Chapter 83: Trap or Opportunity

Someone stood up first to explain, which made the people around him even more excited, and those who had originally planned to retreat surrounded him again.

Jiang Hongyi's face grew even colder as he watched the crowd gradually push the two of them toward the center.

"Is there such a thing as asking for help? What's going on? Is it popular to force people to submit now?"

No matter how hard others squeezed, Jiang Hongyi's arms half-enclosed and protected Qi Xu like a big iron barrel.

He now had a look on his face that said "keep away from strangers", which scared some timid ones so much that they trembled and dared not come forward.

When Qi Xu saw that she couldn't fool them, she decided to go all out. Anyway, she had Jiang Hongyi's support behind her, so she was not afraid even if this group of people was a trap specially designed by someone.

"Quiet!"

Only after the noisy crowd around him quieted down a little did Qi Xu plan to continue speaking.

"If anyone trusts me and wants me to help, please stay. If you don't trust me, please don't crowd in here."

"But I have a condition. My husband and I need to buy some medicine. You have to let us go sell the medicine first, and then we can come back to help you."

Qi Xu is not a fool. He can't ignore his own affairs just because others pester him.

The crowd looked at Jiang Hongyi with a cold face, then turned around and looked at Qi Xu's explanation and request with some doubt.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you. We still have things to do."

After Jiang Hongyi said this, he didn't care about anything else and pulled Qi Xu to squeeze out.

He was leading the charge in the front. If anyone blocked their way, they would be frightened and take a step back by his glare.

Relying on Jiang Hongyi's icy aura that kept people at a distance, the two of them quickly broke out of the crowd.

However, time was limited, so the two of them stopped and walked along the way, comparing prices from different stores, before they bought all the necessary ingredients for the scented tea they wanted.

When they returned to the market entrance, the crowd was much smaller than before. Some people had left because they had something to do or didn't have the patience to wait.

When Qi Xu saw that the number of people had decreased by nearly half, he felt relieved.

She was still capable of dealing with this number of people, and then she turned around and stuffed all the remaining medicine bags in her hand into Jiang Hongyi's hands.

He looked around, found a relatively shady place, waved to the crowd, and they all gathered around him.

You and I chattered non-stop.

"Stop, one by one. Let's start with the elderly. The principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young should still be followed."

Qi Xu said this, but in fact, the old man in the front had been standing for a long time and his legs were shaking, and it felt like he would fall down at any second.

Another reason was that she saw more or less black air on the old man’s forehead and lower eyelids.

That is an ominous sign.

Jiang Hongyi was very tactful. He went to another stall and borrowed two stools, allowing Qi Xu and the people who needed to solve the problem to sit down and talk.

The good news is that for those present, family matters can be resolved by talking about some areas that require attention.

According to everyone's description, either the children in the family cry every day, or the family members are often unlucky, such as stepping on cow dung when going out, bird droppings falling on their heads when walking, and so on.

Qi Xuke was able to come up with solutions to problems easily.

If the child cries every day, the adults who return home after sunset will use torches to warm the child's body to drive away the cold.

If there is bad luck at home, the simplest way is to wear a cinnabar bracelet on the right hand, which may be more or less effective.

If it doesn't work, check if there is some clutter in the house that is causing the odor. It's best to clean it up. Or if there is a mirror facing the bed, just cover it with a curtain.

If you are still worried, take a bath in sea salt to remove negative energy. After all, there is plenty of sea salt in Keihin Island.

Jiang Hongyi stood behind Qi Xu like a bodyguard the whole time, looking at the back of her head.

It was strange. Even if he just stared at the back of Qi Xu's head, he felt that the back of Qi Xu's head was glowing.

Jiang Hongyi doubted his own eyes and raised his hand to rub them. When he looked over again, Qi Xu had already dealt with all the matters in the crowd and dismissed everyone. He turned around and happened to look at each other.

"Anyway, I still made some money today."

Qi Xu shook the small stack of red cloth bags in his hand, and tapped the ground with his right foot to signal him to look at the hen and another basket of duck eggs on the ground.

"Don't overthink it. Whether it's a blessing or a curse, we'll just have to deal with it. When the time comes, we'll just have to deal with it. Everything will work out."

At Qi Xu's signal, Jiang Hongyi came back to his senses, nodded, bent down, grabbed the hen, and picked up the basket.

"Let's go and return their stool."

Qi Xu immediately put away his cocky attitude, picked up a bench in one hand, and returned it to the vendor who had borrowed it.

As a thank you, Qi Xu also taught the small vendor who borrowed the bench some tricks to attract wealth.

Something like moving the stall to the side to avoid being blocked by the big tree. Something like replacing the dark grey mats used for lining items with red ones will definitely double your income.

The small vendor didn't expect that he could get Qi Xu's professional guidance just by borrowing a bench. He bowed in gratitude to express his gratitude.

Qi Xu quickly waved his hand politely, "It's no problem, it's no problem. Since you've done such a great favor, I'd like to wish you prosperity in the future."

If others saw this, they would think that it was just fellow villagers meeting each other with tears in their eyes.

That’s right, there are tears in the vendor’s eyes now as he looks grateful.

Qi Xu saw that something was not right, so he exchanged a few words of greeting and left, pulling Jiang Hongyi by the front of his clothes.

No one knew that not long after they left, the small vendor behind them laughed twice with his mouth crooked, then suddenly convulsed all over and fainted on the bench. After a while, the evil aura slowly dissipated.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't want to solve it. I will protect you and take you back directly."

Jiang Hongyi was a little confused. She didn't have to try her best to solve the problem just now.

"No, no, no, things are not as simple as we think."

"You said, since someone specifically set up this game, why wouldn't we jump in?"

"Don't think that I just tried my best to help everyone solve the problem. In fact, I only solved the surface."

“It’s just superficial work.”

Qi Xu spoke meaningfully, and Jiang Hongyi immediately understood the rest of his meaning.

Surface work can be completely understood as hiding one's true strength.

"He still underestimated you."

Jiang Hongyi's tone of voice unconsciously added a bit of pride, and he felt that his wife could also stand on her own.

However, he didn't say the rest of the praise.

"Of course. Don't you see who I am, Qi Xu? I'm an indestructible cockroach. The more I face setbacks, the braver I become. I even have you as my 'blood-replenishing pack'. I'm not afraid of anyone who comes my way!"

The gate of the courtyard was right in front of him. Qi Xu suddenly put his hands behind his back, took a big step to the left, and then a big step to the right, as if he had really become a leader.

In fact, if Jiang Hongyi looked at her face from the front, he could clearly see that she had a furrowed brow, a raised nose, and her upper teeth were biting her lower lip, with a look of confusion and sorrow on her face.