The content of the letter was only a few lines, but Xiao Man had already read the letter several times, trying to see what Lu Li's current situation was from this thin piece of paper.

"The emperor's letter will be sent to the border in a few days, Xiaoman, if you want to reply, you can write it as soon as possible and hand it to me, so that it can be sent to Lu Li together." Wei Xiuyuan reminded.

Xiao Man was a little surprised, "Is it really possible?" ”

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, Su Xiaoman was surprised, she finally found something to do, she hurriedly saluted and returned to her home, ordered someone to grind ink and spread paper, and carefully pondered how to write a reply to Lu Li.

And Xia Wanrou from the Wei Mansion looked at Xiao Man who disappeared at the door with a smoke, and shook her head a little helplessly, "Lu Li, Xiao Man has been listless all day long, fortunately there is a letter now, otherwise I don't know how to persuade her." ”

"The correspondence is extremely time-consuming, and the border war is tight, and Lu Li doesn't have so much time to write letters to Xiaoman, relying on Lu Li's letters to let Xiaoman support his spirit, I'm afraid this method won't last long." Wei Xiuyuan shook his head, quite helpless.

Su Xiaoman's unhappiness was witnessed by everyone, everyone was trying to find a way to make her happy, Xia Wanrou was thinking about Xiaoman in everything, and delicious and fun things would be sent to Xiaoman as soon as possible.

But even so, Xiao Man was still not interested, and if it went on like this, Xia Wanrou was embarrassed to bother anymore.

Xia Wanrou sighed softly, "Xiaoman's craftsmanship is so good, it's a pity to waste it, I want her to open a shop, she doesn't seem to be much interested, hey." ”

"If there's anything inconvenient for silver, you can tell me." Wei Xiuyuan sat down, "I can only help with this." ”

It's not that Xia Wanrou is worried about the money, what she is worried about is that Su Xiaoman is not interested in anything, and if she continues like this, she is afraid that she will be thinner.

The two were talking, and Xiao Man's excited voice suddenly came from the door: "I have written a letter!" ”

After speaking, Xiao Man also ran to the two of them, and she put the sealed letter on the stone table, "I have already written the letter, and I will trouble Brother Wei to help me send it away." ”

Wei Xiuyuan nodded, put the letter away, and then he glanced at Xia Wanrou, as if he had no intention of asking, "I heard Wanrou say that you want to open a ready-to-wear shop together, is it true?" ”

"Huh?" Xiao Man was surprised, and immediately looked at Xia Wanrou.

The other party coughed lightly under the veil, but did not speak.

Wei Xiuyuan said again: "If you want to open a shop, I have a suitable place, but it is far away from where we live, if you want, I will let someone take you to see it now." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Man and Xia Wanrou exclaimed together.

In the end, Wei Xiuyuan still took the two of them to the shop in the east of the city, where there is a big market every morning, and there are many shops around, which is very prosperous.

This shop was originally owned by a corrupt official, but later Wei Xiuyuan led someone to raid his home, and even handed over the shop and land in the name of the corrupt official to the imperial court, and the shop was sold at a high price.

This shop was supposed to be sold in two days, but because Wei Xiuyuan was the official in charge of this case, he naturally had the key to this shop in his hand.

The façade of this shop is large, enough to be as big as two shops next to it, the plaque on the shop has been removed, and there is a seal on the door.

Wei Xiuyuan took off the seal and pushed the door in, "Come in, there's a lot of dust inside, be careful." ”

The shop was sealed for a while, no one cleaned it inside, and the corner of the wall had been cobwebs, Su Xiaoman covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief, carefully walked in with the corner of his skirt, and frowned and looked around.

After all, it was left by a corrupt official, not only is the space large enough, but the materials used for this construction are also of the highest quality, and the pillars, beams, and floor tiles under the feet are not vulgar things.

"How much does it cost to rent such a big shop for a year?" Su Xiaoman touched the fine nanmu table and sighed.

Wei Xiuyuan didn't speak, but walked to the corner of the wall with a smile, knocked on the wall twice and found the hidden door from the wall, he pushed it with some strength, and the scene inside was completely revealed in front of everyone.

I saw that there was a wooden staircase hidden inside, and everyone was surprised to follow Wei Xiuyuan up the stairs, and there was actually a bedroom above.

Although the beds and tables in the small attic were removed, the previous furnishings could still be vaguely recognized, Su Xiaoman couldn't hide his excitement and pushed open the window of the attic, watching the people coming and going under the window, and his mood was a little more relaxed.

Looking at Xiao Man's excited appearance, Xia Wanrou couldn't help but look at Wei Xiuyuan, and sighed secretly in her heart: If there is really a way for a man, if he just talks about making Xiao Man tempted, then I don't know how long I will have to persuade him.

Now it's okay, let Xiaoman see the real scene, and with a little persuasion, she will definitely be moved.

"Xiuyuan, how much does it cost to buy this shop?" Xia Wanrou asked.

Wei Xiuyuan smiled slightly, and deliberately raised his voice to let Xiao Man hear: "This is something that was obtained from the house, although the things in the store are very valuable, but there are always people who dislike bad luck, so the price is not high." On the first floor, plus this little attic, if you buy it, it will be a total of one hundred and fifty taels of silver. ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou's eyes widened in surprise, and she hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Really?" You're not for—"

"Of course it's true, this shop will start selling to the outside the day after tomorrow, if you are interested, I can sell it to you in advance." Wei Xiuyuan said with a smile, his tone was the same, also to let Xiao Man hear.

Su Xiaoman on the side didn't know the thoughts of the husband and wife, she leaned against the window and looked at the traffic on the road, lowering her eyes and secretly thinking, if you really open a store here, it would actually be good.

The cost of buying the whole shop is not high, but this store is too big, if you run it alone, I am afraid that you will not be able to do it, and you only have a hundred taels of silver on yourself, which is not enough......

"Xiaoman." Xia Wanrou walked over and held her hand affectionately, "I can't afford to make such a big shop, is it good for you to be the shopkeeper, I will pay, you will contribute, if there is a profit, we will give five or five points, what do you say?" ”

Xiao Man raised his eyes to look at Xia Wanrou, a little embarrassed, "But if you lose money, then you-"

Xia Wanrou hurriedly covered her mouth, "Don't talk about these unlucky things, how about you just talk about my arrangement?" ”

She looked at Xia Wanrou gratefully, knowing that all the arrangements of the other party were for her own good, and she tried her best not to let herself lose a little, Su Xiaoman pondered for a while, and nodded, "Very good." ”

"However," Su Xiaoman's words changed, "I can't pay nothing, I still have some silver taels here, you can pay for these one hundred and fifty taels, and I will pay for the purchased materials and embroidery threads, so it's always okay, right?" ”

As long as Su Xiaoman can cheer up and open a shop, Xia Wanrou is already very happy, not to mention the requirements she put forward, naturally they will be met one by one.

The three of them walked out of the store, Wei Xiuyuan re-attached the seal, and then rode back to the Wei Mansion with the two of them to discuss the opening of the store.

This is a matter between women, Wei Xiuyuan naturally does not participate much, he closed the door of the study, summoned the little servants, and ordered them to clean the shop in advance, but he turned around and went out.

Early the day after tomorrow, the seal that was originally attached to the door of the shop was torn off by the official messenger and replaced with a note for sale, everyone knew that this was the shop of the big corrupt official who was raided, so everyone just looked at the excitement, and no one was willing to accept this unlucky shop.

The notes sold on the door were posted all day long, and the people watching the excitement gradually dispersed, and the official who was guarding next to him was a little tired, and couldn't help complaining: "Everyone thinks it's unlucky, is anyone really buying it?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a carriage slowly drove from the intersection, and after a while, the carriage stopped in front of the two officials, and the two women were helped out of the carriage by the servants, and walked to the door to remove the note that was being sold.

Although they are well-dressed, they know at a glance that they are the wives of large families, but there is never a shop in Beijing where women open their doors to do business, so the official said: "Two ladies, this is a note, which means that you want to buy this shop, you really think about it?" ”

Xia Wanrou pursed her lips and smiled, "That's nature, where are we going to pay the money, and when will the title deed of the shop be given to us?" ”

Seeing this, the official did not dare to delay any longer, it would be good if someone wanted this house, so why bother to insist on whether the other party is a man or a woman?

So, they hurriedly took the two of them to the house to sign, handed over the silver taels, and then handed over a wooden box to the two of them, "This is the title deed and the house deed, and please put it away with the two ladies." ”

"Two ladies, since you have already bought the store, then we will retire first." With that, the two officials left, leaving only two people and their maidservants in the whole house.

Xiaoman carefully opened the wooden box, looked at the two thin sheets of paper lying in the wooden box, and was very excited, from then on, he was also the shopkeeper.

Xia Wanrou's face also had a faint flush, she looked at Xiao Man's excited appearance, and couldn't help teasing: "Shopkeeper Su is good." ”

"Sister Wanrou, don't make fun of me." Su Xiaoman blushed and put away the wooden box, biting his lip, but he still couldn't hide his joy.

The house has been carefully cleaned, and the cabinets and wooden shelves that cannot be removed are still left in the store, and then you can only send someone to redecorate the house again, hang a plaque, and choose a good day.

Su Xiaoman couldn't stop looking at the house, secretly planning how to plan this huge space, and the pearl on the side couldn't help but smile when he saw it: "Look, Madame is happy, even happier than when she received General Lu's letter that day." ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou and the others couldn't help but laugh lowly, Su Xiaoman's cheeks were hot when she heard it, and she glared at Pearl shyly, "If you don't say a few words, no one will treat you as a dumb person." ”

"Madame's face turned red when I said it." Pearl continued to quip.

Su Xiaoman was ashamed and angry, chasing the pearl in the shop, Xia Wanrou next to her helped the maid to laugh forward and back, and for a while the store was full of laughter and laughter, and it was very lively.