"No problem! Who else is in your family?" Lan Yamei asked casually.
“My parents are still at home, and I’m their only child. I don’t know how they are doing now. It’s been six years.” Mentioning his parents, Zhang Song regretted it but there was nothing he could do. The noodles in his hand no longer tasted good, his eyes were red, and two lines of tears came down his face. He quickly turned his head away to wipe them.
This made Lan Yamei feel uncomfortable. Although transmigrating was another way of surviving, the memories were still there, which was also a kind of torture.
Patting Zhang Song on the shoulder, he revealed Zhao Zhicheng's speculation: "You may not know this, but we should all be alive, just with incomplete souls. Our lost souls came to this time and space by some twist of fate and became who we are now."
"Really?" Zhang Song seemed to see a lifeline. "Who said that?"
“Zhao Zhicheng said he’s a doctor, and a very skilled one at that. He should be going back soon now. I can’t touch him, but he’s really there.”
"Can't touch him? You mean he's disappearing?"
"Hmm! During this period, he was able to connect to our original world, and he couldn't get out of the space, which is not normal."
"If he really can go back, I beg you to take me with you. I just want to go back. I'll give you anything. Please don't leave me behind when you leave. By the way, I don't have a stable place right now. I'm traveling around performing with a few apprentices, but we've made some name for ourselves in the past six years. Can I stay with you? I can earn money; I won't be a burden." Zhang Song didn't want to leave.
The carriage was still heading towards Xiangyang. Lan Yamei softened her heart and said, "Alright! I have a shop that's currently recruiting tenants. If you stay, you can work there for the time being."
"Alright, you can arrange it however you like!" Zhang Song hurriedly lifted the curtain and said to his three apprentices who were driving the carriage, "Turn around and go back to Longyang Town!"
The three apprentices were very obedient and, without asking why, turned around and walked back with the reins in their hands.
Before the carriage had gone more than a hundred meters, Qiu Zeyu rode up to meet them on horseback, drew his sword from afar, and charged at them. The disciples were so frightened that they abandoned the carriage and ran away as fast as they could.
The two men, sensing something amiss, had just climbed out of the carriage when a sword fell on Zhang Song's neck. "How dare you!" he exclaimed, about to kill him.
Lan Yamei quickly pushed the sword away and explained, "He's an old friend and meant no harm."
After an explanation, Qiu Zeyu sheathed his sword, and Zhang Song quickly called his three disciples back, and the group returned to Longyang Town.
Tie Tou looked wary, and the shop assistants were also eyeing him suspiciously. Lan Ya Mei only explained, "This is the Jing Shuang Dance Troupe that I hired. They will be performing at Hua Man Lou from now on. Oh, by the way, there is no more Hua Man Lou. It is now called Qiu Ming Shop."
Everyone relaxed, and Tie Tou complained, "It was just a performance, why make it so scary?"
Zhang Song just smiled awkwardly, while his three apprentices were overjoyed. There were quite a few women in the shop, and they started to have designs on them.
"The three of them are staying for dinner. Tie Tou, you make the arrangements. I'll take Zhang Song to Qiu Ming's shop to check out some places, so we won't be eating there." With that, he led Zhang Song out.
"I'm going too." Qiu Zeyu followed, and deliberately separated the two of them after they went out the door, pushing Zhang Song aside and asking, "Why is it called Qiu Ming's Shop?"
"You said we'd all be family sooner or later," Lan Yamei replied vaguely, actually worried that if she left, the place would be without an owner.
Qiu Zeyu was quite honest, saying, "If I give it to you, it's your private property."
"No way, what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours." This made Qiu Zeyu very happy.
The girls who remained in the building came out to greet Manager Lan when she returned. Zhang Song frowned and pulled Lan Yamei aside, saying, "Why are there so many girls, and they're all from brothels?"
"I'll explain later. They've already turned over a new leaf."
Several girls stepped forward and said boldly, "Manager Lan, we've made up our minds. We want to open a tavern. We sisters all come from the same village. Our families think we're dead, and we can't go back to that home. We don't want to be looked down upon anymore. How about opening a tavern, brewing and selling wine?"
Lan Yamei hadn't expected these girls to have such sharp eyes, choosing alcohol as a way to make money from people of all ages and genders. To encourage them, she readily agreed, "No problem! I'll allocate a section of the first floor exclusively for selling alcohol, and I promise not to bring in another alcohol store. But your products have to be good and the prices fair. As for the rental fee, I'll give you the cheapest possible rate. Work hard, and you'll definitely make money."
The sisters cheered excitedly. At this moment, two sharp-eyed girls spotted Zhang Song and tentatively asked, "Manager Lan, is this Director Zhang from the Jing Shuang Dance Troupe next to you?"
"Yes!" Lan Yamei affirmed. Zhang Song then bowed deeply, looking smug, pleased that someone still recognized him.
The hundred or so girls immediately screamed excitedly, "It really is him! He's so handsome! This is the first time I've seen Commander Zhang up close! He's incredibly handsome!"
Qiu Zeyu was utterly speechless. He crossed his arms and sat down in a chair.
Lan Yamei smiled and said to everyone, "From now on, Commander Zhang will be stationed here, and he will be in charge of all the performances. The current plan is that there will be song and dance performances in our shop every day, which are free to watch."
As soon as he said this, twenty or thirty girls surrounded Zhang Song and volunteered themselves.
"Director Zhang, I'm leaving this to you. You can select some people to form a performance team. I'll build a large stage for you in the center of the first floor! We'll open for business in a month, is that alright?"
"Leave it to me!" Zhang Song said without hesitation, making some demands of the girls on the spot and saying that the selection would begin in the afternoon.
After shaking off the crowd, the three went up to the second floor. Lan Yamei said, "The second floor is a natural viewing platform! The private rooms are all ready-made. All these inconvenient doors and windows have been removed. In the future, the second floor will be set up as a private seating area and sold at a high price to distinguished guests."
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