Chapter 44
As Mr. Li said, Shen Jiao took a boat to the other side of the river, asked the people in Liuan Village, and successfully found the family's home.
They didn't look sad. Seeing that she was still a little nervous, they kept complaining about their own children and tried their best to distance themselves from them.
They said they hadn't seen her for years and that whatever she did had nothing to do with them. Someone couldn't stand it and said, "We just saw her last month. You took the money from her and showed off."
"Ah, what's it to you?"
They waved their hands angrily and chased the man away.
After all the commotion, the body was buried this morning in a wasteland. We didn't have to spend money to buy land, which saved us a lot of trouble.
Shen Jiao took out Xue Shun's jade pendant and hair crown and gave them to them. These people's eyes lit up again. They warmly invited her to have dinner. They also grabbed two girls from behind the door and wanted to force them to be her maids.
She was dark and thin, with rough skin and frizzy hair like a handful of grass. She didn't look much like their sister, but she looked alike in the timidity and wooden look in her eyes.
It seemed as if the person was still standing there obediently, but the soul had already floated away somewhere else. In this way, she probably would not feel any pain, but she would not be a good maid either. She would be like their sister, lowering her head and not paying attention to her surroundings.
Shen Jiao had no intention of taking them with her, and refused without hesitation: "There's no shortage of people in the village. If they want to find a job, why not send them to a shop to work as waiters? They can even learn some skills."
"Oh, such a stupid girl, how could I want them? The girl looks like a bodhisattva, why not show some kindness to her? We don't have to pray to the Buddha anymore."
Just ask for it.
Shen Jiao would rather be a man-eating Rakshasa than a Bodhisattva who saves people from suffering.
"I'm just a maid, how can I make the decision? If I have the chance, I will remember these two sisters."
Shen Jiao said this in embarrassment, took out two handkerchiefs from his sleeves and handed them to them. He touched one of them's hair that looked like dry grass and said, "Take it and play with it. We'll meet again if we're lucky."
They looked towards their parents hesitantly, appearing to be very well behaved.
However, in their eyes, this just confirmed his stupidity.
"Why don't you take it? You're sitting there like two sick pigs. No wonder I don't want you."
The woman glanced at the men's unhappy faces, poked their heads viciously, and then smiled and asked Shen Jiao to stay for dinner.
"No, I have to go back and report."
Shen Jiao kept smiling, reached out to straighten the head that had been poked crooked, and turned away.
When they walked out of the door and reached the low fence, they turned around and saw the man snatching the handkerchiefs from their hands and trying to exchange them for money.
The two girls pursed their lips as if they were about to cry, but didn't say anything. This caused dissatisfaction again, and there was a chorus of shouting and cursing.
She knew it was like this, and she was afraid that even if she was given two pieces of candy, she would pick them out of her mouth. Shen Jiao felt scared when she saw a group of children running out from behind the shabby door panel, vying to see the things she brought.
I still have to earn more money. If I have to live like this in the future, I might as well be a maid for the rest of my life. At least I won’t have to worry about food and drink.
Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Jiao was afraid that he would not be able to make it in time for dinner if he went back. There was no ferry going up the mountain, so he went to Fengze Village, bought some food at a stall at the entrance of the village, and then found the Li family in the center of the village.
Over the gate wall, you can see the cowshed in the yard. It is quite conspicuous. What is even more conspicuous is... there are more than one cow, at least a dozen, and someone is helping to brush the cows.
Mr. Li, who looked ordinary and was dressed in shabby clothes, was sitting in the yard, puffing on a black copper and silver pipe with his feet resting on the crossbar. There was a small table next to him with peanuts and a wine jug on it.
It looks like he is enjoying it very much.
Shen Jiao thought that he was a good person because he never charged for fares, but now she realized that he actually didn't need those little things.
"Miss, are you here to rent a cow? Come in and take a look. My cows are fed with the finest grass. They are smooth, smooth, and strong. They can pull people, plow the fields, and carry things. They are also quite humane."
A woman greeted warmly.
Shen Jiao waved her hand: "No, I'm not. I'm here to see Mr. Li."
"Mr. Li? Oh, judging by my memory, you must be the distinguished guest the village chief mentioned. Come on, come in quickly."
She invited Shen Jiao in. When Mr. Li heard the voice, he opened his eyes and stood up. He said with a smile, "I calculated the time and guessed that you wouldn't be able to leave. If you really come, come in and sit down. The meal will be waiting for you."
Shen Jiao handed over the things he bought, and he didn't hesitate to give them to the woman working in the yard to take to the kitchen.
When Shen Jiao talked to him, she found out that Mr. Li was the village chief of Fengze Village, which was a tenant village. Most of the villagers had lost their land and houses. They had been relying on farming for Tongcai Villa for a living for decades. Now their lives had improved a lot. They had built their own houses and started a cattle rental business.
A small number of villagers are tenants of the Shi family, and there are two or three outsiders.
They were full of gratitude towards Tongcai Villa, so they were very polite to her, a maid from Tongcai Villa.
After dinner, the village chief's daughter stopped a few little beggars passing by and asked them if they wanted something to eat.
Shen Jiao looked over there curiously and saw two familiar faces. Little Amu was jumping around outside the fence, waving at her and calling out, "Sister Benefactor!"
There was also a familiar-looking boy who squinted his eyes at her and called her, "Are you the one who shoots beggars?"
Shen Jiao remembered him, the half-grown boy whose heels were rubbed and bleeding at the city gate.
When Shen Jiao applied medicine to him, he mistook her for a beggar and shouted for help.
It was dirty then, and even dirtier now, with six or seven equally dirty kids surrounding it.
Mr. Li asked doubtfully, "Miss, do you know Shuisheng and the others?"
"I don't know him, I just met him before, there was a misunderstanding."
Shen Jiao is not a beggar, and the half-grown boy Shuisheng also realized that she is not. He just blurted it out, but now he realized it and looked a little unnatural. He turned around and asked Amu: "Is she the benefactor you mentioned?"
"Yes, my benefactor sister took me to the clinic and gave me money."
I want to dig out your eyes.
Shen Jiao silently replied in his heart.
However, Shuisheng seemed unaware of this, and he solemnly bowed to her and said, "Thank you very much, and... my feet, thank you too."
Shen Jiao said nonchalantly, "You're welcome. It's just a small favor."
"It's a piece of cake for you, but it saved Mu's life," Shuisheng said in a rather literary manner, and asked, "May I ask your name, benefactor? If we have the chance in the future, we will definitely repay your kindness."
If I need you to repay me in the future, how miserable will I be?
She felt terrified just thinking about it, but still said, "My name is Shen Jiao."
"I remember this, kid Jin Shuisheng."
He bowed again, turned around and left, with the unrestrained demeanor of a young hero.
Uncle Li's daughter, Li Niang, asked from behind, "Hey, are you leaving now? Are you guys going to eat or not?"
“…”
"Eat, eat, thank you Sister Li Niang."
Jin Shuisheng was still frozen there, but Ah Mu had already broken free from his hand and ran back with the bowl in hand, calling out to the others:
"Brother Shuisheng, Sister Niuniu, come and eat too."
The older kids looked at Jin Shuisheng, and one of them whispered, "What should I do, Boss? I'm so hungry."
"I'm hungry... If you're hungry, just eat..."
A young man from the martial arts world would leave at any time and would not stop for a bowl of rice, but Jin Shuisheng was not like that. He took out the bowl and came back in shame.
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