Chapter 378 Do you know this lady?
The two of them took the storybook and read it carefully. Because they didn't know many words, they read it haltingly. Even so, they were still amazed by the content inside.
They made various sighs from time to time.
"This Shunyi Army leader is really powerful and really kind and righteous."
"Why don't we go back and persuade the boss? Instead of hiding in the mountains and being a bandit for a lifetime, it's better for us to move down with the whole village so that the children can have books to read and the men can have work to do."
No matter how you think about it, it's better than hiding in the mountains and living a precarious life.
"By the way, I heard that there is a new delicacy in Jinyang Pass, called hot pot. We don't know when we will go down the mountain next time, why don't we try it?" The
next time they go down the mountain may be when they buy food, or maybe...
maybe they will die in a robbery. As a mountain bandit, no one knows what their future fate will be.
Even the three heads may not be able to escape unscathed.
"Okay, since we are here, let's have a good meal."
The two of them could have stayed here, but when they thought of their relatives and brothers in the mountain village, they couldn't bear to leave.
If they want to stay, then everyone in the mountain village should stay together.
Thinking of this, the two of them entered the hot pot shop.
Originally, they were ready to spend all their money on a meal, but they didn't expect that it only cost more than a hundred coins.
"Shopkeeper, is the price correct?"
Da Mao looked at the shopkeeper in surprise, feeling very surprised. Such delicious food only costs one hundred coins!
This is too cheap!
One stone of rice costs one tael of silver.
They have noodles, meat, and vegetables.
So many things, but only one hundred coins!
The shopkeeper covered his mouth and smiled, "Our dishes are not expensive, but our wine is very expensive."
"A pot of the cheapest wine costs one tael of silver, a better one costs ten taels of silver, and some even cost one hundred taels of silver."
"It turns out that your shop only cheats the rich!"
No wonder there are so many private rooms in this shop. It seems that the shop mainly makes money from the rich.
"Hey~" the shopkeeper waved his hand and said with a smile: "How can we call this cheating the rich? We call this robbing the rich to help the poor."
"See the wishing box at the door? Most of the money earned in this shop will be used to realize the wishes in the wishing box."
"Our shop is opened by my wife. It is not for making money. First, we want to earn food and wages for the soldiers, and second, we want to help more poor people."
"Otherwise, where do you get free food and clothes?"
Da Mao and his friends walked outside and took a closer look. There was indeed a wishing box at the door.
Many people put their hands together at the door, chanted something, and put papers into the box.
"Can this wishing box really make wishes come true?"
The shopkeeper shook his head: "Although the madam looks very much like the goddess, she is not a real goddess after all. Even she cannot fulfill many wishes. She will choose some that are easier to fulfill, such as who wants to find a job, whose elderly are sick but can't afford medical treatment, or whose children have no money to go to school."
"Although what the madam did is not something earth-shattering, it has really changed the wishes of many people."
"Look, the madam is here."
Hui Niang held Gan Tian, and the female guards on both sides helped her hold an umbrella, and walked slowly towards the shop.
The wind was particularly warm today, and Gan Tian was a little sleepy.
She yawned a little and thought about her brothers listlessly.
[I don’t know how my brothers are doing now. They didn’t send any news back after they left.]
[I think the current situation is not optimistic, otherwise the second brother would have come to send a message with a swagger.]
Gan Tian sighed and lay in her mother’s arms, not daring to move.
She seemed to have gained some weight recently, and it was a little difficult for her mother to hold her.
As a mature human cub, she actually didn’t want to be held by others, as
it would be embarrassing for her. But her mother was always worried and insisted on holding her. It was hard to refuse her mother’s kindness, so she had to let her mother hold her obediently.
When she was carried to the hot pot shop by her mother, she finally opened her eyes lazily, smelled the fragrance in the shop, and her saliva was flooded again.
"It smells so good."
She raised her eyes and saw two people in tattered clothes.
[Hey, why are they both wearing such tattered clothes? And they seem to have many scars on their bodies. They look so pitiful.]
Gan Tian took out a round tangerine from her arms, looked up and smiled at them.
"Eat."
She handed the tangerine to Damao.
[After eating my tangerine, you can't be depressed anymore. You have to cheer up and live a good life.]
Hui Niang quietly looked at Damao and the others.
Although their clothes were shabby, they were still clean, and they looked like they had just eaten hot pot. They should have been in Jinyang Pass for some time.
Being able to eat hot pot means they are not new here.
But she was a little confused that they didn't change into new clothes.
Being looked at by such a noble person like Hui Niang, Damao and the other two were so nervous that they couldn't breathe.
They didn't even dare to raise their heads, nor did they dare to take the oranges from Gan Tian's hands.
In their impression, such nobles are difficult to get along with.
Even if they just glanced at them casually, they might provoke the nobles to be angry and beat them to death.
"Men, don't bow your heads. Accept this orange and raise your heads to live a good life in the future."
Hui Niang handed the oranges from her daughter's hands to Damao.
"Now Guanzhong is under construction, and many places need people. You two eat the oranges and go to the market to find a job."
As she spoke, Hui Niang withdrew two taels of silver from the account and gave one tael to each of them.
"Take this silver and buy some new clothes to live like a decent person."
They didn't expect Hui Niang to give them silver.
They looked up in surprise and bumped into Hui Niang's soft face.
This lady really looked like a fairy in the sky. Not only did she look like a fairy, but she also had a similar personality.
They didn't lack silver, but they just couldn't bear to change their clothes.
They hurriedly returned the silver to Hui Niang: "Madam, Miss, please rest assured that we two brothers will be good people in the future and will not let you and Miss down. We don't need this silver, you can take it back."
Hui Niang didn't need the two taels of silver. After thinking it over again and again, she refused Damao and smiled: "No need, you can take this silver."
"Even if you don't make clothes, you can exchange it for some food, enough for you to eat for a while."
After Hui Niang left, the people around immediately surrounded them.
"You two brothers are really lucky to get help from the lady."
"Do you know this lady?"
"Who doesn't know Madam Hui? She looks exactly like the goddess. You can recognize her just by looking at the goddess."