0p0 Chapter 237: Exposing Your Little Thoughts in Public
Chapter 237: Exposing Your Little Thoughts in Public
Seeing that Aunt Chen was about to cry, Jiang Yuwei couldn't bear to see the old lady being bullied like this, so she stepped forward, patted Aunt Chen on the shoulder, looked at Xiao Yu Niang and asked:
"Don't make a fuss here. You took the eggs back and back again. It's been so long. Who knows if you did anything to them? Even if you go home and take a few eggs and then come out to blame Aunt Chen for not giving us enough eggs, we can't see it."
The onlookers nodded after hearing what Jiang Yuwei said.
"Yes, I have brought these things home and now I am asking for their help, so I can't explain it even if I have a reason."
"That's right. Aunt Chen is an honest person. We often buy eggs from her, and the amount is always just the right amount."
"Yes, Aunt Chen is also unlucky. She got into trouble with the unreasonable Xiao Yu Niang."
After listening to everyone's words, Jiang Yuwei turned to look at Aunt Chen and asked:
"Aunt Chen, how bad is this egg?"
Aunt Chen pointed at the scale and said anxiously:
"The quantity is wrong, it's eight ounces off. I weighed four pound and eight ounces just now, and now it's only four pound left!"
Seeing this, Xiao Yu Niang pointed at Aunt Chen and scolded:
"You old woman are so foolish. What do you think? Now you admit that you don't weigh enough. We live next to each other, but you're playing tricks on me. Humph, don't think we are easy to bully!"
Jiang Yuwei ignored Xiao Yu Niang's crying and turned to look at Aunt Chen and asked patiently:
"Aunt Chen, does your family have any other names?"
Aunt Chen waved her hands and said:
"Alas, we are a poor family, how can we have so many scales? These two scales are the ones I borrowed from others when I came to sell eggs today."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and said:
"Then the scale has never changed. Then I wonder, how come the eggs weighed on the same scale have a different weight of eight ounces?"
Jiang Yuwei looked at Xiao Yu Niang and said gloomily:
"You are a fool, so do you think that these people are as foolish as you? It was you who took out the eight ounces of eggs after you went home, and then ran to Aunt Chen to ask for a refund, thinking that you could take advantage of the eight ounces of eggs without spending a penny! Haha, you really have a beautiful idea!"
When Xiao Yu Niang saw that her thoughts were exposed, she became so anxious that her face turned red.
"Oh my, this little girl is too greedy for petty gains."
"Yes, it's really embarrassing."
"It's not easy for Aunt Chen to save some eggs. She even wants to cheat the elderly out of their money."
Seeing that Xiao Yu Niang's reputation was really not good, Jiang Yuwei didn't want to waste time with her anymore. She had a lot of things to do later, so she looked at Aunt Chen and said with a smile:
"Aunt Chen, there is nothing wrong with your scale. Someone is hiding something. You can deduct the money for the eight ounces of eggs and return the rest to her. I want all your chicken and duck eggs."
After hearing what Jiang Yuwei said, Aunt Chen nodded and took out the silver from her purse and returned it to Xiao Yu Niang.
Xiao Yu Niang snatched the silver angrily, counted it, glared at Jiang Yuwei viciously, and stomped away.
Jiang Yuwei didn't bother to care about her. She directly moved the chicken and duck eggs onto the ox cart, paid the silver, and hurried to the umbrella shop.
Jiang Yuwei had already planned to install awnings on her own ox cart and Aunt Zhou's ox cart, so that they would not have to worry about not being able to travel on rainy days.
It can also be used to block the strong sun along the way, and then a curtain can be added under the awning.
Tie it up with a rope during the day and let it down when you sleep at night. This way you can have a little privacy without having to worry about being bitten by mosquitoes and being unable to sleep at night.
This can be considered a simplified version of a horse-drawn carriage. Jiang Yuwei likes the feeling of accomplishing great things with little money.
Arriving at the umbrella shop, Jiang Yuwei directly called the shopkeeper to come out and look at her ox cart.
"Boss, I want to make a big oil-paper umbrella on the top of this ox cart. I don't want a round one, I want a rectangular one that's slightly larger than this cart. I've drawn a blueprint for you. You can cut and splice some ready-made oil paper for me. You can make several layers. I'll use it on the road, so it has to be sturdy."
The owner of the umbrella shop was also a smart man. After listening to Jiang Yuwei's description and looking at the drawings she had drawn, he had an idea in mind.
"Okay, your job is not difficult. The oil paper umbrella ribs are ready-made. I will make them for you right now. It will be done in one afternoon. You can put the ox cart here."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and said:
"I also want to make a roof for the ox cart at the back. See how much silver it will cost."
The shopkeeper measured the size and took out an abacus to calculate for a while before looking up at Jiang Yuwei and saying:
"These two ox carts will cost fifty copper coins."
Jiang Yuwei thought the price was acceptable, so she nodded and said to the shopkeeper:
"I'll pay a deposit of ten copper coins first. Find someone to help me finish it quickly. We have to get back to the village before dark."
The shopkeeper took the copper coin and agreed.
Jiang Yuwei looked at Ning Huaizhi again and said:
"Huaizhi, we have almost finished buying things. You and Ning Zhao stay here to watch the ox cart. Ning Qiu and I will take Ning Wu and Tie Zhu to buy some cloth."
Ning Huaizhi nodded.
"Okay, let's go early and come back early. This city is not safe now."
Jiang Yuwei nodded and left with Ning Qiu and the others.
Wang Ma had bought all the things and naturally didn't want to walk around any more, so she stayed in the umbrella shop to see how the shopkeeper was going to make the roof for the ox cart.
The longer she interacted with Jiang Yuwei, the more Wang Ma felt that she was a powerful woman. Unlike those noble ladies in Beijing, she did not rely on men at all and managed all the affairs at home and outside by herself.
Not only that, Jiang Yuwei always has many novel ideas. Even though Wang Ma has never heard of these things in all the years she has been in Beijing, Jiang Yuwei seems to be able to come up with them just by thinking about it.
Mother Wang couldn't help but look at Jiang Yuwei's back, secretly sighing in her heart, how nice it would be if she was the daughter-in-law of our Prince Jing's Mansion.
Jiang Yuwei naturally had no idea what Wang Ma was thinking. Right now she just wanted to hurry and deliver the letter to the government office. She was afraid that if she delayed, these bandits would run away again.
So Jiang Yuwei first dragged Ning Qiu and the others to the gate of the yamen. Seeing this, Tie Zhu was confused and said:
"Sister Yuwei, aren't we going to buy cloth? Why are we here at the government office?"
Seeing Tiezhu talking so loudly, Jiang Yuwei quickly put her index finger to her lips to signal him to shut up. Then she took out a hidden weapon from her arms. This thing was also something she had just researched, just in case.
Jiang Yuwei inserted a piece of paper into the hidden weapon, put the hidden weapon in Tiezhu's hand, and whispered:
"Hurry up, throw this thing onto the pillar at the gate of the government office, and then we'll run."
Tiezhu took the hidden weapon handed over by Jiang Yuwei, looked at it in confusion, and then said hesitantly:
"Sister Yuwei, if we do this, the people from the government won't arrest us, right?"