The man from the pawnbroker was quite talkative: "The original owner had to sell the shop because of some problems at home. I don't know how his son suddenly learned to gamble, so he had to sell the shop to pay off his debts because he lost the bet."
After hearing this, Bei Bei understood a little: "So that's how it is."
After learning about it, Beibei saw that he really liked the shop, so he bought it directly and spent a lot of money, almost three hundred taels in total.
This price is still very cheap. After completing the formalities, Beibei looked at Mo Yunyao and asked, "Can Yaoyao design clothes?"
Mo Yunyao shook her head: "No, but I can learn. I just need someone to teach me. How about I also find a master?"
Beibei rolled her eyes and said, "Forget it. It's such a waste to become my apprentice. Let the people in the dental shop help me find an embroiderer and someone who is good at making clothes. I can just ask them to come directly."
Beibei did it as soon as he thought of it. He found someone from the jewelry business again and directly bought two tailors and five embroiderers. These people were barely enough.
After all, finding five good embroiderers in this small place means that the business is quite capable. Beibei had learned painting from Qian Jiujiu, and immediately drew a picture on the paper.
"Can you make this dress? There will be a reward if you make it."
She could send a message to have fabrics shipped from Fucheng. If it were shipped by sea, it shouldn't be very expensive. In fact, if possible, she should try raising silkworms here.
Beibei had heard about this knowledge from Qian Jiujiu, but she didn't know it in detail. So for the time being, she didn't know whether it could be implemented or how much it would cost. It wouldn't cost much to ship the cloth from other places. After comparing, she would decide which method was more cost-effective.
Beibei was thinking randomly in his mind, and he felt like he wanted to compete with Nannan in business. Mo Yunyao couldn't help much, and for a moment, he felt a little stressed.
She decided to take advantage of these days to learn how to make clothes from the tailor. She also wanted to make some clothes that she drew herself.
Nannanbeibei is busy, and Fang Xiaoxi is also busy. Of course, she is busy dealing with her grandmother and cousin.
Fang Xiaoxi took Fang Shanshan directly to see the village chief and told the village what happened. She asked her cousin to pay compensation. If she didn't, she would go to a senior official.
The village chief also had a headache. Fang Xiaoxi was now depressed, probably because her brother had become a legal advisor and had to go see officials all the time.
Although he was depressed, he could understand it. After all, as the village chief, he couldn't control Fang Dalang's mother. The old lady was really good at being a tough guy.
"Fang Shanshan, right? Will you compensate me?"
Fang Shanshan shook her head directly: "I won't pay. If you want me to pay, you are just dreaming."
The village chief didn't want to pay any attention to Fang Shanshan, but looked at Fang Dalang: "Fang Dalang, since you are here, will you pay for it?"
Fang Dalang also said angrily: "What compensation do you want? You are overthinking it. It's just a few pieces of clothes, but you want six taels of silver. This is simply blackmail."
The village chief looked at Fang Xiaoxi and said, "Xiaoxi, go report it to the police. I can't do anything about it. From now on, you don't need to come to me for anything about their family. Just report it to the police directly."
Fang Xiaoxi nodded: "Okay, I'll go now."
Seeing that Fang Xiaoxi was really going to report to the police, Fang Shanshan became anxious: "Grandma, we can't let her report to the police. If she does, Master Nannan will know about it, right?"
Then Master Nannan would have a bad impression of her, so how could she marry him? Fang Dalang was also shocked. It was a big deal for his daughter to marry into the county magistrate's family.
He stopped Fang Xiaoxi directly: "You are not allowed to go."
Fang Xiaoxi took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, you can't restrict my freedom. I want to go if I want to. If you don't let me go, you have to pay me."
Fang Dalang was very angry. He had never been contradicted like this in all these years. He slapped her directly and said, "Your parents can't teach you well, so I'll do it. You actually contradicted your elders and disrespected your sister, and you still have the nerve to ask for money."
No one expected that Fang Dalang would suddenly attack, and Fang Xiaoxi was slapped hard. Fang Dashan rushed over quickly and started fighting with Fang Dalang, and everyone was stunned.
For the first time, I knew that Fang Dashan had such a hot temper. The people around him hurried forward to stop the fight: "Stop it."
Fang's mother also rushed over, holding Fang Xiaoxi in her arms, staring at Fang Dalang fiercely: "Well, your family is simply bullying too much, Shaofeng, you two go to the police now. Someone here owes a debt and beats people up. So many people saw it, who started it first?"
Seeing the reactions of his parents, Fang Xiaoxi suddenly felt that the slap was not in vain, at least Baozi's parents stood up.
If it were in the past, her parents would just let her bear it and at most comfort her afterwards. Maybe it’s because the family has money now, so they have the confidence.
Fang Xiaoxi thought that they should earn more money. As long as they earned more than these people, people in the village would not dare to come and bully them.
When Fang Shaofeng heard what his mother said, he ran towards the town quickly. Fang Dalang saw it and immediately asked his son to stop him, but Fang Shaofeng was very smart and ran away in a few seconds.
The village chief looked at the two families fighting, his face was grim. This hadn't happened in many years, and he sighed in his heart, fearing that the county magistrate would have a bad opinion of him.
No one in other villages would report a fight to the police. In other villages, if a little girl was slapped, they would not report the case to the police. Even if she was beaten all over, as long as she was not dead, they would not report the case to the police.
Fang Xiaoxi is really the baby that her parents hold in their hands. Fang Dalang also cannot see the situation clearly. Now Fang Xiaoxi's family is in full swing, and there is a master, but he still wants to bully others like before. How is that possible
The farce in the village did not end so quickly, and everyone was still waiting for someone to come from the government office! At this time, Fang Shaofeng had already arrived at the gate of the government office.
He was very familiar with the county government, but it was his first time to report to the police, so he just barged in. A yamen runner who knew him spoke directly: "It's Xiaofeng, the yamen is very busy now. If you want to find your elder brother, please wait here."
Fang Shaofeng shook his head when he heard this: "No, I'm not looking for my eldest brother. I'm here to report to the police. Someone broke into my house to rob it, and when he was discovered, he damaged my things and beat up my family members."
This is describing a major case. The bailiff swallowed his saliva and said, "Are you serious? This is a major matter. I will go find the master now."
Fang Shaofeng nodded: "Of course it's true, I don't lie. My father is still fighting with the other party! Can you help me find my eldest brother quickly?"
The yamen runner was shocked to hear that the beating was still going on: "I'll go now, wait for me."
So the bailiff quickly ran over to Mu Yexiao and said, "My lord, something bad has happened. Fang Shaofeng has come to report to the police, saying that someone went to their house to rob something and injured someone in their family."
Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu both heard it and were stunned. Such a thing actually happened in their jurisdiction: "Let's go and see if Xiaoxi is injured?"
The yamen runner did not ask: "Fang Shaofeng is waiting in front, Madam, you can go and ask yourself."
Qian Jiujiu walked over quickly and saw Fang Shaofeng. She asked directly, "What's going on?"
Fang Shaofeng didn't dare to exaggerate, but told the whole story again, and emphasized: "Xiao Xi's face was swollen."
When Qian Jiujiu heard this, he frowned and became a little angry: "Let's go to Fangjia Village and wait for a few more yamen runners."
I knew it the first time I met her that this was a top-notch relative. I had thought Fang Xiaoxi was smart and would not suffer any loss, but unexpectedly, she still suffered a loss.
Mu Yexiao saw that Qian Jiujiu had a unhappy expression on her face, and he knew that she was worried about Fang Xiaoxi, so he handed over the matters here to Master Fang, and then accompanied Qian Jiujiu to Fangjia Village.
It's not that Master Fang didn't want to go back, but it was related to their family, so he had to avoid suspicion. Moreover, there were a lot of things to do in the government office, so he couldn't leave.
When Qian Jiujiu and his group arrived at Fangjia Village, almost everyone in the village was there. They were not even in a hurry to work, and it seemed that they loved to watch the fun, which was really human nature.
The village chief was also the first person to notice Mu Yexiao coming, and he immediately went to greet him: "Greetings, sir."
He felt very embarrassed and was particularly worried that the county magistrate would blame him for not being able to manage a small village.
Mu Yexiao didn't mean to blame the village chief. After all, Fang Dalang was a person, and as a person he had his own thoughts, and he couldn't be controlled by discipline: "Tell me, what's going on? Village chief, you speak first, and after you finish, both of you can speak again."
Although he was a county magistrate, he was not the one who had the final say. So he had to listen to what others said. The village chief was a little confused about what the county magistrate meant.
He just told what he knew, which was similar to what Fang Shaofeng said. Mu Yexiao looked at Fang Dashan again and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Fang Dashan put it simply: "We were still busy drying the grain when my mother and Fang Shanshan sneaked into our house and took Xiaoxi's clothes and wanted to take them away..."
The following words were still the same as what the village chief said, and this was the truth. Fang Xiaoxi stood aside, holding the damaged clothes in her arms.
Mu Yexiao asked Fang Dalang again, and Fang Dalang also explained: "Sir, you can't be partial just because you have a good relationship with them. My mother is the elder, what's wrong with taking a few clothes? Just think of it as filial piety. They don't want to, this is unfilial."
"Unfilial people should be punished. My mother was angry and the punishment was just to destroy a few clothes, but they blackmailed me. One tael of silver for a piece of clothing, what else is that but blackmail? Besides, I am Fang Xiaoxi's uncle and an elder. What's wrong with beating her? They even reported it to the police. For such a small matter, I troubled you to make a trip. I think they should be punished."