boudoir

Chapter 297
Liu Li was stunned, heaps of trifles weighed on him recently, after Xing Xing talked about it that day, he really forgot about it!Ruier Haitang looked at each other and smiled.Ruier said: "If you beg grandma to marry you, you have to give a reason. Yuegui is our good sister, grandma is not willing to let her go, if the reason is not enough, grandma agrees, and so do we." It is not allowed."

Liuli also came back to her senses at this time, pretending to be serious and said: "That's exactly what you said. Tell me."

Li Xing paused, and said loudly: "The little one can do what grandma said that day! The little one can treat Yue Gui like he treats his own mother—"

Hearing this, Rui'er Haitang already burst out laughing.Li Xing couldn't continue, scratching his head and said: "Actually, the young one can't say anything pleasant. The young one asked the general for advice earlier, and the general said he didn't understand. He said that he only knew to tell the truth to his wife and not lie. She, don't bully her, leave her good food, spend all the money she earns, satisfy her what she wants, when someone bullies her, she will try her best to stand up for her, there are other women close to me She would rather die than let her succeed when she is in love with her, and would rather die than let him succeed when other men approach her. Treat her as your eyeball, as the last mouthful of food and water in the world. Anyway, just one sentence, as long as If she is good, I am good at everything. I can do everything the general said. I don’t know if it is enough or not?”

After Li Xing finished speaking, Liuli and Rui'er Haitang were silent for a while.It was because Li Xing didn't act like such a considerate person in his children's love, so he deliberately tested him, and hearing what he said now, she was speechless.

Li Xing waited for half a day, and seeing that Liuli was silent, he went to see Qi Yunhao, Qi Yunhao was also a little apprehensive, after all he just said his thoughts as a man, it didn't mean that he could touch women's hearts like this.

After a while, Liuli took a sip of tea and turned to Rui'er Haitang: "What do you think?"

Rui'er sighed: "If he can do this, even if he is a log, he can still be married."

Haitang also sighed: "Yeah, I think it's OK."

Liuli looked at Li Xing with a smile: "That's right."

"Thank you grandma!"

Li Xing was overjoyed and kowtowed to her several times.

Ji Xiaoquan made an appointment with the owner of the restaurant shop to look at the ground in the afternoon of the next day, Liuli gave Fan Yun the banquet list in the afternoon, and asked Yuegui to bring Wuyue in first, and then left the house in time.

Wuyue hadn't come yet, but it happened that Rui'er brought the news from Ruyi's side, and said: "Just now Ruyi said that she had already welcomed the second master into the door yesterday, and the second master didn't come back until dawn. That girl The scheming is not shallow, the first time we met, I didn't let the second master take advantage of it, I just cried about how the second grandma treated her so cruelly, and the second master's tooth roots were almost broken. Let's see how the second master will meet today What's wrong?"

Liu Li said: "Did you go to the second room to ask?"

Rui'er said: "Silver Willow will only come out at noon, so I can't find it even if I inquire now."

Liuli nodded, and the voice of Yuegui from the outer room sounded, it was bringing Wuyue.

Wuyue looked anxious, probably afraid that Liuli would do something to her.Liu Li waited for her to kowtow, but she said kindly, "Yuegui told me what happened yesterday. I know your thoughts, but you also know the general's attitude. Tell me honestly, you still want to stay by the general's side." ?"

With a pale face, Wu Yue looked up at her, then lowered her head and said, "I dare not."

Liuli smiled and said: "Actually, there is nothing to dare. It is everyone's right to pursue a better life for oneself. There are so many men in the world, and there are not only generals who are attractive men, but there are two in this palace. Is it a master? And knowing that it is useless, hanging from a tree is the most stupid way, what do you think?"

Her words sounded like she was trying to persuade Wuyue to give up, but when she listened carefully, she hinted at something else. Wuyue raised her head to look at her again. Mingyan told her that it was useless to get close to Qi Yunhao, what exactly did she mean?
Liuli smiled, got up and said: "From now on, you will be in charge of hospitality in the outhouse with Yuegui. Let me mention your second-class maid as an example, and Chunxiangdongmei will provide the same provision."

She is the eldest grandma in the mansion and the wife of a general in the second rank. It is great to be able to serve her with tea and water. What do you mean by those words? The news at the moment made Wu Yue uncontrollably overjoyed, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

Yue Gui said: "From now on, if you stay by Grandma's side, you have to be smart in everything. You are well served. Did Grandma reward you?"

Wuyue kowtowed again and said, "Your maidservant will serve my grandma with all her heart."

Liuli asked Yuegui to take her down, and said to Ruier: "Don't let her see the second master for now, wait until Ruyi enters the door." Then said: "Let's pass on the meal, let Jiejiao prepare the car and go to Osmanthus Alley .”

Osmanthus Hutong Liuli passed by twice. It is only four streets away from Dingbei Wangfu. It forms a triangle with the Imperial Palace and Dingbei Wangfu. The place is indeed bustling and lively. When the car reaches the intersection, it turns directly into a two-story building on the left. A shop facing the street about ten feet wide.

The signboard of Sixi Building is hung on the lintel of the shop, and the wooden beams of the house are about [-] to [-] percent new, but some paint has been lost on the door frame, lintel and window lattice on the second floor. It actually disables many.

The host was a thin man in his fifties, he was already waiting inside the door, Liuli was riding in an ordinary carriage without the sign of the palace, so when he saw her coming, the host did not show any extra hospitality.However, the inertia of a businessman made him put on a smiley face. He waited until Liuli went to the ground, thinking that the family was also showing his face to do business, so he bowed his head and smiled: "It turns out that Mr. Ji's mistress is so charming, which makes Hu Disrespectful."

Ji Xiaoquan put on a straight face and wanted to reprimand him, Liuli stretched out his hand to press him, and smiled with this surnamed Hu, without answering, he entered the hall.

The outer hall is very luxurious, except that the walls need to be filled with plaster. Although the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls can be seen to be imitations, judging from the utensils placed everywhere, it seems that they have done business seriously.The counter is also well designed, neither too long nor too short. It is located at the gate, and the other end goes straight up the stairs to the second floor.

"The blueprints of my shop were specially modified by skilled craftsmen who retired from the Ministry of Industry. Needless to say, they are practical, and there are no shortage of places that should be there. If the lady really wants to do business, she will never go to me. Wrong! Doing business is all about land, as long as the land is good, even a novice can’t lose money! I think the lady should have done business before, so don’t hesitate, this price and the land, what a bargain!”

The one surnamed Hu observed Liuli's expression, while persuading him without losing the opportunity.

Ye Tong and Liu Wei were listening to him saying that Liuli was in business, so his eyebrows and tails were raised to the top of his head.

Liuli smiled and said: "Since Mr. Hu knows that I have done business, he should know that businessmen don't lose money. I haven't read all the upstairs and downstairs, so how do I know if I'm losing money or not?"

As he spoke, he lifted his skirt and walked upstairs again.

The surname Hu hurriedly followed: "Let me tell you, you will feel more at ease after seeing the private room upstairs..."

There are a total of ten private rooms on the upper floor, and the walls, doors, windows and roof are not bad.Liuli slipped through each room, then went downstairs to the back hall.

The back hall is a small yard, planted with bamboo and plantains, and a few clumps of peonies.Another wintersweet tree exudes a strong fragrance in the corner of the courtyard, and a path paved with bluestones in the corner leads to a grapevine in the middle of the courtyard.

All three sides have been repaired, and there are six rooms in total, which can be used for people, or can be used as more advanced elegant rooms than the upstairs private rooms.

Looking at it this way, 2 taels of silver is not expensive.

However, Liuli always felt that it was not right for a naughty person named Hu to ask for only 2 taels.

Finally sat down in the hall in the backyard, Liuli said: "How long has Mr. Hu bought this shop?"

The surname Hu said: "It's been 11 years. To tell you the truth, I have made at least this amount of profit from this shop alone." He pointed out two fingers: "20 taels."

Liuli raised her lips, "Why doesn't Mr. Hu want to do it?"

"A while ago, a friend introduced me to start a silkworm business, but I couldn't take care of it, so I had to let it go." He spread his hands, expressing helplessness.

It sounds like watertight, but don't worry.Liuli sat for a while, then stood up and said, "I'll think about it for a few days, and then I'll talk to you."

The one surnamed Hu hurriedly said: "Young lady, you have to make a decision when you see it. My shop is in a good place. In two days, maybe there will be any more!"

Liuli smiled and said, "Success, I'll do it as soon as possible."

While saying that, she winked and asked Ji Xiaoquan and others to go out.

Ji Jiaoer came to drive the carriage, Liu Li got into the car and drove out of the street, told him to stop, then called Ji Xiaoquan to the window and said: "Go back quietly and see what that Hu man is doing, then Go to the surrounding shops to inquire about the information about this surname Hu."

Ji Xiaoquan nodded, and immediately turned around.

Liuli was waiting in the car.There was a thermos pot in the car, Rui'er poured her a cup of tea to drink, and ate half a pack of candied walnuts, Ji Xiaoquan came back.

"Grandma is wise! Isn't the gate unlocked? I went in quietly and saw that the surname Hu was moving the drain in the yard to cover bricks. It turned out that the waste water drain under the whole shop was blocked, and the waste water could not go out. Heavy rain, the backyard must be flooded. When we went in just now, he took bricks to cover the damaged place. Apart from this, there is nothing else."

There are a lot of waste water and sundries in restaurants!If the canals are blocked, it’s not a matter of a few days of business, not to mention spending money to repair it, and if it really happens that it rains heavily and floods the backyard, it will cost money to repair the yard!
Liuli put down the walnut jar and said, "Then what do the neighbors say about this Hu?"

　I'm sorry, the chapter was repeated again in the morning. I have already changed it, but the chapter name is different, and I can't change it. Please bear with me.

　　
　
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