I became a stepmother and got rich with my cute baby.

Everyone who came to the grain shop to buy grain returned with a full load, with anticipation for future life on their faces, as if they saw hope for survival.

Seeing them come out, the people waiting near the grain store immediately came forward to beg. They were dirty and their dark faces were full of expectation.

"My dear, please give me some rice. My children are starving to death!"

"Just a little bit is enough, just a little bit is enough, please be kind, if we can survive, we will definitely repay you."

But there were still some people who were at the end of their rope. When they saw those people holding food in their hands, a ruthless look flashed in their eyes, and they rushed forward to snatch the food.

"Oh, my rice!" the man exclaimed anxiously.

Cheng Qian'an's eyes flashed, and he rushed out like an arrow, nimbly grabbing the thief who was stealing. He exerted a little force, and the person below cried out in pain.

"Spare your life, spare your life!"

Cheng Qian'an's eyes were gloomy. He had spent a lot of effort in the past few days for today's opening. If something went wrong, his wife would be unhappy.

The woman hurried forward, took the rice from him, bowed and thanked him.

"Thank you, Boss Cheng!" Her eyes were red and she choked up, "If it weren't for you, we would have been left with nothing."

"No need to thank me. Now that the food has been retrieved, go home early." Cheng Qian'an said gently.

"Okay, okay!" the woman responded repeatedly.

After she left, Cheng Qian'an frowned slightly. He kicked the man on the ground mercilessly, looked at the people who had been standing beside him, and said in a calm voice: "Throw this man to the government office."

"Hey, hey, I won't go to the yamen! If I go to the yamen, I will just be waiting for death! Please, Boss Cheng, let me go." The man burst into tears and tried to grab Cheng Qian'an's trouser legs to beg for mercy.

Cheng Qian'an glanced at him coldly, and the man frightened himself so much that his body froze.

"Yes!" The men obeyed the order, pulled the man's hand down, and carried him away.

People around were talking about this, whispering to each other, looking at Cheng Qian'an who was the focus of the crowd, and sighing.

"I heard that Boss Cheng is the husband of the woman who was in charge of the flood control. Sure enough, they are both good people!"

"In the past two years, the prices of rice and meat have all gone up. Those who are thirsty will die of drought, and those who are flooded will die of floods. Those black-hearted bosses simply don't give ordinary people like us a way to survive. But since Madam Song and her friends showed up, we finally have a chance to eat!"

"Let those unscrupulous things continue to increase their prices! I will only come to the Song Family Grain Store in the future. The prices are affordable, and the grains are large, so it's good grain! The boss is a good person, and the grain store opened by such a righteous boss can't be bad!"

"Yeah yeah."

-

At the Zhao Mansion in Xuancheng, wealthy businessmen gathered together, their faces heavy and angry.

Boss Zhao slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Where did this outsider come from? How dare he steal our business?"

They looked at each other in bewilderment. In the past, all those present were competitors, but they did not expect that they would sit together to discuss matters because of a person of unknown origin.

Someone stroked the teacup and said in a deep voice: "This person cannot stay in Xuancheng."

"That's right. As soon as that grain shop opened, the few customers I had all ran away, and I didn't charge a penny!" The man was so angry that his beard was shaking.

"Also, in the past, those little people only dared to talk about it in private, but they didn't dare to make a fuss. But guess what happened today, they all threw mud in my store. This is simply too much!" The man in the navy blue robe cursed loudly.

"They opened a grain shop in Xuancheng, but didn't come to register with the Chamber of Commerce. They don't even take our company seriously! The Song family grain shop has really stolen the show." Boss Shen said with a gloomy face.

"Maybe they are fearless. I heard that the person behind this grain shop is the city lord." Someone frowned.

"So what if he's the city lord? He's just a man from another city who used some tricks to occupy Xuancheng. When the old city lord was still here, wasn't the business here controlled by us?" said the man in the white robe disdainfully.

"How about we go find the new city lord together?" someone suggested.

"Okay! Boss Zhao, what do you think?" The man looked at the person sitting in the main seat and asked tentatively.

"Since you are interested, please come with me to the City Lord's Mansion."

Boss Zhao nodded, waved his hand, and led everyone towards the door.

-

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Ji Huaichuan raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at the person sitting below with cold eyes.

"Close the Song family grain store?" He curled his lips, a hint of sarcasm between his brows, "You have made a very careful calculation."

Boss Zhao had a stern face and reprimanded Ji Huaichuan as if he were an elder. He said, "City Lord Ji is still young, I'm afraid he doesn't understand the rules of our Xuancheng..."

"Rules? My words are the rules." Ji Huaichuan sneered, his tone was full of sarcasm: "Who are you to teach me?"

He leaned lazily on the sandalwood chair, his aura of pressure spreading out, his cold eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of awe-inspiring murderous intent flashed across his face, like a Shura from hell, sending chills down one's spine.

Ji Huaichuan opened his thin lips and said, "Boss Zhao may have overestimated his status."

The sharp and cold gaze of the person sitting on the table made Boss Zhao's expression freeze, and he actually felt a little timid.

He suddenly remembered how majestic the city lord was when he attacked the city, and he couldn't help but shudder. Perhaps it was because Ji Huaichuan had always treated the people well since he took office, which made them forget his terrifying methods!

Seeing this, some people reacted very quickly and changed sides immediately, saying to Ji Huaichuan in a flattering manner: "City Lord Ji, I am just the owner of a small grain store, and I only make a little money on weekdays. I don't have any bad opinions about the Song Family Grain Store. It was all their idea!"

"You!" Boss Zhao glared at him angrily with an unsightly expression.

This person didn't say that before in his house! What a coward!

"It turns out that the bosses think that the current price of grain is just a small amount of money." Ji Huaichuan's eyes were sharp and his voice was low and magnetic, with a sense of oppression that could not be refused.

"Since it is a small amount of money, and Xuancheng is in urgent need of silver to help the people, why don't everyone donate all the silver and food in their hands?"

His words sounded as casual as if he was talking about having a meal.

"No!" Boss Zhao retorted urgently.

How could he just donate his property to those useless people?

The others also looked embarrassed and whispered in panic.

"This, this is not possible!"

"The common people don't have much money. Even if the price is reduced, they can't afford it. If the price is lowered, even if the rich families can afford it, we will make less money!"

"And we have to give away our property. Isn't this asking for my life?"

"I have no intention of making things difficult for you, but Xuancheng is in trouble now, and all industries need to be revived. As people from Xuancheng, you should contribute to our city." Ji Huaichuan said casually, "Then, the grain prices should be unified back to normal prices, and the money that was previously overpaid should be returned to the people."