Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 353

Half a year had passed by but she and Mrs. Xu often corresponded.
And it was not the usual way to send letters by people at the post station, but the flying pigeons that Wu Qingyi raised when he was in the army.
The flying pigeons were the most convenient way of communication those days, especially those flying pigeons were specially trained and raised, and they were one in a hundred. They could fly thousands of miles in a day.
Wu Qingyi kept someone in Hanshan Town to supervise the cousins ​​of Mrs. Wang, fearing that they would do something after they got the news of their prosperity.
Later, the old department in the town helped with the communication, not only between Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wang, but also between Gu Yin and Chef Xu.
Some time ago, she heard that Xu Qingchuan had been admitted to the Juren in the Examination, and he would go to Beijing to participate in the General Examination in February.
Originally, Mrs. Xu thought that she should go to Beijing ahead of time, for fear that she would not be able to find a place to stay in the unfamiliar capital.
That also meant that Xu Qingchuan’s time to study at home would be reduced. After all, if he changed to a new environment and traveled a long distance, it would definitely have an impact on the student.
Mrs. Wang reassured her, saying that her family had already established a firm foothold in the capital, and that they had made arrangements for them. The mother and son only needed to come over before the general examination.
In the past, although Hanshan Town had access to waterways, the transportation of water in the old dynasties was monopolized by power and officials, and the cost of traveling by boat was quite high.
At present, the new dynasty had a new atmosphere. Although in many places it still followed the old system of the previous dynasty, the people’s clothing, food, housing and transportation were much better than before. That boat trip was one of them.
It was much faster to travel by water than by land, and in about ten days, they would be able to reach Beijing.
But in the middle of the first month, when the canal was completely thawed, it was not possible to sail.
Mrs. Xu was hesitating between the water and land routes, but after getting Mrs. Wang’s words, she decided not to be in a hurry, saying that she would come by boat in the middle of the month.
In that way, they could go to the capital in the middle of the month and leave twenty days for Xu Qingchuan to adapt.
Now that she sent the letter, although she didn’t know if it would be too late or not. If they couldn’t come together, she would have to ask Wu Qingyi to send someone to pick them up.
Hearing Wu Qingyi’s words, Mrs. Wang raised her head and said with a smile, “With me here, how can I let anyone bully my girl? Does the stinky boy underestimate his mother?”
Wu Qingyi looked at his mother helplessly.
His mother always disliked him for not understanding the style, but he didn’t think about it. He rarely wanted to show his diligence, but his mother always put her daughter-in-law first in the family affairs. When was it his turn?
After dinner, Wu Qingyi went to Gu Yin’s side.
Gu Yin just removed the bun and was about to go to the clean room to take a shower when she saw him coming over. So she asked, “Is something wrong?”
She had recently made friends with Mrs. Lu and the others, and she would dress up a little more maturely.
At that time, her hair was loose, and the black satin-like hair was scattered behind her head, looking a few years younger than before, and more in line with her age of early twenties.
Wu Qingyi looked at her with some grievance and asked softly, “I can’t find you if I have nothing to say?”
He had two faces outside and in private. Gu Yin was used to it and hurriedly said with a smile, “You can find me anytime. What I said was wrong, it’s just that you have been out early and come back late these days, you are busier than usual, and it is rare to come back early like today, and you didn’t go to rest, so I asked.”
Wu Qingyi stopped teasing her, curled his lips and said, “It’s something, and it’s a good thing. I have something good for you.”
When he put his hands on his chest about to get something out, Gu Yin’s eyes became crescent with a smile, and hurriedly waved her hand, “No, no, no, I have enough money.”
It was really enough. In the past, when only she used the first or second floor, she could earn about five hundred taels a month. But now with the business of Elegant Hall on the third floor and the backyard, the profit doubled directly.
With the income of thousands of taels a month, Gu Yin didn’t need to spend money on food and lodging, so all of which were saved.
Not to mention that the family’s salary had been issued at the beginning of the year, and Mrs. Wang had a large sum of money and had nowhere to spend, so she had subsidized her.
Wu Qingyi looked at her helplessly and said, “It’s not money.”
As he said that, he took out an overseas shipping document issued by the imperial court.
With that document, the ships representing the Gu Shipping Line could go out to sea immediately.
“The crew has been trained, and the leader is a veteran that I have tried my best to find, and has a lot of experience in sailing.” Wu Qingyi explained, “In addition, my mother and I took part of the silver money to purchase tea, silk, porcelain and other goods. Choose a good and auspicious day, our family’s ship will leave this month.”
Gu Yin said in surprise, “So you were busy with this during this time! This is indeed better than giving money directly!”
Wu Qingyi raised his chin.
Seeing her so happy, he felt that it was worthwhile to be busy day and night during that time.
“You know a lot, write down what you want, and I’ll ask someone to find it.”
Gu Yin nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice and said, “Okay, I’ll think about it for the next few days, and then make a list, it’s just I don’t know what’s going on overseas.”
Wu Qingyi didn’t have any knowledge about overseas before, but he had been learning since he took over the shipping line.
Since he had learned, he could also tell Gu Yin.
The two talked about going to sea, and before they knew it, it was the time when the moon reached the middle of the sky. Until Gu Ye, who lived in the wing room, woke up at night, and found that the lights in his mother’s yard were still on. He came over dressed like a little adult and said in an old-fashioned way, “If you don’t sleep at night, will you stay awake during the day? You are an adult, how can you two make me worry?”
Gu Yin and Wu Qingyi laughed, and then they each went to sleep.