Chapter 80 Abandoned Mother Faces Trouble
"Tell me, the Fifth Young Master mentioned me in front of so many people and talked about me marrying you. Would that attract your enemies?"
Xiao Yan: “…No.”
"Really?" Lu Qiniang was worried.
"I don't think I have any enemies who want to kill me," Xiao Yan said. "Even if there were, I wouldn't have waited until now if I didn't know about them."
"That seems to be the case..." Lu Qiniang felt very sorry.
Because she had always been worried that her family would be implicated by Xiao Yan, but now, it was she who implicated Xiao Yan and was mentioned by everyone again.
Even if there were no enemies seeking revenge, those inquiring gazes would probably prick Xiao Yan like thorns.
After all, before, he was high and mighty, just like those people, or even more powerful than them.
But now, people can only look at his difficult life at the bottom of society with pity, ridicule and inquiry.
"Xiao Yan, I'll take you to buy new clothes tomorrow. We have money now." Lu Qiniang suddenly said.
There was nothing she could do.
But she hoped that with her limited ability, she could give Xiao Yan some dignity so that he would not be so embarrassed when facing his old acquaintances.
"Buy another pair of new shoes." Lu Qiniang said to herself, "Let's buy good ones!"
Xiao Yan laughed dumbly, "No need, I have clothes to wear now. Let's save money to expand the business, this is the most important thing."
"Really? I'm not being polite, I..."
"I know you're really good to me."
Lu Qin's mother felt a little embarrassed instead.
It seemed that she was not that sincere and always felt guilty about taking credit for something.
"Our business can't always be this good; we have to make some money as soon as possible while others are waiting and watching," Xiao Yan said.
"Why? Will others learn? I don't think the ones sold by other people are as delicious as Daya's. And the pills can't be as effective as Doctor Hu's."
Lu Qiniang is full of confidence in her own products.
Xiao Yan said, "That will take time to verify. We have to compare in order to retain customers."
If he was not mistaken, their business would be affected in the coming days as more and more people followed suit.
But after a while, when customers have made sufficient comparisons, some will come back and the price will remain at a relatively stable level.
"Right, right, right," Lu Qiniang nodded repeatedly after listening to his analysis. "Then we have to hurry up. Invest all our money and make some money before others set up their stalls."
"Um."
"Fifth Young Master..."
Xiao Yan: I’m sleepy.
"I'm wondering whether I should go and thank him, but I'm afraid of causing him trouble. I'll think about it and bring some things back to see him."
"I'll go with you," Xiao Yan said calmly. "There were many people talking, and when he was at the top of his game, he was being watched by many eyes. You were openly grateful to him, but if outsiders knew, they wouldn't know how to interpret your relationship."
"Making a fuss about our relationship?" Lu Qi Niang didn't react. "What's there to make up?"
"For example, relationships between men and women?" Xiao Yan reminded her.
Lu Qiniang burst into laughter. "With my physique? I want to covet the Fifth Young Master? A toad doesn't want to eat swan meat, but those people insist on spreading rumors."
Xiao Yan: "..."
"But you're right to remind me. I'm not afraid of anything, but please don't let it affect the Fifth Young Master's future. I'll go again after a while, and when the Fifth Young Master gets married, I'll give him a bigger gift."
Saving money is still the most important thing.
In the next few days, Lu Qiniang was almost too busy to rest. She was buying, making, and setting up stalls every day... working day and night, it was so tiring.
But she could already earn three or four taels of silver a day, and up to fifteen taels of silver.
That day, a large merchant ship arrived and ordered ten taels of silver worth of dry food and side dishes.
Lu Qinniang was so tired that she almost fell asleep, but she was counting money in her dreams. She never slept well, and her mind was full of thoughts. What new record could she set the next day?
When Xiao Yan is not busy, he will come to help.
He is not arrogant and helps carry things, collect money...he is always there for you.
That day, Lu Qiniang collected more than 400 kilograms of dried radishes from the countryside. Without even taking a breath, she went to the salt shop to buy salt.
Unexpectedly, she was bullied there.
"A pound of salt costs five cents." The waiter turned the wooden sign around and said to Lu Qiniang in a bad tone.
"Loss?" Lu Qiniang was stunned. "So if I buy 100 kilograms, you're giving me 5 kilograms less? When I came to buy before, there was no such thing as loss. Why is there such a thing now?"
"You didn't have any before? You got a bargain. Why, do you want to make up for it? Come on, tell me how much you bought before, and I'll calculate how much you need to make up for it."
The waiter with a strange face took out an abacus and started tickling it, saying with a forced smile.
Lu Qi Niang: “…”
This person is really not a good person!
If she had been in this state of mind, she would have exploded by now.
But that’s not possible. There is only one salt shop nearby. If you don’t buy it here, you have to go to another shop several miles away.
So she patiently said with a smile, "Little Brother, we didn't have any before, how about we forget about it this time? I'll buy a lot, I want to buy a hundred kilograms!"
"If we don't deduct your losses, then the more you buy, the more we'll lose. It's up to you to buy or not." The waiter rolled his eyes. "If you don't want to buy, get out of the way. There are so many people waiting in line behind you!"
"No, are you targeting me today?" Lu Qiniang was angry. "I've come here to buy salt eight or ten times, and I've never had any losses. Why is it different today? Is this new? Show me the document!"
Although she may not be able to understand it, she still has the confidence to pretend.
After all, she can now recognize two or three hundred words, and the literacy campaign has been very effective.
"The price of salt is determined by the imperial court," Lu Qiniang said. "How can you be more powerful than the imperial court and change the price at will?"
"I didn't change the price," the waiter said. "Hurry up and don't block the people behind you."
"You didn't change the price? You deducted the loss, isn't that changing the price? I tell you, if you don't sell it to me today, I will go to the government to sue you for manipulating the salt price." Lu Qiniang did not back down at all.
"Go ahead and sue me! Go ahead and sue me now!" The waiter said dismissively, "Get out of here!"
Although the people behind him felt that what he did was wrong, they were afraid that if he stopped selling salt, they would have to run far away to buy it, so no one dared to speak up for Lu Qiniang.
Lu Qiniang was so angry that she wanted to punch him.
At worst, she will go to a distant place to buy it in the future. It will really piss her off.
It is impossible to sue the authorities because I can't afford the time.
"It's not right for you to say that." Suddenly, a voice sounded next to him.
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