The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 139 Kicked 10 feet away
Next to the Nanhe Restaurant is the Nanhe Inn, which is the only decent inn in Nanhe Town. There are also the post station and some small family-run inns.

Murong Run waited inside the Nanhe Inn.

The servant originally intended to take the group directly to the Nanhe Inn, but was stopped halfway there.

The person who stopped them was none other than Granny Zhou.

Granny Zhou has been in a terrible state these past two days. She used to run a business in the county town, but when she went there today, she suddenly heard that someone was arresting matchmakers.

Several of her sisters have been arrested.

One of the sisters told her, "I don't know why the new imperial envoy here doesn't go to comfort the refugees, but instead orders people to arrest matchmakers and Taoist priests. And he only arrests us matchmakers. What bad luck!"

Granny Zhou's mind raced, and she inwardly cried out in alarm, realizing that their collusion with the Taoist priests might have been discovered.

However, in general, this kind of matter falls into the category of "if the people don't report it, the officials won't investigate."

We've been doing this for decades and have never capsized. How could we suddenly capsize at this critical juncture?

Granny Zhou thought for a moment, and it seemed that there was no one else she had a grudge against recently.

It's the Wang family's house in Hujia Village.

Granny Zhou sent someone to give them a good talking-to.

Later, naturally, he was still furious and had rumors spread about Xiao Ayu.

According to Granny Zhou's idea, as long as she ruined that little girl's reputation, she could go to their house again after a while and they would definitely be eager to pass the hot potato to her.

Let alone being a child bride, even if she were to be buried with someone, they would be grateful to tears if given ten or eight taels of silver.

Of course, they definitely wouldn't give ten or eight taels of silver; at most, they'd give one tael. After all, they were blind to my worth and offended me in the first place.

Unfortunately, before the matter was fully successful, he almost failed.

No matter how Zhou Po thought about it, something felt off; she felt there was something she had overlooked.

Unable to understand, Granny Zhou simply went to hide in her hometown, Nanhe Town.

Two days ago, her incredibly cowardly husband suddenly brought her a string of candied hawthorns. At first, Grandma Zhou was disgusted with them, but after taking a bite, she thought they were not bad.

I'm planning to come out today to see if I can still buy those candied hawthorns; eating them will at least lift my spirits.

What she saw next was that little girl in the distance—she was actually the one selling candied hawthorns!
Great! I've searched high and low without finding it, and now it's right here without any effort on my part.

I've been looking for you for ages and you still dare to show up!
Granny Zhou immediately took the copper coins and went out to find a few idle loafers who had been doing nothing all year round. Such people are easy to find anywhere; as long as you pay them, they are willing to commit murder and arson.

"Stop!" Granny Zhou and a group of people stopped the children.

Seeing that things were not going well, Wang Erlang quickly pulled Xiao Ayu behind him and said to Wang Wulang, "This man seems impolite. You take your sister to the county government office later and call the officials over—you don't need to come over."

What Wang Erlang didn't know was that there was no county government office in the town, only a minor official at the post station who didn't actually handle anything.

Wang Wulang was nervous, but his tone was inexplicably excited: "Second Brother, Second Brother, is this going to be a fight?"

He often gets into fights with the village kids, but they always make up after a while. He's never tried fighting with adults before!
Wang Dalang was already standing in front of Granny Zhou, and asked as politely as possible, "Old lady, why are you stopping us?"

There were onlookers nearby, pointing and whispering in this direction.

"Isn't this someone from the Zhou family?"

"I heard she was a matchmaker. Did she go home these past couple of days?"

"Oh dear, why did she gather these hooligans together? Is she jealous that some kid is making money and wants to rob him in the street?"

"Don't matchmakers earn more than this?"

"My God, and this is in broad daylight! They dare to do this kind of thing!"

"The new magistrate hasn't even arrived yet, and they dare to commit these illegal and disorderly acts in broad daylight." "I heard the imperial envoy is still in the county town!"

People weren't being very discreet in their conversations, so Granny Zhou naturally overheard them.

Her face turned pale and then flushed.

"What nonsense are you spouting? Who cares about their paltry sums of money! Let me tell you, this little girl in front of you is a jinx, the Grand Elder has already spoken, she's going to bring bad luck to people!"

As soon as Granny Zhou said this, everyone around her took a step back.

Some people even looked at the candied hawthorns they had just bought and wondered if they should return them.

Good heavens, they don't understand things like "the Lone Star Elder" or "the Cursed One," but they do understand "the one who brings misfortune to others."

How could such an adorable little girl have such a terrible fate?!
If I eat what she sells, won't I also get unlucky?
Little Ayu: "Second Brother, Second Brother, what is a 'lone star'?"

Wang Erlang's face turned red with anger, and he said patiently, "Ayu, don't listen to her, she's just spouting nonsense."

Wang Erlang originally wanted to say "spraying filth from your mouth," but he felt that the word "filth" was too vulgar and wouldn't be good if his sister heard it, so he changed it to "fart" at the last minute.

But it's not much better in reality.

Granny Zhou nearly fainted from anger: "What nonsense are you spouting! Get out of the way right now, the power of this cursed lone star is no joke."

The man said he didn't believe it, but they all backed away.

Wang Wulang, hands on his hips, began to curse, ignoring everything else: "My sister is not some cursed loner! You old hag, you're spouting nonsense. You deserve to be unwanted! You'll go to hell when you're old!"

"What are you all standing there for? Arrest them!" Granny Zhou called to the people around her.

Those hooligans, having taken the money, naturally had to do their job, and immediately went to seize the children.

They didn't care whether these children were innocent or not.

The servant stood by, unsure whether to help or not. He wasn't very familiar with the children, and he couldn't be sure whether they were bad or not.

They're unfamiliar with this place, so it's best if they don't meddle in other people's business.

But little Ayu had already turned to look at him: "Uncle, this nasty grandma is so mean, can you help us?"

The servant was summoned and could no longer stand idly by.

He had no choice but to step forward and say, "Stop!"

Granny Zhou: "Arrest them directly, don't care what others say, otherwise you'll have to return the money!"

The hooligans swarmed forward, but the servant stretched out his arm to block the children behind him, then stepped forward.

A moment later, all the hooligans were lying on the ground, yelling and screaming.

Only Granny Zhou remained standing.

Granny Zhou felt a little scared.

"What are you doing? Do you want to hit a woman?!" Granny Zhou looked at the servant looking at her and raised her head forcefully.

The servant kicked her, sending her flying ten feet away.

"Sorry, there are only pigs blocking my way, no women," the servant said expressionlessly.

Young master must be getting impatient by now.

The servant ignored the others, picked up little Ayu, and hurried toward the Blue River Inn. Wang Dalang and the others didn't have time to think and quickly followed.

After a while, when Granny Zhou saw that the person had gone far away, she pounded the ground and shouted, "Oh dear, someone's been murdered!"

(End of this chapter)