noffsinger Chapter 138 Return to the Village
Chapter 138 Return to the Village
The old woman was pushed, pointed at and scolded by the crowd.
The gray-robed man said, "Everyone, please listen to me. We in Tianshan have always lived in seclusion. We only stand up when people are in danger. We don't do things like robbing other people's children.
But this old lady is not really a kind and loving elder. If the little girl is cured in the future, I am afraid she will still think of selling the child. I came out in a hurry, and just now I went to the clinic to buy a lot of medicine. I only have ten copper coins left on me, and I know this is not enough to buy the child. I wonder if anyone of you can be kind enough to lend me some first, so that I can collect three taels of silver and buy this girl and save her to the end.
Don't worry, we in the Tianshan Sect value credit the most. When I return to Tianshan, I will definitely get the money and return it after traveling across mountains and rivers."
Everyone was speechless. No one said anything. In fact, they didn't know where Tianshan was. They just felt it was very mysterious and powerful when they heard the word Tianshan.
This is all made up by Li Yuer based on the martial arts novels of his previous life. There is no Tianshan Mountain in this world.
No one knew where Tianshan was, so naturally no one dared to lend money to strangers. At this time, the old woman started to act up.
"You're sending a beggar away for ten coppers?"
A man in the crowd rolled his eyes. He was the one who had just been scolded by the old woman. He thought of an idea and said, "How dare you charge money for a child with smallpox? Smallpox! How much money is needed to cure this disease? Two years ago, Mr. Liu's youngest son in our town contracted smallpox in another place, and a hundred taels of silver could not save him."
Without having to borrow money, someone immediately supported her, saying, "That's right. The kid still left after a hundred taels. I'm afraid your daughter isn't even enough to pay for the medicine, and you still want to sell her body for money! What a greedy old hag!"
Everyone was talking at once, and the old woman was left speechless.
There were even some enthusiastic people who found paper and pen, wrote a contract of sale, and forced the old woman to sell the little girl for ten copper coins.
There was also a respected elder who signed his name as a guarantor.
Now that the little girl has been sold, she is no longer a member of Xinpu Town. Even if she infects someone else in the future, it will have nothing to do with them.
It's better to let the little girl follow the great man than to be sold to Big Gold Teeth by an old hag and sent to that kind of place!
After throwing ten copper coins to the old woman, Li Laosan put the indenture contract into his arms, then quickly picked up the little girl and walked towards an alley.
When he felt the weight in his hand that was not much heavier than a bucket of seafood, Li Laosan's nose felt sore and he felt a little pity in his heart.
Sure enough, someone was following him. Jia Que'er and others who had been lying in ambush at the entrance of the alley waited until Li Laosan entered the alley and immediately pushed out a cart to block the way.
"Hey! Don't you guys look at the road when you walk? You're running around recklessly!"
They quickly took preemptive action to prevent the people who were following them from entering.
The man didn't want to argue, so he quickly apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I have something urgent to do, please let me go."
"Even if you have an emergency, you can't just ram it like that! This car of mine is all New Year goods for worshipping our ancestors. It's New Year's Day, and if you smash it, it will be bad luck. You will be responsible for the bad luck next year!"
The house sparrow continued to pester.
The man became visibly impatient. He reached out from his pocket and took out ten copper coins and handed them to Jia Que'er, saying, "Brother, do you think this will allow me to pass? Just consider it as an apology."
Seeing that the time was almost up, the house sparrow accepted the compensation and made way.
At this time, Li Laosan had already taken off his gray robe and stuffed it into the basket beside him, took off his mask, stepped on the pile of firewood in the corner, turned to another alley, and walked towards the town entrance from the opposite direction.
The little girl had already been picked up by Big Head and his men from the other side of the wall and quietly taken away.
The little girl was wrapped in a large and warm cotton-padded jacket. Because Li Yuer had been talking to her and because she had met Li Erlang, she was no longer afraid.
Compared to the vicious grandmother and the biological father who only likes the stepmother and younger brother, Xinxin trusts the brothers and sisters in front of him more.
When a few people took Xinxin past the town gate, the people who were watching were drinking medicine.
"The medicine given by the great man is so sweet, just like brown sugar." A person finished the medicine in the bowl in just a few gulps.
An old man said, "Sugar must have been added. The kind-hearted man was afraid that we would have a bitter taste in our mouths, so he even put sugar in it."
When they heard that there was candy, even passers-by who were not sick came over and cut in line.
Soon, the whole iron pot of "medicine" was finished, and everyone dispersed with a sense of unsatisfied desire, as they no longer had to worry about being infected.
Li Yuer and others agreed to meet at Sankeshu and head towards Fushui Village together.
"Yu Baoer, you are so smart! How did you come up with this idea?" Li Erlang said enviously, wishing he could be as smart as her.
"In fact, it's not that I'm smart. I just took advantage of human nature. Everyone feels sorry for Xinxin and doesn't like vicious grandmothers like Mrs. Zhang who sell their granddaughters. As long as you encourage them a little, they will help Xinxin."
"What should we do with Xinxin in the future?" Li Laosan asked while holding Xinxin who had fallen asleep.
"Let's talk about it later. Let's send her to the village chief's house first."
Huang Xinxin is the daughter of Li Juan, and the granddaughter of the village chief of Tudao. Her father is Huang Dafa, who runs a grocery store, and her grandmother is Zhang Pozi.
Huang Dafa had always disliked Li Juan for being dull and boring, and acting like a dead person in bed, so he secretly had an affair with his widowed cousin Li. The two had an affair and got pregnant, but as the pregnancy was getting older and could no longer be hidden, Huang Dafa divorced Li Juan on the grounds that he had no offspring and married his cousin Bai Yueguang. Not long after Li got married, she gave birth to a big fat boy. Mrs. Zhang was so happy that she asked a master to give the boy a grand name, Huang Tianci.
After returning to the Cai family, Li Yuer and the others delivered the New Year gifts to the upper room.
Mr. Cai refused and said, "Haven't we already given you the New Year gifts? You can just take these home."
Li Erlang said, "Uncle, this is a gift from us young people to you. Please don't be polite. It's getting late and we have things to do. Please go ahead."
Without waiting for Mr. Cai to say anything, Li Erlang walked out of the hall and ran away.
Zhao smiled and said, "Father-in-law, just accept it. They are really filial to you. The children of the Li family are really promising. They have done business in Nongchao Tower. They will have a promising future.
I'm thinking, after the New Year, I'll find a good match for them, what do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Cai stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Qiuyue, you are a virtuous woman. I am relieved to leave this matter to you."
Li Erlang and his companions went to the village chief's house again, but the clerk and his companions had not returned yet.
Nao Nao and Nan Nan ran over happily, "Yu Bao Er, why are you here?"
Li Yuer smiled and squinted her eyes and said, "I'm here to give your family a New Year gift."
Nao Nao scratched his head and said, "Why did you send a New Year gift to my family?" Then he said uncomfortably, "I haven't prepared any New Year gifts for you, but we caught a few fish today and will take them away for you later."