The next day, Shang Ruoyi went to the county town early in the morning. When Qian Niang saw her coming in person, she greeted her warmly: "Why did my sister come here in person?"
"Of course, I have a business to discuss with my sister."
When Qian Niang heard this, her eyes lit up: "Oh, sister, I like to talk business with you. I am simply the God of Wealth. Ever since my strawberries entered Tianxiangju, the business has been getting better and better. What kind of business is this?"
"milk tea."
"Milk tea?" Qian Niang looked at Shang Ruoyi in confusion: "What is that?"
"It's a drink." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "I mainly want my sister to help promote it."
When Qian Niang heard her say this, she immediately reacted: "Of course."
"But I haven't bought a shop yet. Sister, can you help me find out if there are any shops for sale nearby?"
“There are shops, but the silver is not small!” Qian Niang looked at her and stretched out a finger: “The smaller shops here cost about one thousand taels, and the shops outside cost one hundred to several hundred taels. But this money should not be much for you.” After all, selling strawberries every day is a considerable income.
"Sister, can you take me to see it?"
Qian Niang readily agreed.
As soon as the two walked out the door, they heard a noisy sound coming from not far away.
"What's wrong with your clinic? It's obviously your medicine that has problems, but you still want to deny it?" An old woman put her hands on her hips and shouted angrily, "You still call it Jishiditang! You are clearly a black-hearted clinic! You sold moldy herbs and almost killed your wife! If you don't compensate me, I will sue you to the government! Let the Lord of Justice take charge of it for you!"
The servant of the clinic stood at the door and said with a bitter face: "Mother, our Jishitang has never sold moldy herbs. We are a century-old brand. How could we do such a thing?"
"Humph! You said you didn't have any? I don't agree with you! Call out your shopkeeper!" The old woman shouted, "You sold moldy herbs, and you are hiding in here like a turtle?"
"Madam, our boss has returned from his consultation. Why don't you come in and wait for him? If it's a question about our herbal medicine, we at Jishiditang will never shirk our responsibility." The servant was polite, but the woman didn't care. He waved away the servant's hand, pointed at his nose and said, "What are you doing? Do you want to drag me in to silence me? You have to sit in front of this door and wait for your shopkeeper to come back and give you an explanation and compensate you. Otherwise, I will let my family see what kind of black-hearted shop your Jishiditang is!"
Qian Niang stood beside Shang Ruoyi, sighed and said, "This is the second time this month."
"What?"
"I don't know who this Jishitang has offended. People come to cause trouble one after another. Although it was all a mistake in the end, no shop can withstand such a torment!"
Shang Ruoyi nodded. It seemed that Jishidiang had indeed offended some important person.
"It is said that the shopkeeper of Jishiditang is very kind to you. Sister, please wait for a moment, and then go up to see if there is anything I can help with." Qian Niang walked towards the crowd.
Seeing this, Shang Ruoyi also walked up.
At this moment, a carriage stopped and a man in a brown coat got out of the carriage. The servant behind him was carrying a medicine box and walked through the crowd, exhausted.
"Shopkeeper Xiao is here!" Someone in the crowd shouted. When the woman heard it, she walked straight up to Shopkeeper Xiao, grabbed his collar and shouted, "You black-hearted doctor! You sold moldy herbs just to make money. I'll kill you!"
Shopkeeper Xiao frowned, looking helpless: "Mother, don't get excited. There is absolutely no problem with the herbs in our Jishiditang."
Before he could finish, the woman shouted, "What do you mean by no problem? Do you mean you are lying?"
Qian Niang stepped forward and consoled her: "Niang, Jishidiang's medical products are very famous throughout our county, you..."
Before she could finish, the woman seemed to have found a vent for her anger and said to Qian Niang, "Don't pretend to be a good person here. Look at yourself, wearing all kinds of red and green. You must have come from a brothel! You don't look like a good person at first glance!"
Hearing her say this, the onlookers couldn't help but gasp. Who is Qian Niang? Tianxiangju is the best in the whole county. Qian Niang, as the shopkeeper of Tianxiangju, is even more famous. If this old woman speaks so rudely, if she is really annoyed, the old woman will probably suffer a lot.
Qian Niang's face darkened. At this time, Shang Ruoyi came out with a sneer: "You look so aggressive, you don't look like a good person!"
The old woman only heard her voice, turned her head and asked sternly, "Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who you are. What matters is that you keep saying that Jishidiang sold you moldy herbs. Why don't you show me some evidence? Otherwise, how can you just talk back at someone with your mouth?"
“Yes, isn’t this slander?” Most of the onlookers were patients of Jishidiang. They knew what kind of person Manager Xiao was, so they didn’t believe that Jishidiang would do such a thing.
When the woman heard Shang Ruoyi say this, she put her hands on her waist and said, "The herbs have already been boiled, where can I get you the evidence?"
"Since you've already survived, how do you know that the herb is moldy?" Shang Ruoyi sneered, "Could it be that you discovered it before you cooked the medicine, and didn't think of taking the medicine away at that time, but instead drank the medicine and came here to blackmail people? Do you think everyone is a fool?"
When the old woman heard this, her face turned pale for a moment, but soon returned to normal and she said angrily: "I don't know what you are talking about. Anyway, they sold moldy herbs in Jishiditang and almost killed someone. If they don't pay the money, I won't leave!"
Now that things have come to this, is there anything that people with a discerning eye don't know? This is clearly an attempt to blackmail people.
At this time, a thin man walked in through the crowd. Seeing the old woman sitting on the bed and making a scene, his face turned red and he quickly walked to her side: "Mom, what are you doing? Didn't I say that Dad's illness has nothing to do with Jishidiang? Why are you still making trouble here?"
The old woman glanced at him and said, "How can it be unrelated? Your father fainted because he drank their medicine. Get out of here, you unfilial son. We don't have a son like you! If it weren't for you, would your father have gotten sick?"
The man heard her say this and whispered, "Mom, please go home with me and stop making trouble here."
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