Lock and secure

The sun was shining brightly, and the doors and windows of the west courtyard of Yong'an Garden were wide open early in the morning.

The draft blew into the house, making it really cool. Luo Yao's tattered recliner was placed at the door of the main house. The conditions were just like that. There was a straw mat and a blanket on the recliner. He lay on it and used a piece of paper to block out the light.

Luo Xinchen was doing math problems on the straw mat next to him.

The questions were given by Luo Yao and involved addition and subtraction of single-digit to three-digit numbers.

A few days passed, and Luo Xinchen had become quite proficient. Luo Yao told him some mental arithmetic tricks, and he would always test Luo Yao when he had nothing to do. "Brother, 18+29."

Luo Yao replied lazily: "47."

"You guessed it! Brother, you have a little red flower!"

Guess? Luo Yao no longer wanted to argue, so he just guessed.

Luo Xinchen wrote for a while and then began to daydream, "Brother, can I go see Yuyu now that I'm done?"

"If everything is correct, you can go, but I won't go with you today. I'll let Sister Qing'er go with you."

Luo Xinchen was a little unhappy when he heard that his brother would not go with him to see the fish, but he felt a little excited when he thought about going to see the newly discovered little white fish.

After getting permission to go out and see Xiaoyu, Luo Xinchen became more motivated to do the questions and finished them in less than half an hour.

Luo Yao took a look and found that there were no mistakes in any of the thirty questions. After lunch, he asked Qing'er to take Luo Xinchen to see the fish.

Qing'er pulled Luo Xinchen out. Considering that Tuanzi wanted to see the fish and his brother at the same time, Qing'er considerately did not close the door of the west courtyard.

Although Luo Xinchen still couldn't see Luo Yao with the door open, was he seeking psychological comfort? Anyway, the little dumpling was quite happy to see the door open!

Qing'er seldom leaves the West Courtyard on weekdays. The eldest young master said that everyone in the palace wants to kill them, and someone has to guard the West Courtyard to prevent others from entering and discovering their food rations. Therefore, A Shi and Qing'er's range of activities is the West Courtyard.

When Qing'er is bored on weekdays, she will just walk around the gate of the courtyard and will not go far. Although this place is not far from the west courtyard, it is still a bit far away.

This was the second time Qing'er passed by this fish pond since entering the mansion.

There are lotus flowers only in the middle of the fish pond, and the surrounding area is shallow water. There are guardrails in some places around to prevent people from falling.

Luo Xinchen had been here many times. When he saw the fish pond from afar, he let go of Qing'er's hand and ran over.

"Wow, so many fish!" Qing'er is also a playful person. She was lying on the railing and saw a lot of fish. She was a little excited, so she changed her place and squatted to watch the fish.

Luo Xinchen searched and finally found two small white fish, "Qing'er! Look at the little white!"

When Qing'er saw the two white fish, she didn't believe Luo Xinchen's words that there were only two white fish among so many fish in the whole fish pond, and vowed to find the third one.

She walked around the fish pond, observing the colors of the fish as she walked. After walking three times, she really didn't see the third white fish.

"Young master, it seems there are really only two little white fish." Qing'er and Luo Xinchen squatted on both sides of the fish pond and talked across the pond.

Luo Xinchen puffed out his chest proudly, "Chenchen discovered it first! Dabai! Xiaobai!"

Qing'er caught some fish and helped Luo Xinchen feed the fish.

The two of them were having fun, and two maids were cleaning the yard not far from them.

The wind was quite strong, and the maids had just swept up some fallen leaves from somewhere, but before they could pick them up, they were blown everywhere by the wind. After being blown away by the wind twice, one of the maids lost her patience and said, "This is so annoying! There is obviously no dust! Why do I have to sweep every day?"

"Look over there!" Another maid gestured for her to look in the direction of Qing'er and Luo Xinchen. "Those are the princess's servants, right? I really envy them. They don't have to do anything but play with the young master!"

The maid turned around and saw the light yellow skirt that Qing'er was wearing at first sight!

Isn’t that the new clothes that Anyi Pavilion released not long ago!

What kind of place is Anyi Pavilion?! Only wealthy young ladies in the capital would buy clothes there. How could this maid be wearing clothes from there?!

Although the light yellow skirt is considered cheap, it still costs one hundred and fifty taels of silver!

The maid looked at her maid's clothes that had been washed so many times that they had turned white, and thought that she had never worn clothes worth even eight taels of silver. Then she looked at Qing'er, who was also a maid, and hatred burned in her eyes.

Why is it that Qing'er, who is also a maid in the palace, can wear such expensive clothes instead of maid's clothes, while she can only wear the maid's clothes in the palace every day, and there is not even a piece of clothing in the house that costs more than five taels of silver!

The maid looked at Qing'er with more vicious eyes, and the fire of jealousy in her eyes burned even more fiercely. She stared at Qing'er's back as if she wanted to burn a hole in Qing'er.

Yun Qing'er had no idea that she would attract so much hatred just for the clothes she wore.

She played with the young master for the entire afternoon, and only returned to the yard when Luo Yao finished preparing dinner and came out to call people.

Luo Xinchen didn't know what he was doing, his shoes got wet.

Luo Yao cursed while changing Luo Xinchen's shoes, "Luo Xinchen! Next time you get your shoes wet, wash them yourself."

Luo Xinchen was having a great time, pouting and not taking it seriously: "Qing'er will help me wash it!"

Luo Yao was so angry that he gave him a lecture. Luo Xinchen finally understood that he couldn't rely on brother A Shi and sister Qing Er for everything, and he had to do his own things by himself!

Dinner was a simple home-cooked meal, with cabbage, pork meatballs, vermicelli soup, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, three fresh vegetables, and pickled radish. It was another delicious meal.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, it was still light outside. They cleaned up the house to help digest their food, and when dusk fell, they went to bed.

The ancients worked from sunrise to sunset and rested from sunrise to sunset. Luo Yao quickly adapted to the time after traveling through time, but he couldn't sleep today.

He thought about his ruined money-making plan. It was all because Bei Zhenting secretly took his brother away and messed up his plan. Now, except Chen Yu and King Qi, he didn't know any dignitaries!

Brother Chen Yu only loves to investigate cases and probably has no interest in business. He is not familiar with the Seventh Prince whom he met by chance, and Bei Zhenting must send someone to follow him secretly whenever he goes out!

Luo Yao really has a lot of plans to make money but can’t carry them out!

Luo Yao thought about the silver in the cabinet that was getting less and less. The silver was taken by A Shi Qing'er from the Duke's Mansion. Although it was not a small amount, there was only expenditure and no income. Luo Yao felt very uncomfortable watching the silver becoming less and less!

It is currently completely impossible to really open a business in Beijing. Toothbrushes and tooth powder cannot be developed, and tomato recipes will not have tomatoes in the short term, so it is also impossible to open a business!

The biggest obstacle for him to make big money: Bei Zhenting!

Luo Yao felt annoyed just thinking about Bei Zhenting! Bei Zhenting was a complete pig's hoof. He gave him such a shabby place to live, didn't allow him to send food from the kitchen, and even monitored him and restricted him from going out! He treated him so badly and yet he still used him!

A few days ago, I helped him write a memorial about digging a canal to divert water, but after I took the memorial to claim credit, I forgot about him!

The emperor has rewarded me!

He was still waiting to share some of the reward money! Bei Zhenting just disappeared! Someone who crosses the river and destroys the bridge is not worthy of being a partner!

How can I make a lot of money secretly? Luo Yao pondered, and suddenly he thought of Aze!

Isn’t Aze just a useful means of transportation!

Although you can’t carry large items, you can still make money with Aze as a small business!

And what small business? Luo Yao thought about it for a moment and immediately decided that it was cosmetics!

Small cosmetic items, easy to carry.

He only needs to make a few styles, and if someone buys them and finds them good, they will spread like wildfire among women.

Heart of beauty in everyone!

As long as some people think it's good, he doesn't need to advertise it directly. Those women who love beauty can directly attract a wave of customers for him by showing off and competing with each other, thus saving him a lot of advertising fees!

Luo Yao wasn't interested in making a quick buck right now; he just wanted to make money fast! As long as cosmetics went high-end, it wouldn't be hard to make a killing. Having decided what to do, Luo Yao closed his eyes and went to sleep.