Chapter 366: Please, Host, bestow a name

Not bad, what's your name? Jiang Yunchu smiled, quite pleased with this little girl.

Please, Host, bestow a name. The little girl smiled lightly, her face showing a joyful look, she was a blessed girl.

Jiang Yunchu laughed and cried, "You don't need to do this."

"Having your own name is also a good thing."

It's just a name; she doesn't care about it, to her a name is merely a title.

"Host, I'm an orphan, I originally had no name."

She looked at the people behind her, smiled lightly, "We sisters are all pitiful; who would want to remember their old names?"

Don't look down on her for being small, but she's survived on the streets to this day thanks to her own cleverness.

If she hadn't been targeted, she wouldn't have thought of selling herself.

But for now, it seems not bad; as long as she isn't made to serve those foul men, she will be utterly loyal.

"Born free, little grass, from now on you shall be called Rou Jia."

Rou Jia, the little girl softly recited the name, her heart full of joy; she finally had a name, and such a pleasant one at that.

Rou Jia!

"Rou Jia thanks the Host for bestowing the name."

After saying that, she didn't wait for Jiang Yunchu's reply, but went skipping to Ye Han's side.

"Older sister, I am Rou Jia, the symbol of little grass, born free."

She spoke softly; Ye Han heard her voice and ruffled her hair.

"Right, freedom."

When Ye Han looked at Jiang Yunchu, his eyes were full of smiles.

Following the Host, they will eventually escape the sea of suffering, step by step, freedom, growing toward the sun.

Jiang Yunchu then found another person, an ice-cold beauty, but to Jiang Yunchu's surprise, all her acupressure points and strength were flawless.

How could someone like her end up like this?

"Host, I won't ask you to give me a name; I'll just call myself Shu Ying!"

Shu Ying, an elegant name for plum blossoms.

Quite fitting for her.

Jiang Yunchu nodded, then pointed to the other side; Shu Ying walked over directly.

She had confirmed six people, each wishing to forget their past and start anew.

Ye Han, Rou Jia, Shu Ying, Jiu Hua, Jian Jia, Fu Qu.

The six were confirmed, but there was still one person whose technique was rather lacking, needing much more practice.

"You six are the current leaders; each of you oversees fourteen people, the other three you can distribute among yourselves; within three days, I require everyone to pass."

"Can you do it?" Jiang Yunchu looked at the six of them.

Those six immediately said, "We can."

Jiang Yunchu smiled and nodded.

"I don't care about your past, whether you were rich or poor; since you're here, I have only one demand: loyalty."

"Understood?"

"Understood!"

The six replied again.

Jiang Yunchu gave Shu Ying a deep look; her identity must not be simple, but she didn't want to pry—among the girls who made it here, which one has had an easy path?

"In three days I'll return; if anyone wants to withdraw, there's still time." She looked at everyone, yet each person stared back at her resolutely.

Jiang Yunchu smiled, "Since you've stayed, you're mine; from now on I'll naturally protect you. Just do what I assign, and I'll handle the rest."

This is the confidence she gave them.

Shu Ying looked at her and gave a slight bow—a special ritual, but……

Jiang Yunchu's eyes narrowed; this was a special tribe's rite of acknowledging a master, which she happened to know.

I hadn't expected……

Shu Ying turned out to be from that side, and I hadn't expected her to openly acknowledge a master without reservation.

"What about those fifty people, or you go check?" Zhuang Wei said somewhat anxiously.

He had screened them many times, yet he hadn't expected that seven people had still slipped in, possibly even more, just undiscovered so far.

Jiang Yunchu glanced at her second uncle, "For now let's keep it like that; over there they'll first practice the etiquette, and when I leave I'll take a look."

"We have to give the Yan Clan some hope, after all."

She lightly laughed, then mounted the horse directly, but Bai Zhi, having finished tidying her attire, frowned and said, "Master, please go slow."

Her shoulder still has a wound; with such big movements, if the wound reopens, Zi Su will scold her to death, and the key is she'd have to scold herself to death.

"Your master me, I'm not made of mud!"

"Giddyap!!"

Jiang Yunchu squeezed the horse's belly, then patted the mount; the horse immediately began to run.

However, she was already accustomed to fiery steeds, and found these horses' speed not particularly fast.

From the workshop, to the manor, then to the Zhuang Clan.

Enter through the small gate, then return to the Cloud Courtyard, change clothes, wash off the makeup, and only then go to the Front Courtyard.

When Madam Zhuang originally chose this courtyard for her, to make it convenient for her to live, she picked a place far from the Front Courtyard, and there's a small gate nearby for easy entry and exit.

"Yun chu, come over and sit." Zhuang Miao saw Jiang Yunchu from afar and quickly reached out.

If it weren't for Yun chu bringing her back, she wouldn't know when she could return home; seeing her parents' aged looks, her heart felt grateful toward Yun chu.

Jiang Yunchu sat down at the side, and immediately a servant came over to pour tea.

"Are you still used to living here?" Madam Zhuang smiled, looking at her.

Women's clothes still look better; although that men's outfit is also nice, it doesn't compare to the refinement and beauty of women's attire.

She still likes soft, delicate young ladies!

"I'm used to living here!"

Jiang Yunchu nodded, sat properly, and let Wu Hualing and Feng Xiangxiang size her up.

"I've already sent word to Bai He and Qiu Ju about my arrival; they should be here at the latest the day after tomorrow, and you haven't met them yet." Zhuang Miao introduced with a chuckle; this time returning home, she also wanted to see her two daughters, who, like her, had married far away.

She cannot return home; her daughters, since marrying, have not gone back either—how could this mother not worry?

"Good."

In her mind, she recalled that clever, lively little girl, Feng Xi Xi.

I wonder how she's doing?

The Feng family isn't very peaceful either.

But she didn't say any of these things, keeping them to herself, so as not to make her great-aunt worry as well.

The next day, Jiang Yunchu went straight to Shatian; this year she had planted many soybeans, sesame, and other crops—one reason to nurture the soil, so that next year she could carry out large-scale planting of watermelons and grapes; another reason was that this plot simply could not be left idle.

Looking at it, the person who once held the sandy land could see that even the Zhuang Clan's land had been bought by him, and that vast expanse of planting was a lush green stretch—where was there any trace of the former sandy land?

One by one, they sighed in secret: this land had been taken advantage of by others, but now that the deed had been transferred, there was no way to get it back.