The next day, those who bought Qian Tiechui's recipe made jelly and swaggered into the city. Chen Dafu even boasted arrogantly, "You gave the Yin family five taels of silver, but Qian Tiechui is so honest that he only accepted three taels."
It means you guys have suffered a huge loss.
Some villagers were indeed having doubts.
But everyone is reasonable. Qian Tiechui really took the villagers' noodles seriously and promised that after returning the money, he would not use this method to make jelly to sell anymore. But now he not only sells it, but he also sells the method. Although it is very immoral, didn't the people who bought it from Yin Lan suffer a loss after paying a high price?
"Qian Tiechui, you're shameless!" someone cursed at him.
But Qian Tiechui didn't think he had any problem. "I learned it myself, and I already know it. How can you make me forget it completely?"
"Mrs. Yin taught me herself, and no one said anything. How dare you!"
"Why don't you come learn from me? I know how to use small ingredients to sell at a high price. If you give me a penny or two less, wouldn't I make even more money? Hahahaha..."
The villagers were both angry and helpless.
Some people were genuinely tempted, but they looked down on Qian Tiechui. They thought that such an untrustworthy person might betray them in the future.
The villagers then came to find Yin Lan and told her the whole story.
Lady Yin is not someone to be trifled with; everyone is counting on her to stand up for them, and everyone will support her.
However, Yin Lan just smiled when she heard this, and showed no intention of confronting Qian Tiechui. Could it be that Chen Yourun left and Yin was afraid of being bullied? But everyone's interests cannot be damaged like this.
The villagers chattered incessantly.
Yin Lan calmly told everyone to wait, that they didn't need to do anything, and that there would be news in a couple of days.
The villagers naturally didn't understand, but they still believed her. However, when they returned that evening, Qian Tiechui's jelly was completely sold out, and so were all the jelly he had taught. Everyone's face was beaming with joy.
Although Yin Lan's side also sold out, everyone was very dissatisfied, wondering why.
In the days that followed, Qian Tiechui and his gang became even more arrogant, even trying to steal business from Yin Lan's shop. They rented a shop not far from Yin Lan's, in a better location, and put up a sign advertising Xi Shi to attract customers. Old customers naturally didn't believe it, but new customers were unaware of the situation, and some were indeed lured away, which significantly impacted Yin Lan's business.
Not only the villagers, Zhao Dashan, Zhao Dashan's wife, and many others couldn't stand it anymore and shouted that they wanted to go to the village head to seek justice.
Yin Lan still told them not to rush and to wait and see.
Given the character of Qian Tiechui and the people he recruited, Yin Lan didn't believe they could remain arrogant for long.
Besides, the bait has already been laid, just waiting for them to take the bait. If we argue with them and admit our loss, what if they continue to do it in the future, or come up with some other outrageous methods?
What Yin Lan wanted was to strike at the root of the problem, to make them suffer a great loss so that they would never dare to have such thoughts again, while also strengthening her own reputation once more.
A few days later, not only did Qian Tiechui rent a shop and make a big sale, but these people also lowered their prices, trying to squeeze out Yin Lan's business. Sure enough, business there improved even more, and others also took action, renting shops and preparing to make a big splash.
Fortunately, they hadn't yet learned how to braise pig offal. However, Qian Tiechui was a big-hearted person. After making money, he became arrogant and thought, "It's just a small pig offal dish. If a woman like Yin can do it, why can't I?" So he really studied it at home and eventually succeeded in making it.
With this item's enhancement, the group became even more rampant, even going so far as to claim that their own was the authentic one. They even copied Yin Lan's stamp, creating a similar one to pass it off as genuine, and lowered their prices, saying that they were from the same family as Xi Shi, only that Xi Shi was ruthless and sold her products at high prices, while they were kind-hearted and therefore sold their products at low prices.
In this way, quite a few people were actually persuaded to go.
On this day, Yin Lan's side had only a few guests, while Qian Tiechui's side was packed with customers.
Qian Tiechui, a far cry from his usual cowardly self, had changed into a set of fine cloth clothes, tidying himself up to look presentable. He strolled over to Yin Lan, squinting at her with a mocking look, "You took away my qualification in the past, causing me to lose face so much. Did you ever imagine that the tables would turn and you would end up in such a miserable state?"
"Your shop rent must be high, tsk tsk tsk, how did your business become like this? If this continues, you'll probably have to close down."
Zhao Dashan's wife was so angry she gritted her teeth, "Qian Tiechui, you're a scoundrel!"
Qian Tiechui glared angrily, spitting out saliva that flew through the air. "I'm nothing? Hahahaha, this is all her own doing. A woman, trying to do business, humph, doesn't she know her own worth?"
Yin Lan: ....
How come she never noticed before that this person was like this? Indeed, time reveals all.
She wasn't provoked at all, and calmly asked, "Do you know what decree the new magistrate issued after the Silver Crane Tower incident?"
When Qian Tiechui was asked the question, he, who was illiterate and didn't care about the county magistrate, replied, "What's it to me?"
After saying that, he hummed a little tune and walked away.
Yin Lan shook her head and smiled.
"Sister-in-law, why aren't you angry? He's such a despicable person..." Zhao Dashan's wife was furious.
Yin Lan patted her shoulder reassuringly, "Why are you angry? It's not worth it. Just wait and see, his good days won't last much longer."
Yin Lan secretly sent someone to buy pig offal from Qian Tiechui. The color looked somewhat approximate, but unfortunately, it had no aroma.
After taking another bite and glancing at it, Yin Lan simply dropped the food.
I thought he wasn't stupid at least, but I was wrong... tsk tsk tsk...
When we got back that evening, for the first time ever, we hadn't sold all the pig offal that day, and everyone still had some jelly left. Luckily, these things didn't cost much, and the leaves were free, otherwise everyone would have been heartbroken.
Yin Lan told everyone to share the jelly and offal, but even so, everyone was in low spirits.
These things weren't taken for free. Yin Lan told everyone to collect all the leaves in the village, as much as they could.
Zhao Dashan's wife hesitated, wanting to persuade Yin Lan again. Could it be that she was trying to cut off the raw materials for the money hammer in this way? But there were plenty in the neighboring village, and there were also some on the mountain, but they had all been collected. It was clear that she didn't care at all and had no other choice.
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