Chapter 5: The Little Beggar
I made an extra amount of money today, and Lu Weimang deliberately spent two pennies to buy a big bag of wheat cakes.
"Sister, one penny is enough, one for each of us."
Changfeng reminded Lu Weimang, Lu Weimang smiled and touched Changfeng's head, "It's okay, the wheat cake is durable, it's cold tomorrow, and it's okay for your breakfast." ”
Changfeng nodded, but Cheng Yang glanced at Sister A. Although he is only a year older than Changfeng, he is much more sensitive.
The three of them returned to their old place hand in hand, the sun had completely set, and the night was rising. But the summer night seems to be dispelled by the heat, and the night is light, and you can see far away without light.
Lu Weimang told his two younger brothers to eat slowly, and then went to the water, while looking at the corner of the wall on the side.
Sure enough, the little beggar who had given him a piece of bread yesterday reappeared. He put his hand behind the corner of the wall, and seemed to be pulling a person, and after a while, sure enough, a smaller little figure that looked smaller than Changfeng appeared behind the little beggar.
Cheng Yang Changfeng followed his sister's gaze, and after getting used to the darkness, he also saw two black figures, although he didn't know, but he recognized that they were the little beggars who haunted around them yesterday and this morning.
"Sister, it's still that little beggar, and he brought another smaller beggar."
Changfeng saw it, and pointed it to his brothers and sisters without heart or lungs, but Cheng Yang immediately stood up, exploded like a little lion protecting food, opened his hands, and stood in front of Lu Weimang and Changfeng, "You go away, and we are gone." ”
The fear of being entangled made Cheng Yang's body tremble slightly, but he still stood up firmly and looked at the little beggar opposite.
The world is not good, and ordinary people are still struggling to survive, let alone beggars without fathers and mothers.
If Lu Weimang hadn't had this brute strength, she wouldn't be much stronger than these two little beggars today. It's summer, find a clean roof, the three of them can sleep all night, wait for the weather to be cooler, without the temporary job in hand, they haven't settled yet.
Fortunately, now that the troubled times have been settled, and a new responsible county commander has been appointed, they can sleep peacefully on the street, and when the world settles down, various gray industries appear, these children are fat in the eyes of others, even if Lu Weimang has divine power, he doesn't know if he can protect himself. Fortunately, she has also made some name in the county and knows some people, if she is a beggar like a ghost, she will disappear for no reason, and others will not find out.
The little beggar standing on the corner of the street pulled the smaller one, neither approached nor walked away, and just stood quietly aside.
Lu Weimang sighed, took out a whole wheat cake from his pocket, patted Cheng Yang who was blocking in front of him, and stepped forward.
"Sister..."
"It's okay, Sister is born with divine power, she can protect herself and you."
As he spoke, he took a few steps forward and stood a few steps away from the little beggar.
"If you have the ability, go to Fucheng, where there are many big families, maybe they will take in some homeless beggars, which is also a way out. If you don't have the ability, you have to think of a way out here in the county. It's okay in the summer, but it's even harder to stay up when it's cold. Our brother and sister can't stay here for a few days, and we can't help you for long, so you should make plans early. ”
After speaking, he handed the wheat cake in his hand to the boy who had been silent.
The boy took the wheat cake, stretched out his hand and looked much cleaner than his face, and then took the younger one and walked away silently.
"Sister..."
Cheng Yang walked over and looked at Sister A with some concern.
"It's okay, the world has just been decided, there are few people and it is peaceful, I took a look during the day, and there are not many beggars on the street. There are not many lucky people who want to survive until the peaceful years, so we will do our best to help. ”
Lu Weimang pulled her younger brother to sit back, and didn't say a word in her heart, "She looked at this beggar and didn't know how to think of her two younger brothers." If she hadn't come, wouldn't the two of them have suffered the same thing? ”
Touching the heads of his two younger brothers, Lu Weimang's thoughts flew in his heart. She knows too little about this era, and there is no channel to understand the world, so she can only try to deal with the stewards and documents, listen to their words to get some information, and hope to find a way out of the future from this information at that time.
Next, Lu Weimang's work became more and more comfortable, not only did he have experience, but he was not as tired as he was at the beginning of carrying a big bag for a day, and the reconciliation work was also carried out smoothly. Except that there are always some people pointing and watching Lu Weimang's liveliness, everything is fine.
After more than ten days, not only did the merchant who sold wheat cakes know that she is Lu Xiaoniang, who was born with divine powers, sometimes she finishes work early, and when she walks on the road, some people will recognize her, "Hey, isn't this Lu Xiaoniang who carries a big bag?" I finished work very early today! ”
Lu Weimang's social phobia in her previous life was almost committed, but now she doesn't have the right to socialize if she wants to, so she endures the instinct of avoidance and nods to everyone who greets her. She just wants to be kind to others now, so that she can have a future, maybe these people who greet her will become her own way out in the future?
"Steward Liu."
Lu Weimang once again stood in front of the steward and handed over the calculations.
"Lu Xiaoniang, today is our last day here, what are your plans next?"
Lu Weimang shook his head and smiled reluctantly, "There will always be a way out." ”
In fact, she has no bottom in her heart, but she can't show it, otherwise it will make others embarrassed, and it will also make her younger brothers feel unsure, so she can only bear it herself.
"You're a good girl, and you're a good girl. You've saved up a lot of money, right? There are some vacant houses in the county, you can go to the official Yaren to inquire about it, and buy a small earthen house, which is still enough. With shelter from the elements, you can always earn money again in the future. ”
Steward Liu's instructions moved Lu Weimang a little. For those who meet in Pingshui, every word of instruction is a heart.
"Thanks steward, I'll think about it."
Steward Liu sighed and settled today's salary for Lu Weimang, and she didn't need to reconcile the accounts today, because the warehouse was to be sealed, so Lu Weimang took his two younger brothers and left this place where he had worked for half a month.
Steward Liu looked at the small figures of the three sisters and brothers, and unconsciously sighed again.
"If you're so worried, why don't you make it clear?"
While recording the clerk, he asked Steward Liu next to him.
Steward Liu shook his head, and said deeply, some things and some words, it's not that he doesn't say it, it's really hard to say.
Lu Weimang didn't know the entanglement and worry of Steward Liu, and took his two younger brothers to prepare to open the meat today.
"Changfeng, you usually pass by from the small field, and you always drool when you look at the dim sum here, today Sister finished work early, take you to buy some to taste."
Changfeng cheered, pulled Sister A's sleeve and ran two steps, standing at the dim sum shop they passed by on weekdays.
"It's Lu Xiaoniang, you haven't made less money in the past half a month, right? What do you want to buy when you bring your brother here today? ”
The shopkeeper greeted him warmly, Lu Weimang listened to the shopkeeper's words, although he felt uncomfortable for a moment, he still smiled slightly, and replied, "Well, the warehouse is over, come and buy some snacks for my brother to change the taste." Chengyang, Changfeng, what do you like, pick one by one! ”
"Sister, I want to eat peach crisp."
Peach crisp is the longest snack that Changfeng has seen other children eat in the past few days, he has been greedy for several days, and today he can finally get what he wants.
"Shopkeeper, a bag of peach cakes."
Lu Weimang turned to look at the third brother on the side, "Chengyang, what about you, what do you want to eat?" ”
Cheng Yang looked at the dazzling variety of dim sum, and said to Sister A with some embarrassment: "Sister, I don't have snacks, can I buy a bag of candy?" There are only a few pieces of dim sum, which are eaten quickly, and the sugar can be stored for a long time, so if you want to eat something sweet, you can eat a piece. ”
Lu Weimang touched the third brother's head and looked at the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, is there any rock candy?" Get a pack. How much does it cost? ”
"Peach crisp, a pack of sand, what is rock candy? Please also ask Lu Xiaoniang to make it clear, maybe your countryside is different from the name of the county. ”
Lu Weimang didn't care, she was really not clear about some common sense, so she described rock candy in detail, "It is a transparent white, thumb-knuckle-sized square shape, piece by piece, sugar that can be preserved for a long time, sweeter than white sugar." ”
As he spoke, Lu Weimang took the money from his sleeve cage and waited for the shopkeeper's quotation to count the money.
As a result, the shopkeeper had a confused expression, "Lu Xiaoniang, if you want to buy ordinary sugar, we have it here, but white sugar, which is expensive, may need to go to Fucheng to find it." I heard that the white sugar is as crystal clear as snow, and we can't get that kind of precious thing in a small place like ours. Not to mention any rock candy that is sweeter than white sugar. ”
The shopkeeper thought that Lu Xiaoniang was telling herself, ridiculing herself, and perfunctory to the child, so her tone was not very good.
Also, when you go to a stall and ask to buy a famous brand, everyone will think that you are making fun of others and that you are here to make trouble.
Lu Weimang chuckled in his heart, but his face did not leak at all, and he smiled and said, "Look at my memory, rock candy was said by my father when I was a child, saying that there are some such sugars in Fucheng, but it is expensive and rare, maybe I was too greedy when I was a child, so I have always remembered it." Shopkeeper, get me a pack of the sweetest candy cubes. ”
The shopkeeper softened his face after listening to Lu Weimang's explanation, turned around and took down a bag of sugar from the shelf, "This two cents, plus peach crisp, is a total of five cents." ”
Lu Weimang counted out the five texts, put the rest back into the sleeve cage, handed the money to the shopkeeper, and then took two bags of things from the shopkeeper's hand.
"Lu Xiaoniang is rich, eat these two packs, and come back in the future!"
The shopkeeper casually pulled back the customer's words, but it made the big stone in Lu Weimang's heart fall more and more.
I don't know if it's a suspicion of a dark ghost, Lu Weimang pulled his two younger brothers to walk on the street, and always felt that there were seemingly nonexistent eyes around him, falling on him.
It's as if there is a little ant crawling in his heart.
"Boss, come for five pennies baked cakes!"
"Sister, we can't eat that much."
Cheng Yang was taken aback by Sister A and hurriedly said.
"It's okay, let's eat slowly."
Lu Weimang perfunctory the third brother, not daring to say much, and not even daring to take more precautions.
She was afraid that she would buy a weapon and come back, and the person who was staring at her would also turn into a murder weapon with her bare hands. Hand-to-hand combat is always less damaging than using knives and guns.
Returning to the old place of the three sisters and brothers as usual, the two little ones held wheat cakes in one hand and peach cakes in the other, tasting the deliciousness carefully.
Lu Weimang was confused by the feeling of being on his back.
She thought of the words of Steward Liu, the words of the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop, and the intuition that kept her hair on end.
She didn't dare to look around, but she seemed to clearly sense that in the dark, there were one or several pairs of eyes, staring at them.
Today she got all the money, she doesn't have to go to work tomorrow, and if there is a situation, it will be dangerous tonight.
But she can't blatantly guard against anything. After all, they are children, and most of the time, children's words are not taken seriously. Even Steward Liu was a vague reminder that his three children were in this county, how could there be anyone to rely on?
The sun is about to go down, and there is not much time left for yourself.