Chapter 30 Being rich is unkind Walking on the street, Gu Chan touched the heavy bow in his hand and a smile appeared on his face. Ma Zheng walked beside her and said, "Boss, why do I feel that the way the boss lady looked at you just now was not right!" "What do you mean?" Gu Chan asked puzzledly. She really didn't notice it just now, probably because she was a girl and couldn't see some special emotions in a woman's eyes. Ma Zheng put his mouth close to her ear and laughed, "I feel like the boss lady likes you." "Don't talk nonsense, she is so old, how old am I?" "Let me tell you, there are so many widows in our Tiancang country, and now it is popular for many widows to raise husbands as children." Ma Zheng suddenly brought this up. Gu Chan stared at him, a look of surprise instantly appearing on her face. She had heard of child brides before, but had never heard of child husbands. This world is really magical, there are such upside-down things.
Ma Zheng explained to her, "Our Tiancang country has been in constant war, and many men have gone to the battlefield and never returned. Many old people, women and children are left in various places. The widows who are a little richer and have no children will spend money to raise a boy, and when they grow up, they will marry them and let them take care of them in their old age." "So that's how it is! Then I can understand it." Gu Chan felt relieved and all the doubts in her heart were resolved. She did not deny that in this chaotic era, women did need the support of men. Things like raising children and husbands can be considered an advance investment and a method to rely on in the later stage. However, in a sense, Gu Chan does not agree with this practice. After all, it goes against human ethics. But from the perspective of Tiancang Country, it can also be regarded as a helpless move to continue the country's population base. Ma Zheng said with a wicked smile, "Boss, I saw the way the boss lady looked at you just now. I'm afraid she wants to take you in as a child husband!" "Stop it. I'm not in the mood to talk about this right now." Gu Chan smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say. Dry! If she were a man, she would have no choice but to endure it for the sake of survival. But she is a girl in this body! What do you want her to do? Even if the boss lady really likes her, she can't be with her, right? As the two were talking, they had already walked to a place not far in front of Ding Meihua's stall. At this time, a group of people were gathering in front of Ding Meihua's stall. Gu Chan and the other person were outside the circle and couldn't see what was happening inside. Ma Zheng was still very happy, "Wow! Why is the business so good today? It seems that grandma's pakchoy will be sold out soon." "Something's wrong. These people are not here to buy cabbage. They are here to watch the fun. Let's go and take a look." Gu Chan was stunned at first, but then she reacted quickly and ran forward quickly with Ma Zheng. After running over, the two of them pushed through the crowd and rushed in. As soon as they rushed in, the two men's faces suddenly became stiff and they were furious. At this time, a thin young man from a wealthy family, dressed in expensive silk, a white robe and a long shirt, was standing in front of Ding Meihua's stall with a servant. The young man was tall and slender, with a bun on his head, a pointed face, and a very fair complexion. At first glance, he looked like a pretty boy. He was holding a white paper fan in his hand, standing there with his head held high, slowly waving the fan in his hand in front of his chest, looking very arrogant and really crazy. The pile of pakchoy originally placed on the stall had already been trampled to pieces by the servants. Ding Meihua slumped behind the stall, crying inconsolably as she watched the cabbages she had worked so hard to grow being ruined like this. "My little cabbages, you are not human beings. You even bully an old woman like me who sells vegetables." "Someone come! Someone help me get justice!"
"Wuwuwu..." Ding Meihua cried and shouted. The spectators around retreated far away and no one dared to step forward. Ma Zhengqi clenched his fists tightly and prepared to rush forward to protect his grandmother. Gu Chan quickly reached out and grabbed him, shaking her head secretly at him, signaling him not to be anxious. Then Gu Chan looked at a woman next to her and asked with suppressed anger, "Sister, who is this person? Why does everyone seem to be afraid of him?" "How come, little brother, don't you know who he is?" the woman asked cautiously. Gu Chan shook her head. The woman put her mouth close to her ear and whispered, "His name is Wang Tianxiao, and he is the nephew of Wang Feilong, the prince of Tiancang country. His father, Wang Feihu, relies on his brother to be a prince of a different surname in Kyoto. He is the king of our Wuheng County. Even our county magistrate does not dare to provoke him easily." "Oh! He's the official who collects taxes from Wuheng County for Kyoto, right?" Gu Chan suddenly remembered. Zhang Wanshan had told her about this before. All the tax silver in the Wuheng County area was not collected by the county government, but by a special official named Wang who was specially appointed by the capital to collect the silver. After deducting the portion used for the county government's daily operations, the silver was sent to the national treasury in the capital. She didn't know who this Mr. Wang was before, but now that the eldest sister told her, she immediately understood. Mr. Wang is Wang Feihu. His brother Wang Feilong is a king of a different surname in Kyoto. His son Wang Tianxiao is currently bullying Grandma Ding. After understanding the situation, Gu Chan prepared to go up and help her grandmother. But at this time, Wang Tianxiao's servant raised his leg and kicked Ding Meihua in the chest, kicking her directly to the ground, and cursed, "You old woman, you are so shameless. Our young master passed by, and you didn't know how to give way. You even dared to throw rotten vegetable leaves on his shoes. Do you know how much this pair of shoes costs? Can you afford to pay for it if it gets dirty?" "This is too much! I'm going to fight him." Ma Zheng, who was standing at the back, couldn't bear to watch it any longer. He gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, ready to rush up and fight. Gu Chan stretched out her hand to stop him, "Use your brain, with your ability, you are not even close to being able to defeat him." "What should we do? I can't just watch my grandma being bullied by them like this!" Ma Zheng said with a painful look on his face. "Just stand here and don't move. I'll go over to help you. You'll need to follow my instructions and cooperate with me at any time. We won't pretend to be cool, but this kind of rich and unkind beast must be severely punished." Gu Chan said in a low voice with a livid face. Ma Zheng held the bow tightly in his hand, his whole body shaking with anger. He really wanted to draw the bow and shoot the bastard in front of him to death with one arrow, but in the end he chose to listen to Gu Chan and endure it. Gu Chan nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly rushed over, stood in front of the servant, pointed at Ding Meihua and cursed, "You old woman, how can you be so blind? You don't even look at who is standing in front of you, and you dare to throw rotten vegetable leaves on his shoes. I think you are really tired of living." "Who is this kid?" "Yeah! Why did you suddenly run out?" "He is still here to help Prince Wang. It seems that he is not a good person. He just wants to cling to the powerful." The onlookers were stunned and started talking in low voices. Wang Tianxiao stood in front of the stall with a smug look on his face, thinking he was so famous that even children knew to come out and curry favor with him. (End of this chapter)