No one would have imagined that just half a day ago, the owner of the Qu Family Cloth Shop, which was the most successful business in Ruzhou City, would become deserted by everyone and be hated by all in just half a day.
Those who had bought sanitary napkins from Qujia Cloth Shop were also sighing with regret. It seemed that getting back ten times the money they paid for the sanitary napkins was already a good thing. If they had been any later, all the money in the account would have been given to these shop assistants, and they wouldn't have gotten a single penny!
With this in mind, everyone felt insecure, and they stopped hoping for money for the medicine, resigning themselves to their bad luck.
Although what Master Qu said made some sense, it was indeed very irresponsible. So when he said that, the shop assistants who had worked so hard but hadn't received their monthly wages got angry.
At this point, who cares who you are?
So someone reached out and punched Master Qu first, and then the others followed suit and started hitting him too.
"If he doesn't pay his monthly salary, beat him up!"
"Kill him, then he won't have to pay his monthly salary!"
"As long as you don't kill him, he has to pay you his monthly salary!"
"..."
The originally crowded hall was transformed by the barrage of attacks from a group of shop assistants. The customers who came to get refunds consciously dispersed to the side, providing the shop assistants with a large open space to perform their duties.
In a short while, all that could be heard from the crowd were the sounds of punches and kicks, and the increasingly weak screams of Master Qu.
"Stop it, everyone! Stop it!"
Seeing that the beating was almost over, Yu Li pretended to shout twice, but it had little effect. Yu Li could only call over the soldiers and forcibly push the shop assistants away.
Looking at Master Qu again, his clothes were disheveled, and his face was covered in bruises and swelling; he was barely recognizable as a human being.
He clung to life, barely managing to stay upright. After the shop assistants left and the soldiers helped him up, he stammered, "Governor Yu, did you...did you see...hiss...these people dared to commit such a heinous crime in public! You must avenge me...hiss..."
Master Qu was beaten so badly that Yu Li couldn't bear to look, but he still waved his hand and said, "Master Qu, it's certainly wrong for these employees to openly commit violence, but you owe them a month's wages during your tenure. You should have explained it to them properly! It's so irresponsible of you to just leave like that. Their impulsiveness is understandable..."
"I understand? Hmm~"
Master Qu's face was bruised and battered. Hearing Yu Li's explanation, his lips twitched with anger, and the pain intensified: "According to Governor Yu, these people can beat me at will? The government doesn't care anymore? Is there no law in Anguo?"
"Master Qu, don't talk nonsense. Who said you can hit people at will? Who said there's no law? Who said you're indifferent?"
"Since Governor Yu wants to take charge, then hurry up and arrest them all! Don't they want their monthly wages? Go ask them for them in jail!"
"Say it again!"
These words enraged the shop assistants again, and they made a move to hit him, which startled Master Qu so much that he fell to the ground again.
"Hey, stop them!"
"..."
Yu Li gestured for everyone to calm down, then said, "Master Qu, if you're going to sue so many people, you need witnesses and evidence..."
"Testimony and physical evidence?"
Master Qu was so angry he laughed.
"Aren't all these people witnesses? And isn't the obvious injury on my face physical evidence?"
"..."
This time, it didn't mean Li was speaking up; the onlookers around him immediately looked up at the sky.
"Hey, I think I just heard a dog barking over here."
"Yes, they got beaten up and ran away."
"Did you see who did it?"
"No, I only saw Master Qu chasing the dog but failing and falling in the face."
"..."
The onlookers also hated Master Qu to the core, but they didn't hate him to the same extent as the shop assistants. They wouldn't resort to violence, but they were capable of slandering him.
After hearing this, Master Qu was completely stunned.
"You guys... okay, okay, cough cough~"
Perhaps he was too angry, because after saying only a few words, Master Qu started coughing, and then looked at Yu Li: "Governor Yu, you must have seen them beat me, right?"
Yu Li said seriously, "Master Qu, witnesses and evidence are not something I can decide alone. It depends on everyone! Besides, you should have heard the saying, 'The law does not punish the masses!'"
"..."
Master Qu was furious, because Yu Li's words were so obvious, it was as if he was about to point at his face and say, "I advise you to be careful and stop looking for trouble!"
"Okay, okay!"
After saying "okay" twice, Master Qu, leaning on the counter, staggered out.
You can't leave!
When the shop assistants at Qu Family Cloth Shop tried to stop him, Yu Li immediately ordered his soldiers to block them.
"Listen to me, everyone. From now on, the Qu Family Cloth Shop no longer belongs to the owner, and he has no money now, so there's no use in you going to find him."
"If we don't go to Governor Yu, what will happen to our hard-earned money?"
"The Qu family's cloth shop has been temporarily confiscated, so the government will find a way to pay your monthly wages. You will definitely not be shortchanged!"
"..."
After hearing his words, the shop assistants indeed stopped stopping him, and Master Qu took the opportunity to escape.
...
As soon as Master Qu left, the shop assistants of Qu Family Cloth Shop surrounded Yu Li, clearly still wanting money.
"Um...you all shouldn't be surrounding me like this!"
Yu Li wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Since I promised to pay you a monthly wage, I certainly won't shortchange you! However, the Qu Family Cloth Shop has just been confiscated, and I need to find a powerful merchant in the city to take it over before I can pay you your monthly wages!"
Upon hearing this, the shop assistants' faces fell.
"Governor Yu, who would dare to take over this dilapidated shop?"
These words expressed what everyone was thinking, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Before selling cotton-padded clothes, Qu Family Cloth Shop was a small player compared to Zhou Family Cloth Shop, with very few customers. It was only thanks to the popularity of cotton-padded clothes that Qu Family Cloth Shop has grown to its current size.
But with this sanitary napkin issue causing such a stir, who would still want to buy clothes from Qu Family Cloth Shop in the future? Besides, Zhou Family Cloth Shop is doing better and better every day because of the sanitary napkins, and other cloth merchants in Ruzhou City are avoiding them. At this time, who would be crazy enough to take over Qu Family Cloth Shop?
But Yu Li has to wait for someone to take over the Qu family cloth shop before they will start paying them monthly wages. That will take forever!
"Such a large Qu Family Cloth Shop, someone will eventually take it over!"
Yu Li smiled and said, "However, you'll have to give me some time..."
"Hey, Governor Yu, what are you doing here?"
"..."
At that moment, a clear and pleasant voice rang out from outside the door, and everyone hurried to see what was happening.
Yu Li, who had just appeared extremely anxious and helpless, relaxed his brows after hearing this voice.
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