Looking at the backs of Xia Xiaodong and the others, Ah Fu couldn't help but ask his brother: "Just let them go?" You don't really want to go back and send them money, do you? ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Dalang's mouth: "Yes, let them go back first." That Miss Xia just now found us a job, so let's turn around and pretend to be someone from her family and go to Xianyiguan to pick her up. ”

Ah Fu's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't help but repeat: "Let us pretend to be members of her family?" Ah Fu's head didn't move, but his eyes looked in the direction of Xia Xiaodong and looked again: "Is this okay?" She's stupid? ”

Li Dalang laughed twice: "It doesn't matter if she's stupid or not, let's just not be stupid." With that, he pulled Ah Fu by the hand, and the two turned around and walked along the side street for a while, entering the private room of a teahouse on the corner of the street.

There was already someone in the private room.

It was the young woman who had lost the golden hairpin and others.

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"What did the girl say to that Li Dalang?" Not long after separating from the Li family brothers and sisters, one of the little Dao aunts asked.

"I saw that he was stupid, and I instructed, if you really send a reward money back, find a different name, and don't tell me about it." Xia Xiaodong replied lightly.

If you talk about this, you can just talk about it, and you need to go to the side to say it. Xiao Daogu didn't believe it in her heart, thinking that the master just told the girl not to let people scatter more, so she didn't ask again.

After all, she rarely goes out, and Xiao Daogu's mind is led away by the dazzling variety of things around her in a blink of an eye. A few people wandered around, but they encountered an eye-popping thing.

All festivals such as the Furi Festival are not only a good opportunity for merchants, but also a rare day for the people to relax, and a good day for beggars.

Not far in front of Xia Xiaodong and others, there is a small river, but it is more than two zhang wide, and there are stone bridges for people and vehicles to pass every mile or so.

On the side of the stone bridge, it became the territory of the beggars, a slip of line, men, women and children, all kinds of beggars took advantage of the big guy's festival in a good mood, have raised the pots and bowls and other things in their hands high, the mouth of the auspicious words do not want money like flowing water, hoping to ask for a mouth.

Looking at these beggars who were unclothed and dirty, Xia Xiaodong felt unbearable in his heart, twisted out a few copper coins in his sleeve, and was about to use them when he passed by, when he suddenly heard the sound of shouting behind him.

"Let's go, let's go!" The person who spoke was visibly excited, and hurried forward through the crowd.

Xia Xiaodong hurriedly went to the side, only to see the back of a young man, who looked like a decent person in his clothes, and there were two small servants behind him, chasing after the master with shouts, causing everyone on the street to look at their master and servant.

The young man went straight to an old beggar, stood still, and stared at the old beggar fiercely.

The old beggar, unkempt and dirty, with his clothes so dirty that he could not see his true colors, was half-kneeling and half-lying on the side of the road, and in his hand was a broken bowl with twenty or thirty copper coins in it. At this time, the young man looked panicked, and held the broken bowl in his arms, trembling all over, obviously afraid that he would offend the master in front of him at some point, and if he really received a few punches and kicks, it would be bad.

Surprisingly, the decent young man looked at it for a long time, and gradually with tears in his eyes, he suddenly fell to his knees with a 'poof', and kowtowed three times in a row at the old beggar!

Sizzle - there was a gasp around him.

This—this is ...... What the heck?

If a young man scolded or beat the old beggar, no one would be so surprised. But it is so strange for such a clean and decent person to kneel on the ground and make such a big salute on the street!

"Grandpa! Sure enough, it's grandpa, your old man! The young man was already in tears, and wiped his sleeve twice, and wiped himself into a flower-faced cat, and at this time he did not care about this, but walked forward on his knees, and helped the old beggar on the ground up.

The old beggar had his mouth half-open—no better than the crowd of onlookers.

The young man ignored this, helped the old beggar to stand up together, stretched out his hand to brush the old beggar's hair, bent down to straighten the old beggar's clothes, and handed over the broken bowl and the copper coins in it to a half-grown young beggar next to him, and said: "Grandpa, you have suffered!" Since your grandson has found your old man, from now on, I will never let you live like this again! Let's go back and freshen up. ”

The gossip power of the masses is endless. While the young man was busy beside the old beggar, someone had already grabbed his two little men and sounded like a beating.

The two little guys also had red circles in their eyes, and they immediately said when they were asked.

It turned out that this young man's surname was Feng, and he was from Sipei County, two hundred miles away from Yunchang Mansion. The Feng family is a wealthy local family, but a few years ago, the old lady was old and confused, and somehow he was lost.

Feng Gongzi recently came to Yunchang Mansion to study, and met a fellow villager, who hesitated to say, there is an old beggar here, looking a little similar to the old lady who follows the wind. Therefore, Feng Gongzi hurried over, and found that it was indeed the old lady here!

For a while, everyone sighed, and never imagined that this old beggar would have such a background.

Immediately, someone with good deeds said loudly: "Feng Gongzi is so benevolent and filial, since he is still studying now, I will wait for the teaching of the academy to reward Feng Gongzi." ”

The so-called academy naturally refers to the official school of Yunchang Mansion.

Feng Gongzi helped the old lady to walk outside the circle of people, and waved his hand again and again when he heard the words: "I have just arrived here, and I haven't reported to the academy yet." Besides, this is what people should do, so why should they be rewarded? Besides, if I become famous because of this, where will I leave my grandfather? Cannot! Cannot! ”

Everyone thought about it, and Feng Gongzi's words made a lot of sense. Recognizing his grandfather, who has become a beggar, on the street, is of course of great benefit to Mr. Feng, but if this matter is publicized, correspondingly, more people will know that Mrs. Feng has become a beggar after he has gone missing - this is almost the same as a woman falling into the dust, of course, it should be as ugly as possible.

As Feng Gongzi helped the old lady to take the little girl away, the onlookers gradually dispersed, and this strange story spread by word of mouth.

When Xia Xiaodong met with other people in Xianyiguan, he actually heard others talk about it, and it seems that even in the era when there was no Internet, the power of gossip was infinite.

The market is full of variety, and that's about it.

Back to Xianyiguan, Xia Xiaodong quickly returned to his quiet days, but he was a little more looking forward to it.

Perhaps, the honest Li Dalang will really invite his father over and take him out.

Day after day, Xia Xiaodong gradually felt that the price of double the car fare and three taels of silver probably could not impress Li Dalang and his father.

After all, Li Dalang's father is an adult, so it's normal to think more.

It has been more than ten days since the Furi Festival, and the Lord of Yuguan suddenly sent someone.

The Xia family in Suzhou came to pick up the girl.