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  The mother and daughter walked to the door, just as Mrs. Liu also asked them. Zheng Fangjing sighed, "It's all over. The master of this house is deeply in debt from frequenting brothels and gambling dens. The creditors have been chasing him to his doorstep, so he has no choice but to sell the workshop. He told us that if anyone wants to buy the shop, we should be called back if the new owner needs to hire us."

  "What about the wages for these few days? Who's going to pay?" Liu asked.

  Zheng Fangjing smiled wryly and said, "Of course, there's no salary."

  Although Liu was selfish, she was truly heartbroken. The dismissal of Zheng Fang and Jing was also an unavoidable thing. She waved her hand to comfort them, saying "It's okay, you two have been working hard for a long time, take a break at home for a few days."

  Ye Zhuo heard that there was a workshop for sale, and he remembered Ye Yuqi's plan to open a workshop. He rushed out of the door and asked, "Brother, where is your workshop located? How much does your master want to sell it for?"

  "Is my cousin here?" Zheng Fangjing's face, which had been somewhat disheartened, broke into a smile as soon as he saw Ye Zhuo. He then gestured and said, "Our workshop is the second one on Yiren Street, it's about the same size as this courtyard, and all the equipment inside is very complete. If we buy it together, it won't be too expensive, only 350 taels of silver."

  Ye Zhuo nodded after listening. She had counted the streets and shops along the way when she came to Zheng's house by car several times. Yi Ren Street is located between the Zheng family and the Ye family's main house, a bit closer to the Ye family. From the Ye family's main house, it would take only one incense stick to walk there. Now, there was only one male in the Ye family's main house, Ye Yuqi. Unfortunately, he had a disability in his foot and walked with a limp. If they could buy a workshop closer to home, that would be perfect.

  Besides, three hundred and fifty taels of silver can buy a workshop as large as this one with complete equipment, the price is still reasonable.

  "What's your family name? What's the name of your workshop?" Ye Zhuo asked again.

  "The landlord's surname is Zhou and his nickname is Ruyi Fang." Zheng Fangjing said, curiously looking at Ye Zhuo, "Cousin, why are you asking this?"

  "What can she do? She's just idle and likes to gossip." Liu suddenly said in a harsh tone. Originally, after hearing that Ye Zhuo was rejected by the Xie family for marriage, her mood was not good; later, she also heard that she had been transferred from the second house to the main house and refused to listen to advice, so she felt disgusted with Ye Zhuo. At this time, seeing two unemployed people, thinking of Ye Zhuo's bad luck earlier, she felt even more that Ye Zhuo brought bad luck to the Zheng family. Now she hated to use a big broom to sweep Ye Zhuo out.

  "Mother, how can you be like this?" Zheng Fangjing was extremely dissatisfied with his mother's attitude.

  Zheng's attitude towards Liu, her face sank, and she was about to quarrel with her. Ye Zhuo pulled Zheng's sleeve and shook his head, saying "Mother, I'll go first." She didn't want to cause trouble between Zheng and the Zheng family because of her own reasons. Although they had money, it wasn't safe for mother and daughter to move out and live on their own.

  "Why don't you sit down for a bit?" Zheng Fangjing said, seeing his mother's stern face, and could only manage to utter a polite phrase.

  "No, I still have things to attend to, I'll leave first." Ye Zhuo finished speaking, nodded at Zheng Fanghui, and left the Zheng residence with Qiuyue.

  As they went out of the gate, the horse carriage was still there waiting for them. After getting on the carriage, Ye Zhuo instructed to go to Yi Ren Street.

  "All right." The coachman responded with a single word and turned the horse's head around, heading towards Yi Ren Street.

  Yan Lian leaned on Ren Street, and in the autumn moonlight, he nodded slightly and stopped at the entrance of Ruyi Fang's second house.

  The coachman drove into the street and suddenly stopped, saying that there was a carriage in front of him, which happened to be parked there. "We have no choice but to ask the young lady to walk a few steps."

  "It doesn't matter." A few steps away, Ye Zhuo didn't mind. Let Qiu Yue pay the carriage fare, then supported her hand and got off the horse-drawn carriage.

  "Huh? Isn't this..." Just as they were about to get off at the next stop, Akizuki suddenly let out a low cry of surprise.

  Ye Zhuo raised her head and saw a pair of exceptionally bright eyes. The owner of these eyes was none other than Du Haoran, the person she had met at Guangneng Temple.

  Du Haoran also recognized Ye Zhuo. He nodded slightly and walked into a large workshop opposite Ruyi House, which was more spacious and built with better architecture than other houses.

  "Nie Family Compound." Ye pondered the three large characters on the gate, suddenly enlightened. It turned out that this was the Nie family's property, no wonder he would run into Du here.

  She didn't mind either, turned around and walked towards Ruyi with a smile.

  Compared to the noisy workshops of other families, the Yiyuan Workshop was unusually quiet. A man in his fifties stood at the entrance, staring blankly at the leaves falling from the trees in front of him. This was Zhou Laoban, the master of the house, as Zheng Fangjing called him.

  Ye Zhuo walked, just wanting to greet Old Man Zhou, but unexpectedly a person suddenly came out of the workshop next door, casting a gloomy glance at Ye Zhuo, seeing that she was only a young woman, and then turned back into the workshop.

  Ye Zhuo hesitated for a moment and then walked away, calling out "Boss Zhou".

  Zhou boss withdrew his gaze and turned to Ye Zhuo, puzzled, saying "You are..."

  "I am Zheng Fangjing's cousin," said Ye Zhuo.

  "Cousin?" Mr. Zhou furrowed his brow slightly, thinking for a moment.

  "My surname is Ye." Ye Zhuo explained again.

  Boss Zhou's gaze softened a bit, "I remember now, you're Ye Yuzhang's old man's granddaughter?"

  "It is indeed." Ye Zhuo smiled and said.

  "Is there anything wrong? Don't jump to conclusions."

  "My cousin has something left in the store, he asked me to help him find it when I pass by here." Because of that person's gaze just now, Ye Zhuo had doubts in her heart and didn't dare to ask for a workshop outside, so she casually made up an excuse.

  "Oh, I see. Well, come with me then." Old Zhou said, heading into the workshop.

  Ye Zhuo followed him in, the workshop was built with green bricks and had a large area. Except for a spacious hall-like place, there were also four side rooms inside.

  "Come, this is where Fang Jing and Fang Hui live when they are on night shift. You can stay here." Mr. Zhou led Ye Zhuo into a room, pointing inside. The room had a bed and a table, with some quilts stacked on the bed, and some miscellaneous items piled up on the floor.

  Ye Zhuo pretended to look around and shook his head, laughing "I reckon it's my cousin who remembered, where are the clothes here?"

  "Clothes?" Old Zhou looked around and indeed there were no clothes inside.

  "He's also unsure, he must have remembered." Ye Zhuo said. She walked to the door and pointed to a passageway inside, asking, "Is there still a courtyard in this workshop?"

  "There is a skywell and a well."

  Ye Zhuo nodded. Cutting jade requires water, and there's a well in the back that meets the needs of the jade carving workshop. She asked Old Zhou, "Boss, are you planning to sell this workshop?"

  "Isn't it for sale? I had someone look for your great-grandfather, he's been nagging me to buy a workshop these past few days, asking me to help him find one. Now, no need to look anymore, this place will do." Old Zhou said with a bitter smile.

  "Is that my great-uncle?" Ye Zhuo asked in surprise. I didn't think Old Man Zhou and Ye Yuxi were still on good terms. This workshop should be easy to take down then.

  However... she remembered the gloomy gaze of that man just now and asked, "Whose shop is on your right?"

  "On the right, that's the Tao family's workshop."

  "Is it the Tao family?" Ye Zhuo searched her memory but couldn't recall any Tao family, so she asked, "What is the social status of this Tao family?"

  "That's quite something. Old Master Tao is the mountain master of the academy. He was young when he passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi, and he married the daughter of the prefect as his wife. And, he has a relative relationship with your Ye family." Manager Zhou said in a low voice, "Gong Shi, who married into your family as a concubine, is Old Master Tao's cousin."

  "?" Even Ye Zhuo, who was normally calm and collected, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Unbeknownst to her, as soon as she heard these words, the scene of Qian'er carrying a bundle into the pawnshop flashed before her mind.

  "Mr. Zhou, I'm going to ask you a rather impertinent question," Ye Zhuo said with a serious expression. "I heard that the reason this workshop is being sold is because your son has accumulated gambling debts owed to someone else? Do you know which family it is?"

  "Alas." Boss Zhou's expression suddenly turned gloomy, and he pointed to the right, "It was one of Tao's. I don't know what happened, but previously Tao never came to the workshop. However, a month and a half ago, he started coming here frequently, back and forth, and got acquainted with me. Because his family has a good social status, I naturally tried to curry favor with him, and went out drinking with him several times, so I recognized some of his people. One of them was the captain of the city guards, who often took him to... " He glanced at Ye Zhuo and coughed, "...those kinds of places, as well as gambling dens. Going to those places is one thing, but losing money at the gambling den is another story altogether. Now, he's lost so much that he doesn't know what to do, and has come to borrow money from the captain of the city guards. In the end, he can only sell the workshop to pay off his debts."

  Ye Chou furrowed his brow and lowered his voice, saying "Boss Zhou, don't you think this matter is suspicious? Think about it, could someone be setting a trap for you?" As he thought back to the man's gaze earlier, as well as the relationship between the Tao and Gong families, and the various circumstances after Madame Gong married into the Ye household. Unbeknownst to him, such thoughts began to surface in Ye Chou's mind.

  "Next set?" Old Zhou was startled.

  Just then, a familiar voice came from the entrance: "Boss Zhou, are you in?"

  "Ah, right on time." Old Zhou woke up from his reverie and hastily turned around, smiling as he cupped his hands in greeting to Ye Yiqi who was just stepping through the doorway, "Brother Ye, you're here?"

  "Boss Zhou..." Ye Yuqi was about to speak, when Ye Zhuo also walked out from inside, and suddenly stopped talking, "Zhuo, you're here?"

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