Chapter 102: Chicken or Vegetable
The fire at the Su family's Shixianglou was quickly overshadowed by the civil unrest in Baishang Kingdom.
In the taverns and teahouses on the streets, people's hot topic turned to whether the imperial court would send troops to provide assistance.
"Back then, the gates of Yunzhou were opened by enemy spies because they were hosting refugees, leading to the tragic death of our great general. Even more tragically, the Yunzhou governor, seeing the situation was unfavorable, surrendered the entire city with his troops. This allowed the enemy to bypass the Tianqian Pass and brutally massacre the civilians inside. Fortunately, the old general stepped forward and led his soldiers in a bloody battle, barely maintaining peace in this area."
The person who spoke had obviously experienced that war. His voice was trembling and everything seemed to be vivid in his mind.
Those sitting around were all civilians from inside the pass, so they naturally knew that the old general of Tianqian Pass had defended the city until he died in battle.
"If the imperial court sends troops to support the enemy, wouldn't that be putting those tens of thousands of innocent soldiers and civilians to an unjust death?"
Someone analyzed the situation indignantly, "I doubt the imperial court will send any troops to support us. Wouldn't it be great if the Baishang Kingdom could just fight each other?"
Others sighed pessimistically, "The Northern Rong once slaughtered our subjects and soldiers in large numbers, far exceeding the number of Baishang Kingdom. Now, aren't we surrendering to them?"
After saying this, he raised his head and drank the wine, "I have wine today and I will drink today, I don't care about the beacon fire and iron cavalry..."
Someone then offered a drink to him, "Tonight we have wine, let's drink as much as we can, don't worry about the battles in the dust."
Although the war had not yet arrived, the people inside the Great Wall were already demoralized and their will was low.
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Su Shengsheng stood in front of a pile of ruins, pacing back and forth.
Qing Ning followed behind her, fearing that she was feeling depressed.
"Miss, why did you buy this building? It's so unlucky!"
The young lady took them to find the owner of the restaurant. When the owner saw that they were willing to buy, he treated them like gods and sold them without bargaining.
I don’t know if the young lady was stimulated by the words of the old man and her family, which made her close the business and wait for her marriage with peace of mind.
The lady went to pay the full amount that night, as if she was afraid that the man would run away.
The diners in the restaurant have been properly relocated to various branches and are able to continue to enjoy free meals, so it has not caused any disturbance.
But the restaurant is now a scorched earth, with no place to stay. I'm afraid it will have to be rebuilt.
Ning Jie held in his hand a little fat chick that was almost roasted. Its newly grown wings now looked like a bald chicken.
He casually glanced at Qing Ning who kept talking, and looked at her in confusion.
At this moment, they were the only ones left in the store.
Yunxiang and Yunyi were so frightened, and having heard that the restaurant needed to be rebuilt, they followed their two aunts Tingwan back to the Su family.
They were originally on temporary secondment, and now that Su Shengsheng had money to recruit new people, they had no plans to come back.
Su Shengsheng once asked them why they left, and the answer she got was: they were all servants, and instead of suffering in front of outsiders, it would be better to return to the old lady and live a peaceful life.
These words left Su Shengsheng speechless.
She thought everyone loved to make money and be independent, but she forgot that spiritual independence was also not good.
However, others thinking this way is an inevitable result of this era, so she naturally won't be too demanding.
Originally, the family had jointly reserved a spacious mansion with three entrances and three exits, and planned to move in after the renovation was completed before the New Year.
But now that the Shixianglou had been destroyed by fire, the elders in the family wanted to give up the house and return the money to her for a while.
In the end, it was her mother who persuaded her family to give up the idea by saying that she could take this opportunity to change her mind.
The Su family's embroidery studio made a lot of money, so they could no longer take care of the family affairs and hired a few maids to take care of the chores.
Su Shengsheng didn't ask about this. As long as the person was not abducted by human traffickers, she would just pay him/her.
Now, everything is starting over again for them.
She was just worrying about whether to build a hot spring teahouse or an entertainment mall when the six shopkeepers from that night showed up unexpectedly.
That day, each person spent as much as ten thousand taels, and with the order from King Xuanming, several people rushed back to collect the silver.
Seeing Su Shengsheng wandering alone outside the burned-out building, Mr. Liu Sanye was the first to speak, "We didn't do this."
Su Shengsheng raised an eyebrow and looked at the others, "Of course, otherwise the county magistrate would have asked you to come forward for questioning."
Mr. Liu Sanye's tense face finally relaxed a little, his brows slightly relaxed: "This is what we lost to you."
Su Shengsheng took the wooden box filled with Jiaozi from their hands and counted them one by one. "Why are there still 15,000 taels extra?"
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Yu took a step forward, his expression somewhat helpless: "I admit defeat."
The implication is that Su Shengsheng is forcing others to do something.
Su Shengsheng was unwilling to push the envelope, especially since she had offended many people today, so she returned the extra 15,000 taels of Jiaozi.
Seeing this, Shopkeeper Yu's eyes nearly bulged with surprise. "You don't want it? Do you still want to play another round with me?"
At the end of the conversation, he almost thought Su Shengsheng was deliberately making things difficult for him, and he wished he could grow wings and fly away immediately.
"It's not mine, I don't want it." Su Shengsheng answered clearly.
When Shopkeeper Yu heard that she really didn't want it, he snatched back the Jiaozi as if he had been pardoned, and the smile on his face almost overflowed.
"You didn't want this yourself. If King Xuanming asks about it later, don't blame me for not giving it to you..."
Su Shengsheng withdrew her gaze and cast it on Shopkeeper Yu again: "King Xuanming?"
"Yes!" Shopkeeper Yu, seeing that the matter was settled, stopped pretending. "Although you have the Xuanming King..." At this point, he glanced at Ning Jie, who looked uneasy, "and the Ningguo Mansion as your backing, but business is business, and we are no longer involved."
This made Su Shengsheng laugh, as if she had really bullied someone by taking advantage of her power. "What do you mean, Manager Yu?"
After the silver was exchanged, several shopkeepers wanted to leave, but when they saw Su Shengsheng looked harmless, some of them got angry.
Mr. Liu snorted coldly, "If you hadn't set the price so recklessly, how could you have gotten into such trouble? It's better to be careful in the future!"
Seeing that they were not only dissatisfied but also had some complaints, Su Shengsheng stopped them.
"Buddhism teaches us not to kill. Monks have debated for centuries about whether eggs are meat or vegetables. I wonder what the shopkeepers think about this?"
Everyone stopped, confused, and wondered what tricks Su Shengsheng was going to play or what she was trying to do.
Mu Zhi won the bet by chance, but when he saw that others had to pay so much silver and had to be taught a lesson by a younger woman, his face suddenly turned ugly.
He had to step forward and say, "Of course we are not vegetarians."
The implication is that even if they lose this time, we should not underestimate them.
However, Su Shengsheng's intention was not like that.
"I believe that being broken from within is life, but being broken from the outside by external forces is nothing more than a dish!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of several people changed drastically and became extremely ugly.
Qing Ning was trying to hold back her laughter, thinking: The young lady is in a bad mood already, and they are just asking for trouble by bumping into her at this time.
When those people saw Su Shengsheng finished speaking, she turned away and didn't want to argue with a woman, so they prepared to leave angrily.
But Mr. Liu San stopped with his face changing again and again.
The arsonist obviously regarded them as targets and set the fire while they were holding Su Shengsheng.
The purpose is obviously to make it impossible for Su Shengsheng to gain a foothold in the business world.
But this time, even they were included in the calculations.
When Mr. Liu Sanye thought about being used by a villain in this way, he felt a little angry.
He looked at Su Shengsheng's back and said in a deep voice, "I believe that what Shopkeeper Su said was not just a spur-of-the-moment thing, right?"
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