Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

The bamboo broom swept across their legs, startling the three old women so much that they jumped up and down, trying to dodge backward.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Xue squeezed through, grabbed Lin Jing, and shielded her behind her.

Don't let her soft-spoken manner and gentle personality fool you; when it comes to real trouble, she's fearless.

He glared at the few troublemaking old ladies and raised his voice.

"Don't cause any trouble. If you keep making a scene, we'll call the police and let them investigate who's trying to extort money from us."

The old woman with triangular eyes rolled her eyes, then suddenly rolled her eyes back and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"Ouch... He's hitting me! The shady shop owner is hitting me! I'm having a heart attack! I don't want to live anymore!"

She lay on the ground, rolling around, clutching her chest, screaming pitifully.

The other two elderly women immediately joined in, squatting on the ground and shouting loudly.

"Hey, what's wrong, sis? Oh my god, someone's going to die!"

A gasp went up from the crowd, and some people started pointing and whispering.

Lin Jing looked at the troublemakers and was so angry that she wanted to beat them up and throw them out.

He can open his shop and do business, but with so many people watching, if he really does that, he won't be able to explain himself no matter what.

"Sister Feng, sister-in-law, this..." Lin Jing's voice was trembling.

Wang Feng rolled her eyes, looked at the old woman on the ground pretending to be dead, and chuckled.

She had seen this kind of dramatic scene of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide far too often in the village.

"What's the panic? You won't die."

Wang Feng threw the broom aside and began searching the store.

"Jingjing, do you have any needles in the shop?"

Lin Jing was taken aback: "No...why would you need a needle?"

"What should we do? Saving lives is urgent!"

Wang Feng slapped his thigh and started searching everywhere.

"Use this!"

Lin Xue didn't know when, but she found a fish fin in a pile of garbage.

Wang Feng's eyes lit up when she saw that it was the fin of a mudskipper.

The mudskipper's fins are poisonous, but not fatal.

Getting stung feels like being stung by a bee; it hurts a lot.

Holding the fish fin, Wang Feng strode over to the old woman with triangular eyes lying on the ground, stepped over her, and sat down on her stomach.

The old woman with triangular eyes groaned as she was pressed down, and secretly opened her eyes a crack.

Seeing the fish fin in Wang Feng's hand, he trembled with fear.

Wang Feng shouted at the top of her lungs towards the crowd outside the door.

"Everyone, please be our witnesses!"

"This old lady has had a seizure; her condition is critical!"

"I did it to save someone. The folk remedy in our village—pinching the philtrum—doesn't work; you have to use a needle!"

"If you don't have a needle, this fish fin will do. Just bleed it out and the person will come back to life."

After saying that, Wang Feng grabbed the old lady's chin with her left hand and raised the fish fin with her right hand.

"Auntie, please don't get hurt. I guarantee you'll be as energetic as ever now."

The fish fin plunged deep into the philtrum.

Wang Feng certainly didn't dare to kill him. If the old man really suffered serious pain, she wouldn't pay for his life.

But when a fish fin gets stuck in your body, the pain is real.

"Aww...!"

The old woman with triangular eyes let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

He shoved Wang Feng away with both hands and sprang up from the ground.

"You crazy woman, are you trying to kill me? Ah... it hurts so much!"

The old woman clutched her philtrum, tears streaming down her face from the pain, showing no signs of a relapse.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"This folk remedy really works!"

"This old lady jumps higher than a monkey; she doesn't look sick at all."

"The fins of the mudskipper are no joke; we mustn't let anything really happen."

"What's there to be afraid of? A hot compress will do the trick, it won't kill you..."

Wang Feng was knocked to the ground by the old lady, still clutching the fish fin in her hand.

Seeing the old lady screaming in pain, he patted his bottom and stood up.

"Oh, ma'am, is that all? I still have a few acupoints that haven't been needled yet. How about I lie down and have a couple more massages to solidify them?"

The triangular-eyed old woman was so frightened that she kept backing away, pulling two other old women along as they pushed through the crowd and rushed out.

"You just wait, this isn't over!"

The three people ran swiftly and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that there was no excitement to be had, the crowd gradually dispersed.

The purchasing station finally became quiet.

Lin Jing breathed a sigh of relief, took Wang Feng and Chen Xue's hands, and her eyes reddened.

"Sister Feng, sister-in-law, thank you so much for today."

"I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't come."

Wang Feng threw the fish bones into the trash can, poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down.

She's not stupid. Lin Jing could run a purchasing station with Lin Tao, how could she be that kind of weak person?

Even if they don't come, Lin Jing will definitely find a way to handle it.

But since they were being polite and thanking her, she couldn't be presumptuous, so she went along with it and started chatting.

"No need to thank me, we're all family."

"Jingjing, let me tell you, it's true that harmony brings wealth in business, but you absolutely can't let this shameless old rascal get away with it."

"The nicer you are to them, the more they will take advantage of you."

Lin Jing nodded repeatedly: "I know, thank you, Sister Feng. I was just worried about affecting the shop's business. We're all neighbors."

Chen Xue helped put the kicked-out baskets back in order and tidied up the shop that had just been messed up.

She slowed her movements and frowned slightly.

"Jingjing," Chen Xue turned to Lin Jing, "Those three old ladies, did they really come to buy shrimp yesterday?"

Lin Jing thought for a moment and said, "I bought it. I came here yesterday afternoon when they were almost closing up shop."

"The three of them only bought one pound of shrimp, picking and choosing, and even complained that our prices were too high. They argued with me for ages."

Chen Xue stopped what she was doing and walked up to Lin Jing.

"One pound of shrimp, divided among three people?"

Chen Xue felt something was wrong the more she thought about it. The three of them weren't family. If they bought a pound of shrimp together, who would get enough to eat?

"Sister-in-law, don't you think this is a bit strange?"

Wang Feng was drinking tea when he frowned and asked, "What's so strange? It's just a few bored old rascals trying to take advantage of you."

Chen Xue shook her head, her expression turning serious.

"If you want to take advantage, one person can make a scene. Why did you have to come with three people and make such a big fuss?"

"And right from the start, they were all complaining that our seafood wasn't fresh, that people got sick from eating it, that they wanted to pay us back, and that we were overcharging..."

Chen Xue looked at the empty street outside the door and lowered her voice.

"Tao is not here today, and the shop assistants have all gone to deliver goods, so Jingjing is all alone."

"They didn't come earlier or later, but they just had to come and cause trouble at this time."

"Don't you think it was intentional?"

Chen Xue's words stunned Lin Jing and Wang Feng.

Lin Jing came to her senses and realized that something was wrong.

"Sister-in-law, you mean... they came here on purpose to cause trouble?"

Chen Xue nodded.

"Very likely."

"This looks like someone is behind it, deliberately trying to ruin our reputation."

"We need to find out who's behind this as soon as possible, or we'll be in for a lot of trouble later."