Chapter 271: Meet the Joyful Club Again

Accepting the Xue sisters was a pleasant surprise for Li Daoxuan, because he had several shops of his own in Yangzhou, which were left to him by Master Li.

This time when he came to Yangzhou, he also planned to inspect his shop to see how the business in Yangzhou was doing. If it was not good, he would look for some other ways.

On the way here, he felt that the Xue sisters were smart and clever, and could read and write. The whole family had suffered a disaster, and only the two sisters were left. If he could recruit them for his own use, they might be good helpers.

Only then did he give advice and do a lot of things for the two sisters.

Now that Xue Yurong had agreed to his request, the matter was finally settled, and Li Daoxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

In his mind, he did not have the idea that women of this era had to stay at home. Moreover, Zhou Ying, who would become the richest woman in the late Qing Dynasty and be personally titled "Lady Protector of the Country" by Empress Dowager Cixi, would probably be eight or nine years old at this time.

He looked at Xue Yurong who was still standing nearby, pointed at the chair and said with a smile: "Sit down, why are you always standing?"

"Yes." Xue Yurong sat down obediently with her legs closed.

Her feet were not bound and looked quite round. When she put on a pair of embroidered shoes, they were quite pleasing to the eye.

As if she felt Li Daoxuan looking at her feet, Xue Yurong shyly retracted her legs. She leaned to the other side, but then seemed to have thought of something and stayed where she was, not daring to move.

Li Daoxuan didn't look at it for long, after all, he was just a little curious.

He took his eyes off the embroidered shoes and looked at Xue Yurong and said, "Pack your things later and follow me to find a place to stay."

"Yes." Xue Yurong nodded.

The two didn't know what to say anymore and could only look at each other in silence.

Xue Yurong opened her mouth to speak when Xue Yuyan came over with her hair combed.

She looked at Li Daoxuan with gratitude and saluted him sideways: "Brother Li, you are here."

"Yes, I'm here to pick you up." said Li Daoxuan.

"Then my sister."

Xue Yuyan looked at Xue Yurong and heard Xue Yurong sigh softly: "I have already promised Master Li."

"Sister should have agreed at the beginning." Xue Yuyan said happily.

Xue Yurong listened to this and smiled angrily.

She reached out and pinched Xue Yuyan's cheek, and said unhappily, "Do you think your sister is as shameless as you?"

"Who is shameless? You were saved by Brother Li." Xue Yuyan said angrily, "If it weren't for Brother Li, would you still be able to come back now? This is a life-saving grace."

"I know, stop talking." Xue Yurong was about to grab Xue Yuyan, but Xue Yuyan ran away.

The two sisters were making a fuss in the room, while Li Daoxuan was sitting aside watching the scene with a smile.

They asked the waiter to bring some food, and after they finished eating, they prepared to go take a look at the residence.

A carriage was called and Li Daoxuan sat in the middle, holding a rabbit in his arms and feeding it with vegetables, while the Xue sisters leaned against the window looking outside and whispered all the way.

In this way, we arrived at our residence easily.

This is a large courtyard facing the street.

There is a river running beside the yard, with peach blossoms in full bloom on both sides and the sounds of hawking can be heard not far away. It is definitely a lively and nice place.

Li Daoxuan took out the land deed and handed it to the gatekeeper. After seeing the land deed, the gatekeeper hurriedly saluted Li Daoxuan.

The gatekeeper claimed to be a member of the Niu family. He had been helping the Niu family look after the compound for several years. He didn't expect that the owner had changed today. He only found out after looking at the title deed.

Li Daoxuan gave him a few taels of silver and sent him away, planning to go back and get some more people to look after the house.

The person who looks after the yard must be carefully selected. It is best to be an honest farmer's family of three. Such people usually dare not do anything bad because they have family members around.

When you push open the door and enter, you will see a unique screen wall with a jade rabbit chasing the moon carved on it, the carving is very delicate.

When you walk into the courtyard, you will see maple trees planted on both sides.

In the center of the yard is a bronze tripod, which looks quite majestic.

The courtyard is mainly composed of green tiles and red walls, and looks quite new. It must be that the gatekeeper takes care of it regularly, so it doesn't look too shabby.

Walking into the courtyard, you will see a pond of fresh water with lotus leaves and several lotus flowers in full bloom.

There is a pavilion next to the rockery, and you can sit there and look out over the courtyard.

After climbing up and looking towards the courtyard, it was a villa with three entrances and three exits. Although it was much smaller than the Yao family's, it could also be called a mansion.

After walking around the house, Li Daoxuan told the Xue sisters that they would live here from now on.

It was only the third year of the Guangxu reign, and there was still another 10 to 20 years before those major events occurred. During this period, there were no major events, and the lives of the people of the Qing Dynasty were simple and peaceful.

It was only at the end of that year that the Japanese cannons knocked open the country's door.

Thousands of people roared in unison, and the sky of the capital city seemed to collapse.

It was only during these decades until the First World War broke out that the real disaster occurred.

Nowadays, we just have to live through the years as long as we can.

After strolling around the villa, Li Daoxuan took the two sisters to check out the shops in Yangzhou.

The Li family had three shops in Yangzhou, mainly selling silk, teahouse and pawnshop.

When Li Daoxuan came to see the teahouse, he saw that there were very few customers in the Li family's teahouse. The shopkeeper was dozing off at the counter, and the waiter was also lying on the table to rest.

Looking at the sleeping shopkeeper, Li Daoxuan walked up to him and coughed a few times.

The shopkeeper didn't wake up.

Li Daoxuan spoke again, but the other party remained indifferent.

Seeing this, he was a little angry. This teahouse had no business, and the owner slept all day long, taking their family's money and just lying here like a dead fish? Then would he still want the business in the future? How could he kill demons without money?

Thinking of these things, Li Daoxuan reached out and patted the counter.

Snapped--!
The loud noise startled the few guests in the teahouse. The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes, reached out to take the melon-shaped hat and put it on. Then he looked at Li Daoxuan in a trance and asked in a mumbling voice, "Sir, would you like some tea?"

"Tea?" Li Daoxuan looked around the shop and then looked at the shopkeeper and said, "What is the best tea you have?"

"Then you have come to the right place, sir. The best tea here is Biluochun." The shopkeeper immediately became energetic when he heard this.

He straightened his back and began to introduce the tea in the teahouse to Li Daoxuan.

Li Daoxuan ordered the most expensive tea, and then asked the Xue sisters to sit down together. After the shopkeeper brought the tea, he asked the shopkeeper: "Why don't you have many guests?"

"Oh, sir, there is something you don't know." After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately opened up and kept talking to Li Daoxuan about the situation in the teahouse.

Originally, although the teahouse was not doing very well, it was still able to have some business. However, for some reason, there were always bad guys coming to make trouble recently, scaring away all the customers in the teahouse.

"Those evil guys claim to be from the Joy Society and say they want to buy our teahouse. They make trouble every day. How can our teahouse have any business?" The shopkeeper sighed and sat on the chair looking helpless.

Li Daoxuan picked up the teacup and frowned.

He didn't expect to hear about Joyful Zen here.

"Happy Zen, happy meeting. It seems that this grudge can't be resolved." Li Daoxuan said to himself coldly.

(End of this chapter)