Chapter 43 The Show Begins
"Little Chang?" At this moment, the village chief came with a bag of millet. Seeing Li and the old lady of the Chang family were also there, he frowned.
Chang Xixi was too embarrassed to see the village chief. The Chang family had probably had more troubles recently than any other family in the village, and they had spent more time looking for him. "Village chief, I'm calling you here to seek justice."
"What happened again?"
Before the person involved could speak, the people around who were watching the fun started talking at once and explained everything clearly.
The village chief could only sigh and tell the whole story. In fact, Qingnan had given money when he went to call the village chief! He also threatened him. Otherwise, how could it be so smooth!
The people of Wanfu Village had long heard that Chang Xixi had opened a school in the county town and was making a lot of money, which made everyone jealous. Even the village chief had his own plans and wanted to ask for more money.
When Qingnan drew a soft sword from his waist and pointed it at his neck, the thoughts in his mind were immediately suppressed. He didn't expect that there was such a person behind Chang Xixi. No wonder she was so arrogant and high-profile.
"I can testify that everyone in Wanfu Village knows about this. But since Mrs. Li saw that Mrs. Dou's family was getting better off, she's been asking for money time and time again. This isn't the first time."
The balance of public opinion suddenly shifted to Chang Xixi's side. They felt that Li was being unreasonable and was just blackmailing her because she had money. Hadn't Pan Zhicheng done enough of this? No, a lot.
The common people didn't want to watch anymore, but it was very interesting to see how Chang Xixi killed this shameless woman with her own hands!
I don't know who was in the crowd, but he asked everyone if they wanted to place a bet on who would win. After all, it was a battle between the most talented woman in Panzhi City and a shrew, and it sounded very interesting.
In this way, no one knew who was betting, but some were cheering and some were betting, and it was very lively for a while.
The originally quiet street was suddenly packed with people.
After the officers learned about this, they also felt that it was profitable. Fortunately, the waiter was good at talking and said that it was a common thing. It would not be a big deal to give some money to take a look, and it would not delay their patrol mission, so they came.
Chang's eldest wife and Chang Sheng dropped what they were doing and rushed over. Now the three parties were gathered together, and the only thing left was a result.
The people around were also watching with great interest. Chang Xixi was afraid that Gu Rongyu, a scholar, could not bear to see such a scene, so she asked him to wait in the teahouse, otherwise she would be finished.
The reason for calling him out was because they were afraid that the students would gossip about him and that Gu Rongyu would feel uncomfortable listening to them. He was now Chang Xixi's key protected person and could not be harmed in the slightest and could not bear to hear any rumors, especially since the imperial examination was approaching.
Chang Xixi, who has experienced the ravages and influence of modern education, knows the importance of mood at this time.
Seeing so many witnesses coming, Li tried to run away, but Qingnan grabbed her by the collar and asked, "Where are you going, Li? Do you look down on my wife?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm the servant of the Madam. You haven't been home for a long time, so it's normal that you don't know me. It shows that you must not care about the affairs of this family and you don't even know that there is an extra person." Qingnan took the opportunity to ridicule. If anyone dared to make things difficult for the Madam, he would make Li pay for it and even wanted to extort money from her.
All the money the madam earns is to be used by the young master. How can he let others use even a penny of it?
If Chang Xixi knew what Qing Nan was thinking... she would probably curse!
"You, you are going too far! You have no evidence to prove that all the original property was divided among my family."
Li was so arrogant because she thought Chang Xixi would not bring the documents of family division with her!
Chang Xixi had thought of this a long time ago. She had such a trick. These important things, Dou Shi gave all the documents to Chang Xixi when she got married. Now they were in her space. She could take them out as long as she stretched out her hand. She raised her hand and took out a piece of paper from her sleeve.
He handed it to the village chief and said, "This is the document from that time."
The village chief was surprised. This... this little Chang always stays with him? He took the document and took a look. It was really there!
The official took the money and had to do the job. He took it and looked at the document again. "It is indeed written clearly, and there are handprints." He handed the document to Chang Xixi, then looked at the rioting Li and asked, "Since it is written so clearly, then the old lady and the first house don't have much relationship."
"Yes! But, Li has been coming to make trouble again and again, saying that her shop is about to go bankrupt and she can't support the old lady." Chang Xixi started to act pitiful and said to the official without complaining, "I just opened an academy with the prime minister, and she's asking for money. Even if I have it, I can't give it to her."
The officer roughly understood what Li was thinking. Although he was not a good person, he would not tolerate anyone doing bad things under his nose.
"Ms. Li, take the old lady back! We won't tolerate your insolence here. Next time, it won't just be a verbal warning. You've congested the entire street, and many horse-drawn and ox-drawn carts can't pass through, affecting other people's business."
"My Lord, please help me! My family is really struggling to make ends meet."
Li knelt down in front of the officer, wiping away tears.
Then he continued, "I really have no other choice, so I came to find Xixi. If I could have a bite of food at home, I wouldn't come to her for help. I just want her to give the old lady a bite of food. I don't want much money, I just want her to support the old lady."
The people who were looking for fun and those who bet on Li to win also started to make a fuss.
"Sir, don't just look at the surface of things! Listen to what Li said, and find someone to investigate the truth... You can't scold Li just because of Mr. Chang's one-sided story."
The officer thought it was true, so he asked his colleagues to go to Li's shop to check the accounts.
The second wife was settling yesterday's accounts with her clerk. The income was not much, and the profit was only one or two taels of silver, but at least it was something. Today she sold three more pieces of cloth, which was one more than yesterday's income. She was very happy.
Thinking of Li asking Chang Xixi for money, he felt happy. It would be great if he could get back the money he had spent before, or even more, and then get rid of this useless old woman.
The officer had long heard of Chang Xixi's personality and work style. At least, she was not a wicked person.
She knew some powerful people in Panzhicheng, and at least half of them would support her. It seemed that she couldn't afford to offend them at the moment.
He stood across the street and observed the business in the shop. It was pretty good and he even employed two employees.
After seeing enough, he walked into the shop with a knife at his waist.
The second wife came forward with a sharp eye and asked, "What would you like to order, sir?"
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