The Fierce Tiger's Descent

Pei Gang Lin was annoyed and needed a place to vent his anger.

His brothers who followed him were also hot-headed, and naturally gritted their teeth. Their boss losing face meant they lost face. If they couldn't deal with the Zhong family, couldn't they deal with the Chu family?

Thus, the group aggressively marched to Dong Bai Zhuang. But this time, their target was the Chu family. Upon arrival, without a word, they smashed up the Chu family's house, and only left after extorting several hundred taels of silver.

Although still angry, having money was better than nothing, right?

As for the Chu family, they were now spitting blood. They had truly been "hoist by their own petard." They said they hired someone to beat others, but the Zhong family was unharmed, and instead, they lost everything.

"— This Zhong Xiao Yu is truly my bane. In the original work, he was the protagonist's bane, and now it's my turn!"

Chu Zhi Qing was so angry that she spoke incoherently. It was clearly a transmigration script, with the female lead being invincible, so why was she so unlucky and miserable now? Was this what they called having to endure hardships to succeed?

The other members of the Chu family didn't understand Chu Zhi Qing's words. Compared to the Zhong family, they were more worried about the lost silver. Suddenly losing several hundred taels to Third Master Pei was a huge loss for the Chu family.

"— Little sister, let's talk about the Zhong family later. For now, we should still think about how to buy a shop. Previously, we spent much more than expected on purchasing vegetables. Now Third Master Pei has taken another four hundred taels. We only have over five hundred taels left, which isn't enough to buy a good shop in town..."

Eldest Brother Chu was a steady person. The family's daily business was usually managed by him. Chu Zhi Qing was only responsible for giving ideas and making important decisions.

Their family was currently running a skewer business and selling century eggs. The century eggs had a fixed production workshop, and the skewer business was preparing to expand into a more upscale hotpot restaurant, so they were looking for a suitable shop.

Unexpectedly, unforeseen events kept occurring. Previously, the vegetable purchase was snatched by Qiu Qi. To complete their orders, they could only go to other villages to buy at high prices. Now, with Third Master Pei's incident, their finances were tight.

"— I know about this. I'll figure out how to earn money, but the Zhong family must also be watched closely!"

Chu Zhi Qing nodded, a surge of anger rising in her heart. Zhong Xiao Yu was indeed the most hateful villain; nothing related to him ever turned out well.

Money, where could she find money in such a short time?

Suitable shops for opening a hotpot restaurant in town were not cheap. If they rented, it would be difficult to ensure that after the business improved, the landlord wouldn't become greedy and evict them, which would be like "working for someone else."

A shop, a shop, if only she could meet someone who needed to sell a shop urgently, then she could force the price down...

Chu Zhi Qing frowned in thought.

Along with her thoughts, a wisp of black smoke, invisible to ordinary people, flew out from between her eyebrows, swirling out of the village and towards the town; a golden stream of energy flew into Fourth Brother Chu's glabella.

Fourth Brother Chu, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly felt his mind clear. He seemed to remember something, touched the handkerchief hidden in his chest, a lewd smile appearing on his face, and then stopped paying attention to the conversation happening in the house.

...

Feng Tong Town, Xue Ji Tavern.

Shopkeeper Xue was busy clacking his abacus when he suddenly felt dizzy. After a wisp of black smoke entered his glabella, he also seemed to remember something.

Looking at his son, who was sitting cross-legged, lazily reading a book, Shopkeeper Xue angrily said:
"You brat, I'm busy all day, working my eyes out, and you're so leisurely and carefree! You're already this old and still loafing around all day. Tomorrow, go to Zui Xiang Lou and collect the debt for me, one hundred and eighty-six taels, don't get it wrong..."

"Got it, got it. Zui Xiang Lou, one hundred and eighty-six taels. I'll collect it for you tomorrow, Father."

Xue Cheng Rui waved his hand perfunctorily, completely ignoring his father's scolding, and continued to immerse himself in his book.

...

The ten-day agreement ended. Qiu Qi calculated the time and carried a dead tiger down from the mountain.

Although it was early morning, it still astonished the villagers. Upon hearing the news, the villagers brought their bowls of rice and ran to the Zhong family's door, eating and watching the excitement, secretly amazed.

Although they had heard before that Qiu Qi and Chu Xiao An were lucky enough to hunt a tiger and a black bear on the mountain, at that time everyone was only surprised and exclaimed at their luck, and also attributed the credit for hunting the tiger to Chu Xiao An, since the Chu family were hunters after all.

As for Qiu Qi hunting a tiger, people basically didn't believe it, because his appearance was truly too deceptive. Small and thin, he might be able to do farm work, but hunting a tiger? Wasn't that a joke?

Unexpectedly, it was true. This time, he even hunted it alone! Since when did fierce beasts on the mountain become as easy to catch as chickens!

The villagers were extremely curious and astonished. Qiu Qi generously allowed everyone to see. Last time, he hunted too much and it was inconvenient to display, but now he didn't mind using this method to indirectly build his prestige in the village.

Moreover, he had a purpose in doing so.