A'man's biological mother was from Wazhai of Dayue Kingdom. Dayue Kingdom was a neighboring country of Dayan Kingdom and had always been called barbarians by the people of Dayan Kingdom.

Because the Grand Tutor disapproved of Huo Jincheng marrying Ah Man's mother, Ah Man's mother once stopped the Grand Tutor's carriage in the street after he left court. She questioned the Grand Tutor why he was preventing them from finally getting married, causing the Grand Tutor to lose face in front of his colleagues.

In the Dayue Kingdom, young men and women can get married as long as they love each other. If their parents object, they can report it to the leader of the Wa village and ask the leader to preside over their marriage.

The Grand Tutor wasn't unreasonable, blindly prioritizing his sons. It was simply that the Grand Tutor and the Prince of Pingnan had been close since their youth, and a marriage had been arranged between the two families when Huo Jincheng was three. Later, the Prince of Pingnan's eldest daughter went missing at the age of five, and the Grand Tutor, a man of his word, had not arranged a marriage for Huo Jincheng.

Even if it were a marriage, a family like theirs would not only not consider whether the two families were well-matched, but would also definitely not marry a barbarian woman to their son as his principal wife.

Unexpectedly, Huo Jincheng was a very opinionated man. He married A'man's mother without any matchmakers and gave birth to A'man.

Before Ah Man was full-term, her mother had a miscarriage for some reason and suffered heavy bleeding during delivery. She held on for a breath and gave birth to Ah Man before passing away.

Soon after she left, the Crown Prince and Prince Pingnan both intervened to mediate their conflict, but the Grand Tutor and his wife had never been fond of Ah Man, and Ah Man rarely visited the Grand Tutor's residence. It was only after Huo Jincheng left the capital to help the Crown Prince prepare a birthday gift for the Emperor that Ah Man was sent to his parents.

Because Huo Jincheng had not returned for a long time, Ah Man became impatient to stay in the Taifu's house and made noise every day. The Taifu was fed up with her noise, so he asked someone to prepare a carriage and sent Meixiang to take her to Yang Jinyu.

The Grand Tutor hadn't expected to see Ah Man in Ding Village. No matter how much he disliked her, she was still his granddaughter. Hearing the butcher scold her, the Grand Tutor naturally had to defend her. Not wanting to mention Ah Man's mother had angered the little one, who angrily ran to Da Bao and reached out to pick up the fur ball at his feet.

Maoqiu was a male fox. Besides being wary of Jian Ning, he only liked to stick with Dabao and Ding Youtian. If Dabao hadn't come back, he'd have been able to play with Ah Man for a while, but now that Dabao was back, he wouldn't let Ah Man get close to him, baring his teeth and threatening to stop her from getting close.

"Dabao!" Ah Man stamped her feet and yelled at Dabao, "Look at the fur ball, are you going to take care of it?"

Dabao frowned and looked at the butcher, feeling annoyed. The teacher had said in class that arguing with unreasonable people was like playing the lute to a cow, and getting angry with them was even more foolish.

Because unreasonable people are illiterate and unmannered, getting angry with them is equivalent to putting yourself in the same position as them, and becoming an ignorant and unmannered person as well.

He was very conflicted at the moment. As a son, should he just stand by and watch when others were scolding his mother?

He also knew that reasoning with the butcher was pointless, and cursing at her was even more disrespectful. He couldn't curse her, and he couldn't talk her down. He didn't know what to do. But then Ah Man came around, and he glanced at her. "It's none of my business if it doesn't play with you."

"I am your wife, you have to take care of me!" Ah Man said with her hands on her hips.

When the Taifu heard this, his face turned dark. So this was what she meant by calling Ding Youtian and Jian Ning father and mother. He thought they were the godfather and godmother that Huo Jincheng asked her to recognize.

The children born by a barbarian woman are indeed barbarians!

The Taifu was so angry that his eyes turned black, but he also knew Ah Man's temper. The old woman was still cursing and Jian Ning was busy saving people. Even if he wanted to beat Ah Man to death, he had to suppress his anger for the time being.

"If you don't shut up and just keep yelling and cursing here, I'll have someone stuff pig manure into your mouth and lock you up in the ancestral hall. If you don't believe me, just keep yelling and see if I lock you up!" The clan leader was furious and glared at the butcher woman viciously.

The village head also said, "Why didn't you curse Youtian's wife when you were eating wild game? Did she let your three dogs go up the mountainside to set traps? If you keep cursing, don't blame me for kicking you out of the village!"

In Dingjia Village, it is rare to see the head of the village and the clan leader angry at the same time. Many villagers also blamed the butcher at this time, saying that Youtian's wife is treating your son, but you are cursing the sky and the earth. You were the first to run when selling grain to exchange for secret water, but you turned your back on her as soon as she fell.

No matter how rude the butcher was, she knew that it was difficult to offend the public, so she had to shut up. But it was impossible for her not to curse, so she cursed in her heart instead. Who could do anything to her?

In the clinic, San Gouzi regained consciousness, and the IV drip had just finished. Jian Ning removed the needle from him and told him, "Don't worry, your foot is saved. Take good care of it. I'll teach you how to do rehabilitation later, so you won't become lame. As for your arm, I'll have a simulated prosthetic arm installed for you in three months. It won't affect your life."

San Gouzi burst into tears upon hearing this. Upon waking up, the first thing he thought of was his leg. He had assumed he would become a cripple with only one leg and a stick. He hadn't given much thought to his arm, as missing half of his left arm wouldn't prevent him from working with his right hand and eating. Hearing Jian Ning's words, realizing that not only would he not become a cripple, but his left arm could actually be reattached, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

After crying for a while, I remembered to ask, "What is a simulated prosthetic arm?"

There were ready-made prosthetic limbs in the medical warehouse, both imported and domestically produced. Jian Ning explained in words he could understand, "It's just a prosthetic hand made with medicinal materials. Once it's made, it looks almost exactly like a real hand, can bend and move. After you attach it, you'll slowly get used to it. After a long time, you'll adapt to it, and it won't be much different from a real hand. That's it."

"You really are my biological sister!" San Gouzi was older than Jian Ning and Ding Youtian, but he called them "big brother and big sister" with tears in his eyes. "From now on, my life belongs to you, big brother and big sister. No matter what happens, as long as you say a word, I, San Gouzi, will go through mountains of swords and seas of fire to frown and say, 'I'm not raised by a human being!'"

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