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

The child probably never thought that such a good thing would happen to him. Someone gave him 400 coins a month. What a wonderful job, and he didn't even have to sell his body. Worried that the other party would regret it, the child knelt down and said, "I am willing, I am willing, but I have to go home regularly to take care of my sister." After saying that, he kowtowed to Ye Xi.

Ye Xi asked Chun Tao to help the man up quickly and said, "It's fine if you want to. Your name is not very nice, so I'll give you one. The highest good is like water, which benefits all things without competing. How about calling you Ah Shan?"

The child nodded and thanked Ye Xi. Ye Xi asked Chuntao to take Ah Shan to buy some clothes first, and then told Ah Shan to go around the docks or shops in Hangzhou from tomorrow to inquire about Yang Jian's situation. She had heard Pei Zhu mention Yang Jian's business before, which involved many industries, such as cloth, money houses, rice, etc., which showed his extensive reach. She didn't care about Yang Jian before, so she didn't pay much attention to what Pei Zhu mentioned about him, but now it's no longer the case.

What she wanted to find out now was some of the other party's "shortcomings" in business, in other words, irregular operations, and she wanted to use this to control the other party. This was a risky move, and she wanted to find out first. It might not be effective in a short period of time, so this was a backup plan.

In order to maximize Ah Shan's achievements and avoid Ah Shan's exposure, she did not let Ah Shan sell himself to her family. In the future, when they meet privately, she asked Ah Shan to be as careful as possible to contact Chun Tao and pass on information to her, so as not to expose her plan too early. In addition, she felt that Ah Shan was actually very smart and should go to school to learn to read and write so that he could have a better job in the future. After all, she did not want to buy him, and letting him have a good future was also a good deed for her.

Chuntao sent Ah Shan home and got to know his family situation. After returning, she told Ye Xi about it. Ye Xi knew that Ah Shan's family was really poor. Because his sister was young, Ah Shan didn't dare to let her run around. He would hide his sister at home before going out every day. He would go out to earn a little money every day, and bring food back at noon and at night. Sometimes he bought fresh food, but more often he picked up leftovers from other people's snack stalls and wrapped them in lotus leaves to take home. Sometimes he couldn't go back at noon, and his sister would either eat the leftovers from the morning or starve waiting for her brother to come back.

Even though life was so difficult, Ah Shan never thought of selling his sister. Ye Xi admired Ah Shan even more, for he was very strong at such a young age. Ye Xi felt that she had to help Ah Shan solve this problem of his sister, otherwise he would not be able to work for her with peace of mind. She thought of Aunt Lu Xing, her mother's former maidservant. Aunt Lu Xing married a butcher under her mother's arrangement, and she lived a good life. After getting married, she kept in touch with her mother and would visit her mother at the Ye family whenever she was free. It should be no problem for her to help take care of Ah Shan's sister.

Ye Xi did what he said and went to find Madam Ye immediately. He made up a lie to Madam Ye, saying that Pei Zhu had a friend who had to go out of town for business and had an uncertain return date. However, he had a younger sister at home who had no one to take care of her, so he wanted to ask Ye Xi to take care of her. However, Ye Xi was only returning to Hangzhou City for her parents' visit. If he agreed, he would not be able to bring her back to Suzhou City in the future, which made him very worried.

When Mrs. Ye heard that it was her son-in-law's friend, she naturally had to help him and said that it would be better to take him home to take care of him. Ye Xi objected, saying that it would not sound good to tell others about Pei Zhu's friend's affairs and that there was no such thing as helping. Mrs. Ye also thought this was reasonable and asked what to do.