Chapter 101: Sold Out 2/2

Those two who had pushed their tasks onto Jin Dajiang before: “…”

Jin Dajiang became the idolized and envied figure in the mess hall again, but he felt a bit bewildered.

Was what those people said really about his son-in-law?

Li Qingzhi had no idea he had become famous. At this moment, he was still chatting with Peng Jingliang and others in the restaurant.

Peng Jingliang and the others were very interested in him, and he also wanted to make friends with them, so naturally, they had a very pleasant conversation.

That was fine, but Zhu Xunmiao ordered a lot of dishes… Li Qingzhi just chatted and ate at the same time.

Seeing Li Qingzhi enjoying his food, Peng Jingliang and the others ate more, and as a result, their stomachs swelled, but Li Qingzhi was still eating!

Li Qingzhi had such a good appetite!

This meal lasted until the afternoon.

Peng Jingliang and the others were invited to Chongcheng County by Hong Hui. They had been staying at Hong’s house before, but after Li Qingzhi exposed Hong Hui’s true colors publicly, they didn’t want to stay at Hong’s house anymore.

They had some acquaintance with Hong Hui as they passed the scholar exam in the same year, but their relationship wasn’t deep, so naturally, they didn’t want to offend the Magistrate of Gou County for the sake of Hong Hui.

Zhu Qian handled things very properly. He took the book boys of these scholars and went to the Hong family, packed up their belongings, and then gave the Hong family twenty taels of silver as their expenses for staying there for the past few days. After that, he sent their luggage to the largest inn in Chongcheng County.

These people would rest at the inn next.

After these people left, Li Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhu Qian, “Is the magistrate very angry?”

Zhu Qian sighed helplessly. “Very angry; after all, those scholars almost insulted him to his face.”

Li Qingzhi said, “I’ll go see the magistrate tomorrow and have a chat with him.”

“Speaking of which… nephew, the Magistrate thought Hong Hui did this to avenge Sun Juren,” Zhu Qian said, explaining the situation before.

After Li Qingzhi pointed out Hong Hui, the magistrate of Gou County said a few words to Zhu Qian. From what Zhu Qian heard… The Magistrate thought that Hong Hui’s move was to drive him away.

Li Qingzhi said, “That’s not it.” Hong Hui should mainly target him. As for why Hong Hui did this… He had repeatedly tarnished the reputation of the Hong family and Hong Hui, so Hong Hui must hate him.

But if the magistrate of Gou County thought so, it was a good thing for him.

After a brief chat with Zhu Qian, Li Qingzhi went to see Jin Xiaoye.

Jin Xiaoye was in the next private room. When she saw him, she turned her head, her eyes sparkling.

There were many people around, so Li Qingzhi didn’t get too close to Jin Xiaoye, but his gaze was firmly fixed on her. “Xiaoye, it’s time for us to go back.”

“Let’s go!” Jin Xiaoye stood up and followed Li Qingzhi out.

Outside, Li Qingzhi said, “Xiaoye, I’m sorry for leaving you alone before…”

“I wasn’t alone! I’ve been chatting with Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. . Xu. Mrs. Zhu’s family also does business, and she ordered a batch of goods from me…” Jin Xiaoye enthusiastically told Li Qingzhi about the situation earlier.

After finishing, Jin Xiaoye said again, “Ah Qing, I’m so happy today! You’re so amazing, and they all envy me!”

Li Qingzhi smiled. Seeing that there weren’t many people around, he held Jin Xiaoye’s hand. “I’ll be even more amazing in the future.”

“I will too. I’m going to take my business to the capital and then to the imperial city!” Jin Xiaoye said.

“You’ll definitely succeed,” Li Qingzhi said.

“Yes! As long as I work harder, I’ll make it!” Jin Xiaoye said.

She actually couldn’t guarantee her success, but she planned to give it a try.

Many things just happened while you were doing them!

Li Qingzhi liked Jin Xiaoye’s confident appearance and really wanted to kiss her, but they were outside…

“Of course, thinking about those things is a bit far off for now. I need to sell off the goods at home first,” Jin Xiaoye said. In the past month, she hadn’t taken any big orders, so she had accumulated a batch of goods at home.

Originally, she planned to personally go to the provincial capital to try to sell the goods, but now… She had negotiated a business deal today and could sell the goods to Mrs. Zhu.

Jin Xiaoye returned home excitedly, but then she was dumbfounded—where were her goods?

At this time, Sister Wang said, “Xiaoye, all our goods have been sold out!”

Jin Xiaoye heard Sister Wang’s excited explanation of what had happened before, and Li Qingzhi couldn’t help but laugh and cry when he heard it.

When he lived in modern times, his grades were decent but not outstanding. When he was in his second year of high school, there was a top scorer in the city’s college entrance examination. At that time, his parents specially took him to visit… He didn’t expect such a thing to happen in ancient times.

“If the goods are gone, they’re gone. We’ll find more people to help tomorrow,” Jin Xiaoye said.

While they were talking, Wu Baichuan’s boat stopped at the dock in Chongcheng County.

Wu Baichuan had set off for the capital at the end of last year and had purchased some goods there. Now he had finally returned!

Most of the goods he brought back from the capital had been sold on the way, but there were still quite a few left. However, Wu Baichuan wasn’t in a hurry to sell these goods. He didn’t even rush home but went to find Jin Xiaoye first.

He wanted to place another big order with Jin Xiaoye!

With the gift prepared for Jin Xiaoye in hand, Wu Baichuan headed towards Sister Wang’s house.

Along the way, he saw many people chatting, and they were talking about Li Qingzhi…

Wu Baichuan was curious and asked someone about it.

Without hesitation, the person told Wu Baichuan what had happened today.

Upon hearing this, Wu Baichuan felt extremely fortunate.

Li Qingzhi was indeed extraordinary. Fortunately, he had realized it in time and hadn’t helped Hong Hui deal with Jin Xiaoye.

Hastily, Wu Baichuan arrived at Sister Wang’s house, only to learn that Jin Xiaoye’s embroidery shop had moved. So, he went to Jin Xiaoye’s new shop.

When Wu Baichuan arrived, Jin Xiaoye was busy.

Seeing Wu Baichuan coming in from outside, Jin Xiaoye greeted him with a smile, “Shopkeeper Wu, you’re back from the capital?”

“I’m back! Congratulations, Shopkeeper Jin. I heard your husband got the top score!” Wu Baichuan said.

“Thank you, thank you!” Jin Xiaoye smiled.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Wu Baichuan opened the basket he was carrying and showed Jin Xiaoye the silver inside, saying, “Shopkeeper Jin, I came over this time to order more goods. Your goods sold exceptionally well in the capital…”

Jin Xiaoye: “…”

Having a big order was a good thing, but she didn’t have any goods on hand now!

Next, she was going to be busy, and she didn’t know if she could make enough…

While Jin Xiaoye was discussing with Wu Baichuan, Li Qingzhi was in the backyard talking to Li Damao and Li Ermao about what had happened today.

He turned his experience into a story for the two children to listen to and then asked, “Damao, Ermao, is your father awesome?”

Li Damao and Li Ermao both nodded vigorously and said, “Awesome!”

“If your father is so great, should you give him a kiss?” Li Qingzhi asked with a smile.

The two children immediately leaned in and started kissing his cheeks, one on each side.

Li Qingzhi was particularly happy and reached out to hug them, saying, “You have to kiss a hundred times!”

Just as Li Qingzhi was being hugged by his children on both sides, Jin Xiaoshu entered from the back door.

Seeing Li Qingzhi, he came up excitedly to congratulate him.

His brother-in-law had become the top scorer, which gave him a lot of face. He didn’t know how many people had congratulated him today!

After offering his congratulations, Jin Xiaoshu asked, “Brother-in-law, will you be able to pass the provincial exam in the future? Then I’ll have a scholar brother-in-law, which is great!”

Li Qingzhi smiled and said, “You’re thinking too small.”

Jin Xiaoshu didn’t understand, and Li Laogen chimed in, “What’s the point of having a scholar brother-in-law? I want to be the father of the top scorer. Ah Qing, you have to study hard!”

Li Qingzhi promised, “Dad, don’t worry, I will work hard.”

Jin Xiaoshu: “!!!” His perspective was indeed a bit narrow.

After chatting with Li Qingzhi for a while, Jin Xiaoshu went to the front shop and said to Jin Xiaoye, “Sis, I’ve sold out all the goods I had on hand. I’ve come to get some more.”

Thanks to Li Qingzhi’s blessing, his business was particularly good today!

Jin Xiaoye: “…Where did I get the goods from? I’ve even sold out the shoe soles!”