Chapter 282 - Chapter 282: Chapter 278: Didn’t Win_1 (1/2)

Chapter 282: Chapter 278: Didn’t Win_1

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The spectators watching “ahh-ed” and “ohh-ed”, taking in the sight, and finally, someone bought five magnolias, saying they wanted to sew them into their sachet bags.

Five flowers equal one hundred coins, but the fragrance of these magnolias is robust and should last a long time.

As a result, people gradually started buying magnolias, and soon half of the basket full of magnolias had been sold.

With an increasing number of customers, peonies and chrysanthemums also started to sell.

Melons and apples were also purchased, with ten being sold for one coin at a time.

Yingbao was extremely busy at this moment.

To prevent anyone from taking things without paying, Jiang Sanlang stood on a stool, keeping a close eye on everyone.

Indeed, he saw someone secretly tuck two large apples into their wide sleeves trying to slip away.

“Hey! Pay before leaving!” Jiang Sanlang jumped off the stool and grabbed the person, coldly saying, “Or you can put the items down!”

Seeing Jiang Sanlang towering above them, the person knew they couldn’t win in a fight and grudgingly took the apples out of their sleeves and tossed them back into the basket.

As Yingbao saw the number of people around her booth increase, she felt a bit overwhelmed and hurriedly said to her father, “Dad, let’s move the goods behind the counter.”

Having a counter as a barrier should make things much safer.

Jiang Sanlang also felt that it was unreliable to have a market stall outside. So they moved all the goods back to the store’s counter, leaving only a few samples on the counter.

As a result, the number of onlookers decreased, but not the number of actual customers.

Indeed, having a market stall was not suitable for her, Yingbao lamented.

By noon, a large basket of apples and a large basket of melons were all sold out, and only a few flowers were left.

Yingbao peeked at the cash box, it was filled to the brim.

She wondered how her second cousin was doing, she needed to go see.

But before going, she had to bring some apples and flowers from the store, to take home in the afternoon.

“Dad, I’m going to check on my second cousin,” Yingbao said to Jiang Sanlang.

Jiang Sanlang nodded, “Take Dahei with you when you go out.” His second nephew was selling at another street market. A turn from here, and he would be in sight.

“Okay,” Yingbao cheerfully ran from the shop’s back door into the backyard, brought out a basket of grapes, two baskets of apples, a basket of melons, and a large basket of flowers from the house.

The house now lacked nothing but these items.

Then, with Xiaohei in tow, she excitedly went to find her second cousin.

When Yingbao arrived at the marketplace, she saw a ruffian extorting Jiang Quan.

“Damn it! You dare to cheat me! Either compensate me five taels of silver, or give me that silver bracelet!”

It turned out that the ruffian had played an archery game with ten coins and only hit a small porcelain figure, which annoyed him. Thus, he grabbed Jiang Quan and tried to extort the silver bracelet prize from him.

Jiang Quan naturally disagreed. He had purchased the engraved silver bracelet embedded with gems for four taels of silver. It was used to attract customers, and he couldn’t just give it to anyone. However, this ruffian looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

Yingbao, however, remembered. This man was Zhang Jia’s concubine’s another brother.

She wasn’t sure if they were related by blood, but this man had once been involved in beating Aunty Jiang Yunniang and often frequented the brothel Tile House with Zhang Jia.

Soon, Jiang Quan and this man began to argue, and unexpectedly, he punched Jiang Quan in the eye.

Jiang Quan was furious and immediately tussled with him.

The ruffian was fierce in the brawl despite his small stature. Jiang Quan was no match for him and was soon pinned to the ground and brutally attacked.

Seeing this, Yingbao dropped the dog leash in her hands, patting Xiaohei.

Xiaohei swiftly darted out and bit into the ruffian’s buttock.