parents didn't tell me."

After he finished speaking, he looked into Jiang Yin's eyes sincerely and assured her, "Sister Yin, please believe me, everything I said is true, and those who lie are dogs!"

He would never lie to anyone, let alone Sister Yin.

"Of course I believe you." Jiang Yin smiled, then patted his head and said, "Then let's go back and ask the Great Grandfather and the Third Grandfather first."

The great grandfather is the great grandmother's father. He and the third grandfather are the chief and second managers of the tea mountain.

Both of them were blood relatives of the Jiang family, not sons-in-law who married into the family. In addition, they were of high generation and strong ability, so they were respected by the clan members.

But she didn't know that Zhang Yuanzhi had actually come to see them privately, and she didn't know what he said, but he actually made her great grandfather and third grandfather move out of the old house with the clan members.

Jiang Yin felt a little uneasy. Could it be that Zhang Yuanzhi was going to throw away his dignity and directly seize Jiang's tea mountain?

Then she shook her head and put the idea behind her.

It is impossible to rob the tea mountain. Besides, the household registration is all with the head of the Jiang family. No one else can see it except the head of the family, let alone the Zhang family.

Jiang Yin also wanted to ask the steward, the doctor and other people in the mansion about the withered tea trees, so he just followed Jiang Xiaoya down the mountain.

Jiang Xiaoya was very happy to hear that Jiang Yin was going home for dinner, and immediately ran in front with Xiaoli in her arms. Xiaoluo followed closely behind, fearing that he would fall down accidentally.

Jiang Yin was one step behind, talking to Wang Heng about the tea mountain.

"So, when you came here two days ago, the damage to the tea trees wasn't that serious?"

Jiang Yin turned his head to look at Wang Heng, waiting for his answer.

According to Wang Heng, when he came here a few days ago, the tea trees were just not growing as well as the others and were not producing new tea leaves, but it would not affect the roots of the tea trees.

But what she saw today was that the tea trees were gradually withering and dying. This was directly damaging the tea trees and the foundation of the Jiang family!

In just two days, the tea trees had undergone such a big change, which made Jiang Yin very worried. He didn't know whether someone was continuing to destroy them or whether it was caused by the previous destruction.

Wang Heng nodded and said, "That's right. In addition, I also found that the soil in some places showed signs of renovation."

"Refurbish?" Jiang Yin paused for a moment, then asked in confusion, "This is the critical period for tea growth, and the people in our clan will never renovate the soil at will."

Wang Heng agreed, "Indeed, it seems that the person in the dark is insidious and cunning, and will not stop until he achieves his goal. Madam, we have to find him out so that we can solve the problem from the root."

Until the murderer is caught, the tea mountain will never be at peace.

Even when the tea leaves are harvested, people are still worried because the growth cycle of tea trees is not that fast.

Jiang Yin took a deep breath and said, "As you said, the murderer is most likely an outsider or an insider. Brother Heng, do you have any doubts?"

She actually wanted to go to the top of the mountain to check it out, but the tea trees halfway up the mountain were more important. She could only go down the mountain to ask someone and then bring people back to the mountain to investigate.