Moreover, they took advantage of the large crowd to repeatedly collect the herbal redy, causing so genuine citizens to miss out, and even Shaoxi and the others couldn’t cook it all in ti.
As they were waiting for another pot, one of them grew impatient and started to complain.
"I say, since you at Renji Hall are so kind to cook herbal redies for us, why can’t you prepare more? You think this little bit can satisfy anyone? Such negligence is making us wait for so long!"
"If you can’t afford this charitable act, don’t pretend to be so virtuous!"
As soon as these words were said, so others chid in agreent from the back.
Ruan Mian squinted slightly, just about to step forward when suddenly a few people burst out from the crowd, clutching their stomachs and causing a commotion.
"You... you are too heartless, everyone, this herbal redy is unclean, it seems they used so inferior ingredients, because us brothers have not long eaten it, and oh the pain in our stomachs is unbearable!!"
They howled and rolled on the ground without a care for their image.
This imdiately caused the people to stop and watch the commotion.
Those who genuinely wanted to collect the herbal redy were dissuaded by their words.
"Is there really a problem with this herbal redy?"
"Nonsense, there’s no such thing as a free lunch; if there was no problem, why would she freely cook so much for us!! It’s just a malicious sche for her store opening!"
"Oh, oh, this is going to be the death of ." At this mont, Mr. Ruan, who was sitting inside diagnosing patients, hurriedly ca out, instinctively wanting to treat these people.
But Ruan Mian stopped him.
She walked up to those few people, facing the crowd, and calmly spoke.
"I have distributed this herbal redy to so many people, how co only you say there’s a problem?"
One of them fiercely pointed at her, saying: "You... there is an issue with these redies, everyone’s body is different, maybe the poisoning ti is different! We..."
"Who knows what else you ate along with my herbal redy that wasn’t clean!"
Ruan Mian noticed a passerby with a gong in the crowd and imdiately borrowed his gong with a bang!
Then she took out her bulging purse of money and tossed it onto the herbal redy table.
"Today I will place these hundred taels of silver here, anyone who can prove these stomachaches are caused by my herbal redy, I will compensate them with this silver."
Then she looked at those complaining of stomachaches and said.
"Naturally, whoever claims there’s a problem with the redy should provide evidence. With just your mouths, what credibility is there? Governnt offices do not decide cases solely based on verbal accusations."
Among the crowd, Vice Minister Dong stepped forward and voiced loudly.
"I also ate this herbal redy, and why don’t I have a problem? You few vagrants trying to extort here, is it because you find it easy to bully a female store owner?!"
"Providing free diagnoses and herbal redies is an act of kindness that benefits many, and you’re up to no good, trying to prevent us from seeing a doctor?!"
As soon as he said this, those still waiting for a free clinic flew into a rage.
They began to physically confront those vagrants.
Vice Minister Dong even pointed at them threateningly: "None of you think about leaving, I have already reported to the authorities, this matter..."
Upon hearing the report to the authorities, before Vice Minister Dong could finish, they jumped up and ran far away, stumbling all the while, fearing they might be too slow.
Auntie, hands on her hips, chased them off with a few curses.
"You group of bastards, just knowing they rob from beggars is enough to disgust ; now they dare to extort from ?! I think..."
"Aunt, what did you just say? They even robbed from beggars?"
"Isn’t it true, I’ve encountered these vagrants many tis, no morals."
Seeing this, Ruan Mian hatched a plan.
They want to harm my shop; why should they escape so easily? An eye for an eye, nature won’t spare anyone.
While she was considering this, Vice Minister Dong ca into the house, Xie Huai’an followed.
Auntie was warmly hospitable to this Mr. Xie, as who wouldn’t love a graceful young gentleman?
"Why has Mr. Xie co as well?"
Vice Minister Dong feared Mr. Xie would be embarrassed to speak, so he spoke up himself.
"Mr. Xie figured Miss Ruan needed help, so he pulled along to ’labor’, Auntie, just give your orders!"
Hearing this, Auntie looked aningfully at Ruan Mian.
Nevertheless, Ruan Mian didn’t think too deeply, after a casual greeting with Xie Huai’an and the others, she entered the shop, personally prepared so dicine and ground it into powder.
Then she looked for a few of the shop’s servants, handing them the powdered dicine and so silver.
After quietly instructing them, the servants’ eyes shone with excitent as they hurried off to complete the task.
Auntie moved forward suspiciously: "Mianmian, what did you just give him?"
Ruan Mian gave a calm smile: "Nothing much, just a little sothing to teach them a lesson. Those troublemakers falsely claid to have stomachaches from eating our herbal redy, so I’ll let them truly experience a stomachache!"
This suited Auntie perfectly!
She gave a thumbs up, just waiting for the amusing scene to unfold.
Sure enough, not long after, soone outside shouted, asking to see a doctor.
"You... your herbal redy really is an issue, my stomach really hurts, really hurts! Quick, give the antidote!"
A whole six people, in pain, rolling on the ground at Renji Hall.
Others seeing it was the sa bunch again, scolded them.
"Why won’t you lot stay away?! Can’t you see the governnt officers aren’t here so you stubbornly continue to disrupt our free clinic?!"
"Everyone, I recognize these people; they idle day by day, robbing won and children, not even sparing beggars’ food!"
"They clearly don’t want us to get the herbal redy, quickly drive them away!"
With these words, the people who had been angry for a long ti grabbed nearby items, stones, sticks, chopsticks, sacks, giving them a good trashing.
Forcefully driving them far away.
Auntie looked extrely pleased: "Mianmian, what kind of dicine did you slip them?"
"Didn’t Auntie see their soaking wet pants? It’s not life-threatening, just leaves them running to the toilet for a few days."
"Hahaha, well done! Such despicable characters deserve to suffer!"
With the matter resolved, more people ca to collect herbal redies, and even more lined up for the free clinic.
Mr. Ruan couldn’t handle it alone, so Ruan Mian had to join the ranks of doctors, acting as a healer.
Who knows how long they remained busy until at last, the people at the door dwindled, and the herbal redy was long gone.
Taking a rare break, Ruan Mian prepared so apple juice for them.
As she handed it to Xie Huai’an, she suddenly noticed him sitting on the doorstep, watching a family of three in the distance, without even blinking.
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