To avoid disturbing Chen Yi and the others, they moved as quietly as possible, placing the prepared luggage onto the carriage outside the garden.
Wang Lixing and Liu Si'er were waiting by the carriage, chatting idly from time to time.
"I heard first thing this morning that a big fire broke out in the East Market last night. It was just put out."
"Besides a few grain storehouses, several neighboring buildings were also hit, especially the cloth merchants."
"I heard a warehouse storing medicinal herbs was also affected. Most of the herbs are gone."
Wang Lixing watched the entrances to Jiaxing Garden and Spring Lotus Garden as he asked in a low voice:
"Has the price of grain gone up?"
Liu Si'er grinned. "Do you even have to ask? With those bastards' personalities, after a loss this big, how could they not raise the prices?"
"That's true..."
As they chatted, Xiaodie, Juan'er, and Cui'er came over, each carrying a few small boxes.
