Chapter 297 Hey, are you guys going to go or not?
As soon as Jiang Nuanzhi finished speaking, she picked up a wooden stick and, without even blinking, smashed it directly into Wang Mazi's other good hand.
The screams resumed.
The old man was already displeased, especially after hearing Xie Liangchen's words. They were just a few small fry; he could kill them if he wanted, so what if he was afraid of them?
Just as he was about to say a few words of advice to his daughter, Anuan, he didn't expect that Anuan would take action the next second.
He said with great satisfaction, "This is my good girl. Otherwise, I would look down on you."
"Don't touch the rest, I'll do it. Don't get my girl's hands dirty."
A smile played on his lips, his white hair fluttered in the wind, and his entire being exuded a sinister and intimidating aura. The next second, he moved. Almost as a blur, he flashed past. Although there were quite a few men around the corn thieves, they all burst into sharp screams of agony, without exception.
In a daze, the villagers were too frightened to approach, and stared at the old man with terror as if he were a monster.
The old man lightly tossed his hair and winked at Ah Nuan beside him: "How about it, am I handsome?"
Jiang Nuanzhi had been feeling a bit annoyed, but seeing the old man's appearance, most of her anger dissipated. She wondered when he had learned the word "handsome," and she nodded seriously with amusement: "Handsome, incredibly handsome!"
"Anuan, how could you do this!" Xie Liangchen's eyebrows furrowed. "This is going to cause trouble."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at Xie Liangchen, frowning slightly in displeasure: "Don't call me Nuanzhi, call me Doctor Jiang, or by my full name. I'm not used to strangers calling me Nuanzhi."
Then, without even glancing at Xie Liangchen, she coldly said, "I, Jiang Nuanzhi, have acted uprightly and stood the law properly. If you have any objections, feel free to sue me; I'll take it all on. However, if anyone commits petty theft again, I will still show no mercy, especially..."
As she spoke, she pointed the wooden stick in her hand towards Wang Mazi and the others: "You lot!"
The men shrank back in fear, their shouts becoming weaker. They stared at Jiang Nuanzhi with near terror.
Jiang Nuanzhi turned to look at the old man: "Uncle Jing, let's go."
When the crowd saw Jiang Nuanzhi coming, they were so frightened that they automatically made way for her.
"You're not allowed to leave!"
Widow Wang held her younger brother with heartache, her eyes filled with resentment. As she watched her walk away, she stepped forward and blocked her way: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."
"Fellow villagers, are you really not going to do anything about this? That woman surnamed Jiang just wants to injure everyone so that they can all go to her pharmacy for treatment and medicine and make that dirty money!"
As soon as Widow Wang said this, the crowd, which was about to disperse, immediately stopped.
Widow Wang's eyes darted around, and she said, "She's so domineering. If she makes more money in the future, will we still have a good life?"
Now is the time for us all to work together and drive this vile woman out of the village! We must not let her succeed! With that, her eyes flashed with a hint of malice: "Her money is probably ill-gotten gains plundered from our village. Once she's driven out, her money and house should be divided equally among us!"
"Wealth can move people's hearts," these words immediately caused a stir among the crowd.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at the faces of the villagers watching, and she knew that the saying "possessing a treasure is a crime" was probably true.
He took in everyone's expressions, then slammed the stick in his hand upright in front of him and said coldly, "If you want to get rid of me, then come at me. I'll take your hits."
From the very beginning, she knew that she was different from Xie Liangchen. Xie Liangchen was a man, and no one would think of bullying him. Besides, he didn't have much money, so lying low for now was indeed fine.
But Jiang Nuanzhi is different. She is a woman, a wealthy widow with a mansion and who can barely be considered good-looking, but she has no brothers or maternal relatives.
Lying low is useless against her. Only when you beat these unreasonable commoners will they be wary of you. Otherwise, it will be an endless test.
Jiang Nuanzhi was prepared to fight, but no one stepped forward to attack her. They just looked at each other, bewildered.
“Widow Wang, you go ahead, I’ll follow you,” said the old woman who was close to Widow Wang.
Upon hearing this, Widow Wang glanced at Jiang Nuanzhi and immediately gritted her teeth: "Why don't you guys go up? With my thin arms and legs, she'll break them if I go up there!"
Old woman: "What are you afraid of? She's small-armed and small-legged too!"
"Then why don't you go?"
"And you lot, there are so many of you, why aren't you going up? Are you just going to stand by and watch your sons get beaten?"
"You go first, then we'll go!"
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at the crowd that was shouting loudly but retreating further and further away, and her expression cracked slightly.
"Hey, are you guys coming up or not?"
Widow Wang and her group looked at each other in silence for a long while. Then, they continued to push and shove, and no one dared to step forward.
"Hahaha, they're a bunch of cowards, they just bully the weak and fear the strong. I don't believe they'd dare to fight Dr. Jiang."
"That's right, I've seen Dr. Jiang break such a thick wooden stick in two."
"That's right, if you're not going to fight, you should go home and recover. Don't come out here and embarrass yourself."
As soon as he said that, laughter erupted from the crowd.
Widow Wang's face was like a palette of colors; after a long while, she finally gritted her teeth and said:
"Jiang Pangya, aren't you just bullying us because of your skills? You make money through dirty tricks, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning!"
Jiang Nuanzhi simply put the stick away: "Since you think I'm making money through dishonest means, then I, Jiang Nuanzhi, will make my stance clear."
"I will absolutely refuse to treat these scumbags' illnesses from now on. Also, if everyone in this village thinks I'm making money off them, I will never treat patients in the village again."
"No, this won't do!"
Before Jiang Nuanzhi could finish speaking, the mother of one of the injured men stepped forward and said, "You're a doctor, how can you be picky about your patients? If we don't go to you for treatment, where are we supposed to go?"
This is no joke! A trip to the doctor would cost at least seven or eight hundred coins. For a better doctor, it could cost one or two taels of silver, or even more. And that doesn't include the medicine. Jiang Nuanzhi, however, only charges five hundred coins! Sometimes a few acupuncture needles are enough, and she doesn't even charge. A while ago, the Lin family's youngest daughter in the village dislocated her arm, and she set it right away, without charging a consultation fee, saving her the long journey to town—she must have saved so much money! How could she stop treating patients?
"Dr. Jiang, don't listen to their nonsense. You can't stop seeing patients from now on! I'll be the first to disagree with anyone who says you're making money through dishonest means!" Aunt Ma shouted loudly.
Aunt Ma's words drew a chorus of agreement from the surrounding crowd.
"That's right, Dr. Jiang, we've never thought you're making money unethically! You still need to see a doctor."
(End of this chapter)
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