Spring is coming

After being pointed at and scolded by Yin Zhengren, the young man surnamed He lowered his head in shame.

"It's...it's my fault. I was blinded by lard." He comes from a poor family and did this kind of thing for a few coins. He is in vain as a scholar.

Being treated with such vulgar language made him blush with shame.

Hang Sheng, who had a sharp ear, immediately sensed that he was being instigated by someone else, and hurriedly asked: "Tell me, someone asked you to slander Shopkeeper Mo about what happened today? Who was that person?"

"Yes...it's the shopkeeper Qiu of Shizao Restaurant."

As soon as these words came out, many people were shocked, and they were all diners who would patronize that restaurant from time to time.

For them, Shizao Restaurant is also a good dining choice. Although the food is a bit greasy, it is cheap and large in quantity! Who would have thought that Shopkeeper Qiu could be such a person.

Looking at the two diners and the doctor named Chen, a closer look reveals that they are somewhat similar.

"Aren't you related?"

Someone thought of their last names and said suspiciously.

"Is this also what Shopkeeper Qiu ordered you to do?"

Mo Jingchun's tone was cold.

She wanted to know if this idea came up with just one family who couldn't stand her, or if several families were entangled together and worked together to ruin her family's reputation!
"Uh... no, no, it was shopkeeper Lai who found us."

At this time, we can no longer discredit anyone.

"Well, it seems that my business has really affected the two shopkeepers."

She bit her lip lightly and put on an extremely aggrieved expression.

“Originally, we were on the same street, so I didn’t think about lowering prices or trying to compete with other people for business. Even if my place was too busy sometimes, I would advise you to move to several other restaurants with good reputations... Among them is Shopkeeper Qiu’s Shizao Restaurant.”

Yes.

She reminded many people that they were all on the same street. Sometimes if they waited in line for a long time, shopkeeper Mo would come out and tell everyone that it would be more convenient to eat somewhere else.

"It's all the guests who think the food tastes good and come back again that the shop is as lively as it is today. This is the shop's honor. I disdain to use secret means to compete with other shopkeepers for business, but today I was slandered and framed, so I also want to invite Everyone, please bear witness for me, otherwise I’m afraid there will be no place for small shops on this street in the future.”

She choked and stared at the ground beside her, her eyes slightly red.

The conspiracy of another store was just revealed in front of everyone, including these diners, who were all part of the scheme, and no one wanted to act like a monkey behind someone else's back.

At this moment, they were somewhat dissatisfied with the shopkeepers of those stores, and they felt even more pity for Mo Jingchun.

"Shopkeeper Mo, tell me!"

"Yes, we all saw it, clearly."

This is the result she wants.

"Today I am willing to open the kitchen for you to visit. As long as you trust our store and my character from now on, that is enough."

She raised her voice slightly and said, "Please go back and tell Shopkeeper Qiu and Shopkeeper Lai that I will have wine and cook at Xiangqinghuan in the future, and invite you two to get together."

In front of so many people, if they didn't come, wouldn't it look like they were guilty and embarrassed?

After the two families asked for help, almost all of them agreed with gritted teeth.

After Xiangqinghuan here closed early, Yin Zhengren comforted Mo Jingchun before leaving: "Shopkeeper Mo, don't take it to heart! They are all veterans of this street. Look at your newly opened store and your age." I feel like I'm being bullied and hurt! If the worst happens, I'll go to the police!"

Mo Jingchun was amused by his generous tone: "Master Yin, I understand. Thank you for speaking up today. I will leave an extra portion for you next time if I have any fresh snacks."

She smiled, and Yin Zhengren felt relieved. He's such an obedient person. When I heard Shopkeeper Mo say that today, I thought she was planning to close the store!

In this room, Mo Jingchun slowly tore apart the sparrow's fleshless body. She was in a good mood and was not greatly affected by those people.

Bo Qingshan sat opposite her, and Mo Ying sat next to Mo Jingchun. Diagonally across from him was a handsome face. He was very shy and uncomfortable, so he only glanced at Fang Dawei.

Having just learned from the chat that Fang Dawei and Mo Ying had a mutual understanding, this sparrow... was grateful to Mo Jingchun for saying good things to each other, and Bo Qingshan finally didn't dislike him so much.

He asked: "What are you going to say when they come the next day?"

Intimidation?Incentive?

"Brother Bo, look at me."

She stopped tearing the bird apart, straightened up, and straightened her small body.

Hang Sheng couldn't understand, so he looked left and right for a long time: "Miss Jingchun, have you grown taller?"

Erya laughed loudly: "You are so stupid! You can't even understand this?"

"you!"

"Miss Jingchun is saying, with her little demeanor, how can she threaten others?"

"Hahahahahaha!" Mo Ying was not used to covering up, and she was smiling from ear to ear in front of outsiders.

Erya was so close that her ears couldn't bear it: "Oh, brother Fang, let me change places with you!"

Fang Dawei moved to Mo Ying's right side and became quiet now.

Mo Jingchun lowered his head and took a sip of the soup and sighed: "I won't offend anyone unless they offend me. What I'm thinking about is, what's the attitude of the other two restaurants? Do you know what happened today?"

"If you want to find out what the other person is saying, why not invite them to the banquet the day after tomorrow and talk about it at the dinner table."

"Isn't that forcing them to express their stance? Will it be counterproductive?" She was still a little worried. "If the four families join forces to bully people, it will really be difficult for them to survive."

It turns out that what Shopkeeper Zheng was initially worried about was not that her store was not doing well, but that several other restaurants that had opened early would join forces to squeeze her out.

"will not."

He came closer and whispered a few words in her ear. Mo Jingchun's eyes lit up: "Okay, I'll go tomorrow!"

He had misunderstood Fang Dawei. Bo Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief, but felt weird in his heart.

Even if it was Mo Jingchun who got close to Fang Dawei, so what? Why do you dislike him?
Fang Dawei is an honest man, hardworking and capable... No, he still can't convince himself, he just doesn't like it.

Standing at the street corner, I looked back at Xiang Qinghuan, who was hidden in the night mist. The door was closed.

He put aside those inexplicable emotions and said to Hang Sheng, "Is there any news from the palace?"

Hang Sheng shook his head: "Everything is normal at Guiren Han's place."

"Ah."

Eventually he chalked it up to worry.

The girl Jingchun is still young, and it is not the age to fall in love at such an early age. He feels that Fang Dawei is not good enough, and there will be someone more suitable for her in the future...

Well, it's a brother's concern for his sister.

But he never thought about the situation of Bo Xinyue, his real nominal sister, in the second room of the Bo family in Jingzhou.
Bo Xinyue just got the batch of wine shops that her father gave up a year ago, and her mother came to see her. (End of chapter)