After the marriage arrangement between Jingzhe and Lu Zhaozhao was set, Tong Huaqiong finally felt at ease with one of her concerns.
The next day, Jingzhe went to enroll at Wanliu Academy, officially becoming a student there.
Tong Huaqiong naturally introduced Gu Baishuang to Mr. Lu.
Mr. Lu's batch of trading ships set after the New Year wouldn't return until autumn, and Gu Baishuang calculated that if this trip encountered no major storms, she could earn at least three to four hundred taels of silver.
Having silver in hand naturally gave her confidence, and she begged Tong Huaqiong to keep an eye out for a shop for sale in Prefecture City.
She acquired two shops, originally intending to put them under Nie Xiaofeng's name, but with Tong Huaqiong's reminder, she placed one under her own name.
What her stepmother said was true, that even one's own children aren't as reliable as having things in one's own hands.
