Time Travel: A Fisherwoman Goes to the Sea to Raise a Baby

"Give this pot to us brothers, and tell the people behind us to wait..."

Several officers pushed one person away and several people occupied the table.

Xu Yiyi was about to speak when the guest next to her stopped her.

I saw one person sticking his head out and observing carefully for fear of angering these people.

"We'll just wait and see. The people won't fight against the officials. We can't afford to offend them."

As soon as the words fell, others echoed them.

He signaled Xu Yiyi to serve the pancake quickly, otherwise if he delayed any longer and made the other person angry, it would be a bad outcome.

Er'er looked at these people, his face pale.

"Sister, we can't afford to offend these people. If we provoke them, they can find any excuse to confiscate our stall. This is still a light punishment. In serious cases, people will be arrested."

Xu Yiyi snorted and laughed, they were all birds of a feather.

The town government is extremely corrupt.

The people who wanted to capture my great-uncle yesterday were no different from the thugs and gangsters they encountered today.

"Hurry up, what are you standing there for? You're like a piece of wood."

The knife lay on the table, looking domineering.

Xu Yiyi served the prepared fried oysters over, and the fragrant but not greasy aroma hit her face.

But it still makes people dissatisfied.

"Everyone else has eggs, but we don't. Do you look down on us?"

……

"Go make us another pot with eggs, quick."

Xu Yiyi didn't move and stretched out his hand.

"This pot of fried oysters is ten cents, and the one with eggs is fifteen cents. Could someone please pay first?"

Xu Yiyi's action made everyone present gasp.

"How dare you ask us for money? Do you know who we are?"

If even a small official can be so arrogant, then the bosses above must be even more arrogant.

"I know, so you don't plan to pay?"

Xu Yiyi had a calm expression, showing no emotion.

With just a little power in his hands, he can do such evil things. No wonder he came up with the stupid idea of ​​using all the villagers as bait.

"Do you know what this is? I advise you to be more discerning, or you might end up losing your life without knowing what happened..."

Several large knives were placed on the table with a clatter.

Some frightened diners left quickly.

There were also some people who seemed to have a strong sense of justice and stood aside to persuade them.

Of course, this persuasion does not mean asking the officials to pay you.

It is to let them be more tolerant and not to argue with Xu Yiyi, who has no tact.

Everyone at the dock took this as a matter of course.

Seeing these officials getting angry, he even brought snacks from his stall over.

When Zhong Congyun came out of the yamen, he saw this scene. Xu Yiyi and several officers were confronting each other, and neither of them was willing to give in.

"What's going on?"

Zhong Congyun looked Xu Yiyi up and down and didn't see that she was being bullied, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"How come you know him?"

Several officers saw the worry and concern in Zhong Congyun's eyes and looked at each other.

They made eye contact, but nothing was clear.

"This is my future...this is my friend. He runs a small business here at the dock. Please take good care of him when you see him."

Zhong Congyun could guess why.

There are few good officials in the yamen. There are too many of them who eat and dine for free, collect protection fees, etc.

When they heard this, they immediately smiled kindly, but with a hint of hypocrisy and disgust.

"So you're a friend of Brother Yun's. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I apologize for what happened just now. Here's the price of the pancake. Keep it."

The passersby who were watching the excitement nearby became friendly when they saw that the officials who were arrogant in the past had become friendly now.

It's like a dream.

Xu Yiyi accepted the money without hesitation. It was the income from her labor, so it was only natural for her to accept the money.

Having lost face, those officials were unwilling to be treated like monkeys here.

He took the fried oysters on the table and left the crowd.

Taking a bite of the fried oysters, it tasted quite good, but there was dissatisfaction and anger flashing in his eyes, and every bite seemed to be extra hard.

There were five people in the group, all like this.

It was as if he wanted to chew up all his dissatisfaction with Xu Yiyi along with the food.

"Let's just let it go like this? When did we guys have to pay for food? A little girl dares to ask for money. She must be tired of living..."

……

The leader took a look and said, "Didn't you see that Zhong Congyun was protecting her? Stay away from that girl from now on."

"We don't need to be scared! That guy is of the same rank as us, there's no need to be so polite to him."

I saw an officer with a thin face, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes and a fierce look in his eyes. He muttered something in a low voice, and the next second he was hit on the head.

"Zhong Congyun is not to be feared, but his father is a powerful figure. He is a lieutenant in the capital city, and he is still an official of high rank. Let's give him some face."

More importantly, Zhong Congyun's family should be relatively powerful.

Although he didn't notice it, the boss was always polite to that kid, so why should he make enemies with him?

……

After the official left, the diners around came forward again.

Zhong Congyun left without saying a word as he was going on patrol.

"I didn't expect you have such a connection. Is he your relative? You won't be afraid of being bullied in the future..."

The diners were gossiping while Xu Yiyi was busy making fried oysters. Suddenly the stall became lively again.

"I was wondering how dare you ask for money from someone. It seems like there's someone behind you."

Xu Yiyi brought the fried oysters to the table, and a man said this directly.

Xu Yiyi chuckled, "You're wrong about that."

She shook her head, not quite agreeing with the man's statement.

"My willingness to ask for money has nothing to do with whether I have any connections behind me. I ask for money because it's earned through my own labor. It's my right to take it."

Xu Yiyi spoke seriously, but no one took it seriously.

We chatted and laughed, and didn't close the stall until noon.

"Sister, you'd better not mess with these people in the future. They have knives. If they get upset one day, they might just chop you up. Then you'll accuse them of being a traitor. They won't have to bear any responsibility at all, and nothing will happen to them. But you'll lose your life and be charged with a trumped-up crime."

Er'er had seen it with his own eyes before, and it was very similar to the scene today.

The man also wanted to ask the officer for money, but after being ridiculed for a few times, he didn't know what was going on.

He started to curse the officer, but this time he hit a wall and the man was beheaded on the spot.

The officer shouted loudly that he was a pirate, and a young life was lost just like that.

"Blindly obeying will only embolden them. If everyone is so afraid of power, over time these people will do even more outrageous things."

In the era when Xu Yiyi lived, there was zero tolerance for such corrupt elements.

So she naturally felt that these people should be punished.

But her mindset did not change immediately. In such an era where killing people was as easy as killing a chicken, she needed to learn to be patient and submissive.

Looking at Er'er's worried eyes, Xu Yiyi patted the little girl's head.

"I promise you I won't go against them in the future..."

At least on the surface.