Gu Fei and Gu Qing returned to the next door. Gu Qing continued to sweep the yard. Seeing that no one was around, Gu Fei took out an old piece of clothing from the space and wrapped her head and face, tied a bamboo pole to the broom, and started to beat the dust.

The brother and sister worked for almost a whole day before they cleaned up the building and yard in front. Seeing that the city gate was about to close, the two hurried home.

Dinner started when they got home.

At the dinner table, Mrs. Chen couldn’t help but talk about the gossip about the farm over there.

“Alas, I went to see Xing’er this afternoon. I heard that she is better now. She has regained consciousness and hasn’t vomited much.”

“Now Xing’er is insisting that she is still a virgin and refuses to marry Shanzi.”

“Shanzi knelt on the ground to beg her this afternoon, but she refused to nod.”

Gu Fei picked up a dish with chopsticks: “What did Aunt say?”

Mrs. Chen snorted: “She is now asking Shanzi’s family to pay 10 taels of silver, and is looking for a suitable family everywhere, hoping to marry Xing’er off quickly.”

Li Chunhua said faintly: “I’m afraid Auntie wanted to make a big deal with Xing’er.”

“That’s right!” Mrs. Chen agreed deeply: “First Sister-in-law only cares about money, how can she find a good family in such a hurry.”

Mrs. Chen glanced at the maids on the table and said meaningfully: “So, girls must not make mistakes. Sometimes, a wrong step will ruin your life.”

Gu Fei felt her mother’s eyes sweeping over her, and her whole body tensed up. What did she do? She didn’t do anything.

She just watched the lanterns with someone at the Lantern Festival, and she didn’t even hold hands.

She was not talking about her, right? No!

Lanzhi was in a state of anxiety. Auntie must be pointing at her!

Gu Erlang always likes to talk to her, so she has to stay away from Gu Erlang in the future.

Lian’er ate calmly. Well, in the future, she would try to avoid the male masters of the family.

Chen looked around and saw some people bowing their heads and some dodging. She knew that the trick of knocking the mountain to scare the tiger had some effect, so she nodded with satisfaction.

In the next few days, Gu Fei was busy like a top.

First, she cleaned up the house, then went to the furniture store, customized some furniture she needed, bought some ready-made furniture, tables, chairs, and benches, and then asked the painter to paint black.

She planned to paint the furniture herself, but it was too expensive to hire a craftsman who could paint. Gu Fei was reluctant to do so. She had some painting skills and could handle simple flowers.

She went to the cloth shop and ordered a batch of fine cotton sheets, quilt covers, pillowcases, and bed curtains. They were all light-colored and looked clean.

Silk was too expensive, so Gu Fei only ordered a few sets for the guests in the Tianzi room.

After repairing various parts of the store, Gu Fei asked the bricklayer to rebuild the toilet. She added several more places, separated men and women, paved the floor with stone slabs, and placed buckets inside. After using the toilet, she could flush it with water. It was much cleaner than before.

Seeing that everything was on track, Gu Fei asked Gu Zhang to write a recruitment notice for her on a big red paper and posted it outside the door early in the morning. She wanted to recruit a cook, a kitchen assistant, several waiters, a maid to wash clothes and quilts, and a maid to wash dishes and clean.

After posting the recruitment notice, Gu Fei stood at the door and tilted her head to look at it. She felt that she was about to become the CEO and reach the peak of her life.

As she was watching, a shadow fell. Gu Fei turned around and saw Xiao Yu riding on a horse. Today, he changed into a sable cloak. The black brocade surface set off his handsome face, which was both beautiful and imposing.