Master Wang’s words made Haitang a little puzzled. Master Wang’s question was so strange. Should he know everything if he was Mrs. Quan’s niece?

Master Wang simply said: "In the past, our tea shop purchased goods with the purchase of Dingwang Mansion, so we can be faster and better than other families. Now if we don't follow, it will be worse. You are the niece of the fourth wife. Now the shopkeepers of several of our shops know some news. It is probably not a big secret. I will tell you so that you won't think about everything all day long and don't tell others that I told you. I heard that Mrs. Quan offended Dingwang Mansion."

"How is that possible?" Haitang suddenly heard the news, and the first reaction was that she didn't believe it. During this period, she also learned that the Quan family had already fallen into a family. Mrs. Quan's Fourth House can do some small business with Mrs. Quan, so she is so prosperous. How dare Mrs. Quan offend the Dingwang Mansion? Besides, sometimes offending people requires certain skills.

Mrs. Quan Si only handled a little bit of small things for Princess Ding, and she could not offend her so much that she could not even be able to continue her business. Mrs. Quan Si was not as stupid as she was.

"I can't know, I don't know, I'm saying this now." Master Wang didn't argue with Haitang, just said, "Not only our tea shop, but Mrs. Quan Si's other shops have a bleak business. If you didn't offend someone, how could you have different shops? Take our tea shop for example. We have been buying with this Dingwang Mansion and we all know that we can get a lot of convenience. Now we don't follow us anymore. If you didn't offend someone, how could it be possible."

After saying this, Haitang believed it a little. Yes, the situation is indeed abnormal now, but she really can't figure out what place can Mrs. Quan Si offend Ding Wang Mansion?

If it was just a trivial matter, Princess Ding wouldn't be so stingy, right?

Haitang knew that she was just a humble little singer in the Ding Palace, who was sent out. Because of the princess's momentary kindness, she got a good place and had another new life.

There was no expectation without trying it. Now she had new hope, but someone told her that this kind of life was just illusory and disappeared soon, just like the happy life she had in her childhood, this was absolutely not possible.

Haitang didn't know why, but she felt particularly aggrieved and depressed, as if she was deceived.

She had never been deceived by men when she was in the song and dance shop. Oh, it cannot be said that she had never been deceived. To be precise, she never believed in the sweet words of men and had never been deceived. She remembered that when her uncle sold her, she lied to her to take her to a good place and live a good life, but she was sold to the fire pit. So once someone said that she could make her live a better life, especially without paying any price, she could not believe it. If she adhered to this creed, she had never been deceived.

The same was true this time. At first, she didn't believe that she could live a better life after leaving the Ding Prince's Mansion, so she never wanted to leave. But her mother in charge lobbying repeatedly and asked Xue Niang to serve as a guarantee. Besides, she insisted on staying in the Ding Prince's Mansion and would not have a good life if she offended the Ding Prince's Mansion.

But after arriving at this tea shop, I found that everything was really as my mother said before, really good, and she had a good future. She was very glad that she was not too stubborn before. Just when she believed that all this was true, someone suddenly told her that just like the beautiful but short life she had experienced before, all this was about to be introduced.

Mrs. Quan Si offended the Dingwang Mansion, and the business of the tea house became worse and worse. If this continues, it will be necessary to close the door. What should she do at that time? Where should she go?

Mrs. Quan Si is also a relative of Princess Ding. It can be said that she was given up if she was given up, let alone a little singer. Does she still have the leisure to arrange for her again?

Haitang couldn't help but become anxious. She couldn't think of any solution for a while, and felt very bored with her room, so she went out and walked out.

Maybe she was afraid that she would be wandering in somewhere in the future, and then she would be mixed in a small world and could not come out again. After going out for a few times, she suddenly fell in love with this feeling of walking around casually.

In addition, Yancheng is the imperial capital after all, and it is bustling and lively. There are monkeys playing in the city every day. There are many snacks, and it doesn’t cost much to eat and play.

When I was insecure in the past, I didn’t dare to walk around even if I had the chance, for fear of being abducted and trafficked. The boss of the Song and Dance House where she stayed in the past said that there were many flower-photographers outside, just staring at the girls in the Song and Dance House. The Dazhou law and regulations said that trafficking good women is a serious crime, but the crime of trafficking non-good women is much less expensive. If you are caught or even pay some money, the people will not sue the officials. Anyway, there is no problem of innocence in the Jiaofang women.

Speaking of which, her uncle did not do too well, and did not sell her directly to a brothel, but to a song and dance shop. Most of the girls in the song and dance shop sell their skills but not their bodies. Of course, they have to learn song and dance well and cannot bring benefits to the song and dance shop, so they will just resell it.

Because of fear, Haitang dared not go out alone. Many sisters in the Songwufang said that they wanted to compare with the boss of the Songwufang where she was, who was a kind person. They were all sold by their relatives and had nowhere to go before the Songwufang. It would be better to take them with you. Songwufang is a skill, and it is always much better to make a living by selling skills than to sell yourself.

But now her thoughts have changed a little. She felt that looking back and forth seemed to be nothing. She simply gave up and did whatever she wanted, and enjoyed her current life like before, so she would not know where she fell to her tomorrow and would not even have this freedom.

The tea shop had a bad business and had no customers. She had thought about how to make the business better. Now that she knew the reason, it was not something she could save by her own ability, she simply stopped thinking about it. She went out to wander around every day, strolling around the streets and alleys of Yancheng, and the like. Everyone in the tea shop was worried about their own future, so no one paid attention to her. Even if she saw her going out, she thought she was finding another way out, so that the tea shop would really go bankrupt and there would be no place to stay.

Since she went out, she saw more people and things and her ideas changed a little. She felt that she could not rely on others to live her life and looked at the craftsmen coming and going on in the streets and alleys. They made their meals with their skills without having to look at people's faces and were free.

Although she works in the tea shop with her skills, she still relies on Mrs. Quan Si. If something happened to Mrs. Quan Si's family that day, her backing would be gone.

Having seen the lifestyle of ordinary people, Haitang thought, or she could do it, she could open a small tea shop by herself. Although it was not easy for a woman to open a store alone, she knew Xue Niang, and there were several maids who had married from Dingwang Mansion before, one of whom was named Liu'er, and her husband was the headmaster in the yamen, and she was considered an eighth-rank official. Xue Niang and the others also opened a store selling snacks to earn a few dollars to subsidize their family income.

Or she could imitate Xue Niang and the others. Xue Niang was enthusiastic and begged her for help. If she took care of her, she would not refuse. After all, Xue Niang and her mother in charge were lobbying her to leave the house, and she also said that she could help each other if she had something to do.

They opened the tea shop near Xue Niang's shop and took care of each other. No one dared to disturb Xue Niang's husband's title of head-on arrest.

Thinking of this, Haitang arrived near the shop where Xue Niang and the others sold snacks again. Xue Niang was busy in the shop, and there were no customers in the shop, so she was sorting out the goods.

Seeing Haitang coming, Xue Niang was very happy and called out a 10-year-old girl from the inner room, looking at the shop, and pulled Haitang into the inner room and talked.

This was the first time Haitang came to the room behind Xue Niang's shop. She saw a small room with an eight-treasure fruit plate on the table, with several kinds of dried fruits on it, and a needle and thread basket next to it. There was an unfinished dress inside. Judging from the colors, it should be worn by the little girl. There were many small things in the room, and the decoration was not elegant and a bit messy, but it gave people a very warm feeling, like a home feeling.

Seeing Haitang looking at him curiously, Xue Niang seemed a little embarrassed and put away the sewing basket and said, "It's a bit messy. Haitang shouldn't laugh. She's been a little busy these days."

"I was disturbing me." Haitang felt even more embarrassed. Others were busy, but he suddenly ran over, obviously disturbing me.

"No, no, Haitang, don't get me wrong. What I said is actually just a blind job." Xue Niang was afraid that Haitang would misunderstand, so she hurriedly explained, "I really can't stop talking about it. Touch here and do somewhere, and time will pass. In fact, it's nothing. I'm very happy to play with you."

As he said that, Xue Niang didn't know where to find a sole that had not been made, and took two needles.

Haitang looked at the size of the sole of the shoe, it should be a man's, and it was Xue Niang's husband. The above in the needle and thread basket just now belonged to a girl. Xue Niang's husband had a daughter. Xue Niang should be making clothes for the little girl. Now, making insoles for men is not a job for herself. If you marry into and serve the man, you have to serve your daughter who has no blood relationship with him. Is this really good?

But looking at Xue Niang's quiet expression, she seemed to be happy with it.

Xue Niang didn't know what Haitang was thinking, and smiled and said, "It's already my habit to do something while chatting. If I can't rest, don't mind."

"No." Haitang would not mind. A person with her identity would not feel disrespected. This feeling disappeared a long time ago, but she really wanted to ask Xue Niang, is this interesting? But then she thought about it, is it someone else's business and has nothing to do with herself, so don't meddle in other people's business.

Xue Niang actually knew that Haitang must have come after having something to do, and she didn't stroll like she was just hanging out, so she deliberately did small things and seemed more enthusiastic to make Haitang feel relaxed, so that she could tell what to do.

However, Xue Niang was wrong. She did not dare to tell the matter out of this.

She just felt that Xue Niang was just an ordinary woman now, like a busy woman on the street, no longer the orderly manager who handled things in the past.

After chatting casually for a few words, Xue Niang saw that Haitang still didn't say the matter out. She thought Haitang was embarrassed to take care of her, so she said, "Haitang, is there something wrong with you here this time? If there is something, just say it. We came from the Dingwang Mansion to help each other."

"No, I just take a look, I'm bored." Haitang still had no intention of saying the matter completely. Hearing Xue Niang spoke up and decided to come out of the palace. Seeing her satisfied with her current life, she couldn't say these words.

Although Xue Niang was a little suspicious, she was not very familiar with Haitang after all, and it was difficult to ask questions. She thought that if she could say it or not, it would mean that it was not a big problem. What's more, Haitang was doing things at Mrs. Quan's house and was taken care of by Mrs. Quan. She was alone again, so there would be no trouble.

After chatting for a few more words, Haitang said goodbye.

Xue Niang tried to keep it for a while, but she didn't keep it, so she packed some snacks from the store and asked Haitang to take it back to the tea shop people often, so she could help promote it.

If she said she just asked Haitang to take it back for everyone to taste it, Haitang might not want it, but if she said she was helping with publicity, Haitang could not refuse. She knew these days that some shops would give some samples or other samples for passers-by to try or try, and relatives and friends even had to help promote it.

Although she knew that Xue Niang just wanted her to accept the excuse she found, Haitang could not refuse other people's kindness. Her little thoughtful behavior moved Haitang a little, and she almost blurted out her words in her heart. But she thought about it and did it first. She didn't even have a single word of her horoscope. She just had one idea, she had no preparations and was not easy to say it rashly.

If you really want to open a store and do business by yourself, you have to try some shops first and then see how much money you have. Speaking of which, money is the biggest problem now. She really doesn’t have much savings and doesn’t know how much money it costs to open a small teahouse or something.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, so take it slowly. Mrs. Quan Si’s tea shop looks like it will not fall for a while. Try to save some money first and then think about other things.

When Haitang thought about this, she thought that it was nothing wrong anyway, so she looked at where there were suitable shops on these streets, and at least asked about rents and so on.

For a time, empty shops were not so easy to find. I spent another half a day, let alone suitable ones, even if there were no shops transferred, Yancheng is a prosperous place. There are many people who use them to make a living in and out of town every day, and empty shops are not easy to find at all.

Haitang was disappointed and couldn't help but feel a little worried about giving up. She really thought it was too simple, or she shouldn't have come out of the Ding Palace from the beginning.

After she came out, if she had to go back and continue her previous life, she would be a little unbearable.
Chapter completed!