Chapter 58 Benefactor, please don’t leave!
The few strings of candied haws she brought for the children were gone.
There was also a small hole in the bean bag, and it seemed that some of the beans had been dug out.
This must be because they were visited by the thief when they went to join in the fun under the imperial edict.
"You stole all six strings of candied haws. You are so cruel!"
Zhou Lang stopped the car as instructed.
Lin Shiqi stood up from the ox cart, looked around, and saw a dirty little girl with two pigtails, holding a few strings of candied haws in her hands, running quickly into an alley.
"Zhou Lang, where are you! In that alley over there, chase..."
Zhou Lang has long legs and feet and is much faster than Lin Shiqi.
Lin Shiqi chased him breathlessly until he reached the innermost part of the alley. It was dark and damp here, with garbage and straw everywhere on the ground.
It looks like a place where poor people live.
"Where are you running to, little thief!"
The little girl who stole the candied haws was dirty, but you could see that she was pretty. It was a pity that she was a thief.
Seeing that the two men caught up with her so quickly, she was afraid that Lin Shiqi would ask her to take the candied haws back.
She immediately took a quick bite on each skewer.
Lin Shiqi was stunned by her shameless action.
"You are so shameless."
Zhou Lang observed his surroundings calmly.
At this moment, an old cough suddenly came from the straw garbage pile.
Lin Shiqi looked over.
There lay an old woman with gray hair, who looked sick and not in good condition.
The little girl looked nervous.
After the voice finished coughing, it panted for a while before saying, "Mummy, have you done something bad again?"
The girl with pigtails said nothing.
The old woman sat up from the haystack with difficulty.
When I saw the candied haws she was holding in her arms, I understood what was going on.
He apologized to Lin Shiqi and the others, "I'm sorry! Mute girl stole your candied haws. The child hasn't eaten candied haws for a long time, and she was so greedy. Our Mute girl doesn't usually steal things..."
Then he said to the little girl, "Why don't you go and return the candied haws to the owner?"
Lin Shiqi saw the old woman's complexion and felt that she was so ill that she seemed to be dying soon.
It's quite pitiful.
"Forget it, she's already taken a bite of each. No need to return them. Let her eat them. It's wrong to steal things like this. Be careful to get beaten next time you steal."
The old woman was very grateful and kowtowed in the direction of Lin Shiqi, "Thank you, my lady, for not bearing grudges against me! You are a good person!"
Although Lin Shiqi is young, she wears her hair in a woman's braid.
It's normal to be called "wife" outside.
When the dirty little thief saw that Lin Shiqi didn't want the candied haws anymore, she couldn't help but sideways glance at her.
Not as vicious as before.
She walked up to the old woman, took out a string of candied haws, and passed it to her mouth...
"Um……"
The old woman's eyes were filled with tears. "Mummy, did you hear me say yesterday that the candied haws were very sweet, so you stole some and brought them back for me?"
The dirty little girl thief hummed again and nodded.
Lin Shiqi and Zhou Lang looked at each other. This dirty girl can't speak? Is she actually mute?
Then the dirty girl took out a handful of beans from her arms and stuffed them into the old woman's arms.
"Um!"
Then, draw a big circle.
The old woman burst into tears again. "Do you want to eat the big round bean cake, dumb girl?"
The dirty girl nodded again.
The old woman stretched out her old and weak hand, touched the dirty girl's head, and choked up, "Grandma is old, grandma can't make big round bean cakes for you to eat... My dumb mother, grandma is dying, what are you going to do in the future!"
The little girl reached into his arms again.
He found two pieces of tofu.
One piece of tender tofu and one piece of firm tofu.
These were the two pieces that Lin Shiqi bought from Huang’s Tofu Shop.
Good job.
The little girl is really good at stealing!
If the bean buns weren't so heavy, she would have stolen everything in her cart.
The dirty girl put the tofu to the old woman's mouth again, indicating that she should eat it directly.
The old woman cried and couldn’t make a sound. “Mummy, wuwuwu, grandma doesn’t want to eat, so mummy will eat it herself…mummy hasn’t eaten for a few days, so you can eat raw tofu…”
When the little mute girl saw that the old woman refused to eat, she started crying and sobbing.
…
Lin Shiqi couldn't bear to see such suffering in the world.
Today she can only be considered unlucky.
"Let's go."
It seems that this grandma and grandson have no money to compensate her.
Candied haws and tofu, just think of them as gifts to them.
The two just turned around and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, the old woman called them again.
"Benefactor, please don't leave!"
Lin Shiqi turned back.
"Old man, is there anything else? We are also poor people from the countryside. We came to the city today to do some small business. We have no money to give you..."
She didn't have a penny of silver.
Buy beans.
There was silver in the heart-lock space, but she didn't have such kindness towards strangers. Without knowing anything about them, she took out her belongings to help others.
In this era, they are also newcomers and can hardly protect themselves.
She is not a saint.
Don't want to meddle in other people's business.
The old woman just kowtowed to her, "Benefactor, Ya Niang stole your candied haws today, and we have no money to pay you back. My granddaughter and I fled to Jixiang County from other places. I am seriously ill and dying, and I can't make money. I can't pay you back, so I will mortgage my granddaughter Ya Niang to you and let her be a maid for you two benefactors. Although she is a mute, she is hardworking and can do things..."
Lin Shiqi was stunned.
"Don't be so serious. We won't ask you to pay us money. We are all country folk and don't need a maid. You should just give up and find another family for her."
Are you kidding?
The old woman kowtowed continuously, "Please, benefactors. You two benefactors are obviously good people. Please accept our mute girl as a maid. She is eight years old this year and can work. Except that she can't speak, she is very smart and understands everything. Please, benefactors..."
Lin Shiqi was really shocked.
How can this be!
He stole her candied haws and now he’s blaming her for it!
"No need, no need. We are from the countryside, and we can barely make ends meet. If you really have no way to make a living, go to the market and sell your bodies... Sell them cheaply, and there will surely be people who will buy them as maids."
Having said that, he quickly pulled Zhou Lang away in shame.
No longer caring about how the people behind her called her.
This time, the two men drove the ox cart without stopping.
The cow went back to Taohua Village in Longquan Town without stopping.
***
Outside Longquan Town, in a cave.
There was a sinister young man meditating inside. He had several scars from the shackles on his body, and his clothes were tattered, wearing a straw coat to keep out the cold.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the cave.
The sinister young man immediately became alert.
"Brother, it's me." A gentle voice came from outside the cave.
The person who came was also a young man.
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