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As she walked, Gu Fei scattered a circle of caltrops along the courtyard wall. She would collect them tomorrow morning, otherwise it would hurt the guests.

Gu Fei had no choice.

The existence of Er Laizi was like a sharp blade hanging over her head, and she didn’t know when it would fall.

Gu Fei and Gu Sanlang went to the backyard again. There was a doghouse here, and a Chinese pastoral dog, commonly known as a native dog, was raised.

The dog was raised in the hope that if someone came in, the dog would bark.

Caltrops were also scattered along the wall of the backyard, and then Gu Fei went to sleep.

Gu Erlang and Gu Sanlang slept in the backyard. One on the left and one on the right side, and Gu Fei slept in a room in the middle downstairs. When she opened the window, she could see the courtyard wall behind her.

After everything that could be arranged was arranged, Gu Fei went to bed with Lian’er.

With her eyes closed, Gu Fei’s consciousness sank into the space.

As soon as she came in, Gu Fei widened her eyes in surprise.

Originally, there were only a few wisps of mist floating in the space, but now the entire space is filled with a thin layer of mist.

Did something happen that she didn’t know about?

Gu Fei tried hard to recall what was different today.

She suddenly slapped her head. Today, she put the mutton-fat jade cornucopia and the green jade cabbage into the space!

Gu Fei hurried to see the green jade cabbage, and the more she looked, the more she felt something was wrong.

This cabbage looked green and lifelike before, but now it seemed to have lost its luster and looked like it had no charm at all.

Looking at the mutton-fat jade cornucopia again, Gu Fei felt more and more distressed. The originally warm and delicate mutton-fat jade became much duller as if it had suddenly changed from the highest-grade jade to a low-grade product.

My mutton-fat jade!

Gu Fei wailed and suddenly looked up at the mist in the air. Could it be that this was the spiritual energy sucked out of the jade?

But what’s the use of these?

Gu Fei got up from the bed with a thought in her mind.

She walked outside and put the pot of crabapple that the Eight Immortals had sent her today into the space.

In her previous life, she had also tried to put plants into the space, but the plants died within a few days.

If the mist floating in the space now was really spiritual energy, does that mean that she can grow some spiritual flowers and herbs in it in the future, and eat them to achieve immortality?

Gu Fei almost laughed at her thoughts.

She’ll wait a few days to see if the crabapple can survive.

If it can survive, she will work hard to make money and buy a lot of jade.

Gu Fei went to bed with beautiful thoughts.

Nothing happened that night.

She got up early to wash up, first lowered the door panel, lowered the door panel, and opened the door. Not long after, the car to collect the night fragrance came.

Lian’er took out the toilet and emptied it, and took it to the newly built toilet to clean it.

In the middle of the Mao hour, the city gate opened. As the gate opened, Ping An City gradually became lively.

Vegetable sellers, workers, coachmen, small business owners, and all kinds of people flocked to the city.

Aunt Liu also followed her family’s mule cart into the city.

She started cleaning without Gu Fei’s instructions.

After a while, the employees in the store came to work one after another.

After taking turns to eat breakfast, they began to solicit customers on the street one by one.

Gu Fei yawned at the counter. She was too excited about the spiritual energy last night and fell asleep in the middle of the night.

At this time, a middle-aged couple walked into the door.

The man was wearing a green cloth robe and holding a pipa in his hand. The woman had a few freckles on her face, a blue-bottomed white headscarf on her head, and a reddish-red cotton skirt with frayed hems.

 

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Gu Fei bit her lip and wanted to laugh, but then she thought that for Sister Dan, this was not a funny thing, but a sad thing.

Although Sister Dan didn’t look sad, she was just angry.

Gu Fei rolled her eyes. Should she kindly tell Sister Dan that Master Zhou was hiding behind?

It was also a very pleasant thing to watch someone get beaten.

Before Gu Fei could think it over, Sister Dan laughed first: “Xiao Fei, I scared you.”

“Men are all the same.”

“My husband is pretty good. He treats me well and has a good temper. I can beat him or scold him. When I told him not to take a concubine, he didn’t take a concubine. He just couldn’t help it, and liked to mess around outside.”

Gu Fei understood that Sister Dan was very satisfied with Young Master Zhou.

If Young Master Zhou insisted on taking a concubine, Sister Dan would have no choice.

Men of this era have no idea of ​​being loyal to their wives, let alone being together for life.

Especially for rich and powerful men, it was natural to marry multiple wives and take concubines.

So it seems that Young Master Zhou respects his wife.

Sister Dan sighed: “What can I do? People are bound to have some problems. My husband is just a little bit better, and I can’t control his belt. I can only be energetic and keep a close eye on her every day.”

“Xiao Fei, I tell you, you haven’t found a husband yet, so you don’t know how powerful they are. However, you must control him tightly, and you must never let go.”

“If you let go, something will go wrong.”

Gu Fei nodded vigorously and decided not to tell her husband was there.

These two people were like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.

Other couples may like this kind of, one chasing and the other running.

There were millions of people in the world, and there were millions of ways for couples in the world to get along.

As long as they feel good, others don’t need to interfere.

Sister Dan sat for a while, drank a cup of chrysanthemum tea brewed by Gu Fei to cool down, and went back with a firewood stick.

After a long time, Young Master Zhou came out.

He looked at the door for a while but didn’t see Sister Dan. He walked to the counter and sat down with a smile: “Has my tigress come here?”

Gu Fei smiled and nodded: “Young Master Zhou, don’t wear your pants backward next time!”

Young Master Zhou smiled in embarrassment: “It’s a mistake.”

“I haven’t thanked Miss Xiao Fei for helping me yet.”

“I’m leaving first. I’ll come back with your sister Dan when I have time.”

Just as Young Master Zhou went out, a carriage came to the door.

Xiao Lu ran ahead and welcomed the guests in, and Tie Niu also took the initiative to drive the carriage in from the side door.

It was a middle-aged couple who asked for a medium-sized room.

Before the city gates were closed, several waves of guests arrived one after another, and five or six rooms were occupied.

Late at night, although there was no curfew in Ping’an City, there were few people on the street.

Gu Fei called Tie Niu and Er Lang to put up the door panels.

This inn has two doors.

One was a carved wooden door, and the other was a wooden board.

There were slots on the upper and lower sides of the door, and the door panels were marked with numbers one, two, three, four, five… When putting up the door panels, put them into the gap in front of the slot head one by one according to the numbers, and then push them to the bottom.

Once the door panels are put up, they cannot be opened from the outside anyway, and the opening of the slot is inside.

It was very safe.

After putting up the door panels, Gu Fei and Gu Sanlang took a lantern and walked around the yard.

Gu Fei had people pull many circles of wire on the wall of the yard, with copper bells tied to the wires. Whenever someone climbed over the wall, the wires would inevitably be touched, and the copper bells would ring. It could be considered a simple alarm system.

 

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Xiao Lu led the two to sit down in the lobby and said with a smile: “What do you two guests want to eat? Our store has braised lion’s head, squirrel mandarin fish, boiled dried silk, tofu soup, three sets of duck, crystal braised pork…”

After reading a long list of dishes, the middle-aged man laughed again: “This little brother is really smart.”

He ordered a few dishes, and Xiao Lu went to the kitchen.

Xing’er encouraged herself and walked over to pour tea for the guests.

Gu Fei just smiled and watched.

The man laughed again: “Your store is strange, a little girl is the shopkeeper, and a little girl is the waiter.”

Xing’er was a little nervous, but still tried her best to keep smiling, “In fact, a girl should be a waiter. Girls are more careful.”

The guest smiled and didn’t comment.

In a cup of tea, the food in the kitchen was ready.

The middle-aged man nodded: “It tastes good.”

It was already noon, two o’clock in the afternoon. As the saying goes, spring makes you sleepy, autumn makes you tired, and summer makes you nap. Gu Fei was drowsy sitting behind the counter.

Suddenly, a person rushed in from the door, running loudly. Gu Fei woke up all of a sudden and looked carefully. It was Young Master Zhou.

Young Master Zhou looked flustered. He ran towards the back door and said: “Don’t say I’m here.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he ran away without a trace.

What happened?

Gu Fei looked at the back door in confusion. Just as she looked away, she saw Sister Dan on the street running forward with a stick of firewood. In the blink of an eye, she rushed past the door of the inn.

After a long while, Gu Fei saw Sister Dan circling with the stick of firewood again.

Passing by the door of the inn, Sister Dan paused, walked in, and asked Gu Fei: “Have you seen my dead ghost?”

Gu Fei pursed her lips, stared at the firewood stick in Sister Dan’s hand, and said seriously: “No, what’s wrong?”

Sister Dan put one hand on her waist, put the firewood stick on the counter, sat on the high stool, and said angrily: “Shameless thing, I took a nap, and he dared to go out and make trouble!”

Sister Dan cursed for a long time.

Gu Fei finally understood.

It turned out that the two of them had lunch and went back. Sister Dan strolled for a while and took a nap. Young Master Zhou obviously slept with her.

When Sister Dan woke up, Young Master Zhou was gone by her side. She went to the shop in front and didn’t see anyone.

Not long after, Young Master Zhou came back from outside.

Sister Dan asked him where he had been.

Young Master Zhou said: “I didn’t go anywhere. I just walked around the street.”

Sister Dan knew that her husband was a lecher. If she couldn’t keep an eye on him, he would do something naughty.

She had doubts in her heart. She went close to smell and found that Young Master Zhou had a faint fragrance.

Sister Dan grabbed Young Master Zhou and said: “Tell me the truth. Where did you go? Did you go to see that vixen again?”

Young Master Zhou didn’t admit it: “No, you are suspicious all day long!”

Sister Dan didn’t believe it and grabbed Young Master Zhou and said: “I don’t believe it. You have a fragrance on you. Explain it to me!”

When the two of them were pulling and tugging, they accidentally tore open Young Master Zhou’s robe.

His underwear inside was exposed.

Sister Dan looked down and saw that the underwear was clearly worn properly when she got up and put on her clothes in the morning, but now, the underwear was worn backward!

“You bastard, you dare to coax me? You’ve gone out having fun, and your pants are on backward!” Sister Dan was furious and pulled Young Master Zhou to beat him.

Young Master Zhou broke free, covered himself with his robe, and ran out.

Sister Dan chased him out and picked up a firewood stick in the yard.

But when she ran out, Young Master Zhou was gone.

 

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The middle-aged man at the door of the store was stunned for a moment, then looked inside and laughed: “I want to stay in the hotel. Is your inn newly opened?”

Gu Fei had already walked quickly to the back of the counter and sat down. Xiao Luzi led the guests in attentively and said: “Sir, you are right. Today is the opening of the store. There is a big sale for the first 3 days. All accommodations are 20% off.”

The middle-aged man was followed by a servant. The two came to the counter. Xiao Lu pointed to the sign on the wall. “The Top Class Room is 500 copper coins per night, the 2nd Class Room is 300 copper coins per night, and the 3rd Class Room is 200 copper coins per night.”

“To be honest, the 2nd Class Room is better than the other rooms.”

Gu Fei smiled as she sat at the counter: “We also have VIP cards in our store. If you come to Ping’an City often, you might as well apply for a VIP card. You will get a 20% discount on your room rate in the future.”

The middle-aged man sat on a high stool in front of the counter and looked at Gu Fei with a surprised look on his face: “Little girl, are you the shopkeeper?”

Gu Fei smiled and nodded.

The middle-aged man laughed: “This is strange. I’ve been traveling all year round, but I’ve never seen a young girl as a shopkeeper.”

Gu Fei kept smiling: “Uncle if you can’t decide which room to stay in, why don’t you let the waiter take you upstairs to take a look?”

The middle-aged man waved his hand: “No need to look, there’s no need to be so particular when you’re away from home, as long as you have a room to stay. I want the top-class guest room, but I can’t tell how many days I’ll stay.”

“Okay, then please take out your pass and register it for you.” Gu Fei agreed while opening the book.

This registration book was checked by the government every month.

The middle-aged man took out his pass and a piece of silver. Gu Fei registered the information, weighed the silver, and kept the account, then gave the man a sign, and Xiao Lu took the guest to the back.

When Xiao Lu and the guest disappeared at the stairs, Lian’er, Xing’er, Tie Ni,u, and a waiter named Pingzi were all stunned.

Although they had been training for more than half a month, when the customer came, everyone was nervous and didn’t dare to come forward. They were shy, nervous, or afraid of saying the wrong thing. Everyone had different reasons.

Gu Fei glanced at them, looked up at the sky, and said slowly: “I guess Xiao Lu will get the 500-wen bonus this month.”

Everyone showed an unconvinced expression on their faces.

Especially Xing’er, she clenched her fists. Isn’t it just greeting customers? What’s there to be afraid of? For the bonus, she risked everything.

Mrs. Chen and Gu Zhang saw that Gu Fei had made the first business, and both of them were happy.

The more Gu Zhang looked at his daughter, the more satisfied he was. His daughter was so smart, just like him.

Mrs. Chen went to the kitchen happily to eat. After eating, Gu Fei said to her parents: “You all go back and come to see me when you have time. Don’t worry, I will work hard to make money.”

Mrs. Chen nodded: “Okay, I’ll go back. I still have to take care of the peppers in the field.”

Now the peppers in their field have begun to bear fruit. She wants to check them three times a day, for fear that she has not taken good care of them.

Gu Zhang thought for a while: “Okay, then we will go back. Your second and third brothers will stay here at night. I am afraid that the idiot will make trouble.”

“If there is any disturbance, you should quickly ask your second brother to send a message home. We will all come. More people can take care of it more thoroughly.”

Gu Fei nodded.

Gu Zhang left with his family. Gu Fei asked Lanzhi to go back as well. Now the store was not busy. She can handle the accounts by herself. Lanzhi might as well stay at home to embroider.

Xiao Lu led the middle-aged man and the servant out again.

 

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The lobby was big enough, Gu Fei also asked the craftsmen to create scenery inside, dug a pool, and piled up a small rockery with stones. There are also goldfish in the pool and various green plants around the pool.

There was also a small bluestone arch bridge over the pool that was more than one meter long, which can be passed through.

There were many gardens in the Jiangnan area, and this scenery was not uncommon, but no one had ever built a rockery pool and a small bridge inside a house.

Everyone felt fresh for a while.

Look up at the roof again, and the roof was full of lanterns of various sizes, with different colors and shapes.

Sister Dan clapped her hands: “Oh, I like this house.”

“I have never seen such a fresh and interesting house.”

Everyone looked around and exchanged greetings, and it was soon noon.

Gu Fei had already prepared wine and food, and three tables were set up in the lobby. The waiters smiled and shuttled in the hall to serve dishes. Gu Fei looked for a while and was quite satisfied, and then personally cooked spicy clams.

Young Master Zhou was so happy with the meal that he said to Gu Fei when he left: “Xiao Fei, can I come to your house for dinner in the future? I love spicy food. Young Master Zhu is too black-hearted. He relies on the fact that only his family has chili peppers and charges 2 taels of silver for a dish. Humph, I won’t go to his restaurant for dinner in the future.”

Gu Fei smiled: “If Young Master Zhou likes it, just come. In another month, fresh chili peppers will be harvested. Then I will cook some dishes with fresh chili peppers for you to try.”

Young Master Zhou was overjoyed: “Then it’s a deal. I’ll come to eat in a month!”

Sister Dan took Young Master Zhou away and smiled at Gu Fei: “Don’t pay attention to him. He likes all delicious food.”

The guests left one after another, and the lobby became deserted in an instant.

The guys wiped the tables, collected the dishes, and swept the floor. Soon, the place was clean.

Just as Gu Fei was about to go behind the counter, she saw her mother standing inside the counter, looking nervous, and occasionally looking back at the jade cabbage and cornucopia in the wine cabinet behind her.

Gu Fei chuckled: “Mom, go eat quickly, no need to stay here.”

Gu Sanlang ran over and pointed at the wine cabinet behind Gu Fei: “Sister, is the gold and silver in the white jade basin real or fake? I wanted to ask a long time ago, but there were so many people, so I didn’t dare to ask.”

Gu Fei took down the cornucopia: “Here, take a look for yourself.”

Gu Sanlang’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t let go of the gold ingot and took a closer look at it in his hand.

Mrs. Chen grabbed it and said: “What are you looking at? They are all your sisters. It’s useless for you to look at them.”

She put the gold ingot back into the treasure bowl and patted her chest: “Oh, I’m so scared. There are so many people here. I’m afraid that this thing will be stolen by someone. This bright gold is placed here. Not to mention being touched, it’s possible to be robbed.”

“Hurry up and put these away. Putting them here will attract thieves.”

Gu Fei nodded. It was indeed not suitable to put these valuables in this hall.

She carried the jade cabbage herself, and her mother held the treasure bowl. The two of them went into a room, and Gu Fei put them into the space together.

As soon as she came out of the room, she heard a cheerful voice coming from the door, “Welcome—”

“Sir, are you staying overnight or staying at the hotel?”

“If you are staying overnight, we can not only provide meals but also hourly rooms for you to rest.”

“If you are staying at the hotel, we have several rooms for you to choose from.”

 

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When Shopkeeper Liu saw the treasure bowl, he no longer felt embarrassed. He thought he might have come to the wrong place. Which aristocratic family’s birthday party or wedding was this?

He had been a shopkeeper in Ping’an City for twenty years and had never seen such a generous gift for the opening of a business.

Sister Dan poked Young Master Zhou next to her with her elbow: “This, Miss Gu is not simple. Didn’t you say that her family just fled from famine? How did she get to know these rich people?”

Young Master Zhou didn’t understand. When he first met Gu Fei, she was still dressed like a country girl. How did she suddenly become so successful?

Old Man Huang stood far away. He was dressed neatly today, changed into clean clothes, and combed his usually messy gray hair neatly. He glanced at the treasure bowl, then looked at the stone, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

At this moment, two beggars in patchwork clothes came over.

One held a broken bowl, and the other held a pot of beautiful crabapples.

The two stood at the door and shouted with the broken bowl: “The Eight Immortals congratulate the opening of an inn!”

Gu Fei was stunned for a moment. She, she had a relationship with the beggars?
How could she not know?

Seeing her in a daze, Sister Dan quickly pulled her aside and whispered: “This Eight Immortals Association is the gang of beggars in Ping’an City. They will be present at any wedding or funeral.”

“They brought you gifts, so you have to give them back. If you don’t, they will come to your store every day to make trouble.”

Gu Fei glanced at the crabapple in the beggar’s hand and took a breath: “How much is the appropriate return gift?”

Sister Dan stretched out a finger: “1 silver coin.”

“From now on, someone will come to collect money every month. The merchants on this street give 200 copper coins a month. If you pay, those beggars will not enter your store.”

Gu Fei nodded and understood. This was to collect protection fees.

However, it was not protection fees. They don’t protect you, they just promise not to make trouble.

As long as she still wants to do business, she has to give this money, whether she wants to or not.

Otherwise, if the beggars enter the store, the business will not be able to be done.

She took out a small piece of silver from her bosom, walked to the beggar holding the broken bowl, put the silver in, bowed, and said with a smile: “Thank you, brother,s from the Eight Immortals Society, for coming to support us.”

The beggar saw the silver in the bowl, smiled, ed, and waved his hand, and the beggar next to him put down the crabapple flowers, and the two bowed and left.

Gu Zhang shouted at this time: “Xiao Fei, the auspicious time has come.”

Gu Sanlang hurriedly lit the firecrackers, Gu Fei took a deep breath, walked under the plaque, and pulled the red rope connecting to the red silk covering it.

The golden copper characters “Youjian Inn” on the plaque were revealed.

There were congratulations all around, and this was considered the opening.

Young Master Zhou stared at the plaque for a long time, clapped his hands, and laughed: “This name is good.”

“It looks a bit vulgar at first glance, but the most vulgar is the most elegant, and the best thing is that this name is easy to remember!”

Easy to remember means easy to spread by word of mouth.

Gu Fei smiled. This name was plagiarized from a classic work of a comedy king. Using it was also a tribute to the master.

Sister Dan smiled beside her. Just based on this name, this girl must be an interesting person.

Gu Zhang invited everyone to go in. When they entered, they saw that the store was filled with various green plants, some were taller than a person, and some were small and exquisite.

They were all planted in white porcelain pots. The white and green were refreshing and full of vitality.

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