"Make trouble, why can't I make trouble? I have to make trouble!"
Sun Shuiqin smiled, and her smile was a little bit catchy.
She stretched out her hand and said, "Give me five thousand taels of silver and forget about it."
Shopkeeper Hu couldn't believe it: "You really dare to open your mouth like a lion and ask for five thousand taels. You think the money is blown by the wind!"
"Your shop is so big, wouldn't it be easy for you to get five thousand taels of silver?" Sun Shuiqin gritted her teeth, "My life has been ruined. I need these five thousand taels of silver to start over. You must give me money, you must Give!"
"A good one must be given!" Shopkeeper Hu sneered, "Then you show me the voucher. As long as there is a clause that states that I must give you five thousand taels of silver, then I will give you the money without saying a word."
Sun Shuiqin's whole body froze suddenly.
She remembered that when the villagers did business with Aunt Zhao, they would sign a treaty, whether it was a big business or a small business, they had this thing.
How could she have forgotten such an important matter when she first approached Shopkeeper Hu to cooperate? Without a treaty, it would not be proof that they were a cooperative relationship. Shopkeeper Hu didn't need to pay her dividends at all. No wonder she dared to be so unscrupulous.
Shopkeeper Hu sat down leisurely, asked the waiter to pour him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "If you are sensible, take these five taels of silver and leave quickly, otherwise, the government will see you."
Sun Shuiqin's chest almost exploded with anger.
She turned around and walked out, shouting at the people in the street.
"Everyone, come and see, shopkeeper Hu from Huji Cloth Shop has made a lot of money. Do you know how he made a lot of money? He cheated the people of Sui'an!"
It can be said that Sun Shuiqin is risking everything. If she can't get good things, she won't let Shopkeeper Hu get good things either.
Seeing more and more people gathering around her, her voice became louder.
"You in Wanquan County may not know who the Sui'an people are. Let me tell you..."
Someone in the crowd immediately said: "People from Sui'an, who doesn't know that the royal wife who has been promoted to three levels in a year is very powerful!"
"I also heard people say that people in Sui'an are recruiting workers in this winter. They pay more than ten cents a day, including food and accommodation, as well as winter clothes and quilts. This is not recruiting workers. It is clearly to help the poor people."
"If Wanquan County hadn't been too far away from Dahe Village, I would have wanted to give it a try."
"You guys, don't interrupt what others are talking about. Hey, please explain clearly how Shopkeeper Hu tricked Sui'an."
Sun Shuiqin continued: "You all know that the Sui'an people are doing business. Shopkeeper Hu found out the news and stopped Hu in advance, which disrupted the Sui'an people's business and caused the Sui'an people to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver. As for himself, I bought a shop to expand the store, and the business is booming... The people of Sui'an naturally won't argue with a businessman, and of course they don't have time to argue. The people of Sui'an are busy giving the poor a chance to survive..."
Shopkeeper Hu was absolutely furious: "What nonsense are you talking about, you crazy woman? Come here, take her down and send her to the government!"
He explained to everyone on the street, "It's fake. What she said is all fake. There is no such thing..."
"If this is the case, you can go to Dahe Village, Ping'an County and find out!" Sun Shuiqin avoided the touch of the cloth shop clerk and hid in the crowd, "If you people from Wanquan County still patronize Shopkeeper Hu's business, then I am just going against the people of Sui'an, so I can only remind you so much!"
After she finished speaking, her figure instantly disappeared into the crowd.
Some people in the crowd had been to Ping'an County and had vaguely heard about it, but they couldn't figure out what was going on. Now that Sun Shuiqin said this, things could be connected.
"The cotton lining that Shopkeeper Hu sold last month is actually from Sui'an people in Dahe Village. He was the one who tricked the Sui'an people!"
"The people of Sui'an serve the people wholeheartedly and have helped us people so much. If the famine and plague hadn't been solved by the people of Sui'an last year, would we still have the good life we have today? Shopkeeper Hu, you dare to trick the people of Sui'an? It’s so weird!”
"People in Sui'an make money to help poor people. How can you defraud people in Sui'an!"
"..."
The crowd was furious, and some people threw rotten vegetable leaves.
Shopkeeper Hu was unable to resist, so he and his staff hid in the shop.
Of course, Cheng Wanwan was completely unaware of what happened in Wanquan County. She only knew that Sun Shuiqin had escaped. Li Zheng mobilized the whole village to search everywhere, but no one was found. Three days passed and Sun Shuiqin did not come back. Everyone finally confirmed that this A woman leaves her husband and daughter, presumably never to come back again.
The villagers didn't know what to say for a moment. Some blamed themselves for pointing fingers at Sun Shuiqin, while others accused Sun Shuiqin of being too cruel and walking away like that... But no matter what, Zhao Sha The life of the Gen family has finally settled down. Sha Gen has to raise his infant daughter alone, so naturally he no longer insists on leaving his job.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and in a blink of an eye it is the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month. This day is the New Year's Day and the workshop's holiday.
Shopkeeper Yan summoned all the workers in the square. The total number of people from the soap workshop and glycerine workshop was over two hundred. With so many people standing together, the scene was particularly spectacular.
"This year's work is over here. Thank you for everyone's efforts this year." Cheng Wanwan looked at everyone and said, "The workshop has prepared New Year's gifts for everyone. Come and sign and receive them, and then you can go home. In the first month of next year Work officially begins on the seventh day of the lunar month."
The people below cheered.
They had long heard that working for the people of Sui'an would give them a paid holiday during the Chinese New Year, and they would also be given New Year's gifts. It turned out to be true.
Everyone lined up to receive the New Year's gift. The New Year's gift was worth two taels of silver. It was quite generous. One tael of silver was given directly, and the other one tael of silver was for the New Year's goods. Each person had ten pounds of fat pork, one chicken, one duck, and two more. A piece of cloth, a big bag of rice, a big bag of flour, and ten pounds of lotus roots per person...
Cao Yingying's embroidery workshop naturally arranges New Year's gifts according to the workshop.
After Cao Defu and Mr. Qian heard about it, they quickly distributed New Year's gifts to all the shopkeepers under the name of Cao's Qian's Trading Company. The fifteen-day holiday was too long, and the firm could not afford to delay it, so they would pay more wages to make everyone happy. .
With such a volume, many wealthy businessmen in Hekou County, Ping'an County, had to give out New Year's gifts to their workers...
By the end of the twelfth twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is getting stronger.
The lotus roots over the lotus pond have been completed. Although these are not seeds specially grown for lotus roots, the yield is extremely impressive. The yield per mu of land has reached more than a thousand kilograms. For two hundred acres of land, in addition to saving seeds and giving out annual gifts, , there are still more than 100,000 kilograms left, all of which need to be made into lotus root starch.
The remaining winter clothes and quilts in the warehouse continue to be sold in the shop. Not to mention, many workers in nearby counties and towns will bring their children to Dahe Village to buy cotton clothes and trousers in order to have a comfortable New Year. The clothes are not expensive, you can buy one for fifty cents, and the quality is very good, so it will not be a problem to wear it for five or six years...
Just as every family was preparing to celebrate the New Year, a luxurious motorcade came from the north, heading straight to Ping'an County. Led by Magistrate Shen, it headed towards Dahe Village.
