ebookland Chapter 269: Setting up a stall to sell tea
Chapter 269: Setting up a stall to sell tea
The staff and thugs of the underground club subconsciously prepared to stop Xu Yingying and the others, but unfortunately Li Siqi's secret guards rushed out from somewhere and stopped them.
The two sides immediately started fighting, and the staff of the underground trading club could only watch Li Siqi and Xu Yingying escape under their noses.
"call--"
The three of them gasped for breath, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they finally got rid of the people following them. Their hearts were finally at ease.
"I'm exhausted."
Hu Weihua fell against the wall. He was completely exhausted after being pulled by Li Siqi.
At the same time, Xu Yingying, who survived the disaster, was also breathing heavily. When she saw Li Siqi standing beside her, her eyes suddenly lit up. In her eyes, Li Siqi was a real savior and could be called her hero.
At the same time, the underground exchange where Li Siqi ran away suddenly fell into a mess, and a group of people were very angry.
After some thought, he finally asked someone to draw portraits of Xu Yingying and Li Siqi, and then issued a high-value wanted order. As long as Xu Yingying and Li Siqi could be captured, he would directly offer 50,000 taels of silver, and if there were any clues that were verified to be useful, he would offer 500 taels of silver.
As soon as the reward was announced, people in the entire place became excited and enthusiastically joined in the search for Xu Yingying and Li Siqi.
In an instant, the entire Western Region knew that Xu Yingying and Li Siqi had participated in the auction and then changed their minds and ran away halfway through.
Early the next morning, Hu Weihua decided to go out and find out what was happening outside. As soon as he went out, he found that the streets were covered with portraits of Xu Yingying and Li Siqi. Hu Weihua was so scared that he ran back.
"Oh no, oh no." Hu Huawei rushed into Li Siqi's room in a hurry.
The two who were having breakfast were shocked when they saw Hu Weihua's appearance and asked quickly: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Outside, there are wanted posters for both of you posted everywhere. They are offering a huge reward of 70,000 silver taels for you." Hu Weihua said with a smile:
When Li Siqi and Xu Yingying heard this, they immediately smiled uglier than crying.
Especially Xu Yingying, she didn't expect that just going out for a stroll would cause so much trouble.
"It seems that we can't stay here for long. We have to leave as soon as possible." Li Siqi said decisively.
"Yes, we still have to disguise ourselves. It would be best if we pretend to be businessmen on our journey." Hu Weihua thought for a while and responded.
"Okay, let's do as you say!" Li Siqi nodded.
In this way, Xu Yingying and the other two disguised themselves as businessmen, then dodged the killers' pursuit all the way and successfully sneaked into a city.
Several days of traveling had left them extremely exhausted. In addition, Yuquan was a place with extremely developed commerce and was very close to the capital of the Western Regions, so they planned to rest here for a few days.
It just so happened that they had some products brought from the capital that they could sell along the way to earn some money for their trip, which was really killing two birds with one stone.
The more Xu Yingying thought about it, the more excited she became. So early the next morning, she set up a stall in the corner of the street to sell her products. The products she sold were naturally tea brought from the Central Plains.
Xu Yingying couldn't speak Mandarin, so she and Li Siqi started selling tea, and then they hired a child who could speak Mandarin to attract customers at a high price.
They pretended to be two mutes to get away with it.
"Come and buy it! Don't miss it if you pass by. This is tea brought back from the Western Regions! It only costs one or twenty taels of silver per gram."
The child greeted enthusiastically.
As soon as these words were spoken, people gathered around. They had never heard of such cheap tea, so they questioned the quality of the tea.
"This tea can't be the leftover tea from someone else's sale!"
"There must be something wrong with it being so cheap."
"That's right, I don't dare buy it."
……
Seeing them questioning the tea, the child boiled a pot of hot water and soaked the tea in front of them, then handed it to the onlookers to taste.
"How could it be fake tea? Let me tell you, this was personally shipped back from the Central Plains by my boss. My boss and I are a conscientious couple, so we didn't sell it for so much."
The child said with great pride.
"This tastes really good!"
"It smells so good! Give me some."
“I want to buy one too.”
"I also want."
……
Soon, Xu Yingying's stall was crowded with people and business was booming.
When Xu Yingying saw this, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling, and Li Siqi counted the money until his hands were tired.
Just when they were reveling in the glory of their fortune, several men in military uniforms appeared with ferocious looks.
They chattered to Xu Yingying and Li Siqi, but Xu Yingying and Li Siqi couldn't understand their nonsense, so they could only shake their heads helplessly.
Seeing Xu Yingying and Li Siqi shaking their heads, the officers and soldiers' eyes suddenly lit up. They arrested Xu Yingying and Li Siqi without saying a word, and took the child away as well.
In this way, the three were taken to the yamen.
Hu Weihua heard the news from somewhere and immediately rushed to the county government with money to redeem Xu Yingying and the others.
County government office.
The county magistrate sat on the high platform and asked Xu Yingying and the others, "Do you have a business license to sell things?"
Xu Yingying looked at the county magistrate in confusion, because she didn't understand what he was saying at all.
When the county magistrate saw Xu Yingying's reaction, he immediately became anxious, thinking that Xu Yingying didn't take him seriously at all.
The county magistrate immediately decided to teach Xu Yingying a lesson.
At this critical moment, Hu Weihua arrived.
Hu Weihua immediately knelt on the ground and explained to Xu Yingying and the others, "I kowtow to the county magistrate. I am the brother of this woman."
"This woman and man are my sister and brother-in-law respectively. They are born dumb and cannot speak. If what happened just now offends me, I hope the county magistrate can forgive me."
After these words were spoken, the county magistrate's expression immediately became much better.
He cleared his throat and said, "Okay! So that's how it is! Then why didn't you have a business license when you were selling things? According to the latest laws of our country, you must have a business license to sell things."
Hu Weihua quickly explained, "Your Excellency, we just arrived here, and my sister and brother-in-law are dumb and don't understand these things, so we have caused trouble for you, Your Excellency."
"I know I'm wrong now. I will immediately apply for a business license and then sell things. You can tell me how much the fine should be. We will pay it in full."
Hu Weihua spoke cautiously to the county magistrate.
After saying this, he took out a bag full of silver from his pocket and handed it to the county magistrate.
The county magistrate's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he immediately waved to his men to let Xu Yingying, Li Siqi and the child go.