Chapter 891: Shu Yu's Publicized Identity (Patreon)

Chapter 891: Shu Yu's Publicized Identity

Early the next morning, just as the sky began to brighten, the gates of the county yamen opened, and two solemn-looking officials emerged.

One of them was Hu Li. The two officials went to the bulletin board not far from the city gate and posted a notice.

After posting it, they left, coinciding with the arrival of those entering the city who gathered around to read the notice.

"What does it say? Can someone read it out loud?"

"I'll take a look. Let me see." A scholarly-looking man stepped forward and read the notice from beginning to end. Then his eyes widened, he exclaimed in surprise, "We have a village lord in our county!"

"What? A village lord?"

The man quickly read the news again, and he seemed somewhat excited. "Miss Lu... Shu Yu... Appointed as village lord. Goodness, this is incredible. Our Jiangyuan County will be recorded in history."

Although the person in question was a woman, this matter brought great benefits to the people, and it would surely be recorded in the historical books.

The onlookers exchanged surprised glances.

Village lord? Who is this girl? How come we've never heard of her before?

As more and more people gathered, rumors began to spread. Gradually, some people recognized who she was.

In the crowd, a middle-aged man with a slightly protruding belly pondered for a moment and quietly asked his attendant, "Is this Lu Shu Yu, the owner of the clothing shop in Ningshui Street?"

"Yes, sir."

The middle-aged man's eyes brightened. "Let's go back to the shop."

The two of them squeezed out of the crowd and walked quickly toward their own shop.

It was still early, and the shop had just opened. There were no customers yet. The middle-aged man walked in, and the attendant behind the counter looked up and respectfully greeted, "Master."

"Mm, where's Manager Qiu?"

"The manager is checking the inventory in the back. I'll go call him."

The attendant went to the backyard, and after a while, he returned with Manager Qiu.

The middle-aged man sat on a chair and looked around his spacious cloth shop with a smile. He asked Manager Qiu, "Old Qiu, if I remember correctly, you told me before that our shop had business dealings with a clothing shop in Ningshui Street called Yiren Pavilion. The owner of that shop is a girl named Lu, right?"

Manager Qiu was stunned, not understanding why the master suddenly asked about Lu Shu Yu.

Could something have happened to that girl?

He nodded and said, "Yes, that clothing shop did have a partnership with us before. But yesterday, we terminated the contract, so there shouldn't be any further business dealings."

The middle-aged man's smiling expression suddenly froze. "What did you say? The contract was terminated?"

"Yes." Manager Qiu explained, "That shop used to cater to the wealthy families in the city, so they used high-quality materials. However, their business declined, and the wealthy customers rarely bought from them anymore. As a result, they started using lower-grade materials, and the quantity decreased. A couple of days ago, our shop was too busy, and all our delivery carts were out. I asked the shopkeeper from Yiren Pavilion to wait for a moment, but unexpectedly, they became dissatisfied. Miss Lu, the owner, came over and accused us of violating the contract and demanded termination."

As he spoke, he sighed, not noticing the increasingly gloomy expression on the middle-aged man's face. He continued with a regretful tone, "It seems their business couldn't survive, so they found an excuse to terminate the contract with us. I..."