Peasant Woman is in Her Prime - C200

Jin Xiaolou originally thought that Liusu Pavilion would not easily let the Fu Niang, this money tree, go away. She originally took out half of her Liuli Workshop to use as her final trump card.

Who knew that before she and Lv Yun even spoke much, Dai Tang Chun had already agreed to release them. Just a small ransom, something about having plans to go back home.

He even proposed to transfer the Liusu Pavilion to Jin Xiaolou as well, at a low price.

This was truly out of Jin Xiaolou’s expectations. Currently, out of all the shops in the capital that were still making profits, only Liusu Pavilion and Liu Li Linlang were left. If the Liusu Pavilion were to be placed in’s hands, then all the entertainment businesses in the capital would belong to him.

Although the entertainment industry of the entire country was dark and gloomy due to the national uniform, there would always be a time when the national mourning would have to pass. At that time, it would hit the bottom and all the pent-up emotions would be released.

Jin Xiaolou agreed without even thinking, took out her capital, and drew the contract.

Once she walked out of the Liusu Pavilion, Lv Yun could no longer hold her cool: “Innkeeper, why do I feel like this matter is a bit too easy?”

“You also felt that something was wrong?” Jin Xiaolou nodded her head, “Fu Niang has left, my Liusu Pavilion has lost its main support, it is understandable for me to sell it to earn the last sum of money, but how can I let go of such a hot and well-crafted girl? This generation’s boss seems to be a shrewd person who knows how to do business. ”

“Unless, to him, redemption of the Fu Niang to us is the most profitable business.” Jin Xiaolou paused, “Lv Yun, the shop assistant that you sent people to inquire about the background of the Fu Niang, where does she live?”

Lv Yun was startled, she did not understand why the shopkeeper would suddenly ask about this. Tilting his head, he pointed to Liu Yi Yi Yi: “It’s not far from here.

“Let’s go take a look!”

As soon as Jin Xiaolou finished speaking, she went straight to the alley in front of him. Lv Yun quickly followed behind the shopkeeper and entered the alley. The alley of the Tan family was very narrow. The gray tiles stretched out on the sides and covered the sky completely. The limestone beneath her feet had long since grown mottled moss, so she was rather slippery as she walked.

The third house happened to be around the corner of the alley. The gray tiles revealed a small portion of the sky, and the sunlight shone on the black stone steps leading to the door.

Seeing that the shopkeeper had stopped at the bottom of the stone steps, Lv Yun wanted to knock on the door, but was stopped by Jin Xiaolou.

“Don’t alarm anyone, we’ll just take a look and leave.” Jin Xiaolou raised her hand and pointed to a worn out stone roulette that was placed against the wall. The stone roulette seemed like it was going to be carried for repair, but for some reason, it was placed against the wall.

Jin Xiaolou was the first to walk over, she gently climbed up and stepped on the millstone to climb up, using both hands to support herself against the wall, she carefully looked into the courtyard.

There were only two or three chickens in the yard, searching the ground for food, but no one was around.

The door of the room was open, and he could clearly see inside. There was a low, square bed, and a messy pile of bedding. There were some junk on the table next to the bed, and an open iron jar filled with copper coins.

Jin Xiaolou looked carefully, and only heard the sound of footsteps coming from the alley, and then quickly came down. Before she could even stand steadily, she saw a woman with a vegetable basket emerging from the corner.

Perhaps the woman did not think that she would meet strangers in the alley, so she looked at Jin Xiaolou and Lv Yun suspiciously.

Jin Xiaolou immediately smiled: “Aunt, I told this family I was supposed to come to cultivate the stone to grind the plate, why is it that no one responded to my knock for so long?”

“A millstone?” The aunt frowned, as if she couldn’t believe that another woman would cultivate this guy. She took a long time before finally replying, “I was just saying that Tan Changsheng is using a millstone to block Dao, so he’s going to fix it?”

“But why did you come so late?” The aunt shook her head, “Tan Changsheng’s son found a good job a few days ago. I heard that he made a lot of money and started to buy fine white rice noodles. He even said that he was going to move out and live in the western alley.”

“Miss, if you can’t open the door, I’m afraid they have already moved away!” The aunt busied herself with cooking at home. As she walked, she said, “I’m afraid they won’t be interested in this broken roller anymore. How can they have the time to wait for someone to repair it?”

After the aunt had left, Lv Yun spoke out: “Shopkeeper, you came here to check, are you suspecting that our informant’s intelligence is wrong?”

Jin Xiaolou shook her head: “I don’t know either, but…”

“But what?” Lv Yun asked.

“This Tan Changsheng’s family doesn’t seem to have moved away.” Jin Xiaolou took a deep breath, “The chickens are still rearing, but the food trays are already empty. The things in the house haven’t been packed, and there’s even money lying on the bed.” “It doesn’t look like we’re moving. It looks like we’re walking out of nowhere, or even …”

Jin Xiaolou did not say the rest, she was only guessing, maybe the other party had already made a lot of money, and did not want all the things in the house?

Jin Xiaolou had many questions in her mind, but since it was related to Gui Qi, she would always be confused about it. She had a feeling that she had slowly walked into someone else’s carefully woven web. She could even faintly sense who the person who made the web was. However, she did not know when the Hunter would retract the web, nor did she know about the osmanthus branch … Was he also a prey in the net, or was he one of the weavers …

No matter which type, it was hard for Jin Xiaolou to accept.

“Lv Yun.” Jin Xiaolou raised her face and faced the small half of the sunlight, “Send more people to investigate Tan Changsheng’s family’s whereabouts and the group of people Gui Qi said to keep her in check. Also, keep an eye on Prince Xian, and inform me of any minute movements at all.”

“Alright.” Lv Yun nodded, “The shopkeeper, that Gui Zhi … Do I have to be watched? ”

“No need.” Jin Xiaolou did not hesitate at all, “No matter what happens, no matter what she remembers, no matter what reason she agrees to stay in Rainbow Garden, Gui Zhi will always be our Gui Qi.”

Gao Lang, Hu Shan and Shan Ying’s group headed north, and wherever they went, all the rebels would surrender one after another. When they arrived at the outskirts of the capital, they had already gathered thirty thousand troops, forming a large field.

In order to not attract attention, they had gone to the wilderness, and had set up camp in a valley ten miles away from the capital.

It was already late autumn, and the entire valley was dyed with the color of the forest. It was a unique sight to behold. Hu Shan, Shan Ying and Feng Luanjun each led three huge armies of over ten thousand people and trained nonstop for a day. The originally undisciplined bandits were now training consecutively. The sword dance had long become a well-disciplined and well-trained army.

Even if Gao Lang missed Jin Xiaolou a lot, at such a critical juncture, he could not rashly enter the capital to alert the enemy. He could only send Chang An back to the Rainbow Garden to check on the situation at the small pavilion.

Seeing that Chang An was so happy that he returned, Nan Yang quickly ordered his subordinates to prepare a whole table of dishes. However, Chang An was not in a rush to eat, and only passed the letter that was in his pocket to Jin Xiaolou.

“Madam, Seventh Elder ordered me to take this with me.”

Jin Xiaolou seemed to be a girl who had just had her first love. Having received a letter from her lover in front of so many people, even her ears had turned red.

Lin’er and Nian Er let go of Chang An’s hand and quickly followed behind their mother. Nian Er walked crookedly behind Lin’er and shouted out loud: “We want to see father’s letter!”

Jin Xiaolou could only sit by the side of the bed, while carrying the two children on her lap. She unfolded the letter, and before she could clearly read the words, Lin’er had already read them out loud, “My dear wife, your husband really misses you …”

Nian Er was still unable to read, but he saw a portrait of two small people hugging and kissing at the bottom of the words. He chuckled and said, “Mother … Daddy … Mouth… Mouth to mouth! ”

Jin Xiaolou stuck out her tongue, then immediately folded the letter and placed it inside her sleeves, so that the children would not see the contents of the letter.

However, Nian Er still refused to let it go. He shook his arms and threw himself into Jin Xiaolou’s embrace, his mouth pouting like a tender white bun.

Lifting his head, he wanted to imitate the image on the painting and kiss Jin Xiaolou.

Helpless, Jin Xiaolou bit down on Nian Er and kissed the Lin’er, coaxing the two children out with great difficulty. Just as she heaved a sigh of relief and was about to continue reading the letter, there was a knock on the door.

Jin Xiaolou opened the door, revealing a smiling Gui Qu outside.

While entering the house, she picked up her jacket and compared it to Jin Xiaolou: “The weather is cold, I made an jacket for you. Quickly, take off your clothes and try it out, if it’s not suitable, I will have to take advantage of the autumn rain to fix it!”

In these past few days, Gui Zhi never remembered what happened in the past. Just recalling it caused her to have a headache, but she grew happier by the day. Although she forgot the past, she was still closer to Jin Xiaolou.

Thus, Jin Xiaolou stopped using all her strength to help Gui Zhi to recall his memories. After all, the past was mostly unhappy, being able to forget about it and live a happy life with someone that she was close to was the result that Jin Xiaolou wanted to see the most.

Jin Xiaolou obediently took off her clothes and extended her hand out to put on the robe that was handed to him by Gui Zhi.

Gui Zhi looked around the house for a few times, measuring and calculating here and there, and then when he was completely satisfied, he placed Jin Xiaolou down on the table and said, “You sit down first, I’ll go get the flowers. Choose one, I’ll make a set for the two children.”

After Gui Zhi said this, he held the dirty clothes that Jin Xiaolou just changed into, and turned to leave.