256 Lovable

Listening to Chunxi's words, Zhao Lingxiang's face grew even darker. She had initially thought it would be easy to dismiss a poor country woman, but unexpectedly, she had encountered a tough one who dared to knock on her bamboo pole. All she needed was the item in the poor woman's possession, which forced her to be at the mercy of her schemes—a most begrudging thought. If Zhao Lingxiang had known that Chunxi's original asking price was fifty taels of silver, who knows how she would have felt.

"Fine! Five taels of silver it is, but your recipe must be flawless. If my master finds out you dared to deceive me, he will definitely make your whole family suffer," Zhao Lingxiang said hatefully. Although five taels of silver was more than she had anticipated, it wasn't beyond her means. For the recipe in Chunxi's hands, she still accepted the deal.