Ning Qiu stared at the dagger in her hand, her eyes red. Just as she was about to speak, she saw a bandit trying to climb onto Tie Zhu's oxcart and cried out in alarm:
"Brother Tiezhu! He's trying to steal your oxcart!"
Upon seeing this, Tie Zhu quickly snatched the dagger from Ning Qiu's hand, leaped off Tianhe's oxcart, and ran towards his own oxcart.
The man had barely settled down when Tie Zhu grabbed his arm and yanked him off. This bandit was no pushover either; seeing this, he kicked Tie Zhu away and made a move to climb back onto the oxcart.
Upon seeing this, Tie Zhu quickly got up from the ground, raised his dagger, and stabbed the man hard in the shoulder.
With a scream of "Ah!", the man's grip on the reins loosened instantly. Seeing this, Tiezhu quickly kicked the bandit aside and jumped onto the oxcart.
He then threw the dagger in his hand in front of Ning Daya and shouted:
"Da Ya, they deserved to die. This dagger of yours is very useful, take it!"
Ning Daya snapped out of her daze upon hearing this, hurriedly picked up her dagger, hastily wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and then cautiously looked around, dagger in hand.
The bandits thought the middle cart was full of women and children and would be easy to rob, but they never expected Ning Daya to dare to kill people.
The bandit leader realized that several of the men in the group knew martial arts, and he knew he couldn't possibly win a direct confrontation with them.
With his brothers either dead or wounded, and fearing total annihilation if they didn't leave soon, the bandit leader gritted his teeth and shouted to his men:
"Withdraw! Everyone, withdraw!"
After saying that, he took the lead and ran away. When the remaining bandits saw that their leader had run away, they did not dare to stay any longer and led their wounded brothers into the forest.
Jiang Yuwei breathed a sigh of relief after everyone had left, then turned to look at the crowd.
"Is everyone alright? If so, let's hurry on our way, lest they launch a surprise attack!"
Before Jiang Yuwei could finish speaking, Uncle Ning had already started driving the oxcart ahead. Although he had experienced it before, Uncle Ning was still quite frightened.
Last time there were only three or five people, but now there are more and more bandits. If it weren't for Tiezhu and Tianhe coming to town to buy an oxcart today, and Jiang Yuwei bringing Shazi and Ning Zhao along, our group would probably be dead.
Uncle Ning was drenched in sweat, his clothes soaked through. He finally managed to drive the car to the courtyard gate, and immediately said to Jiang Yuwei:
"Yuwei, it's really not that your fifth uncle is afraid of death, it's just that your fifth uncle is an old man and really can't stand fighting and killing all day long, living in constant fear."
As he spoke, Uncle Ning wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
“Yuwei, actually I’ve wanted to say this for a long time. I’m afraid I can’t go to the shop with you anymore. The world is too chaotic, too chaotic. I’m also worried about leaving your fifth aunt alone at home. If something really happens to her, I’ll regret it!”
As he spoke, Uncle Ning started slapping his thigh.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei naturally couldn't force him to stay. After all, Uncle Ning was old and couldn't withstand any more trouble. Right now, only Uncle Ning and Aunt Ning were left at home to depend on each other. If anything happened to either of them, she wouldn't be able to explain it to Uncle Ning's son.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yuwei spoke:
"Fifth Uncle, I understand your predicament. The world is indeed too chaotic right now. However, there aren't many customers in the shop. I'll have Ning Zhao keep your accounts for now. When things calm down, as long as my Moxiangzhai is still open, you can come back anytime."
Upon hearing Jiang Yuwei's words, Uncle Ning Wu hurriedly bowed respectfully to her.
"Yuwei, thank you for understanding me. It's true that what I did was wrong, but I really had no other choice..."
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly helped Uncle Ning Wu up.
"Uncle Ning, what are you saying? I know you have your reasons. You should go back now."
After seeing Uncle Ning off, Jiang Yuwei turned back to look at Ning Daya, who was holding a dagger and standing there in a dagger,
“Da Ya, you did a good job today. If you hadn’t killed them, they would have killed you. You don’t know how many innocent people they harmed on their way south. They died without cause. You have done a good deed for the people.”
Ning Daya had always trusted Jiang Yuwei. She had been doubting herself because she had accidentally killed someone today, but Jiang Yuwei's words completely put her mind at ease.
Her gaze hardened, and Ning Daya looked at Jiang Yuwei and slowly began to speak:
"Sister Yuwei, I will kill more bandits in the future to avenge the innocent people!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei smiled and patted Ning Daya on the shoulder, saying:
"The prerequisite for avenging others is to protect yourself first. From now on, you can get up early every day and practice martial arts with Ning Zhao and the others."
Upon hearing this, Ning Daya nodded excitedly and said:
"Okay, Sister Yuwei! I will definitely study martial arts diligently so I can protect you in the future!"
Jiang Yuwei smiled, patted her shoulder, and went into the courtyard. She had a lot to do tonight.
These bandits are becoming increasingly rampant, and they may soon gather together to attack the village. We must take advantage of our current strengths and prepare suitable weapons for them.
Thinking that this would help her save her life in critical moments, Jiang Yuwei first found some hemp rope and colored rope and made a long whip for Ning Qiu.
To make it easier for Ning Qiu to carry, Jiang Yuwei specially made a storage cord and chain that could be clipped to her waist and taken out whenever needed.
Jiang Yuwei was worried that Ning Qiu's strength was not enough to make it very powerful, so she made a high-concentration chili water mixed with Sichuan pepper water, threw the whip into it to soak overnight, and then used it to whip people. The feeling of skin being torn and flesh being ripped open was strong enough.
After finishing the whip, Jiang Yuwei thought that Ning Wan's arrows should also be changed to have points, so she made many more arrows to match the size of Ning Wan's bow and arrows.
Considering Ning Wan's lack of strength, although her aim was excellent, the arrow couldn't penetrate her internal organs. So Jiang Yuwei took out the poison she had prepared beforehand and applied it to each arrowhead.
Only then did he carefully put all the arrows into his quiver, and not forgetting to go inside to show them to Ning Wan.
"Wan'er, the arrows you use from now on can hurt people just like your mother's. You need to practice your strength and accuracy more. The arrowheads have been poisoned by your mother, so you have to be careful not to hurt yourself."
Ning Wan nodded quickly upon hearing this:
"I understand, Mother. From now on, Wan'er will use this arrow to shoot bad guys, and I will practice martial arts with my brothers in the mornings."
Jiang Yuwei patted Ning Wan on the shoulder and smiled:
"Wan'er, be good. Let's talk about practicing martial arts after you've recovered. Alright, lie down and go to sleep. Don't worry about anything else."
After coaxing Ning Wan to sleep, Jiang Yuwei went out to poison her arrows.
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