Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Otherwise, you can talk to the tailor and order one today." Qian asked Li Ma to get the banknotes from her dressing box.

The housekeeper said in embarrassment, "If you tell us to order one now, it might not be good for the young master's reputation."

Qian thought this made sense and immediately began to feel sorry for her money. In the end, she gritted her teeth and handed the silver note for two hundred taels to the housekeeper.

"When the young lady comes back soon, you can go directly to her and ask for it. There is no money in the public account. Wouldn't you be laughed at?" Qian said gritting her teeth.

The housekeeper nodded repeatedly. He had not expected that after the master won the top spot in the imperial examination, the expenses would increase so much all of a sudden. The money in the public account flowed out like water every day, and the key was that there was no way to save on every expense.

After Gu Xunwei finished looking at the house, she did not stay for too long and took Chenxiang to Yaxiangzhai, leaving Dingxiang and the original owner to handle the subsequent transfer procedures.

Shopkeeper Li took Gu Xunwei into the reception room, where a man and a woman were already waiting.

"Young Master, this is my elder brother Zhu Da, and this is my younger sister Zhu Er. They lost their parents when they were young, and grew up in the escort agency. They have acquired a lot of skills. I wonder if you are satisfied?"

Gu Xunwei looked up at the two of them. The brother was strong and honest, while the sister had bright eyes and a smile on her face.

"You are doing well in the escort agency, why do you want to sell your bodies into slavery?" Gu Xunwei asked.

Sister Zhu Er bowed and replied, "My dear boss, our escort agency was raided by the government because of an incident. All the brothers in the escort agency were arrested. We escaped and were saved by Manager Li.

However, we were still young at that time and were not registered with the escort agency, so the government did not arrest us afterwards. "

Gu Xunwei was somewhat shocked. Three years ago, something happened at the Dongfeng Escort Agency. The two siblings looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. They were only eleven or twelve years old at that time. They were actually able to escape from the hands of the government officials. They must have some real skills.

At this time, Manager Li helped to say, "After the Dongfeng Escort Agency was in trouble, the two children were so young, but they still conspired to rescue them. They were almost killed. Later, all the people in the escort agency were beheaded, and they were finally at peace. They are all loyal children."

Gu Xunwei nodded, and seeing the two of them lower their heads sadly, she said, "You two will follow me for three years. As long as you work hard, I will let you go free after three years."

After hearing this, the two raised their heads, with a hint of surprise in their eyes, but the younger sister Zhu Er still said, "Dongjia, we have no other relatives. We are willing to follow Dongjia for the rest of our lives and have no second thoughts. Otherwise, we will be struck by lightning and die miserably."

"Okay, then it'll be for three years. If you are willing to continue to follow me after three years, I will do my best to find a way out for you. If you are not willing, I will not force you. It's up to you." Gu Xunwei nodded at Manager Li with satisfaction, which was considered as accepting the two of them.

"Zhu Da, you should stay with Shopkeeper Li and help with odd jobs in the incense shop. I will let Zhu Er come and talk to you if there is anything. Zhu Er, follow me. But you must hide your skills and don't show them unless it is absolutely necessary."

After Gu Xunwei finished speaking, she saw the two of them nod carefully as she wished.

"These few days, Zhu Daxian will follow Xie Chengan wherever he goes. If there is anything unusual, send me a message immediately."

After Gu Xunwei finished speaking, she remembered something and continued, "You two can keep your brother's name, but you should change your sister's name. Let's follow my two maids and call her Baizhi."

My sister immediately became happy, bowed quickly, and said happily, "Yes, thank you for the name."

She had wanted to change her name for a long time. Zhu Er sounded so ugly. She liked the name Bai Zhi.

The young master gives people a very gentle feeling, and she likes him very much.

When she returned to Xie's house, it was already noon. Gu Xunwei had lunch outside on purpose before returning home because she really didn't want to eat at the same table with Qian and the others.

As soon as she passed the hanging flower gate, she saw Qian sitting on a chair in the yard basking in the sun again.

"Meet mother."

"Well, Wei'er is back. How do you think the house looks?" Qian opened her slightly narrowed eyes unhappily and sat up straight on the armchair.

"It has been decided. It will cost more than two thousand taels of silver. I went to two shops to check, but I was afraid I wouldn't be able to come up with the money in a short time, so I came back to discuss it with my mother." Gu Xunwei looked embarrassed, twisting a handkerchief in her hands.

Qian thought to herself, what could she do? Wasn’t it she who suggested looking for a house in the first place?

But he looked very surprised and asked, "Do you need so much money? The Xie family can't even get it together. The money that Brother An used to make clothes was paid by the housekeeper using my own pocket money. Sigh..."

She felt so distressed when she thought of the more than 100 taels of silver, and then she said, "You too, now that you are the head of the family, how can you let there be no money in the public account? If outsiders knew about this tight situation, I don't know how they would frame our Xie family."

"It is my daughter-in-law's fault for not thinking it through. Please forgive me, mother. But as for the matter of this house, if I can't give the seller a clear answer today, we will have to find a smaller house." Gu Xunwei looked submissive and did not refute a single word of Qian's accusations.

"How much can you get?" Qian glanced at Gu Xunwei and rolled up the Buddhist beads in her hand.

"I still have some silver notes in my dowry, plus the income from the two perfume shops this month, I should be able to make up about 1,500 taels. But there is no way I can get the remaining 600 taels together."

Gu Xunwei's words sounded helpless, but Qian felt that she was indeed stingy. It would be enough to sell a few items out of the sixteen loads of dowry, but now she came to cry poor in front of her.

However, the idea of ​​selling the dowry could only be proposed by Gu Xunwei herself; she could not say it out loud no matter what.

"Hey, Wei'er, your father and I are old, and we can still enjoy a few more years of glory. You will become more and more prosperous in the future if you follow Brother An. Among those houses, only this one is decent. Otherwise, I will give you two hundred taels, and you can think of a way to get the rest."

The Buddhist beads in Qian's hand spun faster and faster, making a "glglglglgl" sound.

"Two hundred taels? All right, I'll let Dingxiang report back to the seller later, and we'll order the smaller house. That one is exactly around one thousand seven hundred taels." Gu Xunwei seemed not to understand Qian's words, and turned around to leave.

"Tsk tsk, don't you understand what I said? Didn't I tell you to think of another solution?" Qian yelled in a bad tone, her voice rising several degrees.