Chapter 130: Tracking
"Ouch, my stomach hurts a little..." Li Taohua suddenly covered her stomach.
"Mom, are you okay?" Qin Huiyin quickly put down what she was holding and supported her nervously.
"It's okay, I just had an emergency." Li Taohua said in a low voice, "Don't be so loud, it's embarrassing for a pretty girl like me to talk about emergency matters in public."
Qin Huiyin: “…”
She smiled helplessly and said in a low voice, "There's a roadside toilet over there, go and take care of it."
"I have a diarrheal illness today and it might take a while. Please take care of me here," said Li Taohua.
"Okay, take care of yourself first, I'll watch over here, don't worry."
"OK."
“Is there toilet paper?”
"Shh..." Li Taohua made a gesture to keep quiet, then ran back to take out the yellowed toilet paper from the cloth bag.
Most ordinary people here don't use toilet paper. If they are at home, there will be leaves or something like that in the toilet. If they are more particular, there will be a basin of water and a towel next to it.
Qin Huiyin couldn't stand it a bit. The last time she bought pens, ink, paper and inkstone for Tang Yichen, she picked the worst quality paper to make toilet paper.
Li Taohua is also a clean person, and she will only support Qin Huiyin's approach and will not stop it.
Qin Huiyin saw Li Taohua going towards the toilet and continued to flip the skewers in her hand.
Li Taohua went into the toilet, but came out right after entering, sneaked away from the side, and then returned to the vicinity of the market, looking for the person she had just seen.
That's right. Her stomach didn't hurt, and her trip to the toilet was fake.
She vaguely saw a suspicious person staring at this side furtively, and that figure looked very much like Tang Jizu. The last incident made her realize that the clown hiding in the dark must be dealt with, otherwise her precious daughter would have to endure many scares again.
She didn't tell Qin Huiyin. First, she hadn't confirmed who that person was. Telling her rashly would only make her worry about him. She would wait until she found him. Second, her daughter was already very busy and tired. She had experience in dealing with bad guys. Why would she let a little girl worry about him?
Found it.
Li Taohua accurately found the mouse hiding in the dark.
There was a long line in front of the "Smiley Restaurant". The stall was run by a few teenagers, and the elderly Mr. Tang San helped collect money, pass things around, and clean up the table after the customers left. Several yamen runners were eating there, chatting and laughing, and praising the boss's cooking skills.
The boss's business was booming, and customers were not impatient despite the long queues. They also had officials to back them up. This scene was so stimulating that Tang Jizu's eyes turned red.
Tang Jizu knew that no matter how much he hated her, he couldn't do anything. He had just attacked someone yesterday, so he should keep calm at this time.
He pouted and turned away.
Li Taohua followed Tang Jizu until he entered a yard.
She looked up at the plaque at the gate of the courtyard, on which was clearly written "Xia Zhuang".
"Hey, are you the wife or mistress of that man just now?" A beggar boy squatted in the corner and said with a grin.
Li Taohua put one hand on her waist and said fiercely: "I am not blind, how can I be interested in that kind of thing?"
"Oh, that's the enemy!" The beggar said, "I can tell you what you want to know, but it's not in vain."
"Do you know who he is?"
"He's the butler's lackey. He'll eat shit even if the butler tells him to."
"You seem to have a grudge against him?"
"Not really. It's just that every time he sees us he either beats us or scolds us. I just hate him!"
Li Taohua fished around and took out ten coins, then waved them in front of the little beggar: "Tell me what you know, and I'll see how much it's worth."
The busy period was over, and Qin Huiyin finally had some free time. She looked into the distance and said to herself, "My mother has been gone for so long, is she okay?"
Tang Luwu said: "Yinyin, I'll go take a look."
"Okay... no need, mother is back." Qin Huiyin looked at Li Taohua who was coming from the direction of the roadside toilet.
Li Taohua felt guilty and didn't dare to look Qin Huiyin in the eye. She said to Tang Luwu, "I have a stomachache today. Can you guys handle this?"
"Don't worry, mother. We can handle it." Tang Luwu said obediently, "Mother, you have been squatting for so long, do you feel uncomfortable? Why don't you go see a doctor?"
"No, it must be because the pancakes I had this morning were so delicious that I ate a few more bites." Li Taohua said, "I'm back, you guys take a rest, I'll take care of things."
"Third Grandpa and I are going to deliver the sauce to Big Brother and Brother Ruize." Qin Huiyin said, looking at the grilled skewers, "We have a lot of ingredients today, so let's grill some skewers and send them over."
"We prepare a lot of ingredients to make money, not to make you a good person." Li Taohua muttered.
"Mom..." Qin Huiyin hugged Li Taohua's arm and shook it.
"Give it, give it, give it, give the whole stall to him." Li Taohua said unhappily.
"A saint once said that the more good-looking a person is, the more kind they are, because God only gives kind people peerless looks. It's true." Qin Huiyin said with emotion.
"Which saint said that?" Li Taohua was surprised. "Why haven't I heard of it?"
"I made it up." Qin Huiyin laughed, "Sister Luwu, little brother, come and help."
Li Taohua laughed and scolded: "You stinky girl, you are born with a smooth tongue, I don't know who you resemble."
Tang Luwu and Tang Yi laughed.
Several people worked together to grill the meat. They also steamed the braised meat in a pot, wrapped it in oil paper and put it in a basket.
I originally brought twenty large jars of seasoning sauce, but because Boss Ning bought ten of them, there are only ten large jars left.
Qin Huiyin divided it into two portions, with each person getting five cans.
Because the amount of seasoning sauce was less, Qin Huiyin prepared more grilled skewers and braised meat. Today's dried fish sold well, and there was not a single dried fish left. Next time, I will get more dried fish and give them a bag each.
Master Tang San asked: "Who should we go to first?"
Qin Huiyin thought for a moment and said, "This place is close to Big Brother. When we get to the academy, you can take the things down first. It will take some time for the gatekeeper to go in and find Big Brother. I'm worried that the kebabs will get cold if we wait too long, so I'm driving the ox cart directly to the dam. After I give the things to Brother Ruize, I'll come back to pick you up."
"How about I take you to the dam and you stay here to wait for Yi Chen?"
"I'd better send him to the dam! I always feel that Brother Ruize is hiding something from me. I'll ask around later to see if anything happened to him."
"I don't care. I'm just afraid that someone will be unhappy!" Mr. Tang San looked like he was enjoying the show.
The old ox was walking leisurely, and the grandparents and grandchildren were talking and laughing, just like the ordinary life in the world.
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