"Brother Gu, do you think there's something wrong with the way Miss Zhang looks at you?"
Shen Ningsi glanced at Gu Hong in surprise. Although this man had a handsome appearance, he had such a bad temper. How come Zhang Qianrou fell in love with him at first sight?
Look at the way she speaks so charmingly. If she had no feelings for Gu Sanshui, Shen Ningsi would have twisted her head off.
"What's wrong?" Gu Hong curled his lips, "You don't like me? Are you jealous?"
He knew that even if Shen Ningsi couldn't remember his appearance, it didn't matter, Shen Ningsi would still fall in love with him again.
Shen Ningsi straightened his waist suddenly, "That's not the case."
Gu Hong just snorted lightly, obviously feeling that Shen Ningsi was saying one thing and thinking another.
“Junye, our Wang family can agree to your request, but if Shen Ningsi’s water really has a problem, how should we deal with it?”
Gu Hong looked over and said with disdain, "It's impossible for the situation you described to happen."
Zhang Qianrou's smile froze, "It's a little too early for you to say that, sir."
She didn't want to argue with Gu Hong. "If there's something wrong with Shen Ningsi's water, then Shen Ning should be punished by kneeling outside our Wang family's gate for three days and three nights, and everyone in Wanning Village should be prohibited from using Shen Ningsi's method to make water. How about that?"
"sure."
Shen Ningsi laughed and stood out from behind Gu Hong. "Then if there is no problem with my water, can the Wang family return the money they have made during this period of time?"
Even though Manager Wang's face changed drastically, he couldn't hold Zhang Qianrou back at this moment.
The woman raised her chin slightly and said loudly: "Of course!"
Ana Shen chuckled, "That's pretty good."
She spread her hands and said, "It's not up to me to decide whether the water is different or not. You might as well try it."
Before Shen Ningsi's water-making technique appeared, they were all envious of the Wang family's water. Even if the Wang family's water had lowered its price, they simply couldn't afford it. Now that they finally had a chance to try it, everyone naturally rushed over.
Seeing this, Shen Ningsi asked Xiuwen to bring a few more bags of rice.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and handed the rice bag to Shopkeeper Wang, "These are used to exchange for water."
"Shopkeeper Wang, you have to keep this rice. I'm going to take it back later."
The shopkeeper Wang, who had been eloquent just now, now blushed and dared not speak.
The villagers rushed to pass the water around, and no one was willing to touch it with their lips. The crowded scene here was so novel that it attracted everyone on the long street.
Shen Ningsi was not in a hurry to get everyone to give the results of the water comparison. She tiptoed and said loudly: "It just so happens that everyone is here, so I just want to announce a good news to everyone."
"Although our Wanning Village no longer has a water shortage, we still don't have enough food. General Gu and I found a food called potatoes in Tuer Mountain. This food is very easy to grow and has a high yield. I'll let everyone try the taste of potatoes later. If possible, I hope every household will plant them."
Only the villagers who have tasted potatoes know how delicious they are can listen carefully to her explanation of how to grow them.
"Who knows what you, a witch, have prepared to harm others? Only a fool would eat what you give him!"
Shen Ningsi just smiled and said, "Miss Zhang, there's no result yet on whether the water has problems or not, and you're already accusing me of having problems with the food?"
"You can accuse me of having problems with my water, but you can still use the ill-gotten gains the Wang family has made over the years as compensation. But you can accuse me of having problems with my food, but what can you offer me?"
"I, Zhang Qianrou, can also make amends to you with this face!"
Shen Ningsi sneered, “How thick-skinned do you have to be to apologize to me.”
She has never been a weak person, and it is impossible for her to swallow her anger when being slandered.
Shen Ningsi rolled his eyes slightly, “But if Miss Zhang is willing to bring everyone in the Wang family to kneel at the end of the long street, I can let go of the sin of slander.”
Zhang Qianrou is just a cousin. All the members of the Wang family had to kneel down to make the villagers who did not participate in the water comparison believe that there was no difference between the Wang family's water and hers.
Glancing at Zhang Qianrou's hesitant expression, Shen Ningsi sighed, "Forget it, I can't force Miss Zhang. After all, you are just the cousin of the Wang family. You have little influence. What's the point of agreeing?"
Even though she knew it was a provocation, Zhang Qianrou still blushed and said, "Okay!"
"Miss Zhang is straightforward!"
Shen Ningsi turned around directly, “Everyone should have compared it, is there any difference between your absolute water?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole long street suddenly became quiet.
Zhang Qianrou's clenched fingers loosened, and she said with a sweet laugh: "Chen Ningsi, you have the imperial envoy from the capital behind you. If you hadn't provoked our Wang family, even if we knew that someone of yours had a problem, we wouldn't have said anything. But you just insisted on running into the knife edge!"
She raised her chin and said, "Alright, I'm sorry to offend you, villagers, but you probably already know everyone's answer. Just go to the entrance of the long street and kneel down!"
"Ms. Zhang, I really admire your imagination."
Shen Ningsi didn't even bother to give her a look, "Everyone, just say it directly. Even if you spent a lot of money to buy Wang's water in the past, there is no need to worry. Everyone just heard it. As long as the Wang family deliberately slanders, the money they earned must be returned intact."
"Chen Ningsi! You are still spreading lies and misleading people!"
Zhang Qianrou raised her hand to slap the man in the face, but was kicked out the next moment.
Gu Hong's eyebrows were twisted into a knot, "I don't like to hit women, but shrews are an exception."
He was not a patient person to begin with, and Zhang Qianrou's shrill voice made him even more impatient. Gu Hong looked at the villagers coldly.
"Are they all mute?"
The man's fierce voice finally brought everyone back to their senses, and everyone started talking at once.
"This is clearly the same thing! I even drank several sips!"
"Mom, I actually spent dozens of buckets of rice to buy water! I really am a spendthrift woman!"
“…”
Amidst the sounds she had anticipated, Shen Ningsi took the hand of the little beggar beside her and slowly walked towards Zhang Qianrou, who was lying on the ground groaning.
"The water in Wanning Village should have belonged to the villagers. Your Wang family has seized the only clear spring and profited from the people's misfortune. Did you see how thin this girl is?"
She felt the tiny wrist in her palm and her heart began to ache. If she hadn't appeared, perhaps Xiu Wen's children would have had such a hard time.
"She saved money just to keep her brother healthy, but the water she bought was completely useless. Your Wang family is getting rich, but others are starving to death."
Shen Ningsi put the water bag hanging next to the jar and a large bag of potatoes into her hands, "Good child, there is no difference in water. Take these back and cook for your brother. If you have any more difficulties, come to the former headman's house to find me."
After settling the child, Shen Ningsi continued, “As for you, Miss Zhang, keep your promise and hand over all the ill-gotten gains your Wang family has made over the years.”
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