Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 194 Collecting Debts
I ultimately missed the night market.

Zhou Wangshu was being difficult and didn't want to go out.

Su Yaoguang, still thinking about the things she hadn't arranged with Cui Rong, gathered the skincare specialists together and brought up the idea of ​​having them teach students.

Cui Rong has arranged for a hundred people. She already has ten skincare specialists under her, so each of them can teach ten people. If they teach well, she will give them a bonus.

Su Yaoguang has always been generous. Since the girls started working for her, they have become much more financially secure, and they also have a lot of prestige working at Taoyao Workshop, with everyone respecting them. Now, she has given them a new task: to value them. Of course, they are happy to accept this responsibility.

Since we're going to teach students, we should definitely develop a complete process to avoid different teaching methods that could damage their reputation.

That evening, the girls gathered together to discuss and refine Taoyaofang's signature moves. They had done them before, but they hadn't standardized the entire routine.

A noisy sound came from outside, followed by the sound of banging and hitting.

Hearing the noise, everyone went out to look and saw Zhou Wangshu already standing under the eaves, looking in the opposite direction.

"What's all this noise over there?" Zhang Zhaodi followed them out. "It's one thing to be this noisy during the day, it's lively enough during the day, but to be this noisy at night, doesn't it let people get any rest?"

“Is that someone from the gambling den?” Su Yaoguang said. “I remember seeing him next to Zhong Chushan.”

Zhou Wangshu nodded and said, "His name is Shou San."

Upon hearing this, Su Yaoguang called out to the opposite side, "Skinny Three."

When Shou San heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu. He immediately ran over, acting as attentive as if he were their servant.

"Miss Su, Young Master Zhou, we didn't frighten you, did we?" the skinny man said with a smile. "Don't be afraid, we're just here to collect a debt, it has nothing to do with anyone else."

"You're looking for Feng Hua Ge to collect a debt? What kind of debt?" Su Yaoguang asked curiously.

"Gambling debts!" ​​Skinny Three said. "Jiang Yihui owes us a thousand taels of silver at our gambling den. We have to collect that from them, right?"

"A thousand taels?" Su Yaoguang clicked her tongue in amazement. "I wouldn't dare spend it like that."

Although Taoyaofang had made a lot of money, and could afford not only a thousand taels of silver but even five thousand taels, they were too reluctant to spend money like that after living such a hard life.
"They're so generous, they don't even care about this little bit of money. They gamble every day and lose every day, and they even gamble on debts. Now the agreed time has come, and they still haven't paid back the money, so we have no choice but to come to their door to collect the debt. Enough said, Miss Su, Young Master Zhou, I'm going to keep banging on the door. If they don't open the door, we'll rush in and take everything, empty the whole place first."

Just as Skinny Three ran back, another group of people arrived.

"This is it! Smash it! Break down the door and drag the people inside out!" The brothel madam arrived with her thugs.

"Mom, what's going on here?" Zhang Zhaodi asked.

The brothel madam, waving her handkerchief, said, "Don't even mention it. That shameless Jiang Yihui slept with my girl and didn't pay. He promised to pay today, but I still haven't seen him."

The gambling den and the brothel both came knocking, but Feng Hua Ge remained completely silent. However, there must be someone inside; it's just unknown whether Zhong Lan Hua managed to escape.

"Alright, stop watching," Su Yaoguang said. "We have important things to do, let's not join in the fun."

The girls kept turning back to look at the opposite direction with curiosity. "They chased Jiang Yihuan away before, but now it seems she really escaped a disaster. If she hadn't left, all these debts would have been on her shoulders."

Su Yaoguang tugged at Zhou Wangshu's sleeve: "You stingy little thing, stop looking and come inside."

“Who’s the stingy one?” Zhou Wangshu was not satisfied with this label.

"Whoever agrees is a stingy person." Su Yaoguang made a face at him.

Zhou Wangshu caught up with Su Yaoguang and said unhappily, "You and that guy surnamed Cui are eating quite well!"

"So you saw us." Su Yaoguang suddenly realized. "No wonder you were acting all grumpy from the beginning, you were upset that I didn't take you out to eat."

Zhou Wangshu: “…”

Does he need this food?

“We were discussing business,” Su Yaoguang explained. “You know how boring business discussions can be. If I had brought you along, you would have been suffocated. Most importantly, I didn’t know you were at the dance hall at the time. If I had known, I would definitely have invited you to eat with me. The food at that dance hall was indeed quite good, but you and Young Master Chen are such good friends, you must have eaten there quite a bit, right? I just didn’t invite you to one meal, why are you being so petty? You say you’re not stingy, but I’ve never seen such a petty man.”

“Who cares about that little bit of food?” Zhou Wangshu was even more displeased.

Since we've come this far, there are some things we need to clarify.

He touched the jade pendant hanging from her waist and said, "What's going on with this? Even if our marriage contract is fake, the written agreement is still real, isn't it? In the government office, I am your rightful husband, aren't I? We haven't even divorced yet, and you're already accepting another man's engagement pendant. Aren't you showing me too little respect?"

"Who said this is a jade pendant to symbolize love?" Su Yaoguang touched his forehead. "You're not sick, so why are you saying things that are becoming increasingly incomprehensible?"

"You mean this represents identity?" What else could it be but a jade pendant to symbolize your love?
“I’m doing business with Young Master Cui, and I’ll inevitably have to check on how the business is going. How can I prove my identity? This jade pendant is the proof. Young Master Cui and I will each have one, and the employees will be able to recognize us through this pendant.” Su Yaoguang turned the jade pendant over and showed it to Zhou Wangshu. “Look, it has the words ‘Taoyao Fang’ on it.”

Zhou Wangshu: “…”

So that's what it represents as a status symbol.

"You're acting like a child fighting over candy," Su Yaoguang chuckled. "Now that things are clear, aren't you less angry?"

Zhou Wangshu touched the tip of his nose: "I'm not angry."

"Okay." Su Yaoguang didn't want to argue with him.

She peered out the window and watched as the people from the brothel and gambling den across the street smashed open the doors and dragged Zhong Lanhua out.

Zhong Lanhua screamed loudly, so loudly it was heartbreaking; anyone who didn't know better would think a pig was being slaughtered.

“How could my Hui’er possibly owe so much money? You’re just trying to extort us. I’m going to report this to the authorities!” Zhong Lanhua shouted.

"Even if you report it to the authorities, you still have to pay back this money," the madam said in a shrill voice, hands on her hips. "Why don't you go out and ask around? Who goes to a brothel without paying? My girls are all as beautiful as flowers; how could you stinking men sleep with them for free?"