Chapter 435: Bragging without Thinking

The old lady became more and more excited as she spoke, tugging at her silk dress, "This dress was made for me by the second son's wife, and these gold hairpins and gold earrings were bought for me by the second son's wife."

As the old lady spoke, she proudly plucked her gold earrings.

She pointed at the maid next to her and flattered herself without any guilt, "This was also bought by the second son's wife to serve me. She originally wanted to take me to live with the second son, but I didn't want to. She was afraid that I would have no one to serve me, so she bought it."

The maid quickly smiled at Zhang.

Zhang pouted calmly, "By the way, my eldest grandson is eighteen this year. He passed the examination for a scholar last year. The teachers in the school said they had never seen such a smart child."

The old lady's mouth twitched, thinking that she didn't have a promising grandson. Although Gu Qing went to school, he didn't even have the title of a scholar. She smiled unnaturally, "Congratulations, it would be even more amazing if he passed the examination for a juren."

Zhang regained her confident smile, "That's right, there is more than a month left before the autumn examination, and my eldest grandson is also going to take the exam."

"Speaking of your second son, I remember he was also very smart when he was young, but it's a pity that he only passed the examination for a tongsheng."

The old lady heard that this meant to belittle the second son, and she was very unhappy. Changguaida thought for a while, "In my family, only my little granddaughter is promising. She is pretty and can make money like me when I was a girl. Now she runs a shop in the city."

Zhang laughed, "Like you? I'm afraid she's not that pretty either."

"By the way, your little granddaughter, I remember she's not that old, more than ten years old? Can she open a shop by herself?"

The old lady stared, "My little granddaughter is not as capable as anyone else. I'm not bragging. I'm almost seventy, and I've never seen a girl more capable than my little granddaughter."

"Speaking of which, more than half of the second son's family business was earned by my granddaughter."

The more Zhang listened, the more she didn't believe it. A teenage girl who didn't even dare to raise her head when talking could earn money. What a joke!

Seeing Zhang's face full of disbelief, the old lady called her eldest aunt and took Zhang to Gu Fei's house first.

Zhang went in and saw that the courtyards with two entrances were neatly arranged, and there were several servants in the house, which looked like it was a good place.

Chen was also a face-loving person, so she brought out many good things to entertain the guests. After having lunch at home, Zhang said that she wanted to go to the city to see Gu Fei.

The eldest aunt said that she had something to do and didn't come, so Gu Zhong had no choice but to bring the two old ladies with him.

Zhang looked around and asked, "Xiao Fei, did you open this inn?"

Gu Fei nodded.

Zhang said again, "Is this house yours? This location is good, I'm afraid it will cost several thousand taels of silver?"

Gu Fei smiled and said, "It's almost the same."

"I heard that you have a few more shops? What are they?"

Gu Fei said, "A silver shop, a grain and oil shop, and a rouge shop."

Zhang was half-believing and half-doubting, and said in amazement, "I really can't tell that you have such great luck at such a young age."

Gu Fei chatted with him for a few words and went to work on her own.

The two old ladies talked for the whole afternoon, and Gu Zhong fell asleep while listening to them.

When it was almost time for dinner, Gu Fei had already told the chef to prepare some light and soft dishes for them to eat.

After dinner, Zhang insisted on taking the old lady back with her to stay for a few days, so Gu Zhong sent the old lady over.

The maid who served the old lady also went with them.

In the evening, when Gu Fei was about to tell Tie Niu to close the restaurant, she saw Xiao Yu, wearing a black robe, coming in from the door.