Especially Yu Rou, although she had taught her a long time about taking charge of the middle school, she never had the chance to get started. Therefore, Mrs. Zhou handed over the two shops that she originally planned to use as a dowry to her daughter, as a way for her to practice her skills first, so that she would not be in a hurry to get the details when she was ready to give them to her later.
Zhong Yurou came here today just to see the specific situation in the clothing store.
Although my mother said that the shop usually has a shopkeeper and a clerk, she should be in charge of the profit and income of the shop. But Zhong Yurou didn't think so. She felt that since it was her own shop, she must have an idea of how it was run and how the goods were. Don't ask questions at that time and don't know anything about it, and you don't even know it when you are blinded by the people below.
"Miss, the clothes in our shop should have more styles."
Liu Ye expressed her thoughts. She had just seen that in several other clothing stores, there were more men's and children's clothes, but their store only had women's clothes. This was a loss of business.
Zhong Yurou shook her head and said with a smile, "I think this is good. Think about it, if a girl comes to our shop to buy clothes, and now a strange man comes in who wants to buy clothes, what will happen to that girl? "
What will happen?
Liu Ye thought for a while, if it were her, she would definitely continue to buy her own clothes. Although men and women are not intimate with each other, she, as a maidservant, does not have so many taboos.
But if it were any other girl, she would have left on the spot. Then thinking about the fact that she hired a female shopkeeper and a female clerk in her shop, Liu Ye suddenly said, "Miss, I understand, if our shop only sells my daughter's clothes, she will let her My daughter’s family all likes to buy clothes from our store!”
"Yes, that's exactly the reason. You see, although the shop next door also sells skirts, many female customers still like to come to our shop, don't they?"
Zhong Yurou doesn't mind teaching her personal maid a little more. Although this is something she figured out by herself, she thinks this should be the reason.
No, while she was standing here for a while, several women walked into her shop. Although it is not possible to make a business with just one customer, when someone comes in, the shop will always have the opportunity to make money.
Come to think of it, this is also the reason why the store's profits have been good over the years.
I have to say that Uncle Zhong is just like his name, loyal and sincere. He has managed his mother's dowry shop so well over the years. It's no wonder that as soon as her mother returned to Beijing, she released Uncle Zhong's family's deeds and gave him enough money to support him in his old age.
Now that they have seen the ready-made clothing shop, the master and servant are going to Yunjin Street, because another shop is opened there.
But when the master and the servant walked out of the street and walked onto the stone bridge, they saw two men on the opposite side almost running onto the bridge. The man running in front was holding a straw handle with a mask on it, while the other man seemed to be carrying a child on his back.
Afraid of being hit, Zhong Yurou leaned against the stone railing on the side.
When the man carrying the child passed by, she specifically glanced at the little girl on his back. This glance shocked Zhong Yurou. Isn't this Wanqing?
Why did she come to the capital?
Also, who is the man carrying Wanqing on his back? He can’t be Wanqing’s father, right?
No, Zhong Yurou quickly realized that the man was making quite a lot of noise when he was running and jumping. It was impossible for a normal child to fall asleep unaffected, so there was a high probability that Wanqing was drugged.
As for why Zhong Yurou knew Wanqing, it was because several times when she invited Sister Chunyan to visit Zhou Mansion, she would bring Wanqing and Wanying over, so Zhong Yurou was already familiar with these two children. It couldn't be more familiar.
Liu Ye also saw it, but she still couldn't believe it when she saw Miss Wanqing in the capital, "Miss, is that Miss Wanqing?"
Zhong Yurou nodded. Although she didn't know why Wanqing appeared in the capital, she didn't have time to think about it now.
At this time, the two men had already got off the bridge and were running forward quickly. Then Zhong Yurou saw another person running towards the stone corridor about a hundred meters away from the bridge. It seemed that he was going to chase the two men just now, and he could also hear the other person shouting Words like "catch the kidnappers" and "stop them".
Without any time to think, Zhong Yurou turned around and chased ahead.
Seeing the young lady getting off the bridge very quickly, Liu Ye became anxious and quickly ran up.
There is a saying, "Have you never eaten pork and never seen a pig run away?" This is the case with Zhong Yurou right now.
Although she never practiced sticks with her father, she would often watch from the sidelines when her eldest and second brothers practiced martial arts with her father when they were young.
After being exposed to it for so many years, it is not difficult to learn a few moves, but compared to the eldest brother and the second brother, Zhong Yurou only knows the fur of the skin.
However, even though it is only superficial, if you want to protect your own safety, you should still be able to do it.
So after seeing the two men running into an alley, Zhong Yurou did not hesitate to grab the bamboo pole used by the grocery store to support the oilcloth, and then quickly chased them into the alley.
The alley seemed particularly quiet without the noise, so quiet that you could clearly hear the messy footsteps coming from not far away.
Zhong Yurou's heart was pounding, it was impossible to say she wasn't afraid, but that was Wanqing, and she definitely couldn't watch her being abducted.
Furthermore, these two men are the most hated human beings. Over the years in Jingzhou, Zhong Yurou has seen too many mothers who went crazy after losing their children.
Therefore, we must not let them go!
Zhong Yurou didn't know where her courage came from, and she didn't consider the fact that she only knew stick moves but had no practical fighting experience. At this moment, she only stared at the two people in front of her and chased after them.
But after all, this is a girl's house. How can it outrun two men? I can only watch them running farther and farther, and then they disappear after turning a corner.
This is another alleyway.
Zhong Yurou did not give up. The bamboo pole she was dragging in her hand made a clicking sound on the ground paved with bluestone slabs.
Not many people are nosy these days, especially something like this that might bring disaster to themselves. Therefore, after Liuye chased him into the alley, there was no one following him.
The two traffickers were also in a panic. When they thought they had finally gotten rid of their pursuers, they looked ahead and found that they had actually run into a dead alley.
What a hell it was today.
The short man holding the grass handle was breathing heavily. The handle that was originally full of people had no one left.
As for the black-faced man carrying Wanqing, he was out of breath and not much better. In the past, they didn't have so much trouble kidnapping children. When they got to a deserted place, they put the child in a cloth bag. That's it.
By the time anyone found out and went to report to the official, they had already left the city.
But today, the two of them never expected that a man in his forties who was at least a round older than them would run so fast, as if he didn't have any strength. If they hadn't fought In order to get familiar with the terrain there, I tried to get rid of the person, fearing that he would have caught up with me.
But they just breathed a sigh of relief, and someone else caught up with them. Although the boy who came after him couldn't run as fast as the fast-legged guy, but with such endurance, alas, it was really a bad start today.
"Come on, let's rush out of the dead alley!"
The dark-faced man, who had not yet taken a deep breath, moved the Wanqing he was carrying to his left shoulder. To be honest, if it weren't for this little girl's graceful appearance, she would have sold her for a good price to the madam. When she was being chased just now, , he had already thrown the person away.
When his accomplice said he wanted to rush out, the short man nodded repeatedly. If he didn't rush out, he would definitely be blocked here.
Thinking of this, the short man grasped the straw handle tightly, thinking that fortunately he didn't lose it no matter how fast he ran. Now that he had it, he might as well use it as a fighting weapon later.
The two people here rushed towards the entrance of the alley at high speed.
But Zhong Yurou had already dragged the bamboo pole and ran into the alley entrance.
When she left the capital, Zhong Yurou was only a little over five years old, so she naturally had no chance to become familiar with the capital. But now, she had just returned to the capital after ten years away. Of course, she was even less likely to be familiar with the alleys and alleys of the capital, so she didn't know that she was entering a dead alley.
That's why I was startled when I saw the two traffickers rushing out from the opposite side.
But she quickly calmed herself down. Looking at the two men, one short and one dark, Zhong Yurou grasped the bamboo pole tightly with both hands.
The black-faced man and the short man were immediately happy when they saw that the person who came was just a girl. When did the people chasing them change again?
Where was that tall and skinny guy just now?
But these are not the main point. For now, didn't this girl give them money?
You see, the skin is white and tender, the eyebrows are pretty, and the figure is good. If this is sent to Madam Wang in Yingchun Garden, it will not sell for five or sixty taels of silver, and they will guarantee that it will be named after a dog.
As for the bamboo pole in the pretty girl's hand, the short man and the dark-faced man just pretended not to see it. With such a small body, it is not worth a finger of them, and it is useless to have a bamboo pole.
So the black-faced man nuzzled at the short man, indicating that he would take action and he could just watch from the side.
The short man naturally had no objection. He even felt that he could throw away the straw in his hand and deal with a girl's family with nothing.
But before anyone could take action, Liu Ye, who called Miss, also ran into the alley.
Then the two kidnappers who were originally frightened by Liu Ye were relieved when they heard her say, "Miss, what should we do?" It seemed that there were no "pursuers" behind them. .
However, for safety reasons, they had to make a quick decision.
Now the black-faced man didn't dare to let the short man have sex alone. Since there were two girls, they could catch one each.
Thinking of this, the black-faced man put Wanqing on his back on the ground, then took out a handkerchief from his lapel, preparing to catch someone and knock them unconscious.
All these actions of his were seen in Zhong Yurou's eyes, and she also knew that there must be something fishy about the handkerchief on the other person's hand.
However, she had no time to think too much at this moment, because Zhong Yurou knew that if they really fought, she and Liu Ye would definitely not be the match of the two kidnappers.
Therefore, Zhong Yurou quickly remembered what her father often taught her brothers, that is, attack the enemy when they are not prepared and strike first!
Recalling the preemptive moves taught by her father, Zhong Yurou suppressed her pounding heart, took a deep breath, and rushed forward with the bamboo pole.
Then Liu Ye, who was astonished, heard the mantra chanted by his own lady, "The strength of the waist comes first, with the belt on the shoulders, and the shoulders on the arms...".
What closely followed the formula was the young lady's movements. She picked up the bamboo pole and swung it left and right at the short man. When the straw pole in his hand could not be parried, Zhong Yurou suddenly slid forward, and then He quickly slapped the short man's right wrist with the bamboo pole. The short man felt the pain and wanted to rush forward regardless. Then, Liu Ye saw his young lady swinging the bamboo pole and quickly slashed the short man's head.
Only a scream of "Ouch" was heard, followed by a "plop" of the short man falling to the ground, fainting.
Then came Willow Ye's surprise.
As for the black-faced man, his dark face was full of disbelief.
After reacting, the black-faced man immediately bent down and quickly pulled out a gleaming dagger from his boot. At this time, when he looked at this man's eyes, the fierceness was revealed.
Zhong Yurou's hands were shaking a little, but she knew that she had no way out. She also knew that when dealing with people who come prepared, just like her father said, she must strike hard, and when the physical strength of the two sides is greatly different, she can win with one move. That's the key.
At this time, the ruthless black-faced man would never have thought that the seemingly weak girl in front of him would be the instructor who taught all the soldiers in the military camp how to use sticks.
So when he waved the dagger, thinking that he would definitely make the other party cry father and mother, the bamboo pole in his hand was directly pressed against the wall.
Although the round head of the bamboo pole didn't hurt anyone, it still caused severe pain when it was pressed hard against the chest. Now the black-faced man didn't care about any tricks. He shouted "Ouch, ouch" and picked up the dagger. Just chop on the bamboo pole as hard as you want.
Seeing this, Liu Ye hurriedly picked up the straw on the ground and wanted to hit the opponent hard twice, but was a little scared when he saw the dagger in his hand.
At this time, Zhong Yurou felt that her strength was almost exhausted.
However, she must not let go, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
By the way, let go!
Seeing the opponent rushing forward with all his strength, Zhong Yurou suddenly remembered what his father said about beating a dog with a stick.
She took a deep breath, and then mentally encouraged herself while silently reciting the stick method formula, "Wrap a ribbon to tie, twist the ribbon to pick, roll it up and down, and let go! Beat the dog!"
I saw Zhong Yurou quickly whipping out the bamboo pole. When the dark-faced man staggered forward with the force, she immediately picked up the bamboo pole and slapped him on the front door with lightning speed.
Although the move was not wrong, due to Zhong Yurou's exhaustion, the black-faced man was slapped in the face. Except for his nose bleeding, he did not faint. After squatting on the ground for a while, he saw him shaking. She was ready to stand up.
At this moment, Zhong Yurou had no more strength. If it hadn't been for the support of the bamboo pole, she would have collapsed to the ground.
Also, Zhong Yurou can be sure that if these two people didn't know a little bit about boxing today, she wouldn't have had the chance to beat them.
He looked at his young lady who was gritting her teeth and holding on, and then saw the villain whose face was covered in blood, staggering and about to stand up. Liu Ye gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, raised the straw handle and waved it over the head of the black-faced man.
"Let you be fierce, let you be ruthless, let you kidnap Miss Wanqing, beat you to death, the kidnapper who is causing harm to others! Beat you to death, beat you to death..."
At this time, after asking passers-by at the alley, Lin Yuanqiu, who was told that someone ran into the alley, had followed the sound and came here.
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