Meng asked Sister Wu to take Song Wangyue to find someone.
The two of them left the house and went to the shop in a carriage.
There were many shops that Meng had accompanied, mostly on the busiest streets in the capital, all spaced not far apart, some for her own use and some rented out.
The shop they went to was the one selling fabrics. The silk and silk brocade from Jiangnan was the best, and once a month Meng Yang would have a boatload shipped over, so this side of the shop was also famous and had many customers.
Liu was one of the shopkeepers who had followed Meng’s marriage back then, and had worked with Jin to take care of all the shops over the years, and had been loyal.
As the carriage drove along, Song Wan Yue lifted the curtain to look out. The spring was warming up, and the streets were full of people, with the sounds of hawking and yelling.
“Back then, Uncle Master bought ten shops for Madam on this street.”
Sister Wu said with a smile, thinking of the sensation when Meng was married off and came to the capital, at that time, the Xu family was not yet so famous, but it was also a family of books, and when they heard that they had married in a merchant woman, there were all those who said anything, until Master Uncle dropped hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in one breath and bought ten shops on this street in a big way, those people all shut their mouths.
Song Wan Yue imagined that image, “How rich grandma’s family must be!”
“Although the Meng family is not the richest in Jiangnan, it is still one of the top families, and there are only two siblings, uncle and madam, and madam is married far away, so the old madam is afraid she will be bullied and would like to give her half of the family business as a dowry.”
Song Wan Yue nodded and was about to lower the curtain when she suddenly saw a familiar figure, and she narrowed her eyes.
Over there, Wu Sheng came out of a shop and almost bumped into Huang Yu, he hurriedly apologised, “Miss, sorry.”
Huang Yu took a step back.
“Hey, you’re not the one ……”
Wu Sheng recognized her, and seeing that Huang Yu didn’t recall, reminded, “It was that day on the road when your carriage broke down and my family’s coachman fixed it for you.”
Huang Yu remembered and blessed herself, “Thank you so much for that day, Your Excellency.”
“It’s a matter of raising your hand, you’re ……”
Before the words were finished, a voice came out of a carriage, “Miss Huang Yu.”
Wu Sheng followed the voice and looked over, seeing that it was Song Wan Yue, his face did not change as he withdrew his eyes.
“Miss Song.”
Huang Yu was pleasantly surprised.
She had come out to buy something today, Song Wangyue had let her follow her to Jiangnan and she was so grateful that she wanted to come over to buy some fabric and make some clothes for Song Wangyue on the way as a token of appreciation.
Song Wangyue looked at her and asked with a smile, “What are you ……”
Naturally, Huang Yu could not say that she had come to make clothes for her, and said back, “I came to buy some things for the road.”
“Then he is ……”
Song Wangyue looked at Wu Sheng.
“Our carriage broke down on the way to the capital, and this gentleman had his attendant fix it.”
Fearing that Song Wangyue might misunderstand, Huang Yu hurriedly explained.
Song Wan Yue nodded her head and brightly surveyed Wu Sheng.
Fearing that she might see the clues, Wu Sheng nodded slightly towards her, turned his head and led his entourage away, walking a long way out, unable to feel Song Wan Yue’s gaze, and exhaled a long breath.
After returning to the capital, he had been trying to find an opportunity to get close to Huang Yu, and had only found it today. He had wanted to take this opportunity to make Huang Yu impressed with him, but he had never thought that Song Wan Yue would ruin it.
Only when he saw that the man was gone did Song Wan Yue withdraw her gaze and was about to speak when she felt Sister Wu tugging quietly on her sleeve and looked over.
Sister Wu opened her mouth and said in a silent voice, “Jin Hao.”
Song Wan Yue understood, Jin Hao should be in this shop, smiled and invited Huang Yu, “There are many people here, you can get into the carriage, I will find someone to accompany you later.”
Huang Yu thought she was asking Sister Wu to accompany her, but thought it would be good, she was unfamiliar with this place, so she didn’t want to get into trouble, so she got into the carriage.
The silk shop was not far from the one selling rouge and scar removal cream, when it opened Song Wan Yue had passed by this shop and praised the good business of this shop, not realising that it belonged to her grandmother.
The carriage stopped in front of the shop and Song Wan Yue had just got down when Jin Hao’s surprised voice rang out, “Miss Song, what brings you here?”
He was a fellow of this shop and was responsible for greeting the customers at the entrance today.
Hearing his voice, Huang Yu, who was about to get off the carriage, blushed.
Song Wangyue looked at him, and then at Jin Hao, who was full of spring and spirit from the inside out, smiled and said, “We’re here to find Boss Liu, is he in?”
“Yes, yes, please come inside, I’ll ask the shopkeeper to come over.”
“There’s no hurry, there’s someone else in the carriage.”
Jin Hao looked over and saw that Huang Yu was getting off the carriage, and subconsciously reached out his hand to help. When he remembered that Song Wangyue was still beside him, he hurriedly withdrew his hand and stammered with a red face, “Huang, Miss Huang.”
Huang Yu blushed and let out a small sound.
“Please come inside, I’ll go and call the shopkeeper.”
After saying that, she ran to the backyard, but a moment later, a man about the same age as Sister Wu came hurriedly from behind carrying the hem of his coat, and his gaze couldn’t help but fall on Song Wangyue.
These days, he had heard too many rumours about Song Wangyue, and was very curious about what kind of person Song Wangyue really was. He was curious as to what kind of person Song Wangyue was. She had caused a sensation in the capital time and time again, but now that he had seen her, she was really just as he had imagined, pink and delicate, calm and generous.
Saluting, his voice slightly agitated, “My little one has met Miss Sun.”
Song Wan Yue gave him a false hand, “You are welcome, Boss Liu, I have come today because I have something to see you.”
“Please speak, Miss Sun.”
“I want to hire a big boat, Grandma said you are more familiar with the docks.”
“Yes, I’ve been dealing with the docks for decades.”
“Then I’ll trouble Shopkeeper Liu.”
Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand repeatedly and instructed his fellows to prepare the carriage.
Song Wangyue took the opportunity to help Jin Hao take half a day off, so that he could accompany Huang Yu to go shopping, and then send the man back to South City.
Boss Liu thought that Huang Yu was Song Wan Yue’s maid, but only when he heard her order did Jin Hao understand somewhat and immediately granted the leave.
The carriage drove by and Liu the shopkeeper went up and led the way to the pier outside the city.
The docks were large, with passenger and merchant boats docked in different locations, and Boss Liu knew the people here well enough to go straight to the steward. Hearing that they wanted to hire a big boat, the steward took them over and pointed to a big boat docked in the middle, “This is the biggest one here, it can hold a hundred or so people.”
“Can I go up and have a look?”
The steward shouted towards the boat, “Wang Wu, there are guests who want to rent a boat.”
With the answer, a burly man came down from the boat, he was the owner of this boat, and when he saw a few people, he thought it was the owner Liu who wanted to rent a boat and asked, “Where do the guests want to go when they rent a boat?”
“To Jiangnan.”
“Jiangnan?”
Wang Wu was overjoyed, it would take at least twenty days to go to Jiangnan, he hadn’t taken on such a big deal for a long time, and immediately smiled and invited a few people on board.
In the distance, Wu Sheng watched all this and whispered a few words into the ear of his attendant.