Chapter 726

"What did you say, Old Wang? You actually dare to intercept my family's guests. Do you believe I'll hack you to death!"

A middle-aged woman carrying a vegetable basket walked behind Lin Fan and the other person, just in time to hear someone slandering her Inn of Clouds Coming and Going and recommending her rival, the Tongfu Inn. She immediately jumped up in a rage and shouted.

The uncle known as Old Wang turned his head when he heard this. When he saw the middle-aged woman, he looked as if he had seen a ghost and was so scared that he turned and ran.

"Young Master, don't believe Old Wang's nonsense. He's just a cook at the Tongfu Inn, so he deliberately slanders our inn. Our Inn of Clouds Coming and Going specializes in being honest and fair, with reasonable prices. How could we fleece guests!"

The middle-aged woman didn't go after him; keeping Lin Fan, this young master who looked like a sucker, was the right way to go.

"Is that so? Then let's go and take a look!"

Lin Fan was noncommittal about whether the Inn of Clouds Coming and Going would fleece guests, but he still wanted to go and see Li Xiaoyao.

"Hey, alright, alright, I'll lead you there right now!"

The middle-aged woman was overjoyed when she heard this and then led Lin Fan toward her inn.

"By the way, Landlady, I don't know how to address you?"

"What landlady? My name is Li Furong; you can just call me Aunt Li!"

"Is business at your shop not good?"

Lin Fan suddenly asked curiously.

"That's right—no, wait, how could business at my inn not be good? It's simply better than good!"

Li Furong admitted it without thinking, but after realizing what she said, she immediately tried to remedy it.

"Is that so? Aunt Li, you went out to buy vegetables, right? But this vegetable basket of yours..."

Lin Fan didn't finish his sentence, but Li Furong understood what he meant.

"That, the vegetables for my family were bought a long time ago... alright, business is indeed not good!"

Li Furong originally wanted to quibble, but when she saw Lin Fan's half-smiling expression, she could only admit it with a dejected look.

"It doesn't matter if business is not good. Being happy in life is what matters; why care about those few taels of silver."

Lin Fan said to Li Furong with deep meaning.

"Young Master is joking. You look like someone from a wealthy family, so naturally, you feel that silver is not important. But in daily life, firewood, rice, oil, salt, clothing, food, housing, and transportation all cost money. Without money, it's absolutely impossible. Isn't there a saying that a single penny can stump a hero?"

Li Furong sighed with emotion. She had hidden her identity and brought Li Xiaoyao to open this inn, and life had been bitter. She had lived to see herself, a great beauty who was once famous in the Jianghu, worn down into a middle-aged woman.