The little girl cried as she heard Jiang Yuwei mention her mother:
“That day, you gave us some food on the road to save our lives. My mother saw a group of men asking us about you, so she felt we couldn’t stay there any longer. So we headed north. Who knew that my mother, in order to save food for me, actually, actually, starved to death…”
As the girl spoke, she lowered her head and began to wipe away her tears.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei could only tenderly pat the girl's head and comfort her:
"Don't cry, child. From now on, come with me, and I won't let you go hungry."
The girl nodded gratefully, looked at Jiang Yuwei, and continued:
"Later, I thought I would sell myself to get money for my mother's proper burial, but who would have thought that I would encounter bad people? They saw that I was a helpless child and kidnapped me to sell to slave traders. My mother, she could only leave her body to rot in the wilderness..."
Jiang Yuwei patted the girl's shoulder helplessly and said:
"Your mother's greatest wish is for you to live well in this world. Be good, let's not cry anymore. From now on, I will rename you Sixi. Just live happily, carrying on your mother's legacy."
Upon hearing this, Sixi hastily wiped away his tears with his sleeve and nodded, saying:
"Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Madam. I understand now."
The older girl standing nearby also became anxious upon seeing this.
"Madam, now that I have become your maid, please give me a name."
Jiang Yuwei looked the girl up and down before slowly speaking:
"You shall be called Xia Yue."
Xia Yue also hurriedly bowed to Jiang Yuwei and said:
"Thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Madam."
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei got into the carriage, and the group headed towards Jiang Yuwei's stall.
As Jiang Yuwei reached the street corner, she heard Ning Wu's hawking voice:
"Everyone line up, everyone queue up, otherwise no one will get to eat!"
When the carriage arrived at the stall, Jiang Yuwei lifted the curtain and looked out. She saw that everyone was already very skilled at their work, and even Liu Shi, who had been collecting money and keeping accounts for the past few days, was doing it very well.
Just as Jiang Yuwei was preparing to leave with great satisfaction, she heard a sharp voice coming from not far away:
"You bunch of scoundrels! I told you long ago that you're not allowed to set up stalls here! Don't you even know whose territory this is!"
Just then, a tall, thin man used a fan to disdainfully push aside the crowd queuing in front of him. When Liu saw this man, she nervously put away all the silver on her stall.
Seeing this, Ningwu quickly stepped in front of Liu.
"You bunch of bullies, don't expect us to pay you. We just paid protection money a few days ago, and now you're asking for more! That's outrageous!"
Seeing that Ning Wu dared to talk back to him today, the tall, thin man slapped Ning Wu across the face with his fan and cursed:
"Pah! You bunch of outsiders dare to challenge me! It's already a huge favor that our Tiger Lord allows you to set up stalls here! Now he's only asking for protection money, and you still dare to make excuses. I think you might as well quit setting up your stalls!"
Jiang Yuwei sat in the car, frowning as she watched everything unfold before her. She wanted to rush out immediately, but she held back after thinking about it. After all, given her current status, she would definitely have to stay in the inner quarters and manage the family business in the future.
Jiang Yuwei couldn't always be the one to step in and solve everything, so she wanted to see how Ning Wu and the others would handle the situation.
If things really get out of control, it's not too late to get off the train. After all, Ning Zixuan is with me now, and the powers in the capital will surely give the Prince Jing's Mansion some face.
Thinking this, Jiang Yuwei lifted a corner of the curtain and began to observe.
The tall, thin man waved his hand at the people behind him, about to overturn Aunt Zhou's stall. Seeing this, Uncle Cai picked up a carrying pole and stood in front of Aunt Zhou, waving it wildly at the group of people.
However, Uncle Cai was getting old and his strength was failing. With a group of young and strong men in front of him, how could he possibly manage Aunt Zhou's stall by himself? Soon, he could no longer wield the carrying pole.
Aunt Zhou, who was cooking spicy hot pot in the back, saw this and immediately shouted:
"Old man, get out of the way!"
Uncle Youcai has always been a man who listens to his wife. When he heard Aunt Zhou's shout, he instinctively ran a few meters away. He saw Aunt Zhou fill a ladle with hot water and splash it at the crowd rushing towards them.
As the saying goes, no matter how strong your fighting skills are, they can't beat an attack of hot water. Instantly, shouts and cries from the group of people rose and fell all around.
"Ahhh..."
"It hurts like hell!"
"Ouch, it's so hot! It's burning me!"
"Ah, you old hag! I'm disfigured! Brother Ganzi, save me!"
At this moment, the tall, thin man standing in front of Liu's counter also looked furious.
"You bunch of useless trash! Can't you see the hot water in that old hag's hand? All you do is rush forward!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Wu, who was standing next to the pole, grabbed him by the collar, glared at the pole, and said sternly:
"Who are you calling an old hag!"
"What? I told you that old hag, you think you can kill me?"
That guy was pretty tough; he wasn't afraid at all even when Ning Wu grabbed him by the collar.
Ning Wu, his eyes red, clenched his fist and punched the pole's right eye with a loud thud. The pole screamed in pain.
"Guards! Guards! Quickly, kill this man!"
A group of henchmen, their bodies covered in blisters from being scalded by hot water, could only grimace in pain as they shouted to Ning Wu from afar, seeing their leader being bullied:
"You, you let go of our Ganzi Brother right now!"
"Yes, let go of Ganzi, and I'll spare your life!"
"I think this kid's got a death wish. You dare mess with Brother Ganzi? Go out and ask around..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Ning Wu clenched his fist and slammed it into the pole's left eye again.
"Ouch, that hurts like hell! What good are you bunch of useless trash I've been keeping around? Get him, all of you, take him down!"
At this moment, Ganzi's eyes were swollen to the size of two eggs. The younger brother next to him was afraid to approach Ning Wu and his group's stall, both afraid that Aunt Zhou would splash them with hot water and afraid of being punched by Ning Wu.
They stood there dumbfounded, pushing and shoving each other, none of them willing to rush forward and take the lead.
Seeing that his voice was hoarse from shouting, and still not a single person was willing to rush to his rescue, Ganzi had no choice but to give in to Ningwu.
"Brother, why don't you let me go first, and we can talk this out!"
Ning Wu glared at him, barely suppressing a laugh, and said in a deep voice:
"Will you dare to call me that again?"
"I won't do it again, I won't do it again!"
"Are you still going to collect protection money or not?"
"No more, no more!"
No sooner had Ganzi finished speaking than a burly man stepped down from a carriage not far away, followed by a large group of henchmen.
"I'll see who dares to bully my people!"
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