After rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Chapter 506 Extra: The Princess and the Shadow 16

"As for us adults, we are really infatuated and pitiful. We are already thirty and are not yet married."

An An followed his words and asked, "Is it related to the aunt I met in the dyeing shop?"

"That's right! Don't look at the lax clothes we adults wear. Let me tell you, Sir William comes from the Earl's Mansion.

The female prisoner in the dye house is called Anna. Her father was also a high official. The two families are family friends. They grew up together since childhood and have a mutual affection for each other as adults.

Before the two of them could take the initiative to break through this layer of window paper, Anna's father was suddenly demoted, and the family had no choice but to rush to the place where he was demoted.

Anna wrote many letters to Lord William, but never received a reply. Year after year passed like this. It was not until she was twenty-five years old that she got the news that William had already married and had children. She was disheartened and became more and more frustrated.

Her parents were seriously ill and were about to pass away. In order to make them feel at ease, she randomly picked someone to marry.

However, Anna did not know at the time that all this was planned by her parents. In order to stop her from being so depressed, her parents fabricated and spread this lie. However, they did not expect that the man she married was a scumbag.

After the marriage, Anna was often beaten with bruises and swollen face. Once she was beaten so severely that she took a knife and wanted to fight the man. She didn't really want to kill someone, but she lost her hand during the argument."

An An was so angry that she puffed up her face: "It's really not worth ruining your life for a man like that!"

The Yamen sighed: "Who says it's not the case?

The government convicted Anna of manslaughter and sentenced her to fifteen years. However, her husband's family was not satisfied and thought the sentence was too light. They found connections and transferred the case to the capital, Lausanne.

It turned out that William had not received any of the letters Anna had written. After Anna left the capital, William was arranged by her family to go to the castle as a personal guard and was not allowed to leave Lausanne easily. All those letters were intercepted by William's mother.

And told William that Anna had already married and had children."

Two people who loved each other deeply missed each other because of their differences and many misunderstandings.

An An clenched her fists angrily: "My uncle's mother is too bad, why would she do this?"

Jing Qi: "It's obvious! After Anna's family was demoted, the two families were no longer well-matched. Naturally, William's family didn't want Anna to come in."

The Yamen almost nodded: "Yes, but they didn't expect that Anna would return to the capital for trial, and her husband's family made a big fuss and brought the matter directly to the Queen. William naturally knew about it.

He visited Anna and the two resolved all misunderstandings."

The officer sighed and shook his head: "I heard that Lord William cried while squatting at the door of the cell with his head in his hands that night."

For such a tall and thick man, it can be seen that he is extremely broken and desperate.

"Later, Lord William went around trying to find connections, and even went to the Queen. After understanding the cause and effect, the Queen personally came forward and sentenced Anna to exile in the Mayan city for ten years.

Lord William gave up his bright future in the capital, left his family's protection, and asked to be transferred to Maya City, just to be closer to Anna.

Many people feel worthless for him. His abilities are outstanding and he is appreciated by the Queen, but he gave up his great future for a female prisoner."

Although they don't understand love at this stage, the two little guys are still moved by the love between William and Anna.

Jing Qi said nonchalantly: "My adoptive father said that capable people will shine wherever they are. It's only been ten years. Since he can be favored by the Queen, it is only a matter of time that he will have a bright future in the future."

Jingqi spoke in Chinese, so of course the officials couldn't understand her.

An An stumbled and translated for several people, but the cadre who just spoke shook his head in disapproval:

"It's not as easy as you say. Without family promotion, you will have to struggle for at least twenty more years."

An An doesn't care. In her knowledge, as long as you work hard, you will definitely gain something, and Uncle William and Anna will definitely get better and better.

In response to this, both children respected William a lot. No matter what the world said, in the children's hearts, Uncle William behaved like a hero in a storybook.

However, as soon as An An returned to William's house, she began to make plans for her business. She roped Jing Qi into her family and began to make various connections with her.

However, Jingqi was too weak and always accidentally tore off the roots of the threads. The maids in the palace looked amused and also smiled and wanted to help.

After two days of struggling, all the silk threads were used up, and finally one hundred and eight strings were made.

An An rubbed her numb wrists and looked at the red webs all over the table, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

Jingqi brought a bottle of medicinal wine: "Stretch out my hand and rub it for you, otherwise you will have to cry when you go to bed at night."

An An carefully stretched out her hand: "Then be gentle...hiss, it hurts..."

Jing Qi remained unmoved, her palms clenching An An's flailing arms like iron vices.

"Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If you don't rub the congestion away, you will be sore for several days."

An An burst into tears in pain: "Uuuu... I would rather be in pain forever!"

…

Although Jingqi was glared at by An An for a while afterwards, it still makes sense that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. After a good sleep, her arm basically no longer hurt the next day.

An An rested her chin on the table, blinked her big eyes, stared at the pile of red skin, and asked Jing Qi opposite:

"How do you think we're going to sell it?"

Jingqi thought for a while: "I have already inquired about it. These silk threads are sold by the pound. The dyed ones are usually thirty copper coins per pound."

Neither of them knew anything about money. Prince Su's palace was in short supply of everything, and they never knew how to bargain when buying things on the street.

An An automatically understood that thirty copper coins were equivalent to Daxia's thirty Wen. "It's so cheap! How much do we have to sell it for?"

Jingqi took on the attitude of doing math and sketched on the paper: "We have to calculate the cost of the goods first."

An An immediately ran out to find a servant to borrow a scale, packed the bag and weighed it. It weighed about two kilograms.

Jingqi quickly calculated on paper: the cost of a soldering iron was about half a copper coin. The two of them said it was cheap.

An An tried to remember how those aunts and uncles sold things on the street.

Well, it seems that the buyer will make a counteroffer, and then the seller will say with a sincere and heartbroken look that it is already the cost price and cannot be repaid, otherwise he will lose money...

An An frowned in distress. Thinking about it, it seems like you can't make money by selling things! You are losing money every day!

"Having a counter-offer is too troublesome. How about we set the price directly and decide whether you want to buy it or not! It seems like no one has ever made a counter-offer in the beautiful pavilion opened by my mother. We still have customers coming in every day!"

Beautiful Pavilion targets high-end consumers. These people are face-conscious and will naturally not bargain.

"How much can we set? Otherwise, if it's one copper coin per string, the profit will be barely doubled!"

Thinking about it this way, they can earn fifty-two more copper coins. Although the money does not seem to be much, it is still a profit!

Jingqi felt that one copper coin was too low: "You worked hard to make this up. Didn't you take into account the hard work fees?"

An An felt troubled: "How much is appropriate?"

Jingqi didn't understand either: "Anyway, you can't just sell it for one copper coin, or else... sell it for two copper coins!"

This quadruples profits!

An An was speechless: "Are we too dark-hearted? Is anyone buying this...?"

Jing Qi gritted her teeth: "Didn't you say that there is no business without evil? Let's sell it first. If it really can't be sold, we will lower the price."

…

The next day, Jingqi inquired about the market, found a location, spread a piece of cloth on the ground and set up a stall. There was a piece of paper beside it, with the prices of the goods written in Dayue language.

An An listened to the shouts and shouts coming and going all over the street, with a look of eagerness on his face: "Should we also hawk?"

Jingqi felt a little embarrassed: "...let's forget it! I can't scream."

An An has been familiar with her since she was a child and has no concept of being embarrassed at all. She immediately shouted at the top of her lungs:

"The newest Luozi only costs two copper coins..."

After these days of studying, An'an's Dayue language becomes more and more fluent day by day.

As soon as he heard this, many people around him looked over curiously, and they couldn't help but be even more surprised when they saw that the people setting up the stall were actually two oriental children.

An An shouted to a girl with blond hair passing by: "Beautiful sister, buy a string of strings, it will look very beautiful when hung on jewelry!"

The girl stopped curiously, picked up a concentric knot and looked at it carefully. After looking at it suspiciously for a long time, her eyes lit up:

"This thing is pretty good-looking, but what is it used for?"

As soon as An An saw the opportunity, she immediately enthusiastically promoted: "Sister, you can hang it on your jewelry backpack, and also on your clothes..."

The girl hesitated and asked: "How much does one cost?"

"It's very cheap, only two copper coins."

The girl was obviously stunned for a moment, and then she took out two copper coins from her pocket.

An An clutched these two copper coins. It was the first money she had earned through hard work. She felt happier than eating honey. She circled around Jing Qi happily: "Jing Qi, we have made money!"

At this time, several more women passed by the stall, and An An greeted her with a sweet smile: "Auntie, let's buy Chuanluozi..."

The conditions of these people were obviously not very good, but in the end they gritted their teeth and bought one each.

An An was happy to receive the money and felt that doing business was not difficult!

Jing Qi was observing the various people walking around. Unfortunately, he did not have the language talent of An An, so he could only barely understand what these people were saying.

He was thinking about the best person to ask for information if he wanted to know the doorways on the streets of Maya City as soon as possible. Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to the thin figure running away in the dark.

After a while, a seven or eight-year-old boy in clean clothes came over sheepishly: "Little sister, how are you going to sell this?"

"Two copper coins for a bunch, little brother, why don't you buy a bunch?"

The boy lowered his head shyly: "I... I want to buy it for my sisters at home and my aunts and uncles in other places. I wonder if they like it?"

An An was even more happy when she heard this. This is big business!

She nodded vigorously: "Of course! How much do you want to buy?"

The little boy lowered his head and counted with his fingers for a long time, but couldn't figure out a specific number. He nervously scratched his hair.

Jingqi couldn't stand it anymore, "Just tell how many people you want to give it to!"

The little boy scratched his head: "There are too many relatives to count! My father said he would take us back to our ancestral home."

Jing Qi nodded in understanding. After all, in the world he had seen, it was common for some large families to have two to three hundred people. "Then buy more."

The little boy took out a heavy money bag, and the copper coins kept ringing: "Then I will buy a hundred strings!"

An An and the two were stunned, shocked by the little boy's generosity, but the little boy in front of them was cleanly dressed, and he didn't look like a bad guy, and all he got were real copper coins. An An attributed this to her

Very lucky.

The two parties pay the money in one hand and deliver the goods in the other hand.

As a result, there were only five strings left on the ground. An An gave them all to the little boy with a wave of his hand.

An An carried her heavy pockets and said happily: "Jingqi, do you think I am a legendary business wizard possessed by a koi carp?"

Jingqi took the cloth, wrapped the bag of copper coins and held it in her hand. Although she felt a sense of accomplishment, what she said was: "It's not too heavy to hold on to!"

After saying that, he was stunned. He always felt that something was wrong. Before he could think clearly, he was dragged forward by An An:

"Isn't that Uncle William? Let's go and pay back the money to the steward aunt, and get some silk thread to continue weaving!"

She clenched her little fists and felt full of strength. What was the pain in her wrists?

I squinted my beautiful eyes and began to imagine that a few years later, the successful richest woman stood in front of the stage, bathed in the adoring eyes of the audience, and said in a calm tone: "The first pot of gold I made was from selling luozi.

…”

However, what the little guy didn't know was that the little boy who bought all their goods turned the corner with his baggage, the timid look on his face disappeared, he grinned proudly, and his eyes were full of intelligence.

Half an hour later, a small stall was set up at the intersection near the wealthy area, with strings of red ribbons hanging on it in an orderly manner. The little boy stood in front of the stall, his face changed again, and he was enthusiastic.

Greeting the ladies and ladies passing by:

"The most fashionable accessories in Lausanne, each person is limited to two strands, and only costs ten cents."

…

William was just passing by and had no intention of leaving the city, but after An An moved out of Anna, he convinced himself and compromised.

When passing William's house, An An thought of the poor old grandfather and went back to get some bread to eat and take with her.

Arriving at the rows of warehouses where the female prisoners served their sentences, An An counted out sixty copper coins and said, "This is the money for silk thread given to the aunt in charge."

William raised his eyebrows in surprise. They both lived in the same house. He also knew about the two children selling things. He smiled and joked: "Hey! You are so rich, you have made money!"

An An nodded heavily, "Yes, you made more than two hundred copper coins?"

After saying that, he raised the bag containing the money and shook it. It made a crisp sound when it collided.

William praised the two children profusely and accepted the copper coins generously.

An An also handed the remaining copper coins to William: "Uncle, we still want to buy silk thread, so we will buy it with the remaining money."

William was amused by her serious look: "We are friends, uncle can give you credit first, and it will be the same when you make money and pay it back."

"No, my brothers will settle the score tomorrow."

After she finished speaking, she counted on her fingers. They made a total of two hundred and six copper coins this time. After subtracting the sixty copper coins given to the steward aunt, there were still one hundred and forty-six coins left.

A bundle of silk thread costs thirty copper coins, so how many bundles can they buy now...

(End of chapter)