Chapter 205: She’s From the Li Family
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Shao Qingyuan’s expression was cold. “Someone from the Li family.”
Gu Yundong did not understand at first. After a while, he reacted. The Li family? Wasn’t it the family that adopted Shao Qingyuan?
Heh, this shameless person actually dared to come over even though she knew that Shao Qingyuan lived nearby.
After Shao Qingyuan left, Madam Dong said to her, “That Li Xiangchun is only a year younger than Qingyuan. She has been domineering since she was young. When Qingyuan was young, she bullied him countless times. Later on, she got married and even came back every other day to cause trouble for Qingyuan. It was only when Old Master Li passed away and Qingyuan stopped indulging them that the Li family stopped.”
What she didn’t say was that half of Li Xiangchun’s man’s hair had been cut off by Shao Qingyuan. He was so frightened that he peed his pants.
He had not been to Yongfu Village for more than half a year. They did not expect him to appear again today.
He deserved to be taught another lesson.
After Madam Dong finished speaking, she glanced at Gu Yundong’s expression and sighed softly. “Qingyuan is actually quite a good person. As long as you don’t anger him, he won’t teach you a lesson. Look at those people who are so afraid of him. Which one of them doesn’t deserve it? Our family has been his neighbor for so long. If we really need his help, he will come immediately without a word. Don’t think that he hasn’t married yet. That’s because others have ruined his reputation and don’t understand his character. Otherwise, with his appearance and ability, the number of girls who want to marry him can line up from our village to the town.”
“Ahem…” A light cough sounded at the door. Dong Xiulan looked up and saw that Shao Qingyuan had returned.
She quickly stood up. “Um, there’s still soup stewing in the pot over there. I’ll go take a look.”
With that, she slipped away.
Gu Yundong also stood up. “I’ll go and see how the Liu family’s courtyard is cleaned up.”
She slipped past him and ran away.
Shao Qingyuan stood on the spot and thought about her slightly evasive gaze. Was she… shy?
He lowered his eyes and smiled.
In the following days, Gu Yundong was exceptionally busy. The Liu family’s courtyard had been tidied up, and all the necessary tools were available. The hired people also began to work.
Shao Qingyuan and Chen Hongyi were the ones who went to buy the sugarcane. They had already visited all the nearby villages, so they went further away.
The Liu family made black sugar. After that, Gu Yundong brought it back and processed it into white sugar in her courtyard.
The six members of the Tong family were all helping. Gu Yundong had also raised their monthly allowance.
She had told the Tong family in advance that the production of white sugar was an order from the emperor of the capital. If anyone leaked the formula, their entire family would be executed.
The Tong family was honest to begin with. When they heard this, they did their best and controlled the process tightly.
The sugar production went on in an orderly manner. When it was almost done, Gu Yundong began to plan to open the shop.
After checking the calendar, the nearest good day was two days before the Laba Festival.
Gu Yundong took a look. Wasn’t this perfect? They could cook Laba porridge when they went home after buying sugar.
Hence, she set the date to the sixth of December and asked Liu Wei to help promote it.
Liu Wei was not afraid of publicity. It did not take long for everyone in his circle to know.
Although the price of white sugar was not too ridiculous, it was still expensive to ordinary people. Therefore, the target customers were basically those rich families.
On the sixth day of December, Gu Yundong put on her new clothes early in the morning. She got into the carriage and went straight to the county..