After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 172 Cleverly Scolding a Noblewoman

“We don’t have much money, but we’re still better off than you, Madam. You haven’t bought a single piece of cloth yet, and you have all the shop assistants and the owner fawning over you.”

As soon as Su Xiaoxiao said that, all the customers in the silk shop turned their attention to the noblewoman.

The lady was now utterly humiliated. Her expression twisted in disbelief as she pointed and said, "Boss, wrap up all the new fabrics for this season."

The maids standing nearby tried to stop their mistress, but it was too late; she had already blurted out her boastful words.

Upon hearing this, the boss beamed with joy and quickly led his employees to fetch the new fabrics for the lady this season. This was a large business deal, and it came as expected.

The wealthy woman glanced at Su Xiaoxiao sideways, as if to say, "See? I've already bought them. Do you have the money to buy them?"

Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be surprised and looked at the wealthy woman, saying, "I didn't know you were so rich, Madam. We country bumpkins have really broadened our horizons. We are truly impressed!"

The lady scoffed at them, then turned to pay, and was stunned by her own reaction.

This money was equivalent to spending all of her allowance for the past six months.

The main reason is that the fabrics from this silk shop are very expensive, and since they are all the latest styles from this season, the prices are naturally quite high.

In truth, the wealthy woman's heart was bleeding, but what could she do?

She gritted her teeth and paid the money anyway.

To save face, Su Xiaoxiao and Liu Qiaomei, seeing that the noble lady's expression wasn't very good, hid in a corner and secretly laughed.

The noblewoman wanted to come over and mock Su Xiaoxiao and the others, but at this moment a maid came over and advised, "Madam Huang, Master Huang is hosting a banquet at home today and has invited Magistrate Liu to dinner. It wouldn't be good if you went back late. You should go back early so that Fourth Concubine doesn't steal your thunder again."

Fortunately, the young maidservant came over and dissuaded her. Madam Huang flung her sleeves and cursed, "I'm not going to bother with you uncultured country bumpkins today. You country bumpkins have no manners at all. Let's go!"

With that, she flicked her sleeve and hurriedly left with her maid.

Su Xiaoxiao was taken aback. Madam Huang?
After Madam Huang left, the shop owner immediately came over with a smile and clasped his hands in greeting to Su Xiaoxiao and the others.

"Thank you both so much for your help. We've already met our sales target for this quarter."

"Excuse me, is that Mrs. Huang from earlier the wife of the wealthy Mr. Huang in our town?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked with great curiosity.

"Yes, indeed."

The shop owner sighed and said, "This Madam Huang really likes to nitpick. Every time she comes over, she finds fault with our fabrics, but she doesn't buy anything. Instead, she makes all our employees come and serve her."

Su Xiaoxiao's actions immediately enabled Madam Huang to sell off the fabrics that had previously been difficult to sell.

The shop owner was naturally very grateful to Su Xiaoxiao and her companion, and even gave them a discount on the base fabric and embroidery thread they had chosen.

However, after this incident, Su Xiaoxiao realized that it was better to avoid letting Liu Qiaomei come to places like this. There were too many people and too many eyes, making it easy for them to be exposed. Luckily, they knew to disguise themselves today; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

In this light, Su Xiaoxiao's worries were actually justified. The two of them went to the jam stall together and saw that there were actually many people coming and going. Although what they experienced there was still quite unexpected.

However, Sun immediately recognized Liu Qiaomei and knew about Liu Qiaomei's very difficult past, so Sun continued to pretend that she did not know Liu Qiaomei.

Sun even greeted Liu Qiaomei warmly, saying, "Young man, have you come to help?"

In fact, she had already recognized Liu Qiaomei. They exchanged a smile, which could be considered as a greeting.

Sun's sales methods are truly exceptional. With Liu Qiaomei helping out, all the jam was sold out in just one morning.

The other guests were all focused on the jam, and naturally they didn't realize that Liu Qiaomei was actually a woman dressed as a man. The main reason was that Liu Qiaomei didn't say anything and just kept her head down helping to pack the jam, so no one had noticed her yet.

After all, in this ancient society, there were quite a few short men, so people didn't pay much attention to Liu Qiaomei.

They quickly sold out of jam by noon. Su Xiaoxiao, carrying a lot of silver, thought about their return journey and decided to buy a covered horse-drawn carriage after passing the livestock market.

Actually, Su Xiaoxiao was quite envious of those people who could ride in carriages whenever they went out. The carriages they rode in were both noble and comfortable. The few times Su Xiaoxiao went to the capital before, she rode in Qian Musheng's carriage.

Su Xiaoxiao is now financially capable of buying a covered horse-drawn carriage.

Moreover, with a horse-drawn carriage, you can put whatever you buy inside without others seeing it.

Horse-drawn carriages are more convenient than oxcarts, which is exactly what Su Xiaoxiao likes. They're not very expensive, have a high cost-performance ratio, and are actually very practical.

It's a bit difficult to drive temporarily, and Su Xiaoxiao isn't quite sure she can handle it. Before, Su Xiaoxiao and Qian Musheng had learned some carriage driving skills, so here, no matter what kind of carriage it is, even some ordinary carriages, it's easy to master these driving skills.

Su Xiaoxiao was quite shrewd. She asked the shopkeeper to choose a very honest horse for her, and after making a decision, she sold her mule cart secondhand on the spot.

Liu Qiaomei also greatly admired Su Xiaoxiao's decisiveness; she never hesitated and immediately put her plans into action.

Su Xiaoxiao skillfully drove the carriage onto the road, putting the embroidery cloth she had bought and other things she had bought at the market into the carriage. The covered carriage was indeed very good, as it was waterproof and windproof, so she didn't have to worry about the wind and rain.

Liu Qiaomei naturally sat in the carriage. She was initially a little worried about Su Xiaoxiao's driving skills, but she found that Su Xiaoxiao's driving skills were actually quite good, truly exceptional.

Her initial worries turned out to be unnecessary; the carriage drove very smoothly and steadily, without any bumps.

When Su Xiaoxiao returned to the village entrance and passed by the rice paddy, she finally stopped.

The carriage stopped moving forward. Liu Qiaomei, not knowing what was happening, stuck her head out of the carriage and asked Su Xiaoxiao what had happened.

Su Xiaoxiao stopped because when she passed by the land her family cultivated, she saw pink and white potato flowers blooming in her field, and the large patch of potato flowers looked very beautiful.

Su Xiaoxiao felt an unparalleled sense of accomplishment welling up inside her.

(End of this chapter)