Marry a Duke

Chapter 151: Prosperous Shop

Fu Ran still diverted her anger. She didn't know what trick Wei Xuan was trying to play, whether he saw through her love for gold, silver and jewelry, or something else, she didn't care.

Now she is paving her own way.

I heard that Aunt Shen’s son Yuchi Mingxiu has arrived in the capital and is staying in the Shen Mansion.

However, the Shen family has not yet sent anyone to invite her to meet Yuchi Mingxiu.

Fu Ran was not in a hurry. If she was really from the Yuchi family, they would be able to confirm it sooner or later.

After she had dealt with her only property, she went to the street to see the shop that Old Madam Wei had given her. The location where the shop was located was indeed very prosperous, and it was doing cloth business.

Business was good. She watched from outside and saw customers coming in and out. Most of the people who came in were there to buy cloth.

She took Qiao'er inside to have a look, and Qiao'er introduced to the shopkeeper that this was their new employer.

The shopkeeper has already received the news.

This shop was not rented to others, but a shopkeeper was found and money was invested to start the business.

According to Madam Wei, this shop and its business were to be given to Fu Ran, and from now on, all the income and account books generated by the cloth shop would be handed over to Fu Ran.

Shopkeeper Fang had already learned that Madam Wei had given the shop to the wife of Duke Weiguo. Shopkeeper Fang showed Fu Ran around the shop and introduced Zhou Dao.

"Madam, this farm has been open for seven or eight years, and business has always been good. We not only have new customers, but also stable old customers. They buy cloth from us every season. The Duke's Mansion also has a dyeing room, and our cloth was originally directly obtained from the dyeing room and the weaving room."

Shopkeeper Fang looked at Fu Ran hesitantly, wanting to say something.

Rich and clear.

Old Madam Wei only gave her the cloth shop, and did not give her the dyeing and weaving rooms. The cloth shop was hers, but she could not take the raw materials from Old Madam Wei's property for free.

What is given to her is her private property, and the money earned belongs to her personally.

"I understand. Starting from this month, we will still purchase fabrics from the Wei family's dyeing and weaving rooms. We will pay them according to the market price and don't try to get a bargain." Fu Ran said.

Only then did Shopkeeper Fang heave a sigh of relief.

"Yes, ma'am."

Fortunately, if Madam Wan Yi asked to take the fabric from the Wei family's dyeing and weaving rooms for free, he would not know how to refuse, and this matter would only become more and more troublesome to deal with.

It seems that the lady is still open-minded.

Fu Ran asked Manager Fang to sort out the account books for the past year. She wanted to see the shop's actual revenue.

Shopkeeper Fang agreed.

Promised to send the account books over in the next two days.

Fu Ran didn't stay in the shop for too long. He took Qiao'er to the teahouse and listened to storytelling for half a day.

A teahouse is an interesting place, with all kinds of people mixed together, so you can hear all kinds of strange news there.

"You heard, the fifth princess has returned to the palace."

"Fifth Princess? How come I didn't know there was a fifth princess?"

"How could there be no Fifth Princess? It was the Fifth Princess born by that palace maid. She was later made a concubine and died after giving birth to the Fifth Princess. The officials of the Imperial Observatory said that the Fifth Princess was born with bad luck, so when she was a hundred days old, she was sent to Fengxian Temple a hundred miles away to practice. More than ten years later, she was finally brought back."

"So that's how it is. The Fifth Princess is also very lucky. Her only support fell when she was born. She returned to the palace now. I'm afraid that because she is too old, the royal family can't bear to see her stay in Fengxian Temple as a nun for the rest of her life, so they took her back."

"Stop talking nonsense." Someone stopped him.

"It's not our turn to comment on the royal family's affairs."

Someone agreed: "Yes, yes, yes. Let's not talk about the royal family's affairs. But there is still no news about General Huo. It is really not easy to earn some reward money."

The topic turned to Huo Nanfeng, and everyone started discussing again.

This money is not easy to take, why do you still want to take it?

Fu Ran listened with great interest. If she wasn't in the Duke of Wei's Mansion, she would actually like to take the reward of one thousand taels.

That's one thousand taels.

After leaving the teahouse, she went to the bookstore on the street and bought several books introducing the customs of various places in Dayuechao and several travel notes.

"Madam, why are you buying these?" Qiao'er asked suspiciously.

Madam bought the travel notes. Does that mean she wants to go out and travel?

Fu Ran looked at her and smiled.

"Sometimes I get bored in the mansion. When I have nothing to do, I take it out and look at it. Even if I have never seen the mountains and rivers of Dayue with my own eyes, at least I can imagine it by looking at the words."

Hearing this, Qiao'er didn't ask any more questions.

Fu Ran bought some snacks and brought them back for himself, Wei Nian and Lan Yin.

Lan Yin seldom took Wei Nian out of the house, and it was not easy for her to take Wei Nian out without the permission of the other person's mother.

It was some delicious snacks though, she could buy some more.

"It's getting late, let's go back."

Fu Ran and Qiao'er had just got on the carriage when Qian Wu slowly drove away.

There were two men in the teahouse across the street.

"Ming Xiu, it's her. How much do you think she looks like my aunt?" Two men were standing by the window of the teahouse, one of them was Shen Yan, who was dressed in a white shirt.

Standing next to Shen Yan, the man who was slightly taller and more robust was Yuchi Mingxiu who came from Xuzhou.

He kept staring at Fu Ran. In fact, he could tell at first sight that she looked very much like his mother.

He had never seen anyone who looked so similar to him in the world.

After my father received the news, he wanted to bring my mother here himself, but my mother was weak and the old illness she suffered had not healed over the years and would flare up from time to time.

The journey is long, and my mother may not be able to make it to the capital.

He made the trip on behalf of his sister because her sister fell into the water and was lost when she was young. He thought she was dead. At that time, he was also very young and had no idea what his sister looked like.

Besides, children that young all look similar and it’s not easy to differentiate them.

But there are people in the world who are just like my mother.

"Cousin, maybe she is the sister that mother has been thinking about for more than ten years." Yuchi Mingxiu was very excited, but he still tried to remain calm, as everything was still uncertain.

She had a token on her body, and that token indeed belonged to the Yuchi family.

Except for the younger sister who fell into the water and disappeared, no one else would have it, and no one knew that it belonged exclusively to the Yuchi family.

"Cousin, please invite her to the Shen Mansion tomorrow. I want to ask her in person." If she really has that token on her, then she must be the lost sister.

Shen Yan nodded.

"Originally, my mother and I planned to invite her to the Shen Mansion earlier so that you could meet her. Since we are blood relatives, you must be moved. I was shocked when I saw her for the first time. But now she is my uncle's wife and the wife of the Duke of Wei. Even with this status, you should be more cautious."

Yuchi Mingxiu nodded. He had thought about a lot before coming here.

"My cousin is right. I am not in a hurry to go back this time. I can slowly confirm her identity. Even if she is the wife of the Duke of Wei, it does not prevent her from being my sister."

Yuchi Mingxiu said with determination and confidence in his eyes.