Qingyan took off her pearl hairpin and quickly tied up her hair, "Housekeeper Li called a doctor to check on me as soon as I arrived. It's still the same excuse as before. He said that I caught a cold when I was born. I can only take care of it and can't cure it."
Qingliu was picked up by Lin Datu on a snowy day. She was said to be a servant girl, but she was raised as half a young lady since she was young.
However, before she was picked up by Lin Datu, Qingliu was frozen in the snow for half a day. Her bones were cold. She didn't have any problems when she was young, but when she grew up and had her period, she suffered from dysmenorrhea.
Lin Datu asked a lot of doctors for help, but they always said that she suffered when she was young. This illness could only be slowly nursed back to health.
Jiujiu nodded, "I heard that there's an eminent monk in the Cold Mountain Temple with great medical skills. When I'm free, I'll take Qingliu to see him."
Qingyan sighed, "Young Miss, it's good that you have such intentions. It's Qingliu's life whether it's good or bad."
Qingyan was different from Qingliu. She was bought by her father for one tael of silver when she was five years old.
The little girl was either sold to a rich family as a servant girl or sold to a brothel in a brothel.
Qingyan was born well, so the broker couldn't bear to sell her as a servant girl. He wanted to wait until she grew older and became more beautiful before selling her for a high price.
It was Lin Wan who accidentally saw Qingyan and pestered Lin Datu to buy Qingyan.
The broker was after money. Now that Lin Datu was willing to pay several times the price to buy Qingyan, he was naturally very happy.
Qingyan had heard from the traffickers that when she grew up, they would buy her and sell her for a good price in the brothel alley. Therefore, after Lin Datu bought her, Qingyan had been in fear for a long time.
But soon, Qingyan found that Lin Datu wasn't interested in her at all. He only wanted to buy her to be Lin Wan's servant girl.
She was the only one in Lin Wan's family. Her personality was simple. She liked Qing Yan, this beautiful older sister very much. Moreover, Qing Liu warmly welcomed her, so Qing Yan also fully treated Jiujiu as her real younger sister.
And after Qingyan found out about Qingliu's fate, she became more sincere.
Since ancient times, there was a difference between master and servant, but Lin Datu and Lin Wan treated her and Qing Liu sincerely.
She must have accumulated several lifetimes of good fortune to be able to meet such a good master. Therefore, she must do her best to treat Lin Wan well.
At this moment, seeing Jiujiu trying to think of a solution for Qing Liu's illness, she couldn't help but speak up.
It was true that Jiujiu was soft-hearted, but there were some things that couldn't be solved just because you were soft-hearted.
Hearing Qingyan's words, Jiujiu knew that Qingyan was thinking of her past again.
Jiujiu had heard from Steward Li about Qingyan's past experiences.
Jiujiu's heart had always ached for Qingyan, but seeing her so young and already so dejected, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
Jiujiu looked at Qingyan, who was dressed more handsomely and resolutely. She opened her fan and covered her face, revealing a pair of big and bright eyes. "Qingyan, you have to know that everything depends on effort."
After Jiujiu finished speaking, she turned around and walked out.
Qingyan hurriedly followed.
But Jiujiu's sentence 'everything depends on effort' kept replaying in her mind.
Jiujiu and Qingyan went to the east side of the city.
The capital was divided into the east side and the west side.
The east side was close to the imperial palace, and most of the people who lived there were nobles. Those who could open shops on the east side were mostly related to the imperial family or officials. Therefore, the goods inside were good and expensive, and no one dared to be presumptuous.
Jiujiu casually entered a shop in the east side of the city, and saw a group of people looking around, and no one dared to cause trouble.
Qingyan leaned over to Jiujiu's ear, "This is the Gong Prince's shop."
The Gong Prince was the only son of the current Emperor's third uncle.
He was more than ten years younger than the current Emperor.
This Gong Prince, since childhood, he didn't like to go to school, only studying some strange things. A few years ago, he spent a lot of money to build a merchant ship by the sea, saying that he wanted to explore the ends of the earth.
Whether he found the ends of the earth or not, no one knew. They only knew that when the Gong Prince came back, he brought back a lot of things that they didn't have here.
After the Gong Prince presented those things to the Emperor, he won the Emperor's favor, and the Emperor allowed him to open shops in various places. The shop that Jiujiu was standing in now was one of the Gong Prince's shops.
Jiujiu looked at the crowded shop, nodded, and directly walked out.
After Jiujiu walked out, Qingyan followed closely behind, and the two continued to visit several shops.
Qingyan saw that Jiujiu had been looking at the shops on both sides of the road, and said, "Gongzi, we can't buy the shops here, why don't we go to the west side of the city?"
Although they had money, but some things couldn't be solved with money.
To buy a shop in the east side of the city, not only did they need money, they also needed power, and they couldn't do without either.
Towards Qingyan's down-to-earth attitude, Jiujiu smiled confidently, "If we don't try, how do you know I can't buy a shop?"
Qingyan wanted to say, what kind of place is the capital, every inch of land is worth gold, Jiujiu has no power or influence, even if she has a lot of money, it would still be very difficult to buy a piece of land in the east side of the city.
But when the words came to her mouth, Qingyan suddenly thought of Jiujiu's previous businesses, and fell silent.
Jiujiu returned to the house, Housekeeper Li was already home.
Today, Housekeeper Li walked around the west side of the city all day, looking again and again. No matter how he looked, he still felt that the east side of the city was the most suitable place to open a spice shop.
However, it was their first time in the capital, they only had money and no connections, wanting to buy a shop in the east side of the city was tantamount to wishful thinking.
Seeing Jiujiu return, Housekeeper Li hurriedly stepped forward, "Miss."
Jiujiu sat down and pointed to the seat next to her, "Uncle Li has been busy all day, sit down and rest."
Housekeeper Li sat down and glanced at Jiujiu, saying, "Miss, Uncle Li is useless, he still hasn't been able to find a suitable shop."
Jiujiu raised her hand to stop Housekeeper Li from continuing, "Uncle Li is too serious, there are many shops in the west side of the city, but the location is not good, the east side of the city is good, but we have no power or influence, we can't get it. It's not that Uncle Li is useless, it's that we are too insignificant in the capital."
Housekeeper Li naturally understood this principle, but not being able to find a shop was because he was not capable enough. If he had come to the capital earlier to develop and make connections with influential officials, he would definitely have been able to find a shop to Jiujiu's liking now.
"The other businesses are already on track, there's no need to worry about the spice shop. Uncle Li has been busy for so many days, you can stay in the house and rest tomorrow. "
"Ah."
Housekeeper Li responded with a face full of gratitude.
Jiujiu tilted her head and said to Qingyan, "Go to the Cold Mountain Temple tomorrow to add some incense money."
"Yes."
The next day, Qingyan went to the Cold Mountain Temple, while Jiujiu disguised herself and went to the shop she went to yesterday. She randomly found a place and waited.
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