Chapter 366: The Proposal to Little Cabbage, the Female Lead (2)_1
Today is November 28th, and not only is it Mo Qingze’s day off, but it is also the day Manager Gou and the Zhang Family mother and son were convicted.
Mo Yan had Lizhong go to the Government Office as the victim, while she herself stayed at the shop to calculate the month’s account. The shop had been open for a full month, and she wanted to see exactly how much silver they had earned.
When she finally finished the calculations, to her surprise, they had made nearly seven hundred taels of silver! Since food is a necessity for the people, running a rice shop really is a profitable business. Of course, that was under the premise that the cost was almost negligible, coupled with a surge in grain prices due to the outbreak of war, otherwise, they wouldn’t have made so much.
Even so, Mo Yan was very happy. If they continued at this rate, making five thousand taels a year from the rice shop would be no problem, which was much easier than standing in the cold selling vegetables.
By noon, Lizhong returned with the Government Office’s verdict for the Zhang Family mother and son and Manager Gou. As the mastermind, and being the scapegoat offered by the Xue Family to quell Young Master Yan’s anger, Manager Gou received the harshest sentence—he would rot in jail indefinitely. Unless there was a general amnesty for the coronation of a new emperor, he would never see the sun again.
As accessories to the crime, the Zhang Family mother and son were sentenced to ten years. If, after ten years, Zhang Fugui and the Hu family matriarch could come out alive, there was a chance for the family to reunite. However, with the poor conditions in prison and both of them being over fifty without any relatives to look after their interests, no one knew if they could survive the ten years.
This verdict was within Mo Yan’s expectations. In any case, neither the Zhang Family nor the Xue Family would trouble her anymore. Especially the Xue Family, their fear and compromise made those who heard the rumors and even harbored thoughts about the quality grains, dared not to act rashly.
As long as the banner of Young Master Yan was there, Mo’s Fragrant Rice could operate smoothly. This was the most important thing!