Chapter 164 Beating You Until You’re Searching for Teeth on the Ground_1
An Jing didn’t care how much protection money they collected from each stall; she simply stated at a leisurely pace, "Since it’s protection money, then you should be the ones protecting us before we pay you, right? But what can we do, I have my husband to protect me, and my husband doesn’t need your protection, so it seems we don’t have to pay you after all. Sorry to have made you come here for nothing."
"Boss, look at this..." The man with the thieving rat’s eyes was stunned by An Jing’s response and after a moment of pause, eagerly looked towards his leader to see what they should do next.
The scar-faced man leading the group immediately glared with his round, fierce eyes and threatened, "Are you going to give us one tael of silver or not? If you don’t, we won’t be polite anymore!"
"Even if we did give it to you, you would still be rude to us," An Jing replied slowly.
The three thugs were momentarily taken aback, not expecting An Jing to have seen through their intention of deliberately causing trouble; even if they got a tael, they would still be impolite.
Coming to his senses, the scar-faced man became furious. In Sixteen Town, there was no vegetable seller who wasn’t afraid of him, as they would obediently pay the protection money as soon as they made their demands.
But now, not only had An Jing talked back at length, she had also guessed their motive, which made the scar-faced man feel like he had lost face and, naturally, his anger rose.
The scar-faced man shouted in rage, "You arrogant bitch, not even bothering to ask around who He Ba is. Fine, if you won’t pay the protection fee, we’ll make sure you can’t do business in this town!"
Immediately, He Ba ordered his two underlings, "Go, smash this bitch’s stall and see how they can sell anything!"
"Yes, boss." The two underlings promptly moved to smash the stall.