Chapter Twenty-Five: One More Sister
I took Elle to the clothing store to buy a few cute little clothes, and from now on Elle will be my lovely sister, and it is not okay to wear such tattered clothes again.
"Brother, brother, do you see me dressed like this? I feel so weird. "Don't get me wrong, I didn't wear any strange clothes for Ellie, just a normal little princess outfit, at my strong request, Elle no longer calls me sir, but calls me brother instead, although this little girl was going to call me uncle at the beginning, I'm still very young, okay?
"Well, yes, that's it, and the ones just now, I bought them all." I nodded in satisfaction and said to the clerk.
"Yes, sir, please wait." The clerk smiled and said, "If you don't laugh, you can't do it, the clothes sold are enough for her half a month's salary."
"I don't want it, brother, these clothes are so expensive, I can wear the original one." Ellie looked at the gold coins I took out and said distressedly.
"Be good, obedient, you don't need to change this one, just wear it and go." I smiled and took the clothes handed over to me by the clerk. "Oh, by the way, my sister used to wear the dress for me, also help me pack it, that dress has a special meaning for my sister." Elle had said before that the dress was given to her by her mother for her birthday, and of course she couldn't just throw it away.
"Okay, sir, I'll take it for you."
"Come on, Lao Pu, you come and take these things." I handed the clothes to Lao Pu. "I'm sorry, Mr. Redding, I'm going to Ellie's house now after such a long delay."
"It's all right, sir, you can do the rest first, after all, I'm not charging by the hour." Alec said with a smile.
"Haha, you're so humorous, okay, let's go."
Follow Elle to the door of his uncle's house, a small house with a yard, the door open, and a little fat man sitting in the yard, eating a piece of flatbread. The little fat man was stunned for a moment when he saw Ellie in a princess costume walk in the door, and after a while, he realized that the little girl in beautiful clothes in front of him was his sister. I saw him jump up with a snort, and he didn't care about the flatbread that fell on the ground, so he ran into the house, shouting loudly as he ran: "Mom and Dad, Elle stole the family's money to buy beautiful new clothes, and brought back a few strange people." ”
"Alec."
"Yes, sir."
"Can I beat that little fat man?"
"It's better not to, sir, at least not yet, for you don't want to make any more trouble fighting for Miss Ellie's custody."
"Okay." I gently put my arm on Ellie's little shoulders and noticed that she seemed to be scared now, and her body was shaking. "Ellie, don't be afraid, my brother is here, you don't have to do anything later, just stand here, understand?" Ellie nodded vigorously, and the poor little girl was too scared to speak.
"Sir, don't talk for a while, just leave it to me."
"Wait a minute, I want to try first to see if I can solve the problem in a more peaceful way, don't worry, I will pay the commission, I really can't let you come."
"Yes, sir." Alec turned and stepped back behind me.
"Ellie, you dead girl, how dare you steal your family's money?" A shrew-like voice came from inside the room. "What other unscrupulous people did you bring back? If you freak out your brother, be careful that I skin you! With this voice, little Ellie's body trembled even more. I tightened Ellie's little shoulders in distress, and then looked coldly at the woman who came out of the room, Yin Tang was narrow, her cheekbones were exposed, as if there was no flesh in it, and there seemed to be a flesh point protruding in the middle of her upper lip, and her face was sour and mean.
The woman was stunned for a moment when she came out and saw us, obviously realizing that we were not to be messed with, and first shouted into the house: "Master, come out quickly, this dead girl is going to rebel!" Then he yelled at Ellie. Dead girl, come over to me, you tell me what's going on with your clothes? Did you steal your family's money to buy it? ”
Ellie's body shook and instinctively was about to walk over, I held Ellie's already cold little hand, pulled her back, and said coldly: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Li Jun, and I will be Ellie's brother from today on." I'm here to talk to you about Elle's upbringing, I like Elle very much, I want to adopt her, and I hope you can agree. ”
At this time, Ellie's uncle also came out, a bald and fat man with a fat brain and a face full of meat, how can this family be so virtuous? Ellie's mom is the fat man's sister? No way? can give birth to such a lovely daughter as Ellie, and she must be very beautiful as a mother. After hearing what I said, he looked at us carefully for a while, and then smiled: "This gentleman must be the noble person that Elle said, right?" Sure enough, he is a talent, and he is heroic. ”
"Thanks for the compliment, don't talk nonsense, let's talk about Ellie's adoption first." It's really uncomfortable to be praised by such people.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Ellie's uncle looked at Ellie who was holding her hand with a smile, "You want to adopt Ellie, this is her honor, but after all, we have raised her for so long, this meal always costs money, doesn't it?" And she eats big fish and meat, delicacies from the mountains and seas. It's all ......"
"Oh, Dad, you secretly give my sister delicious food and don't give me food, Mom, I also want to eat fish and meat, and what kind of seafood." The little fat man's teammate sold it, and I give it full marks.
"Shut up! What do adults talk to children, and then be careful that I beat you! The big fat man yelled at his son viciously. Look at the dots and stop letting him talk nonsense. Hehe, my lord, where did we just go? ”
"Don't talk so much nonsense, just say it, how much do you want?" I didn't bother to listen to him continue to talk nonsense.
"Yes, yes, this money." The big fat man scratched his scalp that didn't have much left. "That's it, Elle has lived in my house for more than three months, it's good to count one gold coin a day, a total of 100 gold coins, how about it?"
"Deal! Lao Pu gives money, Ellie, let's go. I didn't want to stay here any longer, so I pulled Ellie around and walked out the door.
The big fat man obviously didn't expect me to agree so simply, and looked at the money bag handed over by Lao Pu and was stunned for a while, and instinctively reached out and took the money bag. Just as I was pulling Ellie out the door, an obnoxious voice came. "Wait a minute!" At this time, Ellie's aunt spoke, she first walked up to the big fat man and pinched him hard to wake him up, and then pointed at me and said, "Don't go yet, this account has not been settled!" ”
"100 gold coins, didn't I give it to you? What else hasn't been figured out? It's best not to be too greedy. I looked at her nasty face in disgust.
"What do you mean by looking like that? Our head of the house miscalculated, he only counted the money for food, didn't he have to spend money on clothing and housing? It adds up to three, four, five hundred, and yes, a total of five hundred gold coins. "Ho! The lion opened his mouth, ah, this is this, this is to slaughter me like a fat pig?
"Yes, yes, yes!" The big fat man also reacted at this time. "100 gold coins is just the money for her food, I forgot to count the money for housing and clothing, a total of 500 gold coins. Look, my lord, do you want to make up the remaining 400 gold coins? ”
"100 gold coins, you just said it yourself, and I have already given it to you." These two Nima are really shameless.
"100 gold coins is the price just now, I regret it now, okay? Either you add another 400 gold and take Elle away, or you leave Elle behind. The big fat man said greedily.
"I hope you don't regret it!" I looked at the two of them coldly. "Originally, for the sake of you being Ellie's only relative, I wanted to solve the problem in a more peaceful way. Hum! Who knew you guys were so insatiable, and I won't talk to you anymore, Alec, I'll leave it to you from now on. ”
"Yes, sir." Alec took a neat step forward. "Hello, I am Alec Redding, the lawyer hired by Mr. Lee, and from now on I will be in charge of matters related to the custody of Miss Elle. First of all, I would like to ask you, do you have any written documents that can prove that you are Miss Elle's guardian? ”
"Why should I answer your nonsense questions? If you don't add money, don't even think about taking Elle away, it's useless for anyone! Seeing that I wasn't going to add money, the big fat man's face became ugly.
"I'm sorry, sir, according to the laws of the Empire, if you don't have a document that can prove that you are Miss Elle's guardian, then Miss Elle's current status will be a free person, and you have no right to restrict her personal freedom." Alec's voice grew harsh. "And since you have seriously violated Miss Ellie's civil rights by threatening to sell Miss Elle as a private item, I can go to court to sue you for intent to traffic in human beings."
"You, you, you are talking nonsense, how can there be such a law, Ellie is my sister's daughter, I am her only relative, why don't I have custody? We've been raising her for so long, and we want to just take her away? No way! I'm telling you......"
"You didn't raise me at all!" Ellie suddenly interrupted her uncle's words, crying and shouting, "I earned all the money for my meals,"
"You dead girl, you dare to talk to me like this, see if I don't tear your mouth apart!" Ellie's aunt said that she was about to rush up.
"Little Dai Laopu, if she dares to come over, throw her back to me!"
Ellie's aunt looked at Xiao Dai and Lao Pu who were standing in front of me, and finally didn't dare to rush up, so she could only stand there and stare at me and Ellie with resentful eyes.
"In that case, obediently return the 100 gold coins to me, and don't force me to use force. By the way, Alec, I gave Elle a gold coin yesterday, can I get it back? ”
"Of course, sir, that is Miss Ellie's labor income, and it belongs to Miss Ellie's personal property."
"Aha, don't be angry, this adult, I was joking with you just now, don't be so serious. 100 gold is enough, and Elle is yours now. The big fat man finally realized that the situation was wrong, and his face changed neatly, clutching the money bag containing gold coins with both heads, and it seemed that he was not going to let go.
"100 gold coins is the price just now, can I regret it now?" I gave him back what the big fat man just said. "Either you obediently return the money to me, or I will let my men go down and get the money from you, by the way, my people have no measure, if something happens, I will not be responsible." Refreshing! This feeling of slapping in the face is so refreshing!
When the big fat man heard these familiar words, he almost spurted out of his mouth with a mouthful of old blood. "If you are unhappy, you can sue me, and I will accompany you at any time." Ignoring the big fat man's changing face, I pulled Ellie and walked out. "Lao Pu, go get the money back, remember that there are a total of 101 gold coins."
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