"Miss! You!" Liu Fei and the others were about to fight outnumbered when they saw Fu Wenwen turn back. Liu Fei's eyes welled up.
"Watch my son for me, don't let him get hurt." Fu Wenwen twisted her neck, looking at the fierce group in front of her. Fu Wenwen took the initiative to meet them.
Liu Fei quickly protected Lin An, whose eyes lit up. Seeing Fu Wenwen charge forward, she kicked the first person down with a single kick, snatched the iron rod from his hand, and struck the person behind him.
Zhang Fu and the others stared at Fu Wenwen fighting against many with their mouths agape. Not only was she not at a disadvantage, but her moves were also fierce, and anyone she hit would be incapacitated.
Whether it was a broken arm or a broken leg, she showed no mercy.
She beat the opposing side into utter disarray. Out of their twenty-something people, five were instantly down. Before they could even charge, three more had fallen. The remaining few exchanged glances, terrified, dropped their companions, and turned to flee.
Fu Wenwen pointed the iron rod in her hand at one of the men, leaped, and flipped over the heads of the remaining six, blocking their path. "Since you've come, don't even think about leaving."
"Brothers, charge! Let's fight her!" The few men said this, but their bodies retreated in unison. No one dared to be the first to go, all thinking to wait for others to advance before finding an opportunity to escape.
As a result, after shouting, the few men looked at each other awkwardly and turned their heads away.
Fu Wenwen raised an eyebrow. "Have you finished discussing?"
"He instigated us to do this. We don't want revenge at all, really! Please spare us! I don't want to break my arms or legs. I have children and a wife to take care of..." One man immediately knelt and begged Fu Wenwen for mercy, pointing to the man in the middle, who was missing four front teeth.
"Spare us, we were only following his orders. He gave us two yuan and wanted revenge."
"..." Fu Wenwen raised an eyebrow and looked at the man in the middle. The man gritted his teeth and glared at Fu Wenwen. "Why are you meddling in other people's business!"
The man glared at Fu Wenwen unwillingly, truly unable to understand why everything had gone so smoothly. Where had this formidable opponent come from, with such strength and ferocity?
Fu Wenwen smiled faintly at the man's unwilling expression. "I was the one who knocked out your four teeth. Do you think it has nothing to do with me?"
"It was you!!!" The man's eyes widened in astonishment. Hearing Fu Wenwen's words, he remembered the day his four front teeth were knocked out, a memory that was still very vivid. His right leg, which had just recovered, also ached faintly.
"You know I did it! I suggest you don't try to escape. You know the consequences." Fu Wenwen pointed at him with the iron rod. The man directly slumped to the ground, completely devoid of any desire to resist.
Seeing this, the other men cast wary glances at Fu Wenwen and squatted on the ground, not daring to move.
"Brother Fei!!!" Just then, Xiao Liuzi received the message and rushed over with his men. Upon reaching the alley entrance, he saw a ground full of groaning people. Worried about Liu Fei, he called out.
He didn't notice Fu Wenwen in the middle of the road at all.
"Xiao Liuzi, I'm here." Liu Fei quickly walked over, holding Lin An. He returned Lin An to Fu Wenwen and took the iron rod from her. "See who this is?"
"Miss! How are you here? Did you save Brother Fei?" Xiao Liuzi finally saw Fu Wenwen and exclaimed excitedly.
"Xiao Liuzi, long time no see." Fu Wenwen smiled at Xiao Liuzi.
"It has indeed been a long time, Miss. Have you also come to Fengcheng? Brother Hu would be very happy if he knew you were in Fengcheng." Xiao Liuzi was overjoyed.
"Let's get together next time. I'll leave this to you guys, I'm leaving now." Fu Wenwen patted Xiao Liuzi and chuckled lightly.
Carrying Lin An, she walked towards the old woman who was shivering fearfully on the ground and helped her up. "Elderly lady, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Young lady, are you alright too? Let's go quickly, quickly, quickly." The old woman saw that Fu Wenwen was fine and that there were people lying on the ground. She quickly pulled Fu Wenwen to leave, completely ignoring the people in the alley.
After pulling Fu Wenwen out of the troubled area, the old woman breathed a sigh of relief. "Young lady, you are so beautiful. You must never go to the black market alone in the future. The black market is managed by people. Those two little beasts specifically target women. At best, they'll make lewd remarks; at worst... they'll drag them into an alley... who knows how many people they've harmed."
Fu Wenwen nodded. "Elderly lady, do you still have eggs? If you have more next time, just bring them to my house, and I'll buy them all."
"Really? That's great! Then I'll sell them to you for five cents each. Those people at the black market take a cut, so I had to sell them for seven cents." The old woman said sheepishly. Seeing how readily Fu Wenwen agreed, she would have a stable income from now on and was extremely happy.
Fu Wenwen took the old woman home, letting her recognize the way. From now on, she would deliver the eggs directly to her house.
"Okay, I'll remember." The old woman said happily.
Fu Wenwen and the old woman chatted along the way. Fu Wenwen learned that the old woman's name was Zhang Guihua. After her eldest son got her house for marriage, he withheld grain under various pretexts, and eventually, he drove her and the old man out. She and the old man could only live in their old house. She relied on raising chickens to barely feed them. But a while ago, the old man caught a cold and had been coughing. She wanted to buy him medicine, but the seven-cent eggs were too expensive, and no one was willing to buy them.
"How could there be such an unconscionable son?" Fu Wenwen said angrily.
"He's not my biological son. He's the son of the old man's deceased wife. When I married the old man, he was already sensible. I knew he didn't like me, and I didn't force him." Granny Zhang sighed. "After the old man and I had our youngest son, he hated him even more. Later, our youngest son went to the army, and then... he lost contact..."
Granny Zhang wiped away her tears and smiled sheepishly at Fu Wenwen. "I'm old now and don't want any more trouble. I'll just live one day at a time. Now I just want to stay with the old man..."
"Then why didn't he take his old man back? He can not support you, but how could he abandon his old man to you?" Fu Wenwen frowned.
"He was willing to keep his old man, but his old man was unwilling to follow him. The wife he married is also formidable. She doesn't give us food every other day, complaining that we're freeloaders. The old man wouldn't have a good life going back either." Granny Zhang sighed. "My old man has been proud his whole life and has never yielded to anyone. This time, he's seriously ill, but he's still unwilling to relent, preferring to die outside than let me beg him."
Fu Wenwen frowned and brought Granny Zhang to the courtyard, asking her to wait. "Granny Zhang, please wait a moment."