Although Sun Dachuan looks a bit reckless and gets itchy in his lower body when he sees a woman, he is a smart man.
In matters that could easily lead to conflict with the people, he would not make decisions on his own. This way, if anything went wrong, Zhuang Guoqiang could cover for him, and he would not suffer any major setbacks.
After pondering for a moment, Zhuang Guoqiang nodded.
"I understand. You don't need to get involved in this matter. Let Xiaomei handle it!"
The "Xiao Mei" that Zhuang Guoqiang mentioned is his daughter, Zhuang Xiao Mei.
He has a son and a daughter. His daughter is Zhuang Xiaomei, whom he just mentioned. She has an arrogant and domineering personality, and no one in the entire Yong'an City dares to mess with her.
Upon hearing that Xiaomei was to be involved, Sun Dachuan immediately nodded.
"The adults are very thoughtful. With Xiaomei stepping in, it would be strange if they didn't wet their pants in fear."
Mentioning Xiaomei, Sun Dachuan seemed to see her wielding a whip, smashing the stalls of those people on Caishen Street to pieces, and then Luo Zhiwan coming to him crying and begging, and he would…
The more he thought about these things, the more excited he became, as if he were floating on air.
Yong'an City Main Street
Business was exceptionally good today. Zhiwan was in charge of taking patients' pulses and prescribing medicines, Zhiruo was in charge of collecting the medicine fees, and Luo Tianhe and Jiawang were in charge of dispensing the medicines according to the prescriptions.
Yiming and Jiawang's mother were cooking at home; the whole family had been busy these past few days.
The meat stall next door was also doing brisk business, as were the tofu stall and the sesame seed cake stall.
The stalls next to Zhiwan's were all run by people from Caishen Street. Behind them was a wall. Zhiwan had chosen this location to avoid affecting the business of other shops.
In addition, these shops were extremely grateful to Zhiwan for giving up the locations they had chosen in advance.
At this moment, a girl in pink holding a long whip appeared in the crowd, followed by several government officials.
She stood not far away, coldly watching Zhiwan's direction, while twirling the whip in her hand and scoffing:
"This business is not bad. Today I will show you what happens when you go against the government."
After saying that, she strode forward to the first meat stall on her left, and cracked her whip, 'crack crack crack' lashing the cutting board. The cutting board cracked instantly, and the meat on the table fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Uncle Liu was stunned for a moment, then angrily pointed at Zhuang Xiaomei.
"Like... what are you going to do? You owe me for the meat..."
"I'll compensate you with meat?"
A smug glint flashed in Zhuang Xiaomei's eyes, then she narrowed her eyes, raised her voice, and shouted:
"You have set up stalls here without the approval of the government, which seriously affects the normal life of the people of Yong'an City and the rights and interests of the merchants in Yong'an City. On behalf of the Prefect, I hereby formally inform you that all your items are confiscated and each household will be fined one hundred taels of silver."
Her words caused a stir among those present, and a steady stream of onlookers gathered around to watch the spectacle.
Luo Zhiwan also noticed the commotion. Seeing this, the patient in front of her quickly lowered his voice and kindly reminded him...
"Girl, she is the daughter of Lord Zhuang, named Zhuang Xiaomei. In the entire Yong'an City, anyone who dares to offend her will be whipped by her. Her whip has killed sheep and pigs, and it can also whip people half to death. You'd better say a few nice words and hurry up and pack up to go home!"
After saying those words, the man got up and left. The patients behind him didn't dare to wait in line anymore and all gathered to the side to watch the spectacle.
Zhuang Xiaomei slowly walked up to Luo Zhiwan, saw her sitting there motionless, a slight smirk playing on her lips, and then questioned her:
"I heard you were the one who started this stall here?"
Zhiwan looked at her with disdain.
"right."
"Hmph! You've got the guts to do it. Guards, arrest her."
Zhiwan jumped up from her chair and glared coldly at Zhuang Xiaomei.
"Arrest me? What right do you have?"
As Zhuang Xiaomei folded the whip in her hand, she raised her eyebrows and replied:
'With this whip in my hand, and with the fact that Yong'an City belongs to the Zhuang family, guards…'
As soon as she finished speaking, several officers stepped forward, and Luo Zhiwan immediately rebuked them.
"You people are truly lawless! Do you really want to kill the people? You've forced us to have no business to do, and we're forced to fend for ourselves. And you still want to interfere? Are all the people in this government office spineless?"
"How dare you..."
Zhuang Xiaomei raised her eyebrows, picked up the long whip in her hand, and was about to strike Zhiwan when Zhiwan caught it with her hand.
She gripped the whip's tip, pulling it towards her hand while glaring at her through gritted teeth.
"Your name is Zhuang Xiaomei, right? Let me ask you, do you work in the government office? Are you an official appointed by the imperial court? Do you have an appointment document? If you don't have any of these, then you are just an ordinary citizen like me. What right do you have to arrest me? You blatantly brought people here to enforce the law? You are really too bold."
At this moment, Zhuang Xiaomei's face was flushed with anger.
In Yong'an City, no one dared to speak to her like that, nor did anyone dare to snatch her whip.
But the woman was incredibly strong, and even though she used all her strength, she couldn't snatch the whip from her hand.
"You're obviously from out of town and don't know the rules of Yong'an City. Since you know my surname is Zhuang, you should know that this entire Yong'an City belongs to the Zhuang family. I don't need an appointment document, nor do I need to work in the government office. Today, I just want to overturn your stall. Who dares to stop me?"
Having said that, she shouted at the officers behind her.
"What are you all standing there for? Smash it!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the officials stepped forward and began smashing the stalls. The Liu family father and son at the meat stall, the Hu mother and daughter at the sesame seed cake shop, and the tofu beauty Xu the widow at the tofu shop all got into a fight with the officials.
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