“Wouldn’t it be the same as paying taxes?”
"It is more cost-effective to work together than to pay high taxes. If you join the imperial merchants, you will be protected by officials. Most people will not dare to cause trouble. If you don't join the imperial merchants' shops, you will not be treated so well. In the first two years of Siyinfang, Almost every month's profit was paid to the tax and some adults in charge of the merchants. Later, Siyinfang became famous and got the protection of a powerful person, and things gradually improved."
Shaoyao said it was easy, but Ye Qianning felt distressed. It must be very hard for two women to establish themselves in the capital without relying on the snobbery of the Zhan family and the Gu family.
They could have lived the life they wanted, but for her, the aunts ran their own lives.
"At the beginning, all the money belonged to your father Gu. We lost so much money, but your father Gu didn't even say a word. I used to dislike him, but later I saw how generous he was, and I thought he was quite nice. "
…”
“Siyinfang said it was yours and you deserve it.”
The money was given by her father, but the shop does not belong to her.
“What’s mine is naturally also my aunt’s.”
Shaoyao was stunned.
“Auntie, our family does not distinguish between you and me.”
She has long regarded her aunt as a family member, just like her father.
Shaoyao's eyes immediately turned red. It's not like she had never heard of it before, but hearing it from this girl's mouth made her feel sour and satisfied.
That kind of feeling goes straight to the bottom of my heart, a little uncomfortable, but also very exciting.
“Yes, yes, we are a family. We will be fine as a family from now on.”
Shaoyao and Sophora japonica had imagined growing up little girls together before. They had seen many little babies growing up in the capital with different temperaments, but their temperaments as children were very different from those when they grew up.
They often wonder whether the little girl will disown them when they grow up. After all, they are just a name to Marquis Xiang Ming.
Later, she received a letter from Bai Muxun, and she and Sophora japonica chatted for another night, but it still felt unreal.
Now seeing them with her own eyes made her feel the most unreal, and she was so excited that she felt like she was dreaming. The little girl was not alienated from them, but was even more painful than when she was a child.
A family, she treats them as a family…
There is nothing more precious than these three words!
The eight sisters grew up without a father or a mother, so they didn’t dare to live in luxury at all.
She could see the serious look on the little girl's face and the distress she felt when she heard about the business just now. Shaoyao thought that even if she died now, she would still feel that this life was worth it.
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It was already noon when Ye Qianning came out of Siyinfang. The flashy street was filled with red silk, and she looked very happy.
After leaving the Flashy Street, it was even more lively outside, and the most eye-catching thing was the red one.
Many people on the street were whispering about the red silk greetings. Combined with the imperial edict posted at the city gate, everyone in the city knew that when Marquis Xiang Ming entered the capital, it seemed that the prince himself would greet him when he entered the city.
Just imagining that scene, everyone knew that it must be very spectacular and very honorable.
Ye Qianning did not go directly to Loushan, but first went to the General's Mansion.
The majestic General's Mansion back then was somewhat in a state of decline. The vermilion door was closed tightly and the plaque above it was empty. Standing in front of the door, she was transported back to the scene when she was hugged by Xiang Minghou and dismounted from his horse.
Going up the steps, the vermilion door was locked with a huge lock.
Ye Qianning stretched out her hand and pushed it. She could barely see the scene in the courtyard through the crack in the door. The courtyard was very clean, and it didn't look like anyone was living in it. Listening carefully, it seemed that there was indeed no one in the entire mansion.
