The shop was empty, with no goods. The fat shopkeeper was sitting in front of the counter with a frown on his face, but there were many people dressed as maids and women in the shop, waiting for shopkeeper Li to bring out halva for them.
"Shopkeeper, you can't do this! You've only been selling halva for a few days? Why don't you sell it any more?"
A little girl asked, "Our wife is pregnant. She just needs that halva. If she can't eat the halva, she will lose her appetite! Please think of a solution!"
The fat shopkeeper's hair was so worried that he was about to turn white. "My ancestor, I have told you so many times that you will no longer sell halva! No more!"
"Why? Why aren't we selling such delicious food? Our wife is not short of money! It doesn't matter if it's more expensive!"
Shopkeeper Li had a headache: "If you have anything to do, go ask Wang Ji across the street! My shop was smashed by Wang Ji for selling crispy candy! I don't dare to sell it anymore!"
The little girl was anxious, "Why didn't I go? Wang Ji doesn't have it either!"
"Shopkeeper Li, when will the goods be available? You should give us some time so that we can go back and explain to the master! It will be difficult for us as servants to deal with you like this!"
"That's right, my lady has sent three groups of people out to ask if she can come over on her own. I can't guarantee that your shop can still be there!"
"What did you say? Who is your lady?" Shopkeeper Li couldn't bear to hear the word smashing the shop, and felt uncomfortable all over.
The little girl said, "Miss Qin Lanlan, the legitimate daughter of Dr. Qin's family!"
The fat shopkeeper felt even more dizzy. Who in Jiuli Town didn’t know about the daughter-in-law of Doctor Qin’s family? Because her father was a famous doctor in Jiuli Town and even the capital, she walked around tiredly in Jiuli Town and had a bad temper.
, just do it if you see something that makes you unhappy. If that girl comes looking for you, his shop might really be over.
The fat shopkeeper's eyes wandered for a while, then he raised his hand to silence the chattering crowd, "Everyone, listen to me!"
The maids and ladies saw that Shopkeeper Li seemed to have an idea, so they stopped talking and looked over.
"Just wait for me for half an hour, half an hour! I'll tell you where to buy halva when I get back!"
"Is it true? You are not trying to run away, are you? I can tell you! If you run away, this shop will suffer!" Qin Lanlan's maid Lu'er spoke arrogantly and harshly.
"Don't worry, girl, I'm just going to find someone. Wait for me half an hour and they'll be back right away! This shop is right here, I can't run away!"
Now that the most powerful people here have spoken, the maids and wives of other ladies will not embarrass their own ladies. Anyway, the shopkeeper will come back soon, and they have their share, right?
The fat shopkeeper looked around and saw that everyone agreed with his statement, so he quickly took a thousand taels of silver notes from the counter and hurried out.
When he went all the way to find Xia Qiyue, he was thinking that these one thousand taels should be used as a way to avoid disasters. He is not suitable for getting rich, so he should just keep his preserve shop and make some guesses.
I thought I was welcoming the God of Wealth, but I didn't know it was a kid. The kid is difficult to deal with. One thousand taels is enough.
This thousand taels was not enough even if he added the money he had earned in the past few days. He was so angry, but there was nothing he could do. On the one hand, he could not afford to offend Wang Ji, who was someone in the court.
On the other hand, he couldn't deal with the rich ladies and maids who came to buy candies every day, so he had no choice but to betray the kid out of conscience.
Xia Qiyue, who was considered a brat by the fat shopkeeper, was buying pork ribs and making bone soup for An Zihao.
Xia Jiuyue was cooking on the side. Originally there was no lunch, but there were many injured people, and they had to drink medicine after the meal, so they just made lunch and had it.
Everyone had pork ribs for lunch, but others had cabbage and potatoes in their ribs, while An Zihao had pork rib soup without vegetables, so he was given special care.
Xia Qiyue and her sister were busy cooking when there was a knock on the courtyard door, which attracted An Youde'an, Jin Ancheng and others in the house.
The three people stood at the door with guarded eyes. They first asked who it was without opening the door rashly.
"It's me, shopkeeper Li from the preserve store! Open the door!"
When they heard that it was the shopkeeper Fei, they still didn't open the door. Instead, they went to the kitchen to find the fourth sister-in-law and asked her if she would let anyone in.
Xia Qiyue handed over the work in hand to An Sijin, then opened the courtyard door and let people in.
But the shopkeeper didn't want to wait any longer. He quickly took out the thousand taels of silver notes and the contract documents. "My eldest niece, let's terminate the contract. Here is the liquidated damages. Just give me the contract documents."
alright!"
When Xia Qiyue saw that the bank note was genuine, she quickly took out the contract document and gave it to him. When she saw him rushing out as if running away, his fat body was very agile, everyone was puzzled.
"Don't worry about him, it's almost time to eat! Go and prepare it!"
After Xia Qiyue finished speaking, she turned around and returned to the kitchen. Xia Qiyue had already prepared An Zihao's meals. When she saw her sister coming back, she went to deliver the food to An Zihao.
After everyone had finished eating, and before Xia Qiyue could take a breath, there was another knock on the courtyard door.
"Shall I open the door?" Dongzi ran out in a hurry.
Xia Qiyue is not organized, so even if someone wants to cause trouble, you can't just hit them as soon as you open the door, right?
Dongzi opened the door but was stunned for a moment. He stared blankly at the many women standing in front of him. He opened his mouth and didn't know how to react.
But the people outside could not wait for him to speak, and had already passed him and walked in.
Xia Qiyue came out and saw a scene of a dozen women standing at the door in a daze, while more than a dozen women walked in.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" Xia Qiyue asked loudly.
It was Qin Lanlan's maid Lu'er who took the lead to go in. She opened her mouth to answer Xia Qiyue's question.
"Your surname is Xia, right? You should be the one making flaky candy?"
Xia Qiyue immediately understood that the fat shopkeeper ran so fast because he was eager to betray her.
"Yes!" So she admitted generously, nodded and said, "I just make halva, what do you guys do here?"
She thought in her mind whether these women might be Wang Ji's people, but thinking about it, it shouldn't be possible? Why did Wang Ji send so many women here?
But soon Lu'er gave her the answer, "That's great, hurry up, we are here to buy halva candies, we are in a hurry! Sell me five bottles of halva candies quickly, my lady is waiting to eat them!"
"Our wife is also waiting to eat. She hasn't eaten all day. She is pregnant. Not eating will be bad for the child! Girl, please take out the halva quickly!"
The previous nun also spoke, with an anxious look on her face. Their wife was being pretentious. This was the first child, but the doctor also said that it was a boy and he had to be raised carefully.
This kind of flaky candy simply attracted Mrs. Hun's soul, and she would not even think about food or tea if she couldn't eat it for a day.
"Miss Xia, please hurry up! We have been delayed in Li Ji for too long, and now the master is impatient!"
There was also a nun with a strong look of worry on her face, and she knew at a glance that her master was not easy to talk to.