Chapter 293
"Wait a minute."
Fan Xiaoxiao called a halt.
As everyone was discussing, she turned to look at the waiter whose face was flushed red.
“They were the ones talking just now. You are the one involved. You can tell us exactly what happened.”
The waiter's face lit up with joy.
At this moment, the Gan family laughed and said, "He was already slurring his words just now, what can he possibly say now?"
"With so many eyes watching, how could we possibly wrong him?"
It looked like the crowd was about to start a commotion again.
Fan Xiaoxiao flicked her sleeve and said coldly, "Many voices can melt metal, and three men can make a tiger. Do you think you can bully us just because you outnumber us?!"
She swept her gaze coldly around the room: "Just because my elder sister is the wife of the governor, does that mean she has to be morally blackmailed by everyone?"
"Gentlemen, don't forget, the Qingzhou government today is not the same incompetent government it used to be!"
"It is not only shameful but also despicable to vent one's resentment towards the past on people in the present!"
Fan Xiaoxiao's words were powerful and thought-provoking.
The onlookers immediately became quiet and composed.
Some people looked at the Gan family with strange expressions. They would soon realize that they had been led and instigated by this guy.
At that moment, the shop assistant, with tears streaming down his face, knelt down in front of Fan Xiaoxiao with a thud.
"Master, please investigate!" He kowtowed several times forcefully, then stood up and pointed at the Gan family, saying, "It was them! They deliberately let me run into them!"
"I clearly gave way, but they outnumbered me and still came to meet me!"
"Why didn't you explain just now?" Fan Xiaoxiao gave the Gan family a cold smile and continued to ask.
The man cried even harder: "I wanted to explain, but they all talked at once, and the onlookers didn't give me a chance at all!"
"I kept getting interrupted as soon as I started speaking! And then I kept getting interrupted again! Eventually, the little guy got more and more anxious."
"My voice couldn't out-loud out of theirs, so I started stuttering."
"They even pushed me to the ground and slapped me twice."
As the child spoke, he pointed to his own face in accusation.
The more Fan listened, the angrier she became: "You've gone too far!"
Fan Xiaoxiao was also very angry, but the more angry she was, the calmer she became.
He immediately grabbed his sister and said, "Sister, as the saying goes, 'three men can make a tiger,' and 'calling a deer a horse.'"
"Sometimes, what you see with your eyes may not be the truth."
The last sentence was spoken to the crowd of onlookers.
He saw the people looking ashamed.
The Gan family became anxious.
They originally just decided on a whim to humiliate the people of Fanji Trading Company.
Later, when I saw Madam Fan there, I was surprised but also relieved, since she was of humble origin and was just a wife that the governor had married when he was in the countryside.
Such people, with a little trickery, can achieve a more pronounced effect of humiliation.
I never expected to be defeated by a sharp-tongued young lady.
The Gan family had actually heard of Fan Xiaoxiao, only knowing that she was quite prestigious in Fan's business.
However, because she rarely went out, she spent most of her time working in her residence.
Most people in Qingzhou believed that the Fanji Trading Company was named after Madam Fan of the Prefectural Governor's Mansion.
"This is Madam Fan," the man from the Gan family said, bowing slightly.
Although he was polite in his manners, his words were laced with sarcasm: "This is only his side of the story, and what you said is nothing but your own conjecture."
"What evidence do you have?"
Fan Xiaoxiao remained calm: "It's very simple."
She turned to the shop assistant and asked, "How much do you earn each month?"
Although the waiter did not know why the lady asked this question, he quickly kowtowed and said, "One tael of silver."
"Do the parents and relatives in the family have a wealthy business?"
The waiter hurriedly replied, "I'm just letting you know, Madam! My parents have passed away, and only my grandparents are still alive. They rely entirely on me for support!"
He kowtowed sincerely, sobbing uncontrollably: "Back then, we fled our homes and fled from disaster. Wherever we went, we were just waiting to die! Especially our grandparents, who were old and had no chance of surviving."
"Only the Fan Family Business in Qingzhou is willing to take us in!"
"I was able to get a job in the city by working in the mines, and now I'm doing just enough to make ends meet!"
The young man was so sincere that he didn't hesitate to kowtow until his forehead turned blue.
Everyone could see his sincerity.
Especially when Fan Xiaoxiao and the others came over, he didn't run away or complain immediately, but instead picked up the silk and tried to protect it.
Fan Xiaoxiao was also slightly moved. She looked at the waiter's injured forehead, her eyes growing colder.
They immediately set their sights on the Gan family.
"Did you hear me clearly?"
"What do you mean?" The Gan family members were momentarily confused. "What does this have to do with the evidence in this matter?"
Fan Xiaoxiao sneered and pointed at the ten taels of silver he was holding in his palm.
"Ten taels of silver, that's a huge sum of money! You rich kids who live in luxury, have you never experienced such deadly hardship?"
"He can easily throw out ten taels of silver to lose money."
"Do you know the value of your satin that has been soaked in lamp oil?"
The Gan family frowned.
Fan Xiaoxiao didn't hesitate: "Shopkeeper! Go and get the account books from my Fan's Clothing Shop."
"Alright!" The shopkeeper was very quick and efficient! At this moment, he looked at his boss with admiration in his eyes.
Although they have been protected by the government and the Guyue Sect these days, they have not suffered any losses, either openly or secretly.
But there were also many things that caused them distress.
At this moment, seeing those people get away with it is the most satisfying thing ever.
Fan Xiaoxiao is very familiar with accounts, especially for expensive items that come in from outside; she will personally review them.
I flipped through it immediately.
"Embroidered jade silk, purchase price: twenty taels per bolt."
"What!" The Gan family was shocked as soon as Fan Xiaoxiao uttered the words: "Twenty taels?! Why don't you just rob us?!"
Fan Xiaoxiao remained unmoved, her smile unchanged: "This is just the purchase price. The cost of the bodyguards hired along the way, as well as the losses of the carriages, horses, and food, must all be included in the cost."
"If we sell them together, we'll get forty or fifty taels."
Seeing that the person opposite her was already sweating, Fan Xiaoxiao's face turned cold: "I won't calculate the selling price for you, it's thirty taels of cost."
She looked at the crowd and said, "Since you all have your own judgment, you should understand that my fellow knows the value of what he has."
"If it were anyone else, would they bump into someone while delivering it?"
...
These words caused an uproar among those around.
If everyone puts themselves in the other person's shoes, they would definitely avoid them as far away as possible.
Very soon.
The crowd felt even more ashamed and sympathetic towards the man.
Taking the opportunity, Fan Xiaoxiao said, "Didn't you want to pay compensation? Ten taels isn't enough."
The Gan family members all turned ashen-faced.
He shakily managed to scrape together thirty taels.
Fan Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Thirty taels isn't enough."
"Mrs. Fan, you just said it yourself, not the selling price, but the cost price!"
Fan Xiaoxiao laughed out loud: "Yes, this silk cloth costs thirty taels. According to the rules, those who cause trouble and damage goods must pay three times the amount in compensation."
"I received ninety taels."
(End of this chapter)
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