Chapter 33 It turns out that Mrs. Huo can fly
The grain seed shop is very big.
The decoration looks very grand.
It is one of the few complete and high-end shops on this street.
There were no customers in the shop at the moment. Bags of rice and flour were placed full on the shelves, and various agricultural seeds were placed in the corners.
The counter was on the side of the shop near the door. Behind it, a slightly plump man in his forties was working on an abacus with his head down. He must be the shop owner. Upon hearing someone come in, he lazily raised his eyelids and said coldly and arrogantly, "Don't bother looking. You can't afford the things in my shop, and we don't give alms to beggars. If you want to rob me, think about whether you can leave this street alive first."
Su Da, “…”
He was dressed in a gray, thin jacket with holes and cotton leaking through it, and it was also covered in many patches. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he looked like a beggar.
He glanced at the little cub in his arms, and thinking of the many people in his family, he didn't back down. He stepped forward and mustered up the courage to speak, "Boss, I'd like to find some vegetable seeds. Not much, just a handful of cabbage and radish seeds will do—"
"A bag of vegetable seeds costs thirty copper coins. If you have money, buy it. If you don't, get out." The shopkeeper interrupted him, looking impatient.
This price is ridiculously high.
"I don't have any money. Can I exchange something with you?" Su Da said nothing more. He took out a cloth bag from the inside of his shoulder strap, opened it and put it on the counter.
Three dried rabbits, all well-prepared, each with a uniform color and attractive aroma, and each one is very large.
The shopkeeper narrowed his eyes, finally stopped calculating on his abacus, and looked up, his narrow eyes flashing. "The tenant has no land, and you want to grow vegetables. You're a small farmer from outside the city, right? You're quite lucky to be able to hunt such a good rabbit in this situation."
"I'm really lucky. My family can't bear to eat it, so I thought of exchanging it for some vegetable seeds and growing some vegetables for myself. Could you please be kind enough to exchange them for some vegetable seeds for me?"
"Three dried rabbits in exchange for three small bags of vegetable seeds. If you're not happy, just leave your things and leave." The shopkeeper smiled.
This means to rob someone openly if there is a disagreement.
Su Da's face twitched, he gritted his teeth and admitted it.
The shopkeeper obviously saw that the other party was weak and could not resist him. The dried rabbit he took out was large in size and good in appearance. In the past, in Dahuai Village, this kind of game could be sold to rich families in the town and could easily fetch forty or fifty copper coins for each piece.
But when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. If you argue with the other person, it may cause more trouble.
Su Da just wanted to take the vegetable seeds and leave quickly.
The shopkeeper quickly brought over the vegetable seeds. Three small bags of seeds together could not fill Su Da's palm.
Tianbao just watched quietly. She didn't understand the price and market situation, but she felt that her father must be losing out by exchanging such a big rabbit for so little.
"Ah!" She was unhappy, and stretched out her little hand to hit the shopkeeper on the head, just like the people fighting she saw at the street corner just now, taking revenge after a disagreement.
The shopkeeper came over with something and happened to be standing in front of Su Da. The kid was at the right height in the carrier, and the paw hit the shopkeeper directly in the face.
There was a crisp sound, and the slightly plump face was slapped crookedly, and small five-claw marks quickly emerged, swollen and high.
The shop was dead silent.
The shopkeeper took a while to come back to his senses. He turned his head stiffly and stared at the kid with a fierce look in his eyes. His head was almost hit off!
Su Da, “…”
Su's thighs shook and he ran away.
"Bao! My little ancestor! How can you hit me like that? How can you be so strong?"
Dad can’t bear it!
From behind, the shopkeeper's roar came. Su Da didn't dare to say anything and ran faster with all his strength.
For the first time in my life, I ran like a flash.
Then, a new scene appeared on the smoky streets: a tall, thin man with a baby on his back was running so fast that his butt was smoking. Behind him, a group of people waving sticks and looking ferocious were chasing him relentlessly.
This kind of scene is commonplace for the people in Fengyun City. They just continue to do what they need to do, and some who have some free time get interested and squat on the street to join in the fun.
"You ran the wrong way, the wrong way. That's a dead end. Run to the right."
"From outside the city? You're so brave, you dare to cause trouble in the Bai family's grain and seed shop, hahaha! Bai family, just kill the big one, keep the small one, and send it to Chunniang for three taels of silver!"
"Warrior, I'll collect your body later. My bun shop is short of meat!"
"Ouch, we've gone the wrong way again! That's the territory of Pier 12. No one is allowed to approach! Once you enter, you can't return!"
Su Da didn't have time to think at this moment. His mind went blank as he was running for his life. He subconsciously followed the instructions of those people. When he found that there was no way out, his whole body was cold.
Outside the dead end, the loud laughter of those people on the street could be heard in the distance, "Hahahaha! We've been fooled! Oh, I'm dying of laughter! Bai family, remember to put in a good word for me, Wang Laosan, in front of Shopkeeper Bai, and give him a discount next time you buy rice and flour!"
Su Da was panting heavily and his face was pale. He hugged his daughter tightly and looked back. The pursuers were already right in front of him.
The brutality and violence of these people were no less than that of the horse bandits they had encountered before.
This place is a dead end. The alley is narrow and the walls are high. There is no escape. Su Da knows that he can't run away.
"Don't let the children suffer. I accept the beating. Please don't hurt my daughter." After pleading humbly with a trembling voice, he hugged his daughter tighter, turned his back in despair, and protected his daughter between his body and the wall.
The one chasing him was the clerk and his thugs from the grain shop. After running away for several blocks, he finally caught up with them. His anger soared, and without a word, he raised his stick and hit them. "You're about to die, and you're still talking nonsense! You have to die whether you admit it or not!"
Su Da tried his best to wrap his daughter in his arms, using his body as a human shield, hoping to protect his daughter.
The sound of the stick breaking through the air was sharp and cold. Before the stick fell on his body, Su Da kissed his daughter's soft hair, and a warm tear fell on the child's hair.
It was a very small teardrop, but the warmth instantly invaded Tianbao's every limb, finally gathered in her heart, and then exploded in her small chest.
That is fatherly love.
Heavy and majestic.
Tianbao's eyes seemed to be infected by the warmth, and suddenly became hot and liquid came out.
She actually didn't understand what fatherly love was, and she didn't understand why she had become so strange.
All she knew was that anyone who dared to bully her father would die.
Everything happened in a flash.
Su Da waited and waited, but the wooden stick that broke through the air did not fall on him. Just as doubts were rising in his mind, a familiar voice came into his ears, clear and gentle, "Manager Bai, I will thank you for this favor today someday."
“…” Su Da turned around abruptly.
The pursuers were still in front of him, but they were as stiff as mummies and unable to move, with their sticks still raised in the air and their ferocious and fierce faces frozen, which looked quite funny at first glance.
Moving my gaze back, I saw two figures standing side by side not far from the alley entrance.
He was a tall and thin man in a sky-blue gown, with a handsome face and a calm demeanor. He was his new neighbor next door, whose surname was Huo.
The other person had just been seen not long ago. He was the owner of the grain shop. He was wearing a brown long gown and jacket with swastika patterns on it. He was plump and plump, and his complexion was not very good.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry over there!" While Su Da was stunned, another familiar voice shouted above his head.
He quickly raised his head and saw Madam Huo on the top of the high wall, with her arms folded across her chest, looking heroic and her raised eyebrows full of impatience.
Su Da, “…”
It turns out that Mrs. Huo can fly.
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