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

As soon as Chuntao left, Ye Xi hurriedly brought clean water to the attic and wiped the blood stains on the box by candlelight. Fortunately, the box was painted, so it was not difficult to clean. She was worried that the floor might have missed blood stains that she could not see, so she made up her mind and wiped the entire floor with water. She carefully checked whether there were any blood stains on each exposed box. Fortunately, the corridor of the small attic was not large, so she wiped it clean quickly. When Chuntao came back, Ye Xi was already sitting in the room drinking tea.

Another half month passed, and Pei Zhu came back, telling him that Suzhou had been arranged. Ye Xi had thought about talking to Pei Zhu about the attic, but was worried that she had guessed wrong. She thought that now that the traces had been erased, nothing would happen, so she gave up. However, just in case, before leaving, Ye Xi suggested that the servants go up to the attic again and clean it inside and out, and let Pei Lin witness the inventory of the sundries in front of everyone to see if there was anything missing, and then hand the attic back to Pei Lin intact, so as not to leave any handle in the future. After doing all this, they bid farewell to Pei's father and mother smoothly and set off for Suzhou.

Pei Zhu and his group had three carriages in total. Pei Zhu and Ye Xi sat in one, Chun Tao and Dou Zi sat in another, and the rest were filled with luggage. On the way, Ye Xi was curious about how Pei Zhu persuaded Pei's father and mother. Pei Zhu explained that Pei's mother wanted him to stay away from her, so she would not make things difficult for him. Although Pei's father was unhappy, he was afraid of Pei's mother's power, otherwise he would not have let him stay at his grandmother's house for so many years. In addition, he said that he wanted to make a living independently, and thinking that Pei Zhu would not take away too much of the Pei family's property, Pei's mother was naturally happy to see it happen.

Ye Xi had never left Hangzhou since she came here. She left Hangzhou not long after getting familiar with it. She felt very upset and was in a bad mood all the way. Pei Zhu naturally saw all this and could only hold Ye Xi in his arms and comfort her softly.

Seeing the magnificence of Suzhou's city gate, Ye Xi felt that Suzhou's development seemed to be better than Hangzhou's. She wondered if it was appropriate to make such a guess based on just one city gate. When her carriage was on the streets in the city, she couldn't help but lift the curtain on the side window and look out. She found that Suzhou's streets were indeed much more prosperous than Hangzhou's, which was beyond her expectation.

"Do you think Suzhou is much more prosperous than Hangzhou?" Pei Zhu asked when he saw Ye Xi's surprised expression.

Ye Xi nodded: "I thought Hangzhou should be more prosperous."

Pei Zhu did not make fun of Ye Xi's narrow-mindedness, because he knew that Ye Xi had hardly ever traveled far since he was born, so it was understandable that he didn't know.

"Because Suzhou has attracted many officials' families and wealthy families to settle down in recent years, this has attracted many businessmen to gather here."

Suzhou City is a very livable place because of its good geographical location and beautiful scenery. In recent years, many families of dignitaries and wealthy people have settled here.

"I see." Ye Xi understood. To put it bluntly, it was the high-ranking officials who boosted the economy.

"Xi Niang, we're here." Pei Zhu helped Ye Xi get off the carriage. Ye Xi looked at the small courtyard in front of her. The gate was not very imposing. She could imagine that the courtyard was not very big. Sure enough, after entering, she found that it was just a single-entry courtyard. This was the best courtyard that Pei Zhu could afford. After all, the location of the courtyard was still in the prosperous city of Suzhou, and the price was high. Ye Xi was also very satisfied. After all, this was their little home.