Shrewd Wife Of Lin Brothers

But it was still high for most of the commoners.

" Madam Su, are you sure that you want to sell this grilled squid and other dishes at eighty cents?" Master Yan asked with a light voice. He wanted to warn Su Wan lest she made a loss.

Su Wan rolled her eyes lightly and stated, " I am sure. If I don't then I would have to sell them for one tael to the official while lowering the cost for the commoners. I don't think that the officials would like that either."

She couldn't be biased towards one section from the start, thus she could only set the price around eighty cents.

Yan Zhao heard her words and realized that the price truly could not be moved and sighed.

The two of them moved forward before Yan Zhao came to a stop in front of the servants' quarters. He knew that Su Wan had prepared quarters for servants but he did not know that she had done such a good job, usually the rooms given to the servants were smaller than the cow shed but the rooms that Su Wan had made consisted of a small kitchen, two bedrooms and a living hall.

She even made adjustments such that the workers had their own bathing room and did not have to fight for the public washroom.

There was even a deep well in the backyard.

Su Wan originally wanted to make a small well for commercial and practical use but the Big Ocean City obviously did not have so much drinkable water. Most of the small wells here had salty water because they were deriving water from the ocean vein thus she decided to carefully survey the surroundings and only made one single well inside the stores but these wells were deep and the water was sweet.

Su Wan turned to look at Yan Zhao and then said with a light voice, " If possible can you help me buy the old house which is at the front of the snack street? I heard that it belongs to no one."

It was only a minute's walk from the house to the snack street, and she was thinking of building a hotel there for the people to live inside it.

When Yan Zhao heard Su Wan's words he frowned and agreed, " It indeed does not belong to anyone. But it's rumoured that the house has treasure buried under it as it belonged to an old general who retired after the war. Because of this many officials are eyeing the house and no one wants to give way."

It wasn't that Yan Zhao did not want to sell the house to Su Wan, it was because he couldn't. That plot of land was troublesome, even if Su Wan bought it, it will only bring trouble for her. With the constant trouble, what would she be able to do?

Su Wan frowned but before she could say anything Lin Chen came running. The corner of his mouth was bleeding and he cried, " Wife! Something bad happened! Someone took Brother Jing away!"

Su Wan's expression changed as she tossed the matter of the house in the back of her head and rushed forward before asking in a hurry, "What do you mean? What happened? Wasn't Lin Jing at the site watching bricks and cement being made? How come he was taken away?"

Lin Chen also went with Lin Jing, they were in charge of watching the supplies and delivering them when needed. But now his face was swollen and he was beaten black and blue just looking at his injuries made Su Wan's heart ache.

" It's from the Lai family!" Lin Chen sneered angrily and told Su Wan what happened, " I and brother Jing were doing our work honestly but then a man came with a bunch of officials and asked us to hand over the formula when we refused he asked his men to beat us up and then took Brother Jing away!"

He was extremely unreasonable and arrogant!

" He must be Lai Jinfu. He is the Yamen officer and the husband of the Big sister of the Lan family, Lan Tianqian.

He was a refugee a few years ago but then he was taken fancy by the Eldest daughter of the second branch Lan family and ever since then he has been living quite a good life," Yan Zhao had a very good idea who took Lin Jing away and thus turned to Su Wan to speak, he did not know what the Lai family was planning nor did he know what Su Wan was going to do.

He paused and added, " She is the cousin of the wife of the guard at the county office"

" That bastard sure has long hands!" Su Wan sneered coldly as she took out her whip causing Yan Zhao's eyes to widen. " Go call Prince Fei Qinfan, I will see who dares to act arrogantly in front of the prince!"

When Yan Zhao heard that there was a Prince with Su Wan and her family, he stiffened and turned to look at Lin Chen who was already running out.

Su Wan's eyes were narrowed with a dangerous light, that man dared to touch her husband.

If he wanted to die then she was going to fulfil his wish.

" Lord Yan, my husband was caught while he was helping the city being developed, this is not only a slap on the face of the county magistrate but it is also a slap on the face of the government officials. Is the Lai family someone who can do anything they want just because they are local big shots?"

She turned to look at Yan Zhao and asked, " Is the face of the county magistrate and the vice-county magistrate so cheap that anyone can step on it? I hope you will not say anything when I deal with this matter and let me handle it as I wish."

Yan Zhao noticed the murderous glint in her eyes and to make matters worse, she also had a whip that she was stroking at the side of her waist, this made Yan Zhao realise that Su Wan was not as easygoing as he thought, her bottom line was still there and the Lai family dared to step on her bottom line!

" Don't be impulsive Madam Lin, if you kill someone then there will be consequences. I will go and check what's going on!"

Su Wan on the other hand chuckled, she turned to Pei Huai and then said, " Go and call the workers under my family name and bring me a carriage! Everyone who had eaten a bite from the Lin family needs to stand up this time, you all need to make a choice today it's either the Lin family or the Lai family!"

Little Meow hissed as he climbed up Su Wan's shoulder and then unsheathed his claws looking rather vicious.

Yan Zhao knew that there was going to be a big fight, he looked at Su Wan and wanted to stop her. He said in a worried voice, " Miss Wan, please think carefully. Even if you are the county magistrate, you are a woman and the Lai family is a big family, you cannot fight against them head-on."

Su Wan was exuding cold air from all over her body as she turned to walk out of the store, she paused and looked at Yan Zhao who finished speaking and then said coldly, " I don't know anything, Master Yan.

I only know that I came here to help this city and I was repaid like this… the only thing that I know is that anyone who dares to touch my husbands or sons deserves to die and I will kill that person with my own hands."

This was the first time Yan Zhao saw Su Wan like this, he could not help but step forward to stop her as he said, " Madam Su, you need to calm down. We can handle this matter peacefully as well. You go back to the county magistrate's office and I will call Lai Jinfu and Lai Tianqin for you. You cannot be impulsive! How many people are eyeing you?"

He was thinking about Su Wan's safety, after all, Su Wan was the person in charge of the county office and her ideas were novel if something happened to her what would they do?

Su Wan on the other hand glanced at Master Yan and then said coldly, " Master Yan, you are my elder and I will treat you with kindness but don't take my kindness for my weakness. If you dare to block my way then I will take you as my mortal enemy. For me, my husbands are my bottom line —— I am someone who dares to fight a war for them.

If they touch me, there will be room for talk but if they dare to touch my husbands then you can forget about staying alive! So if you don't want me to take you as an accomplice, you better step away !"