When the group arrived at the Li family's house, they found a large crowd gathered at the entrance, mostly strangers, with a small number of villagers who had come to watch the spectacle.
The man in the lead looked fierce and menacing. He pounded on the tightly closed door, cursing, "Chen Guixiang, come out! You dare to harm people but you don't dare to come out? If you don't come out, we'll report you to the authorities."
The others quickly echoed his sentiments.
"Yes, report it to the authorities. You're selling poisonous things to people to eat. We'll make sure the government arrests you."
"That's right, come out now. If this matter isn't resolved today, we'll send you to see the authorities."
The cursing outside continued, and Chen Guixiang huddled in the yard, sweating profusely with anxiety. "What should I do? This is terrible. Why did they come looking for me?"
Li Chunhua was terrified, but the shouts outside didn't stop. She anxiously pulled Chen Guixiang and said, "Mother, what's going on? Didn't you make the konjac according to Jiang Yimian's recipe? How come hers wasn't poisonous, but yours is?"
Three days ago, the mother and daughter went to a nearby village to sell konjac again. Before they even entered the village, they were stopped by people who said that the konjac was poisonous and that they were there to demand an explanation.
They were so frightened that they ran away in the chaos and have been hiding at home for the past few days, not daring to go out. They never expected that these people would actually find their way to their home.
Chen Guixiang couldn't understand it either. Hearing the constant crashing sounds outside, she was terrified. She wanted her husband to go out and check, but she saw Li Sigao and Erdan hiding inside the house, too afraid to come out.
"Gui, Gui Xiang, you, you go out and see for yourself. I told you long ago that this business was not worth doing, but you insisted on doing it. Now look what's happened, those people have come knocking on our door."
Erdan nodded repeatedly, "Sister, Mother, you should resolve the issues yourselves."
Seeing that the two men in her house were so useless, Chen Guixiang was furious and was about to start cursing when the sound of constant banging came from outside again.
The already flimsy wooden door began to creak, and the next second, it broke.
The crowd gathered at the entrance rushed into the house, and soon various sounds of smashing and looting could be heard from inside.
Hearing the constant shouts and curses coming from inside, as well as the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, the crowd was somewhat taken aback.
"Just a few days ago, Chen Guixiang was all smug, saying that her family was going to have a big business. I never expected that so many people would come to her door demanding compensation in just a few days."
"Yes, I heard that the food they made was poisonous."
As they were talking, Madam Wen arrived at the Li family's door with a large group of people. Hearing the crowd's discussion, she cursed, "This Chen Guixiang is shameless. Not only did she steal the recipe from the Jiang family to sell konjac, but now she's harming people. It's a miracle she hasn't been sent to the authorities."
Hearing this, everyone became curious.
Chen Guixiang suddenly rushed out of the house, pointed at Wen Shi and Jiang Yimian outside the crowd and said: "Fine, I know, you two teamed up to cheat me, didn't you? You gave me a poisonous prescription so I would harm people. You should be the ones sent to the authorities."
"Stop, stop hitting her! Quick, take that little hussy to the authorities! This is all her doing!" Chen Guixiang shouted, trying to stop the people who were still trying to rush into the house.
However, those people ignored her and just cursed, "Crazy woman, I bought my things from you, so of course I'm coming to you. If you don't pay me back today, we'll send your whole family to see the authorities."
"That's right, hurry up and pay back the money."
The onlookers were momentarily confused, unsure of what this had to do with Jiang Yimian.
Wen hurriedly and guiltily explained, "Pah, Chen Guixiang is talking nonsense. She was eyeing the Jiang family's konjac recipe, so she secretly memorized the approximate recipe and went to make and sell konjac. Now that something has gone wrong, who can she blame? She deserves it."
With Wen Shi shouting outside, everyone finally understood what had happened. Those who had initially felt sorry for the Li family being vandalized all started cursing, saying that the Li family deserved it.
In the end, when the matter was over, the Li family's house was completely ransacked. All the copper coins they had painstakingly earned over the past few days had been given back to those people, along with their savings.
Even after walking a long distance, Jiang Yimian could still hear the noise coming from the Li family's courtyard.
Little Zhang muttered curses under her breath, feeling extremely relieved. "Pah, Chen Guixiang deserved it. Luckily, she didn't know the specific prescription, otherwise, we would have been in big trouble."
These past few days, she has been so worried that she can't sleep at night, fearing that the Jiang family's konjac business will be taken over by the Li family. When she finally falls asleep, she is cursing Chen Guixiang and Wen Shi in her dreams.
Seeing Chen Guixiang's fate today, she finally felt relieved.
Zhao Dashu nodded repeatedly, and the worry in his heart finally disappeared.
Little Zhang, standing nearby, asked curiously, "Jiang girl, how did you know someone would come to the village looking for Chen Guixiang?"
He even made sure that Wen's wife stayed at the village entrance for several days in a row.
That guy was stubborn; he kept watch at the village entrance, and whenever he saw a stranger passing by, he would ask if they were looking for the Li family.
If Chen Guixiang hadn't been too guilty to go out these past few days, she probably would have already started arguing with Wen Shi.
Jiang Yimian just smiled and said, "I must thank Madam Wen."
If she hadn't seen that the konjac in the other person's hand wasn't cooked through at all that day, she wouldn't have known that Chen Guixiang had been selling poisonous konjac for so long.
If konjac is not fully cooked, eating it can cause mild symptoms such as numbness of the tongue and itchy throat, or more severe symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and diarrhea.
Chen Guixiang was unaware of these precautions, and in order to earn money as soon as possible, she naturally didn't care. Otherwise, she wouldn't be in this situation today.
After hearing the reason, Xiao Zhang just laughed.
Lu Cijian, who was standing to the side, stared at Jiang Yimian's profile and unconsciously curled his lips.
When the group returned to the workshop, several women were standing at the entrance.
Originally, she had come to see what the workshop was planning to do, but seeing Jiang Yimian and the others return, Zheng Xiulian asked with some curiosity, "Hey, Jiang girl, what does your workshop do?"
She had been curious when she heard that the Jiang family was building a workshop a few days ago, but no word of it had come out. Today, she happened to be passing by, so she decided to come and take a look.
Jiang Yimian didn't hide anything, and looked at the women in front of her with a smile, saying, "The workshop is planning to make soap."
Dear aunts and grandmothers, if you have time, you are welcome to apply for a job at my workshop tomorrow. If you are suitable, you can work there.
Originally, she wanted to ask Xiao Zhang to help with the matchmaking, but that would be too slow, so she decided to interview them all at once.
These women will definitely spread the word, and I estimate that most people with free time will be able to come tomorrow.
As expected, the women's eyes lit up with joy upon hearing this, as if they could hardly believe it.
"Jiang girl, do you really hire women for your workshop?"
"Yes, I heard about how much the daily wage is a few days ago. I was thinking that it would be a while before we could start working."
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