Just as Jiang Yuwei shouted, the fool suddenly turned around and saw a flash of cold light. A dagger was aimed straight at his face. Without hesitation, the fool turned his head and the dagger grazed his hair.
Seeing that the fool had dodged the fatal blow, Jiang Yuwei clutched her chest and breathed a sigh of relief. Ning Huaizhi, seeing this, dared not chatter any longer and quickly picked up his slingshot to help the fool attack in coordination with his movements.
Ning Huaizhi hadn't expected them to have knives. Although the idiot also had a dagger, he kept it tucked into his waistband and didn't take it out. Perhaps Jiang Yuwei forbade the idiot from killing people, so he didn't dare to use the knife and fought them with his bare hands.
After fighting for a while, the fool finally knocked everyone unconscious as Jiang Yuwei had instructed, and then ran back satisfied and jumped onto the oxcart.
Jiang Yuwei looked worriedly at the cuts on the man's body caused by the dagger and said:
"Are you stupid? Why don't you use the dagger I gave you!"
The fool scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly:
"I don't need it. If I do, you'll have to throw my puppy away!"
Jiang Yuwei had no choice but to hurry up and drive the oxcart away from this troublesome place, lest the Ge family's people catch up with them again. She also needed to get the fool's injuries home and treated as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Jiang Yuwei was prepared and had put a lantern in the car in advance, so they didn't have to travel in the dark at night. As a result, the group walked quickly and could smell the aroma of food coming from inside the courtyard when they arrived at the gate.
Jiang Yuwei asked Tiezhu and Ningwu to drive the oxcart to the backyard, while she took a lantern and went to look for anti-inflammatory and hemostatic herbs near the front door. She remembered that there were some purslane near the door that could be used to treat the immediate problem. If she wanted better herbs, she would have to wait until dawn to go out and look for them again.
Jiang Yuwei hurriedly picked some herbs and returned to the courtyard. She first asked Ning Huaizhi to use the spiritual spring water to clean the fool's wounds, while she went to the stone mortar to crush the herbs and then gave them to Ning Huaizhi to help apply the medicine to the fool.
After everyone finished their tasks, they sat down to eat. During the meal, Tie Zhu kept putting food on the fool's plate, and Ning Wu was also very attentive. Ning Huaizhi naturally knew what they were thinking, so he spoke up:
"Fool, how about I give you two apprentices?"
The fool tilted his head:
"What is an apprentice? Is it tasty?"
Tie Zhu paused, his hand holding the chopsticks still...
Ning Wu was also sweating profusely. Tonight they finally realized the idiot's strength. With the idiot protecting them, although the rescue mission was somewhat dangerous, fortunately no one was injured.
So Ning Wu and Tie Zhu were determined to learn some self-defense skills from the idiot, but they didn't know how to bring it up. Now that Ning Huaizhi had finally spoken up for them, the idiot asked such a question, which made them feel like they were in a dilemma.
Ning Huaizhi looked at the fool and smiled:
"You can't eat the apprentices, but you can use them. Once you have apprentices, you can order them to do chores for you, and you can focus on playing with the puppy."
After listening to this, the fool pondered for a moment and nodded, saying:
"Then I want an apprentice."
Ning Huaizhi continued:
"If you take on apprentices, you have to teach them fighting skills. Can you do that?"
The fool, while stuffing food into his mouth, nodded and mumbled indistinctly:
"Yes, fighting is very simple!"
Ning Huaizhi patted the fool on the shoulder:
"Eat slowly, don't choke. From now on, Tiezhu and Ningwu will be your apprentices."
Ning Zhao, who had been silent all along, also spoke up:
"Father, I also want to learn martial arts from the idiot!"
Ning Huaizhi frowned and said:
"Isn't learning from me enough?"
Ning Zhao scratched his head and laughed:
"I learned from my father, and I also learned from fools. It's always good to have more skills!"
Ning Huaizhi nodded:
"Okay, but your studies can't fall behind."
Ning Zhao nodded happily and sweetly called out to the fool:
"Foolish master!"
The fool, who was eating, looked up at Ning Zhao with a somewhat confused expression, and everyone burst into laughter.
After dinner, Jiang Yuwei told Ning Wu and Tie Zhu to go back and rest for a day. She would be going to town tomorrow. She had promised to send the recipe to Manager Xu, and it was about time. The members-only menu should also be updated. This way, Manager Xu's hard work in helping her would not have been in vain.
next day
Jiang Yuwei got up early with Ning Huaizhi and Ning Zhao, tidied up quickly, and then gave Ning Daya some instructions:
"Da Ya, you stay home today and look after the fool and Wan'er. Cook for them. We're leaving now."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei took some cleaning tools and prepared to tidy up the shop they had just taken over. Just as she stepped out, she ran into Liu, who was coming to work, and quickly greeted her:
"Liu doesn't need to make paper today. Hurry up and get in the car with me to go to town to tidy up the shop we just bought."
Liu was overjoyed upon hearing this:
"Yuwei, you're really amazing! Have all the paper mills bought shops in town now?"
Jiang Yuwei smiled and nodded.
Everyone got into the car. Ning Huaizhi went to the village head's house to pick up Ning Zhao. Ning Qiu, who had come out to see her younger brother off, heard Liu Shi say that she was going to town to clean the shop. She was so happy that she jumped into the car and insisted on going with her to clean the shop.
Jiang Yuwei couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she had to let her go along. That was fine too, as they could clean and get ready earlier and open for business sooner.
When the group arrived in Ping'an Town, they first went to Jingli Academy on North Street, where they sent Ning Zhao and Ning Chen to the academy. Then they sent Liu Shi and Ning Qiu to the shop, while Jiang Yuwei and Ning Huaizhi headed to Lianxiang Tower.
To their surprise, the two bumped into Master Ge and Jiang Yaoyao, who had just finished their meal at Lianxiang Restaurant, as soon as they arrived at the entrance.
Jiang Yaoyao felt annoyed when she saw that Jiang Yuwei could also frequent the most popular restaurant in Ping'an Town.
"Oh, so you failed to buy the shop, so you've brought your disabled husband to Lianxiang Tower to learn the trade?"
Jiang Yuwei raised an eyebrow and glanced at Old Master Ge, who was picking his teeth next to Jiang Yaoyao, and smiled:
"It seems you're quite comfortable dining at Lianxiang Restaurant with an old man who's about the same age as your father. You even seem to feel superior about it."
Jiang Yaoyao blushed upon hearing this, turned around to look at Old Master Ge, who was still picking his teeth, with a look of disgust, then quickly turned to point at Jiang Yuwei and scolded:
"You... if you can speak, then say something; if you can't, then shut up!"
Jiang Yuwei glanced at her indifferently and smiled:
"Why are you allowed to dine with someone else's elderly husband, but I'm not allowed to dine with my handsome husband? You come to Lianxiang Restaurant to eat, but I come to Lianxiang Restaurant to learn cooking skills?"
Hearing this, Ning Huaizhi, who was standing behind Jiang Yuwei, couldn't help but smile slightly. He looked up at Jiang Yuwei's charming back and silently repeated in his heart the words she had just said, "My handsome husband, my handsome husband, my handsome husband"...
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