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Chapter 225 Who recruited her?
Shopkeeper Yu awkwardly got up, shook the contract in his hand, and said, "Take a look for yourself."

As soon as Li Ruru received the contract, Fang Xingzhi took it away.

He skimmed through the text, finishing in a few seconds, and quickly pointed to a spot for Li Ruru to see.

"This is the one he was referring to."

The contract states that if Li Ruru fails to supply konjac tofu to the restaurants for three consecutive days, the contract will be automatically terminated.

Furthermore, Li Ruru was to compensate the other party with 500 taels of silver as emotional distress damages.

Li Ruru said with amusement, "Manager Yu, that's being unreasonable. The torrential rain is an unavoidable factor, so it doesn't count."

It's not that she doesn't supply konjac tofu, it's just that it rained so much that the bridge collapsed, making it impossible to get into the mountains. Where are we supposed to dig for konjac?

Manager Yu said coldly, "I don't care. That's your business, what does it have to do with me?"

Seeing his actions, Li Ruru stopped pretending to be a good person.

She immediately turned hostile and said, "Manager Yu, we have delivered konjac tofu to Qitian Restaurant for three consecutive days, but you are not open for business, and the servants will not let us in."

This is your negligence; you must compensate me for my losses.

Shopkeeper Yu never expected that Li Ruru, who always spoke softly and seemed easy to talk to, could be such a shrew when she got unreasonable.

He broke down and asked, "When did you send it? How come I didn't know?"

"You don't know? Then go ask your restaurant's waiters. Did they kick us out without telling you?"

Li Ruru then said to the other shopkeepers behind the shopkeeper, "And you, you also have to compensate me."

The group looked at each other, speechless with surprise.

Chu Yu sent them to cause trouble; they just wanted to embarrass Li Ruru and make some money along the way.

To everyone's surprise, Li Ruru was about to drag them down into the mud.

The others said urgently, "Li, don't talk nonsense."

"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you can just ask your servants."

Li Ruru remained calm, staring steadily at the group.

The servants nearby were flustered by the stares. Although it was pouring rain, there were still quite a few people who wanted to leave through the back door of their restaurant.

Many people came to give gifts, request an audience, and there were also relatives and such.

They drove away quite a few people, but I honestly don't remember if they drove Li Ruru away.

Li Ruru was also certain of this, which is why she remained so calm.

Lu Da finally understood that these people were there to cause trouble.

They were going to smash up the newly built konjac tofu workshop.

That won't do. This is his territory, and no one can mess around here.

Lu Da said, "I can testify that the Li family did indeed go out to deliver goods in the rain and came back soaked in the rain."

Hai added, "That's right, Aru had a fever after she came back, and it cost a lot of money to get medicine. You can't deny that."

Pan Dayan shouted, "You refused to accept the goods delivered by others, and now you're turning around and blaming them. Is this how you do business?"

"Aru has been delivering on time for several days in a row, and I even helped her out. I can vouch for that."

Upon seeing this, the newly registered workshop participants all stepped forward to give false testimony.

"Yes, I saw it too."

"Her family's carriage got stuck in the mud, and I helped push it out."

“Our family braved the rain to go up the mountain to dig up konjac and sell it to her family.”

More and more people stepped forward to give false testimony, and everyone spoke with great seriousness.

What was originally a fabricated story became increasingly believable as it was told.

Even many non-existent details are vividly described.

These people know that they are now in a community of shared interests with Li Ruru.

They worked in the workshop and received wages on the premise that the workshop could make money.

If the contracts with these shopkeepers don't count, who will buy the konjac tofu the workshops make? Without business, the workshops won't last long.

More and more people are speaking out, and some are even getting excited and crowding around, ready to get physical.

Manager Yu suddenly felt a little scared. If he really pushed these people too far, he might end up dying here today.

Chu Yu simply told him to cut off his business with Li Ruru, thus ruining her career.

He didn't say anything else, nor did he ask.

Li Ruru stepped forward and grabbed the shopkeeper's collar, saying, "Your clothes are quite nice."

He then said to the shopkeepers behind him, "If you don't have money to pay me back, use the clothes you're wearing as collateral."

Fang Xingzhi stroked his beard and said, "We can also use horses as collateral."

Their clothes were valuable, and their horses were even more valuable; they were all good things.

The villagers of Chenjia Village's eyes lit up, and they all stared greedily at the horses.

The horses were uncomfortable being stared at, constantly shifting their pace, wanting to leave at any moment.

Zhao's feelings were complicated. On the one hand, she wanted to see Li Ruru suffer misfortune, preferably losing all her family's wealth.

On the other hand, she had just signed a contract with the konjac workshop. If the workshop went bankrupt, how would she make money?

Ren Si Niang felt the same way; she stood quietly without saying a word.

Seeing everyone staring at him like hungry wolves, Manager Yu felt a surge of fear.

These troublemakers, if you piss them off, they're capable of anything.

There was a shopkeeper who acted arrogantly in another village, and as a result, he was beaten to death by the whole village and buried.

Since they were dead, there was no way to verify their identities; by the time they were found, they had all turned into a pile of bones.

But the villagers refused to admit it and even provided each other with alibis.

In the end, the county magistrate had no choice but to let the matter drop.

Manager Yu didn't want to follow in his footsteps, and neither did the other managers.

They exchanged a glance and understood each other's meaning.

Shopkeeper Yu pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket, and the others hurriedly grabbed their money bags as well.

Soon, 500 taels of silver were delivered to Li Ruru.

She counted them, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter: "Oh dear, Manager Yu, you are such good people, so trustworthy to us ordinary folks. Your business will surely grow bigger and stronger, and achieve even greater success."

Before the konjac tofu workshop even opened, he unexpectedly received 500 taels of silver.

Li Ruru showered him with compliments as if they were free.

Although Manager Yu and the others were devastated by the loss of their money, they still found some comfort in hearing her words.

Who in business doesn't like to hear these kinds of things?

Manager Zhang arrogantly raised his head and said, "Whether our business is good or bad, it has nothing to do with your Li family in the future."

"Your workshop isn't just for making konjac tofu, is it?"

"Hahaha," he chuckled, "Then you're in trouble, you won't make any money."

Without their restaurant's sales channels, she'd be out of luck selling her konjac tofu.

Small businesses might be able to make some money by setting up a stall, but these workshops are being built, which clearly indicates a goal of becoming big and powerful.

Now things are really messed up. Not only can Li Ruru's business not grow big or strong, but she can't even keep her newly built workshop.

Manager Yu mounted his horse, rolled his eyes, and thought, "We've already lost all the money, so nobody can stop us from leaving."

Although everyone was unwilling, there was nothing they could do about it.

As soon as Manager Yu and the others left, Zhao cried out in despair, "Oh my god, what are we going to do? Who will we sell the konjac tofu to? Will we still be able to pay our wages?"
No, I want to terminate my contract. I quit.

Li Ruru looked coldly at Zhao Shi, then turned to ask Nie Tianlei and Fang Xingzhi.

"Who recruited her?"

(End of this chapter)