Chapter 284: The Second Prince’s Departure
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“There are too many capable people in the world. Your Highness will meet a good talent sooner or later,” Song Que said in response.
The Second Prince was visibly disappointed.
He gave a sigh, but he did not continue to solicit Song Que.
Then, he continued to speak while eating, “Your family’s spring rolls, sesame balls, and sticky rice cake are also very good.”
A smile appeared on Song Que’s face.
He turned his head again and looked in the direction of his wife.
“She always has a lot of ideas.” His eyes were filled with admiration.
The Second Prince laughed in response.
After feeling envious for a while, he continued to enjoy the food.
After breakfast, the Second Prince did not stay in the porridge shop for long and quickly left with Han Chao.
Song Que personally sent him off.
As soon as he returned to the shop, Qin Xiaoyao came up to him.
“Why did he come?” she asked worriedly.
Song Que reached out to hold Qin Xiaoyao’s hand and led her to the table.
“It’s nothing. He just came over to take a look before leaving. He wanted to try one last time and see if he could take both of us with him.”
Qin Xiaoyao looked at Song Que.
“I turned him down,” Song Que said.
Qin Xiaoyao heaved a sigh of relief.
She had considered letting her husband follow the Second Prince to make a name for himself.
However, after hearing about her husband’s background and Empress Jia’s powerful influence, she discarded that idea.
While it was good to make a name for himself, safety was the most important.
In any case, Empress Jia was not young anymore. It would not be too late for her husband to establish himself after she had died.
If they managed their life carefully and took things step by step, their life would become better, and that was good enough.
When Song Que saw his wife’s reaction, he knew that he had made the right choice.
”1 agreed to give him 200 century eggs,” he continued.
Qin Xiaoyao was astounded.
Then she saw Song Que smiling at her.
“Oh, alright. Then you can bring it to him in the afternoon,” she said.
200 century eggs were nothing. As long as the problem could be solved and no one was offended, it was good enough.
“Mm-hmm.”
Over the next two days, there were more soldiers on the streets. When the people learned that the Second Prince was leaving, the hearts of the people became restless again.
With the arrival of the county magistrate, he worked with the Second Prince to calm the civilians down.
On the third day, the Second Prince finally led his army out of the town.
The civilians lined the streets to bid their farewells. It was evident that everyone was full of respect and gratitude for the Second Prince.
After the Second Prince left, the Song family was not affected much.
However, Qin Xiaoyao did not need to go to the military camp anymore. Although Song Que still went to the government office to help, his daily work days had changed to half a day every two days.
The main thing was that with the arrival of the county magistrate, the positions in the government office had gradually been filled by new officials.
As Song Que refused to work in the government office on a long-term basis, his working hours were naturally reduced. In fact, his role would be completely eliminated much later.
However, Song Que did not mind.
This was because he was already attending classes at the Cirrus Loft Academy with Song Ye.
Since he had set the path for himself to sit for the Imperial examination and enter government service, it was more important to return to the academy and continue his studies.
In addition, as a famous scholar in Mountain Spring Town, and with the reputation he had made recently, he could do a lot of things while studying even if he was just a scholar.
In the blink of an eye, it was early spring.
The cold winter was over, and the trees were sprouting new leaves. Signs of life began to appear in the mountains and the countryside.
After surviving a difficult winter, the faces of the residents of Mountain Spring Town began to show smiles and hope.
Outside the town, some of the refugees had already returned to the villages.
The government office also issued a decree to distribute grain seeds to the villagers who returned to the village.
When the villagers got the grain seeds and returned to the village to grow them, they would have hope of survival… Everything was developing in a good direction.
In the Song family’s house, with the arrival of spring, Qin Xiaoyao’s bean sprouts business wasn’t doing so well.
Taking into consideration that the soybeans at home were running out, Qin Xiaoyao simply stopped planting bean sprouts in large quantities.
Instead, she would only distribute one shed of bean sprouts every day, and then hand the bean sprouts to her maiden family to sell.
“Now that the fresh vegetables are out, bean sprouts aren’t as easy to sell as before. The effect won’t be good if we sell them door to door.
“Big Brother, Second Brother, you two can go to the market on West Street to set up a stall there.
“The price can be adjusted accordingly. The earnings will be split in half between us.”
After pondering for a while, Qin Xiaoyao added, “I think it is enough to assign one person to sell bean sprouts.
“When is Father going to reopen his meat stall?
“If you guys are not in a hurry, do one of you want to help me out at my porridge shop?”
Although the pay for helping out at the porridge shop wasn’t high, it was still an income, wasn’t it?
Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu exchanged glances.
Following that, Qin Dahu turned to look at Qin Xiaoyao. “Father wants me to go to the countryside to look for live pigs within the next two days.
“If you can handle the work at the porridge shop, then don’t hire anyone else.
“Leave the bean sprout business to Younger Brother. I will follow Father to open the meat stall first.”
Qin Xiaoyao nodded.
“That’s good too.”
The three siblings chatted for a while longer before Qin Dahu and Qin Erhu left.
Qin Xiaoyao was just about to pack up and go to the porridge shop to help when Big Girl Li, Liu Daniu, and Wang Dashan arrived.
Qin Xiaoyao was quite happy as she hadn’t seen Big Girl Li for a long time.
She held onto Big Girl Li’s hand for a long time.
“You’ve just finished your confinement. Why don’t you rest at home? Where’s little Chunhua?”
“Chunhua is at home. It’s still a little cold outside, so I didn’t bring her here.” Big Girl Li followed Qin Xiaoyao to the hall.
Thereafter, they all sat down and chatted.
“It’s still a little cold. When the weather gets warmer, I’ll go visit little Chunhua!” Qin Xiaoyao replied quickly.
She had been too busy recently and had not visited her goddaughter for a long time.
Big Girl Li’s face was full of smiles. “Chunhua is lucky to have you as her godmother.”
Qin Xiaoyao chuckled. “Isn’t that so? Our little Chunhua is the most blessed child!”
After laughing for a while, Qin Xiaoyao turned to look at Big Girl Li girl and the other two.
“By the way, what brings you guys here?”
Although she asked outwardly, inwardly Qin Xiaoyao already had some conjectures.
Previously, Daniu and Dashan had also been taking bean sprouts wholesale from her to sell.
However, now that the bean sprout business was not doing well, their jobs were lost.
The profit of the firewood business was low, and after the mountain bandit trouble in Mountain Spring Town was quelled, the people could leave the town freely.
In a situation where everyone did not have enough money, many people went out of town to collect firewood by themselves.
As a result, the firewood business became even more difficult to run.
These people were most likely here to look for work.
The three of them looked at each other, their expressions somewhat troubled.
In the end, it was Big Girl Li who spoke to Qin Xiaoyao.
“Sister Sanya, I was the one who shamelessly asked them to come with me.
“I just wanted to discuss with you the supply of goods to Fortune Mansion. And also to ask if you have any work that we can do.
“I’ve also finished my confinement period. I can’t always stay at home. Furthermore, Daniu and Dashan need to look for a job to earn money as soon as possible.”
Liu Daniu and Wang Dashan quickly nodded when they saw Qin Xiaoyao looking at them.
Qin Xiaoyao thought for a moment.
“We’ve already agreed that the business at Fortune Mansion will be handed over to Daniu,” she said..