Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Upon thinking of this, Shen Ziche was about to go and discuss it with Li Mo'er, but just as he reached the door, he heard Shen Yi call out to him.

"Young master, the second young master has fainted."

Shen Ziche's mind went blank as he was helped into A-Cen's room by Shen Yi.

Shen Zicen lay on the bed, her face pale and her lips bloodless.

Everything was fine just a moment ago, how did it turn into this in the blink of an eye?

Once Shen Ziche had recovered, he hurriedly asked Shen Yi to fetch a doctor, making sure to tell him to choose a male doctor.

Shen nodded. "I've already gone to invite them, they'll be here soon."

Upon learning that the second young master had fainted, he immediately sent Shen Shi to fetch a doctor.

Shen Ziche no longer had any intention of looking for Li Mo'er; he only hoped that A-Cen could wake up safely.

The male doctor was pulled into the room by Shen Shi; in this critical moment, he couldn't care less about etiquette.

Seeing Shen Zicen's appearance, the doctor shook his head with heartache, "His condition has worsened again."

As he spoke, he helplessly took Shen Zicen's pulse, left some prescriptions for treating external injuries, and before leaving, he still said the same thing: "A mental illness requires a mental cure."

The doctor walked shakily to the door, thought for a moment, then turned back and said, "If he continues like this, he'll really be ruined."

After saying that, he gave Shen Zicen a meaningful look.

Shen Ziche failed to understand the doctor's true meaning, thinking that he only wanted A-Cen to get through this as soon as possible.

Shen Zicen remained unconscious for two days, and during those two days, Shen Ziche stayed by her side to take care of her without ever leaving.

He didn't know that today was the opening day of Li Mo'er's shop.

After these days of hard work, Li Mo'er's "Li's Fine Salt" has finally opened for business.

During the days of renovating the shop, she was constantly making salt and teaching Aunt Tianming and the others how to operate the equipment.

Therefore, the front shop was being renovated, while the back house was busy making salt, all in order to get the opening date on the agenda as soon as possible.

Normally, Er Gouzi would supervise the construction and take charge of various aspects of the renovation.

These past two days, she had been begging and pleading to get Er Gouzi's family to move into the Li residence with them, leaving her exhausted every day.

But these past few days have been the most fulfilling for them. They've been working towards their goals every day, full of energy, and finally managed to stock up on 500 jin of salt before opening.

Although the quantity is not large, for the people of Los Angeles, 500 jin is enough for everyone to eat for half a year.

Moreover, once they open, they can make and sell at the same time.

Today is an auspicious day, so they set today as their opening day.

Early that morning, they all put on new clothes to welcome the day.

Li Lin stood at the shop entrance, presiding over the ceremony. Su Yanli and Uncle Li and Aunt Li stood to the side, while Li Mo'er stood in the crowd.

She didn't want to be in the public eye, and besides, she had originally planned to give the shop to Li Lin.

When they first heard that she wanted Li Lin to be the boss and take charge, her family disagreed. It wasn't until she said that Er Gouzi was more authoritative than her when he stood in front of the door that they agreed.

Li Lin was so nervous about the opening ceremony that she couldn't sleep for nights on end. She practiced non-stop and even asked Su Yanli to write a script for her.

Although she couldn't read, she memorized these words and engraved them in her mind.

Sometimes, when I fall asleep at night, I talk in my sleep about these manuscripts.

"Fellow villagers, today is the grand opening of 'Li's Fine Salt,' and our salt..."

Upstairs at Yingkelou, several elegantly dressed people gathered together to watch the opening ceremony of "Li's Fine Salt".

"If this Li's Fine Salt business opens, our business will soon be ruined."

The woman at the head of the group was dressed in blue brocade. She had a wealthy appearance and was adorned with numerous gold and silver jewelry, all of which displayed her richness.

The other merchants nodded in agreement. One of them, who had just sent someone to investigate yesterday, said, "Their salt is much finer than ours, and it doesn't taste bitter."

The other person slowly picked up their teacup, took a sip, and said, "As for the price..."

"Six coins for one tael, that's one coin more than ours, and today, on our opening day, it's ten coins for two taels."

The person who knew the situation explained while gesturing with their fingers.

The woman at the head tapped her fingers on the table, trying to come up with a solution to prevent "Li's Fine Salt" from continuing to grow unchecked.

Her eyes darted around, then she suddenly thought of something and smiled wickedly, "Since her salt is so good, why don't we stock up on more?"

???

At first, the people at the table were a little confused, but when they saw the expression on the woman's face, they immediately understood.

"Yes, their salt is good. I need to buy 80 catties of it for my household."

"I want 100 jin (25 catties)."

"I want 50 jin (25 catties)."

……

The woman in the corner remained silent. She was the manager of the Shen family business. Recently, the young master Shen had entrusted her with all business matters, but she still needed to report such matters to him.

The woman in the lead noticed the shopkeeper's dilemma and said, "We're not forcing you to buy salt, but the Shen family cannot provide coarse salt to 'Li's Fine Salt,' not even a pound."

The woman's tone carried a hint of threat, and the female shopkeeper simply nodded. She was just a shopkeeper, while everyone present was powerful and influential. If it weren't for Young Master Shen being unavailable, it would never have been her turn.

However, she did not appear flustered on the surface. After all, to be able to assume the role of the manager of the Shen family, one must have an exceptionally strong mental fortitude.

She took a small sip of her tea. "This matter is for my young master to decide."

No one else paid attention to that statement; they were all businessmen, and I would definitely consider my own interests.

They believed that Young Master Shen would do the same. Recently, they had tallied that "Li's Fine Salt" had purchased a total of 3000 catties of coarse salt from them, and it was the lowest quality kind of salt.

If you were to extract it using that kind of salt, you would have to cut it in half at least, and at most you could only get 1500 jin of fine salt.

If they buy up all their salt and can't keep up with the demand, the shop will go out of business sooner or later.

"In a few days, I'll send someone to apply and see how they do it."

The woman in the lead pondered for a moment; she couldn't let this opportunity to make money slip through her fingers.

"It's no use. They don't hire any staff; it's all their own people. They're very cautious."

"Well, since that's the case, don't blame me for being too ruthless."

The woman at the head of the group gently turned her teacup, contemplating how to ensure that "Li's Fine Salt" would never exist again.

Upon hearing this, the female shopkeeper was startled; the Xu family was indeed not to be trifled with.

Although the Shen family is considered the richest family in Luocheng, the Xu family has connections in Beijing, so no one here dares to offend her.

Just as Li Mo'er was engrossed in watching, a hand pulled her into a small alley to the side.

"Master Shen?"