Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Shen Chengzong was taken aback when he learned that Li Bao, who was usually stingy and greedy, had made such a concession.

We can't let Li Bao turn to Shen Qing's side.

Just as he was about to say something encouraging, he heard Shen Qing's extremely calm voice:

"No need, I don't want the fried chicken stand anymore."

Without giving Li Bao a single glance or paying any attention to Shen Chengzong, she quickly packed her things, pushed her cart, and left.

Upon seeing this, Shen Chengzong was overjoyed: "Master Li, look at her! She's truly ungrateful. You kindly reduced her membership fee, and not only is she ungrateful, she doesn't even respect you. Tell me, how can anyone be like this?"

On the surface, they are standing up for justice, but in reality, they are stirring up trouble.

Li Bao's eyes widened in disbelief. He had been completely ignored. This was more than just embarrassing; it was utterly humiliating.

Are they really not selling it anymore?

Does that mean he'll never get to eat fried chicken in his life?

I didn't get any fried chicken and didn't get paid either. What a wasted trip!

Li Bao's face turned pale and then red, a feeling of tightness in his chest that he couldn't let out.

Shen Chengzong, who was standing next to him, was still talking non-stop, and even seemed a little excited.

Li Bao was extremely annoyed and couldn't help but raise his hand.

Snapped--

A slap landed squarely on Shen Chengzong's face, leaving five clear finger marks.

"Master Li..." Shen Chengzong was completely dumbfounded.

It was clearly Shen Qing's fault, so why hit him?

"It's all your fault!" Li Bao realized what he had done after hitting him and immediately made an excuse. "If you hadn't persuaded me to increase the membership fee, Shen Qing wouldn't have refused to sell it anymore. I made a wasted trip."

"Master Li, it's clearly Shen Qing who doesn't know what's good for him..."

"Get out, get out! None of you members of the Shen family are good people!"

Li Bao turned and left. He hadn't checked the almanac before leaving home today, and nothing he did went smoothly.

Shen Chengzong was humiliated, but he had no choice but to endure it. Moreover, Li Bao was a member of the guild, so he not only had to endure it, but also had to continue to appease him.

"Master Li, please calm down and wait for me. It was my fault for not teaching Sister Shen Qing well. I will definitely arrange a generous gift to apologize to you another day..."

"Another day?" Upon hearing about the generous gift, Li Bao stopped in his tracks.

Shen Chengzong bowed and scraped, a fawning smile on his face: "Today, today, we'll arrange it right away, we'll arrange it right away."

Upon hearing this, Li Bao smiled with satisfaction.

Shen Chengzong gritted his teeth. What did it matter if he gave some gifts? Now that Shen Qing could no longer sell fried chicken at her stall, he would have the opportunity to get the recipe and could also take the opportunity to force Shen Qing to marry Master Liu.

Then you'll be able to get lots and lots of silver.

......

Shen Qing pushed the cart home.

"Daughter, sold out? So fast?" Hearing the noise, Shen's mother hurriedly groped her way out of the house.

"Sold out! Business was good today, we made quite a bit of money."

Shen Qing put down his things and stuffed the money he had earned that day into his mother's hand.

"Wow! Even more than yesterday! My daughter's business is getting better and better." Mother Shen touched the silver, a gratified smile on her face.

Now that my daughter can earn money, no matter what, she will be able to live a good life in the future and won't be destitute.

In this way, she could feel at ease even with her eyes closed.

"Mom, I'm not going to do the fried chicken business anymore."

"What?" Mrs. Shen exclaimed in astonishment. "Everything was fine, why did you suddenly stop?"

"The guild members came today and immediately asked for a membership fee of fifty taels of silver. After thinking about it, I decided not to sell it."

"Fifty taels?!" Madam Shen frowned, and tears streamed down her face again.

Fifty taels! The mother and daughter simply couldn't afford fifty taels of silver right now; this was practically a death sentence!

Before the misfortunes befell my family, I never cared about fifty taels of silver, but then...

Just when they saw a glimmer of hope and things were starting to look up, in just a few days, the mother and daughter were back in a desperate situation.

Mother Shen wiped away her tears, gritted her teeth, and after a long while said, "If all else fails, I'll ask Shen Chengzong to lend us some money."

"The guild members are in cahoots with Shen Chengzong. No, it's highly likely that Shen Chengzong deliberately brought the guild members here to cause trouble," Shen Qing said calmly.

Having received the original owner's memories, she naturally recognized Shen Chengzong.

However, she simply didn't want to bother with a despicable person like Shen Chengzong.

"It's Shen Chengzong again! What are we going to do? How are we going to live from now on? Why is my daughter's life so miserable..."

Upon hearing this, Shen's mother couldn't help but cry again, her tears flowing uncontrollably.

When her father was alive, she didn't have to worry about anything and had a gentle nature. Now that her father is gone, she instinctively cries whenever something happens.

Perhaps it was because I was too well protected before.

"Mother, there's always a solution. Even if we don't sell fried chicken, there are other ways out. You promised me you wouldn't cry anymore," Shen Qing sighed and comforted her.

"But... what other way out is there besides selling fried chicken?"

"Trust me, I'll find a way. Now you should rest your eyes and make sure you don't cry."

Shen Qing's voice was full of confidence, which made Shen's mother feel inexplicably at ease and slowly stopped crying.

However, this was not due to Shen Qing's blind confidence, but rather because she had a system to rely on.

Since the system requires her to complete the food task, it should naturally help her remove any insurmountable obstacles she encounters in the process.

For example, the guild's unreasonable demand for a 50-tael membership fee should be paid by the system, even if it were to be paid.

Thinking of this, Shen Qing raised his hand and summoned the system panel.

[Ding—Host has completed today's stall setup. Task completion progress (1198/1000)]

[Ding—Congratulations, host, for completing Task One and receiving the corresponding reward.]

In an instant, a five-hundred-tael silver note appeared out of thin air in Shen Qing's hand.

She was overjoyed. Finally, she had some wealth. With this money in hand, she wouldn't be afraid to do anything in the future.

Five hundred taels of silver was a considerable sum of money in ancient times.

[Task Two: Please set up a stall in the Ghost Market and sell 1,000 servings of crystal xiaolongbao. The reward is a luxurious mansion.]

A ghost market? Shen Qing was completely stunned.

Ghost markets are usually open at night.

Most of the items sold in the ghost market are illicit, including rare treasures, unusual poisons, exotic items from overseas, antiques, and even some contraband.

Selling food in a place like this?

That was truly unprecedented and unparalleled.

However, since this ghost market is not under the jurisdiction of the government, it is naturally not under the jurisdiction of the guild either.

Selling food in a place like this, you don't need to pay any membership fees.

Could the system have assigned this location just to evade membership fees?

Shen Qing didn't think too much about it and closed the system panel.

She was a bit tired after selling fried chicken all morning, so she decided to start making crystal soup dumplings tomorrow.

Since the crystal soup dumplings are sold in the evening, she can buy the ingredients tomorrow, and they will be fresher.

It's a brand new day again~

Early in the morning, Wang Yueshu dragged Xie Bantou and her older brother Wang Yuan to the morning market.