Lin Ru pushed through the crowd and saw an old man leading a sheep!
The sheep's belly looks strange; it's clearly pregnant!
The old man's family was clearly very poor. He tearfully recounted that his wife was ill and that he had planned to sell grain last year to pay for her treatment. However, last year, not only did he fail to sell the grain for money, but the county magistrate also demanded that he pay more grain tax!
He had hoped to hold out until the harvest this year, but his wife's illness has worsened, and now she can't even get out of the fields!
Moreover, it hasn't rained for so long, and there's been war going on!
He really couldn't wait any longer, so he decided to sell the only sheep he owned to pay for his wife's medical treatment!
If they weren't in a real hurry for the money, they wouldn't have sold this ewe with lamb like that!
Those nearby who heard this reacted with mixed feelings: some looked on with sympathy, while others looked on with mockery.
Everyone stood around watching the spectacle, asking all sorts of questions, but no one actually wanted to buy anything!
The old man's eyes welled up with tears of anxiety!
Lin Ru looked at the seriously ill old woman on the cart!
Looking at the old man's helpless and anxious appearance, he didn't seem to be lying!
These days, there aren't many people who would go to such lengths for their wives!
She remembered the puppy in her space, and since she thought the milk powder was too expensive, she went up and bought the sheep instead!
She even secretly gave the old man an extra three taels of silver!
Consider it a way to accumulate good karma in your daily life!
"Uncle! You'd better take your aunt to the clinic right away!"
"Go home as soon as you're done with your doctor's appointment. Things aren't safe out there right now!"
The old man felt the unusual weight in his hand!
He was immediately filled with gratitude and almost knelt down before Lin Ru!
They quickly helped the person up and were about to leave!
But then an old lady selling chicks grabbed Lin Ru again!
"Hey, young lady, don't rush off! Look at these chickens! Each one is juicy and meaty! Why don't you have some pity on me and buy them all?"
Someone nearby looked at the emaciated chicken and couldn't help but laugh!
"Aunt Zhang! You can't just lie like that. You think this girl is kind-hearted, so you're trying to rip her off. Your chickens are practically bones, how can you say they're full of meat?"
The old woman smiled sheepishly when she heard this!
"Hehe! I think there's a lot of chicken here, much fatter than this old lady! And I won't ask for more, so you can just charge me the price of five chickens!"
"Old woman, I won't take advantage of you!"
Lin Ru looked at the skinny old woman and realized she was telling the truth; the chicken looked to have more meat than the old woman!
Looking at the old woman's smiling face, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart. In this chaotic world, the common people were suffering so much!
She couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Even if she really led her people to escape into Yuzhou, would things really be any better?
If Yuzhou descends into chaos, where can she possibly escape to?
Was the purpose of Heaven sending her here simply to make her lead the female protagonist's family on a long and arduous journey, constantly fleeing from place to place?
The sights and sounds she had seen and heard along the way flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern!
She felt her breathing was completely disordered!
My head is also very uncomfortable!
Suddenly, a warm hand grasped her arm!
Lin Ru was finally able to break free from that strange feeling!
She looked at the owner of the hand, and it was that skinny old woman!
She shook Lin Ru anxiously, her expression full of worry!
"Little girl! Little girl! What's wrong with you?"
"Are you feeling unwell anywhere? I see you're sweating!"
"Is it because of me?"
"I'm not trying to force you to buy my chicken!"
"My chickens are indeed skinny; you can also take a look at other people's chickens!"
"You absolutely mustn't feel any pressure!"
Lin Ru then realized that she was suddenly covered in sweat!
Luckily, the older woman in front of her pulled her away, otherwise she doesn't know what would have happened! In any case, it would most likely have been something bad!
She smiled as she looked at the elderly woman in front of her!
"I was just a little distracted, I'm not feeling unwell!"
"Your chickens look thin, but they seem quite energetic. You must have fed them very well!"
How much money do you want?
When the old woman saw that Lin Ru actually wanted to buy her chicken, she immediately clapped her hands with a big smile!
These days everyone is struggling, and nobody wants to spend extra money to buy her chickens that are so thin they're just bones!
Her family was really broke, otherwise they wouldn't have been so shameless as to ask for such a young girl!
With that in mind, she deliberately quoted a slightly lower price!
"Just give me 60 coins a pound of chicken!"
"These six chickens of mine weigh eleven pounds in total! I'll give you the smaller one, let's say it weighs ten pounds! Just give me 600 coins!"
Lin Ru was shocked to hear this. These six chickens were worth less than one tael of silver. If she went to buy grain, she could only buy ten catties of grain!
This old lady is a little too honest!
Indeed, kind people are often poor!
She took the six chickens!
She took out five taels of silver from her bosom and, by holding the old woman's hand, stuffed the silver into her hand!
The old woman felt the weight in her hand and tried to refuse it repeatedly!
Lin Ru smiled and shook her head at the old woman!
"Food is so expensive these days. Buying some potatoes will help us last a while longer! Things are so chaotic these days! Auntie, you'd better hurry and buy some food just in case!"
"You must have younger relatives in your family, this will be a good opportunity to give them a good meal!"
The old woman immediately understood what Lin Ru meant!
In this chaotic world, if the two of them were to argue over five taels of silver in the middle of the road, they would inevitably attract the attention of those with ulterior motives!
And it also reminded her to think about her children at home!
Her eyes welled up with tears!
"Good boy, good boy! Old woman, thank you!"
"Then you should hurry up and go! Otherwise, your elders at home will worry if they can't find you!"
Lin Ru patted the old woman's hand and then left!
Seeing that there was no excitement in the place, everyone dispersed after watching for a while. However, some curious people asked Aunt Zhang how much money the girl had given her!
Aunt Zhang took out a small piece of silver and showed it to them!
How much more can there be!
"The girl was dressed in very shabby clothes and had little money on her. She only gave me this small piece of silver because she felt sorry for this old woman!"
"You think you gave me a few dozen taels of silver?!"
"Why don't you go dream? Or write storybooks!"
"Hurry up and go home. There's nothing lively here. I need to get back to my husband and cook for him!"
When those people saw that this small piece of silver was probably less than half an ounce, they couldn't help but sneer!
"Aunt Zhang, you've been tricked by that little brat! You might as well have just given me those chickens for free. I could have given you a couple more potatoes, which would have been better than this little bit of silver!"
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