259: Boss, I want to resign.

“What right do you, a mere cashier, have to stop me?!”

“I’m telling you, I am Ge Zhicai, a representative from Fengquan City Base, and your Kyoto’s guest!”

“Dare to offend me, and you and this mall will both be punished by your superiors!”

The short-haired man standing in front of the cash register, in his forties, was dressed ostentatiously, with a leather bag tucked under his arm and a bottle of red wine in his other hand.

A prominent black mole at the corner of his mouth moved as he spoke, creating a strangely comical effect.

Seeing his face clearly, Cao Xiuhong instinctively tensed up.

Why was Ge Zhicai here? Su Liuyuan walked directly out from behind the cash register and snatched back the red wine:

“Don’t give me that useless talk. You want red wine but don’t want to pay. You really are brazen!”

“Niu Er, get him out of here!”

“Ping An Small Mall doesn’t welcome freeloaders!”

“Alright!” Niu Er grabbed Ge Zhicai by the collar and dragged him out.

Niu Er was a former bodyguard, and very strong. Ge Zhicai was no match for him at all.

He was carried away by Niu Er like a chick.

“Let go of me!”

“Is this how your Kyoto Base treats guests… Cao Xiuhong?!”

Seeing that Ge Zhicai knew Cao Xiuhong, Niu Er was stunned.

Ge Zhicai took the opportunity to break free and ran in front of Cao Xiuhong.

Cao Xiuhong instinctively stepped back, gripping Jiang Xiaoshi’s hand.

Noticing that she was holding a small boy, and assuming he was her child, Ge Zhicai sneered:

“When you were with me, you could only give birth to daughters. Now that we’re separated, you can have a son. It’s just like my mother said, you’re a jinx! You want to cut off our Ge family line!”

“Where’s this little bastard’s father? Why isn’t he with you?”

“He wouldn’t be disgusted by a pig like you, would he?”

Ge Zhicai laughed wantonly, *smack*—!

“Ah!”

Jiang Fei slapped him hard across the face, then lied through her teeth:

“There’s a mosquito.”

“Liu Yuan, remember to light a mosquito coil later.”

Su Liuyuan nodded, stifling a laugh.

“Damn it, do you know who I am?!” Ge Zhicai, covering his throbbing cheek, angrily demanded.

When he clearly saw Jiang Fei’s face, his gaze instantly turned lewd.

“Oh, why didn’t I notice a little beauty just now?”

“Did the little beauty’s hand hurt from hitting? Good Big Brother will rub it for you.”

As Ge Zhicai vulgarly tried to touch Jiang Fei’s hand, he was suddenly pushed away by Cao Xiuhong.

Cao Xiuhong shielded Jiang Fei behind her and quickly pulled out the hoe she used for digging wild vegetables from her sack.

“If you dare to touch her, I’ll chop off your hand!”

“Dead woman, I see you’ve forgotten the pain from before.” Ge Zhicai cursed and tried to snatch the hoe, when suddenly a bullet flew and pierced his palm.

“Ah!!!”

Ge Zhicai screamed, clutching his bloody right hand.

Jiang Fei’s voice was icy: “Get out.”

Noticing her finger resting on the gun’s trigger again, Ge Zhicai endured the severe pain and ran out of the mall.

Before leaving, he also left a harsh threat.

“You’re finished! I’m going to report you to the Base Leader for illegal gun possession!”

Jiang Fei was fearless.

The Base Leader personally issued her gun permit.

It was legal!

The farce ended, and the customers who had gathered nearby gradually dispersed, tacitly pretending they hadn’t seen anything.

Su Liuyuan and Niu Er helped Jiang Fei carry the remaining sacks inside.

Su Liuyuan, who loved gossip, couldn’t help but ask Cao Xiuhong curiously:

“Aunt Cao, what’s your relationship with that Ge Zhicai?”

Cao Xiuhong spoke gloomily: “He’s my ex-husband…”

“Xing Ying was just 5 when we divorced.”

“Because he used to abuse me. No matter what I did, as long as he was unhappy, he would hit me to vent, and even hit Xing Ying.”

“I can take a beating, but my child cannot be bullied.”

At this point, Cao Xiuhong raised her hand to haphazardly wipe away tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Jiang Fei:

“Boss, I want to resign.”

“Ge Zhicai is petty and vengeful. He just said he’s a representative from Fengquan City, and seems quite powerful. I’m afraid if I stay here, I’ll cause trouble for you.”

“Once you find someone to take over my job, I’ll pack my things and leave.”

“You don’t need to compensate me, salary, I don’t want anything…”

Jiang Fei interrupted Cao Xiuhong: “You stay here with peace of mind.”

“I slapped Ge Zhicai and shot him. Even if you leave, he’ll still come looking for trouble with me later.”

Su Liuyuan: “Aunt Cao, you don’t need to be afraid. If Ge Zhicai dares to come again, I’ll beat him to death!”

Han Yang: “That’s right, with so many of us, one punch each would be enough to beat him half to death!”

Yao Jin: “I hate domestic abusers the most in this life; they’re a disgrace to us men. Next time I see him, I’ll beat him within an inch of his life!”

Jiang Xiaoshi threw himself into Cao Xiuhong’s arms: “Aunt Cao, don’t leave. I’ll start eating more today, grow big and strong, and then I can protect you.”

Cao Xiuhong could no longer control her emotions and burst into tears: “Thank you all…”

Xing Ying was gone, but God compensated her with so many good children.

It was worth it.

“Don’t cry anymore. Go wash your hands and help me make dumplings. We’ll close early today and have dinner.”

Jiang Fei handed Cao Xiuhong a pack of tissues and led her to the kitchen in the lounge.

Jiang Zhengkang and Niu Er, who could cook, also came.

She left the shepherd’s purse, eggs, and pork for Cao Xiuhong to prepare.

With something to do, Cao Xiuhong quickly emerged from her sadness.

Jiang Fei was in charge of mixing the dumpling filling.

She planned to make two kinds of filling: shepherd’s purse and egg, and shepherd’s purse and pork.

She would make extra and freeze them, both for personal consumption and to sell in the mall.

Jiang Zhengkang was responsible for the dumpling wrappers.

Niu Er, meanwhile, was sorting the remaining wild vegetables and mushrooms.

Half would be sold, and half would be put in the kitchen refrigerator.

Once Cao Xiuhong and Niu Er finished their tasks, they started making dumplings.

After Su Liuyuan and the others closed the door, they came to help make them together.

Many hands make light work; they made a total of one thousand dumplings.

Jiang Fei mixed both kinds of dumpling fillings together and cooked 160 of them, based on the number of people.

Including her, that was 20 each.

She set aside 80 for Lu Yu, Xiao Chuxia, Ling Zhaorui, and Mother Xiao, who would be off work soon.

The rest of the dumplings were all bagged and put into the freezer.

Su Liuyuan went to get the walkie-talkie to contact the four people working to come eat, and Jiang Fei began to boil the dumplings.

Freshly made dumplings cooked quickly, ready in seven or eight minutes.

“Have a taste.” Jiang Fei handed out chopsticks to everyone.

Yao Jin picked up a steaming hot dumpling, blew on it to cool it, and tasted it.

The dumpling skin was thin and the filling generous. The fragrant and delicious shepherd’s purse, mixed with the tender and smooth pork, made Yao Jin give a thumbs up after one bite.

“Delicious! So fresh!”

Everyone started eating.

The first dumpling Jiang Fei ate was shepherd’s purse and egg filling, which was even more tender than the pork one.

It truly lived up to its name as the “king of wild vegetables”; it was genuinely delicious.

Cao Xiuhong: “Boss, there should be bamboo shoots on the mountain. We didn’t encounter any today. How about we go again tomorrow?”

“Our mall has pickled peppers, we can make pickled pepper bamboo shoots.”

Just as Jiang Fei agreed, the lounge door was pushed open.

Xiao Chuxia stood at the doorway without entering, saying mysteriously:

“Miss, guess who I brought back?”