Female Supremacy and Rise to Power: Lin Shu's Imperial Examination Adventures

Lin Shu's lips twitched slightly. This unscrupulous shopkeeper had made a quick buck off her five taels of silver, but she still paid the money readily.

She put the silver and hairpin into her purse (actually, she used the purse as a cover to put them into her spatial storage), turned around and left the pawnshop, while the female shopkeeper kept telling her to come back next time.

After leaving the pawnshop, Lin Shu headed straight for Li's Grain and Oil Shop. The shop assistant saw her and quickly came up to her, enthusiastically introducing, "Young lady, take a look at what you need. Our Li's shop is the most affordable and fair."

"Please introduce yourself to me."

"Very well, young lady, you've come at just the right time. Our young master has been admitted to Qingfeng Academy in town, and he's ordered that everything purchased today be half price. Fine rice and flour are ten coins per pound, while coarse rice and flour are five coins each..."

The waitress first praised her employer and then repeated the price.

Finally, Lin Shu purchased 100 catties of fine rice and 100 catties of fine flour (white flour), along with some seasonings, spending a total of two taels of silver plus 458 coins. She left her address and asked the waitress to deliver the goods to her home, to which the waitress readily agreed.

Next, Lin Shu went to the meat stall and said to the plump female stall owner, "Excuse me, twenty catties of pork fat and five catties of lean pork belly."

"Pork fat is 20 coins per catty, and pork belly is 15 coins per catty, totaling 700 coins."

After Lin Shu handed her the copper coin, the chubby shopkeeper deftly chopped the meat and handed it to her.

Seeing her handsome appearance, almost like a young boy, the fat shopkeeper hesitated to speak, but Lin Shu didn't care and easily carried the meat to the cloth shop.

Looking up, I saw the words "Li's Cloth Shop," and it was obvious that it belonged to the same owner as the grain and oil shop. I planned to buy some cotton cloth and cotton to make winter clothes for my family.

Upon entering the fabric shop, one is immediately greeted by rows of colorful fabrics of various textures neatly arranged on the shelves, a dazzling sight.

As she walked, she looked around, secretly planning what colors and styles of fabric to buy for the three men in her family.

Seeing that Lin Shu was staring at the cotton cloth, and then glancing at her clothes, the female shop assistant quickly stepped forward and asked, "What would you like to look at, young lady?"

"Four bolts of cotton cloth. White, yellow, bluish-brown, and sky blue, all wrapped up. Two bolts of blue as well."

As Lin Shu spoke, she pointed to the fabric she had just picked out and said it to the saleswoman.

My blanket is already black and stiff. I could understand not being fully awake yesterday, but now that I'm awake, I definitely can't cover myself with it anymore.

Besides, there are three men in the family.

"My wife has a good eye; she has chosen only fine materials. Now that it's winter, why don't you buy some more cotton? You can make warm coats or quilts."

"Then give me another thirty catties of cotton."

"Alright, sir! Since you've bought a lot, we're having a special offer today. A bolt of cotton cloth is normally 350 wen, but we'll charge you 300 wen per bolt. Cotton is 25 wen per jin, but we'll charge you 20 wen. We'll also give you some needles, thread, and scraps of cloth, so the total will be two taels and four mace of silver. Since you have a lot of things, we can deliver them to your door."

Lin Shu nodded slightly, handed the address and the pork to the waitress, and then turned and left, heading towards the gambling den. She needed to pay back the money she owed, lest things get complicated.

Upon arrival, they were told that Chen Daniu, a thug from the gambling den, had already led her men to Peach Blossom Village.

There were only three men in the family who were too weak to even kill a chicken. If they were to fight against the people from the gambling den, they would definitely suffer a loss. Lin Shu was a little anxious for a moment. She quickly left Dongshan Town and entered the mountain road. Seeing that there were no people around, she activated her spatial ability to trigger teleportation and rushed home.

Indeed, Lin Shu hadn't expected that spatial abilities could bring such benefits; it was something she had unintentionally activated when she went to town earlier.

Peach Blossom Village.

Nestled against the mountains and beside the water, the village entrance is lined with peach trees, and every spring, the village and its surroundings are covered in a sea of ​​peach blossoms, which is very beautiful.

However, it is now November, and only bare branches remain.

Lin Shu rushed all the way, and surprisingly arrived even earlier than the grain and oil shop's deliveryman.

Approaching the Lin family's thatched cottage, a group of villagers from Peach Blossom Village could be seen gathered at the gate. From inside the courtyard, the sounds of a man crying and rummaging could be heard. Seeing this, Lin Shu quickly went forward and said:

"Excuse me, could you move aside?"

"Why are you pushing? I can't even see you anymore, why are you still pushing?" A tall, dark-skinned aunt muttered as she pushed back at Lin Shu.

Seeing that her spittle was about to spray onto her face, Lin Shu quickly moved to the side, but ended up squeezing into the hands of several aunties next to her. Now, a quarrel broke out.

"Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze my ass! Can't you see anyone here...?"

"Yeah, busy reincarnating..."

"......"

At that moment, a woman with a fierce face slapped Su Mu across the face, knocking him to the ground, and said in a vulgar tone:

"You ungrateful wretch! I tried to reason with you, but you wouldn't listen. You just had to force me to take action!"

"Mu'er..."

"Brother..."

Hearing the commotion, Lin Shu did not hesitate at all. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was drawn to the commotion in the courtyard, she flashed forward and quickly went forward.

in the courtyard.

Lin's father, Xue Wen, and Song Yun tried to help Su Mu, but both were grabbed by the wrists by thugs.

"Bang bang bang..."

"Hey! Who? Who dares to hit me? You've got some nerve! Do you even know who I am?"

At the same time, Chen Daniu, the woman with a fierce face, was kicked away by Lin Shu like a kite with a broken string. Then, the thugs who were holding back Lin's father and Song Yun were also thrown onto Chen Daniu.

No one saw how she moved; all they saw was Chen Daniu's flying figure and Lin Shu's fluttering clothes.

"Get out!" Lin Shu said coldly, smoothing the hem of her dress.

Following the sound, Chen Danu was surprised to find that the woman in front of her was a graceful woman. She thought to herself, "I've really run into a ghost. I was almost intimidated by her eyes."

Lin Shu did not respond. She turned around and reached out her hand to Su Mu. Su Mu looked at the woman in front of him, who seemed to have descended from the heavens, and was momentarily dazed, as if he were seeing her for the first time.

"stand up."

For some reason, Su Mu felt a sense of warmth upon hearing Lin Shu's cool voice, even in the cold winter. Before he could think further, Chen Danu had already been helped up by her subordinates and was approaching them.

"Damn it, it was you, you little bastard, who hit my mother?"

Lin Shu turned around, revealing her cool and stunningly beautiful face to everyone.

"Who are you? Do you know who I am? How dare you hit me?"

Lin Shu didn't even glance at her.

Lin Dayun (a villager): "Ah... isn't this Uncle Xue's Lin Shu? How come she's suddenly so beautiful and has such an aura? I almost didn't recognize her."

Lin Shitou (a villager): "Now that you mention it, it really does look like it."

Lin Zhuzi (a villager): "Hey! Don't forget, five years ago, Lin Shu was exactly the same as she is now. I think she has reformed and become a better person."

"How is that possible?"

I think it is...

"......"

The villagers of Peach Blossom Village, one after another, found reasons for Lin Shu's change.

"Lin Shu? You little bastard? That's perfect, pay me back, 50 taels of silver, hurry up. Otherwise, give me your two handsome young men as collateral."

"hiss............"

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp immediately arose from the surrounding crowd. This was fifty taels of silver, not ten, and certainly not five. The villagers couldn't even save five taels in a whole year.

Su Mu and Song Yun, however, looked on with sorrow.

Ignoring the stares of those around her, Lin Shu reached into her purse, pulled out a fifty-tael silver note, and handed it to Chen Daniu.

Chen Danu was stunned for a moment, not expecting that this scoundrel could actually take out the money. When she came to her senses, she couldn't wait to reach out and take it.

"Give me the IOU."

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