Chapter 490 My fate is up to me.
Tong Huaqiong will take revenge on the Wu family.
Within a day, the entire Pingchuan County knew about the Wu family's misdeeds.
He treated his daughter-in-law harshly, tried to kill his own daughter, and tried to use his own daughter to plot against Ju Fulai...
Tong Huaqiong was afraid that after a while, everyone would forget the disgusting things the Wu family had done and would not be able to resist the temptation of price cuts and would continue to patronize Wu Ji.
So she wrote a script herself and bribed the teahouse and storyteller next door to Wu Ji.
The storyteller would tell the whole story of Tong Pandidi's divorce in detail every day.
Tong Huaqiong's storybook was full of twists and turns, and the storyteller's story was wonderful. When the gavel was banged, the audience stood and sat and crowded around. As the story went deeper, some people sighed, some cried, and some cursed. This storybook soon became the most popular storybook in Pingchuan County. Two performances a day were not enough, and the teahouse's business doubled.
The teahouse owner happily regarded Tong Huaqiong as the God of Wealth.
After that, Tong Huaqiong no longer needed to pay him and he would take the initiative to add more shows every day.
Because of the success of the storybook, everyone became even more disgusted with the Wu family.
It just so happened that Wu Ji was right next to the teahouse, and one day, Wu Ji was pelted with rotten vegetable leaves by angry listeners.
Wu Ji's business plummeted.
Wu Ren was so anxious that he was running around in circles, looking at Jufulai's booming business with a worry.
At Gu Youtian's suggestion, Wu Ren went to the teahouse next door and asked the owner to remove the book about Tong Pan's divorce, repeatedly emphasizing that the story was false.
The owner of the teahouse was reluctant to give up the daily turnover, and told Wu Ren that it was impossible to take the products off the shelves.
Wu Ren's plea failed and he revealed his true colors and threatened the teahouse owner to go to the government to complain and accuse the teahouse of slandering the Wu family.
"The Wu family just admitted that this story is false. If it is false, how can I slander your family?"
Wu Ren was speechless after hearing these words.
Ever since Wu Musheng and Wu Na were chased by the enthusiastic masses, they have been hiding in the house and dare not come out.
There's no other way. I'm afraid I'll anger everyone again if I come out.
Especially through the storyteller in the teahouse next door, Wu Musheng has become a more ruthless man than Chen Shimei, and Wu Na is the most vicious sister-in-law in Pingchuan County.
Qiao regretted her decision so much that she scolded Tong Pandyi for being cruel, Tong Huaqiong for not giving her a way out, and Gu Ruinian for giving her a bad idea that harmed her two children.
Wu Ren originally liked Gu Ruinian very much, but after this incident his opinion of Gu Ruinian changed.
He even suspected that Gu Youtian was dissatisfied with Wu Musheng's control of the account books, and that the father and son had teamed up to set a trap to get Wu Musheng out of the game.
In particular, Gu Youtian tactfully pointed out to him that the Wu family's reputation in Pingchuan County could not be restored in a short time. When people saw Wu Ji, they would think of the Wu family and would not step into the shop.
If you want more people to patronize the shop, you can only reduce the influence of the Wu family on the shop.
For example, Wu Ji's name needs to be changed, or Wu Musheng needs to stay away for a while.
After a long time, everyone forgot about the Wu family.
Wu Ren's teeth almost bled from biting his teeth, and he became more and more confident in his own judgment. Naturally, he disagreed with Gu Youtian's idea.
Once people have grudges against each other, how can they do business?
It's good enough not to trip each other up.
Wu Ren and Gu Youtian are on the verge of breaking up, but they can't do so for the time being. If they do, who will run the shop?
Wu Ren has secretly been looking for a takeover owner behind Gu Youtian's back.
No other owner dared to take over.
My goodness, the next door shop is busy performing the Wu family’s misdeeds. Who dares to take over Wu’s shop? Aren’t you afraid of being pelted with rotten eggs?
Compared with his dissatisfaction with Gu Youtian, Wu Ren was even more disgusted with Gu Ruinian.
He is just like the star-chasing fans that Tong Huaqiong encountered in later generations. Once they stop being fans, they will become ten times more hateful and want to trample on them.
Wu Ren originally wanted to marry Wu Na to Gu Ruinian, but now he feels that Gu Ruinian is not even worthy of carrying Wu Na's shoes.
Gu Ruinian could naturally feel Wu Ren's attitude towards him.
He wanted to explain, but Wu Ren didn't want to talk to him.
Gu Ruinian was extremely depressed.
Why do other people who traveled through time all get the script of the male protagonist, easily recruiting soldiers and horses, calling the wind and rain and reaching the peak of their lives, but why can't he achieve anything except the glory of passing the imperial examination?
Could it be that his luck was stolen by Gu Taohua, who was also a time traveler?
He couldn't believe that God treated him this way.
Even if God really treated him like this, he would not accept it.
I control my own life.
Gu Ruinian walked out of Wu Ji under Wu Ren's cold eyes. He felt annoyed when he saw the crowds of customers coming to Jufulai, especially when he saw Gu Taohua and Tong Huaqiong standing in front of a gorgeous carriage and talking to the people in the carriage. He felt even more annoyed.
Why can Gu Taohua break into the circle of wealthy ladies in the county, but he can't?
From time to time, he would see the carriage of County Magistrate Liu. In the past, he disdained small officials like the county magistrate. If he wanted to make friends, he would make friends with the emperor, or at the very least, a prince.
Who would have thought that it would be difficult for him to even make friends with the county magistrate in Pingchuan County.
The gorgeous carriage slowly left the gate of Jufulai, and the clattering sound of horse hooves passing by Wu Ji disturbed Gu Ruinian's heart.
"Wow, Miss Lian's carriage is really impressive." The waiter in the teahouse next door exclaimed.
Gu Ruinian looked surprised: "Is that Miss Lian Er in the car?"
The waiter in the teahouse said with envy, "Miss Lian's carriage is of course filled with Miss Lian. Brother Gu, did you look down on Miss Lian because people say she was born out of wedlock? I can tell you that Miss Lian is more capable than most men. She manages the pearl business of her family, and none of her three legitimate brothers can match her. If she were a man, the entire Lian Mansion would belong to her now."
Gu Ruinian became excited.
Matchmaker Wang only told him that the second Miss Lian was a beautiful illegitimate daughter, and because her aunt was favored, Master Lian loved her more than his legitimate children.
But he didn't tell him that Miss Lian Er was very capable.
My goodness, a young lady from ancient times is in charge of her family's pearl business and is as beautiful as a flower. Miss Lian Er is the most valuable woman he can currently contact, and he must catch her.
A few days ago, he sent a message to Miss Lian Er through the matchmaker Wang. Miss Lian Er said she wanted to see him, but later told her that she would not see him for the time being.
He was so worried about Wu Ji's affairs these days that he had no time to think about how to meet Miss Lian Er.
Now he had to think carefully about how to meet her.
It was unclear whether Miss Lian went to Jufulai to do business or to buy things.
No matter what, Gu Taohua got the upper hand.
hateful!
Gu Ruinian felt in his pocket and found five taels of silver.
Two taels of it were obtained by pawning Gu Honglian's satin, and the remaining three taels were deducted from Wu Ji.
No matter when, money is the weapon to travel the world.
Unfortunately, he didn't have enough weapons, so he couldn't do anything.
Gu Ruinian felt the silver and asked his way to the Lian Mansion. He planned to bribe the doorman of the Lian Mansion with five taels of silver.
Lian Mansion is located at the easternmost end of Pingchuan County. The entire courtyard occupies half of the street and looks very imposing from a distance.
A smile appeared on Gu Ruinian's lips. He wondered how the house of Gu Jingzhe's father-in-law, the Lu family, compared with the Lian family's house. Such a magnificent house was destined to be occupied by someone like him.