Chapter 20: A Woman Disguised as a Man to Make Money
Granny Zhang was greatly surprised.
"Madam, these Snow Skin Pills and Skin Creams are both holy grail products for making a woman's skin fair. It's said that Fragrant Shop sells either one for at least two hundred taels of silver! How many would you like to buy for the young lady?"
Madam Pei: "You see how dark and rough her skin is? If you want to heal it, wouldn't you have to buy ten boxes of each item first?"
Granny Zhang swallowed hard.
The old lady had money, but she had never spent it so extravagantly.
Even she herself had never been willing to use it like that.
It seems that the old lady really dotes on Luo'er this time.
Young lady, I'm afraid you're destined for even greater things in the future!
It is said that the old lady actually has her own storeroom, but unfortunately it is not here. Otherwise, they would not have to go to the city to buy things tomorrow. They could just take a couple of things for the young lady to use, which would be the most valuable items in the entire city of Jinling.
Li Qinglu went to see Cui'er the next day.
When Cui'er saw her coming, she struggled to get up from the couch and immediately knelt on the ground.
"You saved me this time, young lady. From now on, my lowly life belongs to you. I will go through fire and water for you without hesitation!"
Li Qingluo: "Remember, your life will always belong to you."
Li Qingluo knew that she might have been implicated by her in her previous life, so she never saw her again in the General's Mansion.
However, she still couldn't completely trust Cui'er.
After all, Cui'er still has her parents in this general's mansion. If any of her relatives were used to threaten her, even if she had her indenture, they could very well take advantage of her.
However, I have no one else to rely on right now.
As for Cui'er, she should be reliable for the time being.
"Cui'er, can you do me a favor?"
Li Qingluo instructed Cui'er to impersonate her and stay in the room. Since she was recovering from her injuries anyway, as long as her grandmother didn't allow her to see her in the main room, she wouldn't easily be exposed.
As for Li Qingluo, she planned to sneak out of the General's Mansion and go to Jinling City.
Leaving the general's mansion is not difficult.
Li Qingluo knew, even before he died in his previous life, that there was a dog hole at the base of the old locust tree wall on the east side.
In her previous life, when she was completely disappointed in her parents and Li Kechuan, she also thought about escaping from here and never coming back.
Even if one is all alone and becomes a beggar, it is better than suffering mental torment at home.
Unfortunately, before she could escape, Li Kechuan locked her in that small, dilapidated hut next to the stable.
Li Qingluo first avoided all sight of Jingci Hall. Because of her experience living in the General's Mansion in her previous life, she easily arrived at the base of the wall.
Li Qinglu crawled out through the dog hole, tidied her messy hair, covered her face, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
She had wrapped her breasts tightly in several layers, so now even if you punched them hard, you couldn't feel any softness.
His hair was styled in a man's bun, and he wore a light blue short jacket with a towel wrapped around his neck.
Blending into the crowd like this, Li Qingluo, whose skin was already dark, completely transformed into an ordinary and simple man.
She looked at the blue sky and the bustling streets, and first strolled around aimlessly.
Until I came across a pawnshop.
Li Qingluo went inside.
She took out a small pearl from her bosom and asked the shopkeeper how much it could sell for.
Unfortunately, this poor-quality pearl only fetched fifty copper coins.
Although fifty copper coins was the most money Li Qingluo had ever handled in his two lifetimes, what did it amount to in Jinling City?
Li Qinglu used the copper coins to buy a bowl of wontons from a roadside stall.
After eating and drinking her fill, she bought two more steamed buns and ate them all while watching others perform their acrobatic acts.
She had never been this free in either of her lives, let alone eaten these things.
When she came across another cosmetics shop, Li Qingluo thought for a moment and went inside again.
"Excuse me, do you want this kind of pearl?"
This rouge shop isn't very big.
However, pearls are necessary.
Li Qingluo also heard from Granny Zhang that the pearl given by Li Kechuan was a substandard product even after being ground and applied to the face.
But Zhang Mama had always served by Grandmother's side, so everything she had seen and everything Grandmother used must have been the best.
However, this does not mean that all the women in Jinling City use the finest pearl powder for facial masks.
Therefore, the pearl powder made from this product will surely be sold to some people.
Sure enough, this rouge shop had heard that they had pearls and could buy them.
And after looking at the few pearls Li Qingluo was carrying, the price they offered was much more reasonable than that of the pawnshop.
One pearl, seventy coins.
Ten pieces can be exchanged for eight hundred coins.
Li Qingluo counted them; the small box of substandard pearls given to him by Li Kechuan contained about fifty pearls.
She took a few out today, pawned one, and has forty-nine left, which can be sold for three thousand eight hundred and thirty coins.
The shopkeeper knew she had a considerable amount of cosmetics, so he agreed to round it up for Li Qingluo and give her four taels of silver.
Four taels of silver was nothing more than enough to appease a beggar in Li Kechuan's eyes, but Li Qingluo was overjoyed!
To this day, she still doesn't own a single thing of value.
Since her rebirth, Li Qingluo has been pondering this matter deeply.
Without money or power, how could she exact revenge on the Li family and fight against Li Qingzhu?
That's why she wanted to make money.
That's why he was willing to risk leaving the general's mansion to seek a business opportunity and find ways to make money.
No matter how big or small, start with the smallest thing.
At least, there will be some income.
Having arranged to deliver the rouge to the shop and receive payment the next day, Li Qingluo continued her wanderings elsewhere.
As Li Qingluo passed by a restaurant, she heard a loud commotion and fighting coming from inside. Before she could leave, a figure rushed out from inside and slammed her to the ground.
Li Qinglu gritted her teeth: ...
Sure enough, wherever an unlucky person goes, inexplicable misfortunes will happen!
She pushed the man away with great effort, but before she could even see who he was, he stumbled to his feet and continued arguing with the other people who had chased after him.
"Who said she's dead? She's not dead!! If you keep spouting nonsense, I'll break your dog teeth!"
"I told you! Don't think that just because you're the third master of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, I won't dare to offend you. In this whole city of Jinling, who doesn't know that Li Qingzhu, the eldest daughter of the General of the Cavalry, died in a fire?"
"I heard she even committed suicide by self-immolation."
"You coward! You're too afraid to face the death of your fiancée to even go to her funeral. Third Master, should I go and take a look for you?"
"But Third Master, this isn't necessarily a bad thing for you. I heard the Li family has another daughter, who is the eldest daughter's twin sister. If you can't marry the older sister, you can always marry the younger sister!"
"Since they are twins, wouldn't they look exactly alike?"
"Third Master, you're enjoying a blessing that no one else has ever experienced..."
"Hahaha……"
A strange, mocking laugh rang out, but unfortunately, the laughter didn't last long before the man pounced on the group again and started wrestling with them.
However, it was clear that the third master of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion did not have any advantage.
There were four or five people over there, while he was all alone, and he was quickly kicked to the ground again.
Li Qingluo caught a glimpse of a familiar face through the crack.
He is the third legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhongyi, and in three months, he will become the third-ranked scholar in the imperial examination.
At the same time, he was also Zhuang Wei, Li Qingluo's betrothed since she was still in Qu's womb.
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