Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

When Mrs. Zhang heard her daughter speak, she wanted to cover her mouth, but she was too late. Now everyone looked over.

The old woman was no longer afraid and her face turned red with embarrassment.

"Mom, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? I'll ask someone to call a doctor right away!" Xu Ruolan asked anxiously.

"Ah? No, no, don't listen to your elder sister's nonsense, I'm fine!" Old Lady Zhang quickly waved her hand to stop her.

"Mom, are you really okay? I saw you trembling just now!" Liu Xiumei didn't believe it.

"I have to pee urgently!" The old woman was excited...

Everyone in the room lowered their heads, their shoulders shaking, trying to hold back their laughter in pain.

At this time, Mrs. Zhang wanted to find a hole to crawl into. She had no choice but to pretend and let Liu Xiumei accompany her to the toilet.

After the mother and daughter left, everyone laughed out loud after a long while.

Before they could stop smiling, they saw Shopkeeper Ling coming in with two pieces of wrapped cloth.

Everyone made way, Ling Zhijie carefully placed the cloth on the table, and then unwrapped the outer cloth.

The sun is shining brightly today, and it shines just right on the place where the cloth is placed.

As the outer cloth was opened, the colored glaze inside was revealed, one in smoky purple and the other in lake blue, sparkling with charming brilliance under the sunlight.

"Wow, Auntie, this is so beautiful!"

"Yes, second aunt, I have never seen such beautiful cloth in my life!"

"Mom, if Aunt Xu only wants one, we can buy the other one, okay?" Han Duoduo whispered to Ye Miaoyin, and Ye Miaoyin nodded.

however……

"Shopkeeper Ling, please pack both of them for me! How much is the total?" Xu Ruolan said calmly.

"Thank you for your patronage. The total is three hundred taels."

As soon as Ling Zhijie finished speaking, there was a gasp in the room.

"My goodness, this cloth is beautiful, but it's too expensive!" Liu Hongying swallowed, looking incredulous.

Xu Ruolan took out three silver notes with a face value of 100 taels from her sleeve and handed them to Ling Zhijie.

Ling Zhijie took it with both hands and put it away, then picked up the cloth again, "Madam, please wait a moment, I will wrap it for you."

"Thank you for your help, Manager Ling!" Xu Ruolan nodded.

"Oh my god, three hundred taels! Second aunt, can you sew a purse for me with the remaining edges? I want to feel that the purse is more valuable than the change inside!"

"Puchi, Xing'er, can you be a little more promising? You must ask Aunt Xu for a handkerchief!" Han Duoduo instigated.

"Yes, everyone who sees it gets a share, Second Aunt, we three want them all!"

"What do you mean, whoever sees it gets a share?" Liu Xiumei and her daughter heard this when they entered the room and asked curiously.

"that is…"

Before Xing'er could finish, a sharp voice came from downstairs, "I have an extra fifty taels, I want these two pieces of cloth!"

The people in the room looked at each other, wondering if it was...

"He Lei, go down and see what's going on?"

"Yes, ma'am!" He Lei left the door after hearing the voice.

In front of the counter on the first floor, a woman of about fifteen or sixteen, accompanied by a little girl of the same age, looked at Shopkeeper Ling arrogantly.

"Ms. Qiu, these two pieces of cloth have indeed been sold, and the customer has already paid for them. I, Ling, cannot sell them to you again! Please don't make it difficult for me! We still have Yueling yarn and brocade in the store. You can take a look. I, Ling, will give you a discount, okay?"

Ling Zhijie wanted to cry but had no tears. He just saw that there was no one else besides Chen Lan and the others, so he was lazy and didn't go in to pack. How could he be seen by this young lady by such a coincidence?

"Do you think I need that little discount? You'd better think it over carefully. Are you sure you want to offend me because of two pieces of cloth?" The woman raised her chin and said arrogantly.

"That's right. My young lady is the county magistrate's biological sister. Don't you think that if you offend my young lady, my master will close your shop."

Chen Lan and Zhuang Dani had almost finished their selection and were standing not far away, watching with frowns on their faces.

He Lei came down, saw them, and motioned for them to go upstairs. The two saw them and went upstairs without saying a word.

They are just ordinary farmers, so they should pay less attention to the excitement of the officials' daughters, so as not to cause trouble for no reason.

After He Lei saw the two of them leave, he looked at the little maid who took advantage of her master's power.

"Oh, I didn't know that since when has it become so easy for a county magistrate to close a store?" He Lei walked forward, glanced at the two of them, and said jokingly.

"How dare you! Who are you to question the county magistrate?" the little girl jumped up and asked.

"Tsk, does your master know that you are such a bully? Does he know that you are bullying the people? Tsk tsk tsk, if he doesn't know, it's fine, but if he does... heh!"

After saying that, he ignored them and turned to Ling Zhijie and said, "Manager Ling, give me the things!"

"Hey, thank you, Brother He. Please apologize to my wife on behalf of Ling!" After saying that, Ling Zhijie handed over the wrapped cloth with both hands.

He knew that He Lei actually came to rescue him. By taking the cloth, he was actually taking away all of Miss Qiu's hostility.

"Well, you're welcome!" He Lei nodded, turned around and went upstairs.

"Stop, did you buy this colored glaze?" Miss Qiu stepped forward to stop He Lei and asked with a spoiled look on her face.

"Are your eyes or ears not working well? Get out of the way, or don't blame me for being rude!" He Lei frowned and said coldly.

"I'll give you the extra money for one piece of cloth. Sell it to me!"

"Not for sale, get out of the way!"

"Give me the cloth! I'm the county magistrate's sister, you'd better know what's best for you!" As he said this, he was about to grab the cloth.

"Get out!" He Lei said, pushed the man away and went upstairs!

"Ah!" "Miss, Miss!"

"You, if you have the guts, just wait for me!"

Soon it became quiet downstairs.

He Lei went upstairs and told everyone what had happened downstairs.

Although they heard some of it upstairs, it was not complete. Liu Xiumei and others were very angry.

"What kind of person is this? The county magistrate's sister can rob people's things? How can she be so domineering!"

"That's right. I thought the county magistrate was a good official. But looking at his sister, she's probably not a good person either!"

Chen Lan's family all knew the whole story of Liu Xu's kidnapping. The county magistrate finally sentenced those people to confiscation of property and exile. In addition, there were no exorbitant taxes in Qinghe County in recent years, and no unjust, false or wrongful cases had been heard of. They still had a good impression of the county magistrate.

"That's right, otherwise how could she dare to close the shop even for a little maid? She must have done a lot!"

They were still discussing, but He Lei was still kneeling on the ground. Xu Ruolan looked at him with a calm expression for a long time:

"Do you know you were wrong?"

The discussion stopped abruptly, and everyone looked at Xu Ruolan. They wanted to ask, but seeing Xu Ruolan's expression was cold, she opened her mouth and swallowed it back.

"I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have acted on my own, spoken without thinking, and even resorted to violence, which brought enmity to my master and my family. Please punish me, madam!" He Lei said, then bowed his head to the ground.

"If you know this, why do you still do this?"

"I thought that since the madam had paid for the cloth, it belonged to our family. Miss Qiu obviously wanted to steal it, and you, madam..."

"I am a young lady from the Xu family, and my second brother holds a higher official position than the county magistrate, so I am not afraid of them, right?" Xu Ruolan took over his unfinished words.

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if the other party's official position is higher than my second brother's?"

"How could that be? I heard it clearly!" He Lei raised his head to retort, but when he saw that Xu Ruolan's face had become even colder, he quickly lowered his head in fear.

Everyone around looked at each other in surprise. They had never seen Xu Ruolan like this before and were a little scared.

"Then what's the difference between your approach and theirs? Aren't you both bullying others by taking advantage of your power? Forget about it for today. When you go back, go find your father and accept the punishment!"

"Yes!"

"Alright, get out! He Feng, talk to him and tell him what he did wrong!"

Upon hearing this, He Feng immediately dragged the person out.

No one in the room said anything. At this moment, except Ye Miaoyin and her daughter, everyone else clearly realized that Xu Ruolan was really different from them.