I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

After leaving Gu's house, Qiao Linxi walked on the street with a heavy heart, and "Meng Qingyu" followed behind him.

Sudden……

There was a noise coming from the front.

"You really think you are the daughter of the Qiao family. Don't you know who you are? What are you doing here?"

"That's right. The second branch of the Qiao family is also confused. They gave such a good shop to this wild girl from the countryside instead of giving it to their own family. How can she be considered a member of the Qiao family?"

"Hey, you guys are right, this Qiao Linshan is really a member of the Qiao family. She is of age, right? The crippled Qiao Yunqi from the second house is over 40 and still unmarried. What do you think... well, living under the same roof, will there be some exciting sparks?"

"Who says it's not true? For a country girl like this to gain a foothold in the capital, she has to use some tricks. It's hard to say. Qiao Yunqi's adoption of her as a daughter is fake. I'm afraid he took her to bed. Otherwise, why would the old lady give her such a shop? She was just trying to save her face."

"It's possible."

A lot of people gathered in front of a clothing store, most of them were women, and there were also a few who looked like unmarried girls, who were looking at the shop with disgust.

Qiao Linshan stood in front of the shop, her face pale.

She thought these people were here to buy cloth and was happy for a while, thinking that she would finally have some business after taking over the shop. She didn't expect that they were here to throw dirty water on her.

"What nonsense are you talking about? My father and I are innocent."

Qiao Linshan stood there with a thin figure. She was so frail that her rebuttal seemed pale and powerless.

"You know whether it's nonsense or not. You country bumpkins came to Beijing and were dazzled by the wealth of the capital. You might want to take a different approach and stay here."

Another young lady in the boudoir covered her mouth with a handkerchief and spoke in a low voice.

Her words were immediately echoed by others.

Qiao Linshan really didn't expect that what Qiao Linxi had just said would come true immediately, nor did she expect that this group of people could really set up a plot to pit her against Qiao Lin.

"You are a bunch of people who are full of shit, and you have the nerve to make up stories about a little girl who just came of age? You are full of contempt, and you keep saying that you look down on Miss Qiao, but you don't know that your actions are more disgusting than the words you say."

Just when Qiao Linshan was about to fall, a strong woman pushed through the crowd and came to Qiao Linshan.

"Don't be afraid, kid. We are not afraid of our own shadows. Even if they have a thousand mouths, they can't turn white into black."

"Hey, isn't this Widow Li? What's going on? Your husband has only been dead for a few months, and you're already looking for another husband so soon? You're protecting this wild girl so much, are you thinking of marrying into the Qiao family and becoming someone's stepmother?"

"I think so. Why else would she take the lead?"

Qiao Linxi, who was watching this scene from a distance, was a little surprised. These... ladies in the capital city are too idle. Why would they gather in front of this shop to slander Qiao Linshan?

Widow Fang Li shook the burden on her shoulders and said, "Why, you still care about other people's marriages? Are you the reincarnation of Yue Lao? Besides, even if I want to marry into the Qiao family, why not? Even though I am a second-time bride, am I not worthy of the young master of the Qiao family?"

Widow Li was carrying a load on her shoulders and a baby on her back. She was dressed very simply and looked like an ordinary peasant woman.

She was well built, even stronger than an ordinary woman. Perhaps her shoulders were slightly broad because she often did heavy work.

But it was this back view that pierced the heart of Qiao Yunqi who was in the shop.

For some reason, he felt that she was extremely beautiful at that moment. The afterglow of the setting sun shone on her, so beautiful that he could not open his eyes.

He watched her engage in verbal battles with the women, leaving them speechless.

"Birds of a feather flock together. For people like you, I feel like it's a disgrace to my eyes if I look at you for even a second."

Some young ladies who were too shy to behave like the ladies did, and they quarreled with people on the street, but the quarrel soon ended.

"Bah! A bunch of self-righteous bastards."

The woman's words and actions were indeed a bit rude, and she even spat at the people who were leaving.

Qiao Linshan was stunned. Is there... in the capital city also a woman who curses without caring about anything like the one in Qiaojiazhuang?

"This...sister..."

"elder sister?"

When the woman heard Qiao Linshan's shout, she burst out laughing: "You are so sweet, little girl. I am already a mother, how can I bear to call you sister? You should call me aunt."

“No…” Qiao Linshan shook her head: “Although my sister is a mother, she doesn’t look much older than me. I should call her sister.”

"Lin Shan..."

Qiao Yunqi limped over and said, "You should call me auntie."

Looking at her father's slightly red face and then at the woman in front of her, Qiao Linshan must have thought of something, smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you for your words, it's time for dinner now. If it's convenient for you, I would like to treat you to a meal as a token of my gratitude."

The woman waved her hand and said, "You're welcome. I have something else to do, so I won't eat this meal."

After saying this, the woman picked up her burden and left.

Qiao Yunqi stared blankly at the woman who was leaving, feeling an inexplicable emotion rising from the bottom of his heart.

The store entrance, which was bustling just now, was now extremely quiet. It was already evening, and pedestrians on the street were rushing home. No one stopped to look at the place, and even the two fallen leaves were carried away by the autumn wind.

"Miss……"

The shop assistant looked unhappy when he saw people disperse all of a sudden.

"These are old customers. If you quarrel with them, what will happen if they don't come to the shop to make clothes in the future?"

Qiao Yunqi next to him also came to his senses and wanted to speak, but Qiao Linshan spoke first.

"Young man, although they are all customers of our store, they are also the kind of customers who only come to buy a piece of silk cloth all year round. Does it make any difference whether they come or not?"

After Qiao Linshan took over the shop, the first thing she looked at was the previous accounts and the purchasing channels to get a general idea of ​​the shop's most basic situation.

So she recognized the ladies when they gathered around her.

"Miss, you don't understand the ins and outs of this. We who run a business rely entirely on those small profits."

The shop assistant had a worried look on his face. The shop's business was already lukewarm to begin with, and with this incident, he was afraid it would go bankrupt.

"Since my grandmother gave me this shop, it is mine. As the owner of the shop, am I going to let them bully me just for those few silk handkerchiefs?"

Although the shop assistant was disdainful in his heart, he didn't say it out loud. After all, the person standing next to him was his real master.

"Lin Shan is right!"

Qiao Yunqi limped over to Qiao Linshan to support her: "We don't want this kind of customer."