Chapter Ninety-Six Relocation

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  The whole day of the eighth, Qiu Ju didn't come back all day long.

  By the ninth day of the new year, Zhen Shiniang also began to feel a bit uneasy and early on ordered Li Changhe and Sun Qingliang to go out and welcome.

  Sun Qingliang's face was strange.

  In the imperial city, it's their world, what can Ji Huaifeng do?

  Women are just trouble!

  Besides, they were ordered to protect her, what does the life and death of a maid have to do with him? He was unwilling in his heart, but after all, he was suppressed by Zhen Shiniang's temperament and reluctantly followed Li Changhe out.

  In the late afternoon, Autumn Chrysanthemum's small face returned with a rosy complexion.

  I heard that those mountain goods were all dried by your own hands, Old Lady was delighted. She sat on the kang and told Zhen Shiniang about the Xiao Fu's affairs with relish, seeing the donkey hide glue you sent, she asked the slave directly, why did you say not to dry it if you didn't want to? It made her waste a lot of silver that couldn't be bought. Hehe smiled and said, I was just thinking of thickening my skin to ask from you.

  Zhen Shining let out a sigh of relief, but Ji Kuai was still worried that the things they sent were too shabby, and you were driven out by Old Lady Xiao's big stick.

  How could that be? Qiujie giggled, the old lady liked me and rewarded me with many clothes. She presented the clothes she brought back to Zhen Shiniang as a treasure.

  They were all high-quality brocades, with over a dozen sets, and some had never been worn. Zhen Shiniang saw them and joked, "Our family's dowry for Autumn Chrysanthemum is all set, now I can save some silver."

  I'd rather die than marry! Autumn Chrysanthemum's face suddenly turned bright red, I'll serve Miss for the rest of my life! Her eyebrows were tinged with a hint of coquettish anger, looking quite adorable.

  The magpie gave her a white eye... If something happens, don't even send someone to report it. Next time you dare to do this, I'll marry you off tomorrow!

  Qiu Ju's face suddenly twitched... Isn't it that I'm worried about spending money to hire another horse carriage?

  It turned out that Xiao Yu thought she would go, so he left Qiu Ju waiting there.

  Qiu Ju waited excitedly at Xiao Fu's place for a whole day, but Zhen Shi Niang didn't show up.

  Afraid of worrying about the people at home, Qiuju had to leave early on the eighth day of autumn. Xiao Ye saw Zhen Shiniang's letter and thought that he could entrust such a big business to him. Zhen Shiniang's poor health and inability to withstand the hardships was one aspect, but it also showed her broad-mindedness.

  The world is full of people, all coming for profit.

  There are many people in this world who would rather die than part with their money, but if you put it on someone, they will be so desperate that they will crawl to make the deal happen. But she just entrusted it to herself like that. And this kind of broad-mindedness, ordinary men can't even achieve!

  He was originally grateful to her for saving his mother and admired her exquisite medical skills. After seeing this heartfelt letter, Xiao Yu had a subtle feeling of affection towards Zhen Shi Niang, and thinking of her short life like a fleeting flower, he let Qiu Ju stay another day. He put down the things in his hand and went to Taiyi Hospital himself, and after settling everything, he let Qiu Ju bring back his letter and the order from Taiyi Hospital.

  It would cost several silver coins to hire another horse carriage! The magpie gave her a white eye.

  They used to be poor and felt heartbroken when spending a single coin. Now, although they are not wealthy, hiring another small horse cart for Li Changhai to return would only cost a few hundred coins, which they can still afford. Yet, they let them worry for two whole days, especially since Zhen Shimu's body is not well, and Jixiao felt angry just thinking about it.

  What's wrong with you...

  How can I have money?

  Qiu Ju argued in a low voice. Halfway through her words, she suddenly remembered that she had asked Ji Huifeng to live in the guest house, and her face turned purple with anger. Miss... slave... stuttered and couldn't speak.

  Zhen Shining thought she was scared, so she gave Xi Que a look. Autumn Chrysanthemum is still young, it's her first time out and doesn't know what's important, you tell her once and she remembers, don't scare her.

  The magpie sighed, ... I'm also worried about you, Miss. You haven't slept well for two nights.

  It's not that... Qiu Ju shook her head, the slave knew that Xi Que was worried about her, it was... tears fell down her face, she had spent all of Miss's silver! Since childhood, she had never seen so much money, and for the first time, she took charge of spending such a large sum of money, Qiu Ju felt like the sky was falling.

  What? The magpie was choked by its own saliva and started coughing violently.

  She lived and ate in the Zhongtang government office, how could she spend so much silver. Although they were not short of food and clothing, they had not yet become rich to the point where they could be so extravagant.

  Speak slowly... Seeing Qiu Ju crying, Zhen Shiniang patted her back and said, "The silver is for your emergency expenses. Just tell me clearly where you spent it."

  The tone is peaceful and doesn't contain a hint of blame.

  Qiu Ju soon calmed down and intermittently told the story of how Li Changhai and Ji Huifeng went to stay at a guest house... Dongsheng Guest House cost only a few hundred coins per night, but who knew that in Beijing it was so expensive, one night actually cost three or four taels. Li Ershu said that when they were settling the bill, they almost got detained, fortunately Ji Dage had some silver on him. Dongsheng was a small guest house in Wutong Town.

  She thought that even if the inn in the capital was expensive, it would only be a few hundred more coins, so she dared to make that decision that day. At the time, she had one or two broken silver pieces and ten whole ones in her purse. The two of them still needed to eat, but they were afraid that one or two wouldn't be enough, and ten couldn't be split, so she gave all of it to Li Changhai.

  She didn't know that Li Changhai was going out for the first time and didn't understand these things. As a high-ranking imperial guard, Ji Huaifeng was used to luxury and would not listen to her words to find a cheap inn to stay in. He thought it was beneath him to stay in an inn that cost only two or three silver coins per night, and if Li Changhai didn't oppose him, he would look for an even bigger one.

  Zhen Shining and Xi Que stared at each other in dismay.

  These past few days, they had been worried about this matter. It wasn't that they were afraid of Autumn Chrysanthemum having a burden; as soon as she returned, she asked about it. Seeing that Autumn Chrysanthemum had thought of it herself, Zhen Shi Niang was shocked and couldn't speak.

  Chrysanthemum, can already stand on its own.

  Slave... Slave will never dare again... The house was eerily quiet, and Qiujie's face turned pale.

  Xunzi's eyes sparkled as she smiled faintly.

  You did the right thing. Mentioning previous worries, she said with relief, "Our Qiuju has grown up!"

  Did I do this right?! Tears still not dry, Qiuju smiled and said, Miss doesn't blame me?

  The magpie laughed and scolded, "You're finally clever for once."

  Qiu Ju felt embarrassed and I didn't think of it at first either. It was all because Master Ji kept asking questions that made me suspicious.

  Zhen Shining was startled in her heart and asked calmly, ...what did he ask?

  Qiu Ju then repeated Ji Huai Feng's question, ... I was so scared that my heart almost jumped out, and I didn't know how to answer, so I pretended to be mute.

  It seems Miss has been teaching you well... Ji Kuai was shocked and moved by what he heard.

  Zhen Shining furrowed her brow.

  Visiting a close female friend should naturally involve using her maiden name. Why did Ji Huaifeng question her for not using her husband's surname? Or...

  Her expression suddenly turned serious, and she instructed Xi Que to go find Chang He immediately, have him go to Rui Xiang Pharmacy to ask for Li Qi's help in finding a suitable location for the pharmaceutical factory in Wutong Town or its surrounding areas.

  The magpie was puzzled and couldn't understand, hadn't they already bought a house?

  That house is too small. Seeing the magpie still staring, I originally planned to open a small pharmaceutical factory, but now Xiao Daren has signed a contract for 20 million grains, that house is not enough... He also said that opening a pharmaceutical factory requires convenient transportation and good water quality, let Li Qi help him choose the most suitable one.

  What's more important is that the house is too close to our ancestral home!

  From what Qiu Ju just said, Ji Huaifeng is not questioning why she didn't use her husband's surname when visiting the Zhong Tang Fu, but rather he knows that her surname is Zhen and knows her true identity!

  Ji Huai Feng's master and Shen Zhong Qiu have a connection, which is not hard to understand, but who knows how deep their connection goes?

  She dared to open the pharmaceutical factory next to Shen Zhong's ancestral home, she had calculated that he would not come often, but now there was an additional Ji Huanfeng who had a deep connection with him, and in the future, there would be a group of servants and maids, who knows when they would betray themselves?

  This pharmaceutical factory is the foundation of Jian Wu's future, and there can't be any negligence, or one day he'll have a falling out with Shen Zhongshi and die without knowing how.

  Where did we get the silver from? The magpie is full of doubts.

  I'll think of a way, you go quickly! Zhen Shining gave her a push, taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't completely dark yet and the road was easy to walk. The hospital's order has been signed, so the pharmaceutical factory's matter must be handled urgently.

  Xian Zhen's words were solemn, and Ji Kuai immediately took off his shoes and stepped down.

  What did I say wrong that Miss suddenly wants to change places to open a medicine factory? Qiuju looked at Zhen Shiniang with unease.

  You've done a great job. Chrysanthemum is always like a child, and Zhen Shiniang didn't want to talk too deeply with her, so she smiled and changed the subject. Old Lady Xiao asked me why I wasn't making donkey hide gelatin anymore, what did you say?

  Nübi said you were in a bad state, almost fell into the gelatin pot, and slept for two days and two nights... Thinking of this matter, Qiuju's eyes still had some redness. The old lady listened, was frightened, and kept reminding until Nubi returned, "Don't let you cook gelatin for her again."

  Zhen Shiniang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  This chrysanthemum is quite sentimental, looking at her like this, she must have cried when talking to the old lady.

  This is great, something that's clearly worthless has been hyped up by her to the point where it's become something she'd give her life for. Old Xiao wouldn't be moved if he had a heart of stone. Upon hearing this, Zhen Shi Nang felt like she was some kind of super scammer, not only did she exchange a cart of gravel for a cart of jewels, but also made the other party feel eternally grateful.

  Her face was slightly flushed.

  On second thought, this is also good. She was worried about how to explain it to Xiao Ye, so let him think that she made the title of Jian Dafu disappear because of this.

  Just as I was about to instruct Qiuju not to speak like that again when she goes out, I heard Qiuju say, "The old lady asked you what kind of illness you had, and I said you were suffering from postpartum hemorrhage. It's already a great fortune that you can save your life."

  This silly kid, after all, still gave away her old bottom.

  Zhen Shining let out a sigh and suddenly her heart skipped a beat... Did Old Lady Xiao know about Wen Ge and Wu Ge's affair?

  Deep down, Zhen Shining felt a sense of unease, after all, Xiao Yu and Shen Zhongjie were sworn brothers.