Chapter 304 Beggar
Huiyan Pavilion’s business was really good after reopening.
Everyone came to Huiyan Pavilion to buy goods.
There was really no goods to sell.
Hui Niang smiled bitterly: "It’s not that I don’t want to sell it to you, but the goods have been sold out."
"If you want to buy it, you can only wait."
"Sold out?"
Hearing Hui Niang’s words, the woman couldn’t help but chop her feet.
"What should I do? I bought less before, and there are many women in my family. After I divide it, I don’t have much on hand."
Seeing that the woman was so anxious and it was a big customer, Hui Niang hurriedly comforted her.
"I have asked someone to rush it. Why don’t you tell me how much you want? When it’s ready, I will send someone to deliver it to your house."
"That’s great." The woman smiled happily and gave Hui Niang an extra ten taels of silver.
Hui Niang gave in several times, but seeing that the woman insisted on giving, she had no choice but to accept the money.
Her beautiful eyebrows slightly raised with a smile.
"I accept your kindness, but I can't accept this money for nothing."
Hui Niang stretched out her slender fingers and pointed to the wishing box at the door.
"Can you see the box?"
The wishing box was large and conspicuous, and anyone passing by could see it.
The woman nodded: "Of course I can see it."
"Every day, someone makes a wish in this box. These wishes are sometimes simple, sometimes complicated, from small wishes to eat steamed buns to big wishes to live another 180 years."
"I can help them realize some wishes, but some wishes are beyond human power."
Hui Niang whispered: "Generally speaking, most wishes require silver to be realized."
"Every day I will take out three tenths of my profits to do charity, but it is ultimately a drop in the bucket. Madam, I will take this ten taels of silver and do charity."
The woman nodded indifferently, not taking Hui Niang's words to heart at all.
In her opinion, these are nothing more than excuses for Hui Niang to collect money.
Hui Niang wrote down the woman's name.
She opened the wishing box and let Gan Tian draw the lucky person of the day.
Gan Tian liked this part the most. She immediately spotted a small piece of paper rolled into a round shape.
Others would carefully fold the paper strips, but this was the first time she saw someone roll a paper strip into this shape. It looked so fun and interesting.
She grabbed the paper ball.
Hui Niang held Gan Tian and opened the paper ball.
Seeing the words on the note, Gan Tian couldn't help but widen her eyes.
What was written on the note was [I hope our new emperor will be healthy and live a long life.]
Gan Tian had been opening the wishing box for several days in a row. Most of the wishes in the wishing box were for the well-being of herself and her family. This was the first time she had seen someone praying for her father.
Seeing this note, Hui Niang's eyes became gentle.
The words on the note were crooked, and the writer should not be very old.
Hui Niang really wanted to know who wrote the note.
She immediately found the guard at the door.
"Do you remember the owner of this note?"
In fact, Hui Niang did not hold out much hope.
Although this note was particularly different, it was just a note after all. With
so many people coming and going every day, it would be difficult for the guards to find it.
Unexpectedly, after the guard saw the note, he really remembered the owner of the note.
"I remember."
The guard recalled: "The owner of the note was a little beggar, not even as tall as the wishing box, and the note was thrown in by his subordinates for him."
"Beggar?"
Hui Niang looked at the guard in surprise.
"Are you sure the person who put the note was a beggar?"
A poor beggar did not make a wish for himself, but made a wish for his husband?
"Do you know where this beggar is? I want to meet him."
"I'll go ask him now."
The guards bowed and went to ask their colleagues.
The beggar often moved around nearby, and the guards had an impression of him.
The beggar was young and moved around in a limited area every day, so he was soon found by the guards.
The beggar was very nervous when he saw the guards.
"What are you going to do?"
"The lady wants to see you, come with us."
The guards' tone was not fierce, but it still scared the little beggar.
The little beggar trembled, but still managed to follow the guards to Huiyan Pavilion.
Hui Niang had sent people to prepare new clothes and snacks early, waiting for the little beggar to come.
When the little beggar saw Hui Niang, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.
"Goddess, Goddess."
"It's really Goddess, Goddess has appeared!"
The little beggar said, and kept bowing on the ground.
"I have seen Goddess, I have seen Goddess."
Hui Niang couldn't help but smile on her beautiful face, and said softly: "Get up."
"Come sit next to me."
The little beggar nervously tugged at the corner of his clothes, looking at the clean stool, and he didn't dare to sit down.
Hui Niang sat in front of a low table, smiling and calling him: "Come over, don't be so reserved." The
beggar then walked to Hui Niang and sat down.
The beggar's body was very dirty, and his clothes also had a sour smell.
Gan Tian smelled this smell, his face changed drastically, but he resisted and didn't vomit.
For a little beggar, if she vomited it out right then and there, it would probably hurt the little beggar's heart.
Hui Niang and her daughter had a tacit understanding, and they also held their breath and chatted with the beggar.
"How old are you this year?"
"Nine years old."
"What's your name?"
"Da Zhuang, my name is Jiang Da Zhuang."
Although the child was called Da Zhuang, he didn't look strong at all. He
was obviously nine years old, but he looked much shorter than his ten-year-old brother.
"Have you ever been to school?"
"A little." The child once again pinched the corner of his clothes and pursed his lips.
"At that time, the teacher praised me for my good study, but later my parents were killed by corrupt officials, and my family was also swallowed up by corrupt officials. My family fell into poverty and I never went to school again."
Hui Niang handed the snacks in front of him to Da Zhuang.
He took out another piece of paper: "Did you write this note?"
Da Zhuang nodded when he saw the paper ball: "I wrote it."
"Your Majesty killed the corrupt official who killed my parents. He is my benefactor. I am just a beggar and have no way to repay you. I heard that making a wish in the shop is very effective, so I wrote the note."
Hui Niang was a little curious: "But compared to Your Majesty, you are the most important, aren't you?
" "Since you know that making a wish here is very effective, why don't you make a wish for yourself? Instead, give such an important opportunity to Your Majesty?"
"Although I am a beggar, I have no worries about food and clothing, I am in good health, and I don't have many wishes."
Hearing Da Zhuang's words, Hui Niang's eyes showed a little more admiration.
"I accept your wish."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty will be safe and worry-free. But I fulfilled your wish, shouldn't you also fulfill one of my wishes? "
The beggar nodded, not thinking that Hui Niang's request was excessive.
He raised his dirty little face seriously in a baby voice.
"Madam, please speak."