Chapter 281: Making a Promise
The car then drove into the city, through several streets, and into a small alley.
The uncle grabbed the reins and stopped the carriage.
"Uncle, aren't you going to Buzhuang?" Cao Yu felt a little strange in his heart, but his uncle helped him just now, and now he shouldn't be harming himself in turn.
"Alright, you get out of the car, you can take off the cloth."
Cao Yu looked around and jumped out of the car. He took off the cloth that covered his face, wiped the crushed berries on his body with it, and tossed the cloth aside.
"How can I take you to Buzhuang, you are on the wanted warrant. No one is safer here, so if you want to go anywhere, just sneak out now. ”
Cao Yu is not sick, this is a certain thing, and the red just now is just a little trick. Here's the thing: just when Cao Yu was in a hurry and took a piece of cloth to cover his face, the uncle quietly handed over a handful of fruit, and told himself that if he crushed it and applied it to his body, it looked like he had sores and some kind of contagious disease.
He was skeptical, but he did so. Thanks to the uncle's emergency rescue, this can get out of danger.
"Thank you uncle for saving your life." Cao Yu clasped his hands into fists and bowed, "Thanks to my uncle's care these days, if I hadn't been an uncle just now, I wouldn't have been able to escape prison."
"Hurry up, I can't stand it." The uncle held Cao Yu's arm and lifted him up, "Don't be so polite, I'm a rough person, and I don't know how to return the salute." ”
"Uncle, you've seen that wanted notice too." Cao Yu paused, pursed his lips, raised his eyes to look at his uncle, sighed again, and asked helplessly, "I'm a fugitive, why do you want to help me?" If you are caught, you will face jail time. ”
"I'm a rough man, I don't know about you. But along the way, I felt that you were a good person, and you wouldn't be a bad guy doing that kind of thing, so I helped you. The uncle sincerely said what he thought in his heart, "I have helped you, what's the use of saying this now." ”
Cao Yu was shocked after hearing this, all he usually sees are the kind of old and cunning people, their hearts are black, and there is no truth in their mouths, but now they are just meeting Uncle Lu, but the other party believes in himself so much, and even saved his life. And he also concealed his identity.
He lowered his head guiltily and said sincerely: "I have offended a lot before, uncle don't be surprised, I am also afraid, and I have no choice but to hide my identity." ”
"It's okay, I know you scholars are all very vigilant. Although you have hidden something from me, I can sense that your heart is kind, and it may just be a last resort. ”
"I deceived my uncle before, and I feel guilty. Let me introduce myself again, my surname is Cao Mingyu, and I am a person from this county. I was framed recently, so I'm really ashamed to be on this wanted warrant. ”
"Now that the villain is in charge, you must be careful."
Cao Yu thought to herself: "Although this country uncle has never read a book, he has insight into the world and is knowledgeable, and he is still a lot inferior to others in this regard." ”
Just as he was shaking his head, the uncle asked again.
"And you're coming back this time?"
"It's to investigate the matter of cotton being mixed in silk." Cao Yu didn't dare to look directly at the uncle, he paused and continued, "I know that this matter will cut off your financial path in the future." I know that cutting off people's wealth is like killing someone's parents, but this thing ......"
Before Cao Yu could finish his words, he was interrupted by his uncle.
I saw the uncle smile heartily: "You are really a gentleman." What kind of wealth am I? I make this kind of money every day, and I don't feel solid in my heart. People, but I want to be worthy of my heart, I feel hot for this kind of money! I wanted to change my business for a long time, and I didn't want this lack of morality to continue to exist. If you need any help, you can come to me. ”
"Uncle, what do you mean?" Cao Yu stared at the uncle in surprise and stammered, "You mean you won't hold a grudge against me?" Willing to help me"
"You understand it right, that's what I meant." The uncle nodded and said approvingly
"The uncle's mind is really admired by future generations, and the grace of saving lives cannot be repaid......"
"Wait." The uncle touched his beard and stopped Cao Yu's words, "If you really want to repay me, sell me the silkworm seeds." ”
"Silkworm seed?" Cao Yu felt a little strange after hearing this, and asked, "Isn't this free to be bought and sold?" Why does Uncle need me to be this middleman? Uncle, if you want to change the business of silkworm seeds, just go to the market and buy it. ”
"Well, you don't know. Do you want to do it when I'm greedy for money? I don't dare to do it! That Fan Si monopolized the silkworm seed, and now only the people of Yan County can plant. ”
"And this kind of thing?!"
Cao Yu was taken aback when he heard this, he thought that Fan Si and Fan Meihua colluded just for Buzhuang, but he didn't want the silkworm species to be targeted by them.
"Don't worry, then listen to me, there was a person from another county who bought silkworm seeds from Yan County at a high price, and before he went back, he was crippled by a group of ruffians organized by Fan Si, and no one dared to say anything about buying and selling silkworm seeds anymore. You say that ordinary people like us have no power and no power, where do we dare to buy and sell, and lose our lives for this, it's not worth it. Moreover, after Fan Si monopolized this business, he forced us to do the business of mixing cotton in silk. Even though it's to make money, we're all very uneasy. ”
After the uncle finished speaking, he let out a long sigh with a guilty look on his face.
After hearing this, Cao Yu stroked his chin with his hand and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, don't leave after you finish selling cotton, wait for me at the Laifu Inn in the county seat, I will come to you within three days, and I promise to let you raise silkworms safely." ”
"Okay, I believe in you, I'll wait for you there.
The uncle left the alley with the carriage. Cao Yu also decided to go to Buzhuang alone to find out.
Before the uncle left, he borrowed a straw hat from the other party, and after lowering the brim, he couldn't see his face clearly, so that walking in the city would be less noticeable than covering his face with a cloth.
Just as he was walking to a street corner, he was suddenly slapped from behind, and a voice came from his ear.
"Cao Yu?"
Cao Yu subconsciously looked back, but he suddenly came back to his senses and realized that he was a fugitive, so he hurriedly walked forward, not daring to stay for a while, for fear that it would be a fraud.
The person behind him grabbed him, and although his voice was lowered, his tone was still inexorably excited.
"Cao Yu, is that you?"
"No, I'm not Cao Yu, you recognized the wrong person, let go." Cao Yu looked a little flustered.
"It's me, Ling Xiu'er! Look at me! ”
After Cao Yu heard this, he was stunned, he turned his head in disbelief and found that it was really Ling Xiu'er!