At this moment, in a garden in the inner courtyard of the mansion, a few young women were gathered together and whispering.
"That Ruyi Dew, is it really that magical?" The Chen girl told them what happened last night, and the woman next to her asked in disbelief.
The other woman said, "Yu Ning is probably exaggerating. Ever since autumn, mosquitoes have been rampant, and we've tried all kinds of methods. Why haven't we heard of this' Ruyi Dew '?"
For women, rampant mosquitoes were really annoying after autumn. A few close friends were talking, and the woman called Chen Yu Ning mentioned a strange thing called "Ruyi Dew" that they had never heard of before. This piqued their curiosity.
"Is that thing really as good as the shopkeeper said?" The woman who went out with the Chen girl yesterday looked at her with surprise and asked.
"Whether it's useful or not, you'll know after you try it." Chen Yu Ning didn't explain much. She turned around and said with confusion, "What's wrong with Xiu 'er today? She's gone for so long, why isn't she back yet?"
Just as she was thinking about it, the figure of her personal servant girl finally appeared in her line of sight.
Seeing the servant girl walk over empty-handed, a confused expression appeared on her face, and she asked, "Where's the thing I told you to buy?"
The servant girl had a bitter expression and said innocently, "Miss, when I found the 'Ruyi Workshop', the shopkeeper said that Ruyi Dew was sold out … But, I already told them that they will keep the Ruyi Dew for us tomorrow. At that time, Xiu 'er can go get it."
The Chen girl looked at her suspiciously and asked, "How could it be sold out so early? Honestly, did you just slack off and go shopping?"
The servant girl couldn't help but feel a bit guilty after being seen through so quickly. She quickly changed the topic and said, "That's right, Miss, I went to the Ruyi Workshop today and found something else."
"What is it?"
The servant girl's trick was indeed effective. The Chen girl was curious, and she asked with some confusion.
The surrounding women were clearly interested in this matter as well, and they all turned to look at the young servant girl.
Thinking of that incident, the servant girl was still a little surprised and said, "The shopkeeper of the Ruyi Workshop seems to be Li …"
"Li? Which Li?"
Hearing this, the woman surnamed Chen became even more curious in her heart.
"Li?"
"The shopkeeper of Ruyi Square?"
"What's going on?"
The reactions of the surrounding women seemed to be even more intense than hers, all of them revealing expressions of curiosity. "Li Li … could it be that our eldest daughter of the Chen family has finally fallen in love with the mundane world?"
Hearing their nonsense, the girl surnamed Chen glared at them. She then looked at the young maidservant and asked, "Why are you beating around the bush? Tell me, what's going on with this Li guy? "
Hearing this, the young servant girl said with some grievance, "It's the Li that Miss asked me to invite to the Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet. Miss, have you forgotten?"
She secretly complained in her heart, Miss is really heartless. That day, she clearly liked Li very much. How long has it been, and now she doesn't even remember what he looks like …
"Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet, Banquet?" The expression on the pretty face of the girl surnamed Chen froze, and then she seemed to remember something. She asked with some surprise, "You mean that Li?"
At the Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet, she had sent Xiu 'er to invite only one scholar. Naturally, she quickly remembered.
Could it be that the handsome gentleman she saw yesterday was the Li Yi from "The Immortal at the Magpie Bridge" and "Shuidiao Getou"?
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, although she was shocked by Li's talent, she really didn't see his face. She only heard the people around her say that Li Li was both talented and good-looking. There were few scholars in Qing An Prefecture who could compare. She was still regretful that she hadn't seen his face. She didn't think that yesterday at the Ruyi Lane, she didn't recognize that Li when she saw him …
"What Li?"
"Who is Li?"
"Yes, tell us quickly, don't keep us in suspense!"
Seeing the expression on Chen Yuning's face, the surrounding girls were even more confused. Their hearts were stifled and they all asked questions.
"It's that Li Yi from" Shuidiao Getou ", Li …" The young servant girl looked at them and said with some confusion.
In her heart, she was curious. What was wrong with them? A few days ago, they kept talking about that Li and read his poems all day long. Why did they all seem to have amnesia?
It looked like the young ladies of these large families were all fickle people …
As she thought this, when she looked at the other young ladies again, the young servant girl couldn't help but be startled. She was so frightened by the light in their eyes that she took several steps back.
… …
… …
Next to the Ruyi Lane, the owner of the cloth shop slowly walked out of his shop and looked at the shop opposite.
In the past two days, he had done this action countless times.
He didn't know when, but the door that had been closed for a day had been opened.
It had to be said that the shop opposite was really strange. It had only been open for a day the day before yesterday and had been open for a little less than an hour yesterday. After that, he hadn't seen the shopkeeper appear again.
Could it be that because business wasn't good, he gave up?
The more the fat shopkeeper thought about it, the more likely it seemed. That shopkeeper looked more like a scholar than a businessman. He opened the shop but didn't advertise. Customers didn't even know what was sold inside. How could there be business?
The rent for this shop probably cost one tael of silver a day. No business meant a loss. He wanted to see how long this shop could stay open for.
When this shop really couldn't stay open any longer, he could talk to the scholar and perhaps he could rent it out at a low price. At that time, the cloth shop could expand. Presumably, business would be better …
If business was better, he could consider opening a few more shops and hire a few more workers. He could retreat behind the scenes and count his silver. If he could become the largest cloth merchant in Qing 'an Prefectural City in his lifetime, he would have no regrets in this life.
Not far away, a dozen or so women walked in this direction in a group.
The fat shopkeeper saw clearly that these women were coming in the direction of the cloth shop. A smile immediately appeared on his face.
So many customers had come early in the morning. The cloth shop's business was booming. He would talk to the scholar tomorrow. If he was willing to sell this shop, the price could be discussed …
This way, he would be one step closer to his dream.
Thinking of this, the smile on the fat shopkeeper's face became even more radiant.
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