Jiang Yuwei looked up and met Ning Huaizhi's eyes. She naturally knew what Ning Huaizhi meant.
Now that the lives of Ning Huai's family members are at stake, she can't just ignore it. Although Jiang Yuwei has always disliked the Ning family, and their lives are none of her concern.
But they are Ning Huaizhi's parents and younger brother. If he didn't know, that would be one thing, but now that they've come knocking, if he still stands idly by, others will surely say that Ning Huaizhi is unfilial.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yuwei looked at Chen Guixiang and said:
"As you know, our family runs a shop on North Street. It's already quite an achievement for us farming families to keep this shop running. Right now, we don't have much money."
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei stepped forward, looked into Chen Guixiang's eyes, and said:
“You don’t need to use family ties to blackmail us. First of all, we separated a long time ago. Secondly, you know perfectly well how you have mistreated our eldest son’s family.”
Jiang Yuwei glanced at Sun Shi, who stood silently to the side, then turned to Ning Huaizhi and said to Chen Guixiang:
“You’re in trouble right now. It’s a favor if we help you, and it’s our right not to. You can’t expect us to abandon our own lives to support your family of bloodsuckers.”
These words were spoken by Jiang Yuwei to Chen Guixiang, as well as to Ning Huaizhi and Madam Sun.
Jiang Yuwei hoped that these people could understand that she owed them nothing, even though she was helping them today out of respect for Ning Huaizhi.
However, this kind of thing can only happen once or twice. Everyone should live their own life and there's no reason to keep asking others for help.
Jiang Yuwei pondered for a moment and then continued:
"Right now, all I can offer you is the three acres of land on the hill behind our village that I bought from the Liu family to tide you over. That's all I have. If you're interested, I'll give you the land deed. If not, then you can leave."
Jiang Yuwei was thinking that with the current turbulent situation, she might have to run away at any time, so she needed to keep the money for herself and definitely couldn't let them have it.
However, the land on the back mountain is something I can't take with me. If my family really runs away, the land will become an unclaimed wasteland in just a few years.
Why not just give it to the Ning family as a favor today? Besides, I didn't put much effort into this land.
I just peeled the bark off the paper mulberry trees in the field and used it. Plus, I was busy with other things and didn't have time to manage the land.
If we can use these three acres of land to shut the Ning family up, then it's not a bad deal.
When Jiang Yuwei looked at Chen Guixiang again, she saw that Chen Guixiang's eyes were darting around, as if she was assessing the value of the three acres of land.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei grew impatient and spoke directly:
“If you don’t want this land, we won’t force you. But if you go out and say that my Huaizhi didn’t help you in your time of need, I won’t stand for it.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Guixiang quickly waved her hand and said:
"No, no, no, I never said I didn't want this land. Even a small fly is still meat! Um, hurry up and get me the land deed. I need to find someone to take a look and sell this land for money."
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei didn't waste any words and went straight into the house to get the land deed and put it in Chen Guixiang's hand.
Chen Guixiang glanced at the land deed and quickly smiled:
"There's hope! There's hope now!"
He then grabbed Sun's arm and began to scold her:
"Did I send you here to act like a wooden stake? Look at you, what good are you? You can't even control a man, you can't earn money, and now you can't even open your mouth properly!"
As she spoke, Chen Guixiang pulled Sun's arm and walked out of the courtyard, muttering to herself:
"Hurry up, we need to sell this land for a good price quickly, lest things get complicated!"
Seeing that Chen Guixiang and Madam Sun had walked away, Ning Huaizhi finally spoke up helplessly:
“Yuwei, I’m so sorry. Right now, not only am I a useless person who needs your support, but even my mother and her family keep trying to freeload off me…”
Ning Huaizhi then looked towards the back mountain and said:
"Those three acres of land, are you really willing to give them to my mother and the others?"
Jiang Yuwei naturally understood Ning Huaizhi's difficulties. Right now, his leg injury had not yet healed, so he was prone to overthinking. Jiang Yuwei knew that he had always wanted to stand up and support himself and his children.
So, Jiang Yuwei smiled and stepped forward, patting Ning Huaizhi on the shoulder as she spoke:
"Huaizhi, if we stand idly by today, what will your mother say about us to others?"
As she spoke, Jiang Yuwei walked over to Ning Huaizhi and squatted down.
"So, we have to help you today, whether we want to or not. But I've never thought of you as a useless person. You've also contributed to our family's income."
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Huaizhi's leg and looked at him with a smile.
"Also, if our family really does encounter trouble and we have to run away, can you take those three acres of land with you? It's better to give it to them. Not only can we gain a good reputation, but at least we can have some peace and quiet for a while."
Ning Huaizhi knew that Jiang Yuwei was trying to comfort him, so he looked at her gratefully and smiled:
"Yuwei, once my leg heals, I'll earn money to buy you lots and lots of land, and you can be a landlady, okay?"
Jiang Yuwei couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. This guy was already making empty promises before his leg had even healed. But it's good that he had the intention.
So Jiang Yuwei stood up, patted Ning Huaizhi on the shoulder, and smiled:
"Alright, then I'll wait to become the local landlady!"
Jiang Yuwei, thinking that she still needed to go to town to buy some things today, urged everyone to get on the oxcart and head towards Ping'an Town.
When the oxcart arrived at the blacksmith's shop, Jiang Yuwei got off first.
"You guys hurry up and get the shop ready to open. I'm going to buy some things and I'll be there in a bit."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei went into the blacksmith shop.
Seeing a customer arrive, the shopkeeper hurriedly went forward to greet him:
"What would you like to order, sir?"
Jiang Yuwei looked at the shopkeeper and asked:
Do you have a spiked club?
The shopkeeper, seeing a frail woman come to his shop to buy a spiked club, couldn't help but sized Jiang Yuwei up and down before speaking:
"Yes, please come with me."
Jiang Yuwei followed the shopkeeper to the backyard of the blacksmith's shop, where she saw a row of iron racks filled with various weapons.
Jiang Yuwei's eyes lit up and she began to select one. She first chose a spiked club, which was of moderate weight and suitable length.
You can give it to Zhang Tianhe, since his martial arts skills are the worst. Just having this can impress people.
Jiang Yuwei then selected swords and daggers, first choosing a dagger for Ning Wu.
After looking around again, I felt it would be more appropriate to choose a dagger for Tie Zhu, because Tie Zhu is strong and has a high aptitude for learning kung fu, making him suitable for close combat.
While Jiang Yuwei was concentrating on selecting weapons, she didn't notice that the blacksmith shopkeeper had secretly run out with a gloomy expression.
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