CHAPTER 224: CHAPTER 224: USELESS

Jin Laoer retreated another step and pointed to his own arm, "My hand was injured by you."

"Compensate me a hundred taels of medical silver, and we’ll call it even."

Ah Hu sneered, "Someone like you is worth a hundred taels? Even one penny is too much for you!"

His face suddenly turned serious, "You’re all from the Xuan Gang, aren’t you?"

"Let me make this clear, you all make a living by labor, if you don’t want to meddle in this, leave quickly. Otherwise, if you get injured later and can’t get up for ten days or half a month, it will delay your livelihood."

With Ah Hu’s words, a few people in the back quietly slipped away.

They were all the mainstays of their families; if they got hurt, what would their families eat and drink?

Jin Laoer retreated while shouting, "Fine, you’re asking for a fight, do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a flash of cold light, and Lin Shuo’s big axe swept across. The sticks and poles in the hands of those in the front were all cut in half.

They were just laborers, who still had to work at the docks later, not specialized fighters. Seeing this situation, it might turn deadly, so each one dropped their poles and ran.

The people in the front ran, and those behind immediately lost their nerve and also followed them out.

If it were about demanding wages, they would naturally stand united, but going along with the leader’s brother-in-law for bullying, they weren’t really willing.

Everyone knew what kind of person Jin Laoer was.

Jin Laoer ran the fastest, even his bandage on the arm wasn’t needed anymore, waving both hands, he disappeared in no time.

Manager Sun stood outside watching the commotion and almost got knocked over by the crowd rushing out.

Watching those people running far away, Manager Sun shook his head and sighed, the Xuan Gang people are too useless.

How great it would have been if they had smashed this shop!

Inside the shop, Lin Shuo was still in a daze with his axe. He hadn’t had a good fight in a long time and thought he could stretch his muscles today, but who would’ve thought they would flee without a fight.

Lin Shuo shook his head and returned to the backyard with his axe.

The customer at the door watched, and seeing everyone had run away, then came out.

Zhang Shun quickly greeted him, "Customer, your medicine is ready, which comes to one tael and one qian of silver."

The person handed over the money and walked away with the medicine.

Ah Hu walked to the door, looked around, saw no trace of those people, shook his head, and also went to the backyard.

Yun Jiao propped her chin and shouted, "Ah Tie, take those broken sticks and rotten poles to the back and put them in the woodpile."

Ah Tie picked up those bits and pieces, and then another customer came in to get their medicine.

Zhang Shun quoted the price for the herbs, and Yun Jiao went over to check the prescription. Inside was an ingredient, sour jujube seed, that needed grinding. She instructed Ah Tie, "Go and call Lao Jiu to grind the herbs."

Ah Tie called in Lao Jiu, who then helped place the medicine into the mill trough.

The mill trough was made of iron, a bit like a canoe, with an iron wheel-like millstone threaded through the middle with an iron bar.

When grinding the medicine, one could either use hands to turn the iron bar to move the millstone in the trough, which was quite tiring.

Or people could stand on the iron bar, bending their legs skillfully, allowing the iron wheel to roll inside, thus grinding the medicine more easily by standing on top.

Lao Jiu came out, and San Ya and Yingzi followed.

Just before, Lao Jiu was cutting herbs while telling them a story, a story not yet finished, so they tagged along like little tails.

Lao Jiu first placed one foot on the iron bar, then both feet, and soon the millstone began to roll.

San Ya and Yingzi watched with wide eyes, "Wow, this looks so fun."