Immediately afterwards, Aunt Zhou's voice rang out, "Yuxia, you're here! Come in quickly, your sister is home."
Upon hearing Aunt Zhou's words, Yun Duoduo and the others immediately looked towards the door.
There stood a girl in her early twenties at the door, wearing a plaid cotton coat, with a long braid. She was very tall and had a pretty face.
Upon seeing the girl, Li Dongyun stood up, smiled, and extended her hand to her, "Yuxia, you've come at the perfect time. Let me introduce you."
When Yuxia came over, Yun Duoduo also pulled Yan Dongdong to her feet and smiled at her.
Yuxia nodded to Yun Duoduo, smiling gently.
As she approached, Li Dongyun introduced them, "This is my niece, Yun Duoduo, and this is Duoduo's brother-in-law, Dongdong."
"Yuxia was my sister-in-law in the past."
"Your former sister-in-law?" This relationship surprised Yun Duoduo.
She knew that Li Dongyun had a very unpleasant falling out with her ex-husband's family, the Zhang family, and thought that she would never have anything to do with them again. She never expected that she would still be in contact with her sister-in-law.
As soon as Yuxia saw Yun Duoduo, she looked at her as if they were old friends and said with a smile, "You're Duoduo? My sister has told me about you."
After saying that, Yuxia stared at Yun Duoduo for a while and exclaimed, "Duoduo, you and my sister look so alike. You are both beautiful. You are truly a product of the Li family, always of the highest quality."
Upon hearing this, Yun Duoduo and Li Dongyun exchanged a glance, and Yun Duoduo laughed, "There's such a saying?"
Yuxia immediately nodded, "Yes, haven't you noticed? Everyone with the surname Li is good-looking."
Now that you mention it, Yun Duoduo thinks it's true.
First of all, Li Zhengyang's four siblings are all very good-looking.
Even though Li Zhengguo has lost his former charisma at this age, you can still tell from his facial features that he was definitely very handsome when he was young.
Then there's Li Dongxiu. Perhaps because she hasn't been living a very comfortable life at home these past few years, she looks a bit older, but she's still beautiful.
Li Zhengyang and Li Dongyun, needless to say, are even more outstanding because they take good care of themselves.
Then, her brothers, including Wang Shuangshuang, are all impeccably good-looking.
Therefore, Yuxia was absolutely right.
Looking at Yuxia, Yun Duoduo asked Li Dongyun, "Auntie, have you and Yuxia, my sister, kept in touch?"
Yun Duoduo didn't know if Yuxia was older than her, so she wasn't sure if calling her "sister" was polite.
Upon hearing this, Yuxia chuckled softly, "Duoduo, I'm already twenty-eight this year, several years older than you. You can just call me Sister Yuxia."
Yun Duoduo was quite surprised by Yu Xia's age. She thought she was only about twenty-two or twenty-three years old.
Yun Duoduo shook her head sincerely, "I really didn't realize it. You look about the same age as me."
Any girl would be happy to hear someone compliment her on her youth, and Yuxia was no exception. She smiled and said, "Duoduo has such a sweet tongue."
"That's it," Yuxia explained to Yun Duoduo. "Yes, I have a very good relationship with your aunt. From the very beginning, after she married into my family, we were like sisters. She treated me even better than my own family. I've long considered her my older sister."
“I’ve lost contact with my family for several years, but I’ve become very close to Sister Dongyun.”
Speaking of this, Yuxia seemed to have a deep feeling as well. She shook her head and sighed, "Actually, it's quite good. None of my family members are good people. Losing contact with them won't be a loss for me."
Then, Li Dongyun and Zhang Yuxia also talked about what happened in those years.
Zhang Yuxia had worked in the countryside before, and she returned from there when she was twenty-four years old.
Upon returning to Kyoto, my family arranged for me to go on a blind date.
The family she was set up with wasn't a good one; it was the foolish son of a wealthy family.
The family is quite wealthy and well-off, but their son suffered a brain injury when he was young, which left him mentally impaired.
Because he saw that other families were offering high dowries, he wanted to trick his daughter into marrying one.
Fortunately, on the day of the wedding, Zhang Yuxia realized something was wrong and the wedding didn't take place.
From then on, Zhang Yuxia was utterly disappointed in her family.
Her family on her mother's side favored sons over daughters and felt they couldn't get anything good from their daughter, so they threatened to sever ties with her.
Over the years, they really haven't been in contact anymore.
Over the years, Zhang Yuxia has been helping Li Dongyun as her assistant.
When Li Dongyun is crafting jade, she needs someone to help her.
The two of them have a very good relationship, just like real sisters.
She lives not far from here, in a courtyard not far ahead.
Zhang Yuxia is a very cheerful person, and she gets along well with Yun Duoduo.
After they finished eating, the group chatted for quite a while.
Recently, because the policy has been relaxed, Li Dongyun and Zhang Yuxia are planning to open a shop specializing in jade. Knowing that Yun Duoduo is good at business, they asked Yun Duoduo for advice.
Yun Duoduo suggested that they go to Li Yunfeng and buy a larger courtyard on their street, the kind where they could have a shop in the front and a living area in the back.
Yun Duoduo knew that their current location would develop faster and faster as policies became more open, and in a few decades, it would become the center of Kyoto.
As the flow of people increases, business will naturally improve.
Moreover, if you buy a shop now, its value will double in just a few years.
Therefore, buying a shop is definitely a good investment.
Moreover, having a large shop allows them to live there, which is very convenient.
Hearing Duoduo say this, Li Dongyun and Zhang Yuxia immediately decided to go there to find Li Yufeng the next day and ask him to help look after the shop. If they really couldn't find one, they would just borrow one from Li Yufeng. After all, he was their nephew, so they wouldn't mind.
As they chatted, it was already past nine o'clock at night. Just as Yun Duoduo said she wanted to go home, Aunt Zhou came in from outside. She called out softly, "Duoduo, your second brother and eldest brother are here. They said they've come to take you home because they're worried it'll be unsafe for you and Dongdong to go home in the dark."
Yun Duoduo immediately stood up and greeted Yun Duoduo and Yuxia, "Auntie, Sister Yuxia, Dongdong and I will head back first. If you're looking for a shop over there tomorrow, remember to come find me first. I can accompany you to take a look."
“We definitely have to find you. That’s your territory, you know it better than we do.” Li Dongyun and Yun Duoduo confirmed the time. “We’ll go there early tomorrow morning, after breakfast, around nine o’clock.”
"Okay, I'll wait for you at the shop." After saying that, Yun Duoduo took Yan Dongdong's hand and prepared to leave.
Seeing this, Li Dongyun and Yuxia followed along. Li Dongyun added, "Let's go and meet your eldest and second brothers while we're at it. I haven't met them yet."
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