The eldest daughter of a peasant family: They are all my sisters’ passers-by

Seeing Lan Wangshu coming down from above, they hurriedly bowed respectfully. After all, they were wealthy businessmen, and Lan Wangshu was a county lord personally appointed by the emperor, so they had to show due courtesy.

"Meet the Lady of Guihua County."

"Meet the Lady of Guihua County."

"You two are too polite."

Lan Wangshu was wearing a thick veil that covered his entire body. If he hadn't spoken, there would be no way to confirm that it was Lan Wangshu himself. The rich businessman and his entourage looked at each other, not knowing whether Lan Wangshu had heard anything or how much he had heard.

"What were you two talking about just now?"

Lan Wangshu waited for a while, but neither of them spoke. This was not acceptable and did not meet her expectations. It seemed that she had to take the initiative.

"County Lady Guihua, I am just making up lies. I have no intention of offending you. Please punish me."

The follower knelt on the ground without saying a word. The rich businessman's expression was not very good, and he hurriedly bowed his hands and tried to beg for mercy.

Lan Wangshu could see his intention and raised his hand to stop him.

The sentence was stuck in the rich businessman's throat. He looked at his attendant apologetically. The attendant just assured the rich businessman and continued to kneel with his head lowered.

"You two, master and servant, are really interesting. You, stop kneeling on the ground. You don't need to be so polite when you see me. Stand up."

Lan Wangshu's words stunned the follower on the ground. He opened his tightly closed eyes and wanted to look up at Lan Wangshu, but he didn't dare to. He could only stare at the tip of Lan Wangshu's shoes.

"County Lady, I am..."

The rich businessman grabbed the boy by the back of the collar and lifted him up with an awkward smile on his face.

"What nonsense are you talking about? The county lady says whatever she says. She has already said that you don't need to perform formalities. Why don't you obey? This is the good intention of our Guihua County lady, and we don't care about your impoliteness."

The follower understood what he meant, and even though he didn't understand, he nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, Master is right. It's all because of my stupidity that I've made it difficult for Lady Guihua to be like this."

“It makes it a little difficult for me.”

Lan Wangshu's words made the two people fall into silence again. They had no idea what Lan Wangshu wanted them to do.

Logically speaking, the attitude just now should be to not care, but what is the situation now?

"I heard your conversation just now."

The follower's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at the rich businessman with a pleading look. The rich businessman patted his arm soothingly, signaling him to stay calm.

"I heard it, but I didn't take it seriously."

Lan Wangshu stood on a higher step, looking down at them. Her voice was clear enough for everyone to hear what she said.

"The county lord means that it is okay for us to do this."

The rich businessman was a little bit incredulous. What was the difference between this and cheating in an exam?

"Why not."

Lan Wangshu asked back with some curiosity, and her matter-of-fact attitude made the rich businessman unsure of her attitude.

"I understand what the county lady means."

Lan Wangshu saw that his attitude was still somewhat wavering and was not very satisfied.

“I think it’s still a little bit off.”

"Please let me know, Lord County."

"Explicit?"

The rich businessman couldn't see Lan Wangshu's expression, but he could hear a chuckle from Lan Wangshu's tone, and this laughter was obviously not a laugh of joy.

He was a little embarrassed and swallowed.

"County Lord?"

"Let me tell this friend a story."

"Please, my lady. My master loves to listen to stories. I believe your story must be unique."

"A long, long time ago, there was still chaos between heaven and earth, and humans began to appear. In order to survive, they liked to stay in places with water sources, because no one can live without water."

"When everyone gradually progresses, society will become an organized society with leaders. For example, Dazhao will have its own leader, and the leader will also hope to achieve something."

"That day he looked at the endlessly flowing river and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. This was the mother river on which they depended for survival, so where was the source of the river?"

"He asked his subordinates about this. His subordinates didn't know where to start, so he suggested to the leader that we go find the source of the river."

"Soon, the chief sent out a small team to find the source of the river."

Lan Wangshu stopped talking here. His staying there neither moving forward nor leaving made the rich businessman and his followers feel uncomfortable and they were curious about the outcome of the story.

They were so anxious that they scratched their heads, but still couldn't help but speak.

"County Lady, what happened next?"

"Later? Of course, the source was found later."

……

……

The rich businessman and his entourage remained silent in unison, and no one knew what to say. Isn't this story a bit anticlimactic?

"County Master, isn't this a little too simple?"

"It's not that difficult to find the source of a river. What's difficult is that many people are walking on a road and will meet at the source, right?"

Lan Wangshu's last words instantly awakened the rich businessman. What she meant was that different paths lead to the same destination. As long as the goal is the same, it doesn't matter which path you take or who takes it.

Just like this auction, Zui Fusheng brought in many weird and strange items in order to get more donations, so the second half doesn’t matter.