Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 172

As a woman in the feudal era, she was different from men. Her noble character could not make her a celebrity. Even if she could, there were many celebrities who starved to death in history.

Ye Xi didn't like to wear those expensive jewelry. She kept the particularly valuable ones that could be used to show off, and exchanged those of ordinary quality together with some gold for silver, and bought several shops that she had inspected.

Because of the Suzhou Canal, the future economic development of Suzhou City will not be too bad. She bought some shops on prosperous streets and some shops near the docks, and currently she mainly collects rent.

She also bought some land, so including her dowry, she is now considered a wealthy person and has left herself enough room for retreat.

Wei Jue was aware of all her actions, but he didn't say anything.

Recently he discovered that Ye Xi had a new hobby - carving. He never knew Ye Xi was good at this.

He watched Ye Xi draw a lot of strange tool pictures and asked Dong Ju to find a blacksmith to make them.

Dongju saw that the tools seemed very sharp, and was worried that Ye Xi was hiding them to hurt someone, so he brought them over to ask Wei Jue for instructions.

Wei Jue took a look at the drawings and felt that it was inappropriate, but thinking that they had been very harmonious recently, he decided to let Dong Ju do it to avoid Ye Xi being angry with him.

Ye Xi was worried that the tools were not made well, so she went to communicate with the blacksmith. After a long time of going back and forth, she finally got the tools she was satisfied with.

She asked Xia Mu to sew the tool bag according to her drawing, but found that Xia Mu's needlework was not much better than hers, so she took over and sewed and patched it up herself, focusing on making it sturdy and useful.

This shocked Wei Jue again. He saw the magical tool bag and the needlework... he couldn't comment on them, but Ye Xi was so happy using them that he stopped thinking about commenting.

When he saw Ye Xi using those strange tools to carve out cute little animals, he realized that Ye Xi actually had this skill.

"Girl, why does your kitten have no face? And one of its legs is folded up." Xia Mu asked happily and curiously when he received the wooden sculpture of a kitten given by Ye Xi.

"Does the lack of a face affect your imagination of its arrogant little expression? If you don't like it, I can carve one with a face for you." Ye Xi said with a smile.

"Okay, but do we still want to take this girl back?" Xia Mu was a little reluctant.

"If you like it, take it. If you don't like it, give it back to me."

"I like it." Xia Mu said immediately.

Wei Jue heard these conversations before he even entered the room, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. After entering the room, he asked, "Does the master have any?"

Ye Xi turned around, glanced at Wei Jue, and asked, "What kind does your Excellency want?" It was just to pass the time anyway.

Wei Jue was very surprised. He thought she wouldn't give him anything. He didn't think of what to ask for at the moment. But seeing Ye Xi waiting expectantly for his answer, he said casually, "Carve a Pixiu for me."

Pixiu? She had never seen a Pixiu of this era, so she had to find a picture. Ye Xi thought about it and nodded.

When Wei Jue left, he felt as if he was walking on clouds. That little thing was actually not worth much.

Ye Xi was not picky about who he gave gifts to, he even gave gifts to his close servants like Xia Mu and Xue Jiu. To him, the gifts were not very special, but he just loved them.

The jade pendant she gave him before had a purpose, but not now, and he felt different. He returned to the study, still immersed in that joy as he wrote and read.