After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

"What a panic you are in!" the shopkeeper scolded.

"Boss, the lady boss of the shop next door is arguing with the customers in our shop!"

When several people heard this, they hurried out to see what was going on.

"No, you can't leave if you don't compensate me fifty taels of silver today!"

"Woman, I've already said I didn't mean it, and I'm willing to pay compensation. How can you ask for so much money and blackmail me?"

"Who said I was blackmailing you? This thing is only worth this price! If you don't compensate me, I will go to the Imperial College to seek justice from the teacher!"

"You are so unreasonable, woman. It was obviously because you deliberately moved in this direction that he bumped into you. He has already said he would compensate you, so why are you still being so aggressive?"

"What's going on?" asked Manager Zhou.

When the waiter saw the shopkeeper coming out, he quickly told him what had happened.

It turned out that because they had a day off the next day, the students of the Imperial College came to buy cakes and prepare to take them back for their families to try.

A student, holding a school bag in his left hand and pastries in his right hand, finally squeezed out of the crowd but bumped into the proprietress next door.

The teapot in the proprietress's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

The proprietress pulled the student aside, saying that the teapot was passed down from her ancestors and asked the student to compensate her with fifty taels of silver.

Of course the student was unwilling to do so and said that he would at most pay one or two taels of silver as compensation, and the two men started arguing.

"Sister-in-law Liu, I, Old Zhou, am here to make peace. You see, it's not easy for students to study, and now the teapot is broken. How about you show some mercy?......"

"Mr. Zhou, do I want you to be a peacemaker? Although my teapot is not valuable, it is an heirloom. If you don't have fifty taels, don't even think about it!"

The proprietress had a very tough attitude. She dragged a stool over and sat down, as if to say that if you didn't do what she wanted today, you wouldn't be able to leave.

"Where is Old Liu? I told him that when we do business, harmony is the most important thing. How can we do business in the future if you do this?" Shopkeeper Zhou was about to go into the shop next door to find Shopkeeper Liu.

"Don't come into my shop. If you need anything, don't say I didn't warn you."

Shopkeeper Zhou stopped walking awkwardly, "Then please ask Sister Liu to call the shopkeeper out."

"You're dreaming. You want to get me out of the way so that the culprit can leave? In my opinion, you are all in the same group. If you don't pay me today, you won't be able to leave!"

"Sister Liu, this teapot should have been bought by Shopkeeper Liu a few days ago, right? As a person, you should know when to stop."

The shopkeeper became angry when he saw that Mrs. Liu was not interested.

When the many students who were watching heard this, they became unhappy.

"This lady boss is really evil. She wants to extort fifty taels from me for a teapot I bought for a few cents!"

"That's right, no wonder the business is bad, it turns out it's because of my bad character!"

"When I first came to the Imperial College, I ordered ready-made clothes from him. Not only were the prices high, but the workmanship was also very poor. The lady boss even scolded me and said I was a peasant who couldn't wear good clothes. After that, I never came again."

"Yes, yes, me too. I bought a piece of clothing from him and it broke after one day of wearing it. I went to them to ask for an explanation, but the lady boss had the waiter throw me out. I told my classmates not to buy clothes from him."

"Is this clothing store so shady? I was just about to buy a summer shirt from there, luckily I didn't go."

One student patted his chest with a look of relief.

The Liu family's proprietress became even angrier when she heard the discussions around her.

The pastry shop next door was bustling with people every day, but the garment shop was deserted, which made her jealous to the point of tears.

She once wanted to take advantage of the chaos to add some ingredients to the pastries in the shop, but the shop assistants were too powerful, and before she could get close, someone came over to greet her.

She cursed every day that someone from the pastry shop would come and cause trouble after eating, but it seemed that God did not hear her wishes.

The cakes in the cake shop are all made on the same day. Even if there are a few cakes that are not sold out every day, the owner will let the employees share them and take them back for their families.

The shop assistant’s family all know that the dim sum in the store is very popular, and they give them away as gifts to relatives and friends.

Fresh ingredients and fresh production not only prevented everyone from getting sick, but also attracted more people to buy.

The proprietress watched the people coming and going in the shop next door day after day, and she got so angry that she cursed everyone every day, causing the shop assistants to quit one after another.

Shopkeeper Liu felt that he couldn't go on like this and decided to find a new place.

I went out to look for a shop early this morning, and the proprietress was sitting next door doing nothing.

She saw that there were a lot of people next door today, and a bad idea came to her mind.

She picked up the teapot on the table, ready to pour water on the pastries while there were so many people around, to see who would buy them.

Unfortunately, ideals are full and reality is skinny. Just as she got closer, she was knocked off balance by a student who squeezed out of the crowd.

I didn't hold the kettle firmly and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

When she saw that she could not continue to implement her plan, she took out her anger on the students.

"You country bumpkins don't know the difference between gold and jade. How could you appreciate the things in our house?"

"You are a student of the Imperial Academy. In my opinion, you are as ignorant as a country woman!"

At this time, a man walked out from among the surrounding students.

"So what if I'm just a peasant? Whose family doesn't have an ancestor who was born a peasant? Even Emperor Liu Bang was born a peasant. Why do you look down on me? What you eat, use, and wear are all made by them with hard work."

When everyone heard this, they applauded.

Xiao Minshen also took a special look at the student.

Shen Yunjin recognized that this student was called Han Yang, and he was the runner-up in the previous life.

Shen's father once praised him highly, saying that he was intelligent, talented in writing, and eloquent, but the only thing was that his family was poor.

If his family background wasn't so poor, perhaps Han Yang would have been the top scholar in the previous life.

During the palace examination, Han Yang was also very popular with the emperor. At that time, regarding the candidate for the top scorer, the emperor really hesitated between Zhao Jingyan and Han Yang.

Later, the emperor felt that Zhao Jingyan was indeed slightly better, so he appointed Han Yang as the runner-up and sent him to Fu Ze's Jiangnan to serve as a local official.

After Han Yang took office, he not only cleaned up local corrupt officials, but also encouraged local wealthy people to open factories. The annual taxes alone made the national treasury earn a lot of money.

But such an outstanding person remained alone all his life and never married.

When the Liu family's proprietress saw that the man's clothes were washed almost white and the collar and cuffs were patched, she knew at a glance that he came from a poor family.

"Why is the Imperial College now filled with poor people? In the past, only the sons of high-ranking officials could enter, but now anyone can enter?"

The student walked up to Manager Zhou and bowed.

"Boss, we want to report to the authorities. We all studied very hard to get into the Imperial College. This lady slandered us in every possible way. We want the authorities to give us justice."

"You can't call the police!" A man squeezed in from outside the crowd.