Chapter 140
140 Kicked Ten Feet Away
Beside Nanhe Restaurant was Nanhe Inn. This was also the only proper inn in Nanhe Town. In addition, there was a courier station and some small inns.
Murong Run was waiting in the Nanhe Inn.
The servant originally wanted to bring them straight to Nanhe Inn, but he was stopped halfway.
The person who stopped them was none other than Grandma Zhou.
Grandma Zhou had been in an extremely sorry state for the past two days. She was originally doing business in the county city, but when she went to the county city today, she suddenly heard that someone was catching the matchmakers.
Several of her sisters had been arrested.
One of the sisters told her, “For some reason, the new Imperial Envoy here isn’t doing any proper work for the people. Instead, he gets people to capture matchmakers and Daoists. Of all people, he wants to capture us matchmakers. How unlucky!”
Grandma Zhou thought for a moment and cursed in her heart. Perhaps their collusion with the Daoist priests had been discovered.
However, generally speaking, this matter was considered normal by the people and the officials usually did not investigate.
They had been doing this for decades, but they had never encountered any problems. How could their ship suddenly overturn at this juncture?
Granny Zhou thought for a moment. There didn’t seem to be anyone else who had any grudges with her recently.
It was just the Wang Family of Hu Family Village.
Grandma Zhou had gotten someone to block their marriage arrangements.
Later on, of course, she was furious and got someone to spread the rumors about Little Ah Yu.
According to Grandma Zhou’s thoughts, as long as she ruined that little girl’s reputation and went to their house after a while, they would definitely hurriedly throw the hot potato in their hands to her.
Not to mention being a child bride, even if she was taken away to be a ghost’s bride and buried with the corpse, as long as they were given a few taels of silver, they would definitely be grateful.
Of course, she would definitely not give them so much silver. At most, she would give them a tael of silver. Who asked them to be so blind back then and offend her?
Unfortunately, before this matter was completely successful, everything was near to collapsing.
No matter how Grandma Zhou thought about it, she felt that something was wrong. She felt that she had neglected something.
Unable to figure it out, Grandma Zhou simply hid in her hometown, Nanhe Town.
Two days ago, her incomparably cowardly husband suddenly brought her a stick of candied haws. Grandma Zhou originally despised it, but after taking a bite, she felt that it was not bad.
She planned to come out today to see if she could still buy that candied hawthorn. At least she would be in a good mood after eating it.
In the end, what did she see? She saw that the little girl from the Wang family was actually a candied haws seller!
Alright, I searched high and low for her, but I found her without any effort.
I couldn’t find you after searching for a long time, but you actually dared to appear!
Grandma Zhou immediately took out a few copper coins and went out to find a few hooligans who had nothing to do all year round. In any place, such people were very easy to find. As long as they were paid, they would dare to commit murder and arson.
“Stop!” Grandma Zhou led a group of people and stopped these children.
Wang Erlang saw that something was wrong. He quickly pulled Little Ah Yu behind him and said to Wang Wulang, “This person doesn’t look polite. Bring your sister to the county office later and call the officials over. Don’t come over.”
What Wang Erlang did not know was that there was no county office in town. There were only small officials in the courier station who did not care about anything.
Wang Wulang was nervous, but he was also a little excited. “Second Brother, Second Brother, are you going to fight?”
He often fought with the children in the village, but everyone had reconciled after fighting. He had never tried fighting with adults!
Wang Dalang was already standing in front of Grandma Zhou. He tried his best to ask politely, “Old Madam, why are you stopping us?”
There were also onlookers around who pointed over.
“Isn’t this someone from the Zhou family?”
“I heard that she’s a matchmaker. She’s been home for the past two days?”
“Aiya, why did she call these hooligans together? Could it be that she’s jealous of the money the children earned and wants to snatch it for them on the streets??”
“Doesn’t a matchmaker earn more than this?”
“Oh my god, it’s still broad daylight. How dare they do such a thing!”
“The new county magistrate hasn’t arrived yet. How dare they do these illegal things in broad daylight?”
“I heard that the Imperial Envoy is still in the county city!”
The things that they were saying were not very soft, so Grandma Zhou naturally heard them.
Her face alternated between green and white.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Who cares about their lousy money! Let me tell you, this little girl in front of you is a Heavenly Calamity Lone Star. The Grand Elder has already said that she will jinx people!”
As soon as Grandma Zhou said this, everyone around took a step back.
There were even people who looked at the candied haws they had just bought and wondered if they should return them.
Heavens, they did not understand who the Grand Elder was, and what was a Heavenly Calamity Lone Star, but they understood what a jinx meant.
This cute little girl actually had such a terrifying life?!
Would they suffer the same fate after eating what she sold?
Little Ah Yu: “Second Brother, Second Brother, what is a jinx?”
Wang Erlang was so angry that his face turned red. He said patiently, “Ah Yu, don’t listen to her. She’s just full of… farts.”
Wang Erlang wanted to say that she was full of feces, but he felt that the word feces was too indecent. It would be bad if his sister heard it, so he changed it to farts at the last minute.
But it was actually not much better.
Grandma Zhou was so angry that she almost collapsed. “What nonsense are you talking about! Hurry up and move aside. The power of this Heavenly Calamity Lone Star is extraordinary.”
Although some people said that they did not believe it, they all retreated.
Wang Wulang placed his hands on his hips and scolded without caring, “My sister is not a Heavenly Calamity Lone Star! You stinky old woman, you’re spouting nonsense. You deserve to be abandoned! Go to hell when you’re old!”
“What are you waiting for? Capture them quickly!” Grandma Zhou went to call the people beside her.
After those hooligans took the money, they naturally had to do something. They immediately wanted to capture these children.
They did not care if these children were innocent.
The servant watched from the side, not knowing if he should help. He was not very familiar with these children. As for whether these children were bad, he could not be sure.
They were unfamiliar with this place, so it was best not to be nosy.
However, Little Ah Yu had already turned to look at him. “Uncle, this Grandma is so bad. Can you help us?”
When the servant was called, he could not stand by and do nothing.
He could only stand up. “Stop.”
Grandma Zhou said, “Capture them directly. Ignore what the others say. Otherwise, return the money!”
The thugs immediately swarmed forward. The servant stretched out his arm and protected the children behind him. Then he took a step forward.
A moment later, all the thugs fell to the ground and screamed.
Only Grandma Zhou was still standing.
Grandma Zhou was a little afraid.
“What are you doing? Do you still want to hit a woman?!” Grandma Zhou looked at the servant and raised her neck domineeringly.
The servant kicked her ten feet away.
“I’m sorry, but there are only pigs blocking the way in front of me. There are no women.” The servant was expressionless.
Young Master must be waiting anxiously now.
The servant ignored these people and went forward to pick up Little Ah Yu. He quickly walked towards the Nanhe Inn. Wang Dalang and the others naturally couldn’t care less and hurriedly followed.
After a while, when Grandma Zhou saw that he had walked away, she punched the ground and shouted, “Aiyo, someone’s been killed!”