Chapter 1127 Mother’s family!
After giving instructions to Jingren, An Miaoyi asked the maid to bring her health tea. She drank tea and ate cakes while reading today's Yijing Daily...

Yijing Daily is a newspaper that has just been published for three months. Although it has only been published for a short time, the background of Yijing Daily is very strong. It is affiliated with Hongyun Newspaper Company under Dadongsheng Company.

Because of the strong backing of the Dadongsheng Company, Yijing Daily was financially strong and each newspaper was sold for only three cents, which was about half the price of most newspapers in the Yijing market.

Precisely because of this low-price competition strategy, Yijing Daily has developed very rapidly. In just three months, its sales volume has already ranked among the top three newspapers in Yijing sales!
According to incomplete statistics, Yijing Daily currently sells at least thousands of copies every day, and among every ten newspapers sold in Yijing every day, one belongs to Yijing Daily. Moreover, the sales of Yijing Daily are still in rapid growth, and the number of newspapers sold is increasing day by day!

Therefore, some people believe that if Yijing Daily can maintain its current development speed, then when Yijing Daily has been published for a full year, its market share is likely to exceed 30%, making it the second largest newspaper in Yijing after Yijing Morning Post!

Although many people are amazed at the speed of development of Yijing Daily, most people do not understand why Dadongsheng Company founded Hongyuan Newspaper and opened Yijing Daily··························

In order to promote the development of science and technology in Da Zhou, Ye Mingsheng also hopes to enlighten the people, popularize culture and reduce illiteracy in Da Zhou!
In order to achieve this goal, despite the financial constraints at the time, Ye Mingsheng gritted his teeth and asked the treasury to allocate money to allow school-age children in Liaoyang, Youyan, Qilu, Jiyu to receive free education.

In addition, Ye Mingsheng founded a newspaper, hoping to arouse people's interest in learning culture and form a good trend among the people!

Therefore, under Ye Mingsheng's series of encouraging policies, newspapers in various places emerged like mushrooms after a rain. In order to arouse people's interest in buying newspapers and make money, these newspapers also began to serialize novels one after another. For a time, the cultural industry of the Great Zhou Dynasty also flourished!

People are naturally curious about new things, so when the newspaper was first introduced, An Miaoyi subscribed to a monthly magazine for the Ye family.

Although An Miaoyi's original intention at the beginning was just to follow her husband's lead and support Ye Mingsheng's policies, she was soon attracted by the novel in the newspaper.

An Miaoyi’s favorite novel is called "Tears on the Shirt", which is a novel serialized in Qianzhen Magazine. The novel mainly tells the story of a scholar and a rich girl who cannot be in love. Because this story is quite cruel, and the serialization and updating speed is relatively slow, with only 2,000 words every seven days, and the style of the novel is obscure and difficult to understand, the response is not good·························
The purpose of the newspaper company to run a magazine is to make money, so the book "Tears in the Shirt" was cut halfway through writing. An Miaoyi felt very sorry to see that her favorite novel was cut, and she wanted to pay the author to continue writing.

Ye Baode, the general manager of Dadongsheng Company, got to know the news by chance. In order to please the future "Queen", he played to her preferences and founded Yijing Daily to serialize the novel "Tears on the Shirt" in Yijing Morning News.

And after learning that An Miaoyi liked to read such sad stories, Ye Baode even specially found a few down-and-out scholars and wrote in this style. In short, the writing was large in quantity and filling in order to definitely make the lady happy!
With Ye Baode's deliberate flattery, An Miaoyi became a loyal reader of Yijing Daily and would take time every day to read this newspaper that was created because of her.

While reading the latest chapter of Tears in the Shirt and seeing the heroine and hero parting on a rainy night, An Miaoyi couldn't help but shook her head slightly. The reason why she liked the novel Tears in the Shirt was not because the novel was so well written, but because the novel fit her aspirations during her girlhood.

After all, at that age when love begins for the first time, every girl will fantasize about a passionate love and then live a happy and fulfilling life with her loved one!
However, eight out of ten people are not satisfied with their lives. No matter how beautiful the vision and wishes are, they will become fragile and powerless in the face of the cold and cruel reality.
An Miaoyi put down the newspaper and took a sip of her health and beauty tea. She wanted to take a nap, but at this moment Qiqige came over and reported:

"Madam, Master Tian Yu is here!"

When An Miaoyi heard that her younger brother was coming to see her, she was pleasantly surprised but also a little surprised.

Because of what happened to Ruolan a few years ago, An Tianyu felt ashamed to see Ye Mingsheng, so even though Ye Mingsheng personally came out to comfort him, An Tianyu deliberately did not come to the Ye Mansion. Even during the holidays, he would send people to deliver letters to celebrate.

The last time the two siblings met was two months ago when the An family moved to Yijing, and the two siblings were together with their family.

Although she was somewhat curious about why her younger brother An Tianyu came to see her at this time, An Miaoyi immediately said:
"Take Tian Yu to the Zhengde Hall in the front yard!"

"Yes!"

Although An Tianyu is her younger brother, in order to avoid some people gossiping behind her back, An Miaoyi also abides by the rules and does not let An Tianyu enter the backyard where the women of the Ye Mansion are.

After giving the instructions, An Miaoyi asked Qiqige to change her clothes and put on some makeup to make herself look better.

These few days are a special period for her and she is not feeling well. Plus, knowing that Ye Mingsheng has been with Pei Zhixiu these days, An Miaoyi is also a little lazy····························
After doing all this, An Miaoyi, accompanied by several maids and servants, came to the Zhengde Hall in the front yard of the Ye Mansion. Looking at her brother's familiar face, An Miaoyi couldn't help but smile and asked:

"Tian Yu, how are you these days?"

Facing his sister's question, Yasuda Yu hesitated a little, but still managed a smile and said:
"I'm doing fine lately, how are you, sister?"

Although An Tianyu tried to conceal it, his hesitation naturally could not escape An Miaoyi's eyes. Just now when she heard Qiqige say that An Tianyu came to see her, An Miaoyi realized that her brother might have come to see her for something. Now seeing her brother's hesitation, An Miaoyi was undoubtedly more certain of her thoughts.

Although she was somewhat concerned about what happened to her brother, An Miaoyi smiled calmly and said, "Sister eats well and sleeps well in the Ye Mansion, so what can happen? The only thing that bothers me is that Jingren, this evil creature, doesn't study hard and only knows how to make me angry all day long!"

Hearing An Miaoyi say this, An Tianyu also smiled and comforted:
"It's no big deal if a child is a little playful. Everyone knows that Jingren is a very intelligent child, just like King Zhuang of Chu, who made a name for himself when he made a splash!"

"Being smart when young may not necessarily be a good person when grown up. In my opinion, Jingren is not an ordinary person. When faced with storms, he will transform into a dragon..."

Although her brother was using kind words to comfort her, as a mother, An Miaoyi was also very happy to hear these words and said with a smile:

"Tian Yu, but I think this child, Yan Yanren, is just as you said!"

"Sister, don't worry, the child you and your brother-in-law have will definitely be a good one!"

After chatting with her sister An Miaoyi for a few more words, An Tianyu also changed the subject and said:
"Sister, I know you have everything you need in the Ye Mansion, so I didn't bring you anything this time. But a few days ago, I happened to get three pieces of Cheng Xuanqing's Xuanbao ink, which Jingren can use when studying. It can be regarded as a token of my appreciation as your uncle!"

After saying that, An Tianyu took out a beautifully packaged wooden box and handed it to Qiqige beside him. An Miaoyi was a little surprised to hear that. This Cheng Xuanqing was a master of Hui ink from decades ago, and the Xuanbao ink he made by hand was known as the best of Hui ink and was highly praised by all the literati and poets in the Great Zhou!

There is even a saying among the people that one ounce of gold is worth one ounce of ink. With the passing of Cheng Xuanqing several decades ago, the Xuanbao ink he made has become increasingly scarce. Therefore, the price of Xuanbao ink has been rising in the market, and there is no demand for it!
Therefore, when An Miaoyi heard that her younger brother An Tianyu had given three pieces of Xuanbao ink to Jingren, she could not help but frown and teach him:
"Tian Yu, this Xuanbao ink is not cheap. These three pieces of Xuanbao ink must have cost you a lot of money. Jingren's current academic performance is not worthy of using such good ink. It will be the same if he uses other ink..."

Upon hearing this, Yasuda Yu said with some self-mockery:
"Sister, although I am a poor uncle and cannot give Jingren other valuable gifts, I have to choose the best inkstones!"

Seeing An Tianyu saying this, An Miaoyi didn't know what to say anymore. She changed the subject and began to ask about her mother Yang's situation. Two months ago, Yang followed the An family to Yijing and lived in her son An Tianyu's house.
Due to her status, An Miaoyi could not leave the house at will, so she only stayed with Yang for a few days when Yang first entered Yijing.

In response to her sister's question, Yasuda Yu also smiled and introduced:
"Mom is doing fine with me. As for her old illness, the doctors from the medical school come to see her every seven days. My uncle and fifth aunt also came to visit her before, and she was very happy!"

An Miaoyi smiled and nodded slightly when she heard this. The uncle-in-law that An Tianyu mentioned was Cui Shao. His wife Yang and their mother Yang were sisters.

After asking about her mother's recent situation, An Miaoyi took out a banknote and handed it to An Tianyu, saying:

"Tian Yu, take this banknote back. I can't fulfill my filial duty to my mother. Go back and let me take good care of her!"

Looking at the words "one thousand taels" on the silver note, Yasuda Yu's expression showed a little shame, and he seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, An Miaoyi, who was already somewhat puzzled, asked directly:
“Tian Yu, what happened? If anything happens, just tell me…”

Under An Miaoyi's concerned gaze, An Tianyu's face turned red with shame, and hesitantly said to An Miaoyi:
"Sister, can you lend me three thousand taels of silver?"

An Miaoyi was even more surprised when he heard this. You know, Ye Mingsheng was very generous to his brother-in-law. When An Tianyu first came to Yijing, Ye Mingsheng gave him a three-courtyard house in a very good location in Yijing, three shops along the street, and a certain amount of silver and other valuables.

With Yijing's booming economic development at present, even if Anyan Yu did nothing, he could earn at least seven or eight hundred taels of silver every year from the rent of the three shops. You should know that the purchasing power of silver in the Great Zhou is still very strong, and the annual salary of an official at the deputy governor level is just this amount.

In addition to the rent of the shop, An Miaoyi also helped her brother a lot in recent years. During the New Year and other festivals, she gave him at least a thousand taels of silver.
Although her younger brother, Yasuda Yu, has been sickly since childhood and has no abilities, he is honest and law-abiding. He also has no bad habits, so he doesn't spend much on a daily basis.

Before, An Tianyu had told An Miaoyi that he had saved all the money except for daily expenses, and now he had saved about five thousand taels of silver. He told An Miaoyi to tell him anytime if she needed anything, and he would send the money to her at any time...
For this reason, An Miaoyi even taught him that money is meant to be spent, and asked An Tianyu to be nicer to him and not to be so stingy in saving money!
Therefore, An Miaoyi was really curious about where her younger brother spent all his money!

An Miaoyi looked at An Tianyu seriously and asked:
"Tian Yu, tell me honestly, where did all your money go?"

Feeling her sister's serious gaze, Yasuda Yu hesitated and said:
"Uncle Shanhe came to me some time ago and said that although the Marshal had arranged a house and property for our An family, our An family has a large population and we are very short of money as we have just arrived in Yijing. So he wanted me and my sister to ask for money so that our An family can live a better life!"

"I think I shouldn't bother you with this matter. I'm also a member of the An family, so I should contribute to the An family's affairs. Besides, you don't need the money now, so I gave all the more than 5,000 taels of silver I had on hand to Uncle Shanhe, hoping that my family would live a better life!"

“After giving the more than 5,000 taels of silver to Uncle Shanhe, I only have more than 300 taels of silver left. Originally, this silver was enough for mother and me, but I encountered some problems recently and need more than 3,000 taels of silver for relief, so I have no choice but to come to you, sister·····························"

(End of this chapter)