Chapter 41: Makes people fearful

Hearing this, the Xiao woman was so scared she hurriedly climbed up and kowtowed.

"Young Lady, this servant was wrong. This servant will never dare again."

"You old thing, how many such things have you done? Do you think I don't know? I've always considered you an old person of the Wang family and given you chance after chance. Now you actually dare to bully my people. Our Wang family temple is small and cannot accommodate a big Buddha like you. Someone, tie her up."

Watching the gatekeepers swarm up, the Xiao woman was not only tied up, but her mouth was also stuffed.

Only then did Qiao Mai have a better impression of this foodie, Wang Jiaru.

One side was charming and cute and a chatterbox, the other side was decisive and solved trouble cleanly. Being able to stand up for a fruit seller, she was indeed someone worth making friends with.

As for character, being able to protect her intellectually disabled younger brother all the way, someone like this generally wouldn't be bad.

Don't be picky about how perfect your friends are, because you aren't necessarily a perfect person.

This was her principle for dealing with people. It was a pity that in her previous life, she didn't have a best friend until she was over twenty.

Coming here, everything followed its natural course. From the bottom of her heart, she also hoped to have a few people she could confide in.

After dealing with the Xiao woman, Wang Jiaru turned around, her face blooming with smiles.

"Big Sister Qiao, you are truly punctual."

"Come, get on the carriage and take a look. Give a good price. By the way, that old woman just now scolded me. The mental distress compensation cannot be less."

"Mental distress compensation?"

"It's the compensation for my injured heart."

"Haha, of course you can. My Wang family is not short of money."

Young Lady Wang arrived at the carriage, looked at the whole carriage of fruit, covered her small mouth, and swallowed her saliva.

"Big Sister, my good Big Sister, how should I thank you? You are truly a fairy to be able to get such fruit."

"Do you want it?"

"Yes."

"Name your price!"

"All of these, plus the mental distress compensation, how about seven hundred taels in total?"

"Deal."

It was higher than she expected; she could accept this price.

Young Lady Wang hurriedly counted the silver notes and handed them to her, and couldn't wait to take an orange from the basket and peel it to eat in the carriage.

Zihan, who smelled the fruit fragrance outside, was unhappy. "Sister, sister, eat fruit, I want to eat fruit."

Only then did Wang Jiaru remember her younger brother and hurriedly took an orange and jumped off the carriage.

"Here, eat. There are many kinds of fruit this time. First, let's say this: if you don't eat your meals properly, there will be no fruit to eat."

At this time, words like eating meals properly were long forgotten; he only had the bright yellow big orange in his eyes.

Qiao Mai put away the silver notes, the Wang family's servants came to unload the carriage, and Wang Jiaru waved at her.

"Big Sister Qiao, go slowly. I'll visit you another day. And that... I'm going back to the residence to eat fruit first."

The Wang family retreated like a receding tide, all retreating back into the Wang residence. Qiao Mai stroked her forehead and sighed lightly. The realm of a foodie truly makes people fearful.

The matter was finished, and she drove the carriage back. There was nothing left to buy. Shopkeeper Lu said?

Suddenly she thought of three days ago, Lu Sanniang said she would take her to the county town today and bring her back, but she herself had forgotten it and drove the carriage away. How would she face that tigress when she went back?

She hurriedly turned around the prefecture city, bought famous pastries in the city, thought about it, and bought two boxes of high-quality rouge and powder.

Feeling a bit guilty? What to do?

The closer she got to Tianshui Town, the more nervous she became.

Sure enough, when the carriage arrived at the door of the embroidery manor, Lu Sanniang was standing with her hands on her hips, looking like she was going to scold the street.

"Big Sister?"

"You still know how to come back?"

"Hehe, I forgot about Big Sister when I went out. I'm truly sorry."

"Hmph!"

Lu Sanniang raised her neck, looking like if you don't coax me, this matter isn't over.

"I bought Big Sister the most famous pastries in Wei City."

"Hmph, I don't treasure them!"

"By the way, there's also high-quality rouge and powder."

"Hmph! Sister doesn't lack this."

Qiao Mai rolled her eyes. "Big Sister, that set of clothes I mentioned to you before, do you want to see it?"

Hearing this, Lu Sanniang immediately turned her head.

"Where is it?"

"It's at home. Come, go home with me, and I'll take it out for you to see."

Lu Sanniang swallowed her saliva and immediately sat on her carriage. "Go, go quickly. What are you still standing there for?"

Qiao Mai smiled, put the things she bought in the shop, and took Lu Sanniang home.

After arranging the carriage and horse, the two bolted the door as soon as they entered the courtyard. Entering the room, Lu Sanniang sat at the kang table, feeling very nervous.

Qiao Mai opened the kang cabinet, took out an exquisite wooden box, and placed it on the kang table.

"Big Sister, look at the item first."

Seeing Qiao Mai's solemn appearance, Lu Sanniang knew it must be good goods. Her hands couldn't help but tremble.

She slowly opened the lid and gasped after seeing the item. "Hiss~"

She gently touched the fabric with her hand. "This material is truly soft, truly light, truly good."

"Look again!"

"All the embroidery on it is double-sided embroidery; there is no front or back."

She carefully picked up the clothes. "Tsk tsk, this is a set of clothes for a girl to wear. Although there is no jewelry decoration, just looking at this material and this embroidery, this set of clothes won't be less than two thousand taels. If matched with suitable jewelry, it will definitely be very, very beautiful."

"Just this fabric alone, I'm afraid two thousand taels wouldn't be enough to buy it."

"Where did you get it?"

"My teacher left it to me. Last time I went to the prefecture city, I got it from a friend of hers."

"Ah?"

"So, you have to consider clearly whether you want to take it to sell. If others ask, what should you say? It's best not to involve the two of us in the future."

Shopkeeper Lu's complexion also became solemn. "I'll just say this was left behind by a double-sided embroidery master."

"Then, where is that master?"

"She saw through the red dust and became a nun, wandering the four seas. Before leaving, she entrusted me to sell this piece of clothing."

"This reason is quite plausible."

"Is this the only one in the world?"

"It should be. I don't know where my teacher got the fabric either."

"Then I'll leave these clothes with you. Next time I go to the prefecture city, I'll go with you. Remember not to leave me behind again."

"You remember to remind me the day before. I'm too busy setting up the stall, and I forgot about it as soon as I opened my eyes three days ago."

"Hmph, hmph, today, for the sake of the clothes, I won't calculate with you."

"That's my good Big Sister."

"Then it's a deal?"

"Mm!"

Shopkeeper Lu sat for a while and then left. Qiao Mai felt very tired after being out all day and bolted the door early to enter the space.

The space before was a small supermarket; now the space had become a farm and was constantly expanding.

The peanuts had grown out. She believed that in two more days, she could boil peanuts to sell.

For the plot replicated, she planned to plant edamame and sweet potatoes. When the melons and fruits were off the shelves, this batch could follow.

The next day, as soon as Qiao Mai set up the stall, someone came to report the news to her.

"Young Lady Qiao, those two thieves from that day have been sentenced."

"How much?"

"Three months."

"So little?"

"It's not little. You didn't lose anything, and you're fine. The County Magistrate is already very fair."

"Whoever comes to steal from my house next time, I'll just kill the dog thing directly and not send them to the government. If such people live, others will continue to be harmed. A dog can't change its habit of eating excrement."

The dog didn't provoke you; why are you always going against the dog?

"Sigh, the law is like this; there's nothing we can do. These people haven't learned well since they were small, stealing chickens and dogs, used to being lazy, and don't do proper work at all."

Qiao Mai smiled. "After they come out, they won't come to our town to retaliate, right?"

"They wouldn't dare. Our Town Chief isn't a vegetarian; he'll break their legs."

The goods were all arranged before she sat down and picked up the embroidery work to do slowly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====

Once the goods were all set out, she sat down and picked up her embroidery to work on it slowly.

(End of this chapter)