Chapter 57 New Rules
Panzhi City is neither big nor small, and it has everything it needs. As the saying goes, a sparrow may be small, but it has all the organs.
She thought about it for a whole night and decided to open another map.
When I thought about it this way, a plan came into my mind.
First, the old master would prepare the riddles, then have them placed around the city at night. The story would then be told, step by step, and finally, the tale would be told to the public, who would then vote to select the winner. This event was held twice a year, and the entry fee was only a penny more.
If you can make it into the top 30, you will be able to stay in the teahouse in Panzhicheng with free food and accommodation.
The previous ranking game rules have already attracted a lot of people to play. If this game rule is released again, who knows how many more people will come to play. For the time being, there are no plans to open another map. I will wait until everyone gets tired of playing the current one before opening it.
Her business was so good that merchants often came to her looking for cooperation, and she gladly agreed.
Some wanted to sell high-end tea to her, some wanted to sell jewelry like hairpins, and some wanted to sell maids and local specialties. Chang Xixi couldn't accept everything!
So during the students' break, she called a few tea merchants over. She drank the tea one by one and asked the price, listened to their boastful marketing methods, tasted a few cakes, and looked at the shopkeepers who sold jewelry and rouge.
An idea came to her mind: why not expand the teahouse?
She put this idea on the agenda again, and finally thought... Gu Rongyu's exam was approaching, so it would be better to put it aside for the time being. However, she still bought some tea and put it on the counter. If anyone wanted to buy it, Chang Xixi would not be stingy and would directly ask the shopkeeper to get it from the cooperating tea shop.
Pastries are also available for takeout.
It was impossible to make a fortune every day. There were only so many wealthy families in Panzhi City... Their spending power was limited. She would be happy if she could earn more than twenty taels of silver a day. At least she wouldn't be so poor that she couldn't even afford fine rice.
At present, she has no worries about food and clothing, so she doesn’t think too much about it!
The new guy, the servant following the waiter, had some dirty hands. At night, Chang Xixi calmly asked Qingnan to tie him up and throw him in the kitchen. She and Gu Rongyu were drinking together when she glanced at the person kneeling on the ground.
"I heard that you stole the prince's jade pendant. Have you returned it?"
"I've returned it. Prince Wang said that he would not pursue the matter for your sake."
"I won't pursue the matter, but I don't want you to appear before my eyes again. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Sir, sir, do you mean you don't want me anymore? I've only been here a few days, how can you fire me? I have an elderly mother at home who needs my support. I need this job, sir, please don't kick me out. I promise I won't do something like this again."
The servant knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
Chang Xixi took a piece of paper covered with words from Qingnan's hand, took a look at it, and smiled coldly, "You don't have an old mother at home, and you are the only one. You can support yourself by doing anything. I won't support... people like you here."
Qingnan dragged the man away, and naturally he couldn't avoid threatening and intimidating him, telling him not to appear in front of Chang Xixi in the future, otherwise he would be killed every time he saw him! He would not tolerate it.
The servant took the money and walked away trembling. If he had known, he would not have stolen the jade pendant. Rich people would not feel sad even if they lost something, but for him, it was something that could save his life in the future.
Standing outside the city wall, he looked at the gate of Panzhi City and walked towards the mountains in the distance.
After the people left, Qingnan walked back!
At this moment, the teahouse had closed and no longer accepted people who competed in competitions or challenges. It only accepted people who came to eat and drink tea, as well as to listen to folk songs and storytelling. So the place was very idle, and Qingnan left the person who followed him in the store.
He bumped into Li Da head on and Qing Nan stopped him, "Where are you going?"
"Go where I'm supposed to be!"
"You, aren't you in the store?" Qingnan asked.
"I'm just here to work as a farmhand, not to sell myself. I took a leave to buy some things. The master didn't ask you to send anyone away." Li Da really turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside the window, but his not hearing didn't mean he didn't know.
Qingnan felt that this person was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
Li Da knew that when he first met Gu Rongyu, he just thought it was God's arrangement, so he stayed there, but the job of being a gatekeeper was pretty good.
"Then go ahead!"
"Thank you very much. Don't tell the gentleman and the young master when you go back." After thanking him, Li Dadao went out of the city gate and headed west. He bought a horse at an inn. After walking for about an hour, he saw a village. After he went in, he found a man in his forties.
After hearing his story, the man was stunned. "Is this true?"
"Absolutely true. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have bothered you. I just don't know... whether they are willing to take revenge."
"Choose the right moment to test it, but don't alert the enemy. If it really is the young master, he is in great danger now. You protect him secretly, and I will give you another person to help you." The man spoke solemnly, and with a wave of his hand, a young man came out. The young man was good at using a dagger.
Li Da nodded repeatedly and said, "Is this your child?"
"Yes, if it weren't for the kindness I showed him back then, this child wouldn't be alive today. Let's just consider it as a way to repay the favor."
Li Da took the child down the mountain, and they both rode the same horse down the mountain.
Chang Xixi was planning her own plan in the study when she heard a knock on the door. The waiter opened the door with his coat on and saw Li Da standing outside. He smiled and said, "Didn't you say you were going home to visit relatives? How come you're back so soon? Hey! Who's following you?"
The waiter looked behind him and saw a handsome young man.
Li Da didn't reply to him, but asked in a low voice: "Where is the master? I have something to report."
Chang Xixi heard the conversation between the two in the study. Then, Li Da came and knocked on the door, and she let him in.
The young man was obviously a little awkward and didn't know where to look.
"You're back from visiting relatives, but you still have a little tail with you."
Chang Xixi put down the pen in her hand and looked up at Li Da.
"Well, since the shop is short of staff and my nephew doesn't like studying, I want him to go out and see the world. I'd like to give him a job here, sir. You are kind and don't mistreat your subordinates."
"Can you read?"
Chang Xixi asked.
The young man was pushed by Li Da. He was forced to step forward, not daring to look at Chang Xixi. "I've read some books and recognize some words."
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