"50 taels!"
He Bai gritted his teeth and said.
"Hmph! Sixty taels!"
Qi Li snorted lightly, completely unfazed.
"you!"
He Bai was furious and wanted to raise the price, but then he felt that it was not worth spending 70 taels to buy a medium-grade pregnant fruit. He flicked his sleeves, paid for 3 inferior pregnant fruits, and stormed off.
"Hmph, overestimating yourself."
Qi Li spat in the direction He Bai had left, then turned and walked to Su Qinghe. He reached out to take the pregnancy fruit, but was stopped by a hand.
"Manager Qi, you haven't paid yet."
As she spoke, Su Qinghe used her other hand to lift the basket to the side.
"What's the rush? It's not like I'm not going to give it to you!"
After Qi Li finished speaking sternly, he ripped the money pouch from his waist and threw it at Su Qinghe, then bent down and picked up the pregnant fruit in his hand.
Su Qinghe took the money bag, opened it, counted the money, and frowned.
"Manager Qi, you only have 30 taels in this bag."
Qi Li stared intently at the pregnant fruit in his hand, and without looking up, said:
"You just said it was 20 taels each, and I've already given you an extra 10 taels. What, you still think it's not enough?"
As soon as she finished speaking, several servants beside her took a few steps forward, as if they would come up and beat her if Su Qinghe said "not enough".
"Oh!"
Su Qinghe swept her tongue across her back teeth, sneered, snatched the pregnant fruit from Qi Li's hand, and threw the money bag back.
"I'm not selling this fruit anymore, please leave!"
Seeing that the pregnancy fruit had been taken away, Qi Li looked up and glared at Su Qinghe with resentment, cursing loudly.
"You audacious lowly commoner, you country bumpkin, do you know who I am? I'm from the government office. Buying your things is an honor for you, and you dare to complain about the amount? Believe me, I can send you to jail with just one word!"
After she finished scolding him, she saw Su Qinghe standing there dumbfounded and assumed that he was frightened by her words. She gave a smug sneer.
"Hmph, now you're scared? If you know what's good for you, hand over the pregnancy fruit you're holding. You complained about the money earlier, but now you can forget about the 30 taels. I'm not giving you a single penny!"
The onlookers, seeing Qi Li's behavior, dared not utter a sound.
Upon seeing this, a cold glint flashed in Su Qinghe's eyes.
What if I don't give it to you?
"Hmph, you ungrateful wretch, beat him up!"
Qi Li waved her hand, and the five servants she brought immediately rushed towards Su Qinghe.
"court death!"
Su Qinghe took a big step forward and came to the person at the front. She grabbed the woman's arm and with a forceful pull, a "crack" was heard, and the woman let out a pig-like scream.
"Ouch—my arm!"
Before she could react, Su Qinghe moved swiftly among the group, causing screams to erupt from one of them. Within moments, all five were curled up on the ground, groaning in pain.
After dealing with the group, Su Qinghe slowly walked towards Qi Li.
"You...you, how dare you! I am the steward of the county magistrate's office!"
Su Qinghe ignored her and directly dislocated one of her arms.
"ah--"
Qi Li screamed in agony, her forehead covered in cold sweat. When she realized that her other arm was about to fall into Su Qinghe's hands, she quickly begged for mercy.
"Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me! I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness. I will never dare to do it again..."
"Oh, and... I don't want the pregnancy fruit anymore, but I'll still give you the money as compensation... Please forgive me!"
Qi Li cried so hard that he had snot and tears streaming down his face, which really disgusted Su Qinghe.
She stood a few steps away from Qi Li and watched as she trembled as she groped around on her body with her only usable arm. After a while, she pulled out a few pieces of silver and put them into the money bag she had just put in.
"Here you go! This is all the silver I have on me."
Qi Li smiled obsequiously.
Su Qinghe took the money bag and turned to leave.
"She's finished now, how dare she hit Steward Qi."
"Hurry up, hurry up! We saw Qi Li make a fool of herself. If she takes it out on us, we'll be in big trouble."
The crowd scattered in a panic, leaving only Qi Li and the others behind. The fawning on her face vanished, replaced by malice in her eyes.
"You damned lowly commoner, you just wait!"
...
The main gate of the Qin Mansion.
"Halt! This is the Qin residence. What do you want?"
Su Qinghe was stopped at the door and bowed to the guards at the door.
"I'm looking for Manager He. Could you please inform him?"
The two men glanced at Su Qinghe's patched clothes, frowned, and said impatiently:
"Go away, go away! Where did this beggar come from? Go beg somewhere else! Our Manager He is busy with so many things, he doesn't have time to see you!"
If he really was a beggar, wouldn't it be asking for trouble if they brought Manager He over?
Su Qinghe was displeased by these words. Although her clothes were patchy, her husband had washed them very clean. How could he compare her to a beggar?
"Your steward He just bought three pregnancy fruits from me. I heard that Commandant Qin has never had an heir. I have even better ones here."
"It seems so. I just saw Steward He come back with three Pregnancy Fruits," the guard said.
"If that's the case, and the Commandant has an heir, then we've done a small service, and the reward will certainly be substantial."
"Have you reached an agreement? If you don't want it... then I'm leaving. I'm in a hurry to sell it to someone else!"
Seeing the two whispering to each other, Su Qinghe didn't want to waste any more time and turned to leave.
"Eh, Your Majesty, please wait a moment while I inform Steward He."
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