When the tied-up thugs heard Song Fangfang speak up for them, they chimed in, feigning pitifulness, "We're all pitiful people, please be magnanimous and forgive us this time! We won't dare to do it again next time, no matter how hungry or cold we are, we will never come to An Sheng Ji to take things for free."
Jiang Wei ignored them, but the moment she heard Song Fangfang call her brother a bastard, Jiang Wei couldn't take it anymore. She moved to Song Fangfang's side and raised her hand, ready to slap her.
Startled, Song Fangfang instinctively backed away, shouting, "Jiang Wei, what do you want to do? You don't dare hit me, do you?!"
Jiang Wei seemed to have thought of something, a wicked smile appeared on her lips, and she lowered her raised hand.
Jiang Wei's cold voice came, "Since Miss Song is so generous, then you can buy the grain and charcoal in the shop and give them to them. Also, please compensate them for the damage they caused to the shop today."
Song Fangfang didn't expect Jiang Wei to ask her for money directly. It was ridiculous that she would give Jiang Wei money. She shouldn't even think about it. "Why should I pay for your things? You can just give them to me."
"What? Miss Song, do you not have the money to pay, or do you not want to pay for them? Do you just intend to make others pay with empty words? I'm afraid you're not up to that level." Jiang Wei looked around to see what she could use.
Song Fangfang's face flushed red. "Aren't all these things yours? You can just give them to me. Why do you want me to spend money? You want me to buy your things? No way! Since you can take a bastard child home and raise it, why can't you give them some food?"
Song Fangfang once again called Mingzhao a bastard, and Jiang Wei reached out to Lian Sang, "Take off your whip and let me use it."
Lian Sang didn't understand why Jiang Wei wanted her whip, but she still respectfully took it off and gave it to her.
Jiang Wei asked Lian Sang, "How do you use this whip?"
"Look carefully, young lady." Lian Sang didn't say much, but with a few quick flicks of her wrist, the soft whip began to dance.
Lian Sang handed the whip to Jiang Weirang and shook her wrist a few times.
Jiang Wei quickly grasped the knack of it, and she managed to shake it a couple of times, though she wasn't quite proficient.
But it would be more than enough to hit Song Fangfang. My aunt is right, it would hurt if I used my own hands, and they would feel sorry for me.
Jiang Wei took the whip and lashed the air around Song Fangfang a few more times, intentionally or unintentionally flicking it a few inches away from Song Fangfang.
Song Fangfang was terrified and backed away repeatedly. "Jiang Wei, you bitch, what do you want to do? Do you dare to hit me?"
Jiang Wei appeared relaxed and at ease, a subtle, enigmatic smile playing on her lips.
This time, the whip struck Song Fangfang directly, making her jump.
Jiang Wei's whip lashed out wherever she went, and Song Fangfang dodged while cursing loudly.
Jiang Wei ignored her. She didn't want to cause trouble for her so soon, but she insisted on coming to her door to die. She thought she could tolerate being bullied, but being bullied by her younger brother was something she absolutely could not tolerate.
She thought she didn't know, but the Hou family's dilapidated gate had recently been used to buy a lot of furniture to save face after she moved all her things out.
Based on her previous understanding of them, she feared they probably thought this winter would pass easily and therefore hadn't bought much charcoal.
Otherwise, why would Song Fangfang come to her place in this kind of weather?
To put it bluntly, they're just trying to take advantage of someone else's money and then force themselves to live off her.
Do you really think she's still the same fool she used to be?
Jiang Wei lashed out with her whip, one lash after another, but because Song Fangfang was wearing thick clothes and Jiang Wei was not very strong, her injuries were not very serious.
Song Fangfang's voice had become hoarse from shouting. Lian Sang stepped forward and said, "Miss, this is fine."
Jiang Wei returned the whip to Lian Sang, and the shop assistants released Song Fangfang's maid.
The maid ran over to Song Fangfang crying, "Miss, how dare she treat you like this?"
Jiang Wei said coldly, "Song Fangfang, I advise you not to think that I can still be deceived and manipulated by you as before. From now on, I will not give you any advantage, including the people in your Marquis's mansion. I don't want to hear you insult my brother again. If I hear it again, I will never forgive you. I'm not afraid of anything now."
Having seen the true nature of the world in both her past and present lives, Jiang Wei is no longer afraid of what others say. She only wants to follow her heart, take good care of her family, and live a good life.
Jiang Wei closed her eyes. "Go away! I can't tolerate you."
With the help of her maid, Song Fangfang walked out of Anshengji. She wanted to remind her of how fierce Jiang Wei was by cursing her body for the pain she felt.
She only dared to glare at her from behind with those hateful eyes.
After seeing Song Fangfang off, Jiang Wei looked at the spilled grain on the ground and sighed, "Send these people who are tied up to the Jingzhao Prefecture."
The people still in the shop were terrified. She dared to hit even the young lady of the Marquis's mansion, so what about them?
It would be easy for her to punish them; they were practically sweating bullets.
Just as they were about to beg for mercy, Jiang Wei's voice came, "Fine, you can pick up all the grain and charcoal in your hands, as well as the ones on the ground in front of you, and buy them back. The price will be one copper coin more per pound than usual."
Some were happy that they wouldn't be handed over to the authorities, while others were somewhat dissatisfied, wondering why they had to buy grain that had already fallen on the ground and was mixed with charcoal.
Jiang Wei glanced up and immediately saw through their thoughts. She said, "You must buy what you have in your hands, but you don't have to buy what's on the ground..."
After Jiang Wei finished speaking, those who were unwilling to buy breathed a sigh of relief.
Before they could even speak, Jiang Wei continued, "Without rules, there can be no order. If you don't receive the punishment you deserve today, anyone will dare to cause trouble in my shop tomorrow. If you don't buy anything, don't come to my shop to buy anything in the future. I have nothing left to sell you, and I won't sell it to you no matter how high the price you offer. You should know that I keep my word."
Only then did those people begin to tidy up the things on the ground in front of them, since everyone knew that only An Sheng Ji's products were the cheapest.
After everyone inside finished buying and left, two people came in through the door. They looked around at the ground, walked up to the shopkeeper, and asked him if he could sell them some grain that hadn't been swept clean at a lower price.
The shopkeeper said that all the grains and charcoal were mixed together, and it wouldn't be easy to clean them all.
Granny Hua and Granny Yang cautiously explained to the shopkeeper that they weren't afraid of having difficult choices, they just wanted a slightly cheaper price.
The shopkeeper went over to Jiang Wei and asked whether to sell or not.
While the shopkeeper was walking over, Granny Hua had already squatted down and used her hands to gather all the grain that had fallen into the corners together. "What a pity," she said, carefully placing the grain on the cloth bag.
Jiang Wei turned around and saw an old woman squatting on the ground picking up grain, while another woman wanted to squat down to pick up grain but hesitated.
"Give it all to them!" Jiang Wei glanced at the grain on the ground. It wasn't too bad; they just needed to pick out the junk.
In my previous life, after being imprisoned by Song Yanxuan, I was fed even worse food than this.
When Granny Hua heard the shopkeeper say that the owner had given them all the grain on the ground, she was overjoyed but felt that she couldn't just take things for free. "How could I accept this? I'll just ask the owner to give us a discount."
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