Yang Cui once suspected that there was something wrong with her ears and that she was experiencing auditory hallucinations.
"Yes, Xiuping is quite beautiful. Look how pretty she is! Xiaocui, if Xiuping marries Young Master Su, it will be easier for you to do business in the future. Aren't we all sisters? We will definitely support each other. Don't worry."
Zhang Chuntao's "Don't worry, we'll definitely take care of you" attitude left Yang Cui speechless.
Yang Cui turned to look at the shy An Xiuping. Although An Xiuping's features were not bad, her skin was dark, her clothes were as black as the bottom of a pot, and her hair was dry, yellow, and messy like a nest of grass, with lice eggs visible. Yang Cui didn't know where Zhang Chuntao got her confidence from.
Yang Cui chuckled: "Aunt, how did you know that Young Master Su has taken a liking to Xiuping? Did he tell you?"
"He would never say something like that on the first meeting."
"He didn't say anything, so how do you know he's interested in Xiuping?"
“Our Xiuping is eating here today. Young Master Su saw that Xiuping likes to eat duck, so he pushed a whole plate of duck to Xiuping. Do you think a man would be nice to a girl for no reason?” Zhang Chuntao said with a happy face.
Yang Cui's eyes widened, and she asked, "That's it?"
Upon hearing Yang Cui's tone, Zhang Chuntao immediately became unhappy and said, "Being so considerate and thinking of our Xiuping in everything, what else could it be but having taken a liking to our Xiuping?"
Yang Cui: "..."
It felt like ten thousand alpacas were galloping past.
Yang Cui finally understood why Zhang Chuntao had been so enthusiastic towards Su Murong earlier.
Zhang Chuntao then said, "Although Young Master Su seems quite wealthy and good-looking, I still need to know about his background. I can't just marry someone off to him without knowing anything about him."
Oh, so they're starting to put on airs now.
Hearing this, Yang Cui's mouth twitched. She really wanted to say, "Give me a break! They didn't like your daughter at all. They just didn't want your daughter to cough on the food and spit out saliva, making it dirty. So they didn't eat it themselves and gave it to her!"
However, he was afraid that saying this would hurt An Xiuping's self-esteem.
"Aunt, to be honest, this is the first time I've met him, and I don't know anything about him," Yang Cui declined.
"How could you not know? If you didn't know, why did you invite him to your house for dinner? Xiao Cui, you wouldn't be jealous that he took a liking to our Xiu Ping, so you don't want to talk about it, would you?"
Yang Cui: "..." I wanted to swear!
"Look at your own age, you're still a divorced woman. Do you think any rich young man would even look at you? If Xiuping marries well, she can help you out in the future. Don't be so petty and jealous of others' success."
Zhang Chuntao gave Yang Cui a lecture.
Yang Cui: "..." Damn it!
"Since he has taken a liking to An Xiuping, then you should just wait for him to come and propose. When he comes to propose, he will naturally announce his family. Why are you asking me? What if I am wrong? Wouldn't it make me look like I am jealous of your happiness and deliberately lie to you? So don't ask me. Just go home and wait for that noble young man to come and propose."
Zhang Chuntao stood up abruptly, pointing at Yang Cui, "You...you...don't think you're so great just because you've made a little money. Once our Xiuping is successful, you won't get the slightest advantage!"
However, Zhang Chuntao still didn't have the courage to say it directly, because she was afraid of offending Yang Cui and then she wouldn't be able to sell earthworms and pig feed.
After Zhang Chuntao left, Yang Cui carefully put away the silver notes worth a thousand taels of silver that she had on her.
This thousand taels of silver can buy at least ninety-three bolts of Huanhua brocade. When the New Year comes, I can resell them. Even if it's only twenty taels per bolt, let alone thirty taels, I'll still have a net profit of eight hundred taels!
Just thinking about it makes me happy.
The next day, Yang Cui went to the city. She went to Manager Chen's shop again and paid a deposit of three hundred taels of silver to reserve a thousand taels of Huanhua brocade. However, because Yang Cui wanted a larger quantity this time, Manager Chen thought that Yang Cui's business was booming. In order to keep this customer, he generously offered to send Yang Cui ninety-six bolts of the thousand taels of silver worth of goods, three more than expected. Yang Cui was very happy.
Besides the cloth shop, Cen Xiao said to Yang Cui, "You've ordered so much goods, have you thought about where to put them? Anjia Village and Zhou'an Village are too conspicuous, how will you explain that later?"
“I’ve thought about it. I’m going to rent a place to store my things. Xiaohe and Xiaojiang can stay here at night and watch over my things.”
"Come with me."
"ah?"
Before Yang Cui could react, Cen Xiao led her into the alley, and after about two incense sticks' worth of time, they stopped in the wealthy district of Wan'an County.
This area is inhabited entirely by the county's wealthiest and most influential people.
Why did you bring me here?
Cen Xiao pushed open the gate next to the main door and said, "This is the small house I bought. You can put your things here, and your two cousins can sleep here at night to help you guard the goods. This area is where wealthy merchants live, so the security is relatively better."
Although it's called a small house, it's actually a two-entrance, two-exit house, so it's not small at all.
“Brother Cen, you’re very thoughtful. But I can’t take advantage of you for nothing. I’ll calculate the rent for you.”
Cen Xiao's expression changed the moment the word "rent" was mentioned.
Yang Cui hadn't noticed the strange look on someone's face. She continued, "But I've never rented a house before, so I don't know how the rent is calculated. Maybe we should charge the inn rate..."
"Aren't we engaged? Do we have to be so clear about the distinction?"
“But we’re fake, of course we need to be clear about it, otherwise how will we explain things later?” Yang Cui said with a smile.
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