Chapter 300 So angry he vomited blood
"Where did you learn these rules?"
How dare a lowly person speak to her like that?
Ke Xinrui's tone was as arrogant as it could possibly be.
Er Ya laughed in anger when she heard this, "This is my shop, can't I come here?"
He seems like a respectable person, but I never expected him to say something like that. He must have seen a lot in the world; there are all kinds of people out there.
"Since you own a shop and run a business, you should understand your status. Next time, don't try to force your way into the lives of important people," Ke Xinrui said arrogantly.
Over the years, she has become arrogant, and apart from her servants, no one of low status is worthy to say a word to her.
She came from a good family and married the head of the Tao family, so she was always fawned over wherever she went.
"Hehe." Er Ya gave a forced smile.
"What are you laughing at?" Ke Xinrui frowned. The more she looked at this brat, the more displeased she became.
"Of course we should smile at our guests. Would you like to try some of our other dim sum dishes, sir?"
"No."
Ke Xinrui had just finished speaking when Er Ya spoke up.
"Oh, sir, is it perhaps the price... is too high for you? But we understand, after all, life is pretty tough for ordinary people these days, sigh..."
"What do you mean? Do you think I can't afford it?" Ke Xinrui's voice was sharp.
Er Ya looked puzzled. "Oh? I'm sorry, sir. I'm just a talkative person. I don't know where I offended you."
Ke Xinrui was really annoyed by this girl. "Go, wrap two pieces of each of these pastries for me. You have to wrap them yourself."
"Okay."
Er Ya happily made pastries.
She's used to manual labor; making a few pastries is nothing to her.
Seeing that she was doing the work herself, Ke Xinrui felt much better and had the servants pay her.
"Mom, they're clearly just trying to provoke you into buying snacks. How could you fall for it?"
After leaving the pastry shop, Tao Mingzhu really didn't know what to say. There were so many kinds of pastries, and even if it was just two pieces of each kind, she still carried two large food boxes full, and the boxes were charged extra.
Is her mother so stupid that she can't see through such a simple trick?
"If I don't buy it, this brat will think we can't afford it. What's a little money? Just give it to the servants to eat. Our Tao family..."
Halfway through her sentence, Ke Xinrui suddenly remembered that the Tao family didn't have that much money left.
She didn't even bring much money with her when she left.
Does this mean the Tao family is going to decline in the future?
No, that's possible for any family, but not for hers. She has her father as a powerful backer.
"It's getting late, let's not linger here, let's hurry and find my father."
They set off from Jingzhou, and by the time Ke Xinrui arrived at their old house, it was already completely dark.
"What are you saying? There's no Ke family?"
They sent a servant to knock on the door, but the gatekeeper came out and said that this was not the Ke family's residence.
"Yes, did you go to the wrong house?"
Ke Xinrui exploded.
She grew up here, how could she possibly get lost?
"How is that possible?"
The servant was speechless. "My master has lived here for several years. Look up at the plaque. The current owner's surname is Zhao. There's no such thing as the Ke family. You should look elsewhere."
After saying that, he slammed the door shut.
Ke Xinrui took two steps back and, by the dim light, looked up to see that the signboard really did say "Zhao Family".
"this……"
Didn't his father move back to their old house? Isn't this their home?
how so?
"Mother, it's too cold. Let's go to the inn first." Tao Mingzhu was shivering from the cold.
She was quite unaccustomed to being here all of a sudden.
That idiot mother of hers came over without even finding out where she was.
"I'm so angry!"
Ke Xinrui got into the carriage in a fit of anger, intending to stay there first and then find out where her father was the next day.
But what I found out when I got to the inn was even more surprising?
"What?! Two hundred taels of silver a night at the inn?! Why don't you just rob us?!"
Ke Xinrui was so angry that she lost her composure.
Is this the imperial palace? Two hundred taels of silver?
The innkeeper smiled and said, "Blatant robbery is illegal. If you don't want to stay, you don't have to. We don't force guests to stay here. The prices are clearly marked. If you're willing, you can come back."
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"Old man, is this the right thing to do?"
Aunt Cai had just eaten a piece of watermelon and was now roasting chestnuts around the brazier.
It was already evening, and eating too much of this would be hard to digest, so we only baked two for each of us.
A sweet aroma filled the air.
“What’s wrong with that? If you don’t want to, you can go and bring the person back right now.” Fang Daru was writing furiously.
When there's nothing to do, you always have to make money. Now he's gotten into the habit of writing storybooks, and he feels uncomfortable if he doesn't write a few lines.
"Is that what I meant?" Aunt Cai glared at him.
"What I mean is that she's having too easy a life. I should just let her back down. I really don't want to be bothered like this."
That's right, the two hundred taels of silver was her arrangement, and the innkeeper had been informed beforehand.
"Don't worry, just wait and see tomorrow." Fang Daru didn't even look up; he was writing something important.
Aunt Cai thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out what this person had planned, so she simply continued eating her roasted chestnuts.
The night passed, and the next day, as Ke Xinrui was getting ready, her maidservant came crying and sobbing.
"Madam, something terrible has happened! We've lost all our travel money!"
"What? How could it possibly be lost?"
"How do you do things?"
"Did you, you shameless slut, secretly hide the things?"
Ke Xinrui immediately bombarded her with a series of questions.
The maid explained while crying that she had checked her travel money before going to bed last night, and then fell asleep. When she woke up this morning, it was all gone; not a single piece of gold, silver, or valuables remained.
The locks were all intact, but the travel money had vanished.
Ke Xinrui asked to find the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper's face turned green upon hearing this. "If you don't trust this shop, you can report it to the authorities. In such a big shop, you're the only one who lost something. Could it be that you staged this whole thing?"
"you……"
Before Ke Xinrui could even report it to the authorities, the shopkeeper did.
After inspecting the place, I found that the locks were all in good condition. It must have been staged by the person in question, or it was done by a servant. I suggest that Ke Xinrui interrogate the servant properly.
After this incident, the inn wouldn't let them stay anymore and told Ke Xinrui to settle her bill and leave immediately.
All the silver has been stolen; where will we get the money to pay the bill?
Ke Xinrui was making a scene again, claiming that 200 taels was robbery. The soldiers came again. The houses they were staying in really were 200 taels a night, clearly marked. They had already made it clear before they checked in that they wanted to stay there themselves.
Under the shopkeeper's constant mockery, Ke Xinrui had no choice but to pawn her jewelry.
The shopkeeper was a capable man; he immediately summoned the pawnshop manager to act as collateral.
In the end, Ke Xinrui's wasn't enough, so they added one or two items from Tao Mingzhu.
After all that trouble, it got dark again, and it was time to find a new place to stay.
Ke Xinrui was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood.
Is going to the capital city a bad omen for her?
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