my grandmother

Chapter 104
In the afternoon of the next day, Ah Wu and his cousin Wang Yuting rushed to Cailian Lane.

The two lived in Li's house for a few days, and they knew Sister Mei the most. When they entered the courtyard, they greeted and talked with Sister Mei first.

Li Xiaonan stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking at the two horses tied to the horse tying stone.

How expensive these two horses are, she heard Ah Wu tell me countless times that these two horses would eat fine materials worth hundreds of copper tins a month.

Cousin A Wu is the people she hired, and the horses of the people she hired, alas, must be her horses.

If it wasn't a horse, it would be a dog, a cat, or a bird. Dogs and cats can be turned into pets, and horses must be regarded as production tools.

Not counting people, the two horses alone cost almost one tael of silver a month.

She only had less than 25 taels of silver in total.

Alas, this business has to be started quickly, one day late is one day's shortfall.

"If it's the son of the world, let the two of us come to you to take over the work. What kind of work do you have here?" Wang Yuting approached Li Xiaonan and asked.

"I want to start a small business, but I'm a woman, and I'm only in my teens, so I can't convince the crowd. I need a man to stand outside and pretend to be the shopkeeper, that's all." Li Xiaonan leaned against the door frame and looked at the yard. inside.

In the yard, Ah Wu fetched a bucket of water, mentioned the backyard to Sister Mei, and strode over.

"What kind of work do we get from her?" Ah Wu pointed at Li Xiaonan and asked Wang Yuting.

"Say it's pretending to be the shopkeeper." Wang Yuting frowned.

"Pretend? You want to lie? That's definitely not possible, you are not that kind of person. You want to solve the case? You can't, you are not an official. Are you pretending to be a job of the prince?" Wu asked a series of questions in one breath. Son.

"Neither, I just run my own business." Li Xiaonan looked at the two of them.

"It's inconvenient for her to do business in public as a young lady." Wang Yuting then explained.

"That's all? Is there anything else? Your business is expensive? Do you need bodyguards?" A Wu asked again.

"No, nothing, just pretending to be the shopkeeper and standing there without doing anything." Li Xiaonan looked at Ah Wu with her shoulders drooping.

"Isn't that similar to a dummy that scares birds? Such a dummy, you called the two of us over? You clearly know how important my work with Yu Ting and I are at the pier!" Awu stared at Li Xiaonan with his arms crossed.

"I originally wanted to buy a white-bearded old man in his fifties or sixties. It's cheaper and more reliable than you look. It was your son who forced you to me." Li Xiaonan said bluntly.

"This nonsense!" Ah Wu put his hips on his hips, and shouted nonsense quite imposingly.

Li Xiaonan glanced at her sideways.

"I'm going to find Master Shizi. Master Shizi certainly doesn't know that what you want is a dummy. How important is my job on the dock!" A Wu pushed her cousin and walked out.

Li Xiaonan leaned against the door frame, looked at A Wu and Wang Yuting who got on their horses and left, and waved goodbye.

It's best not to come back this time.

In just over half an hour, Wang Yuting in front and Ah Wu in the back got off his horse in Cailian Lane, and entered the courtyard gate dejectedly.

Li Xiaonan was sitting under the tree writing, when she saw the two people coming in, her shoulders drooped.

Alas, she knew it must be a waste of time.

"Meet your son?" Li Xiaonan put down her pen and asked.

"I didn't even see Master Shi." Wang Yuting picked up a small bamboo chair and sat down next to Li Xiaonan, "One said it was Master Shi's servant, and he came out to spread a word, saying that he was sent by the Shizi, so how could anyone let him go?" Li'er, pick and choose, let the two of us work hard with you."

Ah Wu also picked up a small bamboo chair and sat down, dejected.

"Have you written the deed of sale?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"That must not be written. We are taking refuge in the family of the eldest son, not selling ourselves as slaves." Wang Yuting was puzzled, why did he suddenly ask this.

"Then why don't you follow that prince, the sea is wide and the sky is far away, you can go wherever you want, once you leave, he will have no control over you." Li Xiaonan suggested.

Ah Wu leaned across Li Xiaonan, Wang Yuting smiled wryly, "Ah Wu and I have been terrified and afraid since we left home, afraid of everything, only after being with the eldest son, can we sleep soundly all night long.

"You know who she is." Wang Yuting patted Ah Wu lightly, "Where can I find another person like Shi Ziye? Who else can know who she is, not only pretending not to know, but also acting as if using Men use her the same way?
"Hey, if you're in business, you're in business. If you're a dummy, you're a dummy. You may stop doing business after three or five days.

"I see, you don't look like a person who can make a deal." Wang Yuting looked at Li Xiaonan sincerely.

Li Xiaonan wanted to pooh her face because of her last words.

"You can't live in my house. You can't let my elder sister, second elder sister, or sister Mei know about doing business. You..."

"It is said that we will live in the tea house opposite, and eat in the tea house. They said that there is a row of empty rooms in the backyard of the tea house." Wang Yuting interrupted Li Xiaonan's words.

"Then you go to the tea house first. At the beginning of tomorrow, I will go to the tea house to find you, and the business must be started quickly.

"Hurry up, sister Mei is here." Out of the corner of her eyes, Li Xiaonan saw Mei sister coming from the backyard holding a handful of leeks, and rushed the two of them out.

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Wangfu Bieye.

Sitting under the study window, Gu Yan refolded the thick stack of letter paper that he had just read, stuffed it into an envelope, and photographed it on the desk.

The letter was written by his aunt, who talked at length about various trivial matters at home after he went south, and at the end, told him lightly:
Second Mrs. Pan lived in Pingjiang Mansion for a few days last year, and her body and spirit are much stronger. This summer, Second Mrs. Pan plans to go to Pingjiang Mansion to escape the summer heat. The eldest lady of the Shi family and several other young ladies accompanied Second Mrs. Pan to stay here. In their palace, ask him to take care of one or two when the time comes.

Gu Yan glanced sideways at his mother's letter.

During the Spring Festival, his aunt's flower viewing party after another was in vain. I heard that the historians, especially Mrs. Shi and Mrs. Pan, were very happy.

Probably really thought that his resignation was due to the young couple's quarrel, after all, they were no smarter than that stupid girl Wan Qing, Wan Qing still knew she was not smart, but Mrs. Shi and the Shi family thought they were very smart.

Come and come.

Gu Yan stood up, put the letter into the mailbox, stood in front of the window, thought for a while, then turned and walked out.

He is going to Linhai Town. Tonight, he plans to live in Linhai Town.

Niu Cheqian had stayed in Linhai Town for almost two months, and he probably had written down a lot of money.

This time, he should go to the Customs Department and take a look.

Gu Yan came out, got on the horse, and was surrounded by the chief guard and the servants, and went straight to Linhai Town.

(End of this chapter)