lcionline Chapter 636 Where did this young lady come from, daring to meddle in your grandfather's busines
Chapter 636 Where did this young lady come from, daring to meddle in your grandfather's busines
The middle-aged man stopped holding the walnuts.
He raised his eyes and asked slowly, "No response from the authorities?"
"No... not only was there no response, but the prefect even sent someone to deliver congratulatory gifts!"
Shopkeeper Wang was almost in tears. "They say this is a 'grand event for the arts,' a wonderful thing! The Prefect even wants to personally be a judge to ensure fairness!"
The middle-aged man fell silent.
For the first time, a serious expression appeared on his shrewd face.
He couldn't figure out where the other party came from.
He couldn't figure out the other party's purpose.
But this move was really too ruthless.
Using big money to win people's hearts...
Chen Taimo even sent a congratulatory gift. What kind of grand scheme is this?
"What's the panic?" The middle-aged man suppressed his irritation and sneered, "If he wants to be a bodhisattva, he'll have to see if those lowly bastards dare to accept his offerings."
He looked at Manager Wang with a cold gaze.
"Go, find a few people and have them 'take a look' at the registration area."
“Tell those who are blind to the danger that if anyone dares to sign up, they will have no place in Weaver Girl Lane.”
City square.
Chu Ruohan's group only set up a simple table, two chairs, and a wooden sign next to it that read "Registration Area".
Yet, a long queue formed in front of this simple stall.
Most of the people in the group were dressed in rags and looked pale, but in their eyes burned a flame called hope.
Grandma Sun was among them. She had changed into clean old clothes and was supporting her grandson, Xiao Bao, who was already able to walk. Her face showed a mixture of nervousness and excitement.
Suddenly, a commotion arose from the back of the line.
Seven or eight slovenly thugs swaggered over.
The leader was a bald man with a knife scar on his neck. He kicked over a food stall next to him and glared fiercely at the people in line.
"Wow, it's quite lively here!"
Scarface walked to the front of the line and spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the ground.
"Want to get rich? Take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror!"
He pointed at a thin, middle-aged man at the front and cursed, "Manager Wang has spoken! Whoever puts their fingerprint on this paper today can forget about ever getting a single piece of cloth from Jinxiuge again!"
"Get out of here, all of you, from the houses in Weaver Girl Lane!"
A commotion broke out in the crowd, and the hope that had just ignited on many people's faces was instantly extinguished by fear.
They were all renting a place in Zhinu Lane when they were evicted, leaving their entire family without even a roof to shelter them from the rain.
Scarface was very satisfied with the effect. He grinned and grabbed the middle-aged man by the collar.
"What? You're not convinced? You still want to sign up?"
He snatched the registration form from the man's hand, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it hard at his face.
"roll!"
The middle-aged man was pushed and stumbled, falling to the ground. He was furious but dared not speak out, and the people around him also backed away, avoiding his gaze.
Hope, in the end, cannot overcome the threat of reality.
Just then, a clear, cold female voice rang out.
"Help him up."
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a woman in an elegant long dress standing in front of the registration table.
Behind her stood the tall, upright man.
Chu Ruohan didn't look at the group of thugs; her gaze was fixed on the man who had fallen.
Scarface paused for a moment, then looked Chu Ruohan up and down, a lewd glint in his eyes.
"Where did this young lady come from, daring to meddle in your grandfather's business?"
Chu Ruohan didn't even glance at him, but simply repeated herself.
"Help him up."
Her voice was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable majesty.
Gu Junze took a step forward, and with just one step, the scarred man felt a chilling murderous aura envelop him.
It felt as if I was facing not a person, but a man-eating beast.
His calves began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Didn't you hear what my wife said?" Gu Junze's voice was soft, but it struck Scarface's heart like a heavy hammer.
Scarface's accomplices were also intimidated by this imposing manner and dared not step forward.
At this tense moment, Chu Ruohan spoke again, this time addressing all the terrified weavers.
"Today, everyone who registers will receive a reward of one tael of silver. Payment will be made now, without delay!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Junze placed a heavy wooden box on the table.
The box was opened, revealing neatly stacked silver ingots that gleamed alluringly in the sunlight.
One tael of silver.
For the rich, it's just the cost of a meal.
But for these weavers, it was hard-earned money that they couldn't earn in several months.
The crowd fell completely silent.
All eyes were fixed on that box of silver.
The threats and fears remain, but the gleaming silver is so real, so within reach.
The first person to sign up was Grandma Sun.
Supporting Xiaobao, she walked shakily to the table, picked up a pen, and wrote her name on the paper.
Then, she pressed her bright red handprint.
Chu Tian immediately took out a silver ingot from the box and handed it to her.
The silver felt heavy.
Clutching the silver, Granny Sun turned around, looked at the still hesitant villagers, and shouted, "I'm an old woman, all I have left is a worthless life!"
"But I don't want my grandson to be like me, trampled underfoot, unable to stand up straight for the rest of his life!"
"Even if the King of Heaven himself came, I would fight for this today!"
Her words were like a key, unlocking the last shackle in everyone's hearts.
The middle-aged man who had been pushed down got up from the ground, picked up the crumpled registration form, smoothed it out, strode to the table, and pressed his fingerprint heavily onto it.
"Count me in!"
"And I!"
"Damn it! I might as well die! I'm going all in!"
One person, two people, a group of people...
Scarface was pushed back repeatedly by the surging crowd.
These spineless wretches who used to be bullied by him and didn't even dare to raise their heads now dare to rebel against him.
A skinny, monkey-like thug sidled up to him, tugged at his sleeve, and whispered in a trembling voice, "Boss, what do we do? Manager Wang said if we mess this up, he'll break our legs when we get back!"
Scarface Liu was afraid of the menacing figure before him, but he was even more afraid of Manager Wang's methods.
That man might only cause them some physical pain, but Manager Wang could really take their lives!
Scarface Liu's face twitched. "Damn it! You're asking for it!"
He pointed to the wooden table with the silver ingots on it, "Smash it! Smash it all!"
At his command, several thugs behind him, taking advantage of their numbers, rushed towards the registration table.
A gasp rippled through the crowd, and they instinctively stepped back.
Grandma Sun tightly shielded Xiao Bao behind her, her face drained of color.
Gu Junze made a move.
He didn't use any earth-shattering moves; he simply took a leisurely step forward and blocked the table perfectly just as the first thug's hand was about to touch the corner of the table.
Seeing this, the thug grinned maliciously and swung his fist at Gu Junze's face.