Chapter 8 Desire devours people's hearts, and true feelings are fascinating
In today's night sky, there is not a single star in sight, only a hazy moon, like a candle shining on a lampshade, and the world is too far away for people to see clearly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Jiang Xiaobai sat cross-legged on the bed for a while, and read through the "Great Dao Xuanming True Explanation" in his mind twice, but he didn't understand what those esoteric words meant.
And today, he didn't seem to be sleepy at all, he pushed Jiang Laodao, who was snoring, and didn't react at all, so he got up and moved a high stool, sat alone in front of the window, and looked at the restaurant opposite the business outside in a daze.
The inn where they live now was carefully selected by Jiang Laodao and took a lot of effort to move in, just because the chicken legs in the restaurant opposite were Xiaobai's favorite food.
Thinking of the chicken leg there, Jiang Xiaobai couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and there was a bit of longing in his blank eyes.
He carefully took out a small bag from his bosom, which contained some silver and a silver ticket, which were all pocket money given by the master, and he saved it without spending much.
Jiang Xiaobai poured all the money on the windowsill, and then slowly counted it.
"One tael, three taels, this one is five taels...... There are also three copper plates here, which are leftovers from yesterday's breakfast! Hey...... Where did I count? Jiang Xiaobai counted and seemed to forget, and then decided to start anew, starting with the least copper plate.
"One, two, three......"
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in his face, and Jiang Xiaobai felt a chill in his body, as if it was almost October again, and the weather was much colder.
For a moment, he screamed......
"My money ......"
The silver ticket was swept up by the wind, and it turned around in front of Jiang Xiaobai's eyes, and he watched it fall downstairs on the street, not far from the gate.
"My one hundred taels! This is a piece of paper money that I saved for a long time before I asked the master to change it! You can buy a lot of chicken thighs on the opposite side! ”
Because the night was a little late, there were no people on the street, only a few drunks who came out of the restaurant from time to time, but they couldn't even see the road clearly, let alone this "small" piece of paper.
Jiang Xiaobai reached his body and stared at the "One Hundred Taels" lying quietly below, feeling in his heart that it was calling himself affectionately.
Shall I go down and pick it up myself, or should I ask the master to go down and pick it up with me?
Forget it, the master is already asleep, and he can't wake up from the thunder, so let's go down by myself! If the speed goes, come back, there will be no danger!
Jiang Xiaobai put the other silver taels on the windowsill into a small bag, and then opened the door and ran downstairs.
Sure enough, Qian was still lying there quietly, Xiaobai happily ran over, and was about to bend down to pick it up, when the hateful wind blew again.
The money was swept up in the air again......
There was no way, Jiang Xiaobai could only run with the money floating in mid-air.
I don't know how long it took to run, and the money was finally going to fall, but when I turned around, I drifted into a dilapidated manor, and there was a very noisy sound in the manor, and it seemed that many people were arguing.
Jiang Xiaobai stood at the door, hesitating to go in, but soon, the door was pushed open!
The door was opened by a couple of teenage children, skinny, dirty, with peeled sticks in their hands, trying to go out and do something.
Jiang Xiaobai ran after the silver ticket for a long time, and fell several times on the road, and now his face is covered with mud, and he still looks dazed.
"What's your name, little one?" The beggars looked around Jiang Xiaobai for a while, and one of the older ones asked.
"I... Called Jiang Xiaobai...... "I don't know if I was scared, or I was tired when I just ran over, and I was a little out of breath, and Jiang Xiaobai didn't feel smooth when he spoke."
"My name is Song Yueming, are you also here to join our Green Gang?" Song Yueming saw that Jiang Xiaobai was a little stammering when he spoke, thinking that Jiang Xiaobai was afraid of them, so he smiled, said very kindly, and pulled up a few next to him and asked them to introduce themselves.
"I ...... Don't ......" Jiang Xiaobai was stunned, he didn't know what the Green Gang was, he just came to pick up his silver ticket, so he was about to answer no, but before the word "yes" was spoken, the gate of the manor was opened again, and everyone turned their heads.
A few more came out of it, and the one who took the lead was taller than Song Yueming, and a little stronger, his small eyes narrowed, he glanced at Jiang Xiaobai, and then said in a somewhat unkind tone.
"Xiao Song, are you bold now, are you going to accept people behind my back?"
This person's name is Jin Yuanbao, he is thirteen years old this year, and two years ago he was the only son of a wealthy businessman's family, but his whole family was burned by a fire, only he ran out by himself, and finally became a beggar.
He is an expert in forming gangs, and he always has the air of a businessman to open the way, but he is not a wicked person.
Not long ago, Song Yueming had already taken in a few useless little girls, and now another little girl is seriously ill, and the money and goods begging for are only enough for everyone to fill their stomachs, and there is no spare money to see a doctor.
The noise in the manor just now was that Song Yueming was going to find a doctor for the girl, but the gold ingots were for the rest of the Qing Gang and did not agree to take the money out.
Now when I look at Jiang Xiaobai's stunned appearance, I know that finding such a person to come in is completely dragging down the entire Green Gang.
Song Yueming has a kind heart, but she doesn't understand this, she only feels a little heartbroken.
"Brother Jin, you have really changed! You said before that we will unite so that everyone will not go hungry or freeze, but now, Xiaohua is sick, and you don't give money, this little brother comes to take refuge, and you don't take it in......"
Jin Yuanbao was stunned, Song Yueming was the first member to join the Green Gang, the two were iron buddies who were frozen and starved together, they were brothers!
Now you don't even understand yourself as a brother?
All were silent!
"I'm not...... I'm here to look for something, I'm here to find something! Jiang Xiaobai took advantage of this opportunity to finally have a chance to speak, "I have something falling inside......
After doing it for a long time, it turns out that I haven't figured out what the situation is! Song Yueming and the others instantly turned black.
"Let......'s go pick it up," the gold ingots also eased up a lot, and said expressionlessly.
Someone pushed open the door and gave way for Jiang Xiaobai to walk in, Jiang Xiaobai didn't look at it much, honestly distinguished the location at the door, and walked towards the wall.
Jin Yuanbao, Song Yueming and a few people also walked in, stood at the door, and saw this stunned boy picking up a piece of paper at the wall, and walked back.
When I was at the door, I wiped the dust off the paper with my hands.
And when they got closer, these people were dumbfounded, which is a piece of paper, it is obviously a silver ticket of one hundred taels.
One hundred taels, one hundred taels...... With this one hundred taels, everything can be solved, and any disease can be cured......
These children, maybe they have seen so much money before, but it should have been a long, long time ago, and now their eyes were red, blooming with devouring eyes, as if they wanted to swallow Jiang Xiaobai alive, and several people instantly blocked Jiang Xiaobai at the door.
"Boy, did you just go to our yard and take away the hundred taels we dropped on the ground?" A tall and thin boy standing next to the gold ingots said.
Those red eyes reminded him of the jackals he met with his master in the mountains, even Song Yueming who had just helped him.
Jiang Xiaobai's weak body leaned against the door panel, trembling incessantly, holding a hundred taels of silver tickets in his arms, and said weakly: "This ...... The silver ticket is mine, and it was just blown into your yard by the wind......"
"Hehe, you said it was yours, is it yours? Your name is not written on this silver ticket, and now it is in our yard, and this is ours. The other little beggar said, and the others nodded.
"You ...... You ......"