Peasant Woman’s Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2052: Chapter 2049: Business

Her body’s muscles were getting more and more beautiful, but Ye Muyu was feeling uncomfortable in her heart and was deliberately looking for trouble.

“My hands hurt.” Ye Muyu patted the water and turned around with difficulty, signaling for someone to help her massage.

Chu Heng grabbed her hand with his large one and started massaging without saying much.

Ye Muyu felt comfortable instantly, and she wasn’t lying—her wrist did hurt after holding a pen and writing for so long.

“What were you doing? Why does your hand hurt?” Chu Heng asked with a frown.

Ye Muyu lazily yawned, “I was just writing some stories. When the bathhouse opens, I’ll let the storytellers tell these stories. Currently, the stories are too simple and not interesting enough.”

“You don’t have to write them yourself. I can find an Attendant Student specialized in writing; you can dictate, and he can write.” Chu Heng suggested.

While Ye Muyu appreciated his concern, she didn’t accept the suggestion and shook her head, saying, “No, doing it that way would interrupt my thoughts, and I probably wouldn’t write any good stories. In the future, I’ll just find someone to massage my hands after writing, and think of it as practicing calligraphy.”

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Chu Heng did not persuade her further but focused on the massage skills of the servants at the residence.

The next day, he found a craftsman to come and specifically teach the servants in the residence how to massage.

When Ye Muyu heard this news, she couldn’t help but laugh, thinking Chu Heng was too adorable.

Speaking of which…

After a simple massage, Ye Muyu’s wrist felt very comfortable and was no longer sore.

“By the way, I didn’t manage to buy the property at the Luo Family.” Ye Muyu informed Chu Heng.

After hearing her details, Chu Heng was a bit displeased: “Not selling to you means the Luo Family has no vision.”

“Haha, Su Mei said the same thing.” Naturally, Ye Muyu was happy to be praised, her eyes curving into smiles.

Chu Heng observed carefully and saw that she wasn’t the least bit upset, so it seemed she wasn’t affected by this matter. However, he wasn’t planning to let it go just like that.

“Have you found any other suitable property?”

“Not yet. The main issue is that very few people in the capital are willing to sell properties. Some places are not suitable, and the prices are too high, making them inappropriate for investment. Even when catering to rich ladies and young misses, the fee can’t be too high. At most, it’s five to ten taels per person per day; any higher, and those ladies won’t afford it.”

This was something Ye Muyu had gathered after associating with Chu Ziluo and some young misses, roughly estimating the monthly salary of various families.

In general, young misses from households of officials below third-grade receive about ten taels of silver monthly.

For those above third-grade, except for particularly wealthy ones, the typical monthly salary is around thirty taels.

Especially wealthy ones, like Li Chun’er from the Qingguo Duke’s Mansion, have much more, often over a hundred taels.

But they are the minority.

Ye Muyu also prepared private rooms for these particularly wealthy families, renting out a pavilion for six to eight people at a hundred taels per month.

They can use it freely, and no one else would use their spot.

For those image-conscious ladies and misses, this was quite suitable.

As for those uninvited and coming alone, they would have to pay separately.

After all, having more people makes it lively, and business needs a continuous stream of customers.

“I’ll figure it out.” Chu Heng reached out and gently rubbed her head, ready to take on this matter himself.

Ye Muyu neither agreed nor refused, but instead looked up curiously and asked, “How do you plan to solve it?”