This girl in red is so arrogant, so domineering, so dazzling, so cocky, so... ignorant of her own limitations.
Who gave her the courage?
What enabled her to utter such bold words?
Furthermore, why would a girl from Northern Qi travel thousands of miles to the coast? Was it really to destroy the Cherry Blossom Kingdom?
The middle-aged man opened his mouth, but it took him a long time to utter a sentence: "Young lady, your courage is commendable and deserves praise, but you think too poorly of Japan."
Sheng Lingwei smiled at the middle-aged man and asked in return, "Uncle, the shamelessness of Japan is unparalleled in the world. No one can compare to that. Don't you think so?"
“Of course I think so,” the middle-aged man replied without hesitation.
"That settles it then." Sheng Lingwei's beautiful face was full of unrestrained and arrogant laughter. "These beasts only pollute the air when they live in this world. Shouldn't we wipe them out before they develop their power?"
"Of course it would be good, but..." The middle-aged man's face immediately fell.
Sheng Lingwei: "Just what?"
The middle-aged man sighed deeply.
"Ah, young lady, you don't understand. It's not that we don't want to kill those Japanese pirates, but we are simply too weak and can't get help from the imperial court. We are truly willing but powerless!"
The only thing we can do now is to do everything in our power to protect our children and grandchildren, and prevent them from dying at the hands of the Japanese pirates.
Sheng Lingwei frowned, "Uncle, is your Chaozhou Kingdom's court really so inactive?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man felt extremely ashamed, slapped his forehead hard, and sighed again.
"Alas, if we could, none of us in the entire village would want to be citizens of the Chaozhou Kingdom."
But there's nothing we can do. Our ancestors have lived here for generations, and we're poor and powerless. Without the village, we simply can't survive.
At this point, the middle-aged man gave a self-deprecating laugh.
"Ha, the imperial court, those corrupt officials are all good-for-nothings. They only care about their own enjoyment and don't care about the lives of us coastal people at all."
Even when those Japanese pirates came right up to their doorstep and wantonly slaughtered and humiliated their people, they did nothing and just cowered like cowards.
If things continue like this, I think it won't be long before the Chaozhou Kingdom is swallowed up by the Japanese pirates.
After saying that, the middle-aged man looked ashen-faced and muttered, "We'll live one more day as long as we can. There's nothing we can do. We're the lowest of the low."
humble?
Sheng Lingwei felt terrible after hearing this, but she also understood the helplessness and bitterness of the people at the bottom of society.
After a moment of contemplation, Sheng Lingwei looked at the middle-aged man and said solemnly, "Uncle, we are all born as human beings, and we are no worse than anyone else. Apart from not being able to change our origins, we can change our way of life."
At the very least, we must have high self-esteem and not place our hopes on others, but on ourselves.
As for the word "lowly," don't use it again. If you don't even respect yourselves, who will?
The middle-aged man was stunned. Apart from his eccentric son, this was the second person to say something like that to him.
After a long while, a bitter smile appeared on his lips.
“Girl, what you say makes a lot of sense, but that’s just how we live. In the eyes of those high-ranking officials and nobles, aren’t we ordinary people just the lowly people they call lowly?”
Alas, such is the world. We want to live, but we are powerless. Even with the efforts of our whole family, we still struggle to survive!
Sheng Lingwei smiled gently, "I can give you a way out, but I don't know if you're willing?"
The middle-aged man stared incredulously, "Young lady, what... what do you mean by this?"
Sheng Lingwei explained with a smile, "My fiefdom happens to be short of seafood, and you happen to live on the coast. I can buy seafood from you, or we can do business together through barter. What do you think?"
A surge of intense joy welled up in the middle-aged man's eyes, and his body trembled uncontrollably. He felt as if a huge, thick pie had been thrown at him.
"Miss, are you telling the truth?"
Sheng Lingwei nodded solemnly, "It's absolutely true. I, Sheng Lingwei, always keep my word."
"Sheng... Sheng Lingwei?"
The middle-aged man's expression changed drastically, his lips trembled, and his voice suddenly rose, "Young lady, you said your name is Sheng Lingwei?"
"Uncle, have you heard of my famous name?"
Sheng Lingwei frowned. Her reputation had spread to other countries so quickly?
Anyway, she didn't believe it.
Moreover, the place she has arrived at is a remote coastal area with poor roads and limited access to information, so these people are even less likely to know her name.
Let alone her full name, they probably wouldn't even know the names of their own princes and princesses.
This uncle's reaction... is a bit strange!
Seeing the growing wariness and coldness in Sheng Lingwei's eyes, the middle-aged man finally realized what was happening and hurriedly offered a rambling explanation.
"Um, no, girl, please don't misunderstand. I, I'm not a bad person. I was just too, too excited, so I... sigh!"
In the end, he didn't know how to explain anymore, so he simply stopped explaining and shouted at a huge reef:
"Yu Guangliang, you get out here right now! The girl you've been longing for since you were a child is here! Come and see if this girl is the one you've been talking about?"
Sheng Lingwei: ...Yu Guangliang!!!
Good heavens, isn't this her favorite little brother, Michael Wong, who always followed her around like a shadow in the advanced world?
Just then, excited shouts came from behind the rocks, "Ahhhhh... Dad! Is it true? My eldest son has come to pick me up? Ahhhhh, I'm so happy!!!"
Then, Yu Guangliang picked up his spear and charged out from behind the reef with a roar.
The other young men guarding behind the reefs, seeing this, had gossip gleaming in their eyes. Oh my, they've got some juicy gossip to share!
"Let's go, brothers, let's go see what that girl Guangliang keeps talking about looks like?"
"Hahaha, hurry up and go, hurry up and go, I want to be the first to watch the drama unfold."
"Honestly, I thought that kid was delusional, always thinking nonsense. I never expected that the girl he was talking about was actually real?"
"Hey, hey, hey, we can't speak too soon. What if that girl isn't the one Guangliang was talking about? Wouldn't that be a huge embarrassment?"
"That's right, let's stop arguing and hurry up and go see what's going on!"
"..."
As a result, twenty or thirty young men, armed with various weapons, swarmed around Sheng Lingwei with hurried and cheerful steps.
Sheng Lingwei: "..."
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