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

Ye Xi had inquired about it before, and she heard that the food in Yonghelou was excellent, so she took Chuntao there. After entering, she was worried that the prices were too high, so she first ran to the counter to take a look at the dishes and prices on the counter. Seeing that the prices were within her affordable range, she prepared to sit down with peace of mind. Looking around, she found that there were quite a lot of people. At present, there was only one table near the stairs to the second floor that was empty. It was estimated that most people disliked that location. Ye Xi didn't care. In modern times, sharing tables is a common thing, and this is basically not a big deal.

She and Chuntao ordered a few dishes that looked good, and also ordered a pot of the famous peach wine in the restaurant. The shopkeeper said that this wine was not strong and would not easily make people drunk. She took advantage of the fact that she was wearing men's clothes and it was broad daylight, so she thought it would be okay to drink a little. The two of them enjoyed the meal very much.

People were going up and down the stairs next to her without stopping. Suddenly, the noise seemed to have died down a bit, and then she heard someone say, "My dear lady, what do you want?"

Ye Xi was gnawing on a pig's trotter and raised her eyelids to take a quick look. She didn't see the faces, only the outlines. There should be two men standing on the stairs, one in front and one behind. She didn't know why they stayed there. It was probably because they stayed there for a little too long, blocking the customers from going up and down. The waiter asked a question, and the person he was asking was the man in front.

After a moment of silence, the other party replied, "No." and continued to walk down the stairs.

Ye Xi was originally curious and wanted to take a look at the other person's appearance. After all, the other person's clothes looked quite luxurious. However, she was interrupted by Chun Tao who was talking beside her.

"Master, this pig's trotter should be eaten with this sauce to avoid being greasy. Please try it."

Ye Xi looked at the small plate of black sauce that Chun Tao handed over and said, "Okay." After taking a bite, she found that it tasted really good. She sighed sincerely, "It's really amazing. It's worth the trip. I'll bring my husband... my family to come again some other day."

The figure passing by her paused for a moment, then continued to walk away.

Although Ye Xi had been in Jidi Street for two days, she could not visit all the shops. She had inquired about the prices of some shops and found them too expensive and unsuitable to visit. After all, Pei Zhu was not a wealthy person. When she got married, her parents gave her a shop and two acres of land as a dowry. As a woman, she naturally could not run the business and farm the land herself, so she rented them out and collected rent. Sometimes she dared to be generous because she had her own money, but she could not help but spend so lavishly, so she had to restrain herself.

Some places are not suitable for women to go, such as some places of entertainment. Although Ye Xi wanted to see them, she didn't dare to go alone. Even if Chun Tao accompanied her, she didn't know whether she would be killed. So she stopped thinking about it and just ate and drank peacefully.

Since arriving in Yangzhou, Pei Zhu was out and about during the day and had to attend social events at night, so he rarely had meals with Ye Xi. In addition, Pei Zhu was usually drunk and had to be helped home by Douzi at night, so the two of them had less communication. Ye Xi felt unhappy, but she let it go when she saw Pei Zhu would always return to the inn no matter how late it was.

Ye Xi had been with him for more than half a month. She had been to all the places she should have been to, but still couldn't go to the places she shouldn't have been to. Now she was tired of running around and preferred to stay at the inn. She developed a new hobby, which was to listen to the gossip of the guests next to her at the inn's dinner table, such as the jokes or tragedies caused by the bloody house fights in a certain place, and where there were ghosts.

She listened to them as stories, and after returning to her room, she took out a blank book and wrote down the gossip. Later, she added another hobby, which was to record the local food and customs, thinking that this would make up for her hard work.