Yang Chuxia rinsed her mouth and said, "Alright, I guess I was just overwhelmed by the smell. They’re all the same spices, so there’s nothing wrong with that. Maybe this flavor will be even better."
Ms. Wang then ordered people to jar the drunken crabs.
"But we still have to wait for ten more days to know how the taste turns out," Yang Chuxia said. "Luckily, we bought enough rice wine and liquor before, otherwise, we would have to go somewhere else to buy them. That damn Yang Aoshuang, like a lunatic, actually bought all the rice wine in our town."
"Miss, it’s a good thing that the Li Family’s power isn’t big enough, and also that selling wine and peppercorns are different. There are more sellers and larger quantities of wine, so they can’t buy it all, otherwise, it would be troublesome." Xiu’er had been following Yang Chuxia these days and knew a little more about the peppercorn incident, so she said this.
"You’re right!" Yang Chuxia continued, "Mother, for the next batch of drunken crabs, let them all use star anise first."
Ms. Wang nodded, "Alright, I’ll remember what you said!"
"There’s plenty of star anise, enough for making crabs until the sea is sealed!" Yang Chuxia huffed, "Waiting for me to ask her for help? Dream on!"
"Miss, Young Master Mu is looking for you!" As Yang Chuxia and Ms. Wang were talking, an old woman came to report after knocking on the door.
"Looking for me?" Yang Chuxia thought there might be some new developments in the matter of asking him for help. "I’ll go right away. Mother, watch it here."
Mu Shaoling was at Ye Zi’an’s house at the moment. When Yang Chuxia arrived, Ye Zi’an was also sitting nearby.
"Is there any new news from the Li Family?"
"Why are you so impatient?" Mu Shaoling took a sip of tea and said, "You don’t even ask if I had lunch yet."
"You’re not a three-year-old child!" Yang Chuxia rolled her eyes at him and said, "Besides, with so many servants around you, do you need me to care? If I were to care about anyone, it would be Brother An from my family."
Ye Zi’an, who was sitting beside them, immediately had a smile on his face after hearing her words. Yang Chuxia muttered in her heart that he was really a stuffed snob.
Mu Shaoling was choked by her words and helplessly waved his servant over, "Tell Miss Yang what you found out."
The servant handed Yang Chuxia several booklets, "Miss Yang, these are records of what the Li Family has done in business over the years, and who they have offended. The last booklet contains records of the Dean of Wangquan Academy using his position for personal gain, as well as the location of his mistress and their son."
"Mistress?" Yang Chuxia couldn’t believe her eyes. "How could the dean of such a prestigious academy have a mistress? He should have just taken her as a concubine."
Ye Zi’an said indifferently, "Xiaxia, he is just doing it for his reputation and the reputation of his deep love with his wife. His wife has only had one daughter in all these years, yet he remains devoted to her, which is a good reputation."
"So that’s it!" Yang Chuxia took the booklets and slapped them into her hands, sitting down on a bench nearby to think.
"With this information, what do you plan to do?" Mu Shaoling asked.
Yang Chuxia propped her chin up and showed a cunning look, "Of course, I will let his wife see for herself how deep their feelings are. As for the Li Family, they’re not good either. Yang Aoshuang was able to contact those partners because someone from the Li Family must have instructed her to take the lead. So, they can’t blame me. I’ll send all this information to the merchants who have been cheated by the Li Family and their enemies."