C14 Money Is Not a Good Thing

"If you hadn't kidnapped Tao Xiaozui, I wouldn't have done it. You reap what you sow!"

After a few rounds, Ye Yuan was pushed back. Luckily, his subordinates arrived in time and the two teamed up to defeat Ming Feng.

"How many days will the imperial envoy stay?"

Ye Yuan thought that if the imperial envoy left now, Chen Mingxi would collude with the prefectural magistrate, and it would be detrimental to Tao Xiaosu in the future.

"Tomorrow."

The subordinate didn't know what Ye Yuan's intentions were, and only replied to Ye Yuan's words.

"Let him stay a few more days."

The subordinate nodded his head and told Ye Yuan, "Master, don't worry. The secret book from last time was burned."

"Don't come to me if you have nothing else to do. Miss Tao is already suspicious."

Before dawn, Tao Xiaozui got up early in the morning. It was rare for the three of them to go open the shop together.

After working for a while, they finally made some delicious desserts. The smell of the meat buns filled the air, and most of the passersby would come and ask.

"Our shop can open again today. Miss Tao has made some meat buns and Boss Tao's secret sesame seed cake. Come in and have a taste."

The two salesmen were outside the door while Tao Laosan was collecting money and smiling from ear to ear.

Soon, the business became more and more popular and the shop was filled with people. The supply of meat buns and sesame cakes couldn't meet the demand.

"Aiyo! What is this?"

One of the customers burped while eating. He took it out and laughed.

"Why is there a golden leaf in this sesame seed cake?"

"Oh, I earned it, I earned it..."

Golden leaf?

Tao Laosan was stunned. He was doing a small business, how could there be a golden leaf in the sesame seed cake?

Tao Xiaotu and Third Brother Tao looked at each other and gave their father a 'don't worry' look.

Only then did he know that Tao Xiaozui had done it on purpose.

Tao Laosan walked to Tao Xiaozui's side and asked her in a low voice: "What's going on?"

"Dad, I'll tell you when I get home."

Taking advantage of the bustle, Tao Xiaotu went up to them and said, "Thank you all for coming to our shop today. Today, we have three golden leaves for our sesame seed cakes."

Hearing this, the two pots of sesame seed cakes that Tao Laosan had just made were instantly emptied.

Ye Yuan didn't expect Tao Xiaozui to be so generous.

When the shop's business was booming, Tao Xiaozui once again saw the person she didn't want to see the most.

Chen Mingxi walked towards her and smiled, officially declaring war on her.

"Tao Xiaosu, you didn't expect me to come out so soon, did you?"

Tao Xiaozui truly didn't expect Chen Mingxi to come out so soon after being imprisoned.

"Miss Chen, how have you been?"

Chen Mingxi walked to Tao Xiaosu's side and said proudly, "As long as I have money, I can do anything!"

Tao Xiaozui nodded in agreement and added, "With silver, even the Prefect can buy it for you. A few days in prison is nothing!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by buying a notice? There's no such thing."

Chen Mingxi didn't admit it, but his words lacked confidence.

"Whether I'm spouting nonsense or not, Miss Chen knows."

It wasn't easy for the shop to regain its former popularity. In fact, the business had become even more prosperous. She didn't want to ruin the shop's business because of Chen Mingxi's appearance.

"If Miss Chen has nothing else, please leave!"

The more Tao Xiaozui shooed him away, the more upset Chen Mingxi felt.

"Your shop is open for business, I'm here to buy sesame cakes."

With that, Chen Mingxi walked to the stove and waved his hand, "I'll take the rest of the sesame cakes."

As soon as he said that, someone behind him said angrily, "Why did the later ones go to the front? Line up."

Chen Mingxi looked back and ignored the reminders of the others. He insisted on buying sesame seed cakes and took out a silver ingot from his pocket, "I want all the sesame seed cakes from the back. There won't be any sesame seed cakes today. All of you can go back."

Those who couldn't buy sesame seed cakes after queuing for a long time were naturally unhappy, but they didn't dare to provoke Chen Mingxi, so they could only incite Tao Xiaozui to take the lead.

The relationship between Tao Xiaosu and Chen Mingxi was already like this. For the sake of the shop's business, they weren't afraid of provoking her a few more times.

"If Miss Chen wants to buy sesame seed cakes, then go to the back of the line. There are customers who have been queuing for a long time, so there should be a first come first serve!"

Tao Xiaosui's words struck the hearts of the customers. Many of them agreed with Tao Xiaosui. They just couldn't stand people like Chen Mingxi who relied on money to do whatever he wanted.

"Miss Tao is right. We've waited for so long. How can we let a newcomer like you buy the sesame seed cake first?"

"That's right. We all spend money to buy the sesame seed cake. No one is better than the others."

Chen Mingxi didn't believe Tao Xiaozui would go against money.

"Tao Xiaosui, I'll double your money and buy all the sesame seed cakes."

Tao Xiaosui sneered and threw Chen Mingxi's silver to her, "Do you think silver is useful everywhere? It's useless with me."

The guests all looked at Tao Xiaosui with admiration. They were happy to see Chen Mingxi speechless.

"Even if you pay ten times the amount of silver, you still have to line up to buy my sesame seed cake."

Chen Mingxi was furious. No one had ever looked down on her like Tao Xiaozui.

"If you offend me, you won't have a good ending."

Tao Xiaosui did not think that she was wrong and refuted with confidence: "Even if I don't offend Miss Chen today, Miss Chen will not let me go. What I care about is not the feelings of a spoiled young lady like you, but the feelings of many guests."

"You..."

Before Chen Mingxi could say anything, Tao Xiaozui's aura suppressed her, "If young lady Chen is here to cause trouble, please forgive me for not sending you off."

Chen Mingxi had only come to see her after hearing about the golden leaves. Seeing Tao Xiaozui reject her, he turned around and left, ordering his servants to line up to buy sesame cakes.

Tao Laosan was teaching Ye Yuan how to make sesame seed cakes in the kitchen, so he didn't know what was going on outside. He only found out when the waiter went to the kitchen to get the sesame seed cakes.

Ye Yuan exclaimed, "Great!"

But Tao Laosan was worried that Tao Xiaozui would offend Chen Mingxi. Who knew what kind of trouble she would bring!

"Last time I offended Miss Chen, and this time I won't give her any face. My days from now on won't be easy."

Speaking of the last time, Ye Yuan remembered that Chen Mingxi was in prison, wasn't he?

"Uncle Tao, don't worry about this. It was Miss Chen's fault. She did this for the shop."

Third Brother Tao sighed helplessly. Only he knew how hard life was.

"I know, but it's easy for the Chen family to punish us."

"If the other customers are unhappy because of Chen Mingxi, who will come to our shop to buy snacks?"