"How many?"

After listening to what Lin Yu said, Ji thought she had heard it wrong, so she asked another question.

Lin Yu slammed the teacup in his hand on the table and repeated it unhappily.

"Five taels of silver!"

Ji's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

"Five taels of silver, two fruits!"

"That's not a real fairy fruit, how dare she sell it for so much!"

She was a lady from an earl's mansion, but she had never eaten a piece of fruit that cost two taels of silver!

And Old Madam Su was actually selling fruit in the shop for two and a half taels of silver each!

Lin Yu glanced at her and said, "Not only did the old lady sell it, she also sold it very well! She has been selling it for half a month!"

The sales of fairy fruits alone bring in over a thousand taels of revenue!

Thousands of taels!

Ji's heart felt like it was being pinched. It was a really uncomfortable feeling.

I had no choice but to pick up the tea on the table and take a sip, but the tea was not only cold, but also very bitter!

Then I heard Lin Yu start nagging on the side.

"It's just that you didn't have a good relationship with the old lady at the beginning. Otherwise, if the old lady was on the same side as us, wouldn't the business of this fairy fruit be ours?"

"Last time I heard that several families in the city went to the old lady to ask for medicine. I heard that the patients in those families recovered after taking the old lady's medicine. Doesn't this mean that they all owe the old lady a favor? If the old lady was still in our house, wouldn't all these favors be..."

The more Ji listened, the more uncomfortable she felt.

She's not the only one who has a bad relationship with him.

It seems like you, the stepson, have a very good relationship with your stepmother?

When my mother first married into the family, she repeatedly warned me that stepmothers are often treacherous, and even if they look honest, who knows if they will grow up to be treacherous and cause trouble? She was told to just keep her distance and not let the stepmother have any control over the household affairs.

Now that you see the old lady acting like a ghost, making up a story about the enlightenment of an immortal, and doing favors for everyone in the city, you have other ideas?

"Why is the master blaming only me? Wasn't it the master who disliked the stepmother first? I am just following his lead!"

"I am a stepson, and my stepmother is only a dozen years older than me. We shouldn't be close to each other. But you, Madam, married into the inner house. No matter what happens inside, you should always act harmoniously! But you cut the expenses and affected the courtyard of the elders. How can the old lady not feel resentful?"

Ji is holding his breath!

The blame for disrespecting elders was all put on her!

"But didn't the master say anything when I was cutting the expenses?"

Oh, I am the bad guy, and you don’t know anything?

"At that time, Master Ben was too sad to care about many things."

Ji sneered, "So Master is no longer sad now? Has he come to his senses? Why don't you hurry to Su Family Manor to pick up the old lady?"

"Humph, ignorant woman!"

Lin Yu just happened to see his personal servant flash by the gate of the courtyard, so he stood up angrily and left.

As I walked out of the courtyard, the servant came up to me with an apologetic smile.

"Master, I bought it! I went there early and waited in line for half a day. The fairy fruit over there sold out very quickly. When I left, there was not a single box left in the shop!"

Wow, the old lady is really powerful now!

He saw it with his own eyes. He didn't buy it when he went there yesterday. He heard from the boy there that if he wanted to buy it, he had to go there early and queue up.

Didn't he go early today? He went there to wait right after breakfast.

When it was noon, we saw the horse-drawn carriage from the farm coming towards us.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the back door, the waiters started carrying baskets in, and boxes of goods were being sold out from the counter at the other end, with silver being collected in a rush... It was as if five taels of silver was five cents!

While he was waiting in line, he also overheard the gossip between several servants.

It is said that after the ancestor in their mansion ate this magical fruit, he felt his waist and legs were no longer sore, and even his eyes were brighter than before. Therefore, he would ask early every morning, "Have you bought this fruit?"

Some also said that the little ancestor in their house used to be very picky about food and had to be chased and fed every time he ate. The nanny wished she could give the little ancestor two kowtows at every meal. But after he got a fairy fruit, he enjoyed eating it himself. Even if some juice dripped onto his fingers, he would lick it clean!

Others said that their family was not well off to begin with, but they heard that the immortal Su’s shop sold immortal fruits, so their master saved some money and bought two to take home to whet the appetite of his wife who was suffering from morning sickness.

Some people also said that their masters didn't buy this for themselves, but to give as gifts...

Lin Yu was also shocked when he heard this.

He took the small box from the servant and went to the concubine's yard.

The mansion was not well-off now, so he took five taels of silver and asked the servant to buy this fairy fruit just to see what it tasted like. He did not plan to give it to Ji.

It's not that he is disrespectful to his wife, but that Ji is really stupid.

At that time, the old lady sent people back to the mansion to deliver things, and each room was given a box of fairy fruit.

This woman Ji just took a glance and then gave the gift casually... How could I not be angry?

What if the gift was a golden fruit, would she just give it away out of spite?

Seeing Lin Yu walking away without even looking back, and a figure sneaking around outside the yard, Ji became even more angry and gritted her teeth.

He said in a hateful voice, "This old lady, she didn't meet an immortal to enlighten her earlier, and she had to split up the family and move away, which caused so much trouble. Isn't it just to slap me in the face?"

He called the person at the door over to question him, and after hearing a few words, his face turned dark again.

"What kind of fairy fruit is it that requires five taels of silver?"

Ji said, and then she started to blame him again, "The old lady is also stingy by nature. She earns so much money, but she only sends two to each room in the mansion!"

Then she remembered that she didn't eat it, but gave it to others as a gift.

Turn around and look at the Lu family.

"Lu family, take it home and try the fruit. What does it taste like?"

Lu Jia lowered his head slightly, his eyes turned quickly, and then he said, "I took it home and was busy with work. Before I could tell you about it, my good-for-nothing grandson found it and ate it all! I was so angry that I beat him up."

Well, I actually cut it into several slices, and everyone in my family tasted one slice each. We felt that it was indeed worthy of being called a fairy fruit…but I dare not say it!

When Ji heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

"The child is still young and doesn't understand. Why hit him? It's just two pieces of fruit!"

Qingyun Street, Su Ji boutique shop.

Manager Gao and two of his assistants carried several large wooden boxes onto the carriage.

She repeatedly told the driver, "This is what the old lady ordered from the blacksmith shop in the city. It cost a lot of money. You must be careful on the way!"

The driver nodded and said, "Don't worry, Manager Gao!"

The two men, the driver and the escort, didn't even have time to eat lunch. They just took a few meat patties and a pot of hot water from Manager Gao and set off.

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