Dress up as a farmer's wife from the Wang family and fight for the best with space

Gu Yunxi nodded with a smile: "Well, Fan Juren, how is the business of the grain store these days?"

Fan Juren's eyes lit up when he mentioned this.

"Young Madam, our store's business has been very good recently, especially when the Chinese New Year is approaching. Many people come to buy food, and some souvenirs are even sold out."

"Look, this is the account book I just compiled today. I'm just waiting for you to come back and check it."

As Fan Juren spoke, he excitedly presented the account book in his hand to Gu Yunxi.

Gu Yunxi took it, found a place to sit down, and opened it carefully.

Lu Qingqing and Gu Yunle followed her and looked at it curiously. They saw that the account books were so densely written that they couldn't understand them at all.

After about a stick of incense passed, Gu Yunxi read through the account and checked it, and there were no mistakes.

She smiled and said, "Well, Fan Juren, you remember this account very well. Our shop's income from 2008 to now has been much better than before. I will reward you for all the rewards!"

"For this month's silver, each of the servants will be given five taels more, and Fan Juren will give you twenty taels more."

Hearing this, Fan Juren was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

"Two, twenty taels? Young Madam, I, I don't need so much..." Fan Juren felt that he was just keeping accounts and running the shop, and with only five taels of monthly silver, he was already very rich. alright.

Unexpectedly, the lady directly rewarded him with twenty taels, which made him a little afraid to accept it.

Also, the average boy in a shop in the capital only earns a few hundred coins a month, but the boys in their grain shop earn a full one tael a month.

At this moment, the young lady rewarded another five taels. If they knew about it, they would be crazy happy!

Gu Yun was delighted to see him like this, and smiled and comforted him: "Fan Juren, you all deserve this, don't worry about taking it."

"The success of our shop today is the result of your joint efforts. If the profits are good, you should naturally be rewarded. As long as you continue to work hard in the future, the rewards will continue to flow."

When Fan Juren heard this, his eyes brightened even more, and he was so excited that he had nowhere to put his hands.

"Young Master, Madam, don't worry, I will do a good job, and I will also tell the boys to do a good job."

He was clumsy in speech, but he was down-to-earth in his work. Gu Yunxi was also very satisfied with Fan Juren, and nodded with a smile: "Well, thank you for your hard work!"

After that, Gu Yunxi took Gu Yunle and Lu Qingqing to visit the shop again before turning around and going out.

When he arrived at the market outside, Gu Yunle saw some people selling candied haws and silk flowers. He couldn't move his legs and wanted to join in the fun.

Lu Qingqing also blinked, looking very curious and excited.

Gu Yun was delighted to see this, smiled, led them over, and asked, "Uncle, how do you sell these candied haws on a stick?"

"One bunch costs ten cents, two bunches cost eighteen cents. Madam, how many bunches do you want? My candied haws are authentic and taste very good. You will know after you try them."

The uncle selling candied haws said this as he pulled out a string of candied haws and handed it over.

Gu Yunxi was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that the candied haws a stick sold for two cents a piece in Jihu Town, but sold for ten cents in the capital!

The price level in Beijing is really high!

"Yunle will take one skewer, Qingqing will take one skewer, and two more skewers for An An." Gu Yunxi bought four skewers directly and was about to pay for them.

As a result, the crowd suddenly became noisy. Gu Yunxi took a closer look and saw that there were several gangster-looking men reaching out to collect money from the stall owner.

"You, pay the protection fee." One of the gangsters walked directly to the stall owner selling candied haws on a stick and asked the stall owner for some money.

The stall owner was very helpless. If Gu Yunxi and others hadn't held three bunches of candied haws in their hands, he would have closed the stall and ran away before he could give him any money.

"Hurry up, twenty cents." The gangster got a little impatient and urged the stall owner with a fierce look on his face.

The stall owner had no choice but to take twenty pennies from his pocket and handed it over.

Seeing that he was quite sensible, the gangster didn't embarrass him. He collected twenty coins and continued to collect money from the next stall.

"Sister, this is too outrageous, this, this is in the capital!" Gu Yunle muttered softly.

Gu Yunxi frowned and asked Xiaocui to take thirty-six yuan and handed it to the stall owner.

The stall owner took the money, and finally showed a smile after originally having a frown on his face.

"Hey, madam, my candied haws on a stick is authentic. If you think it tastes good, come buy it from me next time!"

Gu Yunxi nodded with a smile and asked: "Uncle, why do you still have to pay protection fees for your stall? Isn't this place on the street?"

"Those people who collected protection fees just now don't look like people from the government?"

Those gangsters, with their aura, look like the gangsters from Jihu Town, how could they be from the government!

Sure enough, the stall owner had a sad face and sighed: "Oh, madam, are you from out of town? You don't know that although the person collecting the protection fee is not from the government, he still has something to do with the government."

"Is it related to the government?" Gu Yunxi was slightly startled. Is it possible that there is really someone so bold under the emperor's feet that he allows gangsters to collect protection money?

Seeing Gu Yunxi's appearance, the stall owner thought that they were all from out of town, so he lowered his voice and reminded kindly: "These gangsters have a lot of background. It is said that they are related to Prime Minister Chen."

"Prime Minister Chen?" Gu Yunxi suddenly trembled. Could it be the Prime Minister Chen she knew? Chen Ziming’s uncle!

The Chen family is really bad from top to bottom. The nephew is such a person, and the uncle uses his power to forcefully collect protection fees from the people.

Gu Yunxi suddenly realized that the power of the Chen family was far beyond her imagination.

"Thank you uncle, Yunle, Qingqing, let's go back first."

Gu Yunxi suddenly felt a little scared. She and Miss Meng'er had set up Chen Ziming before, causing Chen Ziming to lose his life.

If, if Prime Minister Chen finds out, the Lu family will be in big trouble!

Gu Yunxi took Gu Yunle and Lu Qingqing and hurried back to the carriage without looking back, urging the servants to drive the carriage back home.

Along the way, Gu Yunle and Lu Qingqing were both confused, wondering why Gu Yunxi suddenly left home.

"Sister, what happened? Are you okay?" Gu Yunle asked.

She couldn't help but feel worried when she saw that Gu Yun had been getting into the carriage with a tense face.

Gu Yunxi came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's okay, I just suddenly remembered that there are still some things I haven't done at home."

"Yunle, Qingqing, let's go back today. When I'm free another day, I'll take you out for a walk."

Lu Qingqing also nodded: "Well, sister-in-law, we are not in a hurry, your matters are more important."

Although Lu Qingqing didn't know what happened, he was a little worried when he saw Gu Yunxi looking nervous.