"Don't you feel guilty?"
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It’s all because of Jin Suting’s passion for cooking and the chicken that unfortunately died yesterday.
Before Keren even reached the market, she heard the sounds of fighting.
It was the voice of a woman scolding someone, dust and chickens were flying together, the street was crowded with people watching the fun.
Everyone was crowded together and business couldn't be done, so they had to push through the crowd to see.
Jin Suting just felt that the woman's voice was somewhat familiar. It turned out that the one who was cursing was the fat woman who was shouting at the gate of their yard in the morning.
Helan Ruizhe protected her from being touched by others. A dark-skinned middle-aged man beside him looked down on her and asked, "Young man, you're from out of town. Is this your first time in Jiangnan City?"
Helan Ruizhe looked at the man for a moment before realizing that he was talking to him. He was still confused, "?"
The man tutted, "I can tell it's your first time seeing this!"
Without waiting for Helan Ruizhe to reply, he pointed at the fat woman who was still chasing people and said, "That woman is the local boss here."
As if he knew the area well, he said, "The one who got beaten was the poorest vendor on this street. He couldn't pay the protection fee every time."
"The last one to be beaten," he nodded, pointing to the grandfather and grandson opposite, "the old man and his granddaughter."
Jin Suting listened to every word the man said, frowned and looked in the direction of the grandfather and grandson. There were still purple marks on the little girl's forehead.
She looked at the man and asked, "Doesn't the government care?"
The man listened as if he was watching a joke, but then sighed and said, "Why would the government care about her? The official is the woman's brother-in-law, he's henpecked!"
Jin Suting was very angry: "So you're just going to watch them get bullied?"
"What's it to us, girl?" the man frowned at her. "What common people would be so envious of officials?"
Jin Suting was so angry that she almost burst into tears. This was really too much!
Helan Ruizhe asked, "What's her name?"
The man looked at him strangely, but still replied, "Who knows her name?! We only know her last name is Shen, and people call her Sister Shen! But, privately, we all call her Big Feet Shen. Her feet are even bigger than a man's!"
Helan Ruizhe originally wanted to know more from the man, but Jin Suting couldn't stand it anymore. The person being bullied was an elderly man, and he was just a vegetable seller.
"stop!"
She called out to Shen Da Jiao who was still committing the crime, and when she turned around, she saw the annoying woman from this morning.
Shen Da Jiao narrowed his eyes, clapped his hands and walked over, "What are you going to do, little girl?!"
Everyone around gasped. This girl was so brave that she actually dared to go against this woman.
Helan Ruizhe held her hand and stood in front of her, but Jin Suting didn't intend to use force. She helped the ragged old man lying on the ground to his feet and said to Shen Dajiao, "How much is the protection fee? I'll pay it for him!"
Shen Da Jiao naturally didn't expect her to behave like this. She looked her up and down, then looked back at Helan Ruizhe. She opened her mouth and raised the price with one of her fat fingers: "One hundred taels!"
The small vendors were all stunned. Originally, Shen Da Jiao only asked for ten taels, but this was ten times the price!
Unexpectedly, Jin Suting nodded and said, "Okay, but I don't have that much cash on me."
Shen Da Jiao scoffed and glared at her with disdain. Jin Su Ting then said, "We can go to the government office first."
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