Peng Chi was taken aback, and before he could speak, someone came out of the house.
The gatekeeper had already seen the Gu family members go in to report.
General Peng and his wife came out to greet him personally. After welcoming him inside, they remembered to ask Peng Chi why he had returned.
Gu Xin's gaze was fixed on Peng Chi from the moment she entered the room, making him feel a little embarrassed.
Peng Chi then reported that they had successfully completed their mission, but because someone was injured, Zhou Yuan and his men were moving slowly, so he came back first to report.
Gu Xin was relieved to hear that it wasn't Yuan Yuan who was injured.
She stopped looking at Peng Chi and started chatting quietly with Cheng Huaiyu and Gu Si.
Peng Chi felt relieved that he no longer felt the girl's gaze, but he also felt uncomfortable.
But since he wasn't familiar with the people and hadn't showered or changed his clothes for several days, he said goodbye to everyone and went back to his room.
Cheng Huaiyu took Gu Xin and Gu Si back to her room, and also took Peng Balang and Gu Ren, the two little ones, with her.
The Peng family has recently learned of the Gu family's plans, and they are quite willing to accept them. They had wanted to change Kuncheng earlier, but no one had the time. Apart from Peng Yizhu and Madam Peng the Fourth, everyone else in the family was serving in the military.
General Peng directly recommended Peng Yizhu and Madam Peng to the Gu family, and the two families also agreed on a cooperation agreement on the restaurant and planting.
Their family was also willing to accept the profit-sharing ratio proposed by the Gu family. Anyway, the Peng family was not short of money, and their houses, shops, and estates in the capital were all managed by dedicated people.
After lunch, Cai Xiaolian suddenly asked about the Jieyou Pavilion.
One day when she was out on the street, she passed by there and heard the madam of Jieyou Pavilion asking someone to look for Sun Yumei.
She was thinking that Sun Yumei couldn't stay in the county government office all the time, and if they ran into each other one day, they would cause a scene.
Moreover, Kuncheng only has one brothel. If we could modify that brothel, it might become another source of income.
The Peng family members were curious about her asking about brothels.
Cai Xiaolian briefly explained Sun Yumei's situation, and the Peng family understood.
Madam Peng said, "The girls at Jieyou Pavilion aren't difficult to deal with. As the county magistrate's wife, you can go and speak to them, and the matter will be settled."
Cai Xiaolian shook her head: "I was thinking, since Kuncheng only has this one brothel, and most of the brothel owners seem to have similar backgrounds to Yu Mei—most of them were deceived or abandoned by their families and banished here—Kuncheng isn't wealthy. Apart from the merchants who frequently come to the trading area to exchange goods, ordinary people don't go there, and the Peng family army probably won't go either! So, why not change things up and find another way to make money? Maybe it'll be better than the current situation."
Madam Peng asked in surprise, "Madam Gu, you still want to run a brothel?"
Cai Xiaolian smiled and said, "It's not about running a brothel. It's about helping these girls. We're all women, and I believe that no one who has fallen to the level of Jieyou Pavilion did so willingly. I want to help them find another way to earn money."
Madam Peng: "Madam Gu, they are unfortunate. But besides singing and dancing, they don't even know how to do needlework. How can they find another way to earn money?"
Cai Xiaolian explained, "We'll use their strengths to make money. Singing and dancing, but without selling their bodies. I'm sure they'd all be willing to accept this way of earning money! By reforming Jieyou Pavilion, they can earn money to redeem themselves and even become free citizens. Why not? Of course, I also noticed that they're the only family in Kuncheng, which means the people of Kuncheng don't have this kind of demand. If there were more, I wouldn't have thought about it so rashly."
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