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Chang An nodded his head, "Don't worry, Seventh Elder. I rubbed a mud ball and fed it to him, it's Nine Poison Heart Devouring Powder for him. If he doesn't eat the antidote within a year, his entire body will rot, and he'll have to keep his mouth shut in order to get the antidote. That brat is so afraid of death that he would rather die. Even if I were to give him ten guts, he wouldn't dare utter a single word. "

"Alright."

Seeing Gao Lang not speak for a long time, Chang An hesitated before asking: "Why would Lady Xiaolou sell Seventh Elder here? If this were to spread, Seventh Elder you …"

"What about me?" Gao Lang's eyes twitched. When he looked at it for no reason at all, he felt his legs go weak.

Chang An stood there solemnly, his head drooping: "I am just afraid that this place will sully Seventh Elder's eyes."

"I mentioned coming here." Gao Lang slowly said, "I can solve the urgent matter of the small building, and also hide my tracks. Who would have thought that I would stay in a small restaurant? I'm afraid those wild dogs will be able to find it. "

Gao Lang continued: "At the moment, we are fighting fiercely at the side of the Wuli River, we need to seize this opportunity, and it will be easier to handle things here. Just like before, you have to bring out the best people on the battlefield and use them for yourself, but this time you have to be ahead of Fifth Bro. "If necessary, bring someone here and let me see him."

"Yes." Chang An nodded.

And it was only here that he brought a man to meet with Seventh Elder, without arousing suspicion. Seventh Master was truly wise, and Chang An's admiration towards Seventh Master increased even further.

Jin Xiaolou took the silver and immediately rushed to the Soundwater Street. Seeing that the notice was still stuck in front of the two story house, she was relieved.

He then went up and took down the notice. The address of the Zhang family was written at the bottom of the notice: The third house to the west of Lu'er Lane, Smokey Slanted Street.

Jin Xiaolou tucked the notice away, and turned to ask the old man who was selling candied fruits by the side of the street for directions. As he walked, he searched, and before long, he arrived at Lu'er Lane.

Lu'er Lane was right next to the river, and by the side of the river was overflowing with willow trees. Dozens of families lived in a row next to the river.

Jin Xiaolou glanced over, the third house had a gray stone wall with no courtyard. Outside of one of the green wooden doors, there were a few stone steps carved with three slabs. Below the stone steps, there was a willow tree with its branches hanging upside down in the river, swaying along with the waves of the ocean.

Originally, it was a pleasant and warm little family. However, at this moment, a white paper lantern was hung on one side of the green wood door. The wooden door was opened and one could see the bottom of the room. It was a mourning hall.

There were no coffins in the middle of the hall, only two benches on either side. A skinny woman in a white dress sat alone on one of the benches, her back to the door, her body motionless.

This woman must be the Zhang family's daughter-in-law.

Fortunately she was clean today, so Jin Xiaolou rubbed her hands together. Although the door was open, she still walked over and lightly knocked.

The woman inside turned around, her face streaked with tears. She looked at the person who had arrived and said, choked with sobs, "Miss, please go back first. The condolences have yet to begin …"

Before he finished speaking, he was already sobbing.

Jin Xiaolou was helpless, she was not good at comforting people who were sad.

He took two steps forward and handed a handkerchief to her. "Please don't be sad. I'm not here to offer you my condolences. I'm here to look for you."

"Looking for me?" Zhang family's daughter-in-law wiped her tears away and raised her head to look at Jin Xiaolou. She looked at him seriously for a moment and confirmed that she did not recognize him.

Jin Xiaolou took out a notice from her sleeve: "I want to buy your store."

Zhang family's daughter-in-law immediately looked relieved. Old Zhang had been dead for three days and had not shown any condolences because the coffin money could not be paid out of the house. Now, Old Zhang was still parked in the bedroom next door.

His son was looking for a job in the army camp, as well as having some food money every month. Old Zhang was a seller, and his business had been getting bigger and bigger recently. He had just spent a lot of money to open a store, and was busy repairing his business when his son fell to the river and died.

He had already spent a large amount of money on his son's funeral, and because of his grief, Old Zhang had become too sick. These days, he had spent almost all of the family's money.

Zhang family's daughter-in-law was called Kuang Ruyue, she was the second wife to Old Zhang, and was only twenty-five years old this year. The son that fell to the river was also born to Old Zhang and his previous daughter-in-law, she had only been married for two years.

Kuang Ruyue was young, how could she have gone through all this, she panicked and could only sell the shop at a low price, so that she could raise the money to bury Elder Zhang.

But how many people could take out three hundred silver coins so quickly? It would be hard to sell it so quickly, after waiting for so many days, no one had come to buy his shop. Kuang Ruyue thought to herself that if she had to wait another day and could not sell it, she could only drag Old Zhang into the cemetery to bury him.

She had guarded a widow for his entire life, and every year, she would clear her mind and burn a little more paper money on the day of sacrifice.

"That's great." Kuang Ruyue took a deep breath, "Three hundred silver?"

Jin Xiaolou nodded, and took out the five hundred silver that He Niang had just given her: "Here, five hundred silver. If you agree, I will immediately exchange it for three hundred silver."

"I'm willing, of course I'm willing. Old Zhang can finally leave in all respects." Kuang Ruyue got up and was about to go into the house to get the contract from the shop, but she suddenly stopped midway. She turned around and nervously asked: "Miss, what is your name?"

"Jin Xiaolou."

As soon as Jin Xiaolou finished speaking, Kuang Ruyue's face darkened, the light in her eyes suddenly disappeared, and her entire being became dejected.

"What's wrong?" Jin Xiaolou asked when she saw Kuang Ruyue slowly walking back to the front of the hall and sitting down.

"Lady Xiaolou, you can go. I can't sell this shop to you." Kuang Ruyue said in a weak voice, then turned her face away and ignored Jin Xiaolou.

"Why is that?" The more Jin Xiaolou listened, the more confused she became. She was clearly saying that she was fine a moment ago, why did she suddenly stop selling?

"Is the price not suitable?" Jin Xiaolou saw that Kuang Ruyue was silent and asked.

That shop's three hundred silver was indeed sold at a low price, if she went back on her word and increased the price, Jin Xiaolou would also be able to accept it.

But Kuang Ruyue just shook her head, she blinked and a string of tears rolled down her face.

After a long while, he finally managed to open his mouth with great difficulty, "Lady Xiaolou, you can leave. I can sell this shop to anyone I want, but I can't sell it to you."

"What kind of logic is this?" Jin Xiaolou was stunned, "Aunt Zhang, is there something you need to hide?"

He was clearly short of money, yet he didn't sell it, and even said that he wouldn't sell it to, this was what Jin Xiaolou was speculating.

He simply sat beside Kuang Ruyue and said softly: "If you have any difficulties, you can tell me. I sincerely and sincerely want to receive that shop.

Hearing Jin Xiaolou's gentle explanation, Kuang Ruyue let out a long sigh. "Lady Xiaolou, you have offended the wrong person."

Once she said that, Jin Xiaolou immediately knew that this matter was more or less related to Jin Family.

With the methods of the Jin Family people, and the fact that they could obstruct him within the Xin Ning, if not Golden Fragrance, it would be Jin Xiaotao.

Just as expected, Kuang Ruyue continued: "A few days ago, it was only two days ago, but the Young Madame of the Prefecture Lord's manor specifically came to find me."

Saying that, he wiped away his tears: "You don't know, Old Zhang has been very ill these few days, and my family has lost all their income. It was not easy for me to find a job in the small kitchen of County Magistrate Mansion, if I were to sell the shop to you, Young Madame would immediately kick me out of the house. "I have no idea what I should do in the future …"

Hearing the reason, Jin Xiaolou immediately laughed.

"If that's the case, you can rest assured that I'll hire you in the future." Jin Xiaolou vowed as she rushed towards Kuang Ruyue, "The reason I opened the shop is to do business, I have to recruit many people."

Seeing Kuang Ruyue stop her tears, her eyes turned as if she was hesitating.

Jin Xiaolou continued: "Moreover, I won't stay at the Xin Ning for too long, you can rent out this shop for me. I will pay you three hundred gold coins each time, and once you have passed these days and left, you can either keep this shop or sell it.

"Rent... Rent my... "Really?" Kuang Ruyue never thought that Jin Xiaolou was actually such a generous and straightforward person.

"Really, we can immediately establish a written contract." Jin Xiaolou smiled, borrowed a pen and paper, and then wrote down the deed.

After signing with Kuang Ruyue, Jin Xiaolou continued: "From today onwards, I will hire you. I'll pay you five hundred silver taels, leave three hundred silver for you and repair my shop with the rest, return the rest to me."

Jin Xiaolou believed in the way she saw people. This young Zhang family wife was a trustworthy person.

Kuang Ruyue did not reject her offer. She was not stupid, working in the County Magistrate Mansion would help her survive for a period of time, but renting out such a large amount of money was the best way out. She was grateful to be able to meet Jin Xiaolou.

She thought that by using just this kind of method, she could easily hold onto Kuang Ruyue and make it so that Jin Xiaolou couldn't buy this shop. But she never would have thought that Jin Xiaolou would be willing to use this money to rent a shop, and even more so, leave Kuang Ruyue to help out in her own shop.

"Lady Xiaolou, my name is Kuang Ruyue and I'm only a few years older than you. You can call me Ru Yue, but don't call me Aunt Zhang anymore."

"Elder Sister Ruyue." Jin Xiaolou thought about it, and did not immediately call her by her name, "Right now, you should bury Elder Zhang properly. I will explain to you in detail about the repair and repair of the shop later."

Jin Xiaolou looked at the sky, she still had to rush home, if she was late, there would be no carriage.

She already had a plan for the second floor's renovation, so she needed to find another time to explain it to Kuang Ruyue.

Kuang Ruyue suddenly called out to Jin Xiaolou. "Oh right, you just said that you won't stay in the Xin Ning for long, where are you going?"

"To a bigger place."

To Jin Xiaolou, Xin Ning was just a stepping stone, she had never thought of staying for too long.

After Jin Xiaolou finished speaking, she did not stay any longer and left the Zhang Family.

After getting off the carriage at the entrance of the village, Jin Xiaolou didn't return home in a hurry.

The autumn river was the fattest. Lin'er had recently started to add supplementary food, and other than egg yolk, fish chunks were the most commonly eaten food.

The fish in the house were almost done, so she had to go catch two more.

While walking, she noticed that there seemed to always be someone following him from behind. Jin Xiaolou stopped and walked, and just as she arrived beside the green stone by the stream, she suddenly turned her head, and met the gaze of the person behind him.