Haitang exclaimed in surprise, "He's actually a royal merchant? This young master Jiang is indeed no ordinary person."
Chun Tao nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, I heard it from the manager of his cloth shop."
Seeing that the two women wanted to continue talking about Jiang Yu, Shen Yuan quickly interrupted, "Let's pack up these things first. There's not even a place to put your feet in the shop!"
So the group began to deal with them.
Things I bought today.
Shen Yuan carried the tableware to the back kitchen, ate a bowl of wontons, and then continued working.
They hung up all the curtains and drapes they had bought, and they were busy until the wee hours of the morning.
The next day, before dawn, they all got out of bed and continued working.
When Jiang Yuchen arrived, Shen Yuan had already been busy for almost two hours. She was holding onto the ladder, about to go down and rest, when she heard Jiang Yuchen's scream from outside the door.
"Oh my! Yuan-mei, how could you climb so high? That's too dangerous! Come down! Come down quickly!"
Startled by Jiang Yuchen's scream, Shen Yuan slipped and nearly tumbled down the ladder.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly and grabbed the curtain hanging from the roof beam, otherwise she would have fallen flat on her back.
But this action still startled everyone in the shop.
Haitang, her face pale, leaned against Shen Yuan's ladder and said to her, "Miss Shen, be careful!"
"I told you it was dangerous for you to climb so high! Look! You almost fell off the ladder! What if you had hit me? Even if I'm fleshy, I can't be your cushion!" Jiang Yuchen kept nagging.
Shen Yuan's head was buzzing, as if a fly was stuffed in her left ear and a bee in her right, making her dizzy and disoriented.
She leaned against the ladder and looked at Jiang Yuchen, her expression rather speechless. "Young Master Jiang, if you had just lowered your voice even a fraction, I wouldn't have been in danger."
"Hey! I was just trying to be nice to you, why are you complaining about me?"
Jiang Yuchen gripped his fan tightly, indignant.
Shen Yuan glanced at him, said nothing, and carefully climbed down the ladder while holding onto it.
Jiang Yuchen continued, "You're all women, climbing up and down like this, what kind of behavior is that? Hiring a craftsman to install these curtains would only cost a few hundred coins a day. Why do it all yourself?"
“We can do these things ourselves without hiring anyone, so why waste money?” Chun Tao retorted irritably.
Jiang Yuchen scoffed upon hearing this: "Why waste your time and energy on something that could be solved with a little money? That's utterly foolish!"
"You..." Chun Tao was speechless, then said angrily, "How can you talk like that!"
“Different circumstances, different perspectives, there’s no superiority or inferiority.” Shen Yuan climbed down the ladder, stood between Chun Tao and Jiang Yuchen, then turned to look at Jiang Yuchen: “Young Master Jiang, what brings you here so early in the morning?”
Jiang Yuchen snorted, dissatisfied, "The mosquito repellent sachet you gave me last time was quite useful. Could you give me a few more so I can take them back for my grandmother?"
“Okay.” Shen Yuan nodded. “However, I still need to buy some materials.”
Jiang Yuchen: "Do you want to buy medicinal herbs or spices? I'll go with you!"
Shen Yuan originally planned to set off back to Jian'an tonight. Before leaving, she needed to buy some things, so after hearing Jiang Yuchen say this, Shen Yuan hesitated for a long time before finally agreeing.
She said to Chuntao and Haitang, "The curtains have been hung up. Now, I'd like to trouble you sisters to transplant the flowers I bought yesterday into the new flowerpots."
After saying that, Shen Yuan went out the door.
She followed Jiang Yuchen to the largest spice shop in the city.
On the way, Jiang Yuchen asked Shen Yuan, "You've bought so many tables, chairs, and tableware. Judging from your purchase, are you planning to open a restaurant in that shop?"
Before Shen Yuan could answer, Jiang Yuchen continued, "There are a lot of restaurants on this street, and Old Li rented this shop to a restaurant owner before. The business was terrible. He lost everything in just one year and quit before the lease was up!"
"You actually want to open a restaurant too? Are you out of your mind? You can't even be flexible! Aren't you just asking to lose money?"
Shen Yuan kept walking forward and replied calmly, "My restaurant hasn't opened yet, so it's hard to say whether it will make a profit or a loss! It's too early for Young Master Jiang to draw conclusions now!"
"Good advice is useless to a damned ghost, compassion is useless to those who cut themselves off, the spring breeze cannot enter a donkey's ear, and fools will not listen to good advice! Enough is enough!"
Jiang Yuchen tapped his fan ribs and snorted, "It's pointless to say more. Old Li should have just rented the shop to me back then. At least I could have rented it for ten or eight years!"
He paused for a moment, then leaned closer to Shen Yuan and chuckled.
"However, once you go bankrupt, I can take over! I wish you a speedy bankruptcy!"
Shen Yuan paused, her hands clenched into fists inside her sleeves. Just yesterday, she had thought Jiang Yuchen was somewhat loyal and magnanimous.
I never expected him to reveal his true colors today!
Sure enough, this chubby kid is full of bad ideas!
Shen Yuan took a deep breath, then turned back to Jiang Yuchen, raising an eyebrow and smiling: "Young Master Jiang said yesterday that your birth chart is auspicious for wealth, and that as long as you stand in front of my shop, my restaurant will be rolling in money. Today you're saying that my shop will go bankrupt soon. Could it be that the master misread your birth chart?"
"No, that's not true..."
"Oh, I see." Shen Yuan covered her lips, pointed at Jiang Yuchen's mouth, and said, "Your birth chart indicates wealth, but your mouth brings you bad luck!"
Upon hearing the words "financial loss," Jiang Yucheng shuddered. He stomped his foot angrily, "What nonsense are you spouting! It's bad luck! Spit it out!"
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