Leng Ruo Li raised an eyebrow slightly. Was this man too stingy? She had merely used him, and he held a grudge against her. She mentally criticized Jun Mo Han countless times.
Afterward, she approached the brother and sister at the tailor shop and took out an anti-inflammatory ointment from her sleeve to give to Shi Zheng He.
"This is ointment for your sister's wound."
Shi Zheng He, protecting his sister tightly, stood frozen. Seeing the ointment Leng Ruo Li handed him, he didn't immediately reach for it, his heart filled with wariness.
"Please take it. My lady's medicine is very potent. If you apply this ointment to your sister's facial wound for two days, she will be healed," Xing Er chimed in.
Leng Ruo Li looked at the siblings with her almond-shaped eyes and smiled helplessly. "Don't worry, I am a doctor and never intended to harm you. This ointment was made by me. It's different from the ointments in other shops, but it's very effective for healing wounds."
Leng Ruo Li even taught him how to open the ointment's cap and how to use it.
Only then did Shi Zheng He take the ointment and apply it to his sister.
After he finished bandaging his sister, Leng Ruo Li pointed at the well-made clothes on display and said to Shi Zheng He, "Please make ten sets of your best quality clothes for each of us three."
As soon as Leng Ruo Li finished speaking, Shi Zheng He was stunned.
"Miss, are you sure you want ten sets each?" Shi Zheng He asked doubtfully, thinking he had misheard.
"Yes!"
Leng Ruo Li said affirmatively.
Xing Er and Ling Er, standing beside her, were also dumbfounded.
"Miss, Ling Er and I cannot wear that many clothes," Xing Er demurred. Her mistress was truly becoming too extravagant lately.
"You two little maids often accompany me out. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for me if you dressed so shabbily?" Leng Ruo Li said, deliberately putting on a stern face.
Hearing this, Xing Er and Ling Er turned pale. Was their mistress displeased with them?
"Alright, don't be scared. I'm asking you to patronize their business," Leng Ruo Li said with a smile.
"Okay."
What else could they do when their mistress was such a kind-hearted young lady?
Unexpectedly, as the three of them turned away, the Shi siblings knelt before them.
Leng Ruo Li was startled by this sudden action from the siblings.
"What are you two doing?"
Leng Ruo Li asked with a slight frown, puzzled.
"Miss, my sister and I are without power or influence. With what happened at our shop today, we likely won't be able to continue operating in the capital."
Leng Ruo Li had also been considering this problem for the siblings.
"Therefore, I wish to sell this tailor shop to you, Miss, for a hundred taels of silver."
"Uh..."
"Didn't you say this tailor shop was left to you and your sister by your parents? Can you bear to sell it?"
Shi Zheng He shook his head, his voice choked with emotion. "What can I do if I can't bear to sell it? We've angered a powerful bully. The officials likely won't hold him for long before releasing him, and he'll surely cause us trouble again. Before he's released, I want to sell the shop quickly, convert it to cash, and take my sister far away from the capital."
"Sigh—"
Leng Ruo Li sighed deeply.
"How about this? We'll buy this shop, and you don't have to leave. I'll ask you and your sister to manage the business for me. I am Leng Ruo Li, the eldest daughter of General Leng's manor. If Lin Hong Tao comes looking for trouble, tell him that this tailor shop has been sold to me, that it's my shop, Leng Ruo Li's, and if he wants trouble, he can come to me."
Then, she took out two one-hundred tael silver notes from her sleeve and handed them to Shi Zheng He.
"The location of your shop is good. Two hundred taels of silver is a reasonable price."
"This..."
Shi Zheng He was taken aback.
Immediately, he looked up at Leng Ruo Li. She was wearing a plain, wide-sleeved long dress, her face veiled, her eyes like glass. Simply standing there, she was ethereally beautiful, like an immortal who had fallen to the mortal realm.
His heart was instantly stirred.
He took the silver notes, extremely grateful to Leng Ruo Li.
"Thank you, Miss. I, Shi Zheng He, will definitely manage this tailor shop with all my heart," Shi Zheng He promised Leng Ruo Li.
Leng Ruo Li nodded, her gaze sweeping over the entire shop.
Since she had bought this shop, she intended to run it well. She would plan for it properly once she returned to the manor.
Leng Ruo Li's almond eyes glanced at the clothes hanging on the wall, and she suddenly remembered something. In her previous life, she had a friend who was an ancient costume designer.
Because her friend was tall and beautiful, she often used her as a physical model and sent her many design drafts for ancient costumes. These were still saved on her system's computer.
If she could create the clothing styles from those ancient costume designs on her computer and sell them in this ancient world, she would surely make a fortune.
Haha...
She felt happy just thinking about it. She couldn't miss this opportunity to get rich.
"Shi Zheng He, do you know how to make clothes?"
"Miss, I know how to make clothes. The clothes sold on this wall were all made by me."
"Oh~"
This surprised Leng Ruo Li a little.
She hadn't expected this young man to be so versatile.
"Shi Zheng He, starting today, our shop will close for three days for renovations. Tomorrow, go and find ten skilled tailors for me. I am willing to pay them ten taels of silver a month to work in our shop. We will reopen in three days."
After Leng Ruo Li finished speaking, everyone looked at her with confusion.
"Miss, the clothes in the shop haven't been sold yet, so why are you hiring tailors at such a high price?" Shi Zheng He asked, perplexed.
"Yes! Miss, let's sell the clothes in the shop first," Xing Er said worriedly. Did her mistress know how to do business?
"Heh heh, you'll know in three days."
A moment later, the three of them came out of the tailor shop. Leng Ruo Li paid Shi Zheng He to hire a carriage to deliver their clothes to General Leng's manor.
The three of them continued their shopping.
The shopkeeper of the tailor shop across the street stared blankly at the three large bundles of clothes Shi Zheng He took out.
Damn it!
He had misjudged this situation!
He had chased away a wealthy patron. After dealing with a group of noble young ladies for a long time, they hadn't bought a single piece of clothing, only saying that they didn't like any of the clothes before leaving.
He was filled with anger.