This Side Effect is Awesome

Entering the practice room through the reserved back door, Song Ankang opened the door.

"Grandpa, you are finally out!"

Hearing the movement, Qiushi immediately looked up, his delicate face was soon overwhelmed with joy, and ran towards Song Ankang, grabbed his arm and didn't want to let go.

Song Ankang pretended to be puzzled and said: "Why don't you go to bed so late, why are you waiting for me here, don't do this next time."

"I can't sleep, so I came here to stand for a while." Qiu Shi said with a smile: "I didn't expect my uncle to come out so soon, and I haven't waited for a few days."

Hearing what Qiu Shi said, Song Ankang's heart moved. He didn't expect that Qiu Shi had been waiting for him for several nights, maybe he had waited for him many times before that.

Looking at the ground around the practice room, which was obviously much cleaner than other places, and the broom placed nearby, Song Ankang didn't know what it was like in his heart.

I couldn't help but embrace Qiushi: "When I practice in closed doors in the future, don't just stand here stupidly, just stay in the room to practice and rest. When I come out, I will definitely see you as soon as possible."

"Well, I see, Young Master." Qiu Shi's pretty face flushed, and she nodded obediently: "However, Young Master seems to have lost a lot of weight this time. The retreat is too hard, and he must be extremely tired. Do you want to rest for a few days? I will tell Young Master Make up for it."

"Eh..." Song Ankang was stunned for a moment, and his face began to turn red. The reason why he lost weight was not because he was too tired after retreating, but because he was too tired when he broke through the customs, and he couldn't even make up for the medicinal food, so I just lost some weight.

Song Ankang shyly said: "No need, I have pills here, and it will be fine after a few days, but you seem to have lost a lot of weight, so you need to make up for it."

While talking, Song Ankang took out the book heart jade carved into a heart shape: "Guoguo, this is a gift for you. Wearing it on your body is good for cultivation."

Before Qiushi refused, Song Ankang had already put it into her little hands.

Looking at the crystal clear book heart jade in his hand, Qiu Shi was surprised: "I heard that book heart jade is very expensive, so I should wear it on my body."

"I have other good things here, so you can wear this book heart jade." Song Ankang forcibly put the book heart jade on Qiu Shi, which made Xiao Tongfang burst into tears: "Thank you, uncle, there seems to be something in it." What about words?"

Song Ankang said with a smile: "Those are two lines of poems I wrote for you. As the name suggests, Shuxinyu is used to write thoughts, so naturally it has to be engraved inside."

"Ah..." Qiu Shi exclaimed,

Looking carefully at the verses inside, I couldn't help but read aloud: "The belt is getting wider and wider, but I don't regret it, and I am haggard because of Yixiao."

This line of poem just corresponds to the words of mutual concern between the two people before. It seems to tell Xiao Tongfang that the reason why Song Ankang has lost weight is because he misses her. Well, there is a glint of light in the bright eyes.

Although he doesn't know much about the way of poetry, Qiu Shi can also feel the affection contained in these two lines: "Young Master..."

Looking at Xiao Tongfang who couldn't help it, Song Ankang felt more and more ashamed, and couldn't help stretching out his arms to hug Qiushi: "Don't cry, it's not a valuable thing, I will give you better ones in the future."

Song Ankang secretly bought this book heart jade when he was shopping with Peng Xuan'er. It was originally intended to be given to Peng Xuan'er in time, but now it is a gift to Xiao Tongfang.

But he didn't expect to move Xiao Tongfang like this. Thinking of his original intention, Song Ankang couldn't help scolding himself as a "scumbag".

After comforting Xiao Tongfang, Song Ankang took her back to the study: "Guoguo, you have been waiting outside the practice room, is there any urgent matter for me to deal with?"

"It's such a son-in-law. Tang Quanli's compensation for silver taels has all arrived in the account, and most of them have been taken away by the family. There is still half a million taels of silver left for us in Baiyu Sanglin." Qiu Shi laughed: "These silver taels are now In the White Jade Building, waiting for my aunt to distribute it, now all the stewards hope to share a sum of money for the construction of the White Jade Mulberry Forest, especially for the replacement of various looms."

Song Ankang said in surprise: "Is the speed so fast? I didn't expect Tang Quanli to be quite punctual, and isn't this guy rich? Before, I thought he was greedy for all kinds of silver because he had no money. Now it seems that he is not. so."

"With the eldest lady staring at me, this matter has reached the ancestors again, so Tang Quanli naturally dare not delay." Qiu Shi smiled sweetly: "The eldest lady even gave us a full five hundred thousand taels of silver. With these Money, all the equipment in our White Jade Mulberry Forest can be updated, and the silk and clothes we make in the future will be better and faster."

Song Ankang nodded: "That's true, you show me the silver that the manager wants to share, and I will approve it if it is reasonable."

During the years when Tang Quanli was in charge of the White Jade Mulberry Forest, in order to get as much money as possible, he has not replaced various equipment and some infrastructure in the White Jade Mulberry Forest for several years.

Even some looms were broken and no one maintained them. One can imagine how greedy Tang Quanli was.

Now that Tang Quanli has been driven away, and the greedy banknotes have also been spit out, many managers hope to maintain or replace the equipment and tools they are responsible for.

This matter must be done, otherwise, the silk and clothes made by Baiyu Sanglin will become worse and worse in the future, and the profits that can be earned will be less and less.

So this matter is quite urgent. In the past few days, many managers have often come to return Xiangzhu, hoping to get Song Ankang's approval.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Tongfang Qiushi waits outside the practice room at night, hoping that Song Ankang will come out sooner.

In addition to this matter, Baiyu Sanglin also had some other major events in the past two months, which required Song Ankang to decide, but these matters were not as urgent as this one, and there were many people urging them.

Carefully reading through the paperwork applications submitted by many stewards, Dong Xinjie needs the most silver taels, up to 200,000 taels of silver, basically to replace the latest generation of textile equipment, and the paperwork is the most detailed, which can be said to be well-founded.

According to Dong Xinjie, once the replacement is successful, the profit of the white jade mulberry forest will skyrocket by more than a few percent in the next few months, and will continue to rise in the future, which can be described as extremely cost-effective.

The sum of the silver taels applied by other managers is only about 150,000 taels of silver, but many of them are not very detailed, which makes Song Ankang suspicious, and he is not going to give an immediate reply, but has to investigate carefully.

If all of them are approved, Song Ankang will still have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver left in his hands, which can be used for other things. It seems a lot, but it is only more than a thousand taels of gold, not even one tenth of Peng Xuaner's redemption money. Far from it.