There is more than one money house in Shanghe County. The one Su Liuer took the man to was the largest one, which was owned by the Jing family.
Su Liuer said to the man, "After all, this bank is a place where wealth is accumulated. Why don't you wait outside? Otherwise, you might ruin their fortune and they'll have to settle accounts with you."
The man also knew that it was unlucky to hold the corpse, otherwise he would not have carried it to the Jufu Restaurant.
He dared to mess with the Jufu Restaurant, but he didn't have the guts to cause trouble for the Jing family's bank, so he nodded in agreement.
Su Liuer entered the money house alone and came out after a while.
He also brought the owner of the money shop with him.
"The bank is currently doing an inventory and reconciliation. One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount. We have to wait until we have settled the accounts before we can pay it out. Anyone who wants money, just wait." The shopkeeper came out and looked at the crowd outside, then turned and went in without any delay.
Su Liuer said to the young man with a helpless look, "You heard it too. It's not that I don't want to give you the money, it's that the bank won't give me the money now. Let's wait here together."
She looked at the people who had come to watch the fun and said, "Don't worry, I mean what I say. If I say I will pay, I will definitely pay. If you don't believe me, you can stay and wait. I need someone to witness the compensation, otherwise I won't be compensated once and then it will happen again. I don't have that much money to pay."
"Then you don't plan to hand over the recipe?" a voice asked. The person deliberately hid himself. Su Liuer looked over but couldn't see where the person who was speaking was.
It didn't matter. She replied confidently, "We've sold more than one batch of grass jelly honey and puff pastry these past few days. So many people have bought and eaten them without any problems. I've been selling them in my shop in Qingxi Town for several months and no one has had any problems. There's absolutely no problem with the recipe, so there's no need to check."
At this time, some people were surprised.
"Since you think there is no problem with your prescription, why do you still compensate him? His child didn't necessarily die from eating your stuff. What if he cheated you, wouldn't you have paid the wrong amount?" The man spoke to Su Liuer with a look of looking at her as if she was a fool.
He was almost saying that Su Liuer was a fool.
Su Liuer sighed deeply upon hearing this, looked at the child in the man's arms, and said sympathetically, "I simply believe that even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs, and I also believe that this brother truly loves his son dearly. Consider this one hundred taels of silver as a kind deed on my part to comfort the child."
After saying that, Su Liuer walked aside, lowered her head, and made a gesture that she didn't want to communicate with anyone anymore.
The crowd started to chatter, and suddenly they all agreed on this. They all thought that Su Liu'er was young and had never seen the world and was frightened. She was also a woman, so she was too soft-hearted and wanted to pay the hundred taels of silver.
As he spoke, he began to sympathize with Su Liuer.
Su Liuer lowered her head and continued to maintain the compassionate mood she created.
She was stalling for time, waiting for someone to come.
Su Liuer remained calm and composed, but the young man was a little unsteady.
Because as these onlookers were talking, they began to speculate about the cause of the child's death. Since it was not because of the grass jelly honey and pastries, then why did he die?
It doesn't smell bad. If it doesn't smell bad in such a hot day, then it must have just died not long ago. He came here to extort money just after the death. Could it be that he had premeditatedly killed the child...
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