After returning to the guest house, tidying up and taking a bath, it was already past midnight. Just as I was wondering when Pei Ji would come back, there was a knock on the door.
Are you back so soon?
Su Li went to open the door in confusion.
Outside the door was a young man dressed like a servant, about sixteen or seventeen years old. Seeing Su Li, he respectfully asked, "Are you Madam Pei?"
"I am, you are?"
"Madam Pei, I am a servant in the residence of Lord Pei, the Minister of Justice. I have been sent by Master Pei Ji to inform you that Master Pei will be staying at your residence tonight. Please do not worry. Also, if you need to find him urgently, please go directly to the Ningyuan Marquis' residence. My master is the second master of the Ningyuan Marquis' residence."
Pei Chuan is Pei Mingyue's uncle. The brothers of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion did not separate, so Pei Chuan naturally lived in Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Su Li had heard about this from Pei Mingyue before.
She nodded to show that she understood and said politely, "Thank you."
Pei Ji roughly told her in the alley that his senior brother Pei Chuan had asked him to help investigate the matter before, and he was now a temporary external employee of the Dali Temple.
It was late at night. After the servant left, Su Li went back to the room and went to bed without waiting for Pei Ji.
The next morning, the weather was clear and sunny.
Pei Ji hasn't come back yet, probably he's busy investigating the salt tax case.
On the recommendation of the innkeeper, Su Li went to a craftsman's workshop to find two house repair craftsmen, and went to Jinxiu Street in the north of the city together.
She took a quick look at the shops she had bought before and found that some of the walls were damaged and needed to be repaired.
So he took the craftsmen to those shops to calculate how much materials and labor would be needed to repair the damaged walls.
Since all the shops on this entire street were bought by her, the shops that were originally open have closed down in the past few days, and the things in the shops have been moved out. Now, all the shops on the entire street are closed, which makes it look even more desolate.
We were busy until noon before the repairs were finally settled. The workshop worked very quickly and as soon as it was settled, they started working on the repairs with bricks and mud in the afternoon.
After receiving the notice, Su Li went to Jinxiu Street again in the afternoon to check their progress.
After leaving the shop, she had nothing to do for the time being, so she simply went for a walk on Short Street.
The short street was much busier than the long street before. At least all the shops were open for business. However, as she had said before, most of them were rice, flour and grain shops. There were really no jewelry shops or clothing stores.
After walking around for a while, I saw more than 20 large carts coming down the street, all loaded with glazed bricks and tiles and other high-end decoration materials.
Su Li stopped and watched.
Two people were talking next to each other.
"With so many high-end decoration materials, where are you going to build a house?" someone said.
"Hey!" Another person pointed to the corner of Short Street, "They're renovating there."
"Yuehua Restaurant?" The man was puzzled. "Why would they renovate it when things are going well? Business is not good?"
"Tsk! What Yuehua Restaurant? Didn't you know that Yuehua Restaurant has been closed for several months?"
"Ah? There's such a thing?"
"Well, I heard that Yuehua Restaurant was bought by the richest man in the west a few days ago."
“What will you do with it?”
"I heard that the restaurant is going to be converted into a dance hall."
"Tsk tsk! This street is so desolate, how can a dance hall be built?"
"Who knows? Let's wait and see..."
The two walked away while talking.
Su Li had almost heard everything. She didn't expect that the richest man in the west had just bought the restaurant a few days ago. According to the time in the original book, the dance hall would open in about twenty days. It was still under renovation, which seemed quite rushed.
"Sister Su!" Just as she was thinking this, a voice calling her suddenly came from across the street.
Su Li looked up: "Ji Tingyou?"
Ji Tingyou trotted towards her with a smile on his face, and the two servants behind him shouted, "Master, be careful with the carriage!" while trotting closely after him.
"Why are you here?" Su Li asked.
"I came to see how business is going in my shop."
"Ah?" Su Li was surprised. "You are the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion. Do you really need to look after the shop?"
"Alas!" Ji Tingyou sighed. "My grandfather said I wasn't studying hard enough and wasn't good at martial arts, so he kicked me out to run the shop."
Or I'm in charge of the shops on the least prosperous street.
Su Li burst out laughing: "I see..."
"What about you? What are you doing here?" Jufu Inn is in the east of the city, not very close to here.
"I……"
Just as he was about to answer, a hoarse duck voice came from the side: "Brother! Why are you here? What a coincidence."
Su Li turned her head and saw a handsome young man dressed in rich clothes, who looked about the same age as Ji Tingyou.
He came closer with a smile on his face: "Brother, why are you ignoring me?"
Ji Tingyou frowned, disgust in his eyes, and said impatiently, "What's the matter?"
Ji Tingxuan's smile remained unchanged: "Brother, you and I are brothers. If there is nothing wrong, can't I say hello to you?"
"I've said hello, you can go now." He said with a tone of disgust that made no secret of it.
Ji Tingxuan looked hurt. "Brother, do you hate me so much? Is it because Dad only likes Mom and me? But that was Dad's choice. Why do you blame me for all this?"
"Ji Tingxuan! Shut up!" Ji Tingyou looked angry.
Ji Tingxuan?
Su Li raised an eyebrow. It turned out that this young man was Ji Tingyou's half-brother, and the son of Ji Shizi's concubine Liu Furong.
"Brother, I..." Ji Tingxuan looked innocent and aggrieved, "I'm just telling the truth. Don't be angry. I just want to get along well with you. Is that not okay?"
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