Chapter 126 Quarrel with a Dog
On the fourth day of opening, Xiao Jingli actually came.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Hu Mianmian with her hands on her chin, staring at the door with empty eyes.

There was a clerk in the shop, busy wiping the cabinets.

Seeing Xiao Jingli coming in, Ah Chang hurriedly came forward and said, "Hello, distinguished guest. Are you here to buy incense?"

Xiao Jingli raised his eyebrows and pointed his folding fan in the direction of Hu Mianmian.

"I'm looking for her."

Hu Mianmian said weakly: "Achang, this is the boss."

Ah Chang was startled and immediately bowed: "Greetings, meow meow, big boss! Oh no...Greetings, big boss!"

Xiao Jingli: ...

A vein popped up on the boy's forehead.

He turned around and scolded Hu Mianmian: "What nonsense did you say to others again!"

Hu Mianmian didn't want to argue, and she looked completely depressed.

Xiao Jingli frowned and walked over: "What's wrong? Business is not going well?"

"Yeah..." Hu Mianmian buried her head on the table, "Why is no one coming to buy it?"

Xiao Jingli sneered: "You want to succeed in business overnight? Everything is difficult at the beginning."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes and saw an account book on the table. He picked it up and flipped through it.

It doesn't matter if you look at it this way, he frowned deeply.

"Hu Mianmian, what's going on with this account? You give out ten sticks of incense a day and don't charge for it. Do you open a shop just to do good deeds?"

Achang was wiping the cabinet nearby, keeping an eye on them out of the corner of his eye.

Hearing this, Achang understood that this big boss was probably investing money.

He immediately stepped forward to help explain.

"Big Boss, don't blame the Second Boss for this. She saw that those people were too pitiful, including beggars, orphans, and disabled elderly people, and she couldn't bear to accept money from them."

Xiao Jingli put down the account book and asked coldly: "So how much have you earned now?"

"It's written in the account book that we have lost one hundred taels since the opening."

Xiao Jingli: ...

"You are usually so cunning, and you use your mind on me. You can't do business at all."

He scolded coldly, took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket and slammed them on the table.

Xiao Jingli sneered: "Fortunately, I had expected this. You can continue to use these three thousand taels to open the store."

Hu Mianmian's eyes lit up and she sat up: "Wow, the boss is so generous!"

She counted the banknotes and asked Achang to keep a record of the accounts.

Xiao Jingli turned around and sat on the chair. Under the golden crown, the young man had extremely dark sword-like eyebrows and his thin eyes contained a cold snort.

"Knowing how generous I am, you didn't even serve tea?"

Ah Chang was about to make tea, and Hu Mianmian immediately said, "I'll do it! I'll do it myself!"

She ran to pour tea with her little feet, and finally came back with the teacup.

"Boss, have some tea~"

When Xiao Jingli saw the dimples on her little face when she smiled, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Not bad." He took the tea and drank it all.

Hu Mianmian asked curiously, "No, how can you leave the palace today? Didn't the emperor not allow it?"

Xiao Jingli sipped his tea and said calmly, "Oh, I lied to him and said I was going to study at Prime Minister Chen's house."

"You took advantage of my grandpa? If the emperor asks about it and my grandpa doesn't know, he will be punished!" The little guy jumped up anxiously.

Xiao Jingli clicked his tongue and said, "I can't punish him. The emperor is currently worried about the two princes fighting for the throne. He has no time to care about me. He won't know."

As the two were talking, Xiao Jingli looked outside the shop.

This place is adjacent to the temple, and people are coming and going outside. He put down his teacup and said, "Your shop is next to the temple, but no one comes in to buy incense. I think you should close it."

Hu Mianmian slammed her hands on the table and said, "No! You said that everything is difficult at the beginning, but I don't believe it. My incense is so effective that no one would come to visit me."

She turned around and called Achang.

"Let's go to the store and promote ourselves."

So, Xiao Jingli watched the little guy pulling Achang and running to the store door.

The two began to shout in unison—

"Take a look, take a look, the incense that can reach the heaven and the underworld directly costs not five ounces or three ounces, but only one ounce!"

Xiao Jingli couldn't help laughing.

This fox is really full of energy.

A noble lady holding a puppy passed by with four maids.

Hearing what Hu Mianmian shouted, she stopped and looked at the little guy's shop with a frown.

Ah Chang warmly invited: "Madam, our incense is good and inexpensive, and we are honest to everyone! Would you like to buy some and try?"

"Oh my! What kind of incense shop is this? It's run by a child. How can it be good? I always use the best incense when I burn incense. Who would dare to buy inferior products like yours? It's disrespectful to the gods!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Mianmian immediately retorted fiercely: "You are talking nonsense! My incense is specially blessed by me, it has a great effect!"

The puppy in the lady's arms suddenly started barking wildly towards the store.

She hugged her puppy, called out "good boy", and then gave Hu Mianmian a blank look.

"My dog ​​doesn't even want to stay in front of your store! You're still burning incense. The child went home to study, but he ran out to do fraudulent business. His parents must have failed to teach him well."

This completely annoyed Hu Mianmian.

She put her hands on her hips and her soft voice suddenly rose.

"Old woman, don't think you can yell at me just because I treat you well! Your husband has three mistresses and four sons outside, and they laugh at you every day for giving birth to a puppy!"

"You ignore your husband and come here to bully me. If you don't want to buy, then don't buy. Why are you yelling in front of my store?"

The lady's face turned pale, and she yelled in anger: "Whose husband do you say has a mistress? You are so young and have no manners, and you dare to make up such nonsense!"

"I don't need to make up stories. I can tell from your face! Abandoned and unwanted, that's you!" Hu Mianmian made a face.

The lady was furious and started cursing, and the puppy in her arms also barked at Hu Mianmian.

Ah Chang stood between them, fearing that the lady would come up and attack them.

The little fellow refused to lose the momentum and said to the puppy, "You are the only one who can bark, how can I not? Woof woof woof! Ao ao woof woof!"

The puppy jumped out of the lady's arms as if enraged.

Just as it was about to pounce on him, he suddenly saw something and got so scared that he let out a wail, then ran back behind the lady with his tail between his legs.

Xiao Jingli stood beside Hu Mianmian.

He held Hu Mianmian's head, and the little guy's screaming stopped abruptly.

Xiao Jingli had a cold face and pulled her behind him.

He looked at the lady: "What are you arguing about?"

The lady was stunned when she saw that he was dressed elegantly, looked very imposing, and wore a golden crown with dragon claws.

She knew in her heart that this person was not someone she could easily mess with, but she still spoke harshly to him: "This damn kid cursed me and slandered my husband just because I didn't buy her perfume. I'm going to send someone to smash this store today!"

The maids and servants she brought with her were ready to take action.

However, before he took a step forward, many guards with swords suddenly rushed out from all around.

The sword suddenly landed on the lady's neck and she screamed in fright.

In the sunlight, Xiao Jingli's handsome and cold face was half hidden in the shadow of the eaves, with only a hint of coldness in his eyes.

"Smash my shop? Just try it." He was angry.

Achang: The big boss meows, the second boss barks, my two godly bosses