Chapter 72 Repaying the Favor

"Miss... The small man stopped, making a mosquito-like sound a few paces away.

This is a girl, the snowflakes fluttered down, blocking Gu Banniang's sight, and she couldn't see her face clearly.

"You're looking for me?" She asked, gazing intently at them.

The eyes fell on the girl's side, this is a young man, skinny, his messy hair obscures his eyes, through the layers of snowflakes, his sharpened chin can be seen vaguely, thin lips tightly closed.

Just when Gu Bainiang looked at them, the young man suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Do?" Gu Bainiang was surprised.

The girl also knelt down at this time, and after kowtowing, she said in a trembling voice: "Lingbao'er thanked Miss for saving her life. ”

Help me? Gu Bainiang was stunned, walked a few steps closer, looked at the little girl's timidly and slightly trembling figure, and remembered.

"Oh it's you." A warm smile appeared on her lips, and her eyes fell on the young man.

A gust of wind blew, rolling the snowflakes and dancing into a piece, and through the flying snowflakes, the young man felt a gentle and joyful gaze enveloping himself.

This gaze made the boy bow his head slightly.

"How are you?" The cool female voice carried undisguised excitement, "This is great... ”

She said, and her voice went low, "That's great。。。。。 ”

She said it again, this time like a long sigh, as if she had exhausted the sorrow in her heart.

"Get up quickly." Gu Bainiang took a few steps over and stretched out her hand to support the little girl.

The little girl kowtowed again before she stood up obediently, and the boy hesitated.

"You're just right, get up."

A pair of small hands reached out in front of him and gently supported his arm.

The boy stood up.

"On this snowy day, go back quickly." Gu Banniang said.

"Miss," the little girl glanced at her brother, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Miss saved Ling Bao'er's brother, and Ling Bao'er is willing to repay her slaves... ”

Gu Banniang smiled when she heard this, and shook her head.

"Miss, I mean it really, Ling Bao'er swears, whoever wants to save her brother, Ling Bao'er will be her slave in this life... The little girl thought she didn't believe it, and said hurriedly, and was about to kneel.

"No, I do." Gu Banniang hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "You don't have to thank me so much... ”

She paused for a moment, "It's your fate... ”

My life? Ling Bao'er looked at the girl in front of her in front of her, who was not much older than herself, she Ling Bao'er had never said that her life was better when she was so big, even she didn't feel it herself.

Parents are lost, uprooted from home, begging, bullied, without food and clothing, life and death are uncertain。。。。。。

Is this called fate?

"Brother... She stretched out her hand and timidly pulled the silent young man beside her.

"I owe you my life." The boy spoke.

His voice was a little hoarse, with the weakness of an injury that had not healed.

Gu Bainiang smiled, "Let's go, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, you are not in good shape now, let's go." ”

As she spoke, she turned around and picked up the medicine basket and walked to the door.

"Miss... The little girl hurriedly called out in the back, and the person followed, "Miss... ”

She fell to her knees.

"Why are you doing this..." Gu Bainiang turned around and sighed, "I said it, it's your good fate, it just so happened that I was passing by, if you don't have a good life, you won't meet me。。。。。 Some people... It's not such a good life. ”

She said this, sighed, and then continued, "I can't help you this way, so, you see, this has nothing to do with me, you have to thank yourself." ”

What is this called truth? The little girl and the young man were stunned, glanced at each other, and then saw that Gu Eighteen Niang had already pushed the door in.

"Miss... The little girl was about to catch up, but the boy reached out and grabbed her.

"Let's go." The boy whispered.

"But, brother... The little girl hesitated.

The young man looked up at the newly painted door, no matter how plain the girl was dressed, and the hanging large door plaque also carried a wealth and majesty that could not be ignored, the young man stopped talking, took the little girl's hand and walked into the snowstorm.

The night was deep, and after writing the last stroke, Gu Hai stretched and rubbed his hands.

The door creaked open, and Cao came in with a bowl of hot soup and tea.

"Mother, you go to bed early, don't always make me soup and tea." Gu Hai hurriedly stood up and took the bowl.

"Mother is not tired, go to bed early." Cao smiled and watched his son take a big sip.

"It's still snowing... Gu Hai looked out of the door, and the courtyard was bright, "My sister didn't sleep either?" ”

"I'm reading a book, too." Cao Shi glanced at the small ear room next to his room, and the orange light was shining through the window, and he said with some distress.

"If my sister is a boy, she will definitely be able to win the top prize if she is so diligent." Gu Hai smiled, "It's just harder than me."

Cao Shi smiled and went out with the bowl, Gu Hai looked at the lit hut, moved his hands, sat down again, and began to read.

After breakfast on the second day, Gu Hai finished sweeping the snow in front of the door before going out, and Gu Bainiang caught up.

"Brother, wait for me, let's go together."

Gu Hai stood still and waited for her with a smile, and saw that she was carrying a bamboo basket with a lid on her back and took a small shovel.

"You're going to go?" Gu Hai asked curiously.

When the brother and sister walked out of the house, there were already many traces of cars and horses running over the snow, and on the other side of the street, I don't know which family was sweeping the snow on the ground.

"How's the first day of school?" Gu Bainiang asked.

Seeing the obvious nervousness on his sister's face, Gu Hai smiled and reached out to scrape her nose.

"Good." He said.

"Has anyone bullied you?" Gu Bainiang asked.

"Nope." Gu Hai said with a smile.

The sound of the carriage came from behind them, and the brother and sister hurried to the side of the road.

"Hey, silly wood..."Gu Long leaned out of the car window and threw out two snowballs.

Gu Hai hurriedly blocked one side with his sleeve, the snowball left a snow mark on his shoulder, and the rattling laughter went away with the sound of the carriage.

The brother and sister glanced at each other, Gu Hai grinned, Gu Bainiang looked at him, and slowly smiled.

"Sister, don't worry." The boy patted his sister on the shoulder, as if he was teasing and serious.

Gu Bainiang nodded, said hello with a smile, looked at the intersection separately, and watched Gu Hai, who had a straight back and steps like the wind, walking away.

This time, my brother shouldn't be tired of learning because of the ridicule of other children and the punishment of Mr.......

When Gu Bainiang walked outside the city, she found that someone was following behind her.

She stopped and stood and looked back, until the boy in the middle of winter, still dressed in shabby clothes, stood up from behind the tree.

"Is that you?" Gu Bainiang glanced at it and recognized the young man.

I couldn't really see it in the snow that day, but when I looked over at this time, I saw that he was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and his body was similar to Gu Hai's, but he was thinner than Gu Hai, and his messy hair was blown up by the wind, revealing a thin scar that was still red and swollen from his forehead to the corner of his eye.

"Something?" Gu Bainiang asked again.

"Repay the favor." He replied, his voice thrown from afar, with a bit of coldness.

Gu Bainiang smiled and waved her hand, "Go, go." ”

She turned and walked towards the river, and saw that the boy was not far behind, his leg was not healed, and he could not walk well.

The toad in winter is not easy to find but easy to catch, regardless of the wet and cold rummaging by the river pond, except for the occasional digging out of two snakes, soon caught half a basket of toads, fat, not even running.

Seeing that Gu Bainiang seemed to be happy to be busy in the mud pond, not afraid of the cold or dirty, the young man who had been following her was a little puzzled, and when he heard her suddenly scream, before he ran over, he saw a snake thrown out by the girl.

Then the girl patted her chest and said that it was dangerous, but turned around and dug again.

"What are you doing?" He finally couldn't help it anymore and stepped forward and asked.

"Catch the toad." Gu Bainiang didn't raise her head, she pressed a toad with her hand wrapped in rags and stuffed it into the bamboo basket beside her.

"Catch this... Eat? "No mistakes, no skipping words. He asked.

"That's right," Gu Bainiang said deliberately, looking up at him, "Do you want to taste it?" ”

The boy's face was expressionless.

Gu Bainiang smiled, looked at the bamboo basket, it was almost full, stood up straight, threw off the rags wrapped in her hands, and carefully carried the bamboo basket ashore.

This time, the boy did not chase after him, but stood still and did not move.

"Hey," Gu Banniang thought for a while, turned around and shook the bamboo basket in her hand, "This can't be eaten, it's poisonous." ”

The boy stood still and did not react, and his clothes flew in the cold wind.

Gu Bainiang suddenly felt a little distressed, anyway, she and her brother still have old but clean and tidy cotton robes to wear, this kid .....

She sighed, turned around and walked slowly, looking back at the boy and seeing that the boy was gone.

When the toad was caught, she immediately began to make toad crisp according to what was written in the book, but to her dismay, a dozen toads only got a palm-sized piece.

This will have to be saved up to sell for money, let alone buy Shunhetang Pharmacy.

"Eighteen mothers.." Cao's voice sounded outside the door.

Gu Bainiang hurriedly stuffed the privately collected silver brought from Xianren County under the bed, and Cao pushed the door in, carrying a bamboo basket in his hand, his face was white with fright.

"You caught this?" She asked.

“？” Gu Bainiang walked over, opened the lid and saw that it was a basket of toads.

“… Why don't you throw it out the door and not bring it in?" Cao said.

This is... Gu Banniang thought about it, and guessed that it must have been caught by the young man, this child is really...

"Oh yes, I forgot." She said this and took it, "Mother, I'm going to be busy." ”

"Go ahead." Cao smiled and watched his daughter walk into the room that was specially packed out for medicine.

"By the way, mother, be careful, don't touch these.." Gu Bainiang poked her head out of the door again, "Poisonous.."

Cao Shi nodded and said that he understood, "You should be careful."

Since this day, the caught toads will be sent every day, Gu Bainiang went to the river but did not meet the boy, presumably from another river pond.

Hiding behind the door and listening to the sound of footsteps, Gu Bainiang opened the door suddenly, but she didn't see the boy, but the little girl whose face was red from the cold.

"Miss.." She was also startled, and she ran timidly and didn't stay.

"You caught it?" Gu Bainiang was a little surprised, looking at the little girl's purple hands covered with frostbite exposed outside her sleeves.

"It was my brother who caught me." The little girl whispered, ".. Don't be angry, Miss.. We just want to do something for you.."

"It's okay, thank you." Gu Bainiang's voice was a little softer, looking at the little girl's shoes with her toes exposed, "Come in and sit down and have a cup of hot tea..."

The little girl waved her hand, "No, no, don't dare to disturb Miss.. I'll go."

After saying that, he really turned his head and ran, but accidentally slipped and fell, and his shoes flew out and fell into the snow ditch on the side of the road.

"Are you alright? There are many words, "Gu Bainiang hurriedly ran over to help her."

"What's wrong?" Cao Shi, who heard the movement, also came out, and was startled when he saw the little girl lying in the slush, "Whose child is this?" ”

Holding the hot soup bowl, the little girl couldn't help but shiver.

"Don't be afraid of the pain, soak it quickly.." Cao put the little girl's red and purple feet into the hot water.

The pain made the little girl tremble, and the hot soup tea almost overturned. Gu Bainiang stretched out her hand to hold it.

"Thank you, Madame, Miss," the little girl choked with tears in her eyes.

After a simple scrub, the little girl who changed into Gu Banniang's full set of old clothes knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Cao's family.

"Thank you, Madame, Bodhisattva." She cried.

Gu Bainiang helped her up with a smile, and saw the little face in front of her that was washed clean and revealed its original delicate face.

"So, you and your brother are just begging for a living?" Cao asked from the side.

Fang Cai has listened to the process of their acquaintance, Cao's fasting and Buddhism, for his daughter to help is very pleased, at the same time she is slightly relieved, these days she always feels that her daughter has more anger, it seems that she is too careful, her daughter's heart is still the same as before, soft and kind.

The little girl nodded, "My name is Lingbao, and my brother's name is Lingyuan....."

"Why was your brother beaten that day?" Gu Bainiang asked casually.

Lingbao's face darkened, and he lowered his head and said, "... It's all Lingbao is not good... Lingbao is hungry....brother... My brother stole someone else's. money..."

After saying that, she didn't dare to look up, she only felt ashamed and wanted to go into the ground, in fact, it wasn't because she was hungry, but because her brother had always been... Thief.....

Misses are also common, but that time was the worst time, if it wasn't for the silver gift from this young lady, I'm afraid that I would be powerless...

"Thank you, Miss, Madame, for your great kindness. . . Lingbao is difficult to repay as a cow and a horse." She wept and knelt down and prostrate.

Gu Bainiang smiled, from her words and expression, she had already guessed that this little girl's brother was a habitual thief, but what does this have to do with her? Twisted to the government? Joke about it....

"Okay, you go back," Gu Bainiang and Cao sent the little girl out.

Ling Bao'er was holding a baggage, which contained Gu Hai's two old cotton robes.

Seeing that she was about to kneel again, Gu Bainiang hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Don't kneel, I said it, it's your life." ”

Ling Bao'er wiped her tears and lowered her head to thank her three times, then turned around and walked away slowly.

"It's pathetic. A child without a father and a mother.." Cao Shi wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and whispered.

Gu Bainiang looked at the little figure in the distance, and wanted to say it but felt that there was nothing to say, poor people, they are all poor people, but one is now, and the other is the past.

"Mother, it's going to be fine." She grabbed Cao's arm, as if comforting Cao's and as if saying to herself, "We'll all be fine." ”

Cao nodded, stroked her daughter's head and smiled, and the mother and daughter turned around to close the door.

On the other side of the street, two young men in Tsing Yi were asking questions while walking, holding two famous cards in their hands, and stopped in front of Cao's house under the guidance of several small men who cleaned the streets.

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