Punishment or reward? 7

The wind outside slowly blew into the room through the window, and Su Nianxu's story began, Lin Jin'er looked for the source of the sound, and sat at the table with her cheeks in tow and listened quietly.

"My family hasn't been there for as long as I can remember, but then I heard from an old man that my father had come to visit me secretly a few times when I was a child, but then he never saw me again......"

"Later, the uncle who picked me up and adopted was seriously ill, and the place where I lived at that time was also a poor place, and several families pooled some money for me to go to the city to find Langzhong, but the Langzhong looked at the copper coins in my hand, but did not prescribe medicine to me, saying that the money might as well be kept for food, and my uncle's illness could not be cured."

Speaking of this, Su Nianxu's eyes were a little red, although Lin Jin'er couldn't see it, but from the tone of his words, he also felt how sad and helpless he was at that time.

"Later, my uncle had hemoptysis every day, and then it became difficult to even gasp, and one night, I got up thirsty to find water to drink, and saw that my uncle had died lying on the edge of the water tank."

"It's a shame."

Lin Jin'er replied, saying that she was listening carefully.

"Yes, don't good people live long."

When Su Nianxu said this, his fists clenched again, and then continued.

"At that time, I was still young, about seven or eight years old, the neighborhood was poor, and no one had food to feed me, and then the food at home ran out, and the neighbors gave me some, but it was still not enough, and finally Aunt Lu next door gave me an idea and pointed me a way to live."

Lin Jin'er nodded.

"At that time, there was a famous man near our village, who was a thief who was both good and evil, and Aunt Lu said that she had met that man, and when she saw that he was dead, the man pulled these children, and he had to farm the land and pick vegetables to sell, so she gave herself some silver to buy a cow. My aunt thinks that the man is a good man, and let me try to see if I can find him, and let him take me as an apprentice, at least not to starve to death. ”

"It's better to be a monk, knock on the wooden fish and the day will pass."

"Monks can't do it, I still want to marry a daughter-in-law."

Su Nianxu smiled, patted Lin Jin'er's head lightly, and then continued to reminisce.

"After that, I set off with the dry food that each family had given me, it was the hottest season at that time, and everyone had not gone far, and the water on my body had been drunk, and I couldn't find a way in the deep mountains and old forests, and I thought that maybe I would die on the mountain, and a boy about the same age as me happened to come down the mountain, and this is my future brother."

Su Nianxu paused, drank some tea, and then called Xiao Er to give Lin Jin'er those snacks to come in and sweeten his mouth, and then said.

"Then my brother took me to my master, the thief who was both good and evil, and he probably looked at me pitifully and didn't ask me much, so he left me at his house, and ate for a few days, and then saw that I was relieved, and then slowly asked about me. After that, I stayed and became his last apprentice, until he was captured by the government and beheaded, and I went down the mountain. ”

"Why do you cut off your head?"

"He's a thief, and it's like he stole a terrible character and was caught red-handed."

"Then you won't be guilty of death."

"I can't explain these sentences to you."

Su Nianxu felt that Lin Jin'er couldn't understand the matter, and continued what she said just now.

"After all, the master was old at that time, and if he was a few years younger, he wouldn't have been caught by them...... After knowing that the master was dead, several of my brothers advised me not to take revenge, because we could never compete with the adult, and after that, everyone went their separate ways......"

"And then you went to the little village where you met me?"

"Well, after that, I wandered around, not stealing some rich people's things, and then selling what I could, and distributing the silver to the local poor, and then my reputation grew, and I was afraid that I would follow in the footsteps of my master, so I lived incognito in another place, that is, the village where I found you by the river."

"The fat girl asked me who you are, and I said that you are my savior, and she said that in that small village, you are everyone's savior."

Su Nianxu nodded, realizing that Lin Jin'er couldn't see it, and responded again.

"After that, I went out at night and quietly stole some silver and jewelry, and when I came to several families in the village, most of them were old and weak, women and children, and their income was really meager, and I didn't want to see anyone die of illness because they had no money to buy medicine."

"Then why did you burn down the Liu family's pawnshop?"

When Lin Jin'er heard this, she was already able to confirm that Su Nianxu was the one who went to the pawnshop to steal jewelry the day before.

Su Nianxu turned around and glanced at Lin Jin'er's unfocused eyes, and then said.

"I did go to his house the day before and steal some jewelry and silver tickets, but I didn't set the fire, I think there must be a candle somewhere that hasn't been extinguished, because I opened the window and let in the wind when I left, so I burned the pawnshop."

"I see."

"I'm just a thief, not a robber who kills people and sells goods, so I'm naturally willing to move as little as possible."

Su Nianxu said another sentence to let Lin Jin'er understand the difference, and then said.

"I didn't expect this eldest young master of the Liu family to be so keen, and when he saw me take out a silver ingot on the street, he could immediately guess seven or eight points."

Lin Jin'er also smiled when she heard this, and then said.

"I can't say he's smart, if I could have guessed it."

"How?"

Su Nianxu asked with interest, wanting to hear Lin Jin'er's opinion.

"You don't look like a rich boy when you dress up, and the eldest young master of the Liu family must be good friends with those rich young masters, so he naturally guessed that your silver ingots were coming from the wrong way."

"Why don't you guess that it's the official master who came out of my microservice?"

"There is no eunuch servant by your side, only an invisible woman and an old farmer who buys vegetables are pushing a cart, so you can naturally guess."

"It's just his luck, if he hadn't happened to bump into him, he would never have found the person who went to the pawnshop that day, and besides, he was only suspicious, not sure, otherwise he would have searched me in court."

"He doesn't search you, maybe it's not because he doesn't know ......"

Lin Jin'er was about to say this, but she couldn't bear it silently, and then smiled.

"It's good that the matter is over, you have to be more careful in the future, as long as the money is enough to spend, you can't support those people in the village for the rest of your life, and these children will grow up and can support themselves."

"Hmmm......"

Su Nianxu knew that the girl in front of him didn't want to pay by mistake, and he was also worried about his safety, but he still ran to the county government to testify to himself, he had never met such a resolute woman, and he had never met a woman who was so strong on the surface but so soft in her heart.