Lingquan water was added to the "Bone and Muscle Growth" medicine. Lingquan water has the function of cleansing tendons and marrow, and its effect is different from that of external use. Li Xia Xia took it for the first time and the effect was very obvious.
"This is your first time using it. If you take it for a long time, the effect will be better." Shang Ruoyi said softly, "I guess it's rare to see a beautiful girl like Miss Li in Beiling!"
Li Xia Xia blushed slightly and said with a smile: "Although he was just trying to coax me, Daddy often says that I am the most beautiful girl in Beiling."
Shang Ruoyi nodded. Li Xia Xia's appearance was neither delicate nor beautiful, but rather heroic. She might not be beautiful enough in the eyes of ordinary people, but she was a rare beauty in Beiling.
"Sister Shang, your skin is so good, it must be because of this bone growth!" Li Xia Xia suddenly leaned closer, looked at Shang Ruoyi's face, and said enviously: "I have been traveling around the four countries with my father since I was a child, but this is the first time I have seen a woman as beautiful as Sister Shang. If Sister's family background was better, if she was a child of an official instead of a merchant, she would definitely marry a rich man in the future."
She sighed and said, "Since I was old enough to understand, my father has been hoping that I could marry into a wealthy family one day. I have always had high aspirations, but even though the Li family is quite wealthy, it is very rare for me to marry into an aristocratic family. This marriage was finally arranged by my father after much effort. Thanks to my sister for helping me treat my injuries yesterday, otherwise I'm afraid this marriage would have been cancelled."
Shang Ruoyi originally didn't want to meddle in other people's family affairs, but after hearing the end, she actually felt a sense of familiarity. She thought, what is the difference between her current situation and that of her mother?
The daughter of a wealthy businessman married Shangnian, a man who had just entered the officialdom. She thought she had married a perfect husband and spent all her family wealth to pave the way for his career. But what happened in the end?
There isn't even a proper cenotaph.
What's the point of marrying such a person, let alone entering the officialdom for the first time, even if you hold a high position?
It's just a short life.
Before she could speak, Li Xia Xia continued, "Although my fiancé is still a scholar, he is still a man. Although Beiling is martial, a scholar is still a title. When the time comes, our Li family will do a lot of work and he will eventually enter the official career." After she finished speaking, she was stunned for a moment and murmured, "Why am I telling you all this?"
She stood up and was about to take Shang Ruoyi to her father's room when she heard her say quietly, "When the birds are dead, the bows are put away; when the rabbits are dead, the dogs are cooked. This is such a simple truth that I think you will understand it without me saying more. If you think he is a good man worthy of entrusting, and want to spend your life with him, you should make yourself stronger."
powerful?
How to be powerful?
She is just a woman.
Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Miss, the master and the eldest master have been waiting for a long time?"
When I came to the next room, I saw Mr. Li sitting on the throne with a man sitting on his left. I guess he was the old man just now.
Seeing her coming, Master Li smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Shang, I have heard of your great name for a long time. It is a pleasure to meet you."
"Thank you, Li family. I am just doing some small business." She said this, but there was no flattery or inferiority in her eyes because the Li family's business was bigger. There was only respect from the younger generation for the elders.
Li Jiabao naturally saw all this and felt a little moved. He originally thought that his daughter just made the acquaintance of a woman who wanted to take advantage of their Li family's Dongzhu. Now it seems that he was wrong.
"I heard from my Xia Xia that Shopkeeper Shang wants to buy some pearl clams?"
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "I heard Miss Li mention it by chance, so I wanted to give it a try."
"Haha, the pearl clams can be sold, but we are not responsible for whether they can survive, how long it will take to grow pearls, what the quality is like, everything." Li Jia smiled. Over the years, many people have bought pearl clams from him, but no one could keep them alive.
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "I wonder how much this pearl oyster is worth?"
"Three ounces of silver per clam."
"Three taels." Shang Ruoyi pretended to be embarrassed: "I didn't expect this Dongzhu mussel to be so expensive."
"Hmph." A sneer came from the side, and the old man of the Li family said, "You think three taels of silver are expensive, and you still want to raise clams?" He said to Li Xia Xia, "I wonder what kind of people you have met. Do you think my father and I have nothing to do? Are you waiting here to do business worth dozens or hundreds of taels with your good sisters?" In his opinion, Shang Ruoyi is a girl, and at most she can buy a hundred clams. If it were in the past, they would not want to pay attention to the business of several hundred taels of silver. But now it is the end of the year, and there are too many places to spend money. The most important thing is that he lost 30,000 taels in the casino, losing all the cash on their Li family's account.
If he was not the only boy in the Li family, his father would have beaten him to death.
Li Xia Xia retorted when he heard him say that: "What about a hundred taels? Since we were young, my grandfather and father taught us that we should start small in order to achieve great things. We should not give up just because our business is small. Didn't our Li family start with three taels of silver?"
Li Jia nodded: "What Xia Xia said makes sense. Besides, if it weren't for Shopkeeper Shang, Xia Xia would definitely have scars on her body. Shopkeeper Shang is our Li family's benefactor. If Shopkeeper Shang likes it, we are willing to give him a hundred as a gift."
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Saving people is just a piece of cake. The Li family doesn't need to worry about it."
"I wonder how many Dongzhu clams Manager Shang needs this time?" In fact, Li Jiashi did not take this matter to heart. After all, she was a woman and the shop she opened was just a beverage shop. Even if she had some silver, how much could she buy? Now there is a deficit of tens of thousands of taels of silver on the account, and he needs to fill it up as soon as possible, otherwise if the old man knows about it, he might take away his son's inheritance rights.
The master of the Li family is named Li Quan. He is a bastard born to a concubine and was originally unable to inherit the Li family. Since he is the only son in the family, he was fostered under the name of the principal wife.
The old man has never liked his illegitimate grandson. If it weren't for the fact that women cannot inherit the Li family, he would have let Li Xia Xia, his own granddaughter, be the head of the family.
There were some selfish motives in letting Li Quan be the head of the family. Li Quan was born to the woman that Li Jia loved the most. When he was young, he wanted to marry her as his principal wife. However, her mother's family was ordinary, and the wife of Li Jia's principal wife had neither a prominent family nor a wealthy family.
Fortunately, the first wife gave birth to a girl, and the identity of the Li family naturally fell on Li Quan.
Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I have never raised pearl clams before. This is my first time, so I will just need to do the required amount."
Li Quan sneered inwardly. He knew this would happen. How could a mere woman come up with such a large sum of money?
"Ten thousand will be enough."
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