Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 127

Not long after Ye Xin's visit, Wei Jue discovered that Ye Xi loved going out.

Thinking that she used to like going out, Wei Jue didn't think much about it. He thought she was just bored and wanted to go out for a walk.

However, he still felt a little uneasy. Liusu was a relatively clever servant, but she was still recovering from her injuries after being punished by him.

Although Xia Mu served attentively now, he was rather dull. He suddenly regretted punishing Liusu too much.

He thought about the situation at that time and was really furious. He thought he could not avoid being punished, so he had to give up.

Thinking that Ye Xi had someone following her when she went out, she wouldn't do anything out of line, so she just let her go.

Before leaving, Ye Xin told Ye Xi that Pei Zhu had left her a message, saying that since she liked reading, she might as well visit the largest bookstore in Suzhou City more often.

Ye Xin, who brought the message, found this sentence puzzling, but Ye Xi understood that Pei Zhu had agreed to help her, and the meeting place was chosen as this so-called bookstore.

The largest bookstore in Suzhou City is Jixian Hall, which is visited not only by many scholars but also by many ladies. Therefore, this bookstore was specially renovated to facilitate these two types of customers.

The bookstore has two floors. The first floor mainly contains imperial examination books used by scholars, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as some so-called topic books that were popular at the time.

The practice of predicting the topics has been around for thousands of years and has always been very popular. Some scholars who could not afford to buy a prediction book would choose to bring their own paper and pen to copy the topics. Bookstores allowed this and also provided desks for the convenience of scholars.

The second floor is specially for the young lady, and it mainly contains books such as storybooks and strange stories.

Books on tools, such as the laws of the current dynasty and craft production, are usually placed on the third floor, and everyone can walk around and look for them on their own.

If you don't want to find it yourself, you can tell the waiter and they will help you find it and send it to you.

There were few ways to entertain in ancient times, and reading was one of them.

Pei Zhu's choice of this place would not arouse suspicion, and Ye Xi indeed likes reading storybooks.

Ye Xi had been waiting on the second floor of the bookstore for several days, but she never met anyone who came to talk to her. She wondered if Pei Zhu didn't mean that?

She was anxious but didn't dare show it. Suddenly she noticed Xia Mu beside her and then she realized what was going on.

Xia Mu had been following her, and it was indeed difficult for the other party to come over and talk to him, so she always found various excuses to get Xia Mu away.

Besides Xia Mu, she was accompanied by two guards when she went out. However, she asked the guards to stay on the first floor. After all, it was inconvenient for a man to stay on the second floor.

Because there is only one staircase going up and down the stairs, and one must pass the checkout counter on the first floor to come down from the second floor, the guards stand guard near the checkout counter with peace of mind.

Xia Mu didn't think much about being sent away. After all, there were guards guarding the first floor no matter where she went, so she didn't object and just followed Ye Xi's instructions.

Sure enough, not long after Xia Mu was sent away, an older woman came over and talked to Ye Xi.

He started talking about some things in the storybook, and then suddenly said, "Madam, what should I do if the precious flowers and plants in the yard never grow well?"

When Ye Xi heard this, she immediately thought of her previous yard, and then asked, "Why does Madam want to plant flowers and plants?"

The woman replied, "Just to bring some life to the yard."

Ye Xi became even more excited: "Why not just let the wild flowers and weeds grow wildly? They are full of vitality anyway."