Xu Yi later told Fu Man about Qian Dayong's fate. It has to be said that doing bad things really does make a big difference in one's life.
Qian Dayong, who had been beaten with eighty strokes of the military rod, was bedridden and needed to have medicine applied to his wounds. The task of applying the medicine fell to Cui Ruhua.
Cui Ruhua was careless and accidentally applied the wrong medicine to Qian Dayong's wound, causing it to itch terribly.
In the end, Cui Ruhua had no choice but to remove the medicine from his head again. It felt like he was being given another eighty lashes. In just a few days, Qian Dayong lost a lot of weight.
Fu Man'er simply said "serves him right" and let it pass as a minor incident. Now, she was focusing her attention on something else.
That means dealing with the Chu family.
In fact, Xu Genshan and his group have already made their move, and the Chu family is now facing various troubles, though they are all still within the Chu family's control.
Fu Man'er didn't know if she was a good person, but she knew she was someone who would protect her own. She wouldn't allow the Chu family to bully the Xu family like this!
"Well, have you found out?" In the pavilion by the water, Fu Man'er leaned lazily against the chair, flipping through the account book with one hand and picking fruit to eat with the other.
"Replying to Miss, we have already inquired and found out that the Chu family has produced quite a lot of cloth recently. Apart from a few clothing stores in town that have placed orders, the rest are still stored in the warehouse."
The Chu family has been in the cloth business for generations, and while their dyed cloth isn't exceptional, it's decent enough.
Looking around, he was the only one who dominated the entire town, and he didn't care about those small workshops at all.
"And how many of the merchants from outside are here, and where are they from?" After saying this, Fu Man'er picked up another fruit and put it in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out.
"There are about ten people, mostly from the north. We have a lot of cloth in the south, so few people come here to buy it."
Yunzhen is the city closest to the north, and many merchants come from the north. These merchants buy goods in Yunzhen, transport them back to their hometowns, and sell them at a higher price.
Because of the differences between the North and the South, things that are available in the South may not be available in the North. Items brought back from the South are very popular.
"That's quite a lot." Fu Man'er paused in her hand holding the fruit. If there were ten or so people, she would have to spend a lot of money.
Shuangxi stood by and listened for a while, then couldn't help but ask, "Miss, our Xu family has never been in the cloth business before. Do you think it's possible to negotiate with those northern merchants?"
She knew her young lady was clever, but the Xu family didn't own a dye shop or know how to weave, which sounded unreliable.
"Who said I was going to do the cloth business? I'm going to steal the Chu family's business. Note, I mean steal it."
There's a big difference between the two, okay?
"Huh? Isn't it all the same?" It's all about the fabric business, no matter what. "What if the master and mistress found out…"
Although they wouldn't say anything even if they knew, Shuangxi was still afraid; the young lady was too bold.
“They won’t know. If you don’t tell, I don’t tell, and he doesn’t tell, then they won’t know, right?” Fu Man’er had already thought it through.
He secretly sought revenge, giving everyone a surprise and making things even worse for the Chu family.
Seeing the young lady's mischievous smile, Shuangxi couldn't help but shudder. Oh no, someone else is going to be in trouble.
At this moment, Master Chu had just finished dealing with those few messy matters and was completely unaware that someone else had already set their sights on his business.
"Master, have some tea to quench your thirst. You've had a hard time these past few days." Madam Chu poured him a cup of tea and tenderly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Master Chu picked up his teacup and drank it all in one gulp. “Those little things have all been resolved. I don’t care about the Xu family’s petty tricks.”
"The methods aren't elaborate, but you won't be able to handle too many." Madam Chu's words made sense.
The Xu family simply returned the Chu family's methods exactly as they were. Master Chu didn't react quickly enough, and it took him several days to finally resolve the issue.
"The Xu family is so ungrateful. They insulted my daughter and the Chu family. We only punished them slightly, and they still dared to resist."
"Moreover, that matter didn't affect them at all. On the contrary, it was you who were betrayed by Xu Genshan, causing you to fall out of favor with the county magistrate."
When Madam Chu mentions the Xu family now, she is filled with resentment and doesn't feel that everything was her family's fault from the beginning.
"The Xu family is truly not to be underestimated." Over the past few days, Master Chu has also come to realize that the Xu family is not to be trifled with.
He had never paid any attention to the couple's smiling faces before.
"Father, do you mean you're just going to let the Xu family off like this? Let them bully your daughter, let them bully my Chu family."
Chu Yiyi sobbed softly. She hadn't left the house for several days, just waiting for her father to suppress the Chu family and give her a chance to vent her anger.
"That's not what Father meant. Father is just thinking of a way. The Chu family is not easy to deal with, so we have to strike decisively."
The Chu family doted on their precious daughter to the core and couldn't bear to see her suffer even the slightest grievance.
"Waaah, I heard from people in the manor the other day that the wild girl adopted by the Xu family spends all day wandering around the east and west streets, living a carefree life."
“How can she, someone’s adopted child, live a more comfortable life than me, a young lady? Father, I don’t care, I must teach that wild girl a lesson.”
The words Fu Man'er spoke that day still echoed in Chu Yiyi's ears from time to time. She had always been aloof and superior, and those young masters from noble families treated her with utmost courtesy.
No one has ever said that about her before, never!
Moreover, for some reason, more and more people have come to know that wild girl is actually the daughter of the Xu family, and many people are spreading rumors about it in private.
The Xu family's daughter is even more beautiful than the Chu family's young lady.
Chu Yiyi didn't believe it at all; she was the most beautiful, and what was that wild girl anyway!
"That wild girl?" Madam Chu muttered. "The Xu family would rather be enemies with our Chu family than let that wild girl kowtow and apologize to Yiyi. It seems the Xu family is very protective of that wild girl."
"Didn't the master just say he wanted to strike decisively? Here it is." Madam Chu smiled strangely.
Master Chu and Chu Yiyi looked at her, "Mother, have you thought of any ideas?"
"I have a small idea here, would you like to hear it?" Madam Chu said to the two of them in a low voice.
After she finished speaking, Chu Yiyi finally showed a satisfied expression. "Mother, your idea is really great."
Compared to the mother and daughter's high spirits, Master Chu hesitated, "Isn't this going a bit too far?"
"We business people focus our energy on business matters, not on people."
Master Chu didn't finish his sentence, but he knew the mother and daughter understood what he wanted to say.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Don't worry about it, I'll handle it when the time comes," Madam Chu waved her hand dismissively.
“But…” Master Chu still had some concerns, “The Xu family is not to be trifled with. Xu Yi is a captain in the guard. If we really provoke them…”
“Father,” Chu Yiyi said, “Just trust Mother. As long as the Xu family doesn’t know it’s us, what can Xu Yi do even if he’s a commander? He still has no way to deal with us.”
Chu Yiyi's mournful face finally broke into a smile; she was even a little impatient.
"You call yourself a businessman? You're not as smart as our daughter. As long as we don't leave any trace, what can the Xu family do to me?"
Madam Chu was very satisfied with her plan; she was absolutely confident that she could succeed.
"Besides, can you think of a better way?" This question stumped Master Chu.
He did have some methods, but for the Xu family, they were merely a tickle and couldn't cause any real trouble.
Madam Chu's plan was good, but he vaguely heard that the Xu family seemed to have a close relationship with the governor, and that someone had heard the third son of the Xu family address the governor as "sir".
And then there was the day at the governor's mansion, when the gatekeeper's attitude towards Xu Yi was overly obsequious, which always made him feel uneasy.
Chu Yiyi and her mother couldn't understand his worries at all, and the mother and daughter affectionately linked arms and were about to leave.
Seeing Chu Yiyi's smile, Master Chu dismissed his previous thoughts. It was all for his daughter's good, so he would listen to his wife.
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