"Oh... Miss Song has learned to bring in helpers, she's gotten smarter," Jiang Wei said sarcastically. "But you..."

Jiang Wei didn't even bother to glance at Zhang Laosi, and just looked at Song Fangfang with a disdainful, half-smiling expression.

Song Fangfang glanced at Zhang Laosi with disgust, feeling insulted. "Jiang Wei, what are you? Putting me in the same category as him."

"Why didn't you bring him? Then why is he cooperating with you in every word? Wasn't it arranged beforehand?" Jiang Wei chuckled. "So, it turns out that Miss Song was the one recruiting."

When Zhang Laosi saw Jiang Wei say this, he stepped forward and stuck out his neck, "The daughter of the Marquis's family is naturally the best, beautiful and noble." He couldn't think of any other adjectives for a moment, "That's not like you showing your face in public and not being a proper woman."

Zhang Laosi was determined to latch onto the powerful Hou family, shamelessly and tirelessly helping Song Fangfang belittle Jiang Wei.

Although Song Fangfang disliked Zhang Laosi's faint stench and unkempt appearance, she found his words very agreeable.

Song Fangfang covered her mouth and nose and took a step to the side, saying fiercely, "Stay away from me."

"Hey," Zhang Laosi said with a disgusting smile on his face, bowing and scraping as he stepped aside.

Jiang Wei didn't want to talk to her anymore and turned back. "Song Fangfang, go back if you have nothing else to do! Don't block the door and prevent me from doing business. As the saying goes... don't block the way."

Seeing Jiang Wei turn away, Song Fangfang's anger intensified. She silently repeated Jiang Wei's last words to herself, 'Why didn't you block the way...?'

After thinking about it a few times, she realized that Jiang Wei was cursing her, "You bitch, who are you calling a dog? I'll tear your mouth apart."

As he spoke, he said he was about to rush up and hit Jiang Wei.

“I didn’t say that; you admitted it yourself.”

Jiang Wei, that shameless woman, is becoming more and more ungrateful. She thought that since Jiang Wei had already fallen to such a state, she should beg her to take her back to the Marquis's mansion and give her a place to stay.

The thugs in the crowd perked up when they saw that a fight had broken out, and they pushed and shoved their way through the crowd towards them.

Just as Song Fangfang was about to pounce on her, Lian Sang pulled her away.

She jumped up and down through Lian Sang's hand, unable to get past him, yelling and cursing at Lian Sang to let her go.

No matter how much she struggled, it was no use; she couldn't get past him, and the slaps couldn't land on Jiang Wei's face. She stretched out her hand across Lian Sang and shouted, "If you obediently put your face over here so I can slap you, we'll call it a day. Otherwise, you just wait and see. I'll make you pay."

Song Fangfang pinched Lian Sang's waist with one hand, "You lowly slave, how dare you block my way, get out of my way!"

Lian Sang winced in pain and pushed her aside.

With lightning speed, Zhang Laosi rushed over and caught her. The fragrance filled his nostrils, making him feel like he was in heaven, his bones melting.

Song Fangfang thought she was being rescued by a hero, but when Zhang Laosi's face appeared before her eyes, she felt utterly disgusted.

Seeing that a real fight had broken out, the thugs in the crowd realized it was their turn to step in. Someone shouted, "An Sheng Ji is hitting people!"

Then they all rushed towards An Sheng Ji, shouting as they ran that An Sheng Ji was beating people up, that she wouldn't sell them grain and charcoal, and that they were going to starve and freeze to death.

That thug deliberately created panic and stirred up the crowd.

As expected, the people in line began to feel uneasy and panicked. This was their only hope; what should they do?

There were all sorts of opinions, and a group of women looked at each other, their faces ashen. What should they do?

Even An Sheng Ji has raised its prices, so where else can they buy cheap grain and charcoal?

Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos, the thug shouted, "Let's rob! Let's rob someone to save our lives!"

Only a few people have begun to make moves; the rest are observing.

Those who were strong and healthy thought it was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and grab it, or you might survive," the thug said again.

Sure enough, they were spurred on and rushed in with them.

He needs to create chaos here so that they can not only plunder some grain and charcoal to sell for silver, but also get Zhang Laosi to ask the master for more silver, which will allow them to enjoy several more meals of wine.

Those who followed the crowd saw many people running inside and rushed into the shops without a care in the world. They couldn't hear what the shopkeepers were saying; they were only thinking about grabbing more grain.

An Sheng Ji was in complete chaos. People started filling their bags with grain and charcoal, scattering it all over the ground.

The women stood at a distance, heartbroken as they watched the grain fall to the ground.

That can save lives.

The workers couldn't stop him. Lian Sang used his whip to wrap around the waist of a man who was loading grain, pulled him back, and threw him backward.

"We must not harm them!" Jiang Wei hurriedly said, "It would be terrible if someone died."

"Tie up those troublemakers." Jiang Wei noticed that some of the people were not only packing things, but also inciting others to smash things in the shop.

Chen Hui and her brother Chen Lie brought back grain from the warehouse and found the shop in complete chaos. "Brother, I'll go check if the girl is alright. You keep an eye on the grain."

Chen Hui lightly touched the ground with her toes, leaping over the noisy crowd to reach Jiang Wei's side. "Miss, are you alright?"

"It's alright. Go help Lian Sang tie those people up." Jiang Wei pointed.

She stood aside and observed for a long time. Although the others also had grain and charcoal, they were somewhat flustered and guilty. But these few people had greed and triumph on their faces.

Lian Sang and Chen Hui quickly tied all these people up and piled them together like cargo.

The people who had come to seize the grain panicked, their hands trembling as they hurriedly dropped what they had and begged for mercy.

Jiang Wei glanced at them, and they hurriedly begged for mercy in a pitiful manner.

"Please, boss, have mercy on us this time! We have no choice. We have elderly parents and young children to support. When we heard that you were also raising prices, we realized we had no other way to make a living, so we joined them in robbing the place."

"Does having no other way to survive mean you can resort to robbery?" Jiang Wei questioned them. "So, are they any better off than you?"

Jiang Wei pointed to the women standing to the side.

Those who had impulsively followed the thugs to rob the grain were now somewhat sobering up.

He lowered his head, overwhelmed with shame and indignation. How could they have done such a thing?

Many of them felt that it was alright for her to give them some of the food and charcoal she had so much.

If she were more generous, why would they bother to snatch her away?

"Heh..." Before Jiang Wei could speak, Song Fangfang's untimely laughter rang out.

"As expected of a despicable merchant, only thinking about making money and not caring about the lives of others. I heard you brought back a bastard child, isn't that a pitiful person too? Why can't you have some sympathy for these lowly people!" Song Fangfang felt relieved, finally seeing this despicable person suffer. After this commotion, who would still come to her shop?