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"My daughter, we can finally see the light of day again!" Walking on the main street, Xia Chunhua who was dressed in shabby clothes and had dim and rough skin pulled Jin Xi'er, and said with emotion.

"But, I have nothing now, my body is dirty, and I have been to a cell, no one else wants me anymore."

Jin Xi'er's eyes were lifeless. On his gloomy face, there was only an expression filled with hatred. His originally clear and spirited eyes, were no longer there.

Jin Xi'er was desperate.

"My daughter, think about it, who caused us to fall into today's situation!?" Xia Chunhua pulled on Jin Xi'er's sleeves, and said hatefully. The fierceness in his eyes, wished that he could eat Xia Li alive.

"It's all because of that bitch Xia Li! She caused me to be humiliated and my body to be tainted. At that time, even though she was saved, she was only concerned with escaping. She didn't care about my life, it was all because of her! I must vent my anger! "

When Jin Xi'er said till here, he clenched his fists and released crackling sounds.

The sunlight above his head made it hard for him to open his eyes, causing Jin Xi'er to smell the fragrance of meat buns from the nearby stand. He touched his stomach that was growling, and tears started to roll down his face.

The packman had a big smile on his face at first, but when he looked at Jin Xi'er and Jin Xi'er, his expression immediately changed and he pushed them out.

"The beggar will stay by the side!" "Don't affect my business!" As he said that, he picked up the rolling pin that he had placed on the stall and sent it towards the two of them.

Jin Xi'er's anger surged, he directly pushed down the steamer filled with smoke and fell to the ground amidst the screams of the crowd, the crowd immediately rushing forward to snatch the meat buns.

Jin Xi'er was hit by the rolling pin in the shop assistant's hands onto her back, causing her to scream in pain. She was dragged by the shop assistant and was unable to leave.

Xia Chunhua knelt on the ground and struggled to shout while holding onto the leg of the shop assistant.

"You released my daughter!"

"Give me back my money!" My family is still counting on selling off their steamed buns in exchange for money and buying medicine to treat their illnesses! " The shop assistant was infuriated by Xia Jinhua's shamelessness and directly asked for money.

"I, I don't have money... Besides, we're not the ones who stole the bun! " The first thing Xia Chunhua did was to blame it on others. When she turned around, she realized that the group of people who were fighting over the buns had long since disappeared. People were passing by on the street, who could she go find?

"Cut the nonsense, it's useless. Just follow me to meet the county magistrate!" The hawker's face was filled with anger, as he pulled Xia Chunhua and Jin Xi'er towards the exit.

"I don't want it, I don't want it!" When Jin Xi'er heard that she had to go back to County Yamen, the humiliation and bullying she had suffered this past year surfaced in her mind. She waved her hands and sat on the ground while struggling, not wanting to go back to her death.

"Look, is one tael of silver enough to compensate you, little brother?" A weak voice sounded, and the few of them turned to look at the source of the voice.

Lee's, dressed in a purple brocade dress, had her hair tied up in a bun with a hairpin ring. Behind her, there was a little girl carrying a basket in her hands.

"So it's the madame. This money is enough for me to sell buns for several days."

The shop assistant smiled in embarrassment, he really did not dare to accept the silver.

"I know them. I'm the one who compensated you with this silver. Take it." Lee's looked at Xia Chunhua and Jin Xi'er who were dressed in tattered and dirty clothes. He could not bear to help them anymore, so he decided to help them.

"Alright, since the madame is pleading for mercy, I'll treat it as if it didn't happen." The shop assistant took the money and left.

Lee's took out a money pouch from her bosom and walked in front of Xia Chunhua, handing it over to her before she turned around and left.

"Sister-in-law, wait for me!" Xia Chunhua stood up from the ground, staggered to catch up with her, looked at his own dirty clothes, wiped them off, and with a face full of grievance, he directly kneeled in front of Lee's.

"Sister-in-law, my daughter and I just came out of the prison. Can you take us in?"

"I've already given you two a bag of silver, which is a full fifty liang. You two can start a small business here and support the two of you."

Lee's straightened her body and looked at Xia Chunhua calmly. After more than a year of training, she had learnt a lot about business skills from Xia Li and her conduct of business had become much more stable.

"You're not taking us in either?" As Xia Chunhua said this, he began to wipe his tears away.

"The people from Rich Man Yang kidnapped Xia Li and tried to take the painkillers from us. I can't forgive you and your mother for this." Lee's paused for a moment, before replying seriously.

"I …" Xia Chunhua said, and directly fainted on the ground.

"Mother, what happened to you!" Jin Xi'er tumbled in front of Xia Chunhua and shouted worriedly.

When she held Xia Chunhua's body, she felt someone secretly pinch her hand, and immediately understood, causing her to cry even more sorrowfully, and just happened to faint on the ground.

"Madam, what do you think we should do?" The little girl was at a loss as she followed behind Lee's and asked timidly.

"Go find a carriage driver to help them get on the carriage, then send them back to the hospital for treatment." Lee's said helplessly.

"Yes, ma'am." The little girl accepted the order and immediately went to find the driver who had stopped to drink tea to bring the carriage over, bringing Xia Chunhua and Jin Xi'er to hospital.

Xia Li was in the study at the side of the hospital checking the account books sent in by a few shops. When he saw Jin Xi'er and Xia Chunhua, a look of confusion flashed across his face.

"The two of them just got out of the cell and fainted on the way. They were hungry for several days and they looked pitiful. I wanted to send them away when they recovered from their illness." Lee's immediately explained to Xia Li.

"Alright, Mother." Xia Li agreed readily.

"Mom, watch them properly these two days. Don't give them the chance to stir up trouble." Xia Li thought about it and decided to remind the Lee's.

"Yes, Mom will definitely keep an eye on them the whole time." Lee's agreed as his heart tightened and he became restless.

The scorching sun was scorching the earth, and pedestrians were hurriedly passing by the three ice shops in Jing'an Town to avoid the heat. Those who suffered heatstroke would mass rush towards the hospital s on Xia Li's name to avoid the treatment and to get the medicine.

On the teahouse located opposite of Xia Li, an old man with a beard of half a hundred years drank the cold tea in his hand and stared at Xia Li's busy figure with shining eyes. A trace of curiosity flashed in his eyes as he asked the subordinate beside him.

"This young lady is Xia Li?"

Yes, old master. You have been living in the capital for a long time, and you might not know it, but over the past year, the owner of this hospital sold a type of pain-relieving medicine that could stop the body's pain caused by all kinds of difficult illnesses and earned a lot of money by selling it in different parts of the country. Because of the competition between their families, their business declined by leaps and bounds.

The thin and frail white-faced scholar laid out a few books in front of the old man, his body trembling slightly.

"In one year, these clan's hospital have already lost several thousand taels of silver. What are all of you doing here?" The old man slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table, scaring the young scholar down to his knees.

In reply to Master, on this summer's third day, people always go to the ice shop opened by Xia Li to eat. Naturally, all of the patients also go there to take a breather, and adding that there are a lot of people who go to their hospital rows of people every month to buy pain-relieving medicine, all of them ran to their shop.

"Is your brain filled with water? Don't you know how to use your brain to snatch back all of the customers? When this woman opened her hospital, did she greet our Hu Clan's hospital? "Where did all the medicinal herbs under her command come from?"

The old man's face was gloomy as he asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to old master, let's go back and think of a plan, to try and attract all the customers here. A year ago, this woman directly bought a few stores, opened hospital and Ice Store, and did not inform our other medical colleagues, she naturally bought the medicine there from the medicine merchant."

"Master, I control the supply of medicine in the six northern provinces and have connections in the capital. She is just a little girl, it is as simple as crushing an ant to destroy her. This time, the ticket you are going to give me is beautiful and beautiful."

The old man stroked his gray beard and took a shallow sip of his tea.

"Qingning will definitely perform well and not disappoint you, Old Master." The thin scholar named Qing Ning stepped forward, bowed, and replied to the old man.

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When Jin Xi'er woke up, the room was already lit with candles. She looked around at the arrangements, the room was clean and tidy, with wooden floors, a bed, and a dressing table that looked luxurious and grand. Compared to the furnishing a year ago, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.

As for her, she could only be described as miserable right now. She was unwilling to give up, and she hated the Xia Li who made herself into this state.

Thinking about it, Jin Xi'er wiped the tears off his cheeks, looked at Xia Jinhua who was still unconscious, and quietly got off the bed, pouring himself a cup of water to drink.

Hearing the sounds coming from inside the room, Lee's pushed open the door and arrived in front of Jin Xi'er.

"Are you hungry? I'll get someone to bring you something to eat. "

"Then I'll be troubling Aunt. However, I have a stomachache and would like to go out for a while. " Jin Xi'er said as he walked out.

"Bring Xi'er over there." Lee's instructed the little girl behind him.

"Yes, ma'am." The little girl said as she brought Jin Xi'er out.

Jin Xi'er clenched her teeth, she would do anything to restrain herself from sweating profusely, but suddenly a thought came to her mind, she was not far from them, and deliberately dropped to the ground while screaming in pain.

The little girl was startled and immediately went to help her.

"Go and tell Aunty that I've sprained my ankle. It's so painful that I can't take it anymore." Jin Xi'er frowned and shouted.

"But? "This …" The little girl was panicking. Lee's had instructed her not to leave Jin Xi'er's side at all.

"Go!" If my foot is crippled, can you afford it? " Jin Xi'er roared, scaring the little girl, she ran through the walkway and ran to the front yard to look for Lee's.

Jin Xi'er found the right time to stand up, walked around the veranda, passed through the small garden and the fake mountain pavilion and headed towards the courtyard. It was only then that she realised that this was a three-way courtyard, and she was almost lost.

When she took advantage of the moonlight to arrive at the second-in-line courtyard, she heard faint sounds of conversation coming from the courtyard. Her body trembled slightly as she clenched her fists and quietly followed him.

"Are you not coming with me tonight?" Xia Li leaned into Sun Chun's embrace, and asked coquettishly.