"Sold, ten coins a bowl."

Lin Shuyun: A fool wouldn't make money if he could.

Without Lin Shuyun's invitation, Mother Men sat down on a bench in the yard.

The two thugs who came to cause trouble were completely bewildered. Did they come to chase people away or to have a meal?

"What are you standing there for? Sit down! Do you want me to treat you?"

The door's mother rolled her eyes.

Her men are all useless, they have no intelligence whatsoever. No wonder they can't beat that old slut from Chunfeng Tower. It's infuriating!

"Three bowls of noodles, quick and easy." Mama Men took out thirty coins and slammed them on the table.

Seeing this, Lin Shuyun quickly cooked three bowls of noodles.

Looking at the bright red hot and sour noodles, Mom's mouth watered quite quickly.

She likes spicy food, but the noodles here are usually just plain water; this is the first time she's seen one that smells both sour and spicy.

The noodles were topped with green vegetables and peanuts. The mother swallowed hard, stirred the noodles with her chopsticks, and said disdainfully, "This bowl doesn't have much. You certainly know how to do business."

"Absolutely!" Lin Shuyun said, then slurped.

Really delicious.

Mom also took a slurp, and then couldn't stop.

After finishing a bowl of noodles, I broke out in a sweat and felt completely refreshed.

Now that he found Lin Shuyun more agreeable, he tried to get information out of her, "I saw you selling things yesterday? Where's your husband? I haven't seen him. Aren't you planning to open a food stall? With your skills, you could definitely make money!"

She enjoyed this bowl of food so much; if she opened a food stall, she could eat it often.

“My husband is studying at the academy, and I’m just killing time, so I’ll sell some food.”

Lin Shuyun rested her chin on her hand and wondered if she could rent a shop and start a business there.

Anyway, I'm just killing time, and selling things under the blazing sun is too hot.

Even if her husband passes the county-level exam and becomes a scholar, it will take three years to pass the provincial-level exam and become a scholar. She has to earn money to support her husband.

"By the way, that kid looks kind of familiar," Mother Gate suddenly changed the subject, pointing at Xiao Qing.

"Xiao Qing!"

The thug standing nearby, who was panting heavily from the spiciness, immediately raised his voice.

"Madam, this is Xiaoqing from our Yaoyue Tower!"

The door's mother slammed her hand on the table and stood up.

"Well, you wretched bastard, you ran away! My courtesan is dead, and you've got a quick escape! I'll beat you to death!"

Little Qing, who was peeking out, was so frightened that she immediately hid behind Lin Shuyun.

"Sister, save me, save me! I don't want to be dragged back to the brothel, sister, save me!"

The woman was furious and grabbed a broom from the yard.

"Where do you think you're going? How have you been serving my money tree?"

If her cash cow hadn't disappeared, would she have been trampled down by Chunfeng Tower?

That was a money tree that Master Ximen offered 100,000 for two days!

Xiaoqing clutched her head and shouted, "It's not my fault! The courtesan didn't want to live anymore. He took poison and died, and then he fed it to me too! He said he wanted to drag me down with him. Luckily, I survived!"

Xiaoqing hid behind Lin Shuyun, dodging left and right.

"enough!"

Caught in the middle, being torn back and forth, Lin Shuyun was exasperated.

"Madam, I picked this man up. Name your price, and I'll redeem him!"

She had already agreed to let Xiaoqing stay, so what else could she do?

The doorkeeper threw down the broom and plopped down on the stool again.

"Forget it, my courtesan is dead. What's the point of making things difficult for you? With your ugly appearance, you can't earn any money for me anyway. This amount means you have nothing to do with Yaoyue Tower anymore?"

Lin Shuyun looked at the number the doorkeeper was pointing to and simply said, "Ten taels? Deal."

Madam Men rolled her eyes. "What are you thinking? One hundred taels!"

Lin Shuyun's eyes widened in disbelief. "Why don't you just rob someone of a hundred taels!"

The doorkeeper gave Lin Shuyun a look that said, "Isn't this just robbing him?" "Isn't he your brother? With your abilities as a younger sister, asking for a hundred taels isn't too expensive, is it?"

She was certain that Lin Shuyun could make money and could definitely come up with one hundred taels.

Lin Shuyun took a deep breath and began to bargain, "He's so ugly and can't entertain guests. Keeping him would just be a waste of food. Twenty taels is the most I can offer!"

The doorkeeper picked at her painted nails. "Her face is quite ugly, but her figure is not bad. She can make money even with her face and buttocks covered. Eighty taels is the lowest she can offer!"

Lin Shuyun: "He eats a lot and his poop smells bad, which will suffocate the guests. Thirty taels is the maximum!"

Madam: "There are those who like strong flavors, so seventy taels is the lowest they can go!"

Lin Shuyun: "Forty!"

Door Mom: Sixty!

"Fifty taels!"

"Okay, deal! Take the money!"

Mother Door, beaming with joy, reached out her hand.

Xiaoqing was put into the building without paying any money. He was too ugly to be a thug, so he was put in charge of taking care of the small restaurant in the building.

Net income of fifty taels.

Lin Shuyun: Damn it! I was careless!

The aunt sent her thugs to retrieve Xiaoqing's indenture from inside the building.

Then she sat down and complained to Lin Shuyun, "Damn it, I've never done such a bad business before. I spent a thousand taels of silver to buy this money tree from someone, and I originally planned to place it in your courtyard. Now it's dead! I'm so angry!"

Lin Shuyun: What bad luck!

Madam Men didn't expect Lin Shuyun to respond. She turned and ordered another thug, "Go ask that widow, add another fifty taels. If she's willing, she can be allowed to perform but not sell her body!"

"What widow?" Lin Shuyun asked gossipy.

Speaking of this, Aunt Men got really excited, "There was a widow in Taoli Village who was incredibly beautiful..."

Taoli Village sounded familiar to Lin Shuyun; wasn't it next to Peach Blossom Village?

Just then, Old Xu returned from selling pumpkin cakes. "Girl, who's this?"

"Customers buying rice noodles."

"Old man, you've worked hard. Sit down for a while, I'll go cook you some noodles!"

Lin Shuyun went into the kitchen. Her mother watched her go in with envy; she was indeed a stunning beauty.

In other words, she's still young now. If we raise her for another two years, and with her excellent cooking skills, she'll definitely be a money-making machine.

Old Xu snorted coldly and said, "Stop staring. This is my daughter. I'd rather beg for food than let my daughter become a prostitute!"

The old woman rolled her eyes. "Come on, how could an old man like you, with most of his body buried, possibly have such a beautiful daughter?"

The thugs delivered Xiaoqing's indenture, exchanging money for the indenture.

Having eaten the noodles and earned the money, Mama Men decided to go back home.

"Take care, Auntie," Xiaoqing said as she saw her off.

The doorkeeper felt a pang of heartache just thinking about her top courtesan. "You little rascal, you've got some incredible luck. Someone redeemed you. Why can't my cash cow do the same thing?"

Such a beautiful color, if it catches the eye of a high-ranking official, wouldn't it be a simple matter of redeeming her with just a word? Why would she die?

Xiaoqing said in a low voice, "He has bad luck."

"Isn't it just bad luck?"

The doorkeeper scoffed and swayed away, having long forgotten why she had come.

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