Chapter 34: The Dissolute Lady (6) The chicken in Liu Binghai is especially...

I feel especially sorry for that chicken in the ice sea.

Every night when she dragged her tired body back, it would flap its little wings and rush over with concern, circling around her swollen legs.

Liu Binghai tilted his head, put the scattered copper coins beside the pillow, counted them, raised his eyebrows to look at the chicken, then took out a small bag of millet from his sleeve and spread it in front of the chicken.

It shook its comb, looked at it, lowered its head to eat two bites, and then looked up at the icy sea.

She smiled, grabbed the tub and continued soaking her feet.

Today has been a really hard day. I delivered medicine to seven or eight households and took on two errands. Now I'm lying on the bed like a puddle of mud.

The cockscomb shook again, looked at her, and crowed loudly.

Before she could cover its mouth, she heard a long cry echoing through the night sky.

Liu Binghai looked at its stubborn face helplessly.

After a while, He Chuanxiong came over wearing a coat, thinking that Liu Binghai's leg must be failing again, and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"

As soon as I entered the thatched house, I saw Liu Binghai wearing a light blue skirt. Her calves were soaked in a wooden barrel with the skirt hanging outside, and her white calves could be vaguely seen.

"It's okay." Liu Binghai said, "It's barking again."

He Chuanxiong frowned, thinking that this woman was really stubborn. "I told you not to work so hard, but you just came back, didn't you?"

Liu Binghai smiled.

"Don't accept orders for medicine delivery anymore. From now on, ask patients to pick up their own medicine. Even if you've prepared the medicine, have them come pick it up. I'll pay you for the decoction."

Liu Binghai found this funny, "Then I'm just making money from you, right?"

If you want to earn your money, just ask for more wages. There is no need to work so hard.

The iceberg looked down at the wooden barrel. The feet in it were white and tender. It would be even better if there were some small fish around.

Seeing how stubborn this woman was, He Chuanxiong felt helpless and turned around to look at the chicken that always liked to make reports.

It looked at the sea of drifting ice proudly, with its two round eyes.

"It feels sorry for you." He Chuanxiong said.

After saying that, he sighed and said, "Forget it, you can do whatever you want, but try to come back early next time and don't disturb my rest."

It was obvious that this was intentional.

Liu Binghai smiled calmly, "Okay."

Then he added, "There is something else I would like to discuss with you."

He Chuanxiong's brows tightened, as if he had a premonition of something, "What's the matter?"

Liu Binghai said calmly, "I want to do more miscellaneous things. In the future, I may not stay in the pharmacy every day to dispense medicine. You already have Xiao Jin dispense medicine there, so it doesn't matter if I have one more or one less. If you are busy, ask me to come back and help. When you are not busy, I will find more errands on the street to do. Is that okay?"

"What kind of job can you find?" He Chuanxiong frowned, "But do you think the salary is too low?"

"No." Liu Binghai said, "I'm always here. Patients who come to see me might not be at peace. If it affects your business, I'll be out of options. Besides, more errands and more money are always a good thing."

After saying that, seeing that He Chuanxiong wanted to stop her, he added, "Don't worry, I'm not a thin-skinned person. I'm naturally more concerned about myself. Just agree."

After she finished speaking, she stopped talking. Her calves were soaking in the medicine barrel, white and swollen, like the legs of a fat white fish.

The next day, she delivered medicine from house to house as usual. While delivering the medicine, she heard a young lady from a family muttering that she wanted to eat the glutinous rice dumplings from Yusonglou. She had been craving them for several days and was still thinking about them.

So she took the initiative to ask her to help buy it and send it to your house.

She ran errands and bought a portion of green rice dumpling, earning 3 copper coins. It was just past noon at this time, and she put up a sign on the street: Buying items on behalf of others, within 1 dou, within two alleys, 3 copper coins at a time.

Someone asked her to buy some things for them. After a few days, she put up a sign: buying things, meals, and delivering packages for others.

She brought same-city express delivery to ancient times.

She had originally thought about renting a stall on the street and selling some food and fruits, but she also realized that as soon as she arrived on the street, people in the market would start looking at her strangely. Not to mention buying things from her, they would be lucky if they didn't spit in her face.

It's just some hard work like running errands and decocting medicine for others, which is still acceptable.

As soon as she put up her sign, people on the street started whispering to each other again. Although she had helped people deliver medicine before, she had never put up a sign on the street in such a high-profile manner.

Now the lady from the tea shop has become a runner, and the people watching the fun can't help but laugh.

Someone said quickly, "Oh my God, this lady is so poor now."

The person who spoke was an elderly man with a big belly. He was not ugly and seemed quite kind.

The old woman next to him glared at him, poked him and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, madam? She's been fucked!"

The man tutted his tongue twice again. "Tut, tut, tut, it's really pitiful, so pitiful."

"Pathetic ass! You're being as promiscuous as a goblin. You deserve it!"

Liu Binghai looked up at the old woman who was speaking. The old woman got angry when she saw her rosy face and red lips without any makeup. She gave her a stern look and pulled the man, saying, "Let's go."

Someone was curious and asked her, "This generation of shopping is good, but I want to buy fried cakes from Yipincheng at home. How can I contact you?"

"No need to contact me." Liu Binghai said, "Just write down the items you need to buy and leave them outside your door. I'll patrol the streets every morning and evening. If I leave them out in the morning, I'll buy them back the same day. If I leave them out in the evening, I'll buy them back the next day."

Sounds a bit like express delivery.

The man said, "You've worked hard."

“Earning money is hard work.”

Fortunately, the town is not big, and there are only two busy alleys in the market. Including the residential areas, there are no more than seven or eight alleys.

But because the town is not big, the demand for buying things on behalf of others is not high. Liu Binghai put up a sign on the street for a few days, but only got three or four businesses.

A few days later, she put up another sign: paying off debts, breaking off engagements, burning paper, and other unlucky things.

Haha, doesn’t everyone say that she is very promiscuous and brings bad luck?

It's just doing some unlucky things to make some money.

As soon as the sign was put up, everyone was shocked. This lady was really amazing. She even did some unlucky things and really didn't care about her status at all.

What happened on the street quickly reached Zhang Ruochen's ears.

"I heard that the eldest lady has a hard life and is always doing bad things on the street." Several little girls talked about it.

When Yun Kexin's former personal maid heard this, she dropped the basin of water and immediately ran to find the owner of the manor crying.

Zhang Ruochen was planning the date for Yunyan's appointment as his principal wife when he saw the maid rushing over. She knelt before him and cried, "Master, please show some mercy and let me find a good job."

Zhang Ruochen paused with his pen in hand and looked up at the crying maid. "How can you say that?"

The little girl cried, "I know the owner hates my master, and hates her to pieces, but she has already received retribution. Now she has no way to make a living, and she can't go back to her parents' home. Now she picks up unlucky jobs on the street. Owner, please give her a job."

Zhang Ruochen was distracted for a moment, but only for a moment. He then said, "It's already a blessing for me to stay here with you. What are you begging for? Get out of here."

The maid wanted to say something, but seeing the gloomy face of the owner, she dared not say anything. She gritted her teeth and retreated.

Thinking about the day when she could be let out, she took some things and went to see her master.

After the maid left, Zhang Ruochen looked at the sky outside.

The sun was blazing, just like her before...

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At the market, Zhang Ruochen stood far away.

He saw Liu Binghai squatting at the street corner under the scorching sun, with a sign next to him that read "Doing unlucky things", and people around him were talking about it.

Liu Binghai raised his head and looked at the people around him who were talking. There was no expression on his face. His cheeks were a little red from the sun, but his expression was calm.

Zhang Ruochen frowned, and clenched the five fingers of his right hand tightly together, as if the tendons in his fist were about to break.

This woman is really crazy. Is she so short of money that she even does this kind of business?

Life has come to this point, and I would rather get into trouble on the street than confess my sins to him.

Zhang Ruochen sneered inwardly.

I really want to break off all ties with him...

Under the scorching sun, Liu Binghai's expression was still dull, her unpainted lips were as red as cinnabar, but her complexion was cold, as if keeping people away from her.

Someone had heard that there were people here who specialized in bringing bad luck, so he rushed over from home. When he saw the drifting ice sea, he was still breathing heavily. He looked at the sign, then at the drifting ice sea, and said, "Is it okay to burn paper money?"

He Chuanxiong was about to say no, but Liu Binghai took the lead and said decisively, "Do it."

"How much silver?" the man asked again.

Liu Binghai lowered his brows and thought for a moment. "It depends on the amount of paper money, the distance, and the degree of danger. It's different. Where do you want me to burn it?"

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "The back mountain."

"The cemetery in the back mountain?" He Chuanxiong asked.

"yes."

He was about to refuse when Liu Binghai replied, "A string of copper coins."

The man hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can it be cheaper?"

Liu Binghai looked up at him. He didn't look like a poor man. "This is a matter of life and death. Is it expensive to exchange your life for money?"

The man said nothing more and nodded in agreement, "Okay! I'll leave the paper money and copper coins at the Sun Family Bank, you can pick them up later!"

After saying this, he left, as if he was afraid that if he stayed with this person any longer, he would be infected with more bad luck.

"Why did you agree to that!" He Chuanxiong said anxiously with a cold face.

"I can't live with you forever." Liu Binghai said, "I need to make some money quickly. I need to move out."

He Chuanxiong was stunned. After thinking for a while, he asked, "But what did someone say?"

What did someone say?

hehe……

Liu Binghai looked around and said to He Chuanxiong, "What do you think?"

He Chuanxiong looked back and saw people on the street looking at them and whispering to each other.

The lady of the tea shop lived in the He family and also worked as a handyman in the He family's pharmacy. This was obvious to everyone and the gossip had been circulating for a while.

Although nothing too unpleasant has been reported yet, it will still affect the reputation of the He family, which is not good after all.

Liu Binghai said, "If I affect the He family's business, then that's really unacceptable. I'd better find a way out as soon as possible to avoid worrying Brother He."

Besides, working in a drug store would not earn much money after all, and it would affect the business of the store, which would not be worth it. It would be better to leave early and take on more odd jobs, which would be the best of both worlds.

He Chuanxiong stared at the stubborn woman, not knowing what to say.

Liu Binghai turned around and went to the bank to get something.

When the money shop owner saw her, his face darkened. He seemed reluctant to let this slut stay in his shop any longer, and hurriedly handed the things left by Li Santou to Liu Binghai.

Li Santou is the third son of the Li family. He has invested in a bank. The Li family is a devout Buddhist and is particularly unwilling to be involved in such unlucky things.

Liu Binghai took his bag, went to the market to buy a long knife, and hurried to the back mountain.

With a long sword in hand, there is no worry in the world.

When we arrived at the back mountain, it was still light outside and much brighter than last time.

Liu Binghai threw down the knife, took out a thick stack of paper money, and burned it slowly on the ground. The weeds rustled as they burned.

She took out a kite from her bag, flew it slowly up, and made strange sounds from her mouth.

The kite spread its two huge black-gray wings and circled in the sky along the line in the hands of the drifting ice sea. The speed of the circle was so fast that it was hard to keep up. It was as majestic as an eagle swooping down with thunder.

There was a long cry coming from the mouth of the drift ice, which sounded a bit creepy.

After a while, the weeds stopped making any sound, but the kite was still circling in the sky.

Liu Binghai finished burning the paper money, put the long sword back into his sleeve, and said to the person behind him, "Come out."

The ragged boy showed up again stealthily.

Liu Binghai ignored him this time, took his long knife, picked up his bag, turned around and rushed down the mountain.

The boy chased after her, calling her "sister" all the time.

Liu Binghai had a cold face, and the face of Zhan Haotian with bright eyes and white teeth appeared in his mind.

The original owner and Zhan Haotian actually didn't have much friendship. They were said to be childhood sweethearts and were rumored to be "first love", but in fact, before marrying into the Zhang family, she and Zhan Haotian were just ordinary playmates in the alley.

The original owner had a wild personality and was not favored in her natal family. She didn't want to stay at home, so she always went to the alley to find things she liked to do.

I met Zhan Haotian by chance.

There is indeed some affection between us, but I can't call him my lover.

If Zhang Ruochen hadn't married a concubine, she would have forgotten about him long ago.

Liu Binghai said unhappily, "Didn't I tell you to stop following me? Why are you still chasing me?"

The boy's name is Xiaozhi. It's not a very nice name, but because he always had hemorrhoids since he was a child, he was named Xiaozhi.

"Sister, why are you here burning things again!"

Liu Binghai ignored him and said, "Go back and tell your elder brother Zhan that there is no possibility for him and me anymore, and you should stop bothering me."

She walked very fast, and the boy hurried after her, "Sister, why are you walking so fast?"

"If you walk too slowly, you'll be eaten by wolves."

The boy was shorter than her, and his strides were not as fast as hers. He trotted after her, looking at her, long sword in hand, striding ahead like a flying knight, and said anxiously, "Wait for me, sister..."

Liu Binghai didn't want to wait for him at all. He wished he could fly into the sky and leave this guy behind.

Xiaozhi chased her relentlessly, asking her repeatedly, "Sister Yun, what did you just put there?"

Liu Binghai turned around and gave him a cold look. He didn't answer at first, but after a while he said, "That's a wolf-eating eagle."

"Wolf-eating eagle?"

The wolf-eating eagle is a kind of eagle in the desert and the natural enemy of wolves.

The kite made from the drifting ice sea is really lifelike, and paired with her long cry, it is so lifelike, just like the real thing.

With the wolf-eating eagle's "long cry" in the sky, which seemed both real and fake, the little wolf dared not get close.

In a blink of an eye, the two men walked down the mountain and back to the town. Liu Binghai suddenly stopped and looked at the young man seriously.

The boy was wearing tattered clothes, but he was not dirty, and his eyes were innocent as he looked at the drifting ice sea.

"Didn't I tell you that if you bother me again on behalf of Zhan Haotian, I will have no choice but to leave this town."

Liu Binghai patiently repeated, "You guys are trying to force me into a corner."

The boy looked at her, his bright eyes blinking twice. "But sister, you still haven't left the town. You still can't bear to leave Brother Zhan, right?"

Liu Binghai glanced at the boy coldly, which made his bright gaze narrow a little.

She didn't leave town because she couldn't.

If she left with her attachment to Zhang Ruochen, she might never forget him for the rest of her life, and she would have lost the game.

She wanted to stay here, look at him, gaze at him, and give up on him.

"No." After a while, she said coldly, "It has nothing to do with your brother Zhan."

So he turned and left.

The boy chased after him, "Are you reluctant to leave Master Zhang?"

Liu Binghai paused, turned around and frowned at the beggar boy who came out of nowhere.

"Stop following me."

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