The clerk's job was to receive guests, greet them and send them off, and he had never followed the guests. At this time, when he saw Xu Xi and the others standing there leisurely, it seemed that they were waiting for him here specifically, he immediately felt excited.

His face turned red, he denied it in a hasty and wise manner, and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, don't get me wrong, girl. My family lives here." He pointed to the front, "There was something urgent at home, so I ran a little hastily."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xu Xi smiled meaningfully and made a gesture of invitation, "Then go back quickly, so as not to delay your urgent business."

The waiter had no choice but to cup his hands towards Xu Xi and run forward bravely.

"Uncle, you stay here. If he turns around and wants to chase us, you stop him, ask him what he wants to do, say you suspect he wants to rob, and drag him to the Yamen to scare him," Xu Xi said.

Seeing Xu Yongyi nodding in shock, she warned again: "When you come back, make more detours and make sure no one is following you before going home."

"But I'm not worried about the three of you going back." Xu Yongyi said.

Although he had been walking around the streets for so many years, he had seen many dirty tricks, but this was the first time he had seen a robbery in broad daylight like today, and he was quite frightened.

Xie and Xu Xue also looked overly frightened.

Xu Xi reassured: "Don't worry, they don't want to rob us, but they want to know where I live so they can ask people to ask me if I have drawn the design drawings. It's just a normal method for businessmen."

"Really?" Xu Xue asked hurriedly.

"Of course it's true. Their family has a big business, so they won't take risks just for this little money."

All three members of the Xu family breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay, then you go quickly." Xu Yongyi knew that the silver building was really what Xu Xi said, and the guy who went back to do business for the sake of convenience would definitely come back again.

"I'm here, don't be afraid." Mrs. Xie grabbed Xu Xi's hand, like a chicken guarding its chicks, and pulled her out of the alley quickly, waving to the mule cart driver in the distance. She didn't wait for the mule cart to drive.

Come over, quickly meet up with the mule cart, get on the mule cart, and tell the driver: "Hurry up."

The driver of the mule cart didn't know what happened, so he drove the mule cart forward.

"Where are we going? Should we go back to the house in the city, or go directly to the academy?" asked Xie.

In her opinion, it was better to go to the academy. The academy was opened by the royal family, and no matter how courageous the owner of Yulong Pavilion was, he would not dare to rush to the academy to find someone.

"Go to the house in the city." Xu Xi said.

She still had something to discuss with Xu Yongyi and his wife. It was still half a day before Qingfeng and the others came to pick her up, so it was a good time to talk about it. From now on, there would be someone to pick her up when she came and went, so it would be inconvenient to come to the Xu family's house again.

But you can't be frightened by Yulong Pavilion and disrupt your plan.

"Okay." Mrs. Xie was reluctant to send Xu Xi to the academy directly. She had heard from Xu Xue that the academy was only for registration today and there were no people there. It was not a problem for Xu Xi to be alone in the academy.

Son.

Even so, Ms. Xie was obviously frightened. She made the mule cart circle around the street twice, and when she found that no one was following her, she asked the driver to drive towards the Xu family's house.

When they arrived nearby, she did not let the mule cart drive directly to the door of her house. Instead, she got off the cart nearby and led Xu Xi and Xu Xue through two alleys before returning home.

After a while, Xu Yongyi also came back and said to Xu Xi: "As you expected, he came back as soon as you left. If I hadn't been there to stop him, he would have decided to follow us back."

"Uncle, take a rest quickly." Xu Xi poured a cup of tea for Xu Yongyi.

Mrs. Xie patted her chest and said to Xu Xi: "Xiao Xi is more thoughtful. If you hadn't been careful, we would have fallen into their trap today."

Xu Yongyi was very worried: "This county is so big, we will meet you one day. If I meet you on the road, or if I know you are studying in a women's school, what would I do if I find you?"

Xie and Xu Xue also looked at Xu Xi nervously.

The whole family didn't realize it, but they all regarded Xu Xi as their backbone.

"I'm not afraid," Xu Xidao said, "I am a student at a women's college and a young lady from the Hou Mansion. How could they get into trouble just for some benefit?"

These words really comforted the three people of the Xu family.

Seeing that their nerves had calmed down, Xu Xi said to Ms.

Mr. Xie quickly sat down again.

"Uncle, how are you preparing for the sale?" Xu Xi asked Xu Yongyi.

"I saw you off yesterday, and we went to the county. I have been doing small business in the streets over the years, and I have met some people. I asked someone to inquire about it. I have been setting up a stall on the street for a long time. In addition to having to pay to the Yamen

For a certain fee, you also have to pay protection fees to a group of gangsters here. The total adds up to about one tael of silver a month. If the business is doing well, you may have to pay more."

Speaking of this, Xu Yongyi's face didn't look good.

He used to work as a small vendor, traveling between villages, and did not need to pay stall fees or taxes, let alone protection fees. And after working hard for a month, he probably only earned a little more than one tael of silver in addition to his capital.

.Now that the business has not started yet and he has to pay so much money, he feels a little uneasy, fearing that the business will not be successful and that in the end he will not make any money and will lose money.

Xu Xi also guessed Xu Yongyi's concerns. She smiled and asked: "Uncle, how much money do you think I made just now?"

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she became nervous. She said "Shh", pointed to the neighbor next door and said, "Keep it down. That grandson has the most brilliant ears. Don't let anyone listen to it."

When she entered just now, she had closed the courtyard door. Now she simply got up and closed the main room door as well.

Xu Xi stuck out his tongue, took out the banknotes from his arms, and placed them on the Eight Immortals table in the main room.

Although the Xu family was kind to her, wealth was so attractive that this small courtyard was only worth a hundred taels of silver. One thousand taels could buy ten such courtyards. Xu Yongyi and his wife could not afford to be greedy about this courtyard, but

What about the ten places?

Xu Xi actually doesn't want to use money to test the limits of the Xu family. She doesn't want to give all the money she earns to the Xu family.

It's just that this money was earned under the noses of Mr. Xie and Xu Xue. Rather than keeping it secretive and chilling the Xu family, it would be better to take it out openly and take the opportunity to take another look at the Xu family's character.

She will definitely earn not only one thousand taels, but several thousand taels of silver in the future. If the Xu family's character is really good and trustworthy, then she can safely leave her business to them in the future.
Chapter completed!