The four Gu sisters followed Lu Zheng back to the village the next day.
No one mentioned Li Muyan's matter again. Gu Nian also gave everyone an explanation, clarifying that she had nothing to do with Li Muyan anymore.
She handed over the matter of the Gu sisters' cooperation with Li Muyan to Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian. She didn't want to get involved anymore. Anyway, her parents said that they would take care of everything, and she wanted to be a protected child!
After she got home, she told Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu about it. Grandma Gu didn't say anything, but went inside and took two taels of silver and gave it to Zhang, telling her to go to the butcher's to buy meat so that they could cook a good meal that night.
Zhang went there in high spirits. She felt that the old lady had seen how hard Uncle Gu worked in the fields and how tired Gu En was from wearing sandbags every day. Well, the old lady was finally paying attention to her son and grandson.
Grandpa Gu chuckled and said to Gu Nian, "Our girl isn't suited to looking gloomy; she should be cheerful. If she's unhappy, she can just go to sleep and wake up to a new day. Every day is a new beginning, and life will only get better."
Gu Nian nodded in agreement.
What's so big about her little problem? Grandpa Gu went from being the crown prince to a commoner who couldn't see the light of day, but didn't he still live a happy life?
So, people should look forward; life is full of beauty, and we shouldn't let the gloom blind us.
As for Xue Qianyu, Gu Nian hadn't seen him since she woke up from the alcohol. She didn't ask, and Lu Zheng hadn't mentioned him to her either.
It was as if this person hadn't appeared that night. Apart from her and Lu Zheng, only Gu En and Grandma Xiao knew that Xue Qianyu had been to the village that night.
She knew her own heart very well; she didn't have any romantic feelings for Xue Qianyu. She considered the four pairs of gloves as gifts from Xue Qianyu to Gu Shouxin's daughter and niece, and she knew that they wouldn't accept them if she returned them.
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Gu Shouxin and Cai Xiaolian returned in mid-May.
The couple reached an agreement with the Li family: all the profits from Liansheng Street in the prefectural city would go to Madam Li and her son, while those from Zhoujia Town would go to Cai Xiaolian and her sisters.
From now on, the Gu sisters' shop will belong entirely to them; Li Muyan will no longer own it.
This way of dividing things up means no one loses out, and it also effectively ends the cooperation between the two companies.
As for Madam Li, Li Muyan had already given her a truthful account. Not only that, but the Duke of Rongguo also told Madam Li the same things he had said to Gu Shouxin back then.
Madam Li didn't even want the profits from Lian Sheng Street anymore. What kind of behavior was this from her own father and son? She was too ashamed to face her good friends.
She didn't ask Cai Xiaolian to forgive her because of her, but only hoped that their relationship wouldn't break down because of this.
Cai Xiaolian said that they would still be friends, but since her son had hurt her daughter and her father disapproved of her husband, the two families would no longer have any contact.
Mrs. Li felt a tightness in her chest, but unfortunately, it was too late to change anything.
She asked Cai Xiaolian with a wry smile, "If we hadn't been so busy with the Lian Sheng Street incident, would we have been able to pay more attention to our family and prevent things from developing to this point?"
Cai Xiaolian did not answer her; in this world, there are no "what ifs."
After returning to the village, Cai Xiaolian focused her attention on Liansheng Street in Zhoujia Town. It wasn't as big, but the quality was no worse than in Fucheng, and it was quite popular.
Cai Xiaolian divided the shops among her sisters, all of them owning three rooms, while she kept the rest for herself.
She gave the house in Zhoujia Town to the elderly couple, the eldest son's family, the fourth son's family, and one house to her third aunt and uncle's family. She sold the rest of the houses.
Zhoujia Town presents two distinct patterns: the old street belongs to Master Zhou, while the new street belongs to the Gu family.
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