"I... I really don't have that much on me right now. If I sell this tofu today and get the money, I'll definitely give it to you, okay?"
She neither obediently handed over money like a seasoned veteran and served them some food, nor did she make a scene like a newcomer who threatened to fight them. This reaction surprised the two brothers.
As a result, Luo Xiaodi stole a few glances at his older brother.
"...If you don't sell everything today, you'll have to pay ten coins first!" After uttering this harsh statement, the two brothers strode away with their heads held high.
Ah Mian breathed a sigh of relief; the iron clamp on her left calf was a little uncomfortable.
She observed for a while and was surprised to find that Lu Weiwei and her group were also selling vegetables there. However, they had shared a stall, which made it much more cost-effective for them. This way, they only needed to pay one stall fee and one protection fee.
After waiting and waiting for a while without anyone coming, Ah Mian called out just like her mother had told her, "Tofu for sale! Authentic wood-fired tofu! Two coins a piece!"
"Hey, here comes a tofu seller."
"Perfect timing, I'm too lazy to make another trip to the east, just pick one for me."
People passing by in twos and threes would occasionally buy a few pieces of tofu.
Lu Weiwei also came over. "Cousin, your tofu is pretty good. Can you sell it to me for two yuan less?"
Amian nodded, "Okay, the corn and sweet potatoes you brought look pretty good, how about we just exchange some for them..."
Lu Weiwei clicked her tongue and said, "Oh, never mind, I'm busy with other things."
"Little girl, I'd like to buy a piece of tofu..." Just then, a new customer arrived.
Today, A-Mian brought two slabs of tofu, each slab containing twenty-eight pieces. By noon, both slabs were sold out.
Ah Mian was happily calculating the costs in her mind.
Fifty-six pieces of tofu sold for a total of one hundred and twelve coins. After deducting the two coins already paid for the stall fee (market fee) and the twenty coins for protection money to be paid later, that still left ninety coins.
However, just as she was packing up her stall and preparing to go home, she suddenly heard some noises behind her—
Looking back, I saw that Adou, who had been properly tied to the tree, had been untied at some point and suddenly went berserk!
"Ah! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Zhang Yixing, standing on the street corner, was looking away. A group of people appeared beside him. "Get out! Get out of here! Don't let me see anyone selling tofu here again. We're the only tofu shop in this city!"
Those people rushed forward and shoved Lu Amian hard. Lu Amian was thrown to the ground, and the small handkerchief in her bosom was knocked out, scattering the glittering copper coins all over the ground with a "whoosh"!
"Pick it up!"
"Run!"
"This donkey has gone mad!"
"Money! Money!! We're rich!"
"Beat her! Break one of her legs!"
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