Actually, her guess was not bad. Yang Aoshuang didn’t have the recipe for the drunken crab, she just bought a few jars to study, knowing only some of the ingredients inside. Especially, she found that the Sichuan peppercorns were the hardest to purchase, so she conspired with Young Master Li and came up with such a rotten idea. They teamed up with the Li Family’s partners to buy up all the Sichuan peppercorns in Funan, not only that, they even bought it from nearby counties. Sichuan peppercorns are not particularly expensive spices, and the quantity is not large, so it didn’t cost too much money for each family.
As for why the Li Family’s partners joined in, it’s because Yang Chuxia’s drunken crab has been selling exceptionally well in the past two years, making a lot of money with Ju De Lou, which has made many people envious and wanting a piece of the action.
Ju De Lou has a big background, they can’t afford to offend them, so they could only pick on the soft persimmon. Each family didn’t spend much money, but they were able to cut off Yang Chuxia’s business. If they could make Yang Chuxia share the recipe or let everyone invest, it would be a profit, even if they couldn’t, the loss would not be significant.
In the wine shop, Yang Chuxia, along with her servants, and Xiu’er were selecting wines when Yang Aoshuang also came with her maids.
"Oh, isn’t this... what’s-her-name?" Yang Aoshuang asked disdainfully while looking at her maids.
Then the maid replied, "Young Madam, she’s just a nobody, this slave doesn’t even remember."
Yang Chuxia looked at her and said to Xiu’er, "Xiu’er, did you hear a barking mad dog somewhere?"
"Miss, this servant heard it, and it’s an ugly and old mad dog too."
"Oh, so that’s how it is. Then you better be careful, mad dogs are sick, don’t let them infect you." Yang Chuxia continued selecting wine while saying this.
"Thank you for your concern, Miss. This servant understands."
"Yang Chuxia, you, you bitch!" Yang Aoshuang exploded in anger when she heard Yang Chuxia and Xiu’er’s veiled insults, pointing at Yang Chuxia and cursing.
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia’s eyes turned cold. She put down the wine jar on the table, rushed up to Yang Aoshuang, and slapped her face twice.
As she slapped her, she said, "You know, I wanted to hit you a long time ago, but I didn’t have a good enough excuse back then. Now it’s great, you came to me asking for a beating, aren’t you a masochist? You call me a bitch, but who is more despicable than you? Playing threesome with two men, isn’t that exciting?"
Yang Chuxia continued to insult without a break, "What about Young Master Li, is he unable to find a women? Otherwise, why would he want someone like you? Indeed, birds of a feather flock together. Young Master Li must not be good either; otherwise, why would he knowingly marry a bitch like you and wear a cuckold all by himself!"
"You, you dare to hit me..." Yang Aoshuang has always boasted herself as a well-bred young lady, so her cursing vocabulary was limited, and she wasn’t nimble enough in her speech. Yang Chuxia’s few words left her breathless with anger.
"Young Madam, are you alright?" Her little maid saw that her face was swollen and her eyes were bloodshot and quickly asked with concern.
However, Yang Aoshuang did not appreciate her kindness, and slapped her back with a counterhand, "Useless thing, don’t you know to fight back when you see me being insulted?"
"Hmph, the maid is useless because her mistress is useless too." Yang Chuxia snorted coldly.
"Yang Chuxia, you just wait!" Yang Aoshuang glared at her fiercely, "Hmph, I’ll warn you, either hand over your family’s drunken crab recipe now or let us invest in it, or else... You won’t be able to buy Sichuan peppercorns anymore, huh?"