After being divorced for three years, the bad husband brought his son to ask for forgiveness

Chapter 22: Say More If You Like

"Doctor Liu, do you have anything else to say?"

Yuan Shen's wound had been bandaged, his clothes had been put on, and he had already sat down at the table to eat, but Lord Liu stood there twiddling his fingers, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

Yan Chaonian asked him if he wanted to eat together, and he quickly shook his head, "I've already eaten."

Doctor Liu rubbed his hands and stepped forward, "Madam, is it okay to use that medicine just now?"

It's not appropriate to ask for such an expensive thing, but if he wants to buy it, he can't afford it.

"You want it?"

Yan Chaonian smiled and said, "Just tell me, take whatever you need, I don't know anything about medicine, if you find any that works better, tell me and I'll ask someone to buy more."

"Hey, thank you ma'am."

Doctor Liu was delighted. He hurried over to the big box, squatted down, picked out several items, and put them in his pocket. "General, enjoy your meal. I'm leaving now."

Yuan Shen was eating in silence, and Yan Chaonian sat beside him and watched him eat. Before he finished eating, Xiao Xuner came, climbed onto the stool, knelt on the table, and said, "Dad~"

"heard it."

"Dad~"

"Dad is eating."

"Dad~"

Yuan Shen was helpless. He suddenly wondered why his son was not very smart. He finished his meal and stood up to hug him. Yan Chaonian stopped him directly, "The wound has just been bandaged. Take it easy."

As he said this, he picked up his son and comforted him, telling him that his father was injured and the wound was very painful, and he could hold him again after the wound healed.

"hurt?"

The kid didn't understand injuries, but Yan Chaonian would explain that he had fallen last time and had a bloody lip. The kid looked up at his father and asked seriously, "Does it hurt?"

Yuan Shen wanted to say it didn't hurt, but he nodded, "It hurts."

The kid pouted and started crying on the spot. The tears caught Yuan Shen off guard. Yan Chaonian asked him to sit down and held the kid on his lap. "You made him cry, so you should comfort him."

This really made Yuan Shen laugh. If he had known, he would have said it didn't hurt. He tried to comfort the baby in a panic. Finally, the baby stopped crying. Then someone came to report that someone was looking for him outside. "They said they were from the Earl's Mansion in the capital. They were robbing half an hour ago and wanted the general to help catch the robber."

Yuan Shen didn't even raise his head. "When did the Garrison start doing the work of the government office?"

"Catch the robbers and go to the government office."

The man turned and left. Yan Chaonian tilted his head. Was he just robbed again?

Her eldest uncle and second uncle are busy with fighting, so they should not have time to do this?

Which kind-hearted person is it?

His eyes fell on Yuan Shen, "You didn't rush back because you got some news, did you?"

Yuan Shen smiled at her and didn't answer. He just focused on playing with his son. After a while, Yan's mother came and said when Xun'er was about to go to bed, "Is Wen Chao okay?"

"Captain Yan is fine." Yan Wenchao was one year younger than Yuan Shen, so it was inappropriate to call him "big brother" or "uncle". Yuan Shen just called him by his title, and his family didn't mind. In their opinion, any title was fine.

"Okay, you take a good rest, I'll take Xun'er to sleep."

After the people left, there were only two people left in the room. Yan Chaonian asked, "What am I asking you?"

Yuan Shen sat down beside him, "Don't you have anything to tell me?"

"say what?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Yan Chaonian came to his senses and asked, "Are you talking about Jiang Wencheng?"

"This is very interesting."

She told Yuan Shen everything that happened, and also added her own guesses, "I think something must have gone wrong in the Bo's Mansion, otherwise he wouldn't lower himself to deal with a merchant like me. It sounds like he wants to win me over, and use me. Maybe he's after the money, or maybe he's attracted by our brocade."

"In recent years, the imperial court has relaxed its control over brocade, allowing it to enter the private sector. Because it was previously only used by the royal family or for maritime trade, the price of brocade has remained high since it entered the private sector. Our best brocade can cost two thousand taels per piece, and the latest brocade can cost three thousand taels per piece. Even at this price, the demand still exceeds supply, and the merchants will take up as much as we can."

"The brocade that won the championship last year was sent to the capital, and the person who sent the brocade received a huge reward. Therefore, the purpose that can be achieved by money or brocade should not be underestimated. I think this is the reason why he came here."

Yuan Shen knew that Chao Jinfang was very profitable, but he never asked how much exactly. Apart from protecting Jinfang from being bullied, he hardly cared about Jinfang's affairs. The main reason was that he didn't have the time. The situation in the southwest was complicated, and the fact that he could come back and sleep at night was already a result of his worrying about his wife.

Now I heard that a piece of brocade could be sold for two or three thousand taels, and I was very surprised. "How long does it take to weave a piece of brocade?"

"It takes a skilled weaver two or three months."

Yan Chaonian sighed, "We have tried our best to improve the skills of the weavers and the looms, in order to shorten the time it takes to produce brocade. However, it is difficult to do so with human power. If we want more brocade, we must have more weavers. For this reason, we have started to open brocade weaving classes, starting with teaching young girls."

"correct."

She approached Yuan Shen with a smile and said, "You have so many soldiers under you. Do they have any sisters or brothers? If they are skillful and willing to learn, please tell me. Firstly, I will have someone to help me. Secondly, when they make money in the future, the burden on your subordinates will be less."

"But we agreed that you have to sign a ten-year document. Don't learn skills from me and then run away."

Seeing her babble non-stop, Yuan Shen reached out and pulled her to sit on his lap, holding her waist, "I've never seen you so talkative before, how long have you been holding it in?"

Yan Chaonian laughed and said that she had no one to talk to since he left, "Xun'er is young, my mother always scolds me, and my uncle also dislikes me. I am somewhat pitiful."

Yuan Shen raised his lips. He knew who the Li family was and what his mother-in-law was thinking. "She is very pitiful. If you like to talk, just say more. I like to listen."

Yan Chaonian laughed again, and told her what her little one had done at home in the past year, when her son Xuner would learn to walk, when he would call for his mother, and that her father was still in the tea garden and couldn't come back. "Jinfang is preparing to send some tea to the merchants who came to place orders. My father is watching over the tea picking and frying these two days. He will probably be back in two days."

Yuan Shen had an idea of ​​what happened at home, and Yan Chaonian kept asking him about his war, whether it was dangerous, whether he could have food to eat, how much damage had been done, etc.

Yuan Shen also answered them one by one, saying that he wanted to hold a welcoming banquet for his personal soldiers, but he didn't have the money. Yan Chaonian made a bold decision, "It's no big deal. I'll pay for it. I'll send someone to buy a hundred fat pigs and a few hundred kilograms of wine. I remember that you only have 500 personal soldiers, right?"

Yuan Shen's eyes darkened, "There are only four hundred and twenty left."

Yan Chaonian sighed, not knowing how to comfort her. On the battlefield, swords are merciless and casualties are normal. Before she could even open her mouth, Shuiyun ran in quickly.

"Madam, I just received news that the piece of Tonghai satin submitted by Chaojinfang won the first prize."

(End of this chapter)