The girl in front of him had a dark complexion, but it was still obvious that she was blushing because she realized that she had misunderstood Su Qingluan.
Seeing her embarrassment, Su Qingluan quickly changed the subject: "You need to wash your hands quickly, otherwise dust will get into the wound and it will be difficult to heal."
She had no way of explaining "bacterial infection" to the girl and could only use the terms acceptable in this era.
Unexpectedly, the girl waved her hand away nonchalantly, wiping her dusty hands and saying, "It's okay, it's just a small scratch, it will heal in a moment. I have other things to do."
"Wait a minute!" Su Qingluan took out a piece of silver from her purse. "My dear lady, this small thank-you gift is not enough to show my respect. Thank you for your generosity just now. I was able to avoid such a huge loss!"
The young lady waved her hands repeatedly: "I'm not helping you for any reward!"
"But you helped me and got hurt because of it. Do you think I shouldn't show any appreciation?" Su Qingluan asked back, "Then I'd be too heartless!"
Even in his previous life, let alone such a dangerous situation, even if he had just found something valuable, he would have asked for a tenth of the reward. And Su Qingluan had just seen clearly that the thief was a habitual thief and must have some skills.
Although this young lady caught the enemy off guard, there was no guarantee that the enemy might have other tricks up his sleeve. She was risking her life greatly to help him.
So she felt that this small amount of money as a thank you was not enough!
However, considering that the inexplicable "misunderstanding" had just been resolved, if I return the favor with a generous gift now, I'm afraid the other party will look at me with some strange thoughts.
The girl opposite stared at the change that Su Qingluan handed over, biting her lips and looking very embarrassed.
Her thoughts were so simple and easy to guess. After a brief thought, Su Qingluan knew that she was not helping him out for any reward, but was reluctant to give up the money because of some difficulties.
Looking at the girl again, she was wearing a blue coarse cloth dress, the cuffs and lapels of which were worn out and had furry edges, and it was obvious that she was in very difficult financial circumstances.
While the other party was struggling, Su Qingluan grabbed the girl's hand, turned over her palm, looked around and saw that no one noticed them in this corner. When no one was paying attention, she exchanged the broken silver for a whole silver ingot, stuffed it into the other party's palm, and then held the other party's hand together with the silver ingot.
The girl was so caught off guard by Su Qingluan's smooth movements that she had no time to react. When she came to her senses, the silver was already in her hand, and the hard edges were clearly poking at her palm.
"You deserve this," Su Qingluan said confidently. "Strictly speaking, if it weren't for you, even if I could have caught up with the thief, he might have tried to harm me. You saved my life, so isn't my life worth this little money?"
Is... is this the algorithm?
The girl was confused and always felt that something was wrong, but seeing Su Qingluan's very firm and sincere tone, she couldn't tell what was wrong.
So she accepted the silver ingot in a daze, but suddenly came to her senses and remembered that she still had things to do, so she hurriedly said goodbye to Su Qingluan and turned away.
After walking a few steps, the young lady looked at Su Qingluan beside her in confusion: "Miss, is there anything wrong?"
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "Actually, I'm going to the Nongmoxuan in front to buy some stationery for my younger brother and sister who are learning calligraphy. We're on the way."
The girl opposite nodded and lowered her eyes to hide the envy in her eyes: She also wanted to learn calligraphy, but unfortunately...
Since it was on the way, and she had just helped her, and they were of the same age, Su Qingluan took the opportunity to chat with the girl opposite.
The girl's name is Yunniang, and she is also thirteen years old. This time she is going to Huichuntang in front to get medicine for her father who is in poor health.
Upon hearing the words "Huichuntang," Su Qingluan felt a pang of fear. Yunniang's simple attire clearly showed she wasn't the daughter of a wealthy family. But if she had to go to Huichuntang to get medicine, perhaps her father had contracted some incurable illness...
This configuration...seems familiar...
Su Qingluan's heart moved, and she turned to Yunniang beside her: Could it be that she is...
However, the name "Yuniang" is not uncommon. Maybe it's just a coincidence?
But when she accompanied Yunniang into Huichun Hall and heard the little medicine boy in Huichun Hall calling her "Madam Liu", Su Qingluan was sure: this was the daughter of Madam Xi, the "Cooking Pancake Xishi"!
While Su Qingluan sighed that this family was indeed kind-hearted, she couldn't help but feel sad for the family's difficult situation.
Thinking of this, after walking out of Huichun Hall, Su Qingluan kept sighing and looking sad.
Liu Yunniang was about to turn around and say goodbye, but seeing Su Qingluan's state, she tried to hold back, but couldn't help her helpful nature and stepped forward to ask, "Didn't Qingluan say that we were friends from the moment we met? Why are you so distressed? Why don't you talk to me, your friend?"
Su Qingluan was secretly delighted: He took the bait!
So she exaggerated her story and told Liu Yunniang the whole story, how her stall was in short supply and she wanted to hire someone to help but was troubled by not being able to find reliable help.
"That's exactly what's going on." Su Qingluan sighed. "My fellow villagers all have to go to the fields to work, not to mention the autumn harvest is coming soon. I'm afraid they'll be too busy to spare any time. How can they have the time to help my family?"
Su Qingluan said, and sighed again: "But this kind of thing can't be solved in a hurry. I can only slowly find a suitable candidate." After that, Su Qingluan said goodbye to Liu Yunniang, "My stall is the one with the long queue every day. It's easy to recognize. Yunniang, please come visit me when you have time!"
Liu Yunniang nodded, but seemed a little distracted, obviously thinking about something.
Su Qingluan knew the bait had been cast, and now it was time to see if the "fish" would bite. So she said goodbye to Liu Yunniang and walked towards Nong Moxuan, which was not far ahead.
As she walked, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Although it seems that Madam Xi and Liu Yunniang are both kind-hearted people, as the saying goes, "A grain of rice is a blessing, a peck of rice is resentful", even if she wants to help them, she can't go too far, otherwise it may cause trouble.
It is better to let them feel that it is just a "business as usual" matter.
Su Qingluan's thoughts raced as she stepped into the threshold of Nong Mo Xuan. She laughed and said, "Mr. Xu, I haven't seen you in a few days. Are you feeling well?"
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