Shorty Liu piled the freshly made cakes in a basket, picked up the wooden clips for clamping coal briquettes on the ground nearby, and was about to hit the man who was tied up.

Lu Jiao almost died of laughter at the name. She stopped Liu the Dwarf and asked, "Your name is Shuanzhu?"

Before the boy could answer, he heard Liu the Dwarf say with a smile: "Yes, yes.

When he was born, our family was poor, and he looked like a puppy.

His grandmother was afraid that the child would not be able to stand on his own feet, so she gave him this name. "

"Dad!" Shuanzhu's face turned slightly red, but he still didn't want to lose face in front of Lu Jiao.

"Okay, I'm not kidding you. Xiaohua, eat if you want."

Lu Jiao looked at Xiaohua with a smile. It was rare that this little girl had the best features of both Liu the Shorty and Jiang.

Although she is a little thin, after she gains weight she will be not only a great beauty but also a beautiful girl.

"Really?" Xiaohua looked at Lu Jiao with her big, watery eyes like a calf.

The little mouth moved and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, but he did not forget to fetch water to wash his hands first.

He couldn't control his sister, so he could only glare at Lu Jiao and then go out to help his sister wash her hands.

"Young Master, you are going to take this cake away, where can we give it to them?"

Liu the Shorty felt unhappy when he saw the smile on his daughter's face.

But in order to buy medicine for their mother, these two children have to suffer, and they don’t know when this kind of life will end.

"It's okay, just a few cakes."

Seeing that the young master had no intention of speaking again, Jiang asked about what her son had mentioned before: "Shuanzhu said, your stall was smashed, what does that mean?"

Liu the Dwarf was a little embarrassed. Originally, she was going to tell the child's mother about this matter after Lu Jiao left, but she asked directly.

There was no other choice but for Liu the Shorty to tell the whole story.

After hearing this, Jiang felt as if he was struck by lightning.

In the past, they lived a tight life with only two taels of silver.

Now the price has risen to five taels. Isn't this going to cost their whole family their lives?

"Oh my god! How can I live like this?"

The brother and sister walked to the door, their faces showing uneasiness and confusion about the future.

They didn't know what had happened or why their mother was crying so miserably.

Lu Jiao cleared his throat and motioned the couple to look at the door.

Then he said to Shuanzhu and Xiaohua: "Go ahead and eat, just a little bit, don't eat too much!"

"Thank you, brother!" Xiaohua smiled sweetly at Lu Jiao and tugged at her brother's sleeve, "Brother, what are you daydreaming about! Eat quickly!"

He walked over to Jiang and picked up a meat pie with two chopsticks.

I took a big bite and my cheeks were filled up, just like a little squirrel.

Seeing her eating contentedly, Lu Jiao also smiled: "How cute!"

Unexpectedly, Shuanzhu yelled at her fiercely: "What are you talking about!"

"Hold on! What happened to you today!"

"Dad! Haven't you heard anyone talk about this before?

There is a group of human traffickers in the capital who specialize in finding good-looking children and sending them to brothels to be trained and make money.

This person might just be here to scout the area!"

Lu Jiao was stunned by his roar. He didn't expect that this boomerang could hit him. He felt like he had no way to defend himself.

Shorty Liu handed the long chopsticks in his hand to Jiang, and lowered his head to look for a suitable tool on the ground.

"Why won't this child listen to adults? No matter how hard we try to persuade him, he won't believe it!

I think you are a fool! You deserve a beating! "

I don’t know where he threw the wooden clip. I searched for a long time but couldn’t find it.

He simply grabbed the collar from behind the neck and spanked him several times.

Lu Jiao stepped forward and advised Liu the Shorty: "Old Liu! Let's talk it over nicely.

Just explain it clearly, don't hit the child! You tied him up because you care about his sister!"

Shorty Liu pushed his stubborn son hard and told him what happened in the afternoon again.

He held his trembling lips, somewhat afraid to face the reality.

He actually misunderstood a good person: "Sorry...I'm sorry!"

"It's a good thing to be vigilant, and it's also a good thing to care for your sister. But, remember not to be so arbitrary in the future!"

The tied head was drooping, almost at a right angle to the body.

Xiaohua picked up another meat pie, handed it to her brother, and said sweetly, "Brother, eat the pie!"

Looking at his sister's innocent big eyes, Shuanzhu forgot about the quarrel.

Taking the meat pie, the brother and sister squatted by the door and started to eat it.

Each person ate two before stopping.

The ingredients in the ceramic bowl were all gone.

The family of four followed Lu Jiao's instructions and used wax paper to wrap the meat patties into small packages of five, and then used thin hemp ropes to string them into a large package.

"Young master, let me take you home!" Liu the Dwarf sent Lu Jiao to the gate of the courtyard.

Lu Jiao felt the inquiring gaze coming from behind the door nearby and refused: "No need, don't go out to the stall these few days, consider my suggestion!"

Shorty Liu recalled what Lu Jiao had said before and nodded seriously: "I will discuss this with the mother of the child!"

After passing an alley, Lu Jiao turned around and put the big bag of meat patties in her hand into the space.

She didn't plan to distribute the meat patties right away, as the meat patties were quite famous in the neighborhood.

If word gets out and someone with ulterior motives links it to what happened today, that would be bad.

Especially, Qingchuan is next to him.

She herself doesn't care, but the important thing is not to implicate Qingchuan.

Noticing the sneaky figure behind him, Lu Jiao curled his lips into a wicked smile, dispersed his mental power, pretended to be lost, and walked towards a dead end.

Seeing the direction Lu Jiao was heading, those figures became even more excited, fearing that they would miss out on the money if they ran too slowly.

They just saw that the young master bought a large bag of meat patties in one go, which was worth at least several cents.

He must have more money on him!

All they cared about was the silver that was about to come into their hands, completely ignoring the fact that Lu Jiao had nothing in his hands.

"Ouch! Ouch! Stop it!"

"We know we were wrong!"

Following them were a few half-grown teenagers who looked not much older than Tiezhu.

They lay on the ground, rolling around, covered in mud.

Lu Jiao didn't know where to start.

"Tell me, why are you following me?"

At first, those little hooligans refused to tell the truth.

Lu Jiao whipped them a few times with a hemp rope and they learned their lesson.

"We just saw that you bought so many meat patties from the Liu family, and we thought you must have a lot of money, so we wanted to borrow some money from you."

"Would you like to borrow it?" Lu Jiao pretended to raise the hemp rope.

"No, no! I stole... No, I robbed. I just wanted to get some money to spend."

"Humph, you have never learned your lesson since childhood, you either steal or rob."

Lu Jiao gave them another round of "love education" and even didn't want the muddy hemp rope anymore and threw it next to them.

It feels good to teach someone a lesson, but when he turned around, Lu Jiao's face became serious.

If the capital is like this, what chaos must be happening in other parts of Jiang State?

No wonder Yan Yuanhao was so anxious!

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