Xiao Yunying continued, "It's really audacious to ask for 100 taels of silver for each meal delivered. But Sister Cheng Yue, why didn't you tell me before giving him the silver?"

Cheng Yue said, "I know he's deliberately making things difficult for people. That jailer named Liu Dalei also told me that you and he have a grudge."

But I can't not send it, I'm afraid you'll be bullied. I didn't tell you because I was afraid it would upset you, but you know my family's financial situation, I can't send it to you every day, so I have to have him deliver it for me. Even so, it costs ten taels of silver each time. Who knew that after taking the money, he wouldn't do the job and would actually keep the food for himself.

She thought of the man she had seen hanging by the wall outside the prison gate yesterday: "No wonder I saw him hanging there yesterday. He deserved it. Let him hang there for a few more days so he knows he can't bully people like that in the future."

After talking for a while, the two started talking about the shop that Cheng Yue had just bought.

Xiao Yunying casually asked if Cheng Yue needed her to design the interior design drawings, which made Cheng Yue very happy.

“I was thinking of telling you about this, but I felt it would be too much trouble for you. Now that you’ve brought it up first, I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Xiao Yunying said jokingly, "No need to be polite. After all, I am also a minor owner of Jinxiu Pavilion, so it is only right that I lend a hand."

"That's true, if you don't put in the effort, who will?"

The two browsed the shops next door and made a simple plan on how to arrange and decorate the space. Xiao Yunying had a clear idea in mind and asked Cheng Yue to buy wood first.

When it was lunchtime, the group went to Huiweilou for a meal. In the afternoon, Xiao Yunying planned to go to Shijinfang to check the accounts for the past period, so she dropped Cheng Yue off at the alley entrance and they parted ways.

She never expected that after seeing Cheng Yue off, she would turn around and see a carriage slowly passing by behind her, then stopping in front of her and blocking her way.

An old woman stepped down from the carriage and bowed to Xiao Yunying: "Miss Xiao, our lady invites you."