Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 178 Jiang Qiuning's Identity

After seeing off the Zhao family and Mr. Feng, Luo Yu gave a thumbs up to Master Murong.

"Mr. Murong, you are very suitable to be the housekeeper."

"Excuse me, young lady. You are quite suitable to be a big profiteer."

He doesn't even have to spend money on the building. He just gives people shares and monthly wages, and everything is arranged properly. He's really a person who can paint a rosy picture.

Luo Yu took out his writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and smirked: "I don't deserve it, Master Murong. I've been neglecting you for a long time. Shouldn't you hurry up and read your novel?"

After a while, he muttered again, "We still have to find some carpenters and set up a second shop at the same time."

"What to do with a carpenter?"

"Look, many counties and cities in Wangzhou have been affected by the disaster, and many people need to rebuild their houses. If disaster relief funds come in later, the expenses will be considerable. Why don't we open a furniture store and take advantage of the opportunity to make some money."

What you donate, you earn back.

"Miss Luo Yu's mind is full of tricks. I wonder what's in it?"

"What else can there be besides brains?"

"..."

When Qin Bingrui came back, Luo Yu showed him the bunk bed he had drawn, with a look of pride on his face. Murong noticed it out of the corner of his eye and couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Wow, sister, you can actually come up with such a good idea. With so many people in the Zhao family living in eight rooms, we don't have to worry about the rooms being too small to put in a few more beds."

"Yes, I think the city might not be as spacious as the countryside. Large courtyards in the city are also expensive, and ordinary people can only have a few children. I'm afraid most people are like the Zhao family, with several people living in one room. If there were bunk beds, wouldn't it directly ease the pressure of buying a house?"

"Sister, do you mean that we should open another furniture store?"

"You still understand me best."

Murong curled his lips and muttered, "I also support Miss Bai."

After saying that, he took out his own five thousand taels of silver notes from his pocket and said, "This is my investment. This time, you have to count it as my share."

Qin Bingrui grinned. It turned out that Sister Luo Yu was the most capable. This arrogant boy was actually turned into a fool.

After lunch, Qin Bingrui sent Master Murong away under the pretext of taking a nap, and told Luo Yu about the situation of the Jiang family.

"You mean you met Jiang Qiuning's sister Jiang Qiuzhi?"

"Sister, almost all of her family members are dead, leaving only the eldest sister. I found this Sister Jiang in a dilapidated house in the suburbs. It's very strange to say, she doesn't look like you at all."

"Why does she live in such a shabby house?"

"Speaking of which, Miss Jiang is quite pitiful. After her father was arrested for corruption, she was banished by her husband's family to an old house in the suburbs. She only has an old woman by her side, and she doesn't even have a maid. I asked the old woman, and I heard that the monthly salary is not enough for food, and Miss Jiang has to work to make a living."

"Then, did you find her and ask about Jiang Qiuning's situation?"

"Noble Lady Ying's elder sister is very clever. She only vaguely mentioned that Jiang Qiuning was brought into the mansion when she was ten years old, and that she wasn't very familiar with her.

Then I asked the old woman again, and she said that different people had come to ask Sister Jiang about things recently, but Sister Jiang's attitude had always been indifferent, and she didn't say much about her sister Jiang Qiu Ning's situation.

Then I went to ask the former neighbors of the Jiang family, and they all said that they didn't remember any person named Jiang Qiu Ning. Only an old lady said that Jiang Qiu Ning was an adopted child and left the Jiang Mansion at the age of thirteen.

Sister, isn't this a coincidence? Our lies actually turned out to be justified."

After hearing this, Luo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but then suddenly wondered if he was being too happy too soon. Although Jiang Qiu Ning's situation had been resolved, the Jiang family's situation was indeed not good. She was now borrowing Jiang Qiu Ning's body, and the Jiang family had once been kind to the original owner, so she had to repay that favor on her behalf.

Sister Jiang is now trapped in a deep house, and she has to find a way to rescue her sister from the dire situation.

"However, when I left, Sister Jiang said something very strange to me."

"What?"

"She said she wanted to overturn her father's case."

"..."

"Then I asked why she said this to me and whether anyone who had come before had said it. She shook her head and said she only said it to me because I was the only one who asked her about her father's corruption, and I was a woman."

Luo Yu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled and said, "Sister Jiang is a smart person. It seems I have to go find her in person."

"Aren't you afraid that Ye Yucheng will follow you personally?"

"So what? We can just go to Sister Jiang's boudoir and talk. Besides, if Sister Jiang is a smart person, she will definitely not say anything nonsense after seeing me and then seeing you following me."

"Okay, then shall we set off this afternoon?"

Luo Yu nodded and smiled strangely: "Then the job of finding a carpenter to open a furniture shop will have to be left to Master Murong. It's a good opportunity for him to look among the disaster victims for carpenters. This way, we can increase employment for the people of Wangzhou!"

"Sister, we have too few people to use. What if one day Master Murong is exploited too much by us and runs away?"

"You mean we should cultivate our own people?"

"Yes, it's best to cultivate them from a young age. Oh, now that you mention it, Mei Zhengyan and Mei Yaoer can be properly cultivated. I will go to Pingshan County to pick them up tomorrow. I almost forgot. I wonder if that boy A Tian has helped me take good care of the two children."

Luo Yu: ...

It turned out that they had no experience in raising children and actually forgot about two little living people.

After noon, Qin Bingrui and Luo Yu explained the matter to Murong, and made some promises to him. If he did a good job, he would get 20% of the 5,000 shares. The two of them only got 20%!

Murong smiled helplessly, thinking that he had lost both the wife and the army.

He decided to go to Lord Li and ask him to help lend two people. After all, recruiting workers always requires more help. Now there are so many people looking for jobs, and it might be a life-and-death struggle.

Miss Luo Yu just told him to find as many carpenters as possible, as it seemed she was preparing to do something big.

Judging from the current economic recovery of Wangzhou City, there is indeed not much room for development in other fields. However, the furniture industry is also prone to saturation. Who would be willing to create new furniture all the time?

I wonder if Miss Luo Yu has any next steps.

Besides, Qin Bingrui drove the carriage and took Luo Yu to the shabby house where Sister Jiang lived outside the city. It was really crazy to go there twice a day. Fortunately, it was only thirty miles away, and if the carriage was fast, it would only take half an hour.

A few miles away from Wangzhou City, there are only a few scattered sheds of homeless people. The further you go, the more desolate it becomes. There are countless scattered villages that are extremely depressed. Only a few elderly people who can't walk too far are holding on to their dilapidated adobe huts.

Fortunately, everyone maintained order and no one dared to cause trouble because there was relief food.

Finally, we found a few houses not far away. To call them houses, they probably just had high walls and strong doors that could keep the victims out.

Qin Bingrui tied the carriage to the big tree at the door. Although there were no people around, it was still a bit dangerous to park the carriage outside. She immediately shouted, "Hey boy in the back, remember to watch the carriage for me. If it gets lost, you have to compensate me!"

Of course, he was shouting to the guards sent by the Imperial City Bureau to keep an eye on him.

The guards hiding behind: ...

Luo Yu knocked on the door and was answered by the voice of an old woman. It seemed that just as Qin Bingrui said, there was only an old woman accompanying Sister Jiang.

Luo Yu couldn't help but feel excited as he was about to see his sister in her original body.

I wonder what kind of past Jiang Qiuning has...