Chapter 91: The Divorced Woman
"I just hope that next year's Weiyang general election will make the Xie family step down and get out. Why is it that the Xie family has always been the president, and they have taken all the benefits."
"Have you heard? The Leqing family and the Lingzhouyuan family have secretly formed an alliance, saying that they want to work together to bring down the Xie family and make the paralytic suffer greatly."
"Fuck you, you bastard!" The angry shout was like thunder out of the blue, and everyone was instantly silent.
Liang Jinyu looked at them curiously and thought what a coincidence that they were the three brothers of the Yuan family again.
Yuan Huan pointed at the man who had just spoken and warned him fiercely: "Stop talking nonsense to me. Which eye of yours saw that we formed an alliance with the Chu family? And you want to destroy the Xie family? I will fucking kill you first, believe it or not!"
The passerby never thought that a casual remark would actually attract a member of the Yuan family, and the one who came was the second son of the Yuan family, who had the worst temper.
"I, I was just saying it casually." The passerby admitted his mistake immediately and quickly escaped into the crowd.
Yuan Huan was still not satisfied, and looked around and warned: "I don't care what conflicts you have with the Xie family, if you dare to drag our Yuan family into it, don't blame me for being rude!"
Passersby were whispering, some complained that Yuan Huan was ignorant of good and bad, some said that the Yuan family was arrogant and domineering and did not take others seriously, in short, they were not good words.
"My second brother is outspoken and doesn't know how to talk, please don't blame me, come on, I'll treat everyone to some sweet soup!"
Yuan Qi spoke loudly, followed by two vendors carrying baskets of sugar water.
There was a cool breeze blowing by the river, and it was so comfortable to drink some hot sugary water, not to mention it was free.
All of a sudden, everyone's opinion of the Yuan family changed again. They praised Yuan Qi for being kind and honest, and said that the Yuan family was honest in doing business, and that the position of chairman next year would belong to the Yuan family.
"Come, come, sir, have a drink too." The peddler was so happy that he ran over and handed Liang Jinyu a glass.
Liang Jinyu was about to say goodbye when she heard Yuan Qi say "Oh!" and walked over in surprise.
"We meet again. It is truly a wonderful fate." Yuan Qi exaggerates.
Liang Jinyu took the opportunity to return the purse to him and said, "No merit, no reward. Take it back, sir."
Yuan Qi pretended to be unhappy and said, "I, the Third Young Master Yuan, have no right to take back what I have given away. This silver is just a drop in the bucket for me. I will just treat it as spending money to buy happiness."
Liang Jinyu raised her eyebrows, what a rich and powerful man.
"Third brother, stop playing. Fifth uncle is here." Yuan Bo shouted in the crowd.
Yuan Qi Chong Liang Jinyu blinked and said, "See you again if we are destined to meet, beauty."
Liang Jinyu shook her head and laughed, then threw the money bag to Tang Xian: "Confiscate it."
Tang Xian quickly took it, opened it and counted it, and was very happy: "There are 67 taels in total. After deducting the 64 taels I will give to the wine merchant later, there are still 3 taels left."
Liang Jinyu got off the donkey cart and said, "Then you can share the extra with Mr. Yao. Just think of it as a share for everyone who sees it."
"Thank you, young lady." Tang Xian did not refuse. He took out three taels of silver and put it in his arms alone.
The Xie family's convoy stopped at the ferry ahead because the shore was too narrow. If Liang Jinyu's donkey cart wanted to pass, it could only wait for the Xie family's timber to be unloaded first.
The porters who had been waiting on the dam waited for a long time and began to roll the timber along the dam to the beach in an orderly manner as soon as the ox cart stopped. The timber was then moved to the bamboo raft by the boatmen.
The empty bamboo rafts were soon piled up into small hills, so many that they almost occupied the entire river surface, which was quite spectacular at first glance.
After waiting for about half an hour, the Xie family's convoy finally moved away.
Not to mention others, even Liang Jinyu was somewhat dissatisfied.
Everyone's time is precious and they have wasted it.
"Girl, that's the one."
Tang Xian was tall and had a good vision, so he immediately spotted the anxiously waiting wine merchant in the crowd.
Local people in Shaozhou seldom brew wine, so most of the wine sold in the city is purchased from other places, among which yellow wine from Chenzhou and rice wine from Yangsu are the most popular.
The wine merchant that Tang Xian contacted was from Chenzhou. His surname was Jin and he was the ninth child in the family, so everyone jokingly called him Jin Laojiu.
Jin Laojiu is a fat middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance. He speaks with a Chenzhou accent and his movements are neither fast nor slow, which makes him seem inexplicably reliable.
After tying the donkey cart to a willow tree on the shore, Liang Jinyu and Tang Xian followed Jin Laojiu down to the beach.
The open space on the river beach was filled with all kinds of goods. The porters coming and going were busy with their bare chests, sweating profusely. From time to time, one could hear the bargaining between the merchants.
"That red boat over there is mine." Jin Laojiu pointed at the cargo ship at the ferry and said, his tone full of pride.
Liang Jinyu looked in the direction of Jin Laojiu's finger, and her eyes lit up immediately. She praised sincerely, "What a beautiful boat."
Unlike ordinary passenger ships, cargo ships have shorter stern decks, larger cabins, no openable windows, and even no sails.
"This ship has only been launched for less than half a year, and it cost me a lot of money. But fortunately, it has a large cargo capacity, and one trip now can be equivalent to three trips in the past." After Jin Laojiu finished speaking, he shouted towards the ship.
After a while, someone came out.
Jin Laojiu introduced: "This is yellow croaker. He is in charge of your batch."
Huang Yu was short and sturdy, and he looked at Liang Jinyu with a pair of smiling eyes: "This must be Mr. Liang, I didn't expect you to be so young, you are really young and promising. By the way, the batch of rice wine you asked for has been unloaded, it's just in front, how about I take you there?"
Liang Jinyu was more interested in Jin Laojiu's cargo ship, so she let Tang Xian and Huang Yu go over there, and she followed Jin Laojiu to take a look around the ship.
Just as Liang Jinyu was about to board the ship, he saw a larger passenger ship approaching from a distance with the Yuan family's emblem hanging on its sails.
Jin Laojiu sighed, "The ferry is really busy today, but why did the Yuan family bring a passenger ship here?"
A familiar voice came from behind, Liang Jinyu turned around and saw that it was indeed the Yuan brothers again.
Here, Yuan Bo poked Yuan Qi: "Third brother, it's her again."
Yuan Qi raised his eyes and saw the beauty looking at him. He was immediately delighted: "I saw her three times in one day, and you still say we are not destined to be together."
"Fifth Uncle, I met an acquaintance. I'll be right back." Yuan Qi patted his clothes and walked towards Liang Jinyu with his head held high.
Yuan Shanting was about to stop him, but when the words came to his lips, he turned them into: "I'll go over and take a look too."
Jin Laojiu was just wondering why the Yuan family came this way when he saw Liang Jinyu coming to greet them.
"Boss Yuan, you are here too." Liang Jinyu greeted.
Yuan Shanting nodded: "Why is Miss Liang here?"
"Do something." Liang Jinyu said vaguely.
Yuan Qi was surprised and asked, "Why, Uncle Wu, do you know her?"
Yuan Shanting coughed lightly, not wanting to reveal Liang Jinyu's identity.
Liang Jinyu continued, "I opened a grocery store in the city and had business dealings with Mr. Yuan before."
Yuan Shanting nodded and asked Yuan Qi: "How did you two know each other?"
Yuan Qi briefly explained what had happened, and then he became more interested in Liang Jinyu: "How can a married woman like you go out and do business in public? Where is your husband?"
When these words were spoken, Yuan Shanting and Jin Laojiu were both shocked.
The only surprise was that Liang Jinyu was married, and the other surprise was that Liang Jinyu was a woman.
Liang Jinyu complained about Yuan Qi's talkativeness in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face: "We have already divorced."