Zhong Li only felt that he was very difficult to serve. Seeing him like this, the cup of warm water in her heart seemed to have been knocked over, and it instantly condensed into ice.

Half an hour after he finished bathing, Zhong Li felt a little sleepy, curled up into a ball, and fell asleep. After realizing that he would not touch her, Zhong Li felt inexplicably at ease and slept soundly.

Pei Xing only frowned, didn't wake her up, didn't even kiss her, just treated the person as a pillow and hugged her softly.

Zhong Li slept very deeply. She didn't know when he left. When Qiuyue came to clean up the bed in the morning, she found that the mattress was clean and didn't look like a round house at all. She just thought Pei Xing was too tired. , didn't mess around.

The next day, when Zhong Li was teaching Cheng'er to read, Qing Song hurried back and gave Zhong Li bad news.

I thought that Liu Yi would return a signed contract today, but he suddenly regretted it. He only asked the servant to prepare a gift, apologized, and said that he didn't want to cooperate any more, but he didn't show up. .

Zhong Li frowned slightly, "Can the little servant explain why he regretted it?"

Qingsong shook his head, "The servant wanted to come to the door and ask for a clearer question, but he avoided seeing it."

Qing Song had no choice but to come back and tell Zhong Li.

Zhong Li said: "You ask someone to check, has he encountered any difficulties recently, or has he contacted someone?"

Zhong Li felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Qingsong had already been checked, and it was not until the next day that the results were found. Yesterday, a group of scumbags surrounded Liu Yi, and then Gu Zhiqing's cousin Zhou Xin quietly met Liu Yi. Now Liu Yi's shop has been closed. He bought it, this is to completely disturb their cooperation.

Qiuyue said angrily: "Zhou Xin has always listened to Gu Zhiqing, this must be Gu Zhiqing's handwriting, how can there be her shadow everywhere, it's so annoying! The girl should come to the door and poke her face."

Zhong Li said: "She's used to acting, so she must pretend to be innocent. Her cousin is also sure to favor her. If she really comes to the door, it will only be thankless."

Qiuyue was just talking angrily, "Can't we just eat like this?"

Although she couldn't come to the door to ask for answers, Zhong Li didn't want to let it go. When she went to serve the old lady the next day, she helped the old lady get her hair done, and then smiled shyly: "Ali is here today, there is one more thing I want to find out. Grandma makes up her mind."

Zhong Li has always understood the sense of proportion, and has never spoken to her. The old lady smiled and said, "Just say it."

Zhong Li said: "I want to ask Second Aunt for help, but I usually go to my grandmother's place. I don't know Second Aunt very well, and I don't know what she likes. I don't know if it would be too abrupt to give a gift."

The old lady smiled and shook her head, "What do you want her to do?"

Zhong Li briefly said that he wanted to run the inn, and then sighed: "Liu Gongzi didn't want to sell it at first, so I talked to him about cooperation. Unexpectedly, when he was about to sign the contract, he sold the shop to Zhou's cousin again."

Qiuyue also said: "Businessmen value profits. Perhaps it was Master Zhou's high bid that made Young Master Liu temporarily break the contract. This shop is located in a good location.

The master and servant did not mention Zhou Xin at all.

Zhong Li also smiled and said: "I don't know what business cousin Zhou wants to do. I really don't know people in the Zhou family. After thinking about it, I asked the second wife to help me find out. If he thinks about it, he can consider it. If you can cooperate with me, if you can open the inn together, it will be a beautiful thing."

The old lady vaguely guessed that it was not easy. Zhou Li was a scholar, and a scholar valued his reputation the most. Looking at this posture, it is more like trying to stir up Huang Zhongli's business.

He has no grievances or enmity with Zhong Li, so what is he doing to make trouble?

The old lady pressed her eyebrows and suppressed the urge to call Gu Zhiqing. She said, "It's such a trivial matter that I don't need to give her a gift. I'll just tell your second aunt."

Zhong Li hurriedly said: "That won't work. You have been taking good care of yourself recently, so why don't you worry about it? I have already asked Qiuyue to prepare a set of four treasures of the study. Does grandmother think it will work?"

Knowing that she would not be able to give it away, she would definitely find it difficult to feel at ease. The old lady said, "Then give this away. She was also a famous talented girl when she was young, so she should like it."

Zhong Li bent her lips, and after thanking her, she went to the second wife's residence. After Zhong Li left, someone came from the old lady's place and called the second wife, and the second wife felt a sudden shock in her heart.

After she went back, she scolded Gu Zhiqing severely, and Gu Zhiqing was also very wronged. She never expected that her cousin would come forward in person, she was really stupid.

If she knew earlier, she might as well not find him.

Afraid that the old lady would suspect Gu Zhiqing, Zhou Shi immediately called his nephew to him and asked for the shop's contract.

What she said to the old lady was, "He has always liked jade, and when he saw Liu Yi was about to close, he felt a pity that he bought the shop. He was not a business person at all, so I simply bought the shop and let Li girl. Even if you take it to open an inn, Quan is when I add makeup to her."

After Zhong Li learned about it, she naturally refused to ask, "One yard is one yard, since Auntie bought the store, how about we cooperate?"

Seeing that she refused to accept the shop, the second wife had to nod her head. In order to dispel the old lady's doubts, she also invested a sum of money, which finally accounted for 40% of the proceeds.

This made Gu Zhiqing angry, and felt that it was self-defeating, Bai gave Zhong Li a backer, and she privately scolded her cousin with a bloody head.

Qiuyue and the others were very happy, and said with a smile, "It's still a good master, with the second wife keeping me safe, and the third girl keeping her honest."

After the matter was resolved, Zhong Li was also relieved, Qingsong was very efficient, and soon found a suitable mason, and the construction of the inn was on the right track ahead of schedule.

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, it arrived on February 13th, which was Mother Zhong's death day. After breakfast, the servant beside Zhenbei Hou came to Zhaixing Pavilion and said, "Master Hou is at the door. Wait, if Miss Zhong and the young master are ready, let's go."

Zhong Li had already packed up and led Cheng'er out of the house.

Cheng'er knew that she was going to visit her mother's grave. After getting on the carriage, she leaned on her sister's arms and asked in a low voice, "Sister, when will mother come back to see us? Cheng'er misses her mother."