Chapter 16 The Thief Cries Thief
Pei Yaozu ran away overnight without paying any attention to his crazy Uncle Pei.
Su Wanwan was deeply saddened when she learned about this. It seemed that this family was all equally heartless and ungrateful. The son was so greedy for life and afraid of death that he abandoned his father. He was a real ungrateful person who could never be tamed.
She told Pei Changfeng about this, and at the end she said fiercely: "Our son must never do this in the future. Husband, you must teach him well. If he does this, then, then..."
Pei Changfeng looked at her, intending to hear her opinion.
Su Wanwan clenched her fist and said, "If that's the case, then let's have another one!"
"Cough, cough, cough..." Pei Changfeng choked on a mouthful of water in his throat and coughed for a long time before he recovered. He really didn't expect her to say that.
Su Wanwan patted him on the back and said caringly, "It's okay, our son will never be like this in the future."
Pei Changfeng finally caught his breath. He wanted to say something after hearing this, but when he thought that it would be useless, he stopped talking.
He had finished the ten prescriptions he had gotten earlier. Today was the last day, and Su Wanwan planned to go to town after breakfast.
The medicine was indeed effective. Pei Changfeng could now walk more and more steadily, and could also help her with some things within his ability, such as picking vegetables, watching the fire, collecting clothes, etc. It seemed that the three cents of silver were not wasted.
After breakfast, Su Wanwan went out with the money.
The doctor at the clinic was a little surprised to see her. He thought that Su Wanwan would not come back after taking these ten doses of medicine.
"Doctor, give me the same medicine again, and get me another twenty doses."
The doctor pondered for a moment, prescribed medicine for her, and looked at Su Wanwan's face when he took the money. He remembered that when he went to see the patient that day, Su Wanwan's home was clearly in ruins. Where did she get so much money?
Never mind. The doctor has seen a lot of things like this over the years, and Su Wanwan is also deeply concerned. He is just a doctor and has no right to comment on other people's affairs.
After collecting the medicine, Su Wanwan left the clinic in a good mood, and went to buy meat. She also planned to splurge and catch an old hen to make soup.
It is definitely not enough to just take medicine to nourish Pei Changfeng's body, he also needs to pay attention to his food. Su Wanwan now gives him two eggs every day, but this is definitely not enough.
She remembered that year when Su's father was seriously ill, her stepmother killed chickens and ducks, and soon her father recovered. He was even fatter than before he fell ill.
Su Wanwan didn't know when she would come to town next time, so she simply caught a chicken and a duck and took them home to raise. She definitely couldn't afford to eat them every day, but once every few days was fine.
This time she went out with six taels and one qian and a few copper coins. She spent six taels on medicine, fifty wen on a chicken, forty wen on a duck, and twenty wen on meat. Now Su Wanwan had fifteen copper coins left in her hand. It would cost two copper coins to go back by ox cart, so she had thirteen copper coins left.
Su Wanwan stood in front of the grocery store for a while, wanting to eat mung bean cakes. A bag of the cheapest mung bean cakes cost ten cents, and she was reluctant to buy them.
She was standing at the door, with chickens and ducks in her basket. The boss thought a customer had arrived and came to greet her warmly. But when he saw Su Wanwan shook her head and left, he couldn't help but curse, "Poor bastard, what are you looking at if you don't have money?"
Su Wanwan paused for a moment and continued walking forward.
She spent a penny to buy a piece of sugar rice cake on the roadside. After thinking about it, she bought another piece and took it back to Pei Changfeng.
"Mom, look, is that Su Wanwan?" Zhou Chanyue wiped her eyes and looked, "Why did she buy so many things? Where did she get the money?"
Wu Sanniang also saw it. Where did Su Wanwan get the money? She immediately thought that Su Wanwan received Pei Changfeng's subsidy. Otherwise, what was going on?
Wu Sanniang is still coveting the few cents of silver she earns every month.
"Let's go and take a look."
Wu Sanniang walked towards Su Wanwan, and Zhou Chanyue quickly stopped her, "Mom, have you forgotten how powerful she is?"
Zhou Chanyue whispered something in Wu Sanniang's ear, and Wu Sanniang smiled happily, "You are really my good daughter."
Su Wanwan didn't come to the town very often. After all, she was just a little girl. She walked and shopped, but didn't buy anything. She just took a rice candy and ate it slowly in her hand.
However, although she didn't buy anything, she didn't touch the stall owner's things either, so no one said anything.
Su Wanwan walked to a stall selling crutches and remembered that Pei Changfeng only had a piece of wood, so she planned to buy him a new crutch.
She pointed to a cane with no patterns on it but a handrail. "How much is this cane?"
The cane seller was a middle-aged man. He took a look and replied, "Twenty copper coins, take it. No bargaining."
Twenty copper coins...Su Wanwan was in trouble, she only had eleven copper coins.
The middle-aged man had seen many guests before, so he didn't chase her away. He just dozed off with his straw hat on.
"Someone is stealing something!"
Su Wanwan originally wanted to see who was stealing, but she saw the stall owner pointing at her. She was stunned. When did she steal anything?
The stall owner said angrily, "I knew you were just looking and not buying, you have bad intentions, hand over my things now!"
People around on the street looked over, Su Wanwan was unconvinced, "What did I steal?"
The stall owner glanced at her with disdain and said, "You looked at my jade bracelet several times at that time. If it wasn't you who stole it, who did it?"
Su Wanwan was angry, "I stole it just because I looked at it for a few seconds. Does that mean we can't look at it when we go out in the street? If we look at it, it's considered stealing."
"Stop making excuses," the stall owner tried to pull her backpack, "You must be hiding. You are a thief! Come on! Follow me to the government office!"
Su Wanwan dodged his hand, her face red with anger, "Just meet the official, who is afraid of you?"
During the argument, she saw Zhou Chanyue hiding in the crowd, and suddenly had a premonition in her heart.
She asked the vendor, "Did you see me stealing things?"
The vendor hesitated for a moment, "I didn't see it, but my stuff is gone anyway, who else could it be but you?"
"If you don't say who told you that, then you are framing me," Su Wanwan snorted coldly, using the word she heard from Pei Changfeng, "It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of a crime. You are just talking nonsense! You are bullying a weak woman like me!"
At this time, the owner of the cane shop stood up to speak for Su Wanwan, "This lady is right. How can you prove that she stole it if you don't have any evidence?"
Su Wanwan continued to be unyielding, "I don't care. I promise that when we go to the government office, you must also name the person who framed me. Otherwise, I will not admit the crime based on your one-sided statement!"
The vendor looked around the crowd and found Zhou Chanyue who was trying to get away. "Yes, it's her. She's the one who told me!"
Su Wanwan took a step forward and grabbed Zhou Chanyue by the collar, "Tell me, why did you frame me!"
"I didn't frame you!" Zhou Chanyue's eyes turned red, "You just stole something. I saw it with my own eyes."
Su Wanwan touched Zhou Chanyue all over her body. Zhou Chanyue screamed and hid from her, "Are you crazy? What are you doing?"
"No?" Su Wanwan frowned, "How could that be?"
Zhou Chanyue cried, "You have no shame!"
No matter what shame she has, she will never admit anything that Su Wanwan didn't do!
She grabbed Zhou Chanyue and said to the vendor, "Let's go see the official!"
After saying this, she walked towards the yamen in a menacing manner.
Zhou Chanyue pushed her with all her might, "Crazy, let me go! Crazy! I don't have anything on me, why are you pulling me away!"
Su Wanwan turned around and looked at her coldly, "Just because you have a big mouth, you always like to spit shit for no reason."
Zhou Chanyue absolutely cannot go to see the official. If she does, her life will be over. How can she get married?
Seeing that he could see the government office, Zhou Chanyue panicked, "I was mistaken. You didn't steal anything. I was mistaken."
"You said you saw it wrong, so you saw it wrong?" Su Wanwan snorted coldly, "Where is that thing? It's gone, you have to pay for it!"
"Why should I pay?"
Su Wanwan curled her lips and said, "Just because you saw something being stolen."
The vendor boss also began to blame the other party, "Yes, maybe you are the one who is crying thief, you have to pay me for the bracelet, three taels, no, ten taels, pay me now!"
Zhou Chanyue was surrounded by the two like a little chicken. Finally, she broke down and pointed at Wu Sanniang who was hiding at the back of the crowd and cried, "It wasn't me, it was her. I was wrong. She stole it, not you!"
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