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Chapter 113 Betting

After Nie Changping's explanation, Xiao Xixi and Luo Qinghan finally understood the girl's origins.

The girl's name is Xing'er, and she is from a small mountain village under the jurisdiction of Gangu County.

Ever since the drought hit Jingshou County, the crops in the fields gradually died, the wells in the village stopped producing water, and many people in the village began to flee.

Xing'er followed her grandfather to the county town to live with her cousin.

Who knew that the cousin was actually a wolf in human skin. He knocked Xing'er unconscious and sold her while grandpa was sick.

She was sold to the county government office.

Nie Changping went to the county government office to inquire about Magistrate Yang and happened to see the girl running out of the back door of the government office, followed by a group of ferocious yamen runners. He saw that the girl was quite pitiful and on a whim, he saved her.

Xing'er knelt on the ground, first kowtowed to Nie Changping, then kowtowed to Luo Qinghan and Xiao Xixi, choking with sobs.

"Thank you, my benefactors. Thank you for saving me. I have nothing to repay you now. After I see my grandfather off to the grave, I will serve you like a slave!"

Xiao Xixi squatted down, looked at her face, hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"If you want to see your grandfather, go quickly. If you're late, you might not be able to see him."

Xing Er opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "How could it be?"

Xiao Xixi sighed, her tone seemed to be full of pity: "From my perspective, a close relative of yours will pass away today. Grandpa should be the only close relative left to you."

Xing'er was trembling all over and tears rolled down her face.

Indeed, her parents died early and she has been living with her grandfather, who is the only close relative she has left in this world.

She didn't dare to delay any longer and almost ran out crawling.

She had to rush back to see her grandfather for the last time.

Xiao Xixi said, "Send someone to follow her, don't let her be caught and sold again."

Luo Qinghan: "Xiao Nan, follow her."

The guard named Xiao Nan responded and quickly chased after him.

Nie Changping looked Xiao Xi up and down, and asked doubtfully, "Can you tell faces?"

Xiao Xixi said calmly: "I know a little bit."

"Then tell me what I'm going to eat tonight?"

"Tortillas with bacon, naturally."

Nie Changping laughed: "You are wrong, I hate corn cakes the most, I definitely won't eat this tonight."

Xiao Xixi rolled her eyes: "What if I'm right?"

“No way!”

"Just hypothetically, suppose I'm right, and all your bacon tonight belongs to me, how about that?"

Nie Changping agreed without hesitation: "Okay, let's bet on the bacon. If you are right, my bacon will be yours. If you are wrong, your bacon will be mine."

Xiao Xixi smiled and said, "It's a deal."

Nie Changping is full of confidence: "It's hard to catch up with him!"

Just then, the waiter knocked on the door.

He stood at the door and asked, "Dear guests, are you going to have dinner at the inn tonight? If so, I will ask the kitchen to start cooking."

After getting a positive answer, the waiter asked everyone what they would like to eat for dinner?

Nie Changping said without hesitation: "Except for the corn cakes, everything else is fine."

The waiter said awkwardly, "But the staple food in our store is only corn tortillas."

Nie Changping was stunned.

He couldn't believe it: "How could you have such a big store and only have corn tortillas? What about rice? What about noodles? If you really don't have steamed buns, steamed buns will do!"

The waiter explained dryly, "Food is in short supply in the entire Gangu County. Where else can we find rice and flour except in the county government's granary? The cornmeal and bacon we have in our store are all left over from last year. If we eat less and less, we don't know how long we can last."

(End of this chapter)