Wei Jingran glanced at Yan Shanxing who had left, then at Yan Qingxue, and finally his gaze settled on Xiaoya.
What was that maidservant saying just now?
Lord City Lord?
So… this woman, her identity—
A prestigious family?!
This woman is actually from a prestigious family?
Xue Qingluan remained relatively calm and composed. She tugged at Wei Jingran and said, "Let's go and see the exotic flowers and plants ahead. I've heard there are many precious flowers and plants there."
Lin Yuyan gave an awkward smile and tried to smooth things over, "Yes, I heard that there are not only flowers and herbs over there, but also many spices that I've never seen before."
Wei Jingran nodded blankly.
The group left, talking to themselves.
Anle found a small tea pavilion to sit down and looked at Yan Qingxue, who seemed a little absent-minded while drinking her tea. "Beautiful sister? Are you alright?"
Yan Qingxue looked up, grinned, and said, "What could possibly happen to me? It's that little bitch who's in trouble."
Anle paused for a moment before realizing who Yan Qingxue was referring to as the "little bitch." She must be talking about Yan Linglong.
Feng Yan stopped wandering around curiously and simply sat with the person in the tea pavilion, enjoying tea together.
There are many opportunities to stroll around here, but the chances of encountering this little baby are few and far between.
Moreover, the tea here is refreshing and has a rich aroma, surpassing the tea he usually drinks in his residence. He has quite the taste, sitting here to savor the tea.
"Big sister, how about we... go back to the manor?" Yan Linglan, who had been dumbfounded from the beginning, was gradually coming to her senses and finally spoke up.
She was somewhat worried about Linglong's injuries, and even more worried that her eldest sister would be scolded by her father or punished by the family law when she returned home.
"What's there to be afraid of? She's always running around sticking her neck out for no reason. Who can she blame? I'm still angry and have nowhere to vent my anger. Why is she apologizing for me without my consent? I didn't do anything wrong. Why should she apologize for me?"
The way she spoke to that woman made it seem like I was the one who had done something wrong, like I was being unreasonable.
Is that how you talk? She's deliberately trying to sabotage me. If you ask me, that little bitch did it on purpose; she's been wanting to get back at me for a long time.
But they can't stand me, yet they can't get rid of me.
Hmph, this kind of thing has happened more than once or twice.
With my mother around, she can't do anything to me." Yan Qingxue snorted, not planning to go back because of Yan Linglong's matter.
Xiaoya, somewhat worried, tried to comfort Yan Qingxue, "Miss, why don't we really go back first? We can come back to play again when we have the chance."
If Miss Linglong were to falsely accuse someone first—"
"My mother isn't stupid, would she just listen to her nonsense?" Yan Qingxue rolled her eyes, feeling gradually more at ease as she spoke.
Yes, that's right. It wasn't her fault to begin with, and her mother can protect her. There won't be any major problems if she goes back to the manor; at most, she'll just get a scolding from her father.
Thinking this, Yan Qingxue slammed her hand on the stone table and stood up abruptly.
"Little cousin, come on! Let's go out and play. I'll treat you to something to eat outside."
Anle blinked. She still had the appetite to eat, so she seemed to be alright.
After leaving the commercial building and strolling along the commercial street, Yan Qingxue, Feng Yan, and the others discovered that the surrounding shops were quite interesting, with many kinds of food that they had never seen before.
Moreover, the prices were all within their acceptable range and not considered expensive.
Compared to the luxury goods in those commercial buildings, this place is much more affordable.
Since there were quite a few of them, they found a hot pot restaurant and sat down to eat. It was Anle who took the initiative to find the hot pot restaurant. Feng Yan and Yan Qingxue only realized how casual the food was when they started eating, and how delicious it was. In particular, the soup base was so irresistible that it made them very hungry.
"It's so spicy, but it's so delicious! I never expected that food here could be prepared in this way, and I've never seen many of these dishes before." Yan Qingxue exclaimed with great satisfaction, her mouth full of red oil.
Yan Linglan can't handle spicy food, so she ate only the clear broth from the hot pot from beginning to end, which was enough for her to enjoy the food.
"I never expected such delicious food, and I've never eaten anything so novel before."
Anle smiled and picked up a piece of fish tofu for herself.
"There are so many delicious foods here. Before it opened, I wandered around here for a long time. You could probably eat here for a month and still not eat the same thing twice."
Yan Qingxue stared wide-eyed. "Wow, is it really that exaggerated?"
"Of course! We've only just arrived at this place. We've only found a hot pot restaurant on this street. There's more than just this one place to eat here. Go look around, there's not a single restaurant that's the same."
Yan Qingxue got excited, her foodie face showing!
"I can't wait to try all of those restaurants."
"There are so many, like stinky tofu shops, cold noodle shops, sushi shops, donkey meat sandwiches, barbecue, ramen, snail rice noodles, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), Knockout chicken, all kinds of snacks, I can't list them all at once."
"Oh, right, I heard that there are still many shops that haven't opened yet, and they will all be used as food shops."
She's not just going to do this much; she'll acquire all the land in Linghe Town, not just this commercial street, and turn it into a commercial district.
This is just a commercial street; it will be quite impressive when it expands into the entire commercial district.
At that time, she will also open pizza shops, milk tea shops, coffee shops, nail salons, jewelry stores, clothing stores, beauty stores, health centers, storytelling tea houses, department stores, coffee shops, billiard rooms, amusement parks, bars, clubs and other stores that are never seen by the public before.
Only when a large commercial district is built will the Linghe Commercial District be considered fully completed.
This commercial street is nothing special.
Her plan extends beyond just the Linghe commercial district; it encompasses the entire city of Jincheng.
Feng Yan lowered his eyes slightly, swallowed the meat he had just cooked, and then slowly said, "I heard that the shops in this commercial street that are not open for business are the ones that the Jincheng government plans to rent out."
Anle blinked, not avoiding the topic, "Yes, although the government plans to rent it out, there are conditions; it must be used for food."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yan paused, his gaze falling on An Le. "Miss Le, who told you this?"
Anle blinked and smiled with narrowed eyes.
"Of course, it was the government that informed us old merchants, because only a portion of the merchants in that commercial building can be selected to work there."
Some of the older merchants who weren't selected had no choice but to stay and work on this street.
However, some experienced vendors in the street who had never run a food business before couldn't do it and it would take them some time to get the hang of it. In order not to waste time, the government arranged for some experienced food vendors to work on this street.
Some long-time vendors who weren't suited to the food business could only wait to be relocated outside, told that this street was only permitted for food vendors.
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