For the first time, He Yingyuan felt a surge of ambition to start over. He had been reborn with his memories intact, so what was there to fear? This was a warning from heaven, prompting him to choose a more suitable path and to save the people from suffering on his own!
Countless times in the dead of night, he couldn't tell whether his past life was just a dream or something real.
Perhaps this life is the real one, and dreams are just meant to awaken me. So what should I do?
Regardless of how He Yingyuan explores life, Liao Hongying's life is becoming more and more exciting.
Besides his daily routine of studying mechanical blueprints, he also had to oversee the brewing business. He couldn't manage all of this by himself, so fortunately, several families pitched in. The brewing recipe was a closely guarded secret, and everyone tacitly kept it a secret from outsiders.
The villagers only knew that Da Wa's workshop sold fruit, and that was all they knew.
The following day, as usual, Qin San Niang took Da Wa to inspect the shop, which had become a routine for the two of them.
She, as the mother, was extremely satisfied with her eldest son's business acumen and prudent attitude. Bo Jin—what a wonderful name! Bo means eldest son, and prudent speech and actions perfectly suited her character.
She believed that with more experience, her Bojin would surely become a prudent, kind, and benevolent merchant!
That scholar He is indeed sharp-witted and has a keen eye for people! Look at that name he chose!
The mother and daughter had just driven their oxcart into the backyard when they discovered there was no one there.
They exchanged a glance. This shouldn't be happening!
At this hour, Mu Chun and the others would usually be busy in the kitchen! There would be no one left to keep watch. Where did everyone go?
Then, they faintly heard arguing ahead. The two men were startled, realizing something must have happened. They quickly grabbed the reins and drove ahead.
A crowd had gathered at the foot of the steps in front of Ruyi Cake Shop, with everyone inside also lined up at the front. Da Wa, pulling her along, finally found a gap and looked inside, only to be utterly dumbfounded. Wasn't that… his uncle, Wang Erlang?!
Qin San Niang was also taken aback. Why did this person look so familiar? Looking to the side, oh my, wasn't this her good sister-in-law Chen Xiaoyun? Then the man lying on the ground must be Wang Erlang? The son of her cheap husband's stepmother?
Chen Xiaoyun burst into tears, sobbing to the crowd around her. Qin Sanniang understood the gist of it: two words: staged accident!
This is a truly thorny issue. Given Chen Xiaoyun's intelligence, she probably wouldn't dare to go against local shops. Not to mention her, even the Qin family behind her probably wouldn't dare to do so. So there's only one possibility: someone else is behind it! The other party must have a grudge against Ruyi Cake Shop, and the most likely candidate is Chen Yushan.
After figuring this out, Qin San Niang calmed down. The business world has always been full of deceit and treachery, so there's nothing surprising about it.
Chen Xiaoyun's cries were extremely shrill. "Look everyone, my husband ate some kind of apricot preserve from Ruyi Cake Shop and he's turned into this. It's clearly because the food was unclean. His stomach hurts so much he can't even stand up straight! He vomited and his face turned yellow!"
The doctors at Xinglin Hall all said it was just an upset stomach; if he keeps vomiting like this, he might die here! Oh dear! My poor four-year-old son, so young and already without a father! How are we supposed to live?!
Wang Erlang, standing nearby: Go to hell! I just had a stomachache and threw up a few times, it's not as serious as you're making it out to be.
But he also knew that this was his mother's order, and that the other party had promised to pay him a lot of money. If he didn't cooperate and finish the performance, it would be one thing if he got a beating, but if he made his mother lose money and feel sad, then he would have to eat chaff and wild vegetables every day from now on!
Thinking of those unpalatable things, Wang Erlang steeled his heart. So what if it was acting? So what if Chen Xiaoyun cursed him a few times? He endured it! He then clutched his head and started groaning, his face ashen, truly looking like he had suffered a great deal!
Qin San Niang was speechless for a moment, thinking to herself that this guy must have eaten something unclean. He really went all out to achieve such a realistic effect! Otherwise, Wang Erlang's acting skills alone would be worthy of an Oscar!
Xiao Jin was anxious. He had been in charge of the apricot sales for the past few days. Not only were their apricots very clean and hygienic, but he also followed the owner's instructions and used wooden spoons the entire time when weighing them for customers. Yet this woman kept claiming that she had eaten their apricots, which was simply unreasonable. With so many people watching, he couldn't argue angrily. He calmed himself down and said...
"Sister-in-law, our dried apricots are the cleanest they can be. Besides, it's true you have a stomachache and are vomiting, but you haven't only eaten our dried apricots these past two days, have you? You must have eaten something else, so how do you know it's definitely the dried apricots that are the problem?"
The people around started talking all at once. Some thought Xiao Jin was right. Didn't they eat anything else? Why not consider other reasons? They just thought Ruyi Cake Shop was big and powerful enough to lose money! This is extortion!
Some people sympathized with the couple's plight, thinking that if it really was a problem with the dried apricots, Ruyi Cake Shop was so rich, what was a few taels of silver in compensation?
However, most people still looked at Chen Xiaoyun with suspicion.
Chen Xiaoyun was all bark and no bite; to put it bluntly, she was just a paper tiger. Seeing everyone looking at her, she quickly raised her voice.
"You...you're just making excuses! My family is poor, and I finally managed to buy some dried fruit. Besides, dinner was the same as usual, so there's no way I could have been poisoned! It must be your dried fruit that's the problem!"
"Oh? Since you think there's something wrong with my dried fruit, let's have the officials in charge of judging the case."
Ladies and gentlemen, my Ruyi Cake Shop has been an old shop for many years. Although it has experienced ups and downs, it has never done anything to cheat customers or sell inferior goods!
"Losing money is a small matter, but reputation is a big deal. My Ruyi Cake Shop will never let this matter go unresolved. We have already sent someone to invite the yamen runners. When the officials arrive, they can investigate and see who is at fault!" Mu Chun said calmly. As expected of a veteran who had worked for Sili Ren for many years, he was much more composed than the newcomers when it came to this kind of staged accident scam.
“Yes, this Ruyi Cake Shop used to be the Siji Cake Shop. It was the best in the county. Why would they do something so harmful to others and themselves?” A voice came from the crowd.
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