After washing up, I could finally see his true appearance.
The boy was very handsome, with fair skin. He was young and not particularly tall, so Pei Ji's clothes seemed a little long on him.
"Now, can you tell me what happened?"
"I..." The boy hesitated.
"...Let me guess...you were kidnapped?"
"You escaped by yourself?"
Ji Tingyou was astonished. This? He could even guess this correctly?
Looking at his expression, Su Li knew that she was right.
"What's the reason? Seeking wealth?"
"Family infighting? Or revenge against the other family?"
"..." Isn't it said that country people are simple-minded and ignorant? How could this country girl be so smart?
"You guessed right. I was indeed kidnapped, and I did escape on my own. However, I don't know who the kidnappers are. I only know that they wanted to sell me to some mine to work."
Anyway, she had guessed it almost, so she just went ahead and said it. He intuitively felt that the person in front of him might be able to help him, or he might promise her a large sum of money.
Looking at how shabby this place is, it goes without saying that this family is short of money.
My grandfather once said that if you encounter difficulties outside, it is not a problem if you can solve them with money. After all, the thing that the mansion has the most is money.
Mining?
Su Li raised his eyebrows slightly.
What kind of hatred or grudge is this? Forcing such a rich kid to mine is more cruel than killing him directly, right?
However, it was precisely because the other party had such a vicious mind that the young man had a chance to survive and escape.
"Then do you know where those people came from?"
"Bandits." They would occasionally say 'our village', the second in command, etc., but they never said who hired them to do the work. They seemed not to know.
"Oh..." She thought it was a assassin or something, but if it really was a assassin or something, he probably wouldn't have a chance to escape, right?
"So, do you have a way to contact your family? Or have you figured out how to get back?"
The boy refused to reveal his identity, so Su Li didn't force him.
After all, he is still a child. Looking at his clear and honest eyes, he doesn't look like a bad person. It's okay for her to help him. She is a good person.
The boy's eyes lit up: "I want to go to Los Angeles. There is someone I know in Los Angeles who will take me home."
I learned from those bad guys that this place should belong to Guangning. The governor of Guangning, Li Mingshan, used to be my grandfather's subordinate and had always had a close relationship with my grandfather. He would only trust him if he could send him back to Beijing.
"Luocheng?" From the original owner's memory, it was known that Luocheng was the provincial capital, and it was also the place where Pei Ji would take the provincial examination some time ago. The original owner had inquired about the distance, and it was not far.
"Okay, I'll take you to Los Angeles the day after tomorrow."
"Why not tomorrow?"
"I have something to do tomorrow."
"oh……"
When Su Li returned to the bedroom, it was already early morning. He only took a short nap before dawn.
She got up quickly, fed the chickens and made breakfast.
After breakfast, the first couple who had an appointment arrived before the two children and the teenager woke up.
It was not until noon that she finished painting the wedding portraits of three couples and then went to make lunch.
At noon, I made fried bacon with garlic sprouts, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried wood ear mushrooms with green onion sprouts, and loofah egg drop soup.
Then he called the boy out to eat together.
Pei Zhao and his sister looked at the strange boy who suddenly appeared in their home, feeling a little curious and reserved.
There were many people around and they talked a lot, so in order to prevent those bad guys from searching around, the boy stayed in the study and did not come out while the portrait was being painted in the morning.
Su Li also carefully told the two siblings not to tell anyone that there was a new older brother in the family.
The two little guys repeatedly promised not to tell anyone, and of course she believed them. After all, when the original owner had told the brother and sister not to tell Pei Ji about the original owner's mother-in-law and sister-in-law beating and scolding them, the two silly kids refused to say a word.
I don’t know if it’s because I listen too much to the original owner or if I’m not close to my father, but from what they said before, Pei Ji would tell them stories and talk about principles, so it doesn’t seem like they are not close.
"What is this?" The young man seemed quite relaxed and asked curiously while looking at the plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes."
“What is a tomato?”
"Ah? It's a tomato, a kind of fruit and vegetable. It can be stir-fried, made into soup, or eaten as fruit..."
Su Li was puzzled. Could it be that people in this fictional ancient world didn't eat tomatoes? Or was it that the rich young man didn't know the difference between grains and cereals?
To be honest, these tomatoes were not grown in the original owner's backyard. They were wild tomatoes that she accidentally saw when she went to the back mountain to paint portraits of Pei Zhao and his sister. They looked big and red, so she picked them several times to eat as fruit.
To be honest, pure natural ones taste better than those grown with modern technology and hard work.
"Oh..." Ji Tingyou didn't ask any more questions. Seeing Su Li eating with relish, he also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. It tasted sour and sweet, and also... weird, but it seemed quite delicious...
After lunch, the brother and sister went to take a nap, the boy returned to the study, and the fourth couple also arrived.
Before the painting was finished, some more people came to sign up and make reservations. They had to go to Los Angeles tomorrow, and it would take a whole day to go there and back, so Su Li scheduled the portrait painting time for the day after tomorrow or later.
After painting a wedding portrait of a couple in the afternoon, seeing that it was still early, she went next door to find Su Xiaocui.
"Buy firewood?" Su Xiaocui was stunned, and then she remembered that she was painting a portrait for someone now, and Xiao Huzi said that business was particularly good, so she probably didn't have time.
"Yes, we need chopped wood. Is there anyone in our village willing to take on this job?"
Pei Ji studied at the county school and only came home once a month, so he had no time to help with the woodcutting. The original owner used to go up the mountain to chop wood by himself.
She needs to make money and maintain her health, but she doesn't want to do this kind of time-wasting and hard work. She has never done it in her past life or the present...
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