"No fighting allowed. If you fight again, I'll show you how I'll deal with you." Before leaving, Jian Ning warned Guoguo and Baimei again.
Their family of four plus Tong Bajin and Erlangzi, a total of six people, sat in the private room of "Lingyunju" facing the street. This place was recommended by Erlangzi, who had been performing acrobatics in Yancheng for nearly five years. On a day when his luck was good, he could occasionally earn half a tael of silver.
He knew every street and alley in Yancheng by heart, and he also knew which restaurant had the best food. He was a man who spent whatever money he had, and as long as he had enough to eat and drink today, he would worry about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. Even if the sky fell, he would only focus on filling his stomach today.
"Uncle Baldy, your words are as loud as thunder." Sanniu giggled.
"Don't call people that." Jian Ning's face darkened. "What did mother always tell you? Don't expose other people's shortcomings. I let you off easy today because I didn't punish you long enough, right?"
"I told them to call me that. It's my fault. I won't teach them like that next time." Tong Bajin immediately admitted that he was the one who told them to call him that.
"Hey, it's okay." Erlangzi waved his hands, patted his chest and said, "My last name is Shi. My mother died of complications during childbirth, and she asked Yinpo to protect me. My father died not long after. I grew up eating at many people's homes. The villagers said I was stupid, and since I lost both my parents, they nicknamed me Erlangzi."
"Because I ate a lot, when I grew up, the villagers asked me to go out to make a living, so I left home. Later, I got bald spots on my head, and people called me Second Bald Head. I got used to it and didn't think it was a big deal."
"That won't work either. Call him Uncle Shi from now on. Do you hear me?" Jian Ning instructed Erniu and Sanniu.
The two nodded, and Sanniu followed up by calling out, "Uncle Shi, I'll listen to Mom and call you Uncle Shi from now on."
Erniu didn't want to be left behind, so she also shouted "Uncle Shi" loudly.
"So you only have a surname but no given name?" Ding Youtian pondered for a moment. "How about I give you a name like Shi Yunlai?"
Erlangzi just responded with "Okay" when earth-shaking cries came from across the street. Jian Ning looked over and saw a middle-aged woman running out of a room, her hands and dress covered in blood. She slapped her thighs and yelled in panic, as if she was calling for help!
"I'll go down and take a look." Jian Ning stood up and rushed out of the private room. Ding Youtian quickly followed.
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