After hearing Han Shunde's words, Li Lanzhen remained silent with a cold face.
Lanzhen ignored all the emotions on Han Shunde's face—guilt, regret, resentment, and so on.
All she cared about was the outcome, and the outcome of this incident was that all her loved ones were hurt.
Therefore, whoever hurts all her loved ones must pay the price!
Under Li Lanzhen's cold, murderous gaze, Han Shunde slowly recounted what had happened at the three shops that morning.
As every morning, the furniture store opened its doors.
After washing up, Li Xishui and her son Li Guangyang first took down the door panels of the shop one by one, and then sprinkled water to clean them.
Tonghua was the same; she held a dry rag in one hand and a soft, tanned rabbit skin in the other.
I carefully wiped down all the furniture in the furniture store.
He smiled with satisfaction only after each piece of furniture in the store gleamed with the natural sheen of its wood.
After they finished doing all that, they went back to the backyard to have breakfast.
After finishing breakfast, Li Erhan filled a pipe with tobacco, lit it, took a drag, exhaled a long smoke ring, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
These days are truly pleasant; after a meal, one can smoke a whole pipe of tobacco.
Copper coins were coming in every day.
The sound of the coins clinking and jingling as they were collected into the wooden box under the cashier was Li Erhan's favorite.
His lips curled into a wide smile that he couldn't suppress.
He turned to Ye Shi and his granddaughter and began to explain.
"Old woman, you shouldn't go to the shop in front today."
You haven't been feeling well these past few days, so after you eat, take a walk around and rest a bit.
"Dingdang, keep an eye on your grandma. Don't let her come any further. She never knows how to enjoy life."
Dingdang readily agreed to her grandfather's request and then helped Ye Shi walk around the courtyard.
Li Erhan stood up, pipe in mouth, ready to go to the shop.
"Bell, come and bolt this door from the inside."
Then he reached out and pushed open the back door leading to the shop, turned around and closed the door. Only after hearing the bell ring and the door bolt shut did he turn and leave.
This habit was something Li Lanzhen reminded them of when the furniture store first opened.
As soon as the front shop door is opened, the back door leading to the front shop is locked from the outside.
When business is busy, there are many people and a lot of people around, so no one knows what kind of people come into the shop.
I'm afraid some unscrupulous people might use the back door of the shop to go to the backyard.
Li Erhan knew that business was a bit busy today.
The fourth batch of three-door wardrobes arrived yesterday.
Today, the customers who ordered the wardrobes will come to pick up their furniture.
Sure enough, when Li Erhan arrived at the furniture store lobby, he soon saw the steward of the Wang family enter with a cheerful smile.
Seeing him, he cupped his hands in greeting and asked, "Old shopkeeper, has the three-door wardrobe my wife ordered arrived yet?"
Li Er smiled and put away his firework pouch, nodding.
"We're here, we're here. Butler, please come inside and have a seat for a while."
When Li Xishui saw that the steward of the Wang family had arrived first, he also came up and spoke.
"Steward, you came in a carriage. Did you bring any servants or maids with you?"
"Yes, they're all waiting outside by the car."
"Alright, the three-door wardrobe that you requested has arrived. Come and inspect it first."
Shopkeeper Wang followed Li Xishui to the wardrobe, looked it over in circles, and then opened the door to check it one by one.
He even reached inside and tapped on the shelves and three sides of the wardrobe.
Then he said with a smile.
"Yes, it looks exactly the same as I saw it the other day, not changed at all."
Even the color and workmanship are the same.
The furniture in your store is genuine and of very high quality!
"Shopkeeper, I'll pay you the remaining balance and then take the goods."
Li Xishui led him to pay the balance and then turned to Li Guangyang and said.
"Son, you guys hurry up and wrap up the wardrobe. They'll have someone carry it out later."
The furniture made in Peach Blossom Spring Furniture Workshop needs to be transported to furniture stores in Youzhou City.
We wrap everything up during the transport process to prevent it from getting scratched or damaged on the way.
Li Lanzhen was very worried about this matter at the time.
Unlike modern homes where foam boards provide easy barriers and ensure items aren't damaged during transport, this is quite different.
But what do we do now?
Later they came up with a solution: they wove reeds into a large square or round bag, then used it to store furniture, filling it with rice bran.
Once the goods are delivered to the store, the customer is responsible for taking them home.
Any damage to the furniture's exterior, legs, or doors along the way is not the responsibility of the furniture store.
This requirement has been written into the furniture store's sales instructions.
Therefore, whenever a customer needs to buy large pieces of furniture, Li Xishui and his team will explain this to each customer: if they are willing, they can sign their name; if they are not willing, they can choose not to buy.
Those families who have their eyes on the large furniture here are not short of money; which household doesn't already have dozens of bolts of coarse cloth?
Generally, they agreed, and when they came, they would wrap the furniture in coarse cloth and carry it out.
Some families didn't bring coarse cloth to wrap their furniture; instead, they chose to send many servants to carefully carry the furniture back in a horse-drawn carriage.
Just like the steward of the Wang family today, he brought black coarse cloth.
Li Guangyang and his companions quickly wrapped the three-door wardrobe in the coarse cloth brought by Steward Wang, tied it securely with ropes, and placed it safely inside the carriage.
Once you've paid for the furniture and it's left the store, any scratches or bumps that occur are no longer the responsibility of the furniture store.
The steward of the wealthy Wang family had just left, pulling a large three-door wardrobe.
A luxurious horse-drawn carriage stopped in front of the furniture store.
Li Xishui hurriedly went out to greet them, standing outside the furniture store with a smile.
"The sun is shining brightly today, and our furniture store welcomes distinguished guests."
"Please come in, guests. Please feel free to look around and see if you need any furniture."
He said it twice, but the people in the carriage didn't get off.
Li Xishui then realized that the guests who came today were unusual.
Because three men riding tall horses were following behind the carriage.
He noticed that the men were dressed in what appeared to be military uniforms.
There were also two people riding tall horses and wearing the same clothes in front of the carriage.
These people all looked like cold-faced, vicious demons.
He was stunned for a moment, and then he saw the carriage curtain being lifted.
A burly old woman got off the carriage first and then placed a small stool on it.
Next, a maidservant stepped down and reached out her hand towards the carriage.
"Madam, please get out of the car."
Li Xishui saw a woman wearing two gold bracelets place her hand on the maid's hand inside the carriage.
Then, a pair of bright red embroidered shoes stepped down from the carriage bench, one step at a time.
Only then did Li Xishui realize that it was a woman around 20 years old.
With too much powder on her face, and two red blobs on her cheeks, she looked like a monkey's bottom from the mountains.
Her hair was adorned with gold hairpins and jewels, dazzling to the eye.
Just as she was thinking about it, the woman looked over at her. Li Xishui met the woman's eyes, shivered, and quickly lowered her head.
He had a bad feeling; he had a feeling that this woman wasn't there to look at the furniture, but to cause trouble.
Just as I was thinking this, I heard the woman say something.
"Are you Li Lanzhen's family?"
Li Xishui was stunned for a moment, then looked up and quickly looked down again.
She thought to herself: Strange, this person actually knows my sister's name. If that's the case, he must know that my sister was bestowed the title of Yiren by the emperor.
She even dared to call out her sister's full name so loudly.
He felt even more strongly that this woman was there to cause trouble!
Just as he opened his mouth to answer, the burly old woman next to him spoke in a harsh voice.
"Our lady is asking you a question. Are you mute? What are you standing there for? Answer her now!"
Li Xishui quickly replied, "Yes."
He finished speaking with his head down, and then he heard the woman ask, "I heard that Li Lanzhen's father, mother, brothers, and nephews are all here?"
Li Xishui continued, head bowed, "Yes. They're all here."
"Good, so they're Li Lanzhen's family. Men! Smash it!"
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