Before Shen Qingyu could completely retreat upstairs, Lady Guan, who heard these words downstairs, jumped up in alarm!

"Aaaaaaah!"

"Leech, leech, leech..."

Poor thing, she was so scared that she jumped around like a monkey many times.

The leech, bulging from sucking blood, was already overloaded and fell off her head with her movement.

Unfortunately, Lady Guan didn't see it and, in her frantic jumping, accidentally stepped on a leech!

With a "plop," the leech blood pack was crushed...

"Ah! My leeches!"

This time, it was Doctor Mo who screamed in agony!

These leeches were his secret weapon; collecting and raising them with drugs was not easy, and their numbers were limited.

Following Doctor Mo's gaze and movements, Lady Guan saw the leech she had crushed and was even more terrified. She suddenly jumped onto Guan Tao!

Hang!

Guan Tao helplessly and awkwardly caught his wife, letting her cling tightly to him.

Shen Qingyu: "..."

Even though I have goosebumps, I also feel like laughing for no reason. What should I do?

The triplets, who had somehow peeked out of the room, covered their mouths and dared not laugh out loud at the scene before them.

We are well-mannered children, and we won't laugh at people who are even afraid of leeches.

After everything settled down, Guan Tao belatedly realized that his wife, who had previously been confined to rest, had not experienced any headaches or dizziness after jumping and shouting wildly.

Is this... all done?

Doctor Mo's expression was grim: "Eight hundred taels for one leech! Remember to pay me back later!"

Guan Tao: "!!!"

Where did he get eight hundred taels?

Shen Qingyu was also surprised. After going in and asking Doctor Mo, she came out and told Guan Tao, "This kind of leech is different, and for better results, it needs to be raised with rare medicine for half a year. It's really rare..."

Guan Tao looked distressed: "I'm willing to pay eight hundred taels to treat my wife's illness, but I'm penniless right now. Even if I took out all the money for this one pot, it would still be far from enough!"

Shen Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "How about we cooperate? I can help you pay off the debt first, and you can pay me back later?"

Lady Guan glanced at Shen Qingyu, then at the direction of Doctor Mo's room: "Could this be a trap you and that person set to lure my husband and me into this mess?"

Shen Qingyu glanced at Guan Niangzi, feeling somewhat displeased, but thinking about what had happened to the Meici Workshop, she felt a bit more understanding.

So Shen Qingyu patiently explained to her, "What I admire is simply your ceramic craftsmanship."

“But I don’t need any exquisite or precious porcelain here. As for coarse pottery jars, there are plenty of people who can make them if you don’t want to.”

"First of all, I didn't break your head, and you didn't start feeling dizzy and having headaches after you met me."

"Secondly, you must have spent at least several hundred taels of silver over the years to treat your dizziness and headaches, right?"

Guan Tao and his wife looked at each other, their faces flushed.

Guan Tao looked ashamed, but Guan Niangzi still had a hint of resentment on her face.

"Why would leeches be worth so much?"

"A single ginseng root only costs a few dozen taels of silver. You can't possibly use a hundred-year-old ginseng root to feed leeches, can you?"

Although Guan Niangzi's mutterings were not loud, Shen Qingyu heard them very clearly.

Shen Qingyu almost laughed out of anger: "You think I can't live without you?"

"Then you should leave now. Let's see how many more years you can stay under the boss of Meicifang after you go back."

"But before that, remember to compensate Doctor Mo for the leeches."

After Shen Qingyu finished speaking, she didn't say another word and got up to leave.

If Guan Tao and his wife are such ungrateful people, Shen Qingyu would not deign to take them in or cooperate with them.

If you cooperate with someone of bad character, it's easy for conflicts to arise later due to their petty nature, which would be a bad deal.

The people in the courtyard dispersed instantly, with only Zhao Yuzhu stepping forward to calculate the bill for them: "You delivered a thousand jars for this batch, which is twenty taels of silver. Here's the money, you two can take it and leave."

"As for Doctor Mo's leeches, it's fine if you don't compensate for them."

“I just asked Doctor Mo, and he said that your wife has a lot of blood clots in her brain, and it can’t be cleared up with just one dose of leeches.”

"Her symptoms can be relieved for five days, but if she does not continue treatment after five days, they will recur."

"If you think all leeches are the same, why don't you catch some and put them on your head and see if you can get better on your own?"

"But when that time comes, don't say that others misled you about your condition."

After Zhao Yuzhu finished speaking, she glanced at the dumbfounded Guan Niangzi, her eyes contemptuous and blunt: "Our Yuji has such a big business in Shenjia Village and Hengshui Town, and all the villagers in the town work for us. It's not necessarily because we can't do without you."

"It's just a few jars, you can buy them anywhere."

After Zhao Yuzhu finished speaking, she stuffed two silver ingots into Guan Niangzi's hands and turned to leave.

Lady Guan was dumbfounded, filled with fear and regret, and couldn't help but look at Guan Tao.

Seeing that she was just recovering from a long illness, Guan Tao didn't want to say anything to her. He just hurriedly took a few steps after Zhao Yuzhu and said, "Auntie, please wait!"

Zhao Yuzhu stopped and turned to look at Guan Tao: "What? Do you have anything else to say?"

Without saying a word, Guan Tao first bowed and apologized: "My wife has been suffering from chronic pain since someone hit her on the head, which has made her somewhat slow-witted and hesitant to trust people. I apologize on her behalf..."

Zhao Yuzhu glanced at Guan Tao, whose face was full of shame, and then at Guan Niangzi, who was uneasy, and snorted.

"I accept your apology. I won't hold it against the patients. You can go now."

Seeing that Zhao Yuzhu was about to leave again, Guan Tao quickly spoke up again: "I wonder what kind of business the boss wanted to discuss with us before?"

Zhao Yuzhu glanced at Guan Tao, then at Guan Niangzi: "Do you think your word counts in your family?"

Guan Tao glanced at his anxious wife and quickly nodded, "I'm in charge! I'm in charge!"

“Alright then…” As expected of the chairperson of a listed company, Ms. Zhao Yuzhu quickly and clearly explained the articles of association that she and Shen Qingyu had initially discussed.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Lady Guan and said in a slightly cold tone, "I'm not going to play games with you two. I'll make this clear once and for all. You can decide for yourselves. If you're willing, you can stay. If you're not, you can turn around and leave."

"As long as you're in Hengshui Town, no one will dare to cause you any trouble. But once you return to Ciqikou, you're no longer under our jurisdiction."

Zhao Yuzhu left, and Guan Tao and his wife sat in the courtyard, caught in a dilemma.

Zhao Yuzhu just made it very clear.

If Guan Tao and his wife are willing to stay in Hengshui Town to make pottery jars, they can just supply the chili pepper workshop with the same price as before. However, Shen Qingyu will save on the logistics costs on the way and the delivery time will be more timely.

If Guan Tao and his wife don't want to work there, then Shen Qingyu can just find another company.

This thing isn't complicated to make; anyone with a background in porcelain can do it.

Buyers like Shen Qingyu, who complete the transaction on a cash-and-carry basis, are welcomed by everyone.

The pressure immediately fell on Lady Guan.