Chapter 68: The Lady in the Car
In the morning, the sun has not yet shown its face, the finches on the branches chirp a few times, Yu Shu stretched his waist and walked out of the house, Zhao Hui was packing up the cart in the yard, saw that he woke up, and said:
"Didn't you say that the general account of the Chamber of Commerce, didn't you go over today, why didn't you take the opportunity to sleep a little more when you got up so early?"
"I'm used to getting up early, and I can't sleep again when I wake up," Yu Shu pulled his hair twice, walked to the shade of the coat on the opposite side of the wall, touched the white robe that had been dried, and said:
"Aunt Hui, I won't accompany you out of the stall in the morning, I'll send the clothes to the Taoist chief."
"Okay, go to me on the street at noon and give you something to eat." Zhao Hui loaded the car, pushed out the door and left.
Yu Shu took a few dirty robes of Jingchen home to wash two days ago, which scared Zhao Hui, and she told Zhao Hui about the fact that he was arrested by gangsters a month ago and rescued by a Taoist chief, Zhao Hui didn't make a fuss anymore, thinking that the Taoist chief Yu Shu said was an old man in his fifties, and out of respect, she went to wash it.
Yu Shu followed the shadow of the water in the basin, combed his sideburns, carefully tied his bun, and skillfully fixed it with a two-finger-thick hairband, picking himself up refreshingly, while tying the waist of his pants, he thought to himself, being a man is easier than a woman, at least you don't have to spend half an hour combing your hair when you get up early.
She folded her washed clothes, wrapped them in a cloth bag, hung them over her shoulders, and hung the lock on when she went out.
She was going to find Jingchen first, and then go to Sanjue Book House to pick up Yu Xiaoxiu from class, Xiaoxiu X was a little wrong in the past two days, she always felt that he was struggling as if he had something to say to her, Yu Shu was afraid that he was being bullied in school, and planned to go over and take a look.
Go out to the east of the city, there are a lot of small alleys in Yiyang City, often there are seven or eight alleys that can enter and exit on a street, Yu Shu crossed a street, and walked into an alley, with a satchel in one hand, and a yellow frost stone given to her by Jingchen in the other, the small stone that was lost in the round fell in the palm of his hand and became hot after a while, just to relieve the cold hand in the morning.
There are few households in this alley, the road is full of potholes, Yu Shu is staring ahead, suddenly a gust of wind blows from the side of his shoulder, his arm is hit by a violent force, and he pulls and loosens, and the burden of his clothes is out of his hand.
She was stunned for a moment, and her pupils reflected the child who had already passed her three or five steps to the front, and then looked at her empty arm, Fang realized that she had been robbed, and shouted, and chased after her-
"Don't run, hey!"
The kid in front of her who grabbed things ran fast, and Yu Shu was not bad, she had been walking and working all day long in the past month, and her body was not the strength that she had just passed through for a while.
"What are you running, there's no money in that bag, hurry up and stop me!" Yu Shu shouted as he ran, and the kid who grabbed the bag just ran forward with his head bored, without losing half a step.
The two chased half of the alley, seeing that Yu Shu was two steps away from being able to catch the bag, the front lit up, and he actually got out of the alley and came to the street where pedestrians came and went, and saw two people chasing out of the alley, and hurriedly gave way.
Coincidentally, a carriage drove quickly from the east, and it could be reached in front of it in two blinks, and the little robber was about to hit it like a fly, Yu Shu looked at the car, her eyelids were sudden, and she didn't have time to think about it, she leaned forward, her left hand stretched out suddenly, the small stone in her palm flew out, and her fingers grabbed the waistband of the little robber who was not long-eyed, and her heel flickered, and her shoulder slammed off, and she desperately pulled the person back!
"Shhh
"Ahh
The sound of horses and screams sounded on the street at the same time, Yu Shu sat on the ground with her buttocks, her hands were still pulling the waistband of the little robber's trousers, she gasped and glanced at the carriage standing in front of her, thinking back to the scene just now, her brain buzzed, and after a while, her face darkened, turned her head, and scolded the frightened little robber on the side:
"Eyes are long, and the head is on the door, isn't it! Is it so lifeless, when you rob something good, let me tell you, just a few torn clothes, are you robbing something or dying, rabbit cub! ”
After a stinking scolding, there was already a group of pedestrians on the side, surrounding the carriage and Yu Shu and the little robbers, pointing and watching the excitement.
Yu Shu was scolding happily, but the people in the car stopped doing it, and when he lifted the curtains, he revealed a young man's face, frowning and saying:
"What's going on? Why did he rush to the road? ”
Yu Shu's mouth stopped, looked up at the person who showed his face in the car, and when he saw the person in the carriage, he knew that he was not offended, so he stood up on the ground, and the left wrist of the person who was dragged just now was slightly tingling, so she changed her hand and carried the little robber on the ground who was about the same age as Yu Xiaoxiu, and rushed to the car:
"I'm sorry, this little scoundrel stole my things, chased me down the road, and accidentally rammed your carriage."
The young man glanced at Yu Shu, snorted coldly, and then closed the car window, obviously unwilling to argue with these small people in the market.
"Let go, don't hold me!"
At this moment, the kid in Yu Shu's hand was dishonest, twisted his body and tried to break free from her, but was rounded by Yu Shu, one arm was caught under his armpit, stuck around his neck, and said gloomily:
"Why did you let you go, you robbed my things for nothing, come with me, see if I don't teach you a good lesson."
As soon as the words were finished, who expected that the little robber would cry "wow", and while spraying tears, he cried and cried:
"I, I didn't mean to snatch your package, my sister has been sick for a few days, she has no money to grab medicine, and she is going to die, I didn't mean to, woo woo!"
Yu Shu himself doesn't like to cry, so he hates people crying, listening to him howl and howl, his brain hurts, where is he in the mood to listen to what he is crying, and was about to shut him up, someone spoke first:
"Little brother, is anyone in your family sick?"
The voice came from the carriage, the female voice with a round tone, with a little southern woman's unique softness at the end of the word, inexplicably making people feel a little kind, Yu Shu straightened his neck and looked into the car, but the young man blocked the light, the carriage was dim, only a faint figure was seen, listening to the voice, it should be a young lady.
Then she noticed that the howling on the side had stopped, and then the little robber replied pitifully:
"I, my sister, is sick, very sick, and is about to die."
"Little brother, what's your name?"
"I—My name is Xiaohuai."
"Xiaohuai, you raise your head and let my sister take a look." The young lady in the car said softly.
The little robber broke free twice, and Yu Shu let go of him, letting him wipe his tears and raise his head, curious about what the young lady wanted to do.
The onlookers on the side of the road were still whispering, and the young lady in the car seemed to be staring at the little robber for a while before she spoke:
"Don't worry, your sister won't die, her illness will get better."
This soft tone seemed to calm people's hearts, and the little robber wiped his nose, "Really? ”
"It's true, my sister will look at your face and won't lie to you, my sister not only can see that your sister's illness will be better, but also know that you are actually a good child, you didn't mean to do bad things, right?"
The little robber nodded timidly, Yu Shu shook his eyebrows, looking at his face, the young lady in this car is also easy to learn?
Not only did Yu Shu have such doubts, but there were also discussions on the roads around him.
"Dongyun, take five taels of silver and give it to this child," the young lady in the car spoke, and the coachman pulled the reins, wiped a silver ingot from his bosom with one hand, and handed it to the little robber.
The little robber was dumbfounded when he saw the white flower and five taels of silver, and he didn't know if he stretched out his hand for a long time, or the coachman forced it into him.
"Xiaohuai, it's not right to rob people and things, can you promise my sister not to do it again in the future?"
The little robber hugged the money in his hand tightly, nodded vigorously, and behaved like a puppy, how could he look like when he grabbed the bag and ran wildly, Yu Shu said "tsk" lightly, and he didn't want the young lady in the car to call her name next.
"This son, you also heard it just now, this kid didn't mean to snatch your package, but he was forced to do it, and he had to be forgiving and forgiving, and I hope you will forgive him this time, don't be harsh, okay?"
After everything was dealt with, she came to ask her for the opinion of the "victim", can she say it badly, Yu Shu sneered, listened to the whispers of the people around him, glanced at the vague figure in the car, bent down to pick up the package on the ground, and said coldly to the little robber who was holding the silver and smirking:
"This time it's your good luck, next time you grab someone's things, watch out for a little road, don't grab the money, take your life, hum."
After saying that, she turned her head and squeezed out of the crowd, not caring because of her last two sentences of "intimidation", the little robber's frightened face was white, and passers-by saw it and pointed at her back dissatisfied.
The lady in the car glanced at the direction Yu Shu left, her eyes were suspicious, and she was about to turn her head sideways to ask the people around her, but she saw a bright yellow shining thing sandwiched between the window railings, and stretched out her hand:
"Brother, don't move."
"What's wrong?"
She took out the little thing, held it in her hand, and found that it was a round stone, as beautiful as a jade bead, pinched it, and put it into her sleeve.
"It's okay, let's go."
"Okay, you have to go back quickly, you have been on the road for a few days, and you didn't rest well last night, and if you go back late, my grandmother is distressed, and she must be scolding me - Dongyun, drive."
"Yes, young master."
The crowd dispersed, letting the carriage pass, and when it was far away, they gathered together again, and talked about it:
"That young lady is really a kind person, not only helped this hard-working child, but also taught him the right way, I don't know which young lady is so generous."
"Didn't I hear her say that she can read faces, it must be from Kong Liu Jisan's family, look at this ability to see people's appearances, isn't it-"
"The fourth lady of the Ji family!"
The crowd was in an uproar, and later, all over the street, there was a sound of praise, and it didn't take long for everyone in Yiyang City to know that the fourth lady of the Ji family who had learned Yi in the capital Dashuyuan came back, and saved a child who had gone astray on the way.