Chapter 42: Encountering a Lonely Brother and Sister
Seeing that the troublemakers fled in the desert, the crowd of onlookers dispersed.
Without returning to the candy shop, Tang Chuyao looked around along the busiest street in town.
She can't put all her eggs in one basket and has to look for other business opportunities.
Tang Chuyao subconsciously looked at the vendors such as desserts and pastries.
Suddenly, a fat figure met Tang Chuyao's eyes, and she couldn't help frowning.
"Zhou Luhua? Why is she here? ”
After Tang Chuyao muttered twice, he found a close and hidden place to hide.
At this time, Zhou Luhua was crossing in front of a vendor with a large board car.
The board car is stacked with these bright red and huge red dates, and each red date is very dry, which is very sincere.
Zhou Luhua stretched out her hand and took a handful of it on the cart, and stuffed it into her bloody mouth.
"Uh...... The taste is still good, but it's a little sweet! ”
As she spoke, she chewed, spitting stars flying all over the sky.
Selecting jujubes, Zhou Luhua stuffed a few grains into her pocket from time to time, but her face was calm.
"Boss, how did you sell this jujube?"
"Five cents a pound, big and sweet, delicious and delicious."
Seeing that there was business, the vendor leaned forward and eagerly gave Zhou Luhua a bag.
Zhou Luhua glanced at the bag coldly and snatched it over.
"Five pennies a pound? It's also too expensive, are you selling gold? ”
Hearing this, the vendor's face tightened, and he was a little aggrieved and picked a few big and sweet ones and put them in Zhou Luhua's bag.
"Sister-in-law, look at this quality, it's really not expensive."
Zhou Luhua snuggled her mouth, her face was slippery, she deliberately picked a jujube with insect eyes and pinched it in the palm of her hand.
"Wow...... What a big worm eye, boss, you're too cunning! It is shoddy and deceives us. ”
When the vendor heard this, he panicked and hurriedly laughed.
"Sister-in-law, it's not strange that such a big cart of red dates has one or two insect eyes, or if you look like this, how about I sell it to you cheaper for four cents a catty?"
Hearing this, Zhou Luhua pretended to think deeply and pretended to be embarrassed.
"Four cents is too expensive, aren't you a worm-eyed one who is also four cents?"
As she spoke, she deliberately picked up a jujube with insect eyes and spread it in front of the vendor.
The vendor had no choice but to admit it and let out a long sigh.
"Naturally, this insect eye doesn't have this price."
Hearing this, Zhou Luhua was overjoyed, and she hurriedly pretended to be unintentional.
"Then what do you say is the price of the insect eye?"
"This worm-eyed one is worth two pennies a pound!"
"Two texts? Just one article! It's all worms, and if you keep it, you can throw it away. ”
"This ......"
The vendor looked entangled, and in the end he couldn't resist Zhou Luhua, and compromised: "Okay! ”
Hearing the price, Zhou Luhua could no longer suppress the joy at the corner of her mouth, she hurriedly picked up the jujube with insect eyes and put it into the bag one by one.
Anyway, her jujube is used to make glutinous rice cakes, and who can see if there are insect eyes if they are broken!
I selected most of the bags, but Zhou Luhua was still unsatisfied.
"Next time you have insect eyes, keep them for me, I'll take care of them all."
Hearing this, the vendor was first startled, and then his curiosity suddenly rose.
"Sister-in-law, I don't know what you want these insect-eyed jujubes for! This quality on our side is used to feed chickens and livestock. ”
Hearing what the vendor said, Zhou Luhua's face immediately lengthened.
"Why do you ask so much? Is the business still going to work? ”
As he spoke, he weighed, Zhou Luhua took a bunch of money, stuffed it into the vendor, and glared at him fiercely.
It's really salty and don't worry about eating radish!
After mentioning the jujube, Zhou Luhua walked back with her head held high and satisfied.
When she swept over Tang Chuyao's side, she didn't notice it at all, she just took care of herself.
Today's harvest is quite rich, and the cost of glutinous rice cakes in the store has dropped again, so this time I should be able to make a profit.
If it weren't for the last redemption, she wouldn't have handed over all her belongings to the vampire of the Zhao family.
After taking a hard sip, Zhou Luhua disappeared at the end of the street.
At this time, Tang Chuyao walked out of the corner, looked at Zhou Luhua's back, and couldn't help sneering.
It's really an iron rooster that doesn't pull out a dime, and you have to bargain for this kind of defective product.
She was really worried about the customers in Zhou Lu's flower shop.
How would they feel if they knew that the glutinous rice cakes they ate were made from jujubes eaten by animals?
Tang Chuyao shook his head disdainfully, and then looked at the vendors on the side.
At this time, the vendor's face was worried, and he cleaned up the board car that was turned over by Zhou Luhua, and sighed for a long time.
He originally planned to go back to feed the chickens, but he didn't know if there would be a problem if he couldn't sell it like this?
In the noisy market, all kinds of cries and cries emerge one after another.
An enticing aroma of meat buns seemed to have found the right direction, and it went straight to Tang Chuyao's nose.
"Goo-goo-goo......"
There was a protest from her stomach, and Tang Chuyao focused her attention on her stomach.
"It's so fragrant, so hungry!"
She touched her belly, and following the scent of meat buns, she came to a bun shop and couldn't help but swallow.
She had just bought a basket of meat buns, and before she could stuff them into her mouth, the buns in her hand disappeared all of a sudden.
Then, a boy running fast passed by her, and she ran with her bun.
"Thief?"
As soon as he finished saying this, Tang Chuyao subconsciously touched his waist.
"The money bag is gone, damn it!"
As soon as his eyes darkened, Tang Chuyao lifted his feet and chased him out in the direction where the boy was running.
In the past few days, she has always exercised the original owner's body intentionally or unintentionally, and now she is much stronger.
Her legs grew stronger, and after a while, she caught up with the boy.
Blocking the boy in a dead end, Tang Chuyao stopped and took a breath.
"Boy, did you steal something from me?"
Hearing this, the boy's eyes were stubborn and silent, but a pair of eyes looked at Tang Chuyao vigilantly.
Hearing the movement here, passers-by also gathered around.
"This kid again?"
A middle-aged strong man in the crowd rolled up his arms and stepped forward to stand side by side with Tang Chuyao.
"Girl, don't let this kid go, he's a habitual offender, hurry up and arrest him and send him to the county office."
Hearing this, the boy immediately looked panicked, and there seemed to be soda surging in his eyes.
"Please, don't send me to the office, please."
Pleading, the boy suddenly knelt down in front of Tang Chuyao and the strong man, and kept kowtowing.
The strong man had a cold face and sneered.
"Hmph, let you go? No way. ”
As he spoke, the man wanted to step forward, but Tang Chuyao hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Thank you for this big brother's righteous action, let me think about the matter of sending the official."
A trace of hesitation flashed in Tang Chuyao's eyes.
It doesn't look like a pretense to look at the boy begging for mercy, but it is unknown why he ended up in such a field.
She stepped forward and reached out to stop the boy's head from knocking on the ground.
"Don't knock again, it's all bleeding."
The boy stole her purse and buns, and it was truly hateful.
But seeing him like this, Tang Chuyao was a little unbearable.
The boy was supported by her like this, and he couldn't help but tremble, and hurriedly retreated.
"Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Tang Chuyao timidly, his eyes clear and clear.
Tang Chuyao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing lightly.
"You don't have to be afraid, I won't send you to the official for investigation, but why do you want to do this kind of stealing?"
It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul.
This boy has such clear eyes that he doesn't look like a bad person at all.
Seeing Tang Chuyao smiling gently, the boy took a few steps forward and saluted Tang Chuyao.
"Sister, I really have a last resort."
Tang Chuyao was slightly stunned, and then touched the boy's head.
"It's okay, if you have any troubles, you might as well come and hear about it, maybe my sister can help."
With such respect and culture, this boy is by no means a traitor.
Tang Chuyao was determined, and then he was patient.
The boy looked at the fierce strong man on the side, and couldn't help but move behind Tang Chuyao.
Tang Chuyao saw his concern and hurriedly arched his hand towards the crowd.
"Thank you for coming to help, I'm okay here, let's go our own way!"
Seeing that there was no excitement to see, the crowd dispersed on its own.
Only the strong man, a little unwillingly, stood in place.
"Girl, don't let this kid fool you."
Hearing this, Tang Chuyao just shook his head with a light smile.
"Big brother, don't worry, I have my own measure."
Seeing that Tang Chuyao insisted on this, it was inconvenient for the strong man to say more, glared at the boy and left.
At this time, the boy who was hiding behind Tang Chuyao breathed a sigh of relief and walked up to her.
"Sister, I'll tell you the truth, I'm an orphan, and now I'm dependent on my sister, my sister is young, and I fell ill with a cold a few days ago, I ......"
As he spoke, the boy began to choke up, and his voice was hoarse.
Tang Chuyao's heart was slightly touched, and she couldn't help but step forward and pat the boy's shoulder.
The boy seemed to be encouraged, wiped away a handful of tears, and continued.
"In order to treat my sister, I have gone to many places to inquire, and I want to work to earn some money for my sister's medical treatment, but others dislike my young age and don't want me, so I have to embark on the road of stealing."
After listening to the boy's narration, Tang Chuyao's expression was entangled.
Happy families are all the same, but the unfortunate ones have their own misfortunes.
With a long sigh, Tang Chuyao pressed the boy's shoulder and said softly, "Do you mind if I go to your place to see your sister?" ”
Although she was moved, she would not completely lose her mind.
Nor could she just take the boy's words and conclude all of this.
Besides, if what he said was true, wouldn't his sick sister be dangerous?
With complicated feelings, Tang Chuyao followed the boy to a broken thatched house.
Four dry pillars, topped with a few sparse thatches, made a simple straw hut.
This so-called thatched hut is almost unable to provide even the most basic shelter from the wind and rain.
The floor was a mess, and in one corner of the room, under a shabby quilt, lay a little girl with her eyes closed.
The girl's hair was dry, her eyes were sunken, and she was visibly malnourished.
And there were abscesses of various sizes on her exposed skin, some of which were oozing blood.
Seeing this scene, Tang Chuyao couldn't help but have a slightly sour nose and frown slightly.