[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-abandoned-woman-busy-farming":3,"chapter-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-585":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Abandoned Woman Busy Farming",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},537900,790,"Chapter 585 - 585 587 The Boss Behind the Fake Shop","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-585",585,"\u003Cp>Chapter 585: Chapter 587: The Boss Behind the Fake Shop Chapter 585: Chapter 587: The Boss Behind the Fake Shop Fang Guizhi saw Bai Ruozhu laughing heartily, and somewhat awkwardly pulled down her sleeve, saying, “I was just trying to stand up for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we needed a fighter, it wouldn’t be you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wei San can even fight better than you,” Bai Ruozhu said with a chuckle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Guizhi wrinkled her nose and said unconvinced, “If it’s against a woman, I’m definitely a better choice than Wei San.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might feel awkward about fighting a woman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were chatting, they got into the horse carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Fang Guizhi mention his name, Wei San turned his head and gave Fang Guizhi a silly smile, which made her feel somewhat embarrassed and she looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The horse carriage first went to the market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu was not in a hurry to go to the counterfeit shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firstly, she took Fang Guizhi around for a stroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had some snacks and bought some hot sugar fried chestnuts, cracking the shells and eating them as they walked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They warmed the hands so well that there was no need for gloves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu knew where Yun Xiaorong’s shop was located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being the competitor who replicated her shop, it didn’t mean she hadn’t collected any information at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, she led Fang Guizhi to the area near Yun Xiaorong’s shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling Fang Guizhi slightly, she whispered, “Let’s not rush in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a sweet dumpling stall nearby where they sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This location was perfect for watching Yun Xiaorong’s movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu had seen the decorations in the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did totally mimic her shop without any originality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon enough, customers started coming in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, there was a female shopkeeper who led the customers around, loudly proclaiming, “Our shop is the premier one in Beiyu City, you can’t find these goods anywhere else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A customer who seemed to know a thing or two asked, “Didn’t I hear there’s another shop called Hua Xiangrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think it opened before yours, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh no, calling it ‘opening before us’ is utter nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They just copied us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you don’t believe me, ask around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long has our shop been open?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Hua Xiangrong is just a rip-off, compare our prices with theirs, you’ll know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are honest in our dealings and never overcharge customers,” the female shopkeeper spouted off, speaking quickly and fluently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the shop door was wide open, and the shopkeeper’s voice was loud, Bai Ruozhu and Fang Guizhi heard every word she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Guizhi got agitated and wanted to go argue, but Bai Ruozhu held her back, saying, “Calm down, let’s listen first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we rush in to argue, we will only seem ill-mannered.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Guizhi was so angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sat back down and bit through a sweet dumpling with a vengeance, mumbling, “She’s filthy, so full of lies, utterly shameless.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The customer seemed to have been swayed by her, and began to look at the catalog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He eventually ordered something, but moved towards the back of the shop to discuss further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu wasn’t able to hear what exactly the customer ordered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the customer stepped out, a nobelwoman stepped out from within the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said to the shopkeeper while walking, “You’re doing a good job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Make sure you look after the shop well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu and Fang Guizhi recognized her immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that the woman who had just come to see the catalog at Hua Xiangrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Guizhi couldn’t swallow her anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stomped her foot and said, “Our shop opened first, yet they steal our skills, our designs, and then slander us, ruining our reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ruozhu, can we sue them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu shook her head, “We don’t have evidence, and besides, there’s no law stating that once we open a weaving pavilion, others are not allowed to do the same.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sweet dumplings stall was run by an elderly couple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady looked at them and said with a smile, “I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation, but I am an elderly woman with acute hearing, so I might as well provide my opinion.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu quickly nodded to the lady, “Please tell us, mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve been selling our sweet dumplings here for over a decade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There have been times when others envied our business and opened their own dumpling stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even set lower prices, but in the end, it’s still us selling here, and no one else sells dumplings around this area,” the old lady slowly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know why?” she asked with a smile, looking at the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Guizhi blurted out, “Because your fillings are generous and the taste is good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady nodded, “That’s part of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other part is we don’t let anyone affect us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how many dumpling stalls open around here, we keep selling ours at our own price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady was advising them not to be easily affected by competitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understand that only by persisting can we really shine,” Bai Ruozhu said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I stay here every day, and I’ve heard the shopkeeper of Yun Xiaorong’s shop deceive and belittle Hua Xiangrong plenty of times,” she said with a smile to Bai Ruozhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You two are the ones who run Hua Xiangrong, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu nodded, “Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old lady continued, “Don’t make a scene, it makes you look just as petty as them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, behind them, there is a high-ranking official.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You don’t want to mess with him and bring trouble on yourselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside her heart, Bai Ruozhu wondered if there could be someone higher than the residence of the City Lord in this city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the old lady did not know that Bai Ruozhu has her connections, she was just kindly reminding them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu and Fang Guizhi thanked the old lady again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating the sweet dumplings, they gave the old woman 20 more copper plates than she asked for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then they bid her farewell and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, a horse carriage stopped in front of the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beautiful lady stepped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just looking at her side profile, she had a clear skin, delicate features, and was indeed a rare beauty on looks alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but take another look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had seen this woman before!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See, that woman is the actual owner of this shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard that her husband works for the city lord,” the old woman’s voice rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu squinted and thought, “So, that’s how it is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beauty was known as Mrs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li, not the wife of Li Shunsheng, but the wife of Li Mingyuan, a staff member of the City Lord’s Residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day of the banquet at the City Lord’s Residence, when Wang Miaoshuang publicly apologized to her, she was despised by a beauty before she even entered the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such deep hostility, she could not possibly ignore it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, she discreetly investigated the woman’s identity and found out that this Mrs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li was close to Wang Miaoshuang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, saying they were close was just polite; more accurately, she loved to curry favor with Wang Miaoshuang and did some things for her secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this counterfeiting shop was owned by Mrs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li, then it was highly likely that Wang Miaoshuang was behind all this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well done Wang Miaoshuang, still not done with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now having created Yun Xiaorong, Bai Ruozhu was curious to see how Wang Miaoshuang was going to end this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Ruozhu didn’t continue to linger, she took Fang Guizhi’s hand, and they quickly left the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the street, they found Wei San and boarded the carriage again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ruozhu, do you know who the owner of that counterfeit shop is?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do they have a powerful background?” Fang Guizhi asked apprehensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve only met her once,” Bai Ruozhu replied briefly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want to bring up Wang Miaoshuang, after all, she was only speculating and didn’t want to scare her family by saying too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—–\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recommended, the story of our dear friend Wu, “Reborn as the Queen of the Immortal Path”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rebirth is not necessarily a dead-end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wants to overthrow this world just to reclaim everything.\u003C\u002Fp>",1397,"2026-05-30T14:09:09.448Z","2026-06-01T04:31:25.023Z",1,"novelbin.me","a54f1c0e4f22147559644bea842d75d39628340f81c926c9430562dcea4afa10","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-586","abandoned-woman-busy-farming-chapter-584",2707,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fabandoned-woman-busy-farming-cover.jpg"]