Chapter 143: Beggar Xiaoou
Shangguan Yutang looked at the beggars begging on the street, and couldn't help but think of her former self, more than ten years ago, she was also a beggar.
A few beggars on the side of the street looked at each other, looking at the heroic and dashing little boy in front of them, dressed in white and graceful, at a glance, they knew that he was a rich man!
Thinking like this, several beggars on the street rushed to Shangguan Yutang and blocked her way.
"Childe, Childe is okay, give us a little money for food."
"Childe...... Childe, I haven't eaten for three days, so please reward us with some silver......"
These beggars put the broken bowls in their hands in front of Shangguan Yutang, hoping that the other party would reward them with some silver.
Shangguan Yutang looked at the beggars in front of him, they were able-bodied, and they didn't look like people who couldn't find a job, and they didn't know why they fell here.
Shangguan Yutang didn't give them silver, but went to the bun stall on the side to buy some buns and distribute them to them, and said: "Beiyang City West Wharf recruits porters, you have hands and feet, you can rely on work to support yourself, why bother begging on the roadside to live a life of eating and sleeping in the open." ”
Those beggars nibbled on the buns in their hands with relish, and everyone nodded perfunctorily, not knowing what Shangguan Yutang said, did they listen to it.
The fragrance of buns lingered on the tip of her nose, Shangguan Yutang touched her hungry stomach, she hadn't eaten a bite of hot rice after a day's journey, so she had solved the problem of food and clothing, and then continued to look for Li Shenlong.
Shangguan Yutang walked to the steamed bun stall and said, "Boss, two vegetarian buns and a tofu flower." ”
"Okay, Childe, wait a minute."
"By the way, boss, have you ever seen this person?" Shangguan Yutang spread out the portrait in his hand and approached the owner of the bun shop.
The owner of the bun shop looked at it for a while, shook his head, and said, "I'm sorry, son, I haven't seen this person." ”
At this time, a beggar standing on the side of the road looked at the portrait in Shangguan Yutang's hand in a daze, this beggar was ragged and unkempt, and there was a fist-sized scar on his right face, the scar was shocking, and it looked like a burn.
The beggar walked up to Shangguan Yutang, and he couldn't take his eyes off the portrait in her hand.
A shadow gathered on Shangguan Yutang's body, and someone stood beside her at some point.
"Go, go!" The owner of the bun shop waved his hand at the beggar in disgust, and kept driving him away, "Hurry up, hurry up!" Don't interfere with my business here! ”
Shangguan Yutang turned his head and found a big beggar standing beside him, his face was black, and the scar on the right side of his face was like a piece of burnt cake, wrinkled and miserable.
"Hmm...... Elder brother...... Brother...... You...... Your portrait is ...... on the ...... I...... I've seen ......."
The big beggar seemed to be stammering, and his speech was staccato.
"Really? Have you really seen the person in the portrait? Where have you seen it? Shangguan Yutang asked several times in a row, and the beggar's words were undoubtedly a clue.
"Hmm......" The big beggar looked at Shangguan Yutang aggrievedly, he put his hands on his stomach, pouted, and said coquettishly: "Brother, I'm ...... Hungry ......."
"......" Shangguan Yutang thought to himself, this beggar spoke in a tone like a child, he thought he was a stupid big man, but he didn't expect to be quite good at business. It seems that if he is not invited to eat, I am afraid he will not tell Li Shenlong's whereabouts.
"Childe, don't pay attention to these beggars, they are all cheating!" The owner of the steamed bun shop on the side reminded that he had been selling steamed buns in Fugui Town for ten years and had figured out the routines of these beggars.
"Woooooooooo......oo Brother...... I...... I don't lie to you...... Xiao Ou swears! I...... I really...... Really know...... ...... on the portrait The...... Brother's whereabouts! ”
Seeing the owner of the bun shop questioning him, Xiao Ou was worried that the handsome brother in front of him didn't believe him, and he was even a little excited when he spoke.
Shangguan Yutang pursed her mouth, what the owner of the bun shop said was not impossible, but as long as there was a clue, she didn't want to give up, after all, Li Shenlong had been missing for so many days, if he didn't find him again, maybe something bad would happen to him.
"Okay, Xiaoou, my brother believes you, but you are not allowed to lie to your brother." Shangguan Yutang looked serious and said solemnly to Xiao Ou.
Xiao Ou nodded like pounding garlic, he raised his hand and swore an oath: "I ...... I swear...... As...... If so...... Half a lie...... I...... I've ...... all my life All...... I don't have any buns to eat! ”
Shangguan Yutang sneered, ordered a few more meat buns, and the two of them ate like this at the bun stall.
Xiao Ou took the bun and chewed it in a big gulp, the soup in the meat bun was on the corner of his mouth, he wiped it with his sleeve indiscriminately, and continued to eat.
After "Hiccup...... had eaten and drunk enough, Xiao Ou was satisfied with a full burp.
"Xiao Ou, are you full? Can you tell me where you saw the brother in the portrait? Shangguan Yutang asked, quietly waiting for Xiao Ou's answer.
Xiao Ou touched his chin and recalled: "Two days...... Two nights ago...... I saw...... Seeing this older brother...... ...... by a group of people Scratch...... Taken! ”
"Caught?!" Shangguan Yutang frowned and continued to ask, "Then do you know where he was caught?" ”
Xiao Ou scratched his head and said intermittently: "It seems to be ...... Belch...... It seems to be ...... Go to Fugui Village! ”
At this time, the owner of the bun shop on the side spoke, "Childe, I see that the boy on your portrait is also very handsome, maybe he will be taken by the daughter of the mayor of Fugui Town, and he will be arrested as a father-in-law!" ”
"What do you mean by that?" Shangguan Yutang doesn't know why, since ancient times, there have been robbers and bandits who robbed people's women, but I have never seen a woman who robbed a beautiful man to go back and get married.
The owner of the bun shop said, "Hey, Childe, you're an outsider, so you don't know, right?" The mayor of our town has a pair of twin daughters, and I don't know what the mayor has done in his last life, and the two daughters born look extremely ugly, even if they are ugly, they have grown fat, and they are fat, if the two girls are kind-hearted and gentle, they will not be worried about getting married. ”
"How do you know that those two girls, since they were young and old, are the bullies of our rich town, they like to be greedy and cheap, and they love to eat overlord meals, several times when they passed by my bun stall, they took away two buns, those two girls are wide and fat, I can't beat them, and they are the daughters of the mayor, I can't afford to provoke them, so I have to turn a blind eye."
The owner of the bun shop kept complaining about the evil deeds of the two girls, listening to his angry and helpless tone, as if he had been bullied by the two girls.
"A year ago, they fell in love with a boy in our town, and without saying a word, they wanted to snatch the boy back to be a father-in-law, but the little boy didn't obey, how did they know that the two evil mother-in-law ordered someone to beat the son's father, and later, the little boy was driven crazy."
After that, the owner of the bun shop didn't forget to point to a beggar squatting across the street, "No, that's the little boy who was once bullied by those two evil mothers-in-law, a good young man, just so crazy, life is hard......"
The boss of the bun shop shook his head regretfully, Shangguan Yutang heard the boss say this, and felt that the other party was telling a story, how dare the daughter of the mayor of a small town be so arrogant?
"Boss, since you said that they are the daughters of the mayor of the town and should stay in Fugui Town, how can they go to Fugui Village?"
The owner of the steamed bun shop explained: "Fugui Village is ten miles away from Fugui Town, where there are few remote people, so it is not surprising that they snatch people to Fugui Village to marry in order to hide people's eyes, and then return to Fugui Town after the raw rice is cooked and cooked." ”
Shangguan Yutang thought about it, the boss was reasonable, if they robbed men to marry in Fugui Town, maybe it would spread ten, ten and hundred, and this disgraceful thing would spread out of Fugui Town and attract gossip. But if they get married in a remote rich village, they can indeed hide their eyes.
Shangguan Yutang muttered: "If Li Shenlong is really arrested to marry these two girls, then wouldn't he be miserable?" ”
Shangguan Yutang couldn't help but think of the tragic situation of Li Shenlong being ravaged by two evil mothers-in-law, and there was no delay, she had to rush to Fugui Village tonight.
Shangguan Yutang stood up and was about to leave, how did she know that Xiao Ou was following her, she turned around, and saw poor Xiao Ou, under the moonlight, the man's face was dirty, and the twisted scar on the right side of his face looked even more terrifying.
"Xiao Ou, my brother is going to Fugui Village, can you stay here first? When my brother returns, I'll settle you and the others. "These beggars who are begging on the street are all able-bodied, and it is better to take them to the docks to work as porters, at least to solve the problem of food, clothing and accommodation, than to sleep in the open on the street.
Hearing that he was not allowed to follow, Xiao Ou's whole face collapsed, he pouted, and his eyes were red, "Wow! With a bang, this stupid big man just cried in the street.
"Woooooooooo......oo Brother, I want to follow you! I'm going to follow you! I can show you the way! Woowoo...... Don't you leave me behind......"
This Xiao Ou was so excited that he didn't even stutter anymore.
"Oops...... Don't cry......" Shangguan Yutang suddenly felt a pain in his head, but he didn't expect this Xiaoou to rely on her.
Xiao Ou's cry attracted a lot of people, and even the residents on the side of the street who had closed their doors opened their doors and walked to the street to watch after hearing Xiao Ou's cry.
Everyone pointed at Xiao Ou and Shangguan Yutang, some people said that the beggar was unreasonable, and some people said that Shangguan Yutang bullied the beggar.
In desperation, Shangguan Yutang could only reluctantly agree to him, "Okay, you show me the way, you lead the way for me." ”
Shangguan Yutang was annoyed by Xiao Ou's crying, she really didn't know the way to Fugui Village, there was a person who knew the way to take it, at least she wouldn't delay time and take a detour, I just hope this stupid big man can be more reliable.
Shangguan Yutang's words were like a string of sweet rock sugar gourds, which coaxed Xiao Ou to jump up happily.