Chapter 22 Xiao Cheng
When Su Qing woke up again, it was already dawn, and Aunt Jinhua left her breakfast in the kitchen and went back to her room.
Su Qing got up and finished eating, and went to the town with Aunt Jinhua.
The two walked leisurely on the wide gravel road, feeling the warmth of the sun hitting their bodies.
In this world without asphalt roads, the best material for road construction is bluestone bricks, which are mostly used in prosperous places, the second is adobe bricks, which are used most in developing towns, and the worst is stones, which are generally used in the countryside.
It's spring now, and it's not hot, otherwise Su Qing wouldn't have walked to town.
She is a master who will not treat herself badly, and if she wrongs herself in order to save a penny or two, it will deviate a little from her original intention of making money.
She makes money to make her life better, not to be wronged, so she has to use it when she should use it.
When Su Qing arrived in town, he first hired an ox cart, and there were a lot of things to buy later, and the weight was also very heavy.
If you just rely on people to hold it, it is estimated that you will be tired enough before you get home.
When Su Qing came to the market, he immediately went to the vegetable stall to buy the vegetables he needed, and saw that the portion was almost the same before going to the pork shop.
I bought a lot of pork belly at the shop, and when I left, I saw that the owner of the butcher shop was going to throw away the pork bones and pig drainage.
She thought it was a terrible thing, so she asked her boss for some.
The boss also generously agreed, and gave her all the bones and sewer.
Here, pig bones and pig sine are generally uneaten and worthless, so the owner of the butcher shop usually pulls them out of town and buries them.
"Girl, this is in the water..."
Aunt Jinhua looked at Su Qing strangely, she knew that pork bones could be boiled into soup, but this time the water was ......
The smell of blood was very choking, and she really didn't like it.
"Auntie, just wait. I'll play a trick on you when you get home, and turn your water into a baby. ”
Su Qing sold Guan Zi with a smug face.
Braised pork liver, braised heart and lungs, stir-fried fat sausages, stewed belly strips, what is not pig water?
And others don't know how to deal with the sewer, is it possible that she still doesn't understand?
"Come on, come on, come and see, take a look. I got a new batch of goods, all of which are upper-class. ”
The people on the side of the road stood on the high platform and shouted loudly, and from time to time they would beat the gongs and drums twice.
Su Qing was also attracted by him, and saw many people with their hands tied on the high platform, both men and women, young and old.
Most of them were in tattered clothes, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and some whip marks on their bodies.
A man jumped off the platform and tried to escape, but before he could run a few steps, he was caught and beaten severely.
Seeing this, the rest of the people trembled and didn't dare to say anything, and buried their heads lower, but a man standing in the corner, he was not timid, but looked at the people in the audience with a calm face.
He has a strong body and a long body, and his height is 1.8 meters, even if his hands are trapped, he has no intention of giving in, and even if his body is full of whip marks, there is no trace of fear.
Judging from his aura, he should be a practitioner, but it is unknown why he has fallen to this point.
The moment Su Qing and his eyes met, he felt a strong unwillingness.
This can't help but make Su Qing think of herself in her previous life, when she started her business, she was also unwilling to rely on this stock to rise to a high position step by step.
She felt that the man should be a big man and should not be sold like this and be a slave for the rest of his life, so she decided to buy him.
"Auntie, I want to buy that man. ”
Su Qing tugged at Aunt Jinhua's sleeve with one hand and pointed at the man with the other.
"Okay, auntie listens to you. ”
Aunt Jinhua understands Su Qing, she knows that Su Qing will not do meaningless things.
"Brother Yanzi, how much is that person?" Aunt Jinhua asked Renzi about the man's selling price.
"Two taels of silver. ”
The man replied to her, and then he pulled the man around twice more, selling him.
"Big sister, you see that this person is all muscular and tall, and he must be a good hand at work. ”
"He was injured all over his body, and his clothes were in tatters, and I had to treat him and give him clothes to wear, and I think it would be a tael of silver at most, and there was no more. ”
These words were all said by Su Qing to teach Aunt Jinhua, and it was not easy for Su Qing to come forward on this occasion.
She can show herself in front of Aunt Jinhua, because her aunt will not harm her, but she still has to keep a low profile in front of outsiders, so as not to be remembered by people with a heart.
This world is still very foreign to her, and although she has lived here for a while, she has not seen the outside world during this time.
All the unknowns outside are dangerous for Su Qing, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to be too sharp.
"Okay, one or two will be one or two. ”
The man thought for a moment and agreed, maybe he also wanted to sell the man quickly, so as not to lose more than he lost in the end.
Aunt Jin Hua followed the man to complete the formalities and took the deed of sale, and then brought the man to Su Qing.
Su Qing didn't ask the man's name, but directly let him get on the ox cart and took him to buy clothes.
Then he went to the blacksmith shop to pay off the remaining twenty-five cents and took the small square pot.
After looking at the sky, it was almost noon, and they went out of the town in an ox cart to the village.
"What's your name?"
Su Qing asked the man casually, she was really boring.
Aunt Jinhua chatted with the coachman, but she was not allowed to listen, saying that children should stay obediently and not eavesdrop on adults.
"......" The man looked at Su Qing's words, pursed his lips and did not speak.
"If you don't say anything, I'll give you a name. ”
“......”
"I'll call you a tael. ”
“......”
"Forget it, I think Rifle is better. ”
“......”
"Laifu, Laifu, you just promise me. ”
Su Qing really felt that she was going to be bored to death, and there was no one to talk to her, and there was nothing else to do, so she kept sitting like this, and she was going crazy.
"Xiao Cheng. ”
The man suddenly spoke and startled Su Qing.
"I know you may still have something to do, but your health is really bad, so let's do it when you're well. ”
Su Qing leaned on the ox cart with his head propped up, his eyes squinted slightly, and he said lazily.
The ox cart was so staggering that it almost put her to sleep.
Xiao Cheng glanced at Su Qing and didn't speak, but his pursed white lips revealed his thoughts.
Su Qing didn't talk to him anymore, after all, she said it so clearly, if he didn't listen to persuasion, then she couldn't do anything.
What Su Qing wants is Xiao Cheng's loyalty, if he has concerns in his heart, then how can he stay by his side wholeheartedly.
What's the use of not being there?
When Su Qing arrived home, it was just noon.
Aunt Jin Hua was busy cooking, while Su Qing was helping Xiao Cheng with medicine, there were many wounds on his upper body, both new and old, and even some were swollen and pus, which was shocking to look at.
At first, Xiao Cheng refused, but she couldn't resist Su Qing, so she had to let her.
After taking the medicine, Xiao Cheng went to the backyard to wash his face and clean himself up before returning to the house.
Xiao Cheng's appearance is not bad, his eyebrows are thick and shapely, his eyelashes are curled and long, his eyes are bright, his nose is high, and his chin is as sharp and angular as a knife.
There was a chivalrous atmosphere between the eyebrows of the whole person.
However, Su Qing didn't plan to let Xiao Cheng live at home, after all, there were many people in the village, and some gossip might spread at some point.
She thinks that it is safer for Xiao Cheng to live in the mountains, after all, he can fall into the hands of a man who is a practitioner, if he says that there is no calculation behind him, who will believe it?
Let Xiao Cheng live in the mountains, firstly, she can hide his whereabouts, secondly, if Xiao Cheng is loyal to her in the future, she can also rest assured that he can develop his power, and thirdly, she can use Xiao Cheng's identity to avoid some unnecessary troubles.
It's a lot to kill, so why not?
After eating at noon, Su Qing took Xiao Cheng up the mountain to clean up the small deserted courtyard, but the roofs of some rooms have been broken and it takes a little time to repair them, but the room where Baili Yu lived before has been completely cleaned up, except for the old furniture, which is basically fine.
As for why this courtyard was deserted, Su Qing heard Aunt Jinhua say that this family was fleeing, no matter what, this house is not a murderous house anyway.
Su Qing and Xiao Cheng made a simple gate for the courtyard again, although it didn't look good, but it was strong.
The yard has a door, so you don't have to worry about wild animals coming in at night.
Su Qing took another set of bedding and a few sets of old clothes to Xiao Cheng.
If you ask her why she wants to help Xiao Cheng, she can only say that a good person will do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west.
If Xiao Cheng doesn't come back, then she will treat him as if she has given him freedom and done a good deed, and if Xiao Cheng comes back, then she will treat him as her own.
After arranging Xiao Cheng Su Qing went back, she told Xiao Cheng that she would deliver food to Xiao Cheng every day in the future until the day he left, of course, during this period, Xiao Cheng had to repair the small wasteland.
She wouldn't have cheapened him so much.