Chapter 21 (1/2)

Chapter 21 - Fu Feng Zheng

The An family did not have property in Jun Zi City

In the past, An Chang Fu had indeed wanted to expand (his business) in Jun Zi City, but when he tried using money to buy his way up, one influential official told him that connections in Jun Zi City were complicated and fickle; a moment of inattentiveness will lead to bankruptcy

The An fa landlord in An Yuan County, but in the eyes of the Da Ya Dynasty they were but third-rate businessmen To those important and influential people in the city of Jun Zi crushi+ng a s on an ant Since then, An Chang Fu had not dared to think about thisonto his comfortable title of landlord

For this trip, An Zi Ran brought out a total of fifteen people, including the servants

It was impossible to put up this many people in inns The price difference between Jun Zi City and An Yuan County was too reat sum of money Even if the An family had money, they should not squander it so

Because he did not kno long they would have to stay in Jun Zi City, An Zi Ran decided to rent a courtyard It took so space was not particularly luxurious, and it was not next to a flourishi+ng district, but there were quite a number of rooms and can easily accommodate about twenty people He only rented the place for a month and the cost was already a hundred silver taels

[T/N: The Chinese word translates into ”courtyard,” but there are also living quarters included]

The next day, everyoneprocess ht came, the entire courtyard was quiet Most of them were already asleep

An Zi Ran stood in the corridor looking at the clear pond outside The gleaht A few sheaves of lotus leaf dotted the surface All alone, reflecting an extree, he looked at the impression of the full aze

At that entle knock on the door Qiu Lan came in with a s Master, it is late You should sleep”

”I know You should go rest first” An Zi Ran then entered the room

Qiu Lan gave a sound of acknowledgeht of her lamp disappeared

Ai Zi Ran pulled out a fragrant sachet from his boso that the Old Master had some words he wanted to leave behind, An Zi Ran opened the sachet and saw that inside there was a piece of paper with infore contract It was only a name

Fu Feng Zheng It was the name of that intimate friend whom the Old Master had became sworn brothers with

[T/N: 知己 zhi ji: ”intilish, LOL, but it's kind of like soul mate It means someone who knows you well (like they know a part of your soul), but you're not necessarily lovers with the other person Translating the tords separately you get ”to know” and ”self”]