The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Wang Kang was very proactive. He sent someone to inquire about the Li family's situation early the next morning. When he learned that the Li family had opened a teahouse, he insisted on going there to take a look in person.

Because Wang Gang had to go to work in the government office, he couldn't control his mother and just let her go!

Marrying a girl from the Li family was just an excuse for Wang Gang to appease Wang Kang. He actually had no such intention towards the five daughters of the Li family.

Or, he hasn't met anyone he loves in this world.

After Wang Gang left home for work, Wang Kang asked someone to prepare a carriage and rushed to Li's Teahouse.

Because of yesterday's murder lawsuit, there was no customer in the Li family teahouse today, and Mrs. Li was sitting at the door, so bored that she could swat flies.

The Li family moved from Luoyang to Bian Jing, thinking they could live a good life, but they always ran into bad things and the teahouse business they opened was not satisfactory.

Bianjing was too prosperous, with three teahouses on the commercial street alone. Although Liji Tea House was in a good location, the rent was expensive.

Mrs. Li thought that relying on Pan Lou's popularity, she could attract a wave of visitors to her restaurant, so she started a breakfast business.

As a result, Chai An and Li Sanniang became angry with each other and would rather lose money than compete with Li's Teahouse for business. In the end, both sides suffered losses.

The teahouse's business was already bad to begin with, and after what happened to Mr. Qian, no customers came to the shop. Madam Li even had to pay the Qian family a hundred strings of cash, which was like adding insult to injury!

"Mom, you haven't eaten anything this morning. I baked some bread. You can eat some." Seeing that Madam Li was worried, Qiong Nu brought some breakfast over.

"Keep the pancakes and sell them! I'm not hungry." Madam Li said with a sad face.

"There won't be any customers this morning, and the pancakes won't be crispy if we leave them any longer." Sanniang Li Kangning walked over and said.

"Kang Ning, you've come at the right time. Let's think of a way to expand our business." Madam Li said urgently.

Several sisters from the Li family walked out together.

"I've looked around. This street has everything. It may not be easy to make money just by opening a tea shop." Li Sanniang glanced at the Pan Building opposite which was crowded with customers.

"We still have to find other sales channels."

Madam Li gritted her teeth and said, "If I hadn't paid half a year's rent in advance and couldn't get it back, I would have really wanted to close the shop."

Aunt Li Shouhua said: "Mom, don't worry too much, let's think of a solution together."

Si Niang said kindly: "If you ask me, we should sell whatever is easy to sell in the world. We can't let a living person die from suffocation by urine."

Lady Li said unhappily: "Good virtue, young lady, don't talk nonsense, be careful of being overheard by outsiders."

Li Haode glanced at the empty teahouse and said, "There are no outsiders here!"

Madam Li said angrily: "That won't work either. You are still unmarried. You should be careful about your words and actions. What if a guest comes to visit?"

Speak of the devil, here he comes. Wang Kang's carriage stopped steadily in front of Li's Teahouse.

When Mrs. Li saw that guests had arrived, she quickly asked her daughters to go into the house and went to greet the carriage.

"Sir, would you like some tea or a rest? Please come in."

Mrs. Li saw that the carriage was very luxurious and it was obvious that the owner was a wealthy man, so her attitude was very nice.

The servant of the Wang family lifted the curtain of the carriage and helped Wang Kang out of the car without even looking at Madam Li.

"Huh!" Wang Kang exclaimed in surprise. Madam Li looked somewhat familiar.
When Madam Li saw Wang Kang's appearance clearly, she was also stunned.

"Sister Kang!" Madam Li asked carefully.

When Wang Kang heard this familiar name, her memory went back to twenty-five years ago, when she was still unmarried and the neighbor's sister always liked to call her that.

"Girl! It's really you!"

Madam Li's eyes were red, and she was filled with joy at seeing an old friend again. "Sister Kang, we haven't seen each other for almost 30 years! You don't seem to have changed at all."

"Sister, you are the one who hasn't changed much." Wang Kang was also deeply touched at this time.

"Come on, Sister Kang, please come in." Madam Li said enthusiastically: "Qiong Nu, call Shouhua and the others out quickly."

Wang Kang looked up at the sign of Li's Teahouse and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. She never thought that the girl her son fell in love with was the daughter of an old friend!

"Is this fate?" Wang Kang pinched the Buddhist beads on her wrist.

Madam Li warmly welcomed Wang Kang into the store, and asked the waiter to bring the best pastries and personally entertained Wang Kang.

The Li sisters soon came out from the inner room and met Wang Kang one by one.

Madam Li said to her daughters, "This is my good friend from before I got married. We haven't seen each other for nearly 27 years. You can just call her Aunt Kang."

"Aunt Kang." The Li sisters said respectfully.

Wang Kang looked at the Li sisters carefully and thought that they were indeed very beautiful. No wonder they attracted her son. But she didn't know which one her son liked.

"Sister, I heard that you married in Luoyang, why did you come to Bian Jing?" Wang Kang temporarily suppressed her doubts and reminisced about the past with Madam Li.

"Oh, don't mention it. It's just my bad luck."

Madam Li told Wang Kang everything that happened after she got married. When Wang Kang heard that Madam Li's only son was washed away by the flood, she was deeply saddened.

"Sister, don't think too much about the past. It's not bad that you have your daughter by your side now." Wang Kang said, holding Madam Li's hand.

"Sister Kang, I heard that you got married in the east? Why are you here in Bian Jing?" asked Madam Li.

"My father-in-law was later transferred to the capital to serve as an official, and I have been living in Bianjing ever since." Wang Kang sighed: "We sisters married in different places, and now we can meet again. It must be the blessing of the Buddha."

Lady Li said, "I thought my sister had heard that I was in Bianjing and came to see me."

Wang Kang couldn't help but look at the Li sisters, not knowing how to start the conversation for a moment.

Originally, she did not agree with her son marrying a merchant's daughter, but it would be a different story if the other party was the daughter of her best friend.

"My son's name is Wang Gang, you should know him!" Wang Kang sighed and said.

"Ah, Lord Wang." The Li family members exclaimed.

"What a coincidence!"

"Aunt Kang is actually Lord Wang's mother?"

Wang Kang said to Madam Li: "I won't hide it from you. Gang'er told me yesterday that he had taken a liking to your daughter. I wanted to come and see her in person today, but I didn't expect to meet my sister again."

Upon hearing this, Madam Li was immediately delighted, and the Li sisters were also quite surprised. Only Li Wu Niang was kind-hearted and lowered her head shyly.

Lady Li smiled and said, "Which of my daughters did Lord Wang take a fancy to?"

Wang Kang shook his head and said, "I forgot to ask that."

As she spoke, Wang Kang glanced at the Li sisters and felt that the eldest was dignified, the third was smart, the fourth was graceful, and the fifth was eccentric, each with her own strengths.

However, Wang Kang's final gaze fell on Aunt Shouhua.

Madam Li followed Wang Kang's gaze and soon became troubled.

Li Shouhua was a widow who had been married before, and her status was somewhat awkward, but Madam Li also noticed that the mature and steady eldest daughter was more to Wang Kang's liking.

Wang Kang simply gave up guessing and said to Lady Li: "Since we are all not outsiders, I will send someone to Kaifeng Mansion to call Gang'er to see who he likes!" (End of this chapter)