Chapter 76: I Agree to Feng Ming's Marriage

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Tang Ailian still remembered the last time she brought out the unpackaged ginseng for Zhao Lu, and the strange look in the old man's eyes. She understood that good things should have matching packaging. Moreover, when ginseng left the spatial dimension, it needed to be stored in a jade box to ensure its medicinal properties wouldn't be lost.

As soon as Tang's old master heard the words "thousand-year ginseng," he was greatly shocked. He quickly took it and opened the jade box to find a fully-formed ginseng inside.

He was momentarily stunned, "Isn't this too precious?"

"Dad, don't worry, my master doesn't care about common things like this."

In fact, it was Tang Ailian who didn't care about it because in her medicine well space, ginseng had already grown in abundance. If she wanted more, she could simply sprinkle some more medicine well water, and ginseng would grow again.

Tang's old master was somewhat worried, thinking that Tang Ailian's master might have given him such a precious item with an intention to exchange it. If he accepted the ginseng, then perhaps his granddaughter would belong to her master in the future.

However, the other party was an extraordinary person from the world outside, and he had already taken Tang Ailian as his disciple. What position did he have to keep Tang Ailian?

Tang Ailian had given the thousand-year ginseng simply to increase her father's lifespan. If she knew that her actions had caused her father to have such thoughts, she would need to think carefully before giving anything else.

Tang's old master accepted the ginseng and sighed deeply, saying, "You can go now. There's an old saying: 'Home is best,' and it's always difficult when you're away from home. Be careful when you're out, protect yourself, and try to come back whenever you can."

Although this granddaughter was only four or five years old, he already treated her as an adult.

Tang Ailian breathed a sigh of relief and finally obtained her father's support. "Thank you, Dad! When Ah Lian is not at home, please take care of Mom for me."

Tang's old master listened to his four or five-year-old child speaking seriously as if she were an adult, and tears almost welled up in his eyes. "Dad knows you're a good child. Take good care of yourself and come back when you have time."

"Ah Lian will remember Dad's words and try to come back to see Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, and Mom when I have the chance."

She thought whether she should teach the Witch Body Art to Aishi and Aiwen before she left.

Feng's Residence in the Capital City

"What did you say? Feng Ming actually arranged a marriage for himself?"

Feng's family head, Feng Zheng, couldn't believe his ears as he looked at Feng Yuanzhi.

"Yes, Feng Ming gave his identity token to that girl and got her identity jade token. I was also a witness to it," Feng Yuanzhi said with confidence.

"Nonsense, this is unbelievable! Our Feng family is not an ordinary family that anyone can enter," Feng Zheng sighed. Feng Ming was outstanding among his grandchildren. At the age of one, he could speak, at two, he could read, at three, he could write, and at four, he started martial arts training. He was already at the Fourth Layer of the Houtian stage. If it weren't for his belonging to the secluded family village of the Feng clan, Feng Zheng had planned to groom him as the future head of the Feng family.

"Family head, I actually think that the girl is worthy of him," Feng Yuanzhi recounted his investigation into Tang Ailian and the process of rescuing Feng Ming.

"Do you mean she has become a disciple of an extraordinary person?" Feng Zheng asked.

"Yes, although she revealed it herself, no one has actually seen her master," Feng Yuanzhi replied.

"An extraordinary person is not someone that ordinary people can meet," Feng Zheng snorted.

"That's true," Feng Yuanzhi thought for a moment and added, "It's said that she used her sect's spiritual medicine to revive more than a dozen workers. This time, she was abducted, but her intentions were similar to Feng Ming's. He was curious and wanted to take a look, while she infiltrated to save people undercover."

"At such a young age, she understands how to win people's hearts, and she's a disciple of an extraordinary person. This young girl is not simple!" Feng Zheng suddenly slammed his fist on the table. "Alright, I agree to Feng Ming's marriage."

Feng Yuanzhi was dumbfounded. Feng Ming, a four or five-year-old child, arranged his own marriage, and the family head actually agreed?

"Should we send someone to propose to the Tang family secretly?"

"Feng Ming will handle it himself," Feng family head said.

Feng Yuanzhi was sweating profusely; he was just a four or five-year-old child.

He asked again, "Shouldn't we send someone to protect him discreetly?"

"No need," Feng Zheng waved his hand. "Since she is a disciple of an extraordinary person, she certainly doesn't need our protection."

Feng Yuanzhi was even more stunned. Even if she was a disciple of an extraordinary person, she was still just a four or five-year-old girl, right?

The Feng family head thought for a moment and said, "Let our people in G City know about this. If the little girl encounters any trouble in the mundane world and contacts us, they should offer assistance. Nothing else is needed."

Feng Yuanzhi breathed a sigh of relief; at least it wasn't complete neglect. However, in this case, wasn't it the same as not arranging a marriage at all?

"Let's inform the secluded village about this."

In the following days, Tang Ailian often visited the children who had been abducted. These children were temporarily placed in an orphanage until their parents came to pick them up.

Xia Bofan was picked up by his father after half a month.

Tang Ailian gave each of the children who were reunited with their parents a hundred yuan envelope with her address written on it. "Don't forget to write to me in the future, and if you encounter any difficulties, let me know in your letters."

Only eighteen children were able to return home, while more than a hundred children were still lost and looked at their former companions who were reunited with their parents with confusion. Their hopeful eyes turned to Tang Ailian; they remembered that she had told them she was their big sister and that they couldn't leave them alone.

With all the children who could go home now reunited with their families, Tang Ailian had to make arrangements for those who couldn't. She found the Lan Mountain Children's Welfare Institute in the county.

The Lan Mountain Children's Welfare Institute in the county was reluctant to accept these abducted children. Firstly, they received very little annual funding from the government, and they couldn't afford to support so many children, especially when they grew up and needed education.

Secondly, these children were different from those picked up by the

 welfare institute from a young age. They had received their parents' love and care at home, and it would be difficult to manage them at the welfare institute.

Therefore, Director Yu of the Lan Mountain Children's Welfare Institute sympathized with these abducted children but firmly refused to accept them.

Tang Ailian was furious!

"Director Yu, these children were abducted by human traffickers. How pitiful! If you don't take them in, where else can they go? Are you going to let them roam the streets and be sold by human traffickers again?"

Director Yu argued, "Normally, each county's children's welfare institute only takes in orphans from that county. All the abducted children in our county have been reunited with their parents, so these remaining children are not from our county. Our county's budget cannot afford so many children; it's not our responsibility."

His meaning was clear: It's not our problem, and we shouldn't have to deal with it.

Tang Ailian thought for a moment and said, "What if I donate a sum of money to cover their expenses?"

Director Yu's eyes lit up. "How much can you give?"

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