After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 259 Destroyed in an Instant (Part 3)
A moment later, Grandpa Fang took a step forward, adopting an imposing and unapproachable posture, which immediately startled everyone.

People then slowly realized that they were at the Fang family's doorstep, looking for trouble with the Fang family.

"Everyone, after listening to your discussion just now, I think I understand what's going on!"

"You may have bought this inferior cloth somewhere and have nowhere to complain, which is why you came to our Fang Family Cloth Shop."

“Logically speaking, this inferior cloth has nothing to do with our Fang family, and our Fang family should not interfere.”

“But I have seen all the people who came today! They are all ordinary villagers, and they must have encountered difficulties. Since they have come to our Fang family today, our Fang family will naturally not sit idly by.”

"Second brother! Arrange for some people to collect all the inferior fabrics from the villagers! Then arrange for them to go home!"

After Grandpa Fang finished speaking, he glanced at Second Master Fang, who quickly nodded and said, "That's how it should be, that's how it should be!"

"Someone, go to the backyard and fetch some silver!"

When people heard that the Fang family was willing to exchange their fabrics directly, they forgot the purpose of their trip and became full of anticipation.

This made Steward Du, who was standing to the side, stomp his feet in frustration.

The Fang family truly lives up to their reputation; they really know how to win people's hearts!
Manager Du watched as the Fang family carried a box of silver out of the courtyard, and as soon as it was opened, it drew gasps of surprise from the crowd.

These ordinary people would never have the chance to see so much money in their entire lives, and their eyes were practically glued to it.

Master Fang picked up a silver ingot and walked to a young woman. "Madam, this is for you. Just give us the inferior cloth."

The young woman was slightly taken aback. As she watched the silver ingot in Fang Erye's hand, she slowly took out the inferior cloth from her bosom. Just as she was about to hand it to Fang Erye, a figure blocked the two of them.

"Madam, don't forget, this inferior cloth was sold to you by the Fang family."

"The Fang family deceived you first, and now they're trying to settle things with money!"

"To put it bluntly, the Fang family is only willing to exchange money today because the Du family is here. But if the Du family is gone one day, who will you turn to if you suffer a loss?"

Cheng Susu looked at the young woman and spoke righteously.

The young woman reflexively withdrew her hand and looked down at the cheap cloth in her arms.

The image of her at home flashed through my mind.

"Mother! Mother! The New Year is almost here! Can you make new clothes for me and Er Ya this year?"

"Our clothes are clearly too small!"

A little girl of seven or eight years old was pointing at her obviously short sleeves while raising her arms and legs.

The young woman pursed her lips, looking at her daughter with some difficulty, and remained silent for a long time.

The little girl lowered her hands and feet in disappointment, but after a moment she seemed to forget her disappointment and smiled at the young woman, saying, "Mom! Actually, our clothes are still wearable!"

"Just add another piece of cloth, and you can wear it for several more years."

"It's a different style, look!"

As she spoke, the little girl rummaged through the burlap sack and pulled out a few scraps of cloth, gesturing as she laughed, "Mommy, look! Isn't it special!"

The young woman's eyes were a little red. For families like theirs, it was already difficult enough to have enough to eat all year round, and they would only make a new piece of clothing every few years.

The reason is simply that fabric is not cheap in Yangzhou.

This year, the price of fabric suddenly dropped a lot, and she finally had the opportunity to make new clothes for both of her children during the Chinese New Year.

With summer almost over and it time to make autumn clothes, she decided to go out and buy some more fabric.

Unexpectedly, I bought fabric of poor quality.
But everything seemed to be as the girl in front of her said. If it weren't for the Du family's support today, it seemed that she wouldn't have had the opportunity to buy such affordable fabric.

Master Fang frowned slightly, "Miss, what are you saying!"

"We sell fabric just like the Du family, how can we let our customers suffer losses?"

Cheng Susu turned around, raised the corner of her eye, and said, "Why not!"

"Tell me, before the Du family's cloth shop came to Yangzhou, why didn't your Fang family sell the cloth to everyone at a lower price?"

"To bring more benefits to everyone."

"Now that the Du family's cloth shop has arrived, it has driven down the price of cloth! Aren't you all jumping out to try and slander the Du family's cloth shop just to protect your Fang family's business?"

"Isn't it just that they want to bring the fabric price back to what it used to be so they can make money off everyone?"

"Isn't this just making everyone lose out?"

Now, apart from the young woman, all the other villagers present understood.

If that's the case, they'd rather not have this ingot of silver. If they take the silver and ruin the Du family's cloth shop, that would be a huge loss!

If the other villagers in Yangzhou knew, they would be guilty of a grave offense.

Everyone hugged the inferior cloth even tighter, and even when Master Fang offered more silver to exchange it, no one was willing to do so.

Grandpa Fang's face turned even more ashen at the sight, and he glared angrily at Cheng Susu.

Where did this girl come from? How could she be so ignorant and arrogant?

Cheng Susu didn't even glance at Grandpa Fang, but just snorted coldly and winked at Steward Du.

Manager Du understood immediately and stepped forward, saying, "Master Fang! Second Master Fang! We've come here today to seek justice!" "Please, gentlemen, have the understanding and do us a favor!"

Grandpa Fang has lived to such an old age, and he has never suffered such humiliation. The Fang family has already given the Du family and these troublemakers a great deal of face, but now they are not grateful and insist on targeting the Fang family.

Grandpa Fang could no longer hold back, so he gave Second Master Fang a look. Second Master Fang waved his hand, and the Fang family's servants instantly rushed up and surrounded them all.

The villagers were still somewhat frightened by this scene.

The young waiter then stepped forward and said, "What are you doing? We are here on the orders of the Goddess Mother. Are you going to disobey her now?"

The servants of the Fang family felt their legs go weak upon hearing this!

Were these people sent by the Goddess Mother?

Grandpa Fang's forehead veins bulged as he roared, "What Goddess! Where in this world is there a Goddess? Get rid of them all! They are not allowed to appear near the Fang family again."

The servants of the Fang family were most afraid of Master Fang's anger. They only wanted to keep their jobs and didn't care about the Goddess of the Goddess. They all rushed out aggressively.

Seeing that things were going badly, Steward Du ordered his young servants to lead everyone back, while he led his servants to fight the Fang family.

Before long, the Fang family members gradually found themselves at a disadvantage.

"Brother! It seems the Du family really came prepared this time!" Second Master Fang said worriedly.

Seeing his servants getting beaten up by the men brought by Steward Du, Master Fang had no choice but to retreat with Second Master Fang.

"Second brother, there's no other way now. Quickly tell Uncle Kui to burn all the goods in the warehouse!"

Upon hearing this, Second Master Fang was shocked and said, "Brother, even if there's something wrong with those fabrics, they're still worth a lot of money!"

"No amount of money can compare to the Fang family's reputation!" Old Master Fang said through gritted teeth, and then rushed forward to fight with the Du family steward.

It's surprising that this old man from the Fang family is quite skilled; he fought the Du family steward to a standstill.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Second Master Fang ran back to the Fang residence, intending to inform Uncle Kui to set it on fire.

Just as he reached the gate, Cheng Susu suddenly blocked his way!

"Want to leave? Not so easy!"

Fang Erye had no martial arts skills and was no match for Cheng Susu. He was captured by Cheng Susu in no time.

When Master Fang tried to call for help, Cheng Susu stuffed a cloth into his mouth!
Fang Erye struggled frantically, but Cheng Susu swiftly delivered a chop to his neck, and Fang Erye collapsed to the ground.

"Young man, what are you waiting for! Bring everyone and come with me!"

After saying that, Cheng Susu kicked open the door of the Fang family's house, and the young waiter led everyone in to rush into the Fang family's house.

Uncle Kui heard the commotion in the front yard and was about to send someone to check on the situation when he saw Cheng Susu coming over with a whip.

Uncle Kui was skilled, but he was still careless, and Cheng Susu knocked him to the ground with that whip.

"Steward!" The servants of the Fang family around them had never seen such an overbearing person before, and they were all stunned.

Just as Uncle Kui was about to get up, Cheng Susu waved her small hand gently, and a cloud of white powder floated towards him.

Uncle Kui suddenly felt weak and powerless, and the next second he fainted.

The other servants guarding the warehouse entrance suddenly lost their leader. Cheng Susu only cracked her whip a few times, and they scattered and ran away.

"This is the Fang family's warehouse; the truth you're looking for is inside."

As Cheng Susu spoke, she lashed the lock on the warehouse with her whip. The young shop assistant was startled, but when he turned and saw Cheng Susu's determined gaze, he mustered his courage and went in first.

In the young man's eyes, this was the first time in his life he had ever acted so unconventionally.

The key point is that this time the target of their unorthodox behavior is the Fang family, and this is the Fang family!

Never mind! We've already come this far, we're all going to die anyway! So we might as well die knowing why!

Seeing the young shop assistant stride into the warehouse, the others mustered their courage and followed him in. They weren't there to steal or rob anything.

They came to find the truth!
Even if they go to the government, they will still be in the right!
With this in mind, everyone gathered in the Fang family's warehouse.

The warehouse was filled with neatly arranged wooden crates, just like those in the Du family's warehouse!
The young man stepped forward and casually opened one of the wooden crates, revealing stacks of cloth to the people.

The young waiter reached out and took out a horse, his facial muscles trembling.

"It's cheap fabric!"

"This is cheap fabric!"

The others also gathered around and opened the wooden boxes closest to them.

They carefully felt the fabric in the box, and just as the young man had said, it was of poor quality!
So the fabric they bought on the market wasn't from the Du family, but from the Fang family!
Almost everyone found it hard to believe, but the truth was laid bare before their eyes!

Grandpa Fang rushed in, covered in injuries.

"You! You saw something you shouldn't have seen. Today, none of you will have a chance to leave here!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone at the door announced his arrival.

"Lord Sui of Yangzhou Prefecture has arrived!"

(End of this chapter)