Chapter 158 Chapter 158 Update.
"This ink is really good, and it's rare on the market. I'd like to pay a few cents for yours. I wonder if this young lady is willing to sell it?"
A scholar in a robe standing nearby took a fancy to the four treasures of the study that Ji Zhu had given him as a reward.
Most of those boys and girls were from the Five Capitals. After singing the "Da Feng Ge", they were escorted back to the convoys of their respective families by servants. Only she was among the crowd. She seemed to be from the market, so they wanted to coax her with some money.
Jizhu was also fond of literature and had saved all her pocket money to buy books. When she got such a fine thing, she was reluctant to give it away. She pulled Tian's hand and said:
"Mom, I don't want to sell it."
Tian understood her, and since her family had no shortage of money from the sale, she said:
“We don’t sell it.”
The scholar could only look on enviously as Ji Zhu walked away holding the four treasures of the study.
The crowd was just dispersing when Ji Xu, Tian Shi, Feng, and Zhu were heading out with the crowd. Their ox carts and horses were tied up in a nearby pavilion, so they could take them back.
Tian also took along the way Liu Laogu and her grandson and three others back with her. They all said:
“That’s a really good song.”
"Yes, Xiaozhu has really brought honor to our Mulberry Lane by being able to sing in front of so many people," said Daya.
“Make way, make way!”
I saw a team of carriages passing by on the street. The driver looked anxious. The flag of the team was actually a Chinese character "Li".
Ji Xu, who was giving way on the street, pulled a girl who was following the car and asked:
"Are you from the Li family? What's going on? Why are you so anxious?"
"It seems like something happened to the eldest master."
The girl just followed in a panic, not knowing the specific situation ahead.
Ji Xu was also worried. After all, Li Quanye was still under her care. She didn't know if it was because of the hidden illness or some other problem that she couldn't let go of.
After waiting in the stable of Duting and leading his horse out and giving instructions to Tian, he went to chase the Li family's team.
"There are so many cars and horses on the street, you should ride more skillfully and be careful not to fall."
She rode away on her horse, but Tian was still following behind, giving her worried instructions.
The gatekeeper of the Li family knew Ji Xu and did not stop her, but was just curious.
"Wasn't Miss Yijin coming today? Why is she here again? Was the Spring Festival lively and exciting? Tell us about it."
Ji Xu had no time to chat with them. After a brief conversation, he hurried to Li Quanye's courtyard.
Even Mrs. Yu came and paced back and forth in the hall, with a row of maids serving her outside.
Doctor Hua, who often discussed drug dosages with Ji Xu, entered the room. The two brothers Maocai and Maoming were guarding outside. Ji Xu found a chance to ask them:
"What happened?"
Mao Cai said, “For some reason, the young master Quan Ye who was singing there left, brought his reward to the viewing platform, and happily spoke to our young master.
He was fine, but suddenly he started bleeding profusely from the nose. His wife was worried and said that he had had leg problems for many years and had never had a nosebleed before. She rushed back to see a doctor.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the doctor went back to the hall to talk to Mrs. Yu. After a while, a maidservant called out repeatedly:
"Where is the golden girl? Where is the golden girl?"
Ji Xu agreed, and when he arrived in front of Yu, he thought that something was wrong with Li Quanye.
Yu held her hand in return, being extremely gentle and polite.
"Good boy, my eldest son is so lucky thanks to you."
The doctor explained, "Young Master's pulse shows that blood stasis has been activated, and blood circulation is unobstructed. The impotence caused by kidney qi deficiency has been greatly improved. The nosebleed is actually a good thing, indicating that his kidney yang has been replenished, and the medicinal diet can be stopped."
"This is all thanks to your diligent care these days." Yu said again.
Ji Xu was also happy when he heard this, but he did not take all the credit for himself. He said:
"No, I only have a limited understanding of it. I often ask Doctor Hua for advice. Fortunately, Mr. Doctor doesn't find me annoying."
"I know everything."
Yu also ordered the doctor to collect the reward and asked someone to bring thirty taels of gold. In the box, she saw six golden cakes, five taels each, in total. They were her wages for the past few days.
In fact, there were only twenty-eight days, less than thirty, but Yu ordered them to make up a full month, and then ordered them to bring a piece of square yarn from the storehouse as a reward.
"That material is very cool. Save it for making clothes for you in the summer."
"This is what I should do. Besides, I've learned a lot during these days here. I've already given you too much money, so I can't take any more."
Ji Xu thought for a moment and said,
"But I have a request in mind. I heard that the burned-down shop in Gao City was sold by the Li family. I don't know the price, and I hope Madam can sell it to me."
She counted the money saved at home and used it to sell at the braised food stall in the family store, Jindou, every day. Her mother still managed the store in Huai City, buying cooked food and groceries.
The snowy and rainy seasons will have an impact, but the income has been stable at 60 to 80 taels in the past two months.
She started cooking for people in Maoling County in the first month of the year, earning one gold coin, equivalent to four taels of silver, at a time. During festivals, she could visit two houses a day, but there were also days when no one hired her, so it was not a stable source of income.
However, the Li family was relatively stable, earning 41 taels of gold. Together with the money they earned from the two stalls before and after the New Year, they could earn 500 taels.
If we add the wool sold before the New Year and the monthly loan repayments made to Wuyan, the amount would be even greater.
However, unless it was an emergency that was life-threatening, she had no intention of touching the rest of the money. The money was just enough to cover the loan she had taken out to buy a house. If she touched it and couldn't make up for it, it would be a loss. If she didn't pay back the money one day late, the thugs raised by Wuyan's family would not be easy to deal with, and it would be difficult to deal with them if she invited them home.
Therefore, there are about five hundred taels of cash available.
Yin said, "I'm afraid I don't have enough money. If I'm short of it, I'd like to write you an IOU first. I'll pay you back monthly with interest, just like the Wuyan family. I wonder if Madam is willing to trust me."
Yu Shi didn't know where it came from for a moment, so the maid told her:
"There is such a place, in Gao City, but the location is not good. My family has been using it as a warehouse. Perhaps during the first month of the lunar year, some children nearby were burning bamboo to play, and sparks were attracted nearby. The dry weather caused a fire. By the time our servants rescued it, only an empty shell was left. Fortunately, no one was killed. The manager came back and told you to sell it and be done with it."
Yu also said:
"That's right. I just remembered. Since you like that place, how about I give it to you?"
Ji Xu was surprised. A shop in Gao City, even if it was not in a good location, was worth at least two thousand taels. Even if it was burned down and lost five hundred taels, it was still worth fifteen hundred taels.
She just didn't have enough money, so she thought she would buy the burned one, which would be cheaper.
Since I run a restaurant, even if I buy a complete set, I still have to overturn and decorate it myself, so burning it actually saves money.
Of course, she had thought about renting something before. First, it was difficult to find a way, and second, opening a shop was different from opening a small stall. The cost was higher. If she invested in it and did well, people would not rent it to her. Those shops were all owned by families with roots here. She was afraid that she could not win, and in the end, she would feel more at ease in her own shop.
If she doesn't have enough money, she will earn it slowly, starting with buying a shop, then building and decorating it, and opening it up bit by bit. She doesn't seek instant success.
He thought that if Li Quanye's hidden illness was cured, he could get a good deal from the Yu family. He could owe the remaining amount first. It would be better than selling the shop to someone else, or having no connections and letting the government buy it out in the end.
Unexpectedly, Yu said directly that he would give it to me, and he was not just being polite, but had already sent people to find the land deed.
"This is too valuable. How dare I accept it?"
This was simply a huge pie, which made her feel dizzy and unable to hold it. When she tried to refuse, Yu Shi held her hand and whispered:
"This is my eldest son's lifelong matter. Now that you've recovered, I should have prepared a gift for you. I'm going to sell the shop anyway, so it won't hurt to give it to you. What a good child."
He looked Ji Xu up and down with satisfaction, and even affectionately fixed her hair.
"However, you know Quan Ye's personality, so you still can't say it out loud. Just tell others that it's a gift from our family because you served the food well."
While they were talking, the maid had brought the land deed. Yu patted Ji Xu's hand and said:
"Good boy, it's yours."
He also ordered a clerk in the mansion to accompany her to the government office to register and officially give it to her.
Ji Xu still felt a little unreal, so he took the deed and went to Gao City, where there was a lot of traffic.
In the deserted area, there were dark and shabby buildings. She measured them by walking and found that it was the same as what was written on the title deed, fifteen steps, six feet per step. The whole area was slightly larger than the yard at home.
Is this hers?
Although it was still a pile of burnt beams, doors and windows, she stood there for a while and couldn't help but think about what it would be like if this place was turned into a restaurant in the future.
After coming to his senses, he couldn't wait to ride home to tell his mother and sisters about it.
Home,
After returning from the Spring Festival, it was still early and the nuns in the alley gathered here to weave straw raincoats, chat and gossip. First, one praised Ji Zhu until her face blushed, and then asked where Ji Xu had been.
I heard that Tian went to the Li family. Some people said:
"Your family is really good at making money. Two stalls aren't enough. You're weaving straw raincoats here, and doing the Li family's work there. All the money in the world is flowing to your family."
Some of them were entertainers, some were peddlers, some were hired servants, some were hairdressers, and some ran small businesses. None of them earned as much as the mother and daughter of the Tian family. They all said that the Tian family was lucky to have such a daughter who could bring her wealth.
"Thanks to the good sales of Mrs. Tian's straw raincoats, all the nuns in our alley can earn some money even if they have nothing to do. The families are not busy with the Spring Festival, and I think today's event seems to be the most complete."
Liu Chunniang, the daughter of Liu Laogu, had some free time back today and was also here to help her mother weave a straw raincoat.
"Mother is wrong. It's not complete. Aunt Jin is not here."
Xiaohua looked at the people here, and the little one who always offered respect to the God of Land first during meals, now she knew who was missing.
She said it was fun to play with the rotten ball that her brother didn't want on the ground.
"They've been fighting with each other for half their lives, and they can still come here?"
The news of the discord between the Jin and Tian families had spread far and wide, but Tian did not try to argue.
Xiaohua thought for a moment and then said:
"And Aunt Shen, she didn't come either."
I didn't think of this person for a moment, but once I mentioned him, I could never forget him, and I even had a lot to say.
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