Chen Zhanshan sighed, "Your third uncle was wrong, but you shouldn't have embarrassed him in front of so many people, after all, he's a scholar now."
As soon as she finished speaking, Madam Lin shook her head disapprovingly, "Husband, why do you care so much? That man has no conscience at all. He even wants to seize our family property. He's simply a heartless ingrate."
Chen Qingqing didn't want to admit that she was behind it, so she quickly explained, "Father, Mother, I didn't give them any medicine at all. They were really sick, otherwise, wouldn't the doctor in the next village have been able to find out?"
As she spoke, she glared at Xiaoyu, her eyes filled with a strong warning.
Xiao Yu bit his lip. Although he had indeed seen it, his wife wouldn't admit it, and there must be a reason.
He didn't dare to say a word and immediately lowered his head to eat.
Mrs. Lin nodded and smiled, "That's right. My daughter is so kind. She treated them and endured the disgust of smearing cow dung on their faces. How could she possibly poison them?"
Little Fish, you can't say things like that again, or you'll get Qing'er killed, you know?
"Okay, I got it." Little Fish nodded heavily, as if he had done something wrong.
After dinner.
Chen Han returned to his room to read.
Xiaoyu helped Lin clean up the dishes and prepared the necessary items for making sugar the next day.
Chen Zhanshan carried firewood to heat the kang (a heated brick bed). Now that everyone has their own room, heating the kang will keep him busy for a while.
When the house was originally designed, all the rooms except the guest rooms had wooden beds, and all the other rooms had heated kang beds.
Firstly, winters in the north are too cold, and sleeping on a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) is warm; secondly, Chen Qingqing also prefers to sleep on a heated kang.
Lying on the warm kang (heated brick bed), it couldn't be more wonderful.
Back in her room, Chen Qingqing used her mind to enter the space.
To facilitate storage, she cleared out about ten cubic meters of space in the wilderness rescue area to use as temporary storage.
All her earnings were stored in a corner of the space. Including the 58,000 taels of silver from selling deer antlers and cordyceps, she now had 60,000 taels of silver.
At this rate, she could live comfortably in this era without having to buy and sell resources from her space.
Now she can completely let go of the family's sugar mill. She plans to visit her older brother Chen Feng in town in a couple of days and help him open a restaurant.
She could then set about opening her own clinic, since medicine was her specialty.
After finishing all this, it was already completely dark, and everyone went to bed early to rest.
Early the next morning.
After breakfast, Chen Qingqing was tidying up the house when she saw Da Bao walk quickly in from outside.
"Sister Qingqing, Manager Li from town is looking for you."
"Manager Li? Which Manager Li?"
"That's Manager Li from Li's Grocery Store."
"Is it him?"
Chen Qingqing suddenly remembered that the first place she sold brown sugar was Li's Grocery Store.
However, that Manager Li was cunning and treacherous, and lacked integrity in business, so we didn't cooperate with him.
I encountered this person in town several times afterward and expressed my desire to purchase goods from her.
However, she had already signed a contract with Liu's Grocery Store, which stipulated that she could not sell to other stores within three years, so she politely declined.
Manager Li's sudden visit today is probably still about purchasing goods...
Thinking of this, Chen Qingqing shook her head and smiled, "Let's go see what's wrong with him."
"Sister Qingqing, those people seem to have ill intentions?"
"What's wrong?"
"Manager Li brought more than ten people, the leader of whom is Butcher Li, the pig slaughterer in town. They kept saying they wanted to see you. Those people all looked fierce and menacing, and they were obviously not good people. So my uncle asked me to tell you to go out and hide."
"Don't be afraid, I have no connection with them, they wouldn't dare to do anything to me. Let's go out and see what they're up to?"
Tangfang.
"Where is your manager? Call her out quickly, we have a business deal we'd like to discuss with her."
The leader, Butcher Li, stood at the door, shouting like a rogue.
Chen Zhanshan stepped forward and said, "My daughter isn't here today. If you need anything, just tell me."
"Let me tell you, can you make the decisions?" Butcher Li sneered. "Although you are the head of the household, everyone in Nanshan Village knows that your family has a young woman in charge. You can't even make a single decision."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen of his men burst into laughter, mocking him.
"It's really strange that a perfectly good family would let a young woman in charge, and she even dares to say that you should talk to her if you have any problems. Who does she think she is?"
"Exactly! A grown man like him can't even make a decision; he might as well drown in his own urine!"
"Hahaha, this is called the dominance of women over men! Daughters are in charge, and fathers are sidelined. This is truly unique in the Great Ning Dynasty. Aren't they ashamed?"
"I think he's just a spineless coward who lives off a woman. What are you pretending to be so important for? Get out of here."
Chen Zhanshan didn't take these shameless words to heart. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Chen Qingqing walking over and hurriedly went to greet her.
“Qing’er, these people are obviously here to cause trouble. You should go back quickly. Your father can handle it.”
"Father, don't worry, leave this to me."
When Manager Li saw Chen Qingqing, he stepped forward with a big smile and clasped his hands in greeting, "Miss Chen, you've become even more charming and beautiful since I last saw you."
Chen Qingqing chuckled lightly, "Manager Li, what brings you here today?"
“Miss Chen, I’ve come here today to discuss the matter of purchasing goods with you. As long as you are willing to supply me with goods, the price is negotiable.”
"I'm really sorry, but I have a contract with Liu's Grocery Store, which means I can only supply them with goods for three years. If Manager Li is interested in cooperating, we can talk again in three years."
Although Manager Li was quite angry at these words, he did not forget the purpose of his visit and suppressed his anger, pretending to be calm and collected.
Before he could even speak, Butcher Li snapped, "You brat, can't you speak properly? My cousin is trying to reason with you nicely, and you immediately disagree? Do you want me to slap you?"
When Xiaoyu saw that it was Butcher Li, he immediately stepped forward and shielded Chen Qingqing behind him. "You dare to touch my wife? You little brat, didn't you get enough of a beating last time? Are you looking for another one?"
"You big idiot, I've been wanting to settle scores with you!"
Remembering how Xiao Yu had beaten him so badly his ribs ached for over a month, Butcher Li flew into a rage and waved his hand at the crowd behind him.
"Brothers, follow me and kill this big idiot."
A dozen or so burly men behind him pulled out wooden sticks, looking ready to fight.
"Stop it, all of you!"
Manager Li shouted, then lowered his voice and said to Butcher Li,
"Cousin, what are you doing? Have you forgotten what I told you? We're here to talk business, not to fight."
"Okay, okay, I understand, brother. I got so excited I forgot." Butcher Li nodded repeatedly, glared at Little Fish, and then said nothing more...
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