Remarrying Chun Yuan

Liu Shang and Liu Chen never imagined this day would come.

They were originally celebrating that they had fooled their silly niece and taken over the Liu family's calligraphy, painting and antique business.

Unexpectedly, disaster struck, with snow falling everywhere.

The two of them were still making sarcastic remarks about how lucky Liu Yuechu was, that she had to go crazy and open a rice shop at this time, she was probably going to make a fortune!

So when their food supplies ran out, they sent someone to find Liu Yuechu to get more.

But to everyone's surprise, Liu Yuechu told them to go to the street to collect porridge as charity, but she wouldn't give them a single grain of rice, let alone cotton wadding or charcoal for heating!

After their initial shock came anger. They wrapped themselves in their thickest winter coats and braved the heavy snow to see Liu Yuechu, where they immediately began to curse as soon as they entered.

Perhaps he hadn't eaten enough, because he became weak and listless after cursing for less than fifteen minutes.

Liu Yuechu watched with amusement, gesturing for Song Liu'er to pour ginger tea for the two men to warm them up. "Uncles, are you thirsty? Soothe your throats. You're not young anymore, don't get angry easily, anger is bad for your health, especially at this critical time..."

"Dangdang!"

Liu Chen smashed the teacup on the table!

"Liu Yuechu, you put on a righteous facade for outsiders, but you treat your own family members coldly and harshly. Aren't you afraid that this will get out and ruin your reputation?"

He couldn't understand how Liu Yuechu, a little girl with a cat-like temperament, could turn on him so suddenly and disown him. Where did she get the guts?!

Liu Yuechu wasn't buying his act at all.

In her past life, she was shattered by the words "reputation" and "family ties." Reborn, she did a good deed by not retaliating by destroying others.

"It's precisely for the sake of my reputation that I can't just give it away to my two uncles. After all, the grain, charcoal, cotton, and hemp that I give away are recorded as costs in the new shop's accounts. My two uncles also signed a contract back then, and the profits and losses of the new shop have nothing to do with you. Since you are not the owners of the new shop, I have no reason to share the benefits. If the other owners see this, won't they accuse me of favoritism? If it goes to court, I'll be facing a lawsuit!"

"!!!"

"Bullshit! What other owner could your rice shop possibly have? Who are you trying to fool!" Liu Chen didn't believe it at all.

Liu Yuechu smiled and said, "This is a matter for our eldest branch of the family. There's no need to report it to our two uncles, is there?"

Liu Shang, panting, said, "Fine, you were waiting for us here all along! So you planned this all along! Are we supposed to leave you some money even though we're taking the grain? Aren't you afraid of being embarrassed if word gets out!"

"What am I being ashamed of? Do you think I can just take away the antiques and paintings in the shop without paying? Even though I own half the shares, I wouldn't do something so shameless and immoral." Liu Yuechu's eyes sparkled, her gaze sharp as knives.

"Calligraphy and paintings are priceless treasures, how can they be compared to grain and charcoal?!" Liu Chen snorted coldly, realizing that his little niece was difficult to deal with. "Give me silver if you want, but five hundred shi of rice and five hundred shi of charcoal, you should quickly tell people to prepare them!" It wouldn't hurt to get the items from her cheaply and then resell them.

Liu Yuechu's smile faded slightly. "Not for sale."

"What do you mean? You just want to see our two families starve to death?" Liu Shang rolled up his sleeves, wanting to hit her.

Song Liu'er quickly stepped in front, "Please don't be angry, gentlemen..." He was strong and sturdy, and Liu Shang couldn't push him away. Instead, Song Liu'er staggered and almost fell over.

Liu Yuechu remained calm and composed, saying, "Why would it hurt our harmony to talk about money among family members? Giving too much would make me greedy, while giving too little would make you bully a junior."

"I won't accept silver, so it can't be considered a sale, but my two uncles need to give me an IOU. As I just said, it's just to deal with other employers and make it easier to keep accounts."

She took out a pre-prepared IOU, which only required the two of them to press their fingerprints.

Liu Chen glanced at it, then raised his hand and tore it up, wishing he could crush the IOU into powder.

The finest rice used to cost only four taels per shi (a unit of dry measure), but she was asking for twenty taels?! Five hundred shi of rice would cost ten thousand taels, not even counting the charcoal for heating. Only now did he realize that this little girl was too ruthless and vicious!

“The rice in the Zhenning Marquis’s mansion is only fifteen taels a shi, and you’re asking for twenty taels? Why don’t you just rob someone!” Liu Shang had already inquired about the market price.

Liu Yuechu feigned grievance, "I gave the imperial court 10,000 shi of grain at a low price and made a small profit, but the money I earned wasn't enough to cover the cost of distributing porridge and other goods. I might even have to pay out of my own pocket."

"Besides, I don't know how long this snow will last, and my supplies are limited. I'm risking my life to give this to you two uncles, and I haven't asked for cash yet. I'm just asking you to write an IOU. If this snow continues, I might have to go hungry myself. Besides, I have my grandmother to support at home. You two uncles can't take food from her mouth, can you?"

……

She wrote several IOUs and had Yao Wei display them.

They clearly adopted a take-it-or-leave-it attitude, saying, "Sign or don't, or get out of here empty-handed."

Liu Chen and Liu Shang felt like they were facing a bristling hedgehog, and no matter how they tried to touch it, they would get pricked.

But upon further reflection, they figured it didn't matter how much silver it was, they didn't have to pay anyway. The two exchanged a glance, then angrily pressed their fingerprints on the paper. They ordered Yao Wei to deliver rice, grain, and charcoal to their residence, then left grumbling.

As soon as the two figures disappeared, Song Liu'er couldn't help but burst out laughing. "...Sorry, Master, I was just feeling really good and couldn't hold it in."

Liu Yuechu felt relieved. "Laugh if you want to, why hold back?" She was too good at holding back in her past life, which led to her untimely death.

Song Liu'er smiled, revealing all sixteen teeth, and said, "You're amazing, you're truly a god!" He gave her a heartfelt thumbs up.

From the very first snowfall, he couldn't resist the urge to sell grain, but Liu Yuechu always stopped him. He thought his master wanted to make a big profit, so he obediently waited. But who knew that at the critical moment when grain prices were at their highest, this man gave the Ministry of Revenue 10,000 shi of rice at a fair price and even distributed free porridge to the disaster victims.

He still remembers the beaming faces of the Ministry of Revenue officials, who practically hugged Liu Yuechu and called her their own daughter.

In this way, the rice shop's reputation was established. Although they didn't make a fortune this time, they were able to make a long-term profit, with small fish coming in continuously, and they had no worries about the future.

“But you’ve also offended the people in other grain shops, and quite a few of them hate you. Besides, you only had the two gentlemen sign IOUs; they might not necessarily honor them.” Yao Wei, being more meticulous, was very worried about this.

The old lady dotes on the fourth master, Liu Chen, the most. If the fourth master goes to file a complaint, not only will Yue Niang not get any money, but she might also get into trouble.

Liu Yuechu clicked her tongue twice. No matter how favored her son was, could he compare to her grandson?

"Go and fetch my older brother."