"What did you say?"
Tian Yi's face darkened.
"Brother, look at him. He has a crooked mouth and slanted eyes. He is still a fool."
Tian Rou pointed at Liu Wenming and said, "If you ask me to marry such a person, aren't you pushing me into a pit of fire?"
"I won't marry."
"presumptuous!"
Tian Yi slapped the armrest of the chair heavily and said coldly: "A woman's marriage has been decided by her parents and elders since ancient times."
"My uncle is not in the capital, so I have full authority to decide on your marriage."
"If I ask you to marry, you must marry."
"You have to get married even if you don't want to. You can't do anything nonsense."
"Woooooooo..."
Tian Rou shed tears of grievance.
When her father talked about this marriage, Tian Rou thought about asking Zhao Ping to save her.
But the people waiting on the left didn't come, and the people waiting on the right didn't come either.
Tian Rou thought that Zhao Ping had given up on her, so she followed Tian Yi to Beijing.
Just marry.
At least San obeyed his father's orders, which can be regarded as fulfilling his filial piety.
But now, her cousin actually asked her to marry a fool.
Look at Liu Wenming.
His mouth was crooked, his eyes were slanted, and he was drooling.
If you marry him, your life will be ruined.
Since Zhao Ping doesn't save her, she can only save herself.
After thinking about this, Tian Rou turned around and ran away.
As for involving the Tian family.
Tian Rou no longer cares.
The Tian family treated her like this, which completely broke her heart.
At this moment she just wanted to escape.
This is the capital city, and Tian Yi is just an official with no real power. When he goes out, he can only find a few sedan bearers, but no bodyguards.
Liu Lai felt that this was a matter of the Tian family and it was inconvenient for him as an outsider to participate.
When word spread, people thought that the Liu family couldn't get a wife, so they were robbing civilian girls.
So he's waiting and watching.
The two of them just stared blankly as Tian Rou ran out of the residence of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and disappeared into the streets and alleys.
"Master Liu, why don't you chase me?"
Tian Yi blamed Liu Lai, "Xiaorou is now considered the daughter-in-law of your Liu family..."
"Stop it, Tian Hanlin, stop it first."
Liu Lai raised his hand to interrupt him and said: "You brought Tian Rou here. Although our Liu family agreed to the marriage, we did not marry her, so she is not a member of our Liu family for the time being."
"And she openly called my son a fool. Unless she can marry into the Liu family willingly."
"Otherwise, I'm not done with you."
"see a visitor out."
Following Liu Lai's instructions, the guards immediately stood in front of Tian Yi in a posture of invitation.
Tian Yi did not dare to offend the Minister of Hubu, so he had to leave in despair.
Secretly, Tian Rou was scolded bloody.
"This damn girl, why don't you know your brother's good intentions?"
"What's wrong with marrying the third young master?"
"After all, he is still the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, and he is guaranteed to have good food and clothing for the rest of his life."
"I don't know how many times better than hiding in a remote place like Donghai County."
"snort!"
"Run, brother, I will let you run."
"In the capital, you are unfamiliar with this place. Let me see where you can go."
"When you are so hungry that you can't stand it anymore, you will come to see your brother obediently."
"Until then, it's not up to my brother to do whatever he wants."
"In the future, you are going to marry the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. This time, you should take good care of your eldest lady's temper."
Tian Yi did not chase Tian Rou, but returned to Tian's house angrily.
In fact, Tian Rou did not run far.
She was also in a hurry and escaped from the Liu Mansion.
But after he ran out, he was blown by the wind, and his head suddenly became clearer.
It doesn't matter if she escapes, her cousin will definitely suffer.
Even the Tian family will be implicated.
So she hid aside and waited for her cousin to persuade her.
Then she would use this opportunity to gain more benefits for the Tian family.
This is a business approach she learned from her father.
How can cooperation be achieved in one go?
Why don't we have a few drinks, bargain with each other, and then reluctantly accept it?
She now regards herself as a bargaining chip and wants to exchange for more benefits.
But Tian Yi left directly.
Didn't even look for her.
What does this mean?
First, Tian Yi doesn't value her.
In Tian Yi's heart, she was a dispensable victim.
Second, the Liu family did not dare to target their cousin easily.
Otherwise, if he calls the third young master a fool in front of the Liu family and runs away, it won't be a big deal if the Liu family doesn't scold his cousin bloody.
But my cousin's performance was very bland.
As if nothing happened, he sat in the sedan and left.
Third, Tian Yi is too confident.
He believed that in the capital, a place he was unfamiliar with, he would soon go crazy with hunger, and then he would submit obediently.
After careful consideration, Tian Rou felt that the most likely scenario was the third scenario.
"snort!"
Tian Rou snorted softly, "If you want me, Tian Rou, to submit, cousin, you don't understand a businessman very well."
"Perhaps there are still many things that my father has not taught me."
"But I don't lack the means to make a living. Let's see who can be more stubborn than the other."
"Maybe this is an opportunity not to marry into the Liu family."
Tian Rou sorted out her thoughts, and the corners of her mouth turned up unconsciously.
She did not return to Tianfu.
Of course, she couldn't find the way to Tian's Mansion.
Instead, he went to a tailor shop first and bought a piece of coarse linen clothing, which he specially cut into tatters with scissors.
The tailor shop clerk was stunned.
I can tell in my heart that rich people really know how to play.
Tian Rou didn't care about the clerk's gaze. After doing this, she went to the pawn shop again and pawned all her jewelry in exchange for more than fifty taels of silver.
Then she started walking around some shops in the capital.
Tian Rou ignored the ones with a lot of customers.
Look specifically for shops that have sparse customer traffic but a large area.
She really found several.
But in the end Tian Rou chose a grocery store, which sold a variety of items.
Like hammers, sickles, scissors, kitchen knives, etc.
Most are farm implements.
Tian Rou found the owner of the shop and threatened to sell him a hundred sets of farm tools.
But the price is ten cents lower.
Like a kitchen knife, which costs thirty cents in the county town, but fifty cents in the capital.
If there's any difference, it's because the place is different.
Just like what Mr. Zhao said when talking about soap, when dealing with wealthy people in the capital, the value should be set higher so that they can appear noble.
In the county town, most of them are ordinary people, and they don't have many copper coins on hand.
If you sell a piece of soap for a thousand taels, you may not be able to sell even one piece in your lifetime.
Even if the price is lowered by ten cents, the owner will also make a profit.
And it's still a hundred sets, so you can still make one or two taels of silver.
The owner happily accepted.
However, the owner also took precautions and asked Tian Rou to pay the money first and then get the goods.
Because it was the first time for cooperation, Tian Rou did not refuse.
But considering the limited money, I only gave a deposit, which was the value of the farm tools themselves.
The boss felt that even if Tian Rou ran away with the farm tools, his loss would not be big.
After all, those farm tools that are piled up in the shop and cannot be sold take up space.
In this way, the two reached an agreement.
Tian Rou asked her boss about the gathering place for beggars in the capital.
The boss felt that Tian Rou was like a rich girl who wanted to distribute farm tools to the beggars after asking about their residence, so he kindly gave him directions.
The place where beggars gather in the capital is in the northern suburbs.
There are no shelters there and there is wasteland everywhere.
Not only beggars live here, but refugees also live here.
People freeze to death and starve to death every day.
Tian Rou put the cut coarse linen clothes on her body, and then smeared some dust on her body and face.
After dressing up, he is no different from a beggar.
Then I went to the northern suburbs.
Seeing the huddled withered body, Tian Rou couldn't help but feel sore in her nose and wanted to cry.
She found the person in charge of this area and asked them to help her work. As long as they could complete the task, each person would be given two coppers per day.
The person in charge’s surname is Meng, and his name is Meng Jingzhou.
They are people sent by the government, and their main task is to resettle these beggars and refugees.
However, there were too many people and no funds were allocated from above. He was also a clever woman who could not make a living without rice. He could only watch these people freeze, starve and gradually die.
After hearing Tian Rou's words, Meng Jingzhou asked, "What work do you plan to let them do?"
"Help me sell farm equipment."
Tian Rou said.
"You are a beggar yourself, where did you get the farm tools?"
Meng Jingzhou said angrily.
"I can pay first."
Tian Rou said: "You help me select a hundred people, and I will give each of them two copper coins first."
"They want to help me sell these farm tools within one day, and then send the money to me."
"With that, the collaboration is complete."
"Aren't you afraid that they will run away with their farm tools and money?"
Meng Jingzhou asked rhetorically.
"This depends on your ability."
Tian Rou laughed, "They are all beggars, and I pity these people."
"But if they do something like that and run away with money and farm tools, the cooperation will end there and there will be no next time."
"Are you sure you can continue to provide this job?"
Meng Jingzhou also became energetic.
If we can really provide work for these refugees and beggars, allowing them to earn two copper coins a day, at least they will not starve to death or freeze to death.
If things go on like this, the problem of homeless people and beggars will be solved.
Maybe I can climb up a little bit.
A win-win strategy, why not?
"Sure."
Tian Rou said firmly.
Small profits, quick turnover, this is the way of doing business as Mr. Zhao said.
I lowered the price of farm tools by ten cents from my employer, and when I gave them to these beggars and refugees, I increased them by another five cents.
The key is to deliver it to farmers.
It saves trouble and five cents. I believe many farmers are willing to buy it.
If you sell a hundred farm tools a day, you can earn three hundred coins.
Enough to live a good life in the capital.
