Xiao Dongzi stared at the porridge in Xiao Yue's hand with dead eyes, gurgling in his throat, and kept swallowing saliva.

Xiao Yue didn't look at him either, holding the porridge, leading Xu Chengchang straight to the periphery of the crowd, and when he looked back, this little Dongzi was really following behind them.

Satsuki walked under a tree and stopped.

She turned around and handed the bowl in her hand to the shopkeeper, and after Xiao Dongzi grabbed the bowl, she poured it into her mouth regardless of whether it was hot or cold, and drank up the bowl of porridge in an instant, and licked the bottom of the bowl.

Satsuki was dumbfounded.

"Can you still give me a bowl?" Xiao Dongzi asked contentedly as he looked at Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue looked at him from head to toe, and saw that he was ragged, yellow and thin, and only fifteen or sixteen years old. ”

Xiao Dongzi said with some lack of confidence: "Childe, in addition to the cheap life, the little one only has a deed of the inn, otherwise I will change your food." ”

When Xu Chengchang heard this, he hurriedly said: "What can you exchange for the title deed of the inn now? Now it's all soaked in water, don't you want to fool our son." ”

Xiao Yue listened to it and became more and more curious, how could the title deed of this inn be in a small shop.

She stared at Xiao Dongzi and said word by word: "Xiao Dongzi, you listen to me, I don't want any house deed, I'll ask you a question, if you answer well, I can give you another bowl of porridge." ”

When Xiao Dongzi heard that there was such a good thing, he said happily: "Childe, just ask, I'll tell you everything I know." ”

It seems that this little Dongzi doesn't recognize her at all, Xiao Yue thought for a while and asked, "Where is the shopkeeper of your house?"

When Xiao Dongzi heard that he was asking the shopkeeper of his house, he said with a look of resentment: "He left early, there are all disaster victims here, so he couldn't get used to it, and he left more than ten days ago." ”

Xiao Yue didn't believe it, so she asked again: "Then how can your shopkeeper give you the house deed and title deed of the inn?"

Xiao Dongzi became even more angry when he heard this, and scolded: "This shopkeeper's heart is too dark, he owes me wages for several months. Knowing that he was leaving, I went to him to ask for wages, so he took out the deed and title deed of the inn, saying that he did not have much cash in his hand, and this time he was going out to raise money, and when he came back in a few days to give me wages, he was afraid that I would not be able to believe it, so he mortgaged the title deed to me. After speaking, his eyes turned red, and he cried sadly and said, "I don't understand anything, so I agreed." Outcome... He couldn't stop crying when he said this.

Xiao Yue saw that he was crying a lot, and she didn't know how to comfort him, so she gave Xu Chengchang a look.

Xu Chengchang patted Xiao Dongzi on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Dongzi, the son is asking you, don't cry yet." ”

Xiao Dongzi wiped his eyes, blew his nose and said, "I didn't have anything to eat for a few days, so I went to ask the people in the town if they wanted to buy the inn deed and title deed in my hand, and bought it for food, but no one wanted it at all." Later, a kind uncle told me that the inn of the shopkeeper was actually worthless. In the past few years, when the river flooded, this inn was flooded, and in order to save money, the black-hearted shopkeeper did not repair the river after it receded, but simply applied tung oil. This time the inn was soaked in water again, it is estimated that they will not dare to live in the future, who wants to buy this inn, and also need to spend money to rebuild it. In recent years, there have been fewer and fewer people living in Luodai Town, and no one has bought the land in the town at all, basically there are more people who sell land and fewer people who buy land. And the location of this inn is on the river, and every time the water rises, it will definitely be flooded, so no one wants to buy the title deed of this inn. The black-hearted shopkeeper took these two pieces of waste paper to pay me for a few months. Saying this, he was so angry that he kept pounding his chest.

Xiao Yue listened but did not sympathize, how much money can a shopkeeper have for a few months, he must have wanted to be greedy when he saw the title deed, but he was deceived by the cunning shopkeeper.

Xu Chengchang comforted him and said: "Xiao Dongzi, you don't have to be so angry, when the shopkeeper of the inn comes back, you can return the title deed and ask him for wages." If he doesn't agree, you can go to the county office and sue him. ”

Xiao Dongzi slapped his thigh and said angrily, "Come back! He won't come back at all." Yesterday I met the uncle who sold fish to us in the town and told me that he had heard the shopkeeper tell him that the inn had been flooded this time, and that if it reopened in the future, he would have to invest a lot of money, so he didn't want the inn anymore, saying that he wanted to go to a distant relative. ”

When Xiao Yue heard this, her heart became heavy, she was worried that the shopkeeper of this inn would not be found. It is estimated that Mr. Pan's whereabouts can only be asked about this little Dongzi, she tried her best to calm down, and asked: "Xiao Dongzi, this shopkeeper is really not very righteous, and you have not been helping him do things for a day or two, he shouldn't treat you like this." But at this point, you can't find him, so you can only consider yourself unlucky. But listen carefully now, I still have something to ask you, and if you answer to my satisfaction, I will give you another bowl of porridge to drink. ”

Xiao Dongzi looked up at Xiao Yue, the tears on his face were not dry, and he said with expectant eyes: "Okay, Childe, please ask." ”

"There was an old man in your inn a year ago, do you have any impression?" Xiao Yue didn't look at him, but tilted his head, and hung the mud stuck from the oil umbrella on the branch with his hand.

Xiao Dongzi rolled his eyes, thought for a while and asked, "There are people coming and going in the inn, I don't remember it very clearly, do you know about when?"

Xiao Yue kept looking at his expression with side eyes, and felt that this person was a little slippery, no matter how he had studied behavioral economics, "If you don't remember, forget it, Chengchang, let's go." ”

As she spoke, Satsuki was about to turn around and leave.

Xiao Dongzi panicked and hurriedly chased after Xiao Yue, "Don't worry, Childe, let me think about it again." ”

Xiao Yue looked up at the sky, there was a thick cloud on his head, this person seemed to be ready to sell at a price, but unfortunately he was unlucky and didn't meet the right person.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, just forget it if you don't remember. ”

Xiao Dongzi stood in front of Xiao Yue and hurriedly said, "I remember, are you looking for the weird old man who likes to let people tell him stories everywhere?"

Xiao Yue stopped, looked back at him, and said quietly, "What, have you seen him?"

Seeing that Xiao Yue stopped, Xiao Dongzi was secretly happy in his heart, rubbing his hands and asking, "Childe, can you give a bowl of porridge first?"

Xiao Yue laughed angrily, hehe, and scolded: "You didn't tell me anything, why did I give you porridge?"

Xiao Dongzi saw that she suddenly turned her face, and her face couldn't hold back, and explained: "No, childe, I'm really hungry." ”

Xiao Yue said with disgust: "You tell me where that old man is first, and then I'll give you porridge." ”

Xu Chengchang also helped on the side and persuaded him, "Xiao Dongzi, our son is kind-hearted, but it is impossible for you to be deceived casually, you reply honestly, and the promise to you will definitely be fulfilled." ”

Xiao Dongzi looked at this situation, and felt that he couldn't get more benefits, so he said in a heart: "That old man goes out early and returns late every day, and he doesn't know what he's busy with, but the shopkeeper respects him very much, and tells me several times not to be lazy." ”

Xiao Yue saw that he couldn't say anything for a long time, this day was getting darker and darker, and the raindrops began to fall densely, as if it was going to rain, she held up the umbrella, and then said: "This rain is menacing, I'm afraid it's going to be heavy, I don't have time to talk to you, if you want to say it, hurry up, I can tell you, there is no store in this village." ”