Chapter 170: No tears until the coffin
The tall man thought it was funny. Since Madam Xu was so thoughtful, he might as well ask, "Oh, yes, Madam Xu, may I ask, who is Madam Lu?"
Xu Zhichun smiled: "The county magistrate's wife, Madam Lu."
"What?"
“.”
The two men were stunned for a moment and didn't believe it at all.
Zeng Xiaoyan and Liang Mingliang were also stunned.
Zeng Xiaoyan was overjoyed. "So Sister Zhichun went to visit Madam Lu yesterday? Haha, that's great!"
The tall man sneered, "Does Madam Xu know what she is talking about?"
"Do you think I have the guts to make fun of the county magistrate's wife?"
The tall man was unfathomable. "Who knows? There are people in this world who use false pretenses to deceive others. Perhaps Madam Xu is certain that we have no way to verify it, so she is saying this on purpose."
The short man also sneered: "That's right, Madam Xu, you don't think you can scare us away by just saying this, right?"
Zeng Xiaoyan: "Then you should go and verify it."
The tall man spread his hands and said, "We have no way to verify it. Madam Xu, you should think about this recipe carefully before selling it to us."
Xu Zhichun didn't expect that they didn't believe it at all. He thought that this would scare them away and everything would be fine. It seems that he will have to trouble Nanny Ji again.
"How about we go to the county government office now? It doesn't matter if you can't verify it, I'll do it. Both of you, please."
The two men's expressions froze for a moment. The taller man remained confident in his judgment, believing that Xu Zhichun was just pretending. He smiled coldly and said, "Okay, then please lead the way, Madam Xu."
Xu Zhichun turned and left, "Follow me, both of you."
Zeng Xiaoyan and Liang Mingliang looked at the two men as if they were fools, and hurriedly followed Xu Zhichun.
These two are so crazy! Sister Zhichun couldn't possibly lie about something like this, and there's no need to lie, right? The little prodigy is very much favored by Lord Lu. Sister Zhichun really did go to the county government office.
When they arrived at the back gate of the county government office, the two men in blue went from being completely unconvinced at the beginning to being half-believing and half-doubting, but they gritted their teeth and insisted on continuing.
Now that they are here, how can they be willing to do so unless they see it clearly with their own eyes?
They took such a large sum of money from Manager Fang, how could they not get the job done?
"Will Madam Xu not just lead us to this back door and stand there and call it a day?"
"You won't cry until you see the coffin!"
Xu Zhichun smiled, thinking that Master Zeng and Shopkeeper Fang had invested heavily this time. He wondered how much money he had given to make them so interested.
Xu Zhichun whispered to Zeng Xiaoyan, "Help me stop these two—at least stop one of them. Don't let them get away."
Zeng Xiaoyan perked up: "Don't worry, Sister Zhichun."
Xu Zhichun went forward and knocked on the door.
Soon the door opened, and it was the same maid from yesterday. She was stunned when she saw Xu Zhichun, then she smiled and said politely, "It's Madam Xu, please come in!"
"I won't be going in today. Could you please ask Aunt Ji to come over for me?"
"Hey - wait a minute, I'll go see if Aunt Ji is free right now."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
The maid closed the door and hurried to call for help.
Xu Zhichun stood on the steps, turned around and glanced at the two men: "Madame Ji is Madame Lu's trusted nanny."
The two men in blue were already somewhat confused and uncertain. They glanced at each other secretly and became even more entangled.
It's not possible to leave or not to leave.
If she doesn't leave, it's very likely that Madam Xu really knows Madam Lu.
Let's go. We've come here and it hasn't been finalized yet. What if it's fake? What if Xu Zhichun only knows a maid in Lu County Magistrate's house?
Zeng Xiaoyan pulled Liang Mingliang and calmly blocked their path: "It's too late to leave now. Even if we can't stop both, we can at least stop one."
Not long after, Nanny Ji came over and asked, "Madam Xu, what happened?"
"Mammy," Xu Zhichun said, feeling very aggrieved, as if he was complaining to Mammy Ji for help. "In one day, the news of my ice jelly spread all over the city. This morning, many customers asked about it when they bought gray tofu and gray bean shreds at the stall. It's fine if everyone asks, but since everyone knows it, there's no need for me to hide it. I'll just admit it openly. But these two people said they wanted to buy my ice jelly recipe for fifty taels of silver, saying that fifty taels is already a great honor for me. If I don't appreciate it, they will harass and disrupt me, making it impossible for me to run my stall properly."
"I told Madam Lu that I had given the ice jelly recipe, but they didn't believe me. They accused me of lying and mocked me, saying they wouldn't let me off unless they saw it with their own eyes."
"I have no choice but to trouble Aunt Ji again."
The two men in blue changed their expressions slightly, shocked and angry, "."
This bitch is lying!
I didn’t expect that Ms. Xu, who looks honest, is actually a liar!
She is simply exaggerating.
Nanny Ji was furious. She glanced at them coldly and sneered, "You guys won't cry until you see the coffin. You want to sell out the recipe that other people rely on for their livelihood for fifty taels of silver? You pretend you don't know how much a bowl of ice jelly costs at the Bishui Tea House? My wife could earn that mere fifty taels in less than half a year. You are so arrogant."
The two men in blue were still unwilling to give up.
"Is this maid truly Madam Lu's trusted confidant? Did Madam Xu truly give Madam Lu the ice jelly recipe? Could it be that Madam Xu bribed the maids in the county government office to deliberately deceive us brothers? We don't have any ulterior motives, we just want to get to the bottom of things. Is that not excessive? If this is offensive, please don't be angry."
"Yes, Madam Xu, even if you want to lie, can you at least make it sound more convincing? You wouldn't try to fool people like this, right?"
Xu Zhichun felt even more aggrieved.
Nanny Ji became even angrier, for she knew that in the rich and powerful families there was a class of slaves who were particularly cunning and difficult to deal with, and that the masters who were of a lower birth and had no support could not defeat them, and had no idea how much they had suffered from them.
I didn't expect that it's the same outside. There are people who are looking for death.
"Even if Madam Xu didn't give the recipe to our wife, does that mean you can just rob her? Is there any law?"
The two men in blue were secretly delighted, thinking, "I guessed right! I bet right!"
Just said it.
How noble is the wife of the county magistrate? How many wives of wealthy families in the county town want to be friends with her but can't. For example, Mrs. Zeng doesn't have this honor. No matter how capable Mrs. Xu is, can she compare with the Zeng family and Mrs. Zeng?
Since you have determined that the other party is just using the tiger's skin to wave the banner, then you don't have to be afraid.
It is they who should be afraid.
No master likes to be stabbed in the back by his servants.
If the county magistrate's wife knew that this woman was using her power to bully others, her good days would be over. She would either be sold out or her skin would be torn to pieces.
(End of this chapter)
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