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Chapter 147: Smashing the Store
In the evening, Yuan San returned with several medical books.

The charcoal fire in the main room made crackling sounds. Xie Fei held the tender white rabbit and looked at him quietly.

"Where did you go?" He disappeared early in the morning and came back in the evening.

Could it be that he got the New Year's money and went out to drink and have fun?
Yuan Sanke didn't know what Xie Fei was suspicious of, so he put the medical book down and said, "I went to the black market and bought you a few medical books from the previous dynasty from an antique dealer."

Xie Fei patted the rabbit's head, flipped through the yellowed and tattered medical book, and warned: "Don't get close to the city gate recently, and don't even think about going in."

It would be better if he went with her, after all, the city guards would not check the identities of the servants one by one.

Yuan San smelled the strong smell of medicine coming from the next room, so he sat down and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Girl is still making fake death medicine?"

Xie Fei let the rabbit go and skimmed through the contents of the medical book.

"It's really not easy. I have no idea what to do."

Originally, she thought that the drug for faking death was similar to anesthetics, but if the dosage was not controlled properly, it would not be fake death, but one would really be able to get into the coffin.

Then she thought that suspended animation was to suppress breathing and heartbeat, and that this was the approach that should be taken.

But without "guinea pigs", it is impossible to go to a mass grave and practice on dead bodies, after all, those things are dead.

She could only look through a large number of medical books, trying to find useful text.

Seeing how serious she was, Yuan San didn't want to disturb her any more, so he just stood by her side, occasionally adding charcoal, and sometimes lighting the oil lamp that was blown out by the wind.

After many days, Xie Fei came to the city and found an embroidery workshop.

Shui Huaiyu was introducing embroidery to people. Although she used ordinary cloth and silk thread, the workmanship was extremely exquisite, so it was very popular.

The man bought all the embroidery, but the prices were low to begin with, so he didn't make much profit.

Xie Fei said: "You have been busy for so long. It takes a long time just to embroider. Add the rent for the shop, is this enough to cover your expenses?"

Shui Huaiyu smiled and said, "Madam Zou said that we should attract guests first, and then slowly raise the price. Besides, if there are more guests, there will always be other things to sell."

Xie Fei said: "Ms. Zou is quite smart."

"Yes, she is a very smart person and will not suffer any loss." Shui Huaiyu sat down and continued embroidering.

Her son is being taken care of by Mrs. Liu and her husband, and Chen Dafa is of no use in the embroidery workshop, so he has to go to the dock to move goods.

Madam Zou and others were taking Shui Huaiyu's embroidery works and going around to attract customers, so they were not in the embroidery workshop much.

Xie Fei held his chin in his hand and watched Shui Huaiyu embroidering quietly.

Shui Huaiyu's hands are slender and long, without even a trace of calluses, and they are both beautiful and dexterous.

It's just that she lacks energy and blood, so her nails are white and rarely have a hint of redness.

As Xie Fei was looking, someone walked into the store and looked around.

Shui Huaiyu quickly stood up and stepped forward and said, "Do you want to see embroidery or other materials?"

The visitor was a woman with a round face, thick eyebrows, and an arrogant look. She seemed to be disgusted with the decoration and layout of the store.

She looked at Shui Huaiyu with contempt and asked, "Are you the embroiderer here?"

Shui Huaiyu had a feeling that she was not a good person, and hesitated before asking, "What can I do for you?"

The woman criticized, "Your embroidery workshop boasts that the embroiderers here are excellent. But I saw it with my own eyes and I think it's just so-so." She picked up a handkerchief, stroked it, and sneered, "This fabric is too low quality, not to mention silk, it's not even as good as high-quality cotton. How dare you call yourself an embroidery workshop?"

She then threw her handkerchief on the counter and looked at something else without saying a single nice word.

Shui Huaiyu followed behind to clean up, and said kindly: "These are all samples. If you think the fabrics are not good, you can also make them to order."

"Custom-made?" The woman glanced at her and said arrogantly, "Your poor little shop probably can't even tell the difference between silk and satin. It's ridiculous for you to say such arrogant things."

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of silk cloth at random, and when she saw it, she was a little shocked.

The material is ordinary, but the embroidery is indeed excellent. The picture of butterflies circling flowers is so lifelike and vivid.

The woman threw the material aside calmly and snorted, saying, "Your shop is small and poor, how could anyone buy your embroidery? If you know what's good for you, close the shop as soon as possible to avoid embarrassment."

Shui Huaiyu has always been cowardly. Hearing this, she was at a loss and looked to Xie Fei for help.

Xie Fei sat for a long time and figured out the woman's intention.

"You are so full of malicious intent. Which embroidery workshop are you from?" she asked bluntly.

The woman raised her eyebrows but did not hide it, "Nishang Pavilion."

Xie Fei and Shui Huaiyu were slightly surprised.

Seeing the expressions of the two women, the woman couldn't help but said smugly, "Are you scared now? Even if the things in your embroidery workshop were used as tablecloths for our Nishang Pavilion, we would still despise them!"

She pulled down two more garments from the hanger on the wall, crumpled them into a ball, and threw them heavily onto the counter.

"And this dress, the material, color and style are all outdated, even dogs wouldn't wear it! If I were you, I would have this self-awareness and not come out to open a shop and embarrass myself!"

Xie Fei asked in confusion: "Where is this Nishang Pavilion?"

Shui Huaiyu shook her head, "I don't know either."

Xie Fei frowned and said as he recalled, "It seems that there is no larger embroidery workshop in the capital called Nishangge. Could it be a newly opened shop?"

The woman's breathing stagnated, and a nameless anger rose in her heart.

She was about to curse, but Xie Fei stood up and walked towards her.

Seeing that there were a lot of embroidery thrown on the counter and on the ground, Xie Fei quickly calculated the losses in his mind, but he did not slow down his pace and kept pressing towards the woman.

"If this embroidery workshop didn't pose a threat to you, you wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to come here and make a fuss." Xie Fei raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You say you're poor, but you're also on guard. Is your embroidery workshop so insecure that you're afraid of having your business taken away?"

The woman was forced to step back under her aggressive aura until her back was against the wall.

"You, you are too shameless! This shabby shop is not even worthy of being my toilet!"

"Really?" Xie Fei reached out and untied the purse from her waist, counted out three times the amount of silver she had lost and threw it to Shui Huaiyu.

The woman snatched back the empty purse and angrily said, "What are you doing? You are robbing me right in front of me!"

Xie Fei said innocently: "When a customer comes to the store and throws the embroidery on the ground, doesn't that mean he has bought it? Otherwise, wouldn't that mean he is destroying the store?"

Seeing the woman's livid face, she smiled again and said, "You can't be too reckless in the capital. If you make trouble in the government office, it will be embarrassing, right?"

The woman was furious and gnashed her teeth as she said, "You, do you know who I am?"

"Wealthy guest," Xie Fei said with a smile, "Our shop has just opened, and we haven't had such a big business in the past few days. The next time you come, the shopkeeper will definitely give you a big discount."

(End of this chapter)