Chapter 127 Jade Jar, Merit Box

The lady screamed, "You, what do you want to do? You dare to hurt people in broad daylight?"

The guard who held the knife to her neck said coldly: "The one you offended is our Ninth Prince. How dare you speak rudely?"

"Ninth Prince!?" The noble lady was dumbfounded.

She turned to look at Xiao Jingli and Hu Mianmian, and suddenly felt like crying but had no tears.

"Hey, you see, I don't know this either!"

Who could have thought that a prince would not stay in the palace but run out to open a shop?
So, that little girl's family background is not ordinary?

The lady hastened to apologize.

"It's all my fault. I'm being unreasonable. Your Highness the Ninth Prince and this little girl, please forgive me!"

Xiao Jingli turned his head and looked at Hu Mianmian: "Save her?"

Hu Mianmian didn't suffer any injustice, and she retorted on the spot.

She muttered, "Let her go quickly and don't hang around our store anymore."

Xiao Jingli nodded, signaling the guards to release the lady.

The lady thanked him repeatedly, then picked up her shivering dog and ran away quickly with her servants.

I dare not stay for a moment.

The crowd watching the excitement gradually dispersed.

Hu Mianmian returned to the shop, sat back in the chair, and rested her chin on her hands, looking a little angry.

Xiao Jingli sat next to her and looked at the little girl with a depressed face.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong? Didn't I just help you vent your anger? Why are you still unhappy?"

Hu Mianmian pouted: "No, I was thinking that business is so bad, anyone can come and take advantage of it."

"Do I need to build a reputation first?"

Achang, who was tidying up the cabinets nearby, heard it and was about to say something.

In his heart, he thought that this incense stick was probably unreliable.

Otherwise, the wish he made when he first entered the store would have come true.

And if burning incense is really useful, why doesn't the young boss use it to make a wish for the shop's business to improve?
Achang always thought that this was just a rich girl who was bored and opened a shop for fun.

In this case, there is no need to worry about how good the business is.

Achang was thinking about how to comfort Hu Mianmian when a man's voice suddenly came from the door.

"Ah dog, Ah dog!"

Ah Chang was still a little uncomfortable hearing people calling him by his old name.

He turned his head and saw that it was his father.

"Dad!" Ah Chang hurried over and said, "Why are you here? Did something happen at home?"

His father smiled and said, "Some time ago, Yuanwailang took his son to ride horses near our village. His son's horse lost control and crashed into our house."

"What!?" Ah Chang was shocked. "Are you all right?"

His family's small wooden courtyard had only two rooms, which were already dilapidated and on the verge of collapse.

He has thirteen brothers and sisters living at home.

If this collapses, won’t the family members be injured?
Unexpectedly, Achang's father laughed even louder.

"We are fine. We were all in the fields at the time. No one was home. After the house was smashed, Mr. Wang brought a lot of silver to apologize."

"Besides, he also said that he would help us renovate the house. Seeing that we have a large family, he also agreed to help us build an additional wing. I have never seen such a kind-hearted person. Look, I am here to give you some money."

"Now that our family has received a large sum of compensation, Agou, you are out here alone, buy yourself something delicious."

He stuffed five taels of silver into his pocket.

Chang's eyes widened.

In the past, their family would have had to save up for half a year to earn these five taels of silver!
It seems that Mr. Wang really gave a lot of money. Achang's father looked into the store, smiled and greeted Hu Mianmian and Xiao Jingli, said hello, and left.

Ah Chang returned to the shop in a daze, holding the silver.

He couldn't believe what he just heard.

A family has been poor for more than ten years, but became rich because of an accident?

He looked up and looked at Hu Mianmian.

The little guy blinked his black eyes and looked at him: "See, I told you that your wish would come true."

Achang came to his senses and fell to his knees with a thud.

"Second Master, I believe it, I really believe it, your incense is really amazing!"

Hu Mianmian snorted complacently: "Of course, I've said it before, it reaches the heavens and the underworld, once a stick of incense is lit, gods and ghosts will know."

Ah Chang rekindled his hope: "Good wine needs no bush. We will definitely have customers!"

Hu Mianmian also regained her confidence.

"Forget it! Xiao Jingli gives me money every day anyway, so it's not my fault. I'll just wait for customers to come to me!"

Xiao Jingli, who was sitting next to her drinking tea, frowned coldly, looked at her, but did not refute.

Hu Mianmian ran to the lattice and picked up a jade jar.

"A Chang, you have to fulfill your wish. Throw a copper coin into my merit pot, and it will count as your fulfillment of the wish!"

Ah Chang quickly took out a copper coin and threw it in.

There is only one copper coin in the big jar.

But Hu Mianmian still laughed happily: "Great, great, finally it's open!"

Xiao Jingli raised his eyebrows: "I want to remind you that giving away incense for free is not called opening a business."

Hu Mianmian pouted: "So what? At least we made a penny. I believe it will increase!"

The next few days.

Almost every day people come to Hu Mianmian's shop to fulfill their vows.

These were all the incense sticks she had given away for free out of pity for others.

The wandering beggar found a job as a waiter in a restaurant and wore clean clothes to thank her.

The blind old woman found her long-lost family and came to express her gratitude.

The family of a naughty boy who fell into the water and fainted came to express their gratitude, saying that after using Hu Mianmian's incense, the child woke up the next day.

Everyone would throw a copper coin into her jade jar.

Some people even threw in ten at once as a token of their gratitude.

Hu Mianmian looked at the bottom of the jade jar that had been flattened by the copper plate, and her merits were increasing little by little.

The little guy nodded with satisfaction: "Great, if you keep going like this, I can fill this jar sooner or later."

Chen Qingyin was not idle either.

She wanted to open a music shop, and these days she had been following her second brother Chen Hanjing around to look for a shop.

Chen Hanjing couldn't help but laugh when he saw how persistent she was.

"Why do you have to open a music hall? Being a teacher is not suitable for you."

"Second brother, you misunderstood. The piano studio I want to open will only accept girls. This piano studio is not just a place to learn piano. I also hope to create a good place for girls to help each other."

Chen Qingyin's eyes moved, and her tone was firm: "No matter what the girl's status is, I hope that if she encounters unfairness in marriage or is bullied by her family one day, she will have a place to tell and seek help."

"Brother, I was able to divorce Hu Yunshen and get away with it with Mianmian. I know that a big part of the reason is because I am my father's daughter, a daughter of the Chen family, and I have so many people helping me."

"But there are so many girls in this world who don't have a family background like mine. They encounter injustice and their husbands betray them. What should they do?"

After hearing this, Chen Hanjing fell into a long silence.

After a while, he nodded heavily: "Second brother supports you, let's go and look at a few more shops and try to pick the best one for you."