Chapter 58: The Pink Thief
In the face of Jiang's cynicism, Lian didn't care, he turned his face to face the warm winter day, gently smoothed the broken hair on his sideburns, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother and sister are still more concerned about the things in their own room, and it is good to manage Hao'er, don't give birth to a few litters of little rats one day and dirty the Shen family's ground." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info I heard that Hao'er recently threw thousands of taels of silver on the girl in that workshop, tsk, the three rooms are so generous, it really makes me ashamed. ”
Jiang's face turned pale for a while, she did everything possible to hide it, afraid that her in-laws and Shen Wendi would know, so she spent a lot of hush money and a lot of silver to go in. How could she know? Jiang's smile at this time was more ugly than crying, and the words seemed to be squeezed out of between her teeth: "What the second sister-in-law said is just some rumors." ”
Lian didn't bother with him, waved his handkerchief proudly, and went back with his waist. She has been really lucky recently, and when she walks down the street, she can hear the news that Jiang is hiding from her. Looking at Jiang's face, he knew that this news was true, not to mention how comfortable he was, with this handle in his hand, he saw how proud Jiang was in front of her.
After breakfast on this day, Li Shuci wanted to go to the market with Fang Jin and Yu Baochan to pick out some small gifts for socializing during the New Year. The three of them were all dressed in fox furs. Li Shuci wore Yao's new full-breasted Confucian skirt for her today, the moon-white Luo shirt was covered with a silver brocade cotton jacket, and a lilac chest-length skirt, and the waist was a forbidden step tailored for Li Shuci by Yuebai with the best flowing clouds, and the outside was covered with a snow-white silver fox. Set off Li Shuci's dark and bright eyes, and the long eyebrows that fly obliquely into the sideburns, it looks even more heroic and charming.
Yu Baochan, who was dressed in a fiery red, jumped over and looked up and down when she saw Li Shuci, and said with a smile: "Today's Ah Ci is like ...... It's like a mysterious girl, it's so beautiful!"
Fang Jin was still plain, and raised his hand to flick Yu Baochan's forehead: "What nonsense, go quickly, don't freeze." ”
The New Year Festival is approaching, the street market is full of people, cars and horses are continuous, the surrounding is full of all kinds of novelty goods, the passers-by who fancy the goods, and the spittling fellows are bargaining, so it is not lively. The three of them ordered someone to leave the carriage at a nearby post house and walked forward.
Whether it's big, small, old, or young, as long as it's a woman, you'll never get bored with shopping, the three of you have long forgotten the original intention of buying gifts, and when you see a rare and interesting gadget, you have to stop and watch.
This season, the guests are in too much. In Feiyun Pavilion, the cloth is not placed on the counter in turn as usual, but all kinds of satin, brocade, and cotton cloth are neatly hung on the specially customized bamboo poles on the roof, and they are lined up according to different types, which is colorful in the storefront, and it is very festive atmosphere.
The three of them looked at the various colors of clothing, one would pull up this one on the body to compare, the other would pull up that one and touch it, and asked each other happily: "How about this one?" and then asked: "Is this better?"
The boss saw that the three of them were well-dressed, and his smiling face squeezed out countless pleats to recommend the most fashionable style this year. The three of them wrapped a large bag and wrapped a small bag, and went out of the store satisfied, and then visited the fat powder shop, the silk village, the jewelry shop, and the cultural play pavilion in turn...... After visiting more than a dozen stores in a row, the excitement of the three of them did not diminish at all. But the things in the girl's hand were almost unable to hold on, so she had to send someone back to the post house first and send them to the carriage.
Mu Yun followed behind a few people, yawning for a long time, at first he could still pick up the energy to answer Qingge's question, and later, he simply entered the store and sat down, waiting for a group of people to choose it.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, which was incompatible with the shouting and bargaining in the streets. Mu Yun walked to the door of the store and saw a chubby woman on the street, carrying a six or seven-year-old little girl in her hand. The woman's round fat face and the fat on her waist shook constantly, and she scolded sharply: "Where did the hairy child come from, dare to steal the old lady's things! Where is the adult in your family?"
The strange thing is that the little girl not only did not cry, but also stared at the fat woman very stubbornly, because the woman grabbed her neck and lifted it, her feet were hanging in the air, and her hands and feet were kicked and grabbed in a row, and she couldn't reach the fat woman at all, so she could only struggle and writhe back and forth. The fat woman's voice was so loud that passers-by looked around. The woman stood in front of a small stall and dropped a bean paste bag with dirt on the ground. At a glance, it was clear that the little beggar must have been hungry and caught red-handed for stealing the woman's bean paste bag.
There were a lot of pedestrians on the street, and soon there were two circles of people, and they came up to watch with great interest, and the fat woman saw that the little girl did not speak, but only stared at her, and said angrily: "The little beggar is so big, he is not honest begging on the street, and he can't enter the yamen!"
Although the little girl was thin, she was also six or seven years old, and the fat woman was tired of carrying one arm, but she didn't expect the little girl to see the opportunity and bite the woman's wrist fiercely, and the woman screamed in pain and subconsciously let go of her hand. The woman reacted very quickly and shouted, "The big fat and the second fat don't help your mother catch this little thief!"
Behind the stall stood two honest-looking teenagers, who were only eight or nine years old, and when they heard their mother screaming in pain, they hurriedly robbed the little girl. Originally, the little girl could run away before the two of them hijacked her, but she was reluctant to roll on the bean paste bag on the ground, and when she reached out to pick up the bean paste bag, she was surrounded in the crowd.
Someone next to him began to point and said, "Little beggar, there are so many rich people in Beijing, you honestly beg on the street, and you can't starve to death, what are you doing here to steal!"
Shangjing is prosperous, there are several large and small good halls, and the government also has a specially set up relief department, as long as you have the strength, you can earn some food, so there are quite few beggars. Even if you are old, weak, sick and disabled, you really can't make money, and you can't starve to death if you honestly squat on the street and beg for food.
"That's it, isn't this looking for a fight!"
Some people also looked at the little girl pitifully and said, "It's just a bean paste bag, so the proprietress will give it to her." If you celebrate the New Year, you should accumulate virtue!"
Unexpectedly, the little girl stubbornly opened her mouth at this time, and loudly defended: "I'm not a beggar!"
The woman didn't really want to deal with the little girl, but the bite was in pain, and when she heard her say this, she couldn't help but say angrily: "It's not a beggar, you're a thief!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and pulled the two stupid sons apart, and was about to reach out to drag the little girl, but the little girl flashed to the side dexterously when she saw this, and the fat woman grabbed the air, and her body was heavy, and one of her stumbles almost fell to the ground, shouting, "Where do you want to run!"
The fat woman got up and grabbed the little girl, the little girl was quite dexterous, using her hands and feet at the same time, if she was not surrounded by passers-by, she would almost have to run away, the fat woman was tired and panting, sweating profusely. Seeing that the old lady was so embarrassed, the two teenagers hurriedly stepped forward to help pull. The three of them chased after the little girl and quickly robbed her.
Mu Yun stood at the door and watched, but he didn't plan to come forward to help, Li Shuci obviously heard the noise outside, and walked over at this time and asked, "What?
Mu Yun shook his head: "I helped her this time, and I will still suffer the same next time." ”
Li Shuci smiled, she asked herself if she was not a savior, there were countless such things, how could she help her? Not to mention that for that stubborn little girl, mercy and charity were probably the greatest harm to her.
The little girl kept struggling, and a broken corner hanging with a red rope around her neck slipped out of her clothes, Mu Yun's expression moved, and she subconsciously reached out and touched the half of the white bi hanging on her neck. said that it was half a piece, but she and her eldest brother only had half of the white bi together, and it was not complete.
Li Shuci saw her movements, and also looked at the little girl's collar, the lines on the corner were very similar to Mu Yun's.
The two teenagers grabbed the stubborn little girl and were a little at a loss, and one of the slightly older ones said, "Mother, why don't you just give her this bean paste bag...... It's dirty anyway, so I can't sell it......"
The second fat is the same as the big fat, honest and honest, looking at the crowd around him very embarrassed, and said, "Mother, don't be angry." She's still young!"
The fat woman's hairpin was also crooked to the side, stretched out her hand to help, and pointed to the two teenagers and said, "You two rabbit cubs, the old lady's house will be ruined for you sooner or later!"
He said angrily, but he reached out and lifted the lid of the hot cage drawer, took out a piece of oiled paper from the side of the cage drawer, wrapped two new bean paste buns, pouted and looked at the little girl and said, "Take it for you! This is the New Year's Eve, if you don't meet the old lady, you have to be beaten to death!"
The little girl looked at the bean paste bag in the woman's hand in a daze, as if she didn't expect the woman to repay her grievances with virtue, and the stubborn look on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by apology and shame.
The big fat stepped forward and took the bean paste bag in the fat woman's hand, stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and said: "There is a Tongdefang on the cross street in front, which is a famous good hall in Beijing, if you have any difficulties, go there to have a look." Maybe it can help you. ”
The vendors selling artillery around couldn't help but laugh and said, "The proprietress is still so good-hearted." ”
The crowd on the side also echoed: "Little girl, don't do such a thing in the future, if you don't meet this kind lady, you won't be able to eat and walk around......"
The little girl was still holding the dirty bean paste bag tightly in one hand, and the other hand was holding the two steaming bean paste buns stuffed to her by the big fat man, her eyes were red and her expression was complicated, as if she didn't want to accept the pity of others, but she couldn't help it. Raising his eyes, he glanced at the three of them carefully, knelt down and kowtowed, crying and running away through the crowd.
Mu Yun gestured in one direction, and a figure followed like a ghost.