Chapter 252 Someone is waiting for you!
"It's okay. We came here in a hurry today and will leave soon." Lin Yangyang has already taken Xiaocai's hand.
Xiaocai kept pulling people in: "Mom, Sister Lin, let's play!"
Seeing this, the woman didn't say much and welcomed the person in.
Lin Zhiqing and Lin Yangyang looked at each other. After entering the house, the woman was picking vegetables not far away and talking to Lin Zhiqing.
Lin Yangyang sat down outside and played with Xiaocai.
Ever since the last incident with Liu Mang, Lin Zhiqing asked Lu Nanyue to bring some silver and guards to stay around.
Because when they shot a sneak attack on Liu Mang, Xiaocai showed up.
Afterwards, Lin Zhiqing was afraid that some of Liu Mang's men would escape and harm innocent people, so he paid attention to the situation here.
It seems that small amounts of money are relatively safe now.
At least Jiang Liuyun should not have thought of attacking such a child.
In this way, Lin Zhiqing felt relieved.
"Boom, boom, boom~"
Just as she was thinking, there was another knock on the door.
Lin Yangyang, who was playing with Xiaocai, kept smiling, but her eyes fell on Lin Zhiqing, and then turned to the door.
Xiao Cai Niang wiped her hands and went forward to open the door.
When she passed by Lin Zhiqing and the other two, she smiled sheepishly: "By now, the swill collectors must be here."
"Ladies, would you like to step aside for a moment?"
“No, no.” Lin Yangyang waved her hand: “We have this stuff at home too, no need to avoid it.”
Lin Zhiqing also nodded.
The woman then stepped forward and opened the door:
"You've been coming here quite often lately. I don't have much here today. Please wait."
"Yeah, okay." It was a somewhat frivolous voice.
As the sound of footsteps, some deep and some shallow, was heard, a tall and thin man with dark circles under his eyes and an unshaven beard entered the house.
The moment he saw Lin Zhiqing, his pupils shrank and his eyes lit up, and then he immediately shifted his gaze to Xiaocai:
"Xiaocai, where is your slingshot? Why didn't you take it out to play with it today?"
"Uncle Zheng, Sister Lin is here to see me. I don't want to play." Xiaocai clapped his hands and took the pastry from Lin Yangyang's hand.
"No wonder, no wonder, you treasured the slingshot so much after you got it. It's rare to see you not take it out to play with it." After the man said this, he looked at Lin Zhiqing and smiled.
Lin Zhiqing raised an eyebrow, tilted his head, and looked at Lin Yangyang: "Cousin, did you bring all the gadgets you bought today? Xiaocai has new things, so naturally he doesn't want the old slingshot anymore."
Lin Yangyang glanced at the tall and thin man, then at Lin Zhiqing, and then pointed at the peach wood sword in Xiaocai's hand:
"How could I forget? Yesterday, when I was shopping, I was walking and my things were almost stolen by a damn thief."
"Little thief?" Little Cai Niang came out carrying a wooden barrel and could not help but admonish him:
"Girls, there are all kinds of people in West Market. My family's firewood was stolen before. You better be careful."
"That's right." The tall and thin man took the barrel:
"My dad also encountered a little thief a few days ago. Fortunately, he was quite capable, otherwise he would have been in danger."
"In broad daylight, how dare these people act so recklessly?" The wealthy woman shook her head, took out the copper coins she had prepared in advance, and handed them to the tall and thin man.
"Isn't your father in his hometown? Why don't you go back to see him?"
"He's been waiting for so many years, so a few days won't make a difference." The tall and thin man smiled and accepted the copper coins.
"Besides, I'm penniless, how can I have the nerve to go back?"
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait." Lin Zhiqing called out to him:
"It's not easy for the old man to wait all this time. My family is in need of a swill remover. You seem to be quite capable at your job. Would you like to try your hand at my job?"
"Although the wages are not much, I can save some money every month."
The man scratched his head and said, "Forget it. I haven't been home for a long time. The big willow tree in front of my house has sprouted a few new buds."
"My father and I aren't close. He even feels more affectionate towards the white geese in town than towards me. Why should I go back and be an eyesore?"
"That's true. You should work harder and get married quickly. Then see if he will still be close to you." Xiao Cai Niang joked with a smile.
The tall and thin man smiled and walked out the door carrying the bucket.
After closing the door, the smile on Xiao Cai Niang's face faded a little.
She returned to where she had just been picking vegetables and sat down again:
"Ms. Lin, this Zheng guy is not a capable person. If you want to find someone to take out the swill for your family, you might as well spend a few more dollars to buy one from a human trafficker."
"What do you mean?" Lin Zhiqing looked very interested.
Xiao Cai Niang curled her lips and said, "Don't be fooled by his beautiful words. He is actually very lazy."
"It's only in the past few days that he's come to our house to take out the slop. Before, he was always absent-minded."
"His father is also a pitiful man. I heard that he stayed in his hometown for several years, but he couldn't wait for his son to come back and see him."
"That really won't work." Lin Yangyang interjected.
Lin Zhiqing also nodded.
The two sat in Xiaocai's house for a while, and when they saw Xiaocai's mother preparing food to entertain them, they stood up and said goodbye.
After Xiao Cainiang persuaded them for a few words, the two of them politely declined her request to stay for dinner and then left.
After returning along the same route, the two got back on the carriage.
They didn't talk much along the way.
Only after returning to Shuqing Pavilion did Lin Yangyang impatiently close the door and look at Lin Zhiqing expectantly: "How is it?"
Lin Zhiqing took out rice paper and charcoal pencils, and then answered:
"We will go to Yongqing County at noon. Someone is waiting for us there."
"Zheng Kuo?" Lin Yangyang asked.
"That's right." Lin Zhiqing recalled the tall and thin man's words: He was waiting, and he had come here for so many years, so these few days wouldn't make a difference.
Lin Zhiqing couldn't think of anyone else except Zheng Kuo.
Lin Yangyang was a little surprised: "Sister Qing, how did you know you would meet Zheng Kuo's son at Xiaocai's house?"
"It's not that I met him, but that he waited for us for a long time." Lin Zhiqing scribbled on the paper, feeling a little relieved.
"According to Aunt Mu, this man had never been to the Lin family before, but not long ago he shamelessly tried to come and work there."
"Think about it, who would come to the Lin family at this time?"
Lin Yangyang pinched her chin and thought for a while, then shook her head.
"In our case, if the human traffickers didn't see profit in it, they would never send anyone to our door."
"That's right." Lin Zhiqing nodded. "People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. This is an eternal truth."
"What's more, with so many people in the Lin family, why did he choose to go to Aunt Mu?"
"Why?" Lin Yangyang held her chin with both hands, obviously she hadn't figured it out yet.
Lin Zhiqing raised his eyes and said, "Only Aunt Mu remembers Zheng Kuo's past, and she is very close to me."
"He did it on purpose."
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