Bloody Kyoto

Li Nanle woke up early in the morning, but she didn't go out immediately. Instead, she deliberately waited until midnight to leave the space before returning to the shop and then entering the space again.

I found a bunch of ingredients in the space and started cooking.

Cooking is her favorite way to pass the time when she's bored. After finishing a meal, she'll use up all her superpowers.

The next morning, she went to find someone to build three stoves.

One steamed meat bun, one steamed vegetable bun, and one steamed bread.

Once it's pre-portioned, you don't need to specifically distinguish between vegetable buns and meat buns when you take them, which saves a lot of trouble.

She doesn't need to buy an iron pot; she has plenty in her storage space.

In addition, she doesn't need to make the steamed buns; there are special machines for making steamed buns and mantou in the space.

All she had to do was prepare the filling and the dough.

Li Nanle was unfamiliar with this area, and she really didn't know where to find a craftsman who could build a stove.

So she went back to the place where she bought the wood wax oil yesterday, hoping to run into the boy named Zhou Wu again.

If he knows how, then give it to him; if not, you can ask him to help find a craftsman who knows how to build a stove.

Even from some distance from the shop selling wood wax oil, Li Nanle saw the boy squatting at the shop's entrance.

Before she could call out, the boy saw her and ran over. "Aunt Li, what do you need to buy? I can run errands for you."

After saying that, he added, "It's free."

"Can you build a stove?"

The boy was taken aback at first, then his eyes lit up. "Yes, yes, most people in our village build their own stoves."

Upon hearing this, Li Nanle felt that things were much easier.

"Then I'd like you to build me three individual stoves. You can prepare the materials yourself. I'll give you three taels of silver in total. Is that alright?"

The boy frowned and quickly waved his hand, "Aunt Li, it's just three individual stoves. Excluding the time to prepare the ingredients, it can be done in less than half a day. There's no need for three taels of silver. You can just give me one tael of silver."

"Silly boy, they're trying to help you. Don't you know your own situation? Just accept it without hesitation."

The wood wax oil shopkeeper walked over and bowed to Li Nanle, saying, "Sister, you are kind-hearted. I thank you on behalf of Xiao Wu for your great kindness."

Li Nanle didn't actually go out of her way to help anyone; she just didn't care about the money, especially after making a fortune last night.

She nodded to the shopkeeper and then said to the boy, "Here's your wages."

Something was tossed into the boy's arms, which he caught immediately. He saw that it was a key.

Then another object was thrown at him. He caught it and found it was a silver ingot. He knew as soon as he touched it that it was more than three taels.

I was just about to say that I had given her too much when I realized she had already walked away. But it's okay, I'll give the extra back to Aunt Li when the project is finished.

"Uncle Du, Aunt Li is such a good person."

The shopkeeper of the wood wax oil shop, surnamed Du, nodded as he watched Li Nanle's retreating figure, "He's not only a good person, but also a magnanimous one."

He patted the boy on the shoulder and said, "Keep it up!"

Li Nanle appeared to be strolling leisurely on the street with a basket in her hand, but in fact she would linger a little longer whenever she passed by a grand restaurant or teahouse.

Restaurants and teahouses are gathering places for people, and they are the best places to learn more about the people and events in the capital.

She used the potted plants in the restaurants and teahouses to eavesdrop on everyone's conversations.

Perhaps because it was not yet noon, there were not many people in the restaurant.

She mainly inquired about the teahouses.

"Auntie, what are you selling?"

While Li Nanle was intently gathering information about the teahouse, someone suddenly grabbed her leg.

She looked down and saw a beautifully dressed little girl, about three or four years old, blinking at her cloth-covered basket and sniffing it.

Li Nanle immediately understood what was going on. She had used the gauze on the basket to hold cakes before, and the woman had smelled it and assumed she was selling food.

She initially intended to say she wouldn't sell anything, but seeing the little girl's adorable, greedy look, she changed her mind.

"Yes, it's a cake shop. Do you want to buy some?"

"I want to buy it, I want to buy it!" The little girl nodded vigorously.

Li Nanle looked around but didn't see anyone who resembled her family member.

"What about your elders?"

The little girl blinked, her lips trembled, and tears streamed down her face. "My mother sold me."

Li Nanle's expression changed. Just as he was about to squat down and ask for details, the person in front of him was lifted off the ground.

She looked up and saw a woman with a mean face picking up the little girl. The little girl tried to cry loudly, but the woman covered her mouth.

Then it's time to leave.

Li Nanle immediately stepped forward and stopped the person. Combining the little girl's story about being sold by her mother with the woman's clothing, she realized that the woman was on a completely different level from the little girl.

She reasonably suspected that this was a human trafficker.

"What are you doing? Are you trying to kidnap my child?"

Li Nanle never expected that he would be the one to turn the tables on her.

The woman's shout attracted many passersby to stop. Before Li Nanle could say anything, the woman pointed at Li Manle and shouted again, "Everyone, grab her! She's a human trafficker and she's trying to kidnap my child!"

More than a decade ago, a major child abduction case occurred in Beijing, and everyone deeply abhorred child traffickers.

Upon hearing that Li Nanle was a human trafficker, they all rolled up their sleeves.

Li Nanle kicked the woman's leg, causing her to loosen her grip, and the little girl was scooped into Li Nanle's arms.

As soon as the little girl was in Li Nanle's arms, she clung tightly to her neck with both hands.

"Ahhh... human traffickers are openly snatching children!" the woman cried out as she lay on the ground.

Someone tried to snatch the child back, but was stopped by a young man.

"What are you doing? Are you with that human trafficker?" The person who was stopped grabbed the young man's shirt and yelled.

The young man looked like a scholar, and he explained in a good-natured manner, "Brother, look how close that girl is to that...auntie. I think we should ask her for clarification."

Upon hearing this, everyone could see how close the little girl was to the 'human trafficker'.

An elderly woman with a kind face walked up to Li Nanle. She glanced at Li Nanle subtly, then smiled and asked the little girl, "Little girl, who is she to you?"

"It's Aunt Gao Gao."

Li Nanle: "..."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt relieved. Although they didn't understand why it was called "Aunt Gao Gao," the word "aunt" in her name suggested she was family.

"Nonsense! She's not some Aunt Gao, she's a child trafficker!" Seeing that no one was helping her, the woman who had been throwing a tantrum got up and rushed at Li Nanle, trying to snatch the child back.

Li Nanle lightly lifted his foot and kicked the person who rushed in front of him three meters away.

Then she pointed to the woman on the ground and looked at the crowd, saying, "Is there anyone kind enough to help report this to the authorities? I suspect she is the human trafficker."

As soon as these words were spoken, someone immediately responded, "I'll go, I'll go."

One man ran towards the direction of the Prefect of the Capital, while another burly man lifted the woman up.

"Aunt Gao, why don't we go to the Jingzhao Prefecture together so that the officials can find out the reason for this?"

Li Nanle nodded, lifted the little girl up a bit, held her with one hand, and reached into the basket with the other to take out a small cake for the little girl.

The little girl's face lit up with happiness the moment she took the cake, and she politely said, "Thank you, Auntie Cake."

Ah, she took a bite, and the fragrance filled her mouth. Her eyes squinted with happiness.

Li Nanle carried the little girl all the way to Jingzhao Prefecture with other enthusiastic people.