Chapter 19: Whistleblowing
When Liu Qingxi was about to leave again, Liu Qingju stopped her with a voice: "Second sister, wait a minute!"
"What's wrong Xiaoju?" Liu Qingxi didn't talk much with this cousin on weekdays, and was a little confused. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Second sister, I have something to do with you, can you find a place where no one is around?" Liu Qingju twisted the corners of her clothes, nervous, tangled, scared, and all kinds of emotions were mixed together.
In a no-man's corner, the scorching sun was about to scorch people, and the already sultry weather made Liu Qingju's heart beat faster, and her face was flushed red, and she said with difficulty: "Uncle Niang is ready to sell Xiaoyan!"
"What???" Liu Qingxi was stunned in place!
"Second sister, I didn't lie to you, I just overheard her discussing with her uncle at home. Afraid that Liu Qingxi would not believe him, Liu Qingju hurriedly repeated the words of Boss Liu Wang word for word.
"I know Xiaoju, don't tell anyone about this yet!"
"I know the second sister, but I'm afraid!" Liu Qingju had tears in her eyes: "Will the eldest aunt also sell me?"
"No, no, you still have your father and mother to protect you, don't think so much, go and work with your grandparents, second sister think of a way!"
Sending off the nervous Liu Qingju, Liu Qingxi recovered from the initial shock, she forced herself to calm down, she couldn't panic, she must not panic.
"No one can help me, I can't let Xiao Yan leave me!" This is Liu Qingxi's belief at this moment: "No wonder the eldest aunt is not looking for trouble these days, it turns out that the conspiracy is here." ”
Liu Qingxi knew very well that with Wang's character and usual actions, Liu Qingyan would definitely be sold for two taels of silver, but she didn't know who the Wang family was going to sell her younger brother to.
"No matter who it is, it can't be!" Liu Qingxi felt the helplessness of being isolated at this moment.
No matter what she did next, she couldn't raise her energy, if the Wang family insisted on selling Liu Qingyan, she would not have the power to resist at all.
After thinking about it again and again, Liu Qingxi made up his mind, put down the back basket, and said to Liu Tian: "Grandpa, I'll go out for a while!"
She took out all the money she had saved hard-earned some time ago and carefully carried it in her arms, which was all the belongings she could fight for at present.
Shilipu is a poor village, there is no grocery store selling things here, Liu Qingxi walked three or four miles to reach the next village, there is a small shop here.
The family used to be merchants, but later settled down to sell some common things such as needlework candy at home: "Auntie, how do you sell this candy?"
"It depends on what kind of money you want, this ordinary maltose costs 12 wen a catty, and a better 15 wen a catty, and these pastries are imported from the town, all of them are ten wen a catty, which one do you want?"
After hearing this, Liu Qingxi began to bare his teeth in his heart, this black candy is rough in workmanship, and the price is so expensive, almost the price of pork.
However, she knew that these sweets and snacks were rare and delicious for ordinary people.
"Auntie, I want a pound of maltose and a pound of this snack!" Liu Qingxi endured the pain of cutting meat, feeling sorry for the pitiful copper plate in his pocket.
After shopping, Liu Qingxi did not go back to the cave, but came to the center of Shilipu, and after nearly a month of understanding, she knew that this was the village chief Zhang Wuliang's house.
Most of the people in this village have the surname Zhang, and they are actually a little related, and the village chief is generally passed down from generation to generation.
The old village chief will leave it to his son when he is old, and then his son's son, the current village chief Zhang Wuliang is in his thirties, has three sons and two daughters, and his family is in Shilipu The conditions are relatively good.
Liu Qingxi recognized Zhang Wuliang's house at a glance, compared to other people's dilapidated earthen houses, Zhang Wuliang's house was much cleaner, although it was not a brick house.
"Is anyone there?" Liu Qingxi stood at the door and peeked in.
There were only a few children playing in the yard, and one of them, a boy who looked like he was seven or eight years old, looked up and asked, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
"I'm Liu Qingxi, I just arrived in Shilipu, I have something to do with the village chief's uncle!"
"Oh, are you the one who lives in the cave over there?" asked the boy innocently.
All of them live in mud houses, and only one outsider lives in a cave at the east end of the village, and they have heard from adults, but they have not seen the Liu family.
After Liu Qingxi nodded, the little boy patted the mud on his hands and stood up: "Wait a minute, I'll call someone!" By the way, he said to the two younger children next to him: "You can't run around!"
After a while, a woman with a thirty-year-old appearance came out from behind, and she could hear the little boy just now say, "Mother, it's that sister looking for her father!"
"Little girl, what are you doing with us being in charge?"
Liu Qingxi knew that this was the village chief's daughter-in-law, Liu: "Auntie, is the village chief's uncle at home? I have something to do with him, I am Liu Qingxi, the daughter of the third elder of the Liu family in the east of the village!"
She first reported to her family: "Auntie, I'm sorry for you, this is for my younger brothers and sisters!"
Eating people with short mouths and short hands is short, Liu Qingxi still understands this truth, and sure enough, when he saw what she sent over, Liu's face looked a lot better: "Just say what you have to say, don't be so polite!"
said prevarication, and the hand naturally took the thing.
"You wait a while, I'll call someone!" Liu's heart is beautiful, the weight of the two things in his hand is not light, these two things can't be taken without twenty wen, who is usually willing to buy it.
The little girl has eyes, so if you can help, you can help a little! The key is that these two things are enough for a few children in the family to satisfy their hunger for a long time.
Liu Qingxi knew the consumption level of the villagers in Shilipu that he was sure that his bribe of more than 20 yuan was not less.
Maybe the village chief Zhang Wuliang was working nearby, and he rushed back in less than a stick of incense: "Qingxi girl, what are you looking for?"
It should be that Liu helped to speak on the way, and introduced her identity, at this time Zhang Wuliang's tone was gentle, and the title of a girl expressed his recognition of Liu Qingxi.
"Uncle the village chief, I know it's a little inappropriate to talk to you about this, but I can't help it, the eldest aunt is going to sell my brother, but my father and mother died on the way to escape, just this little brother, I hope you can help!"
As soon as he said this, Liu Qingxi's words were interrupted by Zhang Wuliang: "It's not that I don't help you, it's really your own business, I can't take care of it!"
In general, although the Liu family settled in Shilipu, they were only outsiders and did not have too deep friendships, and Zhang Wuliang didn't want to take care of so many idle things.
Liu Qingxi naturally understood his thoughts: "Uncle Village Chief, you don't need to say anything personally, I hope you can say justice if you make a fuss!" This is the simplest request.
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