After Jinshangtang opened, its business was booming. Firstly, the various medicine bags and medicinal tonics in the store were indeed very fresh. Secondly, Wanruo had some skills in medicine. As word of mouth spread, the business of the store quickly became popular.
The first three days of free consultations were a bit busy, but since they started charging money on the fourth day, it wasn't so tiring. Wanruo was seeing patients in the hall, and it didn't matter that she had an acquaintance come.
"Sister Wanruo!" Xie Xiulin walked in with surprise, and her eyes turned red when she saw Wanruo.
"Xiulin?" Wanruo put down the work at hand, also a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
"I happened to be passing by and heard there was a herbal medicine shop on Zhuque Street, so I thought I'd come take a look. I never thought it would be you..." Xiulin's tears rolled down her cheeks. "I thought you were dead. How could you be alive?"
Wan Ruo wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "It's a long story. The eldest lady didn't like me, and I didn't want to stay in the Xie Mansion. So I simply changed my identity and opened a herbal medicine shop to start my own business."
"Then why didn't you tell me? I was heartbroken when I heard you died." Xie Xiulin couldn't stop crying.
"I left in a hurry and didn't take care of it."
"It's okay, it's okay." Xie Xiulin wiped her tears and looked around the magnificent shop. "This shop is so big, it must have cost a lot of money."
Wan Ruo's eyes narrowed slightly, and she smiled: "This is the family fortune left by my parents. I just want to revive the family business."
Xie Xiulin was surprised and asked, "How come I didn't know you had such a large sum of money before?"
Wanruo was very poor in the Xie Mansion before, and always dressed very simply. Everyone thought that Wanruo had escaped from the Xu family with her brother and had no money on them.
Wan Ruo pondered for a moment before speaking: "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else."
"Of course I won't tell you!"
Wanruo lowered her voice and said, "When I came to the capital, I took away most of the Xu family's wealth. The gold, silver and jewelry were buried at the foot of Huaiyu Mountain. I took the banknotes and land deeds with me and hid them in the Xie Mansion."
Xie Xiulin covered her mouth in shock: "How much does this cost?"
"There are two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry. They are the dowry my parents prepared for me. The silver and land deeds are worth about 6,000 taels of silver."
Xie Xiulin's eyes were full of envy. She used to think that Wanruo was a merchant's daughter of low status, but she never thought that merchants also have their own advantages and she could easily get so much money.
Xie Xiulin had been relying on that little monthly allowance to survive since she was a child, and most of it was deliberately deducted by the Third Lady. How could she possibly have such a generous dowry?
"No wonder you dared to leave the Xie family. It turns out you have money."
Wanruo smiled and said, "Although I have left the Xie family, it is not a big deal to make a living on my own. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to me and we can still be the same as before."
Xie Xiulin's eyes paused for a moment, then he forced a smile: "Yeah!"
"By the way, are you still doing well in the Xie family? Did the Third Madam bully you?"
Her throat was dry. "No, let's keep it the same as before. The Third Madam is so worried about Sixth Sister's marriage that she has no time to care about me."
"That's it."
The two talked for a while. Xie Xiulin was afraid of being scolded if she came back late, so she said she would come to see her next time and left in a hurry.
Su Yue couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master also left a few boxes of jewelry for the young lady as a dowry? How come I didn't know?"
Wanruo's smile faded a little: "I just want to test your sincerity."
"Miss, are you suspicious of the Seventh Miss?"
"It was only a matter of time before someone from the Xie family came knocking on my door. I just didn't expect her to be the first one to come. Xiulin has had a hard time in the mansion and doesn't have the right to go out freely, especially since she's all alone."
In the past, even if she could leave the house, she could only follow the Third Madam or Xie Xiuyun.
Wan Ruo's eyes darkened. "I've been suspicious since the horse bandit incident. I only tried to test him today. I hope I was just being overly suspicious."
She looked at Su Yue and said, "Find two people to go to the foot of Huaiyu Mountain and guard it to see if anyone goes there."
Su Yue nodded immediately: "I understand!"
That night, Su Yue hurried back.
She was furious: "Young lady, you really guessed right! As soon as it got dark, people went to the foot of Huaiyu Mountain to dig something, and the old woman leading them was none other than Aunt Zhuang from the Third Madam's room!"
Wanruo's expression turned cold, her eyes filled with disappointment: "So it really is her."
"The girl was so kind to the Seventh Girl in the past, saving her time and time again, yet she teamed up with the Third Lady to frame the girl! On that day of the Flower Festival, she insisted on going with the girl to see the lanterns!"
Su Yue's teeth itched with hatred: "What an ungrateful wolf! Bah! Now she's still thinking about my dowry, how shameless! I must not let her go!"
Wan Ruo sneered: "It's not her who is thinking about it, it's the Third Madam. She must have found out that I'm rich and wants to take my money. But this time, Huaiyu Mountain and the others have dug it out, so they will definitely not give up."
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