The next day, Shuang'er sneaked to Yu Jingyao's main courtyard and then presented the box to Yu Jingyao tremblingly. The poor little maid, before Yu Jingyao could see her, her hands holding the box began to tremble.

Yu Jingyao opened the lid of the box and saw the jade fox that was broken into pieces.

Yu Jingyao smiled. This little fox looked sick and had a very strong temper.

After retracting his hand, Yu Jingyao leaned on the back of the chair and asked Shuang'er: "What did your girl say when she saw the gift?"

Shuang'er peeked at him and saw that Yu Jingyao didn't look very angry. She breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her head and said, "The girl just told me to come back, and she didn't say anything."

Yu Jingyao knocked his index finger on his knee and asked again: "Xie Jin went to see her yesterday. How long have the two of them been?"

Shuang'er pursed her lips and did not dare to reveal her master's secret, but she was really afraid of the head of the Yu family.

His head drooped lower, Shuang'er said truthfully: "Young master, you went to the inner room to sit with the girl for a while. I couldn't hear what he said, but he came out soon."

Can Xie Jin actually enter her inner room?

Yu Jingyao sneered, remembering the situation where she was kicked out by her tricks.

"Go down."

After Shuang'er left, Yu Jingyao sat down for a while and called his confidant Liu Xilai to ask: "What happened to Xie Jin yesterday?"

Liu Xi looked at his master and hesitated for a while.

Yu Jingyao frowned: "Say."

Liu Xi coughed and then said, "Mr. Xie had been studying in the guest room at first, but later, the third girl went to find Mr. Xie. The two of them stayed in the house for a while and went to the garden to enjoy the flowers." Liu Xi felt that the third girl seemed to have some meaning to Xie Jin, but he dared not say this in front of his master.

Do the third sister like Xie Jin?

Yu Jingyao thought about it and asked Liu Xi to continue staring at Xie Jin's every move.

Chen Jiao recuperated in the house for half a month. Du was afraid that her blow-out would affect the wound healing, so she refused to allow Chen Jiao to go out. The mother and mother stayed in the house together. Chen Jiao reads a book, and Du did some needlework.

The red marks on Chen Jiao's neck disappeared first, and the scratches and scabs on her body also fell off, revealing the newly grown pink skin. Du asked the doctor to come and see him. The doctor promised that there would be no scars, so Du was relieved.

During Chen Jiao's recovery, Yu Xiang saw her the most diligently. Yu Lan only came twice, but Xie Jin would come over and sit for a while every day. Even though Chen Jiao was very cold to him, Xie Jin didn't care. She whispered "girl" at once, which made Chen Jiao feel so upset.

However, Chen Jiao has gained something in the past half month.

Chen Jiao thought of a way to leave Du's mother and son and leave the Yu family. First, she had to use the fifty taels of silver in her hand to rent a small shop in the city to do business, without asking for a lot of money, just be able to earn some money to support herself. Then, when Xie Jin passed the imperial examination and proposed to marry Yu Lan, Chen Jiao gave her a favor and asked Du to agree with Xie Jin. In this way, she would not have to hurt Du's heart, nor would she have to bear the charge of voluntarily repenting of marriage. Once she had no engagement, she would no longer have to live with Du, and could move out immediately and be far away from Yu Jingyao.

On this day, Yu Xiang came to play with her, and Chen Jiao said to her alone: ​​"Miss Four, I want to go to Yangzhou City, can you accompany me?"

Chen Jiao is particularly grateful to the Yu family for having a simple and cute Yu Xiang, otherwise she would be unable to survive here.

Yu Xiang is a fun person herself. Chen Jiao wants to go out, so of course she is willing to accompany her.

Chen Jiao said: "We'd better change into men's clothes so that we won't be discussed on the street."

Yu Xiang smiled: "I'm not afraid. Sister Chen needs to disguise herself because she is too beautiful."

Chen Jiao pinched her pink face: "You are also very beautiful, don't always belittle yourself." Yu Lan is beautiful, Yu Xiang is sweet and lovely, and the two sisters have their own merits.

"But, how do we tell our wife?" Chen Jiao was most worried about this.

Yu Xiang was not worried at all and immediately said, "Let's go out secretly. At worst, I'll be scolded by my mother when I come back."

Xie was not strict in discipline of his two daughters, and there were not many rules at home, so Yu Xiang was very brave.

Chen Jiao thought that she might not be able to leave the door if she asked Xie for advice, so she agreed to Yu Xiang's solution.

There are men's clothing in Yu Xiang. She is about the same height as Chen Jiao, but Chen Jiao is too slim and wears Yu Xiang's clothes loose. It took another day to change the clothes. Everything was ready. Yu Xiang pretended to invite Chen Jiao to play in the garden, and then the two of them turned to Yu Xiang to change their men's clothing secretly, and then slipped towards the west gate of the Yu family.

The gatekeeper persuaded Yu Xiang to ask his wife again and again, but Yu Xiang stuffed a corner of silver and threatened him with words. The gatekeeper finally let him go.

Yu Xiang, Chen Jiao and the maid Zhu Tao flew out of the Yu family mansion like three little sparrows.

Yu Xiang was very familiar with Yangzhou City, so he took Chen Jiao to Dongqiao Lane in Yangzhou City. Both sides of Dongqiao Lane are restaurants, restaurants, and food stalls. They are the favorite places for Yangzhou people to visit. There are those who sell Xiaolongbao, sesame cakes, Sixi meatballs, and vermicelli soup. These snacks alone are dazzling.

"Come on a bowl of beef soup, I haven't eaten it for a long time." When I was tired of shopping, Yu Xiang pulled Chen Jiao into a small restaurant next to her.

There were not many customers at this time, and the restaurant was very quiet. When the boss was stewing the soup, Chen Jiao asked Yu Xiang in a low voice: "Miss Four, I want to rent a shop to do a small business. What shop do you think is suitable for me?"

Yu Xiang was surprised and said strangely: "Why did Sister Chen open a shop?"

Chen Jiao lowered her head and said embarrassedly: "Auntie, Brother Xie is a relative with you. It's nothing to live in your house. I'm an outsider after all. I'm embarrassed to rely on you to help you all the time, so I just want to do some business by myself."

Yu Xiang naturally said a lot of words to tell her not to think too much. Later, she saw that Chen Jiao really wanted to be self-reliant. Yu Xiang touched her chin and thought carefully for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said, "I want to tell me, Yangzhou people love to eat it. Sister Chen opened a snack shop and sold Xiaolongbao and Zongzi. The business is not bad. However, Sister Chen has to hire a master with good skills. It is also Xiaolongbao. It is made by different people, and the taste is far worse."

Chen Jiao thinks this idea is feasible, and the snack shop should not require much capital.

Yu Xiang was very excited. After eating beef soup, he pulled Chen Jiao to walk along the street to see if there was any shop to rent.

Dongqiao Lane is a straight alley with a fork in the middle of the alley. Everyone competes for good areas, and there is no spare time. Instead, there is a south-facing branch alley with a small shop to rent out. The shop is not big, and there is a steamer inside and a stall outside to set up a street. You can also do the business of making small dumplings and rice dumplings.

In this way, the owner of the shop still needs five taels of silver to rent a year.

Chen Jiao came prepared and brought the money. She signed a contract with the owner of the shop for three years. Three years should be enough for her to find a new husband.

"Now I'm just a shop manager." Sitting in the simple shop, Yu Xiang touched his chin and said.

Chen Jiao wrote a notice to call her and posted it on the door panel.

"This is so inconspicuous." Yu Xiang felt it was inappropriate.

Chen Jiao naturally knew it, but her manpower was limited and she could not think of any other way.

On the way home, Yu Xiang came up with an idea: "Madam Li and her family are all cooking. Maybe they know someone who is good at making small buns. I ask Madam Li to help pay attention." Madam Li is the chef of the Yu family.

Chen Jiao thanked Yu Xiang again.

Before noon, the three girls sneaked into the west gate of the Yu family.

"Did my mother look for me?" Yu Xiang asked the gatekeeper.

The gatekeeper shook his head and said happily: "A coincidence, Mrs. Wu's family misses one card game. I invited my wife, but it seems that she hasn't come back yet."

Yu Xiang was happy and quickly led Chen Jiao in.

As soon as he turned the corner, he ran into a tall man head-on.

Yu Xiang was startled and then laughed: "Brother, you haven't gone out today?"

Yu Jingyao glanced at his sister and looked at Chen Jiao next to him.

Chen Jiao had long turned her face and pursed her lips.

She was wearing a green round-necked robe. If the clothes were green grass, she was a tender and tender little white flower that emerged from the grass. Yu Jingyao looked at her right neck at first sight. It was as white as jade, and there were no red marks or purple ointment. Looking at the tender neck, Yu Jingyao was a little thirsty. He didn't have time to taste it carefully last time.

"Where are you crazy when you dress like this?" Yu Jingyao interrogated his sister.

Chen Jiao's shop is open, and she may go out often in the future. Anyway, she can't hide it, so she didn't ask Yu Xiang to keep the secret for her.

At this moment, Yu Xiang said proudly: "I helped Sister Chen rent a shop, and Sister Chen is going to do the snack business."

Yu Jingyao looked at Chen Jiao unexpectedly.

Chen Jiao saluted him and lowered her eyes and said, "I have been out for a long time. My aunt must be very worried. Master Yu talks with the fourth girl slowly, so I'll go back first."

Yu Jingyao said "yes".

Chen Jiao left quickly.

Du was indeed worried about Chen Jiao. When Du saw Chen Jiao come back in men's clothing, Du was extremely surprised.

Chen Jiao asked Du to sit down and calmly expressed her plans for business, with the same reasons as what she said to Yu Xiang.

Du actually had no opinion. Chen Jiao was devoted to doing business, so she agreed, just worried that Chen Jiao would work hard.

Chen Jiao smiled and said, "It may have been a bit harder in the first few days. When I hire a shop master, I won't have to go out. Just collect the accounts every month."

Du was relieved and looked at Chen Jiao again. She sighed: "It's all your fault that your uncle went out hastily back then, otherwise we wouldn't have to live under someone else's roof."

She had fifty taels of silver in her hand, but the silver was given to her by Xie. She couldn't take the other person's silver for the first time, and then offered to move it out and live in another place.

Chen Jiao said a few perfunctory words and went back to her room to rest.

Shuang'er served her changing clothes and looked at the girl in the mirror. Shuang'er said something worriedly: "Girl, you haven't been out for a while, and the third girl went to the front yard to find the young master, as if she was asking for the young master's knowledge."

Yu Lan hooked up with Xie Jin, but Chen Jiao was not surprised. She was even more curious about where Shuang'er got the news.

Shuang'er lowered her head and confessed: "Manager Liu sent Ganoderma to tell me."

Chen Jiao didn’t need to guess that Manager Liu and Lingzhi were both Yu Jingyao’s people.

It seems that Yu Jingyao supports Xie Jin and Yu Lan together, so he doesn’t mind using this to stimulate her?

Chen Jiao looked down on the Yu family's style. Although Yu Lan and Xie Jin are distant relatives, their cousin and nephew are cousins ​​and nephews, which is too chaotic.

After lunch, Chen Jiao lay on the bed to rest. She walked so many times in the morning and was so tired.

As he fell asleep, the bed suddenly sank. Chen Jiao opened her eyes in a daze and was shocked to see someone sitting next to her!

The pupils shrank violently, and Chen Jiao subconsciously grabbed the quilt and blocked her chest.

Yu Jingyao was not so anxious and sat steadily. He asked in a chat: "Why do you have to open a shop?"

Chen Jiao's chest was rising and falling high, and she was so angry!

In broad daylight, Yu Jingyao trespassed into her boudoir. Is there any kingly law in his eyes?

"Go out." She scolded with a tense face.
To be continued...