Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 306

"Are you okay?" Ye Xi was the first to speak.

"I'm fine, I just made you worried." Although Pei Zhu had rested for a night, his face was still haggard.

Ye Xi couldn't help but went forward and hugged Pei Zhu. She should have given him comfort at this time, but there were some words she didn't know how to say.

"Xi Niang, I, I'm sorry for you. Our wedding will probably have to be postponed. I..."

Pei Zhu's voice was hoarse. He hadn't eaten or drunk much in the past few days, and his throat was damaged.

"It's okay, I understand, you don't have to explain." Ye Xi leaned tightly against Pei Zhu's chest and said in a low voice.

"You haven't eaten yet, I'll keep you company."

During the meal, Ye Xi couldn't help but ask about the cause of Pei's father's death. Pei Zhu replied that Pei's father was hungry one day and ran to the kitchen to find something to eat.

When he saw the soup cooking in the pot, he hurriedly ate a bowl of it. Unexpectedly, it was actually puffer fish, which was still poisonous even before being cooked. He was poisoned to death.

A ridiculous yet reasonable way to die.

The two were silent for a while. Nowadays, there are many people who like to eat puffer fish, and naturally many people have been poisoned to death.

But it always seems unbelievable when this kind of thing happens to your own family.

In the following days, the two returned to the time before they got engaged, but they mostly met in the store.

The two agreed to meet at their new house on the first and fifteenth of every month so that the two children could play together.

The rest of the time they still have to take care of their business, after all, they still have to earn money to live.

Wei Jue has already received the news that the two have postponed their wedding date. His expression is not very good, but he is no longer as aggressive as before.

Xue Jiu felt that the storm had finally ended. Otherwise, he would have to face the adult's cold face every day, and he didn't know when or what he would do to anger the adult and get punished for no reason.

Wei Jue asked the people he sent to keep a close eye on Ye Xi. If she dared to behave too intimately with someone, he would not let her off easily.

Now his mind was entirely focused on the wars in the North and West.

Time flies, and two years have passed. Qin Song is a very reliable person.

Under his arrangement, crops such as potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes were planted in many places in Huyang City.

The reason is that the locals found that as long as they were willing to grow these crops, someone would come to buy them, and they could use the money to buy food shipped from outside.

The several chain stores opened by Ye Xi in the big cities in the Western Territory that use these crops as staple foods are quite popular, mainly due to the cooperation between Ye Xi and A Shan.

A Shan was responsible for transporting various spices from overseas. Ye Xi bought some spices from A Shan and mixed them with seasoning crops such as peppers that she grew.

She adopted many modern processing techniques, such as French fries, popcorn, etc., making her "New Flavor Restaurant" very popular in the West.

Ye Xi felt that her store should not be limited to the Western Territory, so she arranged for the shop owners of Zhiweiguan from various places to participate.

So a year ago, shopkeepers from all over the country planted a lot of the crops she wanted near their own cities.

Ye Xi was looking forward to expanding her business empire after this year's harvest, but she didn't expect that Da Zhou would encounter a severe drought this year.

In fact, the imperial court had the habit of storing some grain after the harvest every year to prevent famine.

As the war has been going on for more than two years, a lot of food has been consumed. In addition, the severe drought did not just appear this year. Some areas had already suffered poor harvests a year ago.

In order to avoid being blamed, local officials replaced the shortfall with silver and money, and the problem did not break out at the beginning.

This year the problem became more serious and could no longer be covered up, so it broke out all of a sudden.