Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"What does the person who goes to sign the contract look like?" Du Wenxiu didn't get angry, but asked with a smile while tilting his head.

Jiang Si Niang turned around and looked at the sisters who came with her, and said hesitantly:

"She seemed to be an old lady dressed very elegantly. At that time, we said that only such elderly people could have the family background to run such a big business..."

Du Wenxiu burst out laughing. It's not that she didn't know how to save face in public, but why would she need to save face for someone who came to her house to cause trouble?

"Lady, you might as well take a closer look. I am the owner of Wenyuefang, and I have a partner who is even younger than me."

"That old lady who is so elegantly dressed, even my two concubines, can't even be described as 'old'."

"I guess you either saw it wrong or got cheated. You'd better go home early to avoid wasting time here."

Jiang Si Niang glared at him and said angrily, "You are wrong just because you said it. Maybe you, Wen Yue Fang, wanted to save my family money and said that on purpose."

"My restaurant Wenyuelou just opened a few days ago, and the county magistrate came to have a meal, and we two owners were the ones to accompany us."

"Could it be that the county magistrate doesn't recognize the owner of Wenyuefang, but you, who have never even met him, recognize him better?" Du Wenxiu showed no sign of weakness.

She also moved out of Taohua Village. Among the villagers in this village, the honest people are really honest, but the difficult characters are also really difficult.

If you show weakness to the enemy, not only will you lose your own morale, but you will also give the other party the impression that you are easy to bully.

Even if it is finally found out that they made a mistake, they will still have to take advantage of them and tear off a piece of meat.

People’s hearts are hard to predict. Even if you don’t want to bully others, you have to gain the upper hand first to seize the initiative.

After she said this, the women in the workshop behind her also became excited and pointed at the woman in Wu's pickle shop opposite and laughed at her.

"That's right. When did the owner of our workshop become an old woman?"

"It's obvious that they were deceived by Wu's messenger, and they came to our place to cause trouble. It's really ridiculous."

"You've come to our workshop so early to make a fuss. I'm afraid you didn't sleep well at night and got up early to hurry on your way, right?"

Everyone was talking at once, making a lot of noise, saying whatever they could that hurt their heart, which made the group of people who came from Wu's Pickle Shop very angry.

Some of those with weak personalities had tears in their eyes and looked at Jiang Si Niang as if they wanted to ask for advice.

Jiang Si Niang was already so angry that her face turned red. They had gotten up so early just to seek justice, but now they had not gotten justice, and were being humiliated instead.

"I will fight with you--" Jiang Si Niang lowered her head and rushed straight towards Du Wenxiu.

Everyone was shocked. Du Wenchan, who was standing nearby, was quick to reach out and pull Du Wenxiu aside, barely avoiding the situation.

However, the woman behind Du Wenxiu was unable to avoid her and was hit in the chest by her. She only had time to shout "Oh my God" before falling backwards.

The women around hurriedly supported her and tried to subdue Jiang Si Niang.

Some people wanted to take advantage of the chaos to vent their anger, but when they saw Du Wenxiu and her sister looking at them intently, they had no choice but to put down their hands in disappointment.

When the people from Wu's Pickle Shop on the steps saw this, they were not willing to let Jiang Si Niang suffer alone, so they also crowded forward.

"Stop it!" Du Wenxiu shouted sternly, and everyone was startled.

The country woman came to a strange environment and was timid after all, so she was frightened for a moment.

Du Wenchan exchanged glances with the women on both sides, and several of them went up to pull the women from Wu's Pickle Shop apart.

"I have explained the facts clearly. If you don't believe me, let's go to the government office and ask Magistrate Zhong to make the decision."

Du Wenxiu stood calmly among the women in her workshop and spoke gently but loudly.

"Madam Du, but our boss, Madam Wu, did say that we have already merged with Wenyuefang. The wages of our workshop last month were all paid by Wenyuefang."

The woman, who was already weak in temperament, pleaded with a hint of pleading.

Du Wenxiu sighed and recounted the incident that Wu Ziwei had caused on the day his restaurant opened.

"County Magistrate Zhong was also present at the time and can testify for me. Because of this incident, we had no choice but to ask a few more people we know."

Du Wenxiu glanced at the women from Wu’s Pickle Shop who had come.

"But it was said that Wu Ziwei borrowed money from Mr. Liu a month ago to pay your wages. Because she couldn't pay back the debt, she entered Minister Liu's mansion and became Mr. Liu's concubine."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

By this time, many people had gathered at the door to watch the fun. Du Wenxiu had his own considerations when he chose to speak out at this time.

Just make a fuss, make it bigger than it is. A barefoot person is not afraid of those who wear shoes. He is doing some sneaky tricks and wants to make me suffer in silence.

I suffered the loss, but I can't just let it go.

What bad intentions could I have?

It just tells everyone that Wu Ziwei was forced to become a concubine due to the tyranny of Mr. Liu.

Unfortunately, his own small workshop was also implicated. Even the Wu's Pickle Shop couldn't pay its workers, so they dared to come here to make trouble.

The people around were whispering incessantly, and Du Wenxiu listened to every word and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth upwards.

Then he said with a bitter face: "Ladies, you have been deceived and come to my Wenyuefang to seek justice. What I can tell you is the truth."

"But they are wealthy and powerful, and we are powerless. I hope you won't take your anger out on anyone because of this."

Seeing how pitiful she sounded, everyone couldn't help but believe her a little more.

Minister Liu is a fourth-rank official, no ordinary commoner can afford to offend him.

I heard that although Miss Du's husband is an official in the court, he has never come back home. It is possible that he has married a few concubines to keep him in bed.

Tsk tsk, I just think this orphan and his widow are pitiful, otherwise why would a woman block the door early in the morning to ask for money -

Alas, it’s all because of the power of the officials, bullying women, what kind of people are they——

No one knows much about her family's affairs, and people are making random guesses based on what they hear.

The women from Wu's Pickle Shop standing nearby looked at each other in bewilderment. They had rushed here so early in the morning, and this was the result?

"Madam Du, we don't know anything about your relationship with Madam Wu, but Madam Wu told us in person that she and Wenyuefang have become one, so you can't delay paying us."

The noise in his ears started again, and Du Wenxiu frowned slightly.

"Ladies, if you insist on not believing it, why don't you ask your boss to show us the contract signed between you and Wenyuefang? If it's true, we will recognize it."