Chapter 105 Old Letter

The house was pitch black. A tiny window on the wall let in a ray of light, and dust was flying in the light and shadow.

I finally got used to the darkness in the room. There was a very narrow bed with grey sheets neatly spread on it. The quilts were neatly folded at the head of the bed. The pillow was mouldy and had several holes bitten by mice, revealing the dried chrysanthemums inside.

Pei Luoshu raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

This is how she should be. Even if life is difficult, she still lives a good life.

Just like flowers blooming in the dust.

On the small table beside the bed was the small bamboo lamp he had given her.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped the dust off the paper. The picture on the paper had faded after so many years, but the napping little girl was still faintly visible, lying there leisurely.

There was a note hidden in the small bamboo lamp.

When he took it out, he saw that it was a poem he had written for her.

Greeting the deep rosy clouds in the morning, I roll up my sleeves and dye the flowers.

Miyi, eleven!

It’s a really good name.

He lit up the small bamboo lamp, and the dim light made his eyes full of smiles.

"Eleven, your Ah Luo has passed the exam and ranked eleventh. I came here to tell you the good news."

Xue Lianxing came back from outside the county town in a donkey cart and saw two people guarding his door.

One of them was dressed in black and leaned against the wall with a sword in his arms. The other one was dressed in a blue robe, with a handsome face and lowered eyebrows. When he saw Xue Lianxing, a smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Xue."

Xue Lianxing looked at the person in front of him in disbelief.

"You, you are Pei Xiucai?"

"Yes."

"You're back?"

"yes."

Xue Lianxing's face was full of surprise, but when he thought of something, he was also filled with melancholy.

"If I go back for a year at 11th night, I can wait for you."

After saying that, he slapped his mouth again.

"Look what I'm saying. Come in and have some tea."

Pei Luoshu sat down and asked.

"Where are sister-in-law Su Niang and Hao Er?"

"He went to his grandmother's house."

Xue Lianxing came out of the house with a bunch of things in his hands, which he placed on the table, scattered all over the place.

This is a letter with a gray-yellow cover and written in ink: From Eleven personally.

Pei Luoshu carefully checked each letter, and the beeswax on them was intact, and none of them were opened.

"This is the letter you wrote to Eleven. I kept it carefully and now I give it to you intact."

Pei Luoshu felt a little depressed.

"Has she never seen it?"

Xue Lianxing was also very sad.

"Ever since she went to the capital to see you, she has been unhappy. On the day she returned to the capital, she kept looking at me and crying, crying, saying that she couldn't bear to leave her sister-in-law and Hao'er..."

Xue Lianxing's eyes turned red.

"I don't know how she is doing in Kyoto now."

"How do you see it? Wouldn't it make her more embarrassed? With her status, how can she make her own decisions? Pei Xiucai, don't blame her for being cruel, she has had a hard life..."

Pei Luoshu felt very sad.

"How can I blame her?"

Xue Lianxing looked at Pei Luoshu and suddenly thought of something.

"Pei Xiucai, you are in high school, right?"

"Yes, I passed the exam."

"So are you the top scholar, the second scholar, or the third scholar?"

Pei Luoshu smiled faintly.

"We will have to wait until the palace examination to find out."

"Then why don't you wait until after the palace examination to return? If you pass the exam, the prefect will come to greet you personally."

"When I was on the list, I thought about coming back. Since Eleven has returned to Kyoto, I will go to take the palace examination, so it's a good opportunity to find her."

Pei Luoshu bid farewell to Xue Lianxing, and rode back to Kyoto with Fufeng.

"I was so focused on taking the exam that I didn't pay any attention to what was happening outside. If I had asked around, I might have seen Eleven in Kyoto."

Fu Feng comforted Pei Luoshu.

"Sir, don't blame yourself. The high-ranking families in Kyoto are very secretive about information. We ordinary people can't even get in touch with it, let alone you are still taking the exam."

Pei Luoshu secretly believed it in his heart.

Eleven, here I come, I come to see you.

Chen Shiyi, who was staying in Lingyu Villa, finally received good news.

Wen Zhiyuan's craftsmen really made amber. Although the quality is not as good as the naturally formed amber, it is still stunningly beautiful. When made into accessories, it is definitely more eye-catching than other accessories.

"So what are you going to do?"

Wen Zhiyuan asked Chen Shiyi, who was looking at the finished amber in front of him and couldn't let it go.

"I have the venue and materials, and you have the skills. Let's do it together. I'll do 40% and you'll do 60%. What do you think?"

Wen Zhiyuan smiled and shook his head.

"I'm not very good at this. I'll tell you in detail how to make it, and then send a craftsman to you, and you can do it yourself!"

Chen Shiyi was very puzzled.

"Why?"

"I am from the Marquis' Mansion. If I have such a big business, the people in my clan must get involved. If I have a lot of money, I will definitely pay a large part of the expenses of the Marquis' Mansion in the future. Anyway, it won't go into my pocket."

Chen Shiyi felt very sorry.

“That’s a shame.”

Wen Zhiyuan doesn't think so.

"If I give it to someone else, I might as well give it to you."

Chen Shiyi thought about it.

"I will need you to help me monitor the color and style of the amber. If you don't want anything, I won't ask you for help."

"I just draw a few pictures when I have nothing to do. It doesn't take much effort."

Chen Shiyi was silent for a while.

"Second Young Master, let's put it this way. You don't need to get involved in the workshop. When the workshop makes a profit later, I will give you cash in private. This way, no one else will know about it, and it can also help Rui'er gain some wealth. When Rui'er becomes successful in the future, he will be able to take care of everything..."

"This…"

"After all, the industry in Yanzhou is not as good as that in Kyoto. You have a large tea house under your control, but the profit is very small. As for the others, I am not sure. In short, the more the better, right?"

Wen Zhiyuan smiled.

"You are very considerate and always put yourself in our shoes."

Chen Shiyi's mouth corners raised.

"We are all friends. We should help each other when we are out and about. Besides, you have done your best to help me."

The workshop is under construction. The house built by the bandits before is just in use at this time. However, it is still lacking a cold cellar. It is said that it will cost a lot of money to build this.

Chen Shiyi was in a daze thinking about the only one thousand taels of silver left in his hand.

I don’t know if it’s enough?

This time he was going to put all his assets into the property in case he couldn't sell it, and he would have to rely on the farm's income in the future.

In fact, there is very little land available for cultivation on the villa, so it is still a bit difficult to support a family.

Therefore, this time, Amber must succeed and not fail, and must make it.

She thought about it for a long time, and decided to leave Yuanxi and Xuwen in Lingyu Villa to supervise the progress here. She went back to Kyoto to investigate carefully how to sell the amber after it was made.