CHAPTER 322: CHAPTER 322: SMASH IT TO PIECES

The next day, Pei Shu’er and everyone were tidying up this two-story house when Liu Hongwang’s shouting was heard outside again.

"Folks, this person is occupying the property my uncle’s family intended to leave to me; please help me seek justice."

After saying this, they saw that a circle of neighbors had already gathered outside, pointing fingers at Pei Shu’er and her group.

"Is there no justice in the world these days, even taking from the elderly? It’s heartless."

"Exactly, the stuff that was left for their nephew, and this woman looks nice, but who knew she had such a heart of a snake and scorpion."

Liu Hongwang’s arrogance grew even more, pointing a finger at Pei Shu’er’s nose.

"Exactly, yesterday I tried to discuss this with her, and she turned around and said she wanted to sort me out. Folks, help me kick this outsider out!"

With these words, the crowd was emboldened and immediately picked up wooden sticks heading towards the house.

Lin Yu and Lin Hong stood in front of everyone, Yinxing’s face turned a little pale, she looked at Pei Shu’er.

"Young Madam, what do we do?"

Pei Shu’er immediately took out the housing contract and purchase contract.

"Folks, please look, this house, I bought it for fifty taels of silver, the old couple also signed, and two neighbors were asked to be witnesses. It doesn’t belong to this person."

The neighbors, upon finding the house deed and contract to be real, couldn’t help but look at Liu Hongwang.

"Liu Hongwang, what’s the matter with you? It’s a legal transaction, and yet you say they took your uncle’s and aunt’s property."

Upon seeing the house deed and hearing that the house was sold for fifty taels of silver,

Liu Hongwang couldn’t take it in, his eyes reddened with anger, fifty taels of silver, he thought all that money should have been his.

Yet, it was taken by his uncle and aunt, so he certainly couldn’t give up this house easily either.

If he could seize it and sell it a few more times, he’d make a fortune.

He was used to running rampant around here and had benefited a lot from that style.

Liu Hongwang immediately said, "This house was given to me by my uncle and aunt long ago, so their contract with you is useless."

Pei Shu’er asked, "Do you have any evidence?"

Liu Hongwang was initially stunned, then his eyes lit up.

"Wait here, I’ll get the evidence."

Upon reaching home, he forged a property transfer agreement and brought it to the front of the wooden building.

"Folks, take a look, this is the agreement my uncle transferred to me."

The other neighbors looked a bit puzzled, but they no longer intended to accuse Liu Hongwang.

They sympathized with Liu Hongwang, but they also felt that Pei Shu’er was quite wronged in this matter.

After paying to buy the house, she’s still dealing with such annoying issues.

Even if she were driven out, there would be nowhere to voice her grievances.

In the end, it was blamed on the old couple for their misconduct.

Pei Shu’er said, "Firstly, this ink is not dry, it was just signed. Folks, take a look, the ink is still wet."

Some curious neighbors indeed went up to see, and upon noticing the ink hadn’t dried, their expressions towards Liu Hongwang grew peculiar.

Liu Hongwang felt hot in the face under their gaze, but he still stubbornly glared at Pei Shu’er, claiming it was written a long time ago.

Pei Shu’er continued speaking calmly, lightly raising her eyelids.

"Secondly, the handwriting isn’t theirs, our documents are witnessed."

The previously mentioned witnesses all stepped forward, not afraid of Liu Hongwang.

Mainly because this young lady conducted herself well, giving them many benefits.

"This house was indeed bought by this young girl; your uncle and aunt both signed the agreement, Liu Hongwang, don’t keep running rampant."

Finally, the townsfolk sided with Pei Shu’er, and Liu Hongwang was scolded ruthlessly.

"You thug, I thought you had changed, but it turns out you were using us as tools, forging evidence and trying to seize someone else’s property."

Given the straightforward atmosphere in the community, there were many who couldn’t stand such thugs.

Seeing that reasoning didn’t work, Liu Hongwang decided to destroy the house to force compliance.

He said, "Smash it hard for me."

Upon these words, the ten thugs he brought started heading towards the shop.

There was no need for Pei Shu’er to act; Lin Yu and Lin Hong stepped forward. Just ten little henchmen, they defeated them with ease.

The ten were confused when they were beaten to the ground so quickly, they didn’t even know what happened.

Before they could cause trouble, they’d already been knocked down and couldn’t even get up.

As for Liu Hongwang, he got the worst of the beatings.

He wanted to take advantage of the chaos to abduct Pei Shu’er, having taken a fancy to her since the first time he saw her.

But as he reached Pei Shu’er, she slapped him into the blue brick wall behind.

His cheek immediately swelled, furious and about to charge forward, only to see Pei Shu’er’s peach blossom eyes sweep over him coldly.

"Truly don’t know what’s good for you."

Her words were soft and gentle, but the slap was extremely vicious.

When the slap landed, he felt the person in front of him blur into doubles, and his ears buzzed continuously.

Then he was punched a few more times and couldn’t speak anymore.

Liu Hongwang knew he couldn’t stay any longer, angrily covering his face, he said on the spot.

"Let’s go."

After saying that, he pointed at Pei Shu’er, even with a swollen pig-like face, he didn’t forget to throw threats.

"Just wait, I won’t let you have it easy."

Pei Shu’er sneered, if she had really been afraid of Liu Hongwang, she wouldn’t have bought this house.

The group worked hard through the morning, and the house was already spick and span.

The parts that needed renovation were already being dealt with, now the house was completely different from before.

With some decoration, it had a unique charm, just seeing the shop front was refreshing.

The only downside was, it wasn’t in a bustling area, even though it was by the street, it was still a bit off the beaten path.

There weren’t many businesses in the vicinity either.

But in this era when commerce wasn’t developed, good food was rare, so the saying still held, ’A good wine needs no bush.’

The cooks immediately got busy, there were eight cooks in all, each skilled at their craft.

Red date cakes, egg cakes, cloud cakes, and peach pastries were all made skillfully, and as soon as they were made, their aroma spread to the surrounding alleys.

People were drawn out by the scent.

Upon seeing these items, people realized they were similar to what was sold on the street before.

Many asked, "How much for a piece of egg cake?"

Pei Shu’er said, "Five wén each."

"Give me five pieces."

"Why don’t you buy a box, just 35 wén, which comes to about four wén per piece."

"Alright, give me a box."