Madam Sun's face was also unpleasant. She put her hands on her hips and said, "You bastard, you can't even do this yourself, so you resort to such despicable means. You sold your daughter and you're still so proud of it. If I were his mother, I would drown him!"
Ye Panjiu's eyes twitched. "Stop. Go about your business. Sell all the braised food for today first. Don't get upset with the customers."
After saying that, the second wife and her husband, no matter how angry they were, still obediently went to work.
Without realizing it, I've gotten used to listening to my younger sister.
Ye Panjiu certainly wasn't going to pretend this hadn't happened, but she knew very little about Manager Zhou and couldn't afford to fight a battle she wasn't sure of winning.
Manager Zhou slapped the waiter on the head again, "What are you locking up for? Why did the constable just leave like that?"
Useless! Utterly useless!
Xiao Er scratched his head in pain, wondering when this would ever end!
Furious, Manager Zhou slammed the window shut. "I'll think of something else! I refuse to believe I can't close this shop!"
He wasn't worried about Ye Panjiu's retaliation at all. His family were just peasants, powerless and without any relatives in official positions. What trouble could they possibly cause?
He wasn't worried that Ye Panjiu would find out that he was the one behind it all. Who would tell her? And who would know it was him?
...
During this period, Su Yan would read Ye Panjiu's letter every day after court.
The more he looked at the characters, the more beautiful they seemed, possessing a unique charm that flowed through them, a character that had both form and soul.
I couldn't help but pick up a pen to copy it.
He was very fond of practicing calligraphy, and he would practice until late at night.
After copying the letter for about half a month, Su Yan took the letter and his copy to the Grand Secretariat after court.
In the innermost room of the cabinet, a white-bearded Grand Secretary leaned close to the paper, studying ancient texts.
Su Yan raised his hand and gently knocked on the door, but no one answered.
He coughed lightly, "Old Jiang."
There was still no response; Scholar Jiang didn't even raise his head.
Su Yan had no choice but to step forward and place the paper he had copied on the ancient book that Su Yan was looking at.
Scholar Jiang then began to stare at the paper again, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper with each glance.
"This character should only exist in heaven!"
After excitedly exclaiming this, he was about to reach for the paper when Su Yan smiled and took it back.
Only then did Scholar Jiang realize it was Su Yan. He glared at him irritably, "So it's you. Quickly give me that paper. Who wrote it?"
Su Yan waved the paper around. "Who else could have written it? Whoever took it is the one who wrote it."
Scholar Jiang slammed his fist on the table. “Stop talking nonsense! I’m not so old and blind that I can’t recognize your handwriting!”
Su Yan smiled brightly, "If you don't believe me, I'll write it for you now, but I can't write it for nothing."
Jiang Daxue looked at him, feeling an unbearable itch as if ants were crawling inside him. "You've always wanted that piece of calligraphy of mine. Write it out, and I'll give it to you."
Su Yan raised an eyebrow. "That's more like it."
Scholar Jiang's calligraphy is the most famous in the Great Liang Dynasty. The calligraphy he wants is worth a thousand pieces of gold per character.
However, in his heart, Ye Panjiu's words held the same value.
Otherwise, Jiang would not have been willing to make the change.
Su Yan picked up his brush and wrote a character, the one he had copied the most, called "Ye". He only gave the sheet of paper he had copied to Scholar Jiang.
Scholar Jiang looked at the calligraphy with satisfaction, then, without making a single mistake, took out the calligraphy he had rolled up and put in the paper tube, and handed it to Su Yan.
Su Yan unfolded it and nodded with great satisfaction. This was a walking 8,000 taels of silver!
He thought for a moment, then carefully took out the letter written by Ye Panjiu, holding it in both hands. "That one is a copy I made. Take a look at this one."
Upon hearing this, Scholar Jiang immediately focused his gaze on the letter.
He didn't really read the contents of the letter, but stared at each character. "Your imitation only captures the form, not the soul, and only shows a fraction of your skill. Give me this letter, and I'll give you half of my writing!"
Su Yan snorted coldly and quickly put away the letter. "Even if you give me all your writing, I won't trade with you."
Scholar Jiang looked at him with a puzzled expression, "This calligraphy is indeed superb, but all my calligraphy is definitely worth more than this one. Why won't you do this business?"
Su Yan pointed to the paper he was copying, "Study this one. This letter is priceless to me. I'll ask the original owner to write another one for me in exchange for your handwriting."
Scholar Jiang wanted to struggle a little longer; he was impatient and couldn't wait any longer.
But Su Yan was as elusive as a rabbit, running incredibly fast.
He was so angry that he couldn't sit still in his chair.
Su Yan walked into his Su residence with a warm smile on his face. The house was perfect in every way, except that it lacked the female master he wanted.
Yan Yu and Wen Bai, who was standing next to her, exchanged a glance, both of them looking puzzled.
The last time I saw my father so excited was in Qingshui County.
Without a doubt, it must be related to Lady Ye.
Sure enough, from afternoon until night, the adult didn't leave the study at all.
"Yanyu."
Upon hearing the summons from the master, Yan Yu immediately entered the study, saying, "Master."
"Send this letter to Pan Jiu as quickly as possible. Oh, and this calligraphy as well." Su Yan said, handing Yan Yu the framed calligraphy by Scholar Jiang.
Yan Yu lowered her head and took the paper, her heart pounding as she looked at the pile of crumpled Chengxintang paper on the table.
He knew how expensive Chengxintang paper was when it was sold outside.
However, Your Excellency is here because the Emperor ordered all the imperial merchants to send a portion of everything to his most beloved Prime Minister Su.
But you can't use it like that...
Although he had never seen the adults use this paper except when writing letters to Lady Ye.
"Yes, sir, I will set off immediately."
Su Yan patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful on your way, go."
With a host of thoughts swirling in her mind, Yan Yu rode swiftly away from the capital overnight.
...
The braised food business wasn't significantly affected by the arrival of the constables that day; it was only a quarter of an hour later than usual.
After closing the shop, Ye Daniu and Ye Erniu prepared to drive the oxcart back to Qingshui Village.
Ye Panjiu pulled the group into the backyard of the shop. "Big brother, sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, do you know any relatives or friends of Manager Zhou? I want to inquire about Manager Zhou's family."
The four of them exchanged a glance and shook their heads.
Sun suddenly slapped her forehead. "We definitely don't know Manager Zhou in the county, but Granny Li definitely knows something. She knows a lot of people."
Ye Panjiu looked at her with a smile, "Second sister-in-law is right."
After returning to the Ye family home, Ye Panjiu was in no hurry. As usual, she ate lunch first, then took a nap, and then took two boxes of snacks from home with Sun Shi to go to the matchmaker Li's house.
Everyone in the Ye family has money now, and these snacks were bought by Ye Taohua and Ye Guihua for Ling'er.
Although they ate about the same amount as Ling'er.
"Little sister, that Manager Zhou is the county magistrate's father-in-law. Can we possibly defeat him?" Sun asked anxiously.
She was afraid that her younger sister's braised food shop would go out of business, leaving the Ye family without any source of income. She was also afraid of completely offending Manager Zhou, who might go even further and send the entire Ye family to jail.
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