By the time the three of them arrived at the chess hall, there were already quite a few guests sitting inside.
Liu Sandiao was leaning against the counter, asking Xiang Xiaoyu for tea.
"Your chess skills are not bad. When you have time, you can give me some chess advice. Not only will you get tea, but you can also make money." Xiang Xiaoyu said to him.
Liu San Tiao sighed, scratched his other calf with one foot, and said with a smile, "Little girl, you can think of it, why can't I? I don't have the patience to do that job. Whenever I hold hands with my opponent, I will kill him without leaving a single piece of armor. It's a pity that the old guys nowadays don't play with me anymore."
"My brother is willing to play with you, are you willing?" Xiang Xiaoyu said disdainfully, "You have a bad chess character and always pick opponents who are very different from you. Who would be willing to play with you?"
"After all the talk, you didn't even offer me a cup of tea." Liu San Tiao said with a sigh.
Xiang Xiaoyu looked at Zhao Xiaofu helplessly.
Zhao Xiaofu sat in the back, unable to move, and already feeling annoyed, so he pointed at the teapot beside him and said, "It's freshly brewed."
Xiang Xiaoyu poured a bowl of tea and brought it over, saying, "Please enjoy."
"Hahaha." Liu San Tiao laughed, "You girl, apart from being a bit sharp-tongued, don't have any other problems."
Before Xiang Xiaoyu could even roll her eyes, she saw Song Yuehua leading people in. Liu Santiao turned his head to take a look, then looked at Xiang Xiaoyu and chuckled. He took out two copper coins and slapped them on the counter, saying, "Tea money."
Song Yuehua smiled and pushed the copper coin over and said, "Since you have invited me, there is no reason for me to charge you."
"Thank you very much, boss." Liu San Tiao stuffed the copper coins into his arms, drank the remaining tea in the bowl and left.
Song Yuehua introduced Xiaoyu to everyone in the chess club.
When Xiaoyu saw Zhao Xiaofu, her eyes lit up. She walked into the counter, took Xiaofu's hand and said, "I just heard from my sister that you are working as an accountant in the chess hall. I thought she was joking. Xiaofu, you have really grown up."
Zhao Xiaofu was rarely embarrassed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years. Sister Xiaoyu has grown into a beauty."
The two talked for a long time before Xiaoyu looked from the front shop to the back yard and took a look at the entire chess hall.
"Sister is so amazing that she opened a chess club. It's a pity that I don't know how to play chess. If she opened a clothing embroidery shop or something, I could help."
Song Yuehua whispered, "If you want to open an embroidery workshop, I will help you find a shop. I have already prepared the capital and other things for you."
Now everyone in the family has a jar of gold ingots. Xiaoyu's own jar is not too much, but not too little either.
Song Yuehua had made up her mind that if she really lacked some money, she would definitely find a way to make up for it.
It shouldn't be a big problem if you open a smaller shop in the early stage.
No one came to the backyard at this moment, but Xiaoyu still looked around, then lowered her head and whispered, "Sister, weren't there only four when I saw them before?"
"It's full. You've grown up now, and it's time to hand it over to you." Song Yuehua said gently.
A jar can be filled with 20 pieces, and a small gold ingot is 20 taels, which is 400 taels.
Xiaoyu was shocked. That was a huge sum of money. "Sister, I don't have that much money..."
Song Yuehua stroked the hair on Xiaoyu's forehead and said softly, "I originally wanted to wait until you were 16 to give it to you, but if you want to do business, you must have capital, so it doesn't hurt to give it to you in advance."
A few customers came to the store. After Xiang Xiaoyu greeted them, Zhao Xiaofu put down the bill again.
Xiaoyu sat behind the counter, propping up half of her face, and said gently, "Sister, you are really amazing."
Song Yuehua tapped her forehead lightly.
Xiang Chen's instructional chess game had just finished, and Song Yuehua asked him to teach Xiaoyu how to play two games of chess.
After playing chess, Song Yuehua took Xiaoyu to Ji’s shop to buy some linen.
Amid Xiaoyu's exclamation, Zhang Dandan took her to the fabric counter. Xiaoyu said, "How can you be so amazing!"
Zhang Dandan chuckled and said, "My elder brother is awesome. He will be back in a few days. If you praise him in front of him, he will be so happy that he will lose his mind."
"You'll be back in a few days?"
Song Yuehua asked, "Wouldn't it take two months to get to the border state even if you travel by horse carriage? It took four months to go there and back, how come you're back so soon?"
Zhang Dandan said, "I don't know the specific situation, but it seems that something else happened. Big brother didn't go to Chengbianzhou this time, but instead went around and around until the Chinese New Year this year."
When they returned to the chess hall, Zhang Rushan also arrived. Xiang Chen wanted to give some chess lessons, so Zhang Rushan taught Xiaoyu how to play chess and asked her about Xie Wenwu's recent situation.
"That boy is really enviable." Zhang Rushan said.
Xiaoyu placed a chess piece and said, "You are the only scholar in our village. Others should envy you."
"Xiaoyu, you have changed." Zhang Rushan said.
Xiaoyu raised her eyes and looked at him and said, "What has changed?"
"Become like a lady from a noble family." Zhang Rushan said.
Xiaoyu paused and said softly, "Then I'll go back and ask Xiaoyu to see if she agrees with what Mr. Zhang said."
Zhang Rushan blushed when she said this, and quickly bowed and said, "I am sorry for being so rude."
Seeing him like this, Xiaoyu chuckled.
After she came back, when she heard Xiaoyu talking about herself and Zhang Rushan, she was a little surprised at first, but then she thought about it and understood.
Zhang Rushan was Xiaoyu's mentor. They both went to school together since they were young and could be considered childhood sweethearts.
At noon, Song Yuehua called a few people to go to You Mansion to have lunch together.
This was Xiaoyu's first time to come to the You Mansion. "Sister, you've bought this house for so long, but this is the first time you've brought me here."
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