Chapter 296 Slippery
The two little beggars looked at each other, and neither of them spoke first.
Baoya frowned, puffed out her cheeks and threatened: "Hurry up and tell me! Otherwise, I'll send you to see the officials!"
However, perhaps because she was just a baby and lacked aura, the two little beggars kept their mouths tightly shut, staring at her with their black eyes, but still said nothing.
Baoya was a little discouraged. She pulled at Yun Sanlang's sleeve and said, "Dad, come here."
Yun Sanlang touched her little head lovingly, and when he turned to the two little beggars, he showed a ferocious look.
He raised his foot and kicked the two little beggars on the shoulders, neither lightly nor heavily, causing them to fall back.
He scolded: "Don't think that just because you are young, we can't do anything to you!"
"You two hang out in this town a lot, so you should know that Ping'an Town's Magistrate Fang is famously fair. If you don't behave yourself, you'll be imprisoned for a few days and suffer some physical pain when you get to the yamen!"
When he said this, the two little beggars did shrink back a little, but only for a moment.
The older one squeezed out a few tears and said, "Master, please spare my life! We have no one to command us, but we are just too hungry to bear it!"
The little one huddled behind him, lowering his head and muttering softly, "Please, sir, please be kind. We haven't eaten for three days!"
The two men were so thin that their bones could be seen through the skin. They were just skeletons and looked really pitiful.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Wang Cailian grinned. "That's fine. Just tell us who sent you here and what we want you to do. We'll feed you two and make sure you're full. You can even take your food away!"
The two little beggars gulped down their saliva, but they still insisted: "No one ordered us to do this! Madam is kind-hearted. Even if we have the courage, we would not dare to deceive you!"
The older beggar looked at Wang Cailian pitifully, "It's just... seeing that your two shops have just opened, I just... wanted to come over to steal some food at night."
“Liar!”
Baoya immediately said, "My uncle runs a tofu shop. No matter how hungry you are, what can you steal to eat? Tofu is made early in the morning. Are you born in the Year of the Rat? Are you stealing dried beans to eat?!"
"I... I just want to steal some beans and sell them! No way!" The smaller beggar shouted, stiffening his neck.
"Then you can just carry a bag and go. Why did you poke a hole in the bag? It's a waste!" Yun Dalang's face was very dark.
The child ruined both bags of beans. They rolled all over the floor, many of them were crushed and covered in mud and dirt.
Fortunately, he and Cai Lian discovered it early, otherwise, who knows how many beans would have been wasted.
"That...that's because..." The little beggar couldn't answer, his little face turned dark red.
"Hey, you little bastard! You're obviously lying..."
Wang Cailian got angry and raised her hand to pull the little beggar's ear, but was stopped by Baoya.
"Aunt, let me tell you." Baoya pursed her lips, her eyes fixed.
Wang Cailian saw that she was confident and said, "Bao Ya has an idea? Come on, let Auntie see what good idea it is."
Baoya nodded, walked up to the two little beggars and said, "I won't ask who ordered you here."
"Just tell us how much money that person gave you, and we'll pay you double. You two just need to go back and do what that person assigned you to do in his shop."
The older beggar was obviously stunned. He bit his cracked lips and his eyes rolled around.
After a moment, he said very cautiously, "Okay. Just give us ten taels of silver, and we'll do it."
"Oh my god, ten taels of silver?!"
Wang Cailian's eyes widened like bells. "So, the person behind this paid you two five taels to come and take over our shops?!"
The two little beggars didn't say anything, but turned their eyes away.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk," she sighed, smacking her lips. "He must be a spendthrift. Five taels of silver is such a waste."
Hiring these two stupid guys, they will definitely catch one every time, so all your money will be wasted!
"Okay, let's give the money to these two children first." Yun Dalang said.
Wang Cailian rolled her eyes at him and slowly took out her wallet. She felt so painful!
In fact, Baoya didn't really believe these two little beggars, but wanted to use this method to get some information out of them, and then keep an eye on them to see where they would go, so that she could find out who was behind them.
However, at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the door: "Wait! Wait!"
Wang Cailian paused as she was taking out the silver. When a few people heard the sound, they looked and saw Zhang Dahe running in from the front.
"Uncle Zhang?" Baoya looked at his anxious face and wondered.
Zhang Dahe walked over in two steps, took one look at the two little beggars who were tied up, and his rough eyebrows frowned.
"Don't be fooled by them! The beggars in our Ping'an Town are the most cunning."
"What's your business, old man?"
The older beggar suddenly became anxious and glared at Zhang Dahe, saying, "We didn't lie, and we didn't cheat!"
Zhang Dahe groaned, "You didn't lie, and you didn't cheat, but you won't do the job even if you take the money!"
"Who... who said that!" The smaller beggar's eyes widened. "Even though we're begging for food, we still have basic integrity!"
Zhang Dahe ignored him and said directly: "If I'm not mistaken, you two want to take the money and run away!"
"I don't know how much your previous employer paid you two, but since you've messed up this business, I don't think you'll dare to go back. You've taken the money from the two bosses of the Yun family, so what are you waiting for if you don't run away?"
"Ten taels of silver, half to Gantou, half for you two to keep, and then go to another town to continue begging. That's a good plan!"
After hearing what Zhang Dahe said, Baoya's eyes widened in surprise: "They...they can still do this?"
Zhang Dahe nodded and sighed: "You are not often in town and don't deal with these people, so I'm afraid you don't know this."
"These beggars are always on the move, slipping away like thieves. They're so slippery that you can't catch them if you let them get away. Besides, they're not afraid of the authorities. After all, if they commit petty theft, they can just be beaten up and put in jail, and they can still have a few days' food to eat."
"What should I do then?" Baoya stretched out her short, white hands and scratched her soft cheeks.
She really didn't know how to deal with such a person.
But Zhang Dahe said to the two little beggars, "I recognize you, Mr. Huang from Gantou."
The older beggar snorted, clearly not believing it.
Zhang Dahe ignored him and continued, "If you don't tell the truth today, I'll go tell Mr. Huang that you two took the job without permission, didn't do it properly, and embezzled the money."
"You dare!"
"What nonsense are you talking about, old man!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two little beggars became anxious.
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