169 The Sinner in the Vige
In the end, Bai Wutong decided to brew bayberry, plum, lychee, melon, and yellow peach-vored phoenix feather wine.
She sent someone to find Sheng Huaixuan and handed him the fruit list she needed.
When Sheng Huaixuan saw that Bai Wutong was going to make so many vors of Phoenix Feather Wine, he was shocked. In the blink of an eye, his face was filled with pleasant surprise.
Bai Wutong said, “You can go and collect the fruits now.”
Sheng Huaixuan nodded. “Okay.”
Yu Suisheng was in charge of collecting the fruits. The fresher the fruits, the better. The vige closest to Youjia Vige became the first choice for purchasing fruits.
Lin Chenghai had schemed against Bai Wutong previously. Yu Suisheng listened to Sheng Huaixuan’s instructions and deliberately avoided their vige.
Yu Suisheng was very efficient. In a day, he had collected hundreds of kilograms of various fruits in the entire Woqian Town.
With the previous experience in brewing wine, this time, it was even more orderly.
The people who were hired to brew the wine washed the fruit, peeled the skin, removed the core, and moved the jars… Everyone was busy. Thinking of the silver taels they would receive in the future, everyone was happy again.
There was a hugemotion in Youjia Vige. More than a dozen carriages came in and out every day, and many wine jars were constantly being transported over.
Lin Chenghai asked around and learned that Bai Wutong and the others were brewing wine again.
Most of the dozen or so carriages that entered and left contained purchased fruits.
Lin Chenghai asked if it was Vige Chief Luo from the neighboring vige.
Vige Chief Luo asked despite knowing the answer, “I remember that your vige also has many plums, lychee trees, and bayberry trees. You’re so close to them, so why didn’t they go to your vige to buy fruits?”
Lin Chenghai’s face turned green at his question.
He must have offended Bai Wutong, who refused to go to their vige to purchase fruits.
Seeing his expression, Vige Chief Luo was secretly pleased. He deliberately said, “Master Yu, who purchased fruits from us, is really generous. He gave us five copper coins for a catty of bayberries, three copper coins for a catty of plums, and six copper coins for a catty of lychees! Our vige has five fruit trees and we exchanged for nearly three taels of silver!”
A big plum tree could bear a few hundred catties. Three copper coins per catty could earn them one tael of silver.
Lin Chenghai’s heart ached when he thought of the plums that had fallen to the ground and could only be fed to pigs.
Apart from the plum tree, because he liked to eat lychees, he also nted three lychee trees. The trees were not old. Even if the yield was not high, six copper coins a catty meant that he could earn at least two to three taels of silver!
Thinking of this, Lin Chenghai wanted to die.
If the vigers found out that Bai Wutong was purchasing fruits but did not go to their vige, they would definitely beat him up for losing such a huge windfall.
Lin Chenghai looked at Vige Chief Luo and suddenly had an idea. He said to him, “My family has fruits. Help me sell to them. How about we split the money?”
Compared to not having a penny, it was good to get half.
Lin Chenghai thought that Vige Chief Luo would definitely agree to let him earn half of the money for nothing. Unexpectedly, Vige Chief Luo waved his hand and said with a helpless expression, “Little brother, it’s not that I don’t want to help you, but Master Yu has already said that he definitely won’t ept the fruits from your vige. If I do this and they find out and refuse to ept the fruits from our vige, the vigers won’t be able to earn money. Then I’ll be a sinner.”
Lin Chenghai did not expect Bai Wutong to be so ruthless. He hated this b*tch to death. Thinking that the vigers might know about this at any time, if Vige Chief Luo did not agree, he could only beg another vige chief.
For the sake of money, there should always be someone who would agree to help them sell fruits.
Unexpectedly, as promised, none of the vige chiefs were willing to agree. They all found some kind of excuses to reject him.
Lin Chenghai gritted his teeth, his face pale. Could it be that he could only beg Bai Wutong?
He returned to the vige in a daze. The sun was almost setting.
When he saw the vigers blocking the fork in the road, carrying baskets on their backs, his heart skipped a beat when he saw the fruits inside.
The vigers must have known.
At that moment, the sound of wheels turning kepting.
The vigers of the Lintian Vige hurriedly raised their fruits and came to the mule cart. They kept shouting, “Master, look at our fruits. We just picked them. There’s still dew on them.”
Merchants were not allowed to take carriages or sedan chairs. Yu Suisheng could only take the mule carriage.
The viger of Lintian Vige shouted with all his might, “Master, our plum is thergest in Woqian Town. It’s crunchy and sweet!”
“Master! Not only is the color of our lychees good, but the texture is also tender and smooth. Several families in town specially came to buy them!”
“Master, look at how big my bayberry is. You’ll know when you eat it. It definitely will be worth your money!”
In the mule cart, Yu Suisheng waved his hand with a cold expression. “Enter the vige. Don’t waste time here.”
The coachman waved his horsewhip, but the vigers of the Lintian Vige refused to move aside. They begged, “Master, please do us a favor and buy our fruits! Half the price is fine!”
When Yu Suisheng heard their words, he said coldly, “Pull them apart.”
The guards stepped forward and pulled the vigers who were blocking the way to the side.
They watched as the mule cart drove away. A viger shouted unhappily, “Master Yu, what’s wrong with the fruits in our vige? Why don’t you want them?!”
Suddenly, the mule cart stopped.
Everyone thought that Yu Suisheng was moved by them and rushed forward excitedly.
The curtain of the car window was lifted, and Yu Suisheng’s piercing voice sounded. “Previously, you forced Madam Bai to buy fruits, and Madam Bai kindly bought all the fruits. After that, you guys took advantage of the situation and got the children to block the entrance of the vige to force Madam Bai to pay. Why didn’t you think of today?”
As soon as he said this, the vigers of Lintian Vige came to a realization.
It turned out that it was because they had offended Madam Bai that Yu Suisheng refused to ept their fruits.
Immediately, someone shouted, “This has nothing to do with us. It was all Lin Chenghai’s idea!”
However, Yu Suisheng did not respond to them at all. The vigers of Lintian Vige could only watch as the entire convoy entered Youjia Vige.
When the vigers of Lintian Vige looked at the fruits in the basket, they recovered from their disappointment and immediately targeted Lin Chenghai.
If not for Lin Chenghai, they would have sold these fruits long ago.
The entire vige might not be able to earn a tael of silver for a few years. Now, they could only watch as the silver slipped away from their hands. How could they not be angry?
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In order to appease the public anger, the elder who had pushed Lin Chenghai to the position of vige chief for his own interests made a prompt decision to remove Lin Chenghai from the position of vige chief.
This way, there was hope for Bai Wutong to forgive their vige and let the vigers sell their fruits.
Lin Chenghai had only been the vige chief for less than a year. If he was deposed, he would be a huge joke. He said to the leader of the Lin family, “I’ll make them agree to take our fruits! Give me another chance! Elder!”
The elders looked at each other. After a discussion, Elder Lin said, “Then I’ll give you another chance. But if you can’t convince Madam Bai to ept the fruit tomorrow, you’ll be the first one to go to thebor camp this year!”