Chapter 243 Is He Dead?
Just as Xu Xiaoju got the purse, she was suddenly yelled at and the purse in her hand fell to the ground in fright.
When Chi Shengniang saw the purse on the ground, her eyes widened in anger. She rolled up her sleeves and went over to grab Xu Xiaoju's hair and said, "You actually stole the silver? I'll break your legs today."
"ah!!"
Xu Xiaoju's hair was pulled so hard that she cried out in pain. She finally managed to free her hair, but her waist was twisted hard several times.
"Bah, you still dare to resist? Haven't our family been good enough to you in the past two months? Seeing that you are not in good health, we old couple would rather eat less ourselves and save food for you. Don't you have a conscience?"
"Since we settled down in Huangshan Village, you have been feeling uncomfortable over and over again, just because you casually said you wanted to go to town. Chi Sheng started to make a fuss after hearing what you said. Although I scolded you, I still pawned Chi Sheng's safety lock and rented a small courtyard for you in town."
Chi Sheng's mother became angrier and angrier as she spoke. She scolded and hit Xu Xiaoju, pinching and beating her: "Since you still can't accept this family, why did you come back when we let you leave?"
"ah!!"
Xu Xiaoju was so angry after being beaten that she grabbed Chi Shengniang's arm and bit it hard!
“Ah!! Let go!!”
Finally, Xu Xiaoju opened her mouth. When Chi Shengniang's attention was on her bitten arm, she wanted to pick up the purse on the ground and run away, but her hair was pulled again. Xu Xiaoju turned around and pushed the person viciously.
"Bang…"
"ah!!"
Xu Xiaoju looked at Chi Sheng's mother who was pushed down by her and hit against the corner of the table. She saw blood gushing out of her forehead. She was so scared that she ran out of the room trembling. Unexpectedly, she bumped into Chi Sheng who came back!
"Hey, wife!"
Then he saw his mother crawling out of the room. Her face was covered in blood. She anxiously pulled Xu Xiaoju and said, "Ah! Mom! Blood! It hurts!"
"Chi Sheng... don't... let her..." He fainted before he could finish his words.
Xu Xiaoju struggled impatiently, but Chi Sheng was too strong and she couldn't break free. Just when she didn't know how to get away, Brother Hu's voice rang out at the gate:
"Xiao Ju, how are you preparing? We have to hurry up, or we'll run into those two old guys when they come back, which will be troublesome!"
"Brother Hu, please come in and help me. This idiot is holding me back and I can't get away..."
As soon as Xu Xiaoju finished speaking, Brother Hu picked up a wooden stick as thick as his arm from the yard and hit Chi Sheng on the head twice in a row.
"daughter in law!"
"Ah! Brother Hu, he seems to have lost his breath. He...he won't be dead, right? What should I do...what should I do!" Xu Xiaoju looked at Chi Sheng who fell to the ground with a bang. She was so scared that she squatted down and tremblingly sniffed his breath, and found that his breath was weak.
Brother Hu was also frightened. He looked at the stick in his hand and quickly let go. He then pulled Xu Xiaoju up and said, "What else can we do? Of course we should run! Are we waiting for the government to come and arrest us?"
An hour later, the old man came back from outside. Before he even entered the yard, he was heard shouting happily, "Chisheng, the housekeeper gave us two cakes today, just right for you and your wife, one each!"
"Late birth!!!"
When the old man stepped into the yard and saw Chi Sheng lying on the ground, he was so scared that he dropped the pastries in his hand. He didn't bother to pick them up, and rushed over to half-lift up Chi Sheng. When he saw his old wife also lying at the door of the room, he collapsed directly!
"Old woman!! Late birth!! Woohoo!"
The neighbors were frightened by the mournful screams and followed the sound to the gate of the yard. They saw an old man kneeling on the ground crying, a man lying in the yard, and a woman lying at the door of the room.
Seeing this, someone quickly spoke up and reminded, "Old man, carry the man to the clinic!"
The old man woke up after hearing this and quickly helped Chi Sheng to carry him on his back. Everyone saw that there was also a woman and said,
"Uncle, we will help you carry this young man to the clinic, you can go and carry that aunt!"
"Thank you! Thank you!"
"Oh, no need, we are all neighbors, just helping out!"
On the other side…
Xu Zhiyi looked at the winter vegetables planted in the fields and they were ready to be picked! Now she also understood the climate of the area where she settled. Fortunately, it was in the south and it didn't snow in winter. I heard that it snowed on the other side of Nanzhou City, close to the north.
So vegetables are in short supply there, which is a pity. If there were modern means of transportation, maybe she could transport the vegetables over there and earn a lot of money.
Even if we ask merchants to transport the vegetables there by horse-drawn carriage, they will probably have rotted by the time they get there!
Old Man Su looked at the acres of green vegetables and was very worried: "Zhiyi, we have so many green vegetables, can we sell them all in town?"
Old Mrs. Su also nodded: "If we can't sell this, and we can't finish it, won't we throw it into the ground?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Grandma, let's take some to town and try."
An hour later, it was already afternoon. Xu Zhiyi used a mule cart to pull 100 kilograms of vegetables to the town and set up a stall in the town.
"Grandfather, you stay here and watch over the stall. We'll sell green vegetables at four copper coins per pound and white radishes at two copper coins per pound. We won't sell them for less than that."
When Old Man Su heard the price, his jaw dropped. "Zhiyi, this is too expensive. Their vegetables are three copper coins per pound. We are selling them too expensively. We won't be able to sell them!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Grandfather, don't worry! I have inquired about the price. Vegetables are more expensive because they are difficult to grow in winter. The ones we grow are much better than those sold at any vegetable stall in town."
"The leaves of their vegetables are mostly bitten by insects, but we rarely see bad leaves on ours, so isn't it reasonable for us to sell them for a copper coin more than they do?"
Afterwards, she told Old Man Su how to deal with customers. Seeing that he had almost remembered it, Xu Zhiyi left with 60 kilograms of vegetables. She planned to sell her vegetables to wealthy families or restaurants.
I visited five households, and only two of them bought ten kilograms of green vegetables and five kilograms of white radishes. After that, I visited two more households, but they all failed!
It wasn't until the eighth house that the steward called by the doorman actually knew her.
"Hey? Aren't you the owner of Xu's pastry shop? Why did you change your business to selling vegetables? My master likes the pastries in your shop. He has been away visiting relatives recently. Otherwise, we would go to your pastry shop to buy pastries every day."
Xu Zhiyi: "Really? Thank you so much for your kindness. The shop is open. Selling vegetables will be another business of mine in the future. Well, they are all small businesses, so any profit is good!"
"Hey, how do you grow these vegetables? Why are they so good? There are almost no insect bites on the leaves. Our mansion needs dozens of kilograms of vegetables every day, but none of them look as good as the ones you sell."
Xu Zhiyi: "Well, of course it's not good. This was planted by my grandparents. They spent a lot of effort to take care of it."
"Okay, Shopkeeper Xu, I want all of these. In the future, our mansion will need 60 kilograms of vegetables every day. You can just deliver them directly to us in the future!"
Xu Zhiyi was delighted when he heard this: "Thank you for your care, uncle! But the vegetables I sell are four copper coins per pound, which is one copper coin more expensive than other shops. I wonder if you can accept it, uncle?"
Upon hearing this, the uncle took out the silver without saying a word and said, "I can accept it. To be honest, with the quality of the vegetables you grow, anyone with eyes can see that they are much better than those grown by other farmers!"
"It's served, and the host will like it. He can afford it with those few copper coins."
Hearing him say this, Xu Zhiyi weighed the remaining thirty kilograms to him.
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