Chapter 1297: The Daughter Abandoned During Escape (9)

Chang Shichu opened a rice shop in the center of Qing'an City, hired a shopkeeper and two assistants, and also brought Wei Yu'an over to work as an assistant.

Before Wei Yu'an's parents died, he was educated by his father. He could recognize words and read, and had no problem with daily reading and writing. But later he was kicked out of the house and became a beggar. Without any way to study, he never made any progress. Chang Shichu made him work as a clerk in a rice shop during the day and go home to study with her at night.

It's not that he didn't want him to go to school, but although Qing'an City was gradually returning to normal, many of the old schools had been bombed, and the new ones had not yet been built, so there were not enough teachers. As a result, all the children in the city had no school to go to. Chang Shichu thought it would be better for him to teach him himself.

As more and more people came to Qing'an City, Chang Shichu's work became busier and busier, so she hired two servants to do the housework so that she could save time for more important things.

That day she came to her rice shop to check on the situation and found that there were quite a few customers in the shop and business was pretty good. However, this was normal because the price of rice she set was very fair and she took advantage of the fact that it was her only business. It would be strange if not many people came to buy rice at such a good quality and low price.

"Boss! Why are you here?" When Wei Yu'an saw Chang Shichu coming in from the door, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly stepped forward to ask. Since he came to work in the rice shop, he no longer called Chang Shichu sister, but directly called her "Boss".

"I came to see how the store is doing." Chang Shichu replied, "It looks like business is pretty good."

"Of course it's good. I heard some customers say that the rice in our store is so cheap that they couldn't believe it. Because before, some people also got rice from outside and sold it in bulk, but they sold it very expensively and not many people could afford it. Now that we have a conscientious rice shop, everyone will rush to buy it, right?" Wei Yu'an whispered to Chang Shichu what the customers said.

Chang Shichu smiled and said, "My shop follows the strategy of small profits but quick turnover. Although the price is low, I will always make a profit if I sell more. But it's different for the people in the city. If they can't buy cheap rice, they will starve."

"Boss, you are really kind." Wei Yu'an said with sparkling eyes.

"No, I'm not kind, I just have a bottom line." Chang Shichu said honestly, but Wei Yu'an saw her through a thick filter, so when he heard her words, he just thought it was her humble words, and maintained his admiration for her even more.

Chang Shichu felt guilty and blushed when he saw his admiring look, so he quickly let him go back to work.

Chang Shichu blushed at his admiring look and quickly let him get back to work.

She continued to check on the customers' purchases in the shop, unaware that others were also staring at her.

Although she is only a teenager now, she has to manage various employees and is busy doing business and negotiating with people these days. Her aura and spirit have been trained. She has a refreshing and majestic aura that makes people dare not look directly at her. Moreover, many people have seen her punish those who attempted to do something wrong to her, so they are even more in awe of her.

Even so, she was still a young and beautiful girl with red lips, white teeth, complexion like spring flowers, and a slim figure. Just standing there was a beautiful scenery. Many young men in the store stole a glance at her with blushing faces.

But no one dared to approach and talk to her. After all, there had been previous experiences. Everyone knew that the young lady who stayed behind in the Chang family was not someone to be trifled with. If you offended her accidentally, it would really make you live a life worse than death.

The flowers on the high mountains can be admired from a distance but not touched.

"Is that the owner of the rice shop? He looks so young..." someone whispered, "I wonder if he's married? What kind of man is so lucky to marry such a great girl? His ancestors must be so lucky."

"Shut up right now! She's already very capable and she's only in her teens, why would she be in such a hurry to get married? Before, countless men knew about her family background and wanted to take advantage of her, but they didn't expect to be severely punished by her. Now, those men tremble all over when they hear her name..."

"Is she so vicious and powerful? But I think she's quite kind. I saw her buy buns for a kid who fainted from hunger on the street. And the price of rice sold in her rice shop is also very fair. She looks like a good person. How could she make those people tremble with fear? I don't believe it!"

"I saw with my own eyes those who had offended her kneeling and crying and begging her to show mercy, but she refused. Isn't that cruel? But now that she is willing to sell her food out of conscience, she is probably still a good person."

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Chang Shichu listened to the voices behind her talking about her, but she was calm. She only wanted to do things with a clear conscience and didn't care about how others evaluated her. After all, she was not a silver dollar, so how could everyone like her? But even if it was a silver dollar, wouldn't there be people who disliked the smell of copper and regarded money as dirt?

Moreover, she is doing good deeds. Even if she doesn't make much money, she can gain merit, which is a good thing.

After she left the rice shop, she suddenly wanted to eat salt-baked chicken, so she planned to go to the vegetable market to buy two chickens. The vegetable market was also formed spontaneously by the people recently. Anyone who had something to sell would take it there to sell, and anyone who wanted to buy something would go there to buy it.

In order to save time, she took a shortcut.

However, perhaps she was unlucky again. As soon as she turned a corner, she saw two gangs fighting about ten meters ahead. The fight was very fierce and blood was seen. Some people covered their arms and screamed, while others wailed and rolled on the ground holding their legs. The smell of blood was very strong.

Chang Shichu frowned and took a look at the two groups of people. He found that they were all tall and strong young men. They all had cruel looks on their faces and were very skilled in fighting.

...The underworld forces are fighting for territory so soon? Chang Shichu looked at them expressionlessly, thought for a moment, turned around and left.

These two groups didn't look like good people, so she didn't want to meddle in their affairs and cause trouble for herself. If she suddenly showed up to intervene, they might even join forces to deal with her, so why bother? Wouldn't it be better to let them fight each other? It would save them the energy to disrupt social order and harm civilians.

Chang Shichu left without worrying about the incident, and took a few detours before reaching the vegetable market, where she bought two chickens. When she went home, she deliberately avoided that route again.

It is really abnormal that there is no official sent to Qing'an City to take charge of government affairs yet. Chang Shichu suspects that those people above are shirking responsibility and don't want their own people to come and clean up the mess of Qing'an City, which is why no official has come until now. After all, this is a chaotic world with demons everywhere and corrupt officials rampant. There are few people who truly care about the people. Qing'an City can only rely on self-governance now.

(End of this chapter)