Su Qingluan had been thinking about hiring Madam Xi as her own servant for the past two days. However, Madam Xi's own pancake business was also very prosperous, so she had no reason to hire her.
Su Qingluan was still struggling with this. One day, she returned home and saw both Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan, who were on their day off, playing in the yard. She asked, "Why isn't Sanya writing big characters? And Su Xiaoer, aren't you going to study today?"
"Sister, we have run out of rice paper!" Su Xuanhe raised his head.
"Well, there's only a little bit of ink left, I can't pick it up!"
Su Qingluan then remembered that her brother and sister had mentioned that the rice paper was almost used up. However, she had been focusing on expanding her business in recent days and had forgotten about it.
She squatted down and apologized to the two little guys, and promised to buy new stationery tomorrow. The two little guys looked at each other, and Su Xuanhe muttered softly: "Actually, it's okay not to buy it..."
"What are you good at?" Su Qingluan raised her index finger and tapped his head. "If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old. Do you know that?"
Su Qingluan thought about it and decided to go to Nongmoxuan the next day to buy some stationery - it just so happened that Su Xuanhe had broken a pen washer before, so she broke it up and bought it all at once.
Since stationery was not particularly cheap, and Su Qingluan felt that there was no need for her younger brother and sister to write on the wall with water or in the mud with branches.
The main thing is that she is no worse than anyone else as a sister.
So she simply took enough money to buy two small sets of stationery and put it in her purse, and prepared to go to Mr. Xu the next day.
As a result, on the way to Nong Moxuan the next day, a big problem occurred.
Since Su Qingluan changed into men's clothes, she usually chooses clothes with narrow sleeves for the sake of lightness and flexibility, so that she can move more flexibly.
However, this style of clothing has a minor drawback - the purse cannot be put inside the sleeve and can only be tied around the waist.
Su Qingluan herself did not have any professional anti-reconnaissance capabilities, and she knew that it would be easy for theft if she casually hung the purse around her waist, so she simply became cautious and tied the rope directly to the belt into a knot, and stuffed the entire purse around her waist before going out.
Su Qingluan thought to herself, even if it was a thief, if he saw that he couldn't steal the purse, he would give up, right?
I didn't expect that she was so naive.
As expected, the thief had his eyes on the purse on Su Qingluan's waist, and while Su Qingluan's gaze turned to the side of the road, the thief nimbly stretched out his claws and grabbed it - the purse did not move at all!
Su Qingluan felt a sudden pulling sensation on her waist, and subconsciously looked down to see that someone was stealing her purse!
Su Qingluan suddenly looked up at the little thief!
Unexpectedly, when the thief saw that Su Qingluan had discovered him, instead of feeling guilty, he pulled even harder with all his strength!
thump!
This time, the force was quite strong! Su Qingluan was dragged so hard that she fell down!
Even though her knees, buttocks, and entire body ached, Su Qingluan didn't forget to shout, "Catch the thief! The one in front wearing a dark blue short coat and a gray turban is the thief!!"
With this shout, she ignored the pain all over her body and immediately stood up and chased after him.
The vast majority of passers-by were just watching the fun because it had nothing to do with them or they were unable to react.
On the other hand, Su Qingluan and the thief had already started a chase on the streets of the town.
Su Qingluan chased after the thief with all her might, shouting out the thief's characteristics, but the thief was very agile and ran hundreds of meters away in the blink of an eye.
Su Qingluan felt like her legs were about to break and her lungs were about to explode, but she was still getting farther and farther away from the thief.
Just when she was thinking: If it really doesn't work, I won't chase him anymore. It's not worth risking half my life for a few taels of silver. Suddenly, she saw a thin indigo figure in front of her. With a neat sweeping kick, the thief fell flat on his face!
Looking at her dress and hairstyle, she is clearly an unmarried young lady!
Su Qingluan only heard the thief's scream, and then the young lady tied his hands behind his back and held him in place.
At this time, some enthusiastic vendors and passers-by found the patrol officer nearby. After the officer questioned him, he was taken away because there were witnesses and evidence, and the thief himself admitted to stealing the things.
Things like "transcripts" were not popular in that era, so Su Qingluan naturally didn't need to go along with the case when the outline was so clear.
She turned to look at the young lady who had come to her aid, bowed, and said, "Young lady, you are very skilled! Thank you for your help!"
Upon hearing this, the young lady handed over the purse and said softly, "It's no big deal... Just take a look inside to see if anything is missing."
Su Qingluan muttered inwardly: This young lady was so decisive and efficient just now, I didn't realize she was such a shy girl!
Thinking this in her heart, Su Qingluan took the purse from the other person and wanted to check it, but she saw obvious scratches on the side of the girl's palm.
The scratch was very fresh, even bleeding. It was obviously caused by an accidental scratch when the thief was subdued.
Su Qingluan felt guilty and subconsciously took the other person's hand: "Oh, you're hurt! I'll find..." Find a clean cloth...
Before he could finish his words, Su Qingluan felt the young lady in his hand forcefully pull his hand out, shove him hard, and yell, "How can you be so frivolous!"
Su Qingluan was pushed so hard that she almost sat down on the ground again. She barely managed to keep her balance and stared blankly at the young lady opposite.
She looked about the same age as his body, perhaps thirteen or fourteen. Her complexion was somewhat dark from years of exposure to the wind and sun, but her features were delicate, and at that moment, she glared at him with her arched brows raised.
Su Qingluan looked down at herself, then recalled the young lady's expression and what she had just said, and suddenly realized: she saw a girl injured because of helping her, and naturally subconsciously wanted to go up and show concern.
But she forgot that she was wearing men's clothes at the moment, so from the perspective of others, it seemed that a lecher who didn't know the seriousness of the matter grabbed the young lady's hand and behaved in a very frivolous manner.
Su Qingluan quickly apologized and explained: "My lady, please don't be angry. I only wear this so that I can walk around. Actually..." She lowered her voice slightly, "I am also a girl!"
The young lady was stunned when she heard this. She first looked Su Qingluan up and down suspiciously, and then discovered some details that she had not noticed in her panic just now - the person in front of her had ear holes on her earlobes and no Adam's apple on her white neck.
Knowing that she had misunderstood, the young lady blushed in embarrassment.
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