Chapter 63 Picked up a little beggar
When Du Wanwan came in, she happened to see the shopkeeper wiping tears.
She looked at him in surprise and said, "Boss, I want to buy cloth."
The shopkeeper, who was in his forties, wiped his face and reluctantly stood up to greet the guest. Seeing that it was a young man, not well dressed, with a face that showed signs of having been exposed to the elements, he knew that he was a refugee fleeing famine.
How much cloth can such a person buy?
"Little brother! You can pick whatever you want, I'll give you half of the money you pay for and half of the money you give away."
Even if he didn't give them away, he couldn't take them away, so he had to close the shop. I don't know who got the benefit. He could only hold on until the day after tomorrow, and then he would leave.
There was so much cloth that it was impossible to move it. It was not realistic to hire people to move it. Everyone was fleeing famine, so who would help you? If something happened on the road, who would be responsible for the loss of the goods?
He had been running a cloth shop for most of his life, and all his savings were invested in this batch of goods.
“Buy half and get half free?”
Du Wanwan looked at the cloth in the store. It was estimated that there were a lot of them, all kinds of things, and there was also cotton on the side. If she bought all of them, she wouldn't have to buy cloth for the next ten years in Liang County.
"Yes!" The shopkeeper sighed deeply, "The people in Jing County are almost gone, and the war is about to begin. If the cloth cannot be sold, it will just rot. Little brother! It's fate that I met you, take whatever you want!"
Knowing that the shopkeeper was not lying, Du Wanwan asked seriously: "If I want all the cloth in your shop, how much silver will it cost?"
"You want all of them?" The shopkeeper looked at Du Wanwan, then sighed, "Little brother! I know you want to help me, but why are you buying so much cloth at this time? Can you take it away after you buy it?"
"Don't worry about that. Just tell me how much silver you need and I'll buy it all if it's suitable."
The space is very large, and it doesn't take up much space if you throw the things you buy in there. If you can find a bargain, just pick it up, and you don't have to buy expensive things in the future. She has money in her hand, so she doesn't mind spending a little more.
The shopkeeper was very grateful. He knew that the young man must have felt sympathy for him because he saw him crying. He was going to the capital, and he couldn't take the cloth with him.
Even if we could bring them over, they would only be fine cotton and coarse cloth. After deducting the shipping costs and labor costs, there would be basically no profit.
Being lucky or unlucky is the same thing.
The young man is not very old, but he has a sincere heart. Logically speaking, the total cost of the goods in his shop is more than one hundred taels.
Even if it’s half-buy and half-give away, it still costs fifty taels.
Because his little brother was really helping him, he asked for less.
"Just give me a consolation price of twenty taels of silver!"
Du Wanwan's psychological price was fifty taels. After all, this store not only sold cloth, but also a lot of new cotton, which was a precious item and worth a lot of money.
"Boss, you want less." Du Wanwan took out fifty taels of silver from her bosom and put it on the counter. "That's all I'll give you. Take it and go! I'll call someone to take the things out of the store later."
Looking at the silver, the shopkeeper's eyes were red: "Little brother! You are so righteous. My name is Feng Liang, and I am going to the capital. Little brother! See you later."
Feng Liang clasped his fists and saluted Du Wanwan, who imitated him and saluted in return: "Manager Feng! Sure thing, sure thing."
After receiving the silver, Feng Liang immediately handed the store over to Du Wanwan: "Little brother! I will go home now. You can take all the cloth here. You can take anything you can take away from the store. It is still uncertain who will own the house in the future."
"Didn't you buy this shop?" Du Wanwan asked casually.
"No, I rented it. The owner has already run away." Feng Liang sighed, "I have to run away too, little brother! You take your time to sort it out."
Du Wanwan thought, run away quickly! My Yaya can't wait any longer. Hearing that she could take everything in the store away, Yaya was ready to go.
As soon as Feng Liang left and Du Wanwan closed the store door, Yaya began to use her ability to collect things. Whether it was goods, shelves, or counters, she collected them all at once.
In the blink of an eye, the store was as clean as if it had been washed with water, and nothing was left except the walls.
After putting away all the things, Du Wanwan opened the shop door and walked out. Fearing that Feng Liang would come back and see something wrong, she asked Yaya to bolt the shop door from the inside, so that he couldn't open it for a while even if he wanted to go in.
He was in a hurry to get away, so he couldn't afford to waste any more time here. He had already bought the cloth and cotton, and he had to go see if there was any food.
My family hasn’t eaten meat for a long time, and I guess we can’t buy it in Jingxian even if we want to.
After walking around, there was no one selling meat or even vegetables. All the people had run away and all the shops were closed.
There was a rice shop open. Du Wanwan went in to take a look and found that there was no rice, only moldy buckwheat and corn, nothing else.
She didn't buy anything. Instead, she walked out of the store, looked around, found a pharmacy, and bought some common herbs. This was the pretext of treating her father's leg, so she couldn't do without them.
Yaya had already packed up the cloth and cotton she was going to take back. In an empty corner, Du Wanwan asked her to take them out and stuff them into her backpack.
She was very hungry, so Yaya gave her a big meat bun. Du Wanwan ate it in a few bites and drank a glass of water, which drove away some of her hunger.
There was no shop selling steamed buns in the city, but she still took out more than ten large meat buns and put them at the bottom of the backpack. My brothers hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so having meat buns to satisfy their appetite was better than having nothing.
Just as I finished packing my things, a skinny beggar came over. He looked only eleven or twelve years old.
Seeing Du Wanwan, he rushed to her, kowtowed continuously, and begged weakly: "Give me something to eat! I'm almost starving to death. Please! Big brother, brother! Give me something to eat!"
The little beggar was very dirty, and his clothes were tattered, but his eyes were big and round, with black pupils, which looked very pretty.
"Brother, brother! Give me some food!" The little beggar kept kowtowed to her, his voice hoarse, his lips cracked, and he kept repeating the same sentence, "Brother, brother! Give me some food! Brother, brother! Give me some food!"
Du Wanwan really wanted to refuse, but seeing that the little beggar was really pitiful and that there were no one around, she took out a meat bun from the bottom of the backpack and stuffed it into her hand.
Tell her: "Eat here and don't run around."
The little beggar stared at the bun with her big black eyes and started to bite it. Du Wanwan gave her some water to prevent her from choking.
"Eat slowly. Where are your family members? Are they all gone? Why didn't they take you away?"
The little beggar was so busy eating that he had no time to answer Du Wanwan's questions. After he finished eating the buns and drinking some water, he felt a little stronger.
Looking at Du Wanwan, her voice became a little louder: "I have no family. I have been an orphan since childhood."
Hearing this, Du Wanwan felt very uncomfortable. She was also an orphan in her previous life and knew how difficult it was to live alone.
She was lucky to have met a good time, and there was a special orphanage to adopt them. The current Wei Dynasty probably hasn't perfected these preferential policies yet.
As an orphan, you can only live at the mercy of fate.
Du Wanwan asked: "What's your name?"
(End of this chapter)
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