I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Su Banxia was so busy she barely had time to breathe, completely unaware of what Lou Wangyue was thinking. She was only thinking about finishing her work quickly so she could go home and rest. With so many tasks underway, she was truly exhausted.

It seems I'll have to leave Erzhuzi and Gousheng at the stall tomorrow to help serve customers, while Tieniu can sell candied hawthorns by himself on the streets.

After a long day of work, Su Banxia finished all her tasks and then called out to the customers queuing behind her:

"I'm so sorry everyone, we've run out of ingredients. If you want to eat, you'll have to come back tomorrow. I'll definitely prepare more ingredients tomorrow. Everyone, you can all go home now."

"We haven't even bought it yet, we've been queuing for ages, and now they're telling us to leave!"

"Yes, how can you do business like this? How can you do business without having enough supplies?"

"Do it if you want, otherwise pack up and leave as soon as possible!"

"That's right, everyone! We've wasted this whole afternoon waiting. Just because she sells well doesn't mean she's any better than us customers!"

For some reason, a few people in the crowd started jeering, and as the conversation went on, things got heated. Some of the more agitated individuals even went forward to overturn Su Banxia's stall.

Upon seeing this, Lou Wangyue immediately put her arm around Su Banxia's shoulder, shielding her behind her. She noticed the others frowning slightly.

"Business is about negotiation. We've already sold out of everything on this stall. We've told you nicely that you can come back tomorrow if you want more. There's no need for you to get so worked up. It's unreasonable to smash someone's stall just because you can't buy anything."

"Why didn't she tell us earlier that everything was sold out? We've been queuing all day for nothing, and now she's telling us there's nothing left to sell!"

"Yes! Where was she all this time! She wasted my whole afternoon. My child is waiting to eat, and after queuing all day, I didn't get a single thing. Now he's going to throw a tantrum!"

"That's right. Your business is already booming, and you don't even know to prepare more ingredients. Aren't you just making a fool of your customers?"

Seeing this, Su Banxia quickly and patiently explained:

"These dorayaki and bamboo tube rice dumplings are our newest products. We don't know how many we can sell, so we didn't prepare too many ingredients. If we prepared too many and couldn't sell them, it would all go to waste. Please understand that it's not easy being a merchant like us."

"Pah! I spend money to buy your goods, and I'm expected to understand the hardships of your business owners? Who understands the hardships of us?!"

"I don't care, I absolutely have to buy this dorayaki!"

"Yes, if you can't do it, we'll smash your stall, and you can forget about ever setting up a stall at our market again!"

Su Banxia frowned slightly as she looked at the group of people who were leading the trouble. Normally, if she told everyone after she finished selling her goods, they would understand and wouldn't cause such a ruckus as they did today.

But today, the people leading the group were implying that they wanted to smash up her stall and didn't want her to set up a stall here anymore, which made Su Banxia feel a little strange.

Lou Wangyue naturally realized that the group of people leading the group had ill intentions, so she gave Jixiang, who was standing outside the crowd, a wink. Jixiang understood and immediately turned back to call for help.

"Everyone, calm down. Smashing someone's business is not a good thing. If it really gets to the authorities, it won't be good for either of us."

The group of men who were leading the group darted around with their eyes after hearing Lou Wangyue's words, exchanged glances, and then gritted their teeth and said:

"Even if we take this to the authorities, we're in the right. We came here to buy things, and you didn't tell us earlier that you were out of stock, making us queue all day for nothing. We can't just let this go!"

"That's right, since there are more of us, even if we really make a scene in the government, they can't do anything to us!"

"Yes, we're not afraid of her. Let's all go and smash her stall! Allowing this kind of unscrupulous merchant to stay in our market is an insult to our market!"

Seeing that the group of people were about to make a move and were about to smash the stall, Su Banxia was just in time when Gou Sheng and Tie Niu returned from selling candied hawthorns. They immediately formed a human wall to protect the stall.

With red eyes, Erzhuzi shouted at the crowd:

"Let's see who dares to mess with our stall. I'm an orphan, a bachelor with no ties. So what if I kill someone? It's just death anyway. There's no point in me living anymore! Anyone who wants to fight me can try!"

Tie Niu, standing to the side, also shouted:

"Yes, if you dare to take another step forward, we'll fight you to the death!"

Su Shiyan also angrily raised the kitchen knife in his hand.

"You led the rebellion, I'll chop you all up first!"

As he spoke, he raised a kitchen knife and was about to charge into the crowd. Those who had initially intended to watch the spectacle no longer dared to approach when they saw Su Shiyan wielding a knife, and scattered in all directions...

"Oh my god, killing someone with a knife in broad daylight!"

"Report to the authorities quickly! Report to the authorities quickly!"

"Kill someone, kill someone!"

Seeing this scene, Su Banxia frowned. Lianhua was pregnant at home; if something were to happen to Su Shiyan, Su Banxia couldn't bear the responsibility. Therefore, Su Banxia quickly pushed Wangyue aside and rushed forward, calling out Su Shiyan's name.

"Big brother, big brother, come back quickly! Stop making trouble! They deliberately provoked us to drive us out of the market. Don't fall into their trap! My sister-in-law Lianhua is waiting for you to come home!"

Su Shiyan, who had been wielding a cleaver in a bloodthirsty frenzy, only wanting to hack the ringleaders to a pulp, suddenly became much more clear-headed upon hearing Su Banxia's voice.

The thought of Lianhua waiting for him at home made him back down. He threw down the kitchen knife, relieved that he hadn't actually hurt anyone. If their child were born without a father, how miserable Lianhua's life would be.

Thinking this, Su Shiyan was about to turn around and tell Su Banxia to rest assured that he wouldn't act impulsively again when he suddenly saw someone rush out from behind, wielding a large wooden stick, and smash it hard against the back of Su Shiyan's head.

Seeing this, Su Banxia disregarded everything else, grabbed the ladle beside her, aimed it at the man's head, and smashed it down hard.

"Big brother, quickly squat down!"

Su Shiyan had no other redeeming qualities except that he listened to Su Banxia. Although he had just turned around and didn't know what was happening behind him, when Su Banxia told him to squat down, he did so without thinking. The ladle that Su Banxia threw went straight for the man's face...