A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 432

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 432 – Recent situation (2)

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“Has Second Brother gone back to Yingzhu Courtyard?”

“Yes, he has. I just heard Xiaobei asking about him. The second young master and you, miss, returned at the same time. But the second young master climbed over the wall. Apparently, no one in the residence even knew he had gone out these past few days,” Xiumei replied.

“As long as he’s back, that’s good,” Wei Ruo said. She didn’t plan to do anything, just wanted to make sure Wei Jinyi had returned safely.

Then she began checking the letters sent to her over the past few days by her maid and Steward Yu.

The letters reported on the current situation at the estate. Overall, everything was going quite well.

Since the houses there had been newly built, they withstood the snow disaster. There was enough stored grain too, so everyone had food to eat, much luckier than most people outside.

Letters also came from Sibaozhai, Xu’s Braised Food Shop, and Xu’s Grain Shop. Once there was a risk of plague, all four shops had been closed temporarily under the maid’s instruction.

Wei Ruo had worried that they might risk keeping the shops open for profit, but thankfully, her maid understood her well and closed them for a month.

Especially Xu’s Grain Shop— during the New Year period, while other shops might struggle, a grain shop’s business would normally be booming if it stayed open.

She had worried that her maid and Uncle Xu might be unwilling to lose that profit, but thankfully, they thought the same way she did.

In addition, the latest letter from Steward Yu also mentioned something about Zhu Zongyu.

Three days ago, Zhu Zongyu left the manor, leaving behind a banknote worth five hundred taels of silver as payment and gratitude to Wei Ruo.

Zhu Zongyu had originally planned to wait for Wei Ruo to return before leaving, but since she was gone for quite some time, and it seemed Zhu Zongyu had some urgent matters to attend to, he had no choice but to depart first.

Before leaving, Zhu Zongyu also left a letter, saying that once Wei Ruo returned, he would come to buy more ointment from her.

The scar-removal ointment that Wei Ruo had previously made for him was nearly used up, and if he wanted the wound to fully heal, he would need to continue applying it for quite some time.

Wei Ruo had no objections to this. After all, he paid her, and paid well at that. He was a decent man.

As long as he didn’t bring her any trouble, this money was well earned.

She planned to make the ointment when she had some free time in the next few days.

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Back courtyard of the Drunken Immortal Residence.

Standing before Fan Chengxu was a man dressed in luxurious clothing, his face concealed beneath a bamboo hat so that not a trace of his features could be seen.

-bamboo hat

Fan Chengxu bowed respectfully and greeted him, “This humble commoner, Fan Chengxu, greets the Seventh Prince.”

“A descendant of a noble family, yet instead of serving in court, you’ve come to this remote place to do business. You, Fan Chengxu, are quite the exception,” Chu Lan remarked.

“I have no real talent,” Fan Chengxu replied. “If I became an official, I’d only disgrace my ancestors. It’s better to run a small business, earn some silver, and live a peaceful and carefree life.”

“That’s fine too,” Chu Lan said. “It’s thanks to your presence here that you were able to help me in my time of need.”

After he spoke, one of Chu Lan’s subordinates brought forward a chest filled with gold, silver, and jewels, placing it before Fan Chengxu.

“Your Highness, what is the meaning of this?” Fan Chengxu asked quickly.

“This is my token of gratitude,” Chu Lan said. “I borrowed eight hundred taels of silver from you. I must repay it.”

Eight hundred taels was no small amount. In Taizhou Prefecture, there were not many who could produce such a sum all at once.

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