I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

The next day,

Su Banxia woke up refreshed. Last night, she had come to terms with it; everyone has their own ambitions, and she couldn't expect someone to sell candied hawthorns with her for the rest of their life. So Su Banxia didn't feel any regret at the moment; she could only say that their time had come…

After packing her things, Su Banxia took Erzhuzi and the others to the market to buy candied hawthorns.

As soon as Su Banxia and her group arrived at the market entrance, they saw Lin Shi and Su Congxian already setting up their stall and starting to sell their wares.

"Come and buy some candied hawthorns! My candied hawthorns are only eight coins a skewer!"

Seeing this, Su Banxia immediately set up a stall next to Lin Shi.

Holding a bunch of candied grapes in my hand.

"Fresh candied hawthorns! Come and see! A flavor no one has ever tried before, only ten coins a skewer!"

Hearing Su Banxia's hawking cries, everyone turned to look with curiosity.

Su Banxia held a string of glucose gourds in her hand and took a bite. The crisp sound of the juice bursting out made everyone swallow their saliva.

"Give me a skewer."

"First come, first served."

"I want it too, I want it too."

Seeing this, Madam Lin quickly spoke up:

"Hey, hey, hey, don't eat her food! Her stuff is no good. Come buy mine instead! Mine is cheap and delicious!"

Lin had intended to use this method to attract customers, but unfortunately, none of them were interested and ignored her. Lin became increasingly anxious as Su Banxia's products were almost sold out.

"Hey, hey, are you guys stupid? I already told you her stuff isn't as good as mine, and mine is cheaper too, so come and try mine!"

While Lin was speaking, a woman pulled a little boy by the arm and walked up to him, angrily pointing her finger at Lin's nose and cursing:

"Is this the person who sold you candied hawthorns yesterday?"

The little boy sniffled pitifully, looked up at Mrs. Lin, and nodded.

"Yes, yes, that's Mom. She's the one who sold me the candied hawthorns!"

Upon seeing this, the lady immediately stepped forward and began to pull at Lin's stall.

"You heartless, despicable woman! How dare you sell such garbage to my son? Do you know that my son ate two skewers of your candied hawthorns yesterday and started vomiting and having diarrhea? He only got a little better after taking medicine today."

As she spoke, the woman grabbed the boy's arm and pointed to his pale face.

"Your sister Qiao's face is as pale as mine, all because of what you've done to my son. When has he ever suffered like this? Are you really trying to murder him for money!"

Upon hearing this, Lin looked anxiously at Su Congxian standing to the side, then shouted at the woman:

"Don't try to be unreasonable. When did I sell your son candied hawthorns? Besides, these candied hawthorns cost eight copper coins a skewer. Does your son have the money to buy them? And he bought two skewers at once! You can't even lie convincingly!"

Seeing that Lin refused to admit it, the woman glared at her.

“My son gets 20 coins a day in pocket money, so what’s wrong with buying just two strings of candied hawthorns?”

Then the woman shouted loudly to the people around her:

"Come and see, everyone! Look at this heartless merchant! She's selling rotten candied hawthorns, and my son vomited and had diarrhea after eating them! I came to see her today, and she's turned her back on me!"

Lin was already scared, and seeing that Su Congxian's loud voice had attracted everyone around, she was even more afraid of delaying her business, so she looked to Su Congxian for help.

But little did anyone know that Su Congxian was even more timid. Although he was a big shot at home, once he stepped outside, he was like a mud puddles, not daring to say a word.

Besides, Su Congxian knew all this in his heart. Those candied hawthorns had indeed been sitting unsold for several days, and he had taken them out to sell again. It was possible that the child vomited and had diarrhea after eating them.

Su Congxian was only thinking about making more money. He felt that it was a waste to throw away the candied hawthorns that he couldn't sell that day. So he secretly collected them, thinking that he could keep the extra money from selling the candied hawthorns for his own use, without having to keep it in the books or share it with Su Mo and Granny Liu.

Little did he know that he was only focused on his own little schemes, unaware that his actions would ruin his own reputation.

Su Congxian had never done any business before, so he couldn't think that far ahead. Now that the woman had come to his door with her child, he turned into a coward and only thought that Lin would handle the matter herself. But Lin was just a village woman after all, so she naturally didn't have any good solutions.

Seeing that Su Congxian didn't even glance at her, Lin knew that he was trying to hide again. When that old woman bullied her before, Su Congxian always watched from behind without daring to say a word. If it weren't for the fact that she had such a big son with him, Lin would have made up her mind long ago not to continue living with Su Congxian.

But it's too late for regrets now. What's done is done, and in front of so many people, Lin can only stubbornly refuse to admit it.

Lin's eyes darted around, then she pointed to Su Banxia's stall.

"There are two candied hawthorn shops here. How can you be so sure that there's something wrong with our candied hawthorns? Besides, what can a little kid remember? You can't just believe whatever he says. You spoil your child too much!"

Seeing Lin's certainty, the woman looked at her son with some doubt.

"Son, think carefully, did you really buy candied hawthorns from this store yesterday?"

The little boy glanced at Lin, then nodded firmly.

“Mom, I bought all the sesame candy yesterday, and I only have sixteen coins left, so I can only buy her candied hawthorns. Aren’t her candied hawthorns eight coins a skewer and sixteen coins for two skewers? There’s no mistake, it’s hers!”

Seeing that the little boy spoke clearly and could do calculations, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm telling you, you're not sent by that company to cause trouble, are you? Are you trying to squeeze us out by selling our products cheaper so that everyone will buy Su Banxia's candied hawthorns? Tell me, are you in cahoots with Su Banxia? What benefits did Su Banxia promise you that you're defending her like this?"

Seeing that Lin was being unreasonable, the woman grew increasingly angry. She had come today with her child to demand an explanation, not expecting Lin to pay her much money, but simply because she felt her child had suffered and she was furious. She wanted Lin to apologize properly so that Lin would learn her lesson and not sell such shoddy goods again, lest she harm other children in the future.

But now this Lin is so unreasonable, and she is even blaming others for her mistakes. She doesn't even know this Su Banxia she mentioned, so how could she have conspired with her to harm Lin?