Chapter 1635: Chapter 1634: She Just Loves to Ignore
Qiao Xiaomai was convinced that these people carried original sin simply because they were wealthy. Under such circumstances, she didn’t bother to face them and just let them quarrel.
She stayed in the Field Manor, dedicated to making Floral Dew, Spicy Strips, and other products. She was plenty busy every day.
Soon, a group of poor people in the Capital City were the first to receive Floral Dew—genuine Floral Dew, identical to the ones that sold for thousands of taels per jar.
If you wanted Floral Dew for yourself, you’d have to pay thousands of taels of silver to buy it.
Now, the broke fools simply got it for free because they were poor or sick.
Unfair!
Outrageous!
So, even more people flocked to the Field Manor to demand that Qiao Xiaomai give them an explanation!
The entrance to the Field Manor was noisy every single day, and the crowd grew larger and larger. Yang Wenxiao suggested that Qiao Xiaomai co out to calm them down.
Yang Wenxiao’s “suggestion” was essentially an order. Receiving the command, Qiao Xiaomai finally agreed to step out.
But she didn’t have much to explain. She was just a small-ti baroness, while Yang Wenxiao was the forr emperor. When the forr emperor showed compassion for the people and wanted to do sothing practical to improve their welfare, how could she dare disobey his order?
Royal authority was supre. As a re baroness, she wouldn’t dream of defying it. Now these people were crowding at the gate of the Field Manor and causing a fuss—wasn’t this sheer unreasonable behavior?
If the roles were reversed, and Yang Wenxiao had issued an order to these people, would they dare refuse?
In the past, they might have dared to refuse or given Yang Wenxiao so excuse to fob him off. But after the Shen Family’s confiscation and the Wu Family’s downfall, they didn’t dare anymore.
For the past two years, Yang Wenxiao had cracked down on an aristocratic family each year with iron-fisted thods. They wouldn’t dare collide with him now.
Unable to confront Yang Wenxiao, they could only direct their grievances at Qiao Xiaomai. Since she had sold Floral Dew to Yang Wenxiao, why couldn’t she sell it to them too?
They wouldn’t dare accuse Qiao Xiaomai of being untrustworthy or going back on her word. They weren’t asking for anything else; they just wanted a jar of Floral Dew!
Their health was weak too, and they also needed Floral Dew to nurse their bodies!
To be honest, if Qiao Xiaomai hadn’t known the whole story, she might truly have softened her heart by now.
How pitiful they seed. One was more distinguished than the other, yet now they had to lower themselves and plead softly for a jar of Floral Dew. How pitiable indeed.
Bah!
Pitiable, my foot.
She could still vividly recall how this group had made things difficult for her in the past. Her business at Jiwei Ju still hadn’t recovered to what it used to be.
Granted, part of it was due to the Shadow Puppet Theater stealing custors, but this group was also to bla.
Back then, they shut their doors and refused to visit Jiwei Ju at all. The business revenue plumted as if falling off a cliff. They even forced her to host a banquet via Yang Wenxiao to entertain several family patriarchs.
She rembered all of it clearly.
Back then, they ignored her as much as they wanted. Now, she made sure they couldn’t reach her no matter how hard they tried.
So what if she had a cornucopia?
If they had the guts, they could try taking it from her!
If they couldn’t take it, then they’d just have to endure being beneath her reach!
Qiao Xiaomai’s stance only fueled the anger of these people further.
“She’s just a village woman, yet with a cornucopia in hand, she’s smug and insolent. Why hasn’t so deity descended to slap her dead yet!”
One day, Bei Lingsu brought Bei Yun over again. Bei Lingsu had co for fun—it had snowed, and she could play with the snow sled again. Riding the sled from the Bei Residence to the Field Manor felt amazing.
It was Bei Yun’s first ti on a snow sled, and he was utterly fascinated. He touched this and examined that, eagerly demanding to ride the sled for a spin.
Bei Lingsu temporarily dismissed his idea. She had serious business to discuss with Qiao Xiaomai today.
Taking the sled out for a joyride could wait until after her business was done.
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