Chapter 46: The Dirty Trio (iampetty's 10,000 Rewards Plus)
Loach shouted, "Who are you, kid? Stay out of my business."
The street kid squatted down and patted Mudfish on the face. "This is Master Bai's territory. Master Bai is a scholar. He doesn't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. He looks down on thieves like you. Do you think if Master Bai knew you stole something on his territory, would he break your claws?"
Loach's heart was bleeding. No need to ask, this guy was trying to extort money.
"Today is my first day doing business here, and I still have nothing. Brother, please have pity on me."
The street kid ignored him and stood up and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Little sister, don't let him get away. I'll go call Master Bai."
He was about to leave when Mudfish was startled and quickly called out to him, "Brother, brother, I'll give you a tael of silver. Can you help me this time?"
The street kid shook his head: "One ounce of silver is too little. I'd better go and call Master Bai."
Loach: "Then two taels."
The street kid held up five fingers: "Five taels, not a penny less."
Loach gritted his teeth and said, "Five taels is five taels, but I don't have that much on me. You have to go home with me to get it."
Zhao Shiqing interrupted, "He has an eighty-year-old mother at home. Be careful, he might try to blackmail you into taking care of her until her death."
Loach: I must have stepped in dog poop when I went out today. What kind of people did I meet?
The street-slicker nodded. "That's right. I'm so handsome and naturally wealthy, so I'm an easy target for scammers. I'd better not go to your house. I'll go ask Master Bai what to do about this."
As he was about to leave again, Loach became anxious. If Master Bai knew that he had come to Kuixing Tower to steal things, Master Bai would cripple all four of his claws, not to mention one.
"Don't leave! If you ask this girl to let me go, all the ten taels of silver I buried under the old locust tree behind Wang Mazi Hutong will be yours."
People like them who are out there and have no boss are always ready to be raided, so they don't hide their money at home. A rabbit has three burrows, and they have two more burrows than rabbits.
The street kid knew that the loach wouldn't dare to lie to him, so he put on a smile and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Sister, please give your brother some face and let this rotten loach go."
Zhao Shiqing rolled her eyes: "Stop trying to get close to me. I know who you are. If you have the guts, just snatch him away from under my feet."
The street kid said hurriedly: "I have no ability, so..."
Zhao Shiqing fished out two golden beans from her bosom and pointed them in the direction they came from. "I'll let him go, but if you want to make some money, just follow me and do something for me. His ten taels of silver are yours, and these two golden beans are yours, too."
Loach: "Why should I give it all to him? Whoever sees it gets a share."
He has been hanging out outside since he was a child, and he knows at a glance that it would be a waste not to make this kind of money, and it would be a waste even if he made it.
Zhao Shiqing had a good temper: "Okay, then one for each of you."
The street kid spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'll take the loss and give him one."
The three of them agreed and left as soon as they said they would.
What? No one's watching?
A thief, a street urchin, a vulgar girl beating people in the street, only educated people would bother to watch, because their eyes are for reading books of sages. Such vulgar people would be considered dirty if they looked at them for even a second.
The dirty trio left Kuixing Tower, walked a mile, and sat down in front of a wonton stall that looked just as dirty as they did.
Zhao Shiqing ordered three bowls of wontons, two with meat and one with vegetarian. She was still in mourning, so she ate the vegetarian wontons.
Loach hadn't eaten for a whole day, so he wolfed down the wontons as soon as they were served, eating and drinking at the same time.
Zhao Shiqing watched coldly and saw that the street urchin was carefully picking out coriander with chopsticks.
"You don't eat coriander?" Zhao Shiqing asked. She was not surprised that her second brother Zhao Tingxuan didn't eat coriander.
The street urchin said with disdain: "This cilantro is too old and not chopped finely enough. It's not edible."
Zhao Shiqing thought that she should catch this street kid and give him to her master, so that she could encourage her master to improve his cooking skills.
"You are quite picky." Zhao Shiqing lowered her head and drank a sip of soup. She was only picky about her master. Without her master, she would eat anything.
After finishing a bowl of wontons, Niu Qiu looked at Zhao Shiqing eagerly: "Boss, tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Zhao Shiqing: "You really speak without thinking."
She looked at Jie Liuzi again. Jie Liuzi had finally finished picking the coriander and was eating wontons slowly.
"Now that you're full, you can go ahead and talk about this Mr. Bai. Is he the boss of Kuixing Tower? You just said he was a scholar. How can a scholar be the boss?"
Loach glanced at the street urchin, then looked at Zhao Shiqing, with an expression that said, "I want to say something but I don't dare to."
Without saying anything, Zhao Shiqing took out a small silver ingot of one tael from his arms and said, "Whoever says it's good, it's his."
The street urchin just glanced at the small silver ingot and continued to eat his wontons, but the loach suddenly became excited and said, "Don't think that a thief would think one or two taels of silver is too little. Most people in this world can't even earn one or two taels of silver in a month."
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Loach swallowed and said, "Mr. Bai's real name is Bai Wenqing. He is the younger brother of Mr. Bai, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College..."
"He's not a biological child, he was born to a concubine." The street urchin who had been silent all this time suddenly interrupted.
Loach was annoyed at being interrupted and argued: "We are all born from the same father, so what's the difference? We all have the surname Bai."
Street slicker: "The difference is that one is the pride of the family, while the other is the shame of the family. What's the point of having the surname Bai? The Bai family doesn't even recognize him."
Loach wiped his face and said, "Why are you so excited? Your saliva is spraying on my face."
The street urchin stopped talking and continued to eat wontons with his head down. Zhao Shiqing discovered that he ate in a very elegant manner, as if he was not facing a large bowl of coarse porcelain, but exquisite porcelain, and he was not eating wontons that cost two cents a bowl, but delicacies.
Niuqiu continued, "It's not that the Bai family really doesn't want to acknowledge Master Bai. It's said that Master Bai was very smart and good at studying when he was young, so the Bai family spread the word that as long as Master Bai passed the imperial examination, even if he didn't pass the imperial examination, they would let him recognize his ancestors."
Zhao Shiqing understood and asked, "But Master Bai never passed the exam?"
Loach sighed, "It's just bad luck. Master Bai took the exam several times but never passed. Later, he simply occupied the territory of Kuixing Tower, guarding Master Kuixing, so he could get some benefits. Unfortunately, alas, he still didn't pass. But it's hard to say. What if Master Bai can pass this year? Boss, don't you think this is the case?"
Zhao Shiqing nodded: "Yes, that's right. Maybe Mr. Bai will pass the exam this year."
The little guy in Zhao Shiqing's heart made a tick on Bai Ye's head. Bai Ye's identity and experience were pretty good.
Today is a good day, and we are one step closer to making our dreams come true.
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