After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 155 Su Xiaoxiao Saves Lives

At this moment, an old man who was as thin as a rake was kneeling on the ground, begging these officials who were collecting government grain.

The officer grinned maliciously at the old man before him, then stepped forward and kicked him squarely in the chest.

The old man was so weak that he almost passed out from the kick and fell to the ground.

"If you can't pay, you'll go to jail. Your whole family will be exiled to the army!"

The words were utterly merciless, and the old man's son, who was also crying and begging for mercy, was standing beside him.

"Your Honor, please have pity on us! We really have no food left. This is the last bag we have. If we hand it over, we'll have nothing left to eat..."

Su Xiaoxiao watched from the side, not saying a word, but her fists were clenched so tightly that even those around her could hear the clenching sound.

"If you don't pay, you'll go to jail. Stop crying and wailing here and ruining my mood!"

The officer, annoyed by the crying, kicked the poor father and son to the ground.

As they spoke, several constables came over with boards and began to beat the father and son.

"boom!"

The official was sent flying high into the air, crashing heavily to the ground before he could even react.

After Su Xiaoxiao kicked him to the ground, she stepped over him and started punching him in the face with her little fists.

Punch after punch landed on the officer's face, leaving it covered in welts. "You beast! Don't you have any humanity left? Didn't you see how pitiful that old man and his son were? And you're still bullying them like this!"

It felt as cathartic as calling out to the urban management officers who bullied street vendors. With Su Xiaoxiao taking the lead, the others began to fight back.

"Yes, we hand over so much grain to the government, but they always say it's not enough and they squeeze us from all sides."

"You corrupt officials, it would be an injustice if we didn't beat you up!"

Su Xiaoxiao started cursing as she hit. Her punches were really vicious. When the other soldiers came to arrest Su Xiaoxiao, they were all beaten to a pulp and left on the ground groaning in pain.

Su Xiaoxiao either dislocated their arms or broke their thighs.

"Isn't this Su Xiaoxiao?"

"Yes, shouldn't she have married into the next village? Why is she beating up soldiers here?"

Some villagers recognized Su Xiaoxiao, and everyone was very impressed by her courageous act.

Some people say that the woman is a young widow, and quite shrewish; these soldiers are probably in for a rough time today.

They continued beating the officers until their noses bled and they were begging for mercy on the ground.

Would the official let this go? He had just remembered to send someone to arrest Su Xiaoxiao when a man came instead. After the man said a few words to the official, he saw the official start to tremble and sweat profusely.

He dared not say anything more, and walked up to Su Xiaoxiao, bowing deeply. "Miss Su, you don't need to pay the government grain this time, please go back!"

The other people surnamed Bai were all startled. Why were they all so afraid of Su Xiaoxiao after the beating she gave them? Su Xiaoxiao also thought she had caused a huge disaster this time.

But no, she was not only respected but also exempted from grain tax. This must be related to the man from earlier. Su Xiaoxiao thought that the man looked familiar and was somewhat like one of General Pei Yuan's men.

Su Xiaoxiao was still feeling a bit scared after hitting the person, but she felt quite lucky, at least she had General Pei Yuan backing her up.

After Su Xiaoxiao returned home, she went to ask Pei Yuan.

Pei Yuan was busy preparing glutinous rice and bamboo leaves at home. When he saw Su Xiaoxiao return, he excitedly said to her, "The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon. When do you think we should start making zongzi? I don't know how to make them yet. Can you teach me?"

Su Xiaoxiao rushed to him and hugged Pei Yuan tightly. "Did you have someone take care of things for me today?"

Pei Yuan nodded and said, "It's nothing, just don't be too reckless in the future!"

Su Xiaoxiao assured her, "Okay."

On the Dragon Boat Festival, Su Xiaoxiao gave the people at the jam workshop a day off. Everyone was very happy. They still got their wages and got a holiday. What a wonderful thing!

When Ms. Sun heard that there was a holiday, she was very happy, but she felt it was a pity. She thought it would be better to hold some activities in the workshop during these days, such as a rice dumpling wrapping competition, which would also be a kind of employee benefit.

Su Xiaoxiao said frankly that the Sun family understood her very well, and it seems that the Sun family is becoming more and more like a leader.

The news spread throughout the workshop, and everyone was very excited; such an event had never happened before.

To make the event more professional, Su Xiaoxiao prepared a variety of zongzi fillings, such as savory pork zongzi with ham and diced mushrooms, and sweet zongzi with red bean paste, red dates, and candied dates. The employees of the jam workshop were very much looking forward to these diverse zongzi.

No one has ever tasted so many flavors of zongzi before. In fact, these poor people are so poor that they can't even fill their stomachs, let alone eat so many zongzi.

Su Xiaoxiao's actions can be considered a benefit for her employees, and everyone is very grateful to her.

On the day of the zongzi (sticky rice dumpling) competition, Su Xiaoxiao brought out many prizes, and everyone busily started wrapping zongzi in the workshop.

The employees were very enthusiastic. Su Xiaoxiao first divided the employees into three groups according to their number of people, and then instructed the chefs in the canteen to soak and wash the ingredients as needed. Then she went to see the very happy men. The workers there were excitedly discussing, "I heard that Boss Su has prepared very generous prizes for us employees. The top three will receive money as a reward."

"Not only that, the rice dumplings we make will be delivered to each of us so we can take them home and share them with our families."

At that time, everyone felt that the Dragon Boat Festival was a luxury, a holiday only the wealthy could celebrate. Unlike people today, who are so fortunate that they wish every day of the year was a holiday, the Dragon Boat Festival back then was a privilege reserved for the rich.

Poor people don't have anyone to celebrate this festival.

Su Xiaoxiao also told the employees that they could bring their family members in as well, so that they could cheer them on.

Everyone was even more excited, praising Su Xiaoxiao as a generous boss, and everyone went home to tell their families the good news.

This was undoubtedly an unprecedented feast. Eventually, the whole village knew about it, and even people from the neighboring village knew about it and were preparing to come and join in the fun, hoping they might even get to eat some zongzi.

(End of this chapter)