Boyan was so determined to learn superior martial arts, which was beyond Mingyi's expectations, but looking at Shi Shi's expression at the beginning, it seemed that he had already predicted.

Shi Zhichu said slowly: "You need to tell me your true thoughts, I see that you want to learn a little, I will teach you a little." ”

Boyan's eyes drifted out of the window, Mingyi knew that he was worried, and said, "Those things can't be bought in the East Market, and your aunt won't be able to come back for a while." ”

Boyan settled down and nodded slowly. Reminisce from the beginning.

When Boyan had a memory, he was already in Yangzhou, among the Shangguan gang. The old gang leader is busy with chores, often away, and when he rarely comes back, he will bring back new things. And his cousin Shangguan Yun, who is more than ten years older than him, likes to take him with him and play with the giant thunder. On the contrary, it is his own aunt, who is busy in the rice noodle shop all the year round, and she never sees her until dark.

His childhood can be said to be carefree, and the only question that haunts his heart is, why does he not have a grandfather, why do some people in the gang talk about his aunt and call her a widow behind his back?

When he understood something, A-Niang told him the reason. Chu Niangzi's aunt is the sister of the old gang leader of Shangguan, and she and her grandfather both died at the hands of bandits, leaving Chu Niangzi to grow up next to her uncle. In the year of Jilu, he married into the family of Shangguan and the prince of Changzhou. After marriage, it can be regarded as harmony, but his grandfather's life is short, and in less than two years, he gave birth to a vicious illness and died. The fighting between the Chu family is also prosperous, how can she be tolerated, so she said that she ordered Bo Kefu and made it more difficult. The prince lady already had a posthumous child at this time, and in order to give birth to the child smoothly, she had to swallow the humiliation.

On the day of Chu Boyan's birth, when Chu Niangzi saw that she gave birth to a boy, she was filled with joy and sorrow. The joy is to leave a bloodline for her deceased husband, and the sadness is that the Chu family knows that she is a boy, and she will definitely take the son and drive her mother, and she will be separated.

Chu Niangzi immediately made a decision, took out the treasured dowry gold ornaments to bribe Wen Po, and only said that she gave birth to a girl. When the Chu family heard this, they let it go and didn't even look at it. After that, the mother and son of the prince also cut off the source of food and clothing, and relied on the sale of the dowry for several months, and when the mother and son recovered, they secretly took Boyan to leave Changzhou Mansion and went to Shangguan's house in Yangzhou. The Chu family only felt that there were two useless people missing, and they should only be fine.

The first time Chu Boyan heard the full reason, he was about eight years old, and he was trembling with his mother. Chu Niangzi reprimanded him for being so cowardly and cowardly, and he squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "I hate them and bully A-Niang!" ”

Chu Niangzi hugged Boyan and cried, wiped away her tears and said: "You must fight for your grandfather, you must fight for your grandfather, create a great career in the future, and then return to the Chu family openly!" ”

Boyan shook his head fiercely: "No, I don't want to go back to the Chu family, I want to be in the Shangguan family." ”

Chu Niangzi sighed deeply and said no more.

Since then, the prince has become more and more strict with Boyan, and if she can't write well, she will be whipped, and disrespecting her elders will be two slaps. Boyan remembers one time when he had a quarrel with the son of a gang member and had a big fight. The lady came and took him back to the house, and asked him to hang a rope on the beam of the house and climb the chair upside down. The princess tied him to a beam, hung him upside down, and whipped him thirty times.

When Ming Yi heard his description, he felt so painful: "Your aunt is too strict, didn't you ask what the reason was?" ”

"I said it, because I heard him say behind his back that my aunt is a Kefu face and a widow, so I couldn't help but do it with him. Ah Niang listened to it and didn't stop the whip, but after the beating, she shed tears and drugged me again. I didn't understand it at the time, but I also knew that A-Niang must have her reasons. Boyan said lightly, forgetting all about the whipping and pain.

Ming Yi frowned slightly and sighed: "Your aunt must have suffered a lot of grievances. It's rare for you to be so sensible. ”

Ming Yi glanced at Shi Chu, saw his expression, and knew that he was the same as himself, he felt sorry for this child, and he really liked him.

Chu Boyan grew up a little more, and when he was about thirteen years old, he finally understood why A-Niang was strict with herself, and why she worked so hard to get up early and stay late.

Although the old gang leader has watched Chu Niangzi grow up since he was a child, and his feelings are deep, but the gang is not his own gang, he ruled out public opinion, and handed over the rice and noodle shop to Chu Niangzi to take care of, and the elders and brothers in the gang were not convinced, although they did not embarrass her on the surface, but secretly spread the remarks that the rice noodle shop was not Shangguan's industry, which caused the ruffians and hooligans to lose their fears and wanted to take advantage of it.

At first, Chu Niangzi also asked the brothers in the gang for help, but several times it was late, so she lost the silver taels, not to mention, and often had to endure verbal teasing. Once a ruffian took the money and held Chu Niangzi's hand, wanting to move his hands and feet, the thin Boyan rushed out from behind the shop, holding a specially hidden kitchen knife and waving and screaming for a while, but it scared off the ruffian, and also scared Chu Niangzi trembled when she hugged him, for fear that he would hurt himself by mistake.

Boyan didn't understand why A-Niang didn't complain to the old gang leader, Chu Niangzi said, the gentleman can protect you for a while, and the villain can harm you for a lifetime.

Chu Boyan's desire to practice martial arts began at that time.

"Well, I understand. But now no one dares to bully your mother, our Shangguan gang will become stronger and stronger, and they will no longer tolerate that kind of black sheep, don't worry. Mingyi's heart softened, if there is such a son who protects himself like this, it is the greatest happiness for his mother.

Chu Boyan's eyes were very firm: "I must practice martial arts, and it is better to rely on anyone than on myself." ”

Despite the hardships, Chu Niangzi still ran the rice and noodle shop well, and gradually the opposition in the gang disappeared. Especially after Xia Huanfeng came, he took the position of deputy gang leader, and the atmosphere in the gang changed greatly.

Xia Huanfeng drove out all the gangsters who had nothing to do, and recruited Hua Zixian, who opened the martial arts hall, into the gang as an elder, responsible for protecting the safety of the businesses in the gang. Together with Chu Niangzi, he expanded the private salt business, making the rice and noodle shop the largest source of income in the gang.

Boyan thought life would be better. Chu Niangzi doesn't think so, she is more strict in her education and training, and she is also exhausted in business.

encountered Shangguanyun's father and daughter killed again, and Shi Ruoshan took over as the helper. Chu Niangzi's shape was like a withered tree, she regarded her uncle as a grandfather, and her cousin as her own sister, such a blow, if it weren't for Boyan on her side, I am afraid that she would be on the verge of collapse.

The mourning is not settled, and new sorrows are added. Shi Ruoshan openly and secretly expressed his dissatisfaction with the storage lady for not handing over the account book. Shi Ruoshan promoted Ma Chengling, who he had wooed, to the elder, and used the Xiao couple to be in charge of the quality shop, and this group of people thought that the account of the storage lady was very unclear, and the profit of private salt was not so small.

Mingyi woke up suddenly, this question is also what she has been struggling with, maybe she can know the answer today.