Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 609 - 607

Chapter 609: 607

Yang Liu quickly evaded and with one kick sent Gu Honggen flying.

"How dare you, trying to snatch things in broad daylight!" Yang Liu scolded in a stern voice.

Gu Honggen quickly got up and glared at Yang Liu, "You nosy woman, keep out of this. That belongs to my cousin. I’m just borrowing it. What’s it got to do with you?!"

"That’s not mine, you got it all wrong!" Du Yijin quickly cleared up the misunderstanding.

At the same time, she felt extremely relieved. Luckily, she had just exchanged silver for silver banknotes with the Rui’an County Mistress. If he had stolen the bag of silver, she would have been devastated.

"Not yours? Who are you trying to fool? Isn’t it what you sold..."

"Yang Liu, this man tried to snatch my things. Take him to the Government Office," Xiao’er interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.

"Yes, Miss," Yang Liu stepped forward and grabbed him like an eagle snatching a chick.

Audience: This Miss is so formidable! She’s like a strongman!

"How dare you! Isn’t there any rule of law under the Emperor’s reign!" Upon hearing this, Gu Honggen became frightened and threatened.

"It’s even more law-bound under the Emperor’s reign. I believe many people here saw you trying to snatch my things! With so many witnesses, it’ll be hard for you to defend yourself!" Xiao’er signaled for Yang Liu to take him away.

She could not allow him to disclose her secret of disguising as a man to sell walnuts.

Yang Liu hit his mute point and dragged him away by his clothes.

On the way, they ran into patrolling constables. She handed him over, stating that he attempted to seize the property of the Rui’an County Mistress.

Daring to snatch the Mistress’s belongings? The soldiers decided to send him directly to the coal mine for labor reform for a month.

Locking him up would be a waste of the national treasury’s food supply. Sending him to the coal mine would at least earn some silver for the country!

When Yang Liu left, she forgot to undo his mute point. Gu Honggen’s life in the following month was unspeakably hard!

The Gu family knew nothing about Gu Honggen’s arrest. He would often go missing for days, staying mainly in gambling houses. They assumed he was there, so they didn’t worry about him.

It was only after seven days when debt collectors from the gambling house came calling that the Gu Family realized the seriousness of the situation. They sent people everywhere to find him but to no avail. They even thought he was deliberately hiding to avoid his debts, but that’s another story.

At the Marquis Shengping mansion, the amount of silver Xiao’er brought back startled Shen Chengyao.

"Is this the silver earned from selling green-peel walnuts? Why is it so much?"

Yun’er also found it incredible. Selling walnuts was so profitable, why should she bother selling clothes? The income from selling walnuts for a day would match the income of selling clothes for a month.

Xiao’er: "Art is priceless!"

Shen Chengyao: ...

Yun’er: ...

Could her handmade clothes not be considered art? Then she really didn’t understand what art was!

Today, the villa again sent over several baskets of walnuts. Xiao’er continued picking the walnuts with the maids, joined by Yun’er and Shen Chengyao. After all, the allure of silver was irresistible to anyone, regardless of art.

Xiao’er stealthily mixed a pair of walnuts from her space into the basket, then picked them out again.

She told Yang Liu, "Yang Liu, have Xiao Fuzi go to the stall tomorrow to buy this pair of Walnut King."

Yang Liu nodded in agreement, and then went to pass on the message to Zhao Yong.

Xiao’er said to Gu Rou’er, "Rou’er, tell Madam that I’ll have Xiao Fuzi buy a pair of Walnut King from Wenwan Street tomorrow. Tell her that the stall owner wanted to express his gratitude to the Jingrui brothers for bringing prosperity to his business, so he deliberately revealed this information to them."

Gu Rou’er nodded in response.

On the second day, Xiao’er’s walnut stall was still selling like hotcakes.

After she sold all the walnuts in the basket, she took out a pair of Walnut King from her sleeve, "This is a pair of Walnut King, bidding starts now!"

The son of a wealthy merchant, a devout fan of Xiao’er, immediately bid, "Fifty taels of silver for a pair!"

"I bid sixty taels!" The man who had competed with the merchant’s son for walnuts the day before spoke up.

The merchant’s son glared at him, "Seventy taels!"

"Eighty taels." That person casually added.

"One hundred taels!" The merchant’s son decided and loudly yelled out.

"One hundred and twenty taels!" The person looked at the merchant’s son smugly.

"Forget it, you win!" The merchant’s son left directly. His father might be rich, but he wouldn’t allow him to squander their wealth! Especially not on some frivolous item!

The person: ...

At this moment, Xiao Fuzi spoke, "One hundred and fifty taels!"

Hearing that someone was still raising the bid, the person quickly left like the merchant’s son.

Xiao’er’s expected drama finally started unfolding.

If he were to bring home this trinket for one hundred and twenty taels, his father would definitely cut his pocket money!

After Xiao Fuzi spoke up, another voice sounded, "One hundred and sixty taels!"

Without even looking at him, Xiao Fuzi raised the bid, "One hundred and seventy taels!"

"One hundred and eighty taels!"

"One hundred and ninety taels!"

"Two hundred taels!"

...

"Three hundred taels!" Xiao Fuzi continued to bid calmly, it was as if he wasn’t adding silver each time, but water.

He had a determined look on his face.

The person competing with Xiao Fuzi hesitated. Three hundred taels for a pair of wild fruits? Were they made of gold? But his master gave an order, they had to win.

Perhaps adding another ten taels, and the bidding would stop.

He gritted his teeth, "Three hundred and ten taels!"

"Three hundred and twenty taels!"

Would they keep raising the price? Forget it, let’s call three hundred and fifty taels, and stop increasing the bid afterwards! The person touched the silver banknotes in his chest with a resolve: even if Xiao Fuzi raised the bid again, he wouldn’t add anymore.

Thus, he spoke loudly, "Three hundred and fifty taels!"

Xiao’er had been paying attention to his expressions all along. When she saw him resolute, she gave Xiao Fuzi a wink.

Xiao Fuzi immediately stopped bidding.

Xiao’er happily handed over the Walnut King to him, "Congratulations to this customer for winning the Walnut King! We hope that after cracking it open, it’ll be worth every penny. Sir, do you need our professional shell peeling expert to help you peel your walnuts?"

Zhao Yong: Is the "professional shell peeling expert" referring to himself? From a professional hidden guard to a professional coachman, and now a professional shell peeler? Life indeed got increasingly absurd! He was simply too embarrassed to face his old comrades!

The person took the walnut with a dismal face while handing over three hundred and fifty silver note to Xiao’er. "I have things to attend to at home, there’s no hurry to peel it."

The surrounding spectators who heard this conversation couldn’t help but feel regret. They all wanted to see what this walnut worth more than three hundred taels looked like!

The person took his unpeeled walnut and hurriedly left.

Xiao’er also closed her stall.

Shangguan Xuanyi was waiting for Xiao’er at the Four Seasons Restaurant. Seeing her happy face, his mood was also infected by her joy, "Made a lot?"

"Hmm, thanks to Brother Shangguan’s help, my scam went quite well!" After saying this, Xiao’er took the tea offered by Shangguan Xuanyi and gulped it down.

She was both thirsty and hungry.

Shangguan Xuanyi smiled, "He will definitely be furious to the point of vomiting blood tomorrow. But I didn’t expect these wild fruits to turn into golden fruits in your hands!"

"Of course, I am an expert at turning waste into treasure! Oh, enough talking, I am famished after selling walnuts all day!"

So the two of them started to quietly eat.

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