Chapter 52: Have you contacted Sister Xiaohe?
After Yun Xiangye left the Lin Mansion, she carried Nuonuo into the carriage.
Yun Xiangye said to Run'er, "Did you find out about the dental clinic I asked you to inquire about earlier?"
Run'er said, "I found out that the largest dental clinic in Chang'an City is Su's Dental Clinic on West Street. Miss, what do you want to do with the dental clinic?"
Yun Xiangye asked the driver to go to Su's Embroidery Shop on West Street and smiled at Run'er, "I want to open an embroidery shop in Chang'an City. I have to ask the embroidery shop to help me find a suitable shop. Besides, if I want to make the embroidery shop business successful, I can't do it alone. I also want to ask the embroidery shop to help introduce a few embroiderers."
Run'er asked, "Miss, aren't there many shops in the princess's mansion?"
Yun Xiangye said slowly: "Those shops are not mine after all, so it's better to find a new shop."
The carriage stopped steadily outside the Su's dental clinic.
Run'er got off the carriage first, took Nuonuo from Yun Xiangye, and then helped Yun Xiangye get off the carriage.
Yun Xiangye looked up at the pawnshop in front of him. It was a very impressive shop and was worthy of being the largest one in Chang'an City.
"Yellow leaves?"
Yun Xiangye heard a man calling her name, and then she saw a man in a black fox cloak striding out from the dental clinic.
This man seemed to be a few years older than herself, and even somewhat familiar. He looked a bit like the Crown Prince, and both had a pair of extremely beautiful phoenix eyes.
Yun Xiangye couldn't remember who he was for a moment, and didn't know how he knew her.
Seeing that Yun Xiangye didn't seem to recognize him, the man smiled faintly and said, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person. Madam, you look very much like my cousin..."
"Cousin Su Zhan?"
When Yun Xiangye heard the word "cousin", she remembered that the sign of this dental clinic was "Su's". She took a closer look at the man's phoenix eyes in front of her and finally remembered that the man in front of her was her cousin from her eldest aunt's family.
When my cousin was young, his home lived next to his embroidery workshop. Later, when my cousin was thirteen years old, his uncle went to Luoyang to do business.
The last time she met Su Zhan was during her father’s funeral.
Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "I haven't seen my cousin for almost eight years. I didn't expect to see him in Chang'an City. This is such a coincidence."
Su Zhan said: "I didn't expect to see my cousin in Chang'an."
Su Zhan took a look at Yun Xiangye's clothes, which were all luxurious and elegant, and dressed like a woman. He chuckled and said, "Cousin, did you marry in Chang'an City?"
Yun Xiangye nodded, and she quickly took Nuonuo from Run'er's arms, "This is my daughter, Nuonuo, call me uncle."
Xiao Nuonuo looked at Su Zhan and said in a sweet and soft voice, "Uncle."
Su Zhan touched the pouch on his waist, took out two small golden gourds from it and handed them to Nuonuo, "This is a gift from your uncle."
Yun Xiangye hurriedly said, "Cousin, this is really too precious."
Su Zhan put the golden gourd into Nuonuo's hand and said, "I'm giving this to my little niece. Nuonuo, just keep it."
Xiao Nuonuo raised her eyes and looked towards Yun Xiangye.
Yun Xiangye smiled and said to Nuonuo, "Hurry up and thank your uncle."
Xiao Nuonuo said in a baby voice: "Thank you, uncle."
Su Zhan touched her little face and said, "She's so cute. She doesn't look like you. She looks like her father, right?"
Yun Xiangye said calmly, "Well, Nuonuo looks more like her father."
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye and said, "How come you didn't inform us about your cousin's wedding, which is such a big event? Even though my uncle passed away many years ago, he is still a relative after all. My mother is always thinking about you and my cousin Shuangbai."
Yun Xiangye said, "I am sorry for my rudeness. I only know that my aunt is in Luoyang, but I don't know where exactly she is. As for the Yun family... they fought for the land and farm left by my father, but they have not been in contact for a long time. If I don't ask them, I won't know where my aunt is."
Su Zhan frowned and said, "Then the jewelry, fabrics and silver that my mother sent to you and Sister Shuangbai over the years have not reached you two sisters?"
Yun Xiangye asked, "Did your aunt send anything to us sisters?"
Su Zhan said, "My mother thought that you two sisters were fatherless and motherless, and it would be inconvenient for you to live with your uncle, so she would ask someone to send some jewelry and fabrics to the Yun family every year."
Yun Xiangye whispered, "I wasn't staying at my uncle's house at the time, and my uncle never told me that my aunt sent anything to my sister and me over the years."
Su Zhan clenched his hands and said angrily, "My uncle is so heartless. Not only did he not treat the two daughters left by my brothers well, but he even took away the things my mother gave you sisters. No wonder the Yun family's dyeing business has been in decline for many years. How could he bully my helpless niece like this?"
Yun Xiangye sighed and said, "It's been less than half a month since my father was buried. My uncle originally wanted us two sisters to live in the Yun family's mansion. Shuang Bai and I were willing to go. After all, we have no parents and are afraid of being bullied. It's better for the two girls to live in the family.
But who would have thought that my uncle would actually covet the relics left by my father, and even the shop in my mother's dowry, thinking that I was too young to take it away. After I learned about this, I took my sister back to live in my own home. Later, as a girl, I couldn't keep some of the ancestral land, and the embroidery shop was sponsored by my uncle. I was able to stay because I established a female household and swore to marry into the Yun family in the future. "
Su Zhan looked at Yun Xiangye in front of him with distress, "If I had known this would happen, I should have asked my mother to bring you two sisters to our home in Luoyang. Although our family is not rich, we will not treat you two sisters so harshly."
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "It's all over. Where's my aunt? Is she in Chang'an? I haven't seen her for a long time."
Su Zhan said: "My mother is in Luoyang, I came to Chang'an alone to do business as a pawnbroker."
Yun Xiangye said, "Today is only the fourth day of the New Year. Isn't my cousin going to reunite with my aunt during the New Year?"
Su Zhan smiled and said, "At the end of the year, a deal in the Western Regions went wrong, so I stayed in Chang'an City. A blessing in disguise, I didn't expect to meet you while staying in Chang'an City. What a coincidence."
Yun Xiangye smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I haven't seen you for eight years. I didn't expect to see you again in this foreign land."
Su Zhan said, "By the way, why did you come to my dental clinic today?"
Yun Xiangye then got down to business. "I want the dental company to find me a courtyard of about two acres on Zhuque Street to open an embroidery workshop. The front can be used as a shop, and the backyard can be used as a residence."
Su Zhan chuckled and said, "This shop is not difficult to find, but cousin, shops in Chang'an City are worth every inch of land. Your two acres of courtyard, plus a shop in front, will cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver."
"So much?" Yun Xiangye was a little surprised. "I know Chang'an is rich, and I thought that four or five thousand taels of silver, which is half the price of Yongxing City, would be enough. I didn't expect it to be ten times more expensive."
Su Zhan said, "The people who go to the shops on Zhuque Street are all high-ranking officials in Chang'an City, so the shops on Zhuque Street are much more valuable than those on other streets and alleys. For example, on Jinxiu Street, which is not far from Zhuque Street, a shop with a two-acre backyard can be sold for about 10,000 taels of silver."
Yun Xiangye thought that ten thousand taels was beyond her budget, but when she thought about it carefully, she realized that her embroidery business in Chang'an City could not be compared with the meager income in Yongxing City.
The people in Fangqiao Town did not have much money, so her embroidery workshop was economical and sold high-quality and low-priced products. Although business was good, she only earned a few hundred taels of silver a year.
But in Chang'an City, there are many daughters of wealthy officials and noble families. I saw them in Chu Jing Pavilion last time. Some of them even wore clothes worth a hundred taels each...
It can be seen that it is not difficult to earn back the 12,000 taels of silver in Chang'an City. As long as the reputation is spread, this business may be successful. Moreover, if the business fails, the shop can still be sold.
Yun Xiangye thought for a moment and decided immediately: "Then I'll trouble my cousin to help me find a shop on Jinxiu Street and find a few embroiderers. The salary of the embroiderers can be negotiated."
Su Zhan said, "Don't worry, cousin. I will definitely help you find a shop with excellent feng shui that can make a fortune every day. There is one more thing I want to ask you, cousin..."
Seeing Su Zhan in a dilemma, Yun Xiangye chuckled and said, "Just say it straight."
Su Zhan raised his eyes slightly, paused for a while, and asked, "Have you contacted Sister Xiao He since you came to Chang'an City?"
Yun Xiangye asked in confusion: "Which little sister He? I don't have a sister with the surname He."
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