Chapter 12 Find your father to settle accounts
Si Sheng chased after him and wanted to ask, "Do you have any money?", but he only saw Suxue's back running away. Thinking of the broken silver that Mr. Fu gave to Suxue, Si Sheng returned to the yard with peace of mind and continued to clean up.
The sesame seed cakes were worth two cents each, so Suxue bought twenty. Not paying attention to the weird look in the man's eyes, Suxue walked back holding the sesame seed cakes wrapped in paper.
There are few shops on this street, and there are not many pedestrians on the street.
"Suxue?" an old voice asked uncertainly.
Suxue stopped and looked at the old man. He was wearing short clothes, and the two patches of different colors on his shoulders were particularly conspicuous.
"Suxue, is it really you? Are you still at home?" The old man walked quickly to Suxue, his cloudy eyes shining brightly.
Facing Suxue's unfamiliar eyes, the old man asked: "Why, Suxue, you don't know Grandpa Yi anymore?"
"Grandpa Yi, it's you. I didn't recognize it for a moment." Suxue smiled sweetly. In fact, she still doesn't know who Grandpa Yi is.
Grandpa Yi held an ax in his hand. Suxue said in surprise: "Grandpa Yi, where are you going?"
Grandpa Yi tightened his hand on the ax and asked instead, "Suxue, tell me the truth. Did your father sell you? When will he send you away?"
It seemed that the story of her being sold into slavery was widely spread. Suxue grinded her molars and said with a smile: "Grandpa Yi, who did you listen to?"
Grandpa Yi burst into tears and said, "Silly boy, are you still kept in the dark? Your father sold you to be a girl."
"My poor child, you have lost your mother since you were a child, and you have met such an unreliable father. If my old boss, Brother Bai, was still here, how could you suffer such injustice..."
My old boss, Brother Bai, are you talking about my grandfather, Mr. Bai?
"My grandpa..."
Grandpa Yi said: "Yes, as long as your grandpa is here, he will never let that white-eyed wolf betray you, poor Suxue."
Grandpa Yi paused again and blamed himself: "I am no longer working as a clerk in Bai's shop, and I don't know much about your family anymore. If I had known earlier, I would have stopped this matter."
Grandpa Yi turned out to be an old man from Baijia Shop. Baijia Shop closed down a few years ago.
Suxue felt a little embarrassed at first when Grandpa Yi made her cry bitterly, but when she saw Grandpa Yi crying with true emotion, she blamed herself so much that she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
"No, Brother Bai is no longer here, but Grandpa Yi is still here. Let's go and settle the accounts with your father. Even if Grandpa Yi fights for his life, he can't let you fall into the wolf's den."
Grandpa Yi said, wiped away his tears, straightened his already stooped back, and pulled Suxue towards Bai's house.
Suxue said anxiously: "Grandpa, please listen to me first." If Grandpa Yi breaks into the house with an ax, something might happen in his impulsiveness.
Suxue grabbed the old man's hand and said, "Grandpa Yi, my father didn't sell me. You made a mistake."
Grandpa Yi looked at Suxue hesitantly, and Suxue said sincerely: "Really, Grandpa Yi, my father didn't sell me out. Those are all rumors. Mr. Xie told them nonsense. You can't believe it."
"Is it a rumor? Mr. Xie is talking nonsense?" Grandpa Yi repeated. He heard the news from the servants of the Xie family.
"Yes, this is Yaoyan. At noon, my father was holding the guy up and chasing Mr. Xie all over the yard."
Ye Xiucai could hit someone with a stick? Looking at Suxue's determined expression, Grandpa Yi believed it. He said sincerely: "Suxue, don't lie to grandpa. Children don't understand. It's not like being a girl for others."
No matter what good thing you do, if you don't say it until you get ahead in life, your descendants will all be slaves, and the master may lose his life if he doesn't get what he wants."
"Grandpa, I know, how could I lie to you? I'm really going to be betrayed. How can I stand here properly now?"
Grandpa Yi completely believed what Suxue said and let out a long breath, "That white-eyed wolf, his conscience is not completely bad after all."
Grandpa Yi tucked his father's head into his back, and then thought of another thing, and said: "By the way, Suxue, go back and tell your father about the rumors about bandits, so that he should be aware of the rumors and make plans in advance.
.Nearly all the rich families in the town have fled, and I will leave with my boss tomorrow."
Suxue looked at Grandpa Yi's red eyes, rolled her eyes and said: "Grandpa Yi, I don't understand what you are talking about. You should go home and talk to my father face to face."
Grandpa Yi thought of Si Sheng, who did not have enough food and salt, and was really afraid that he would make a mistake and cause his two children to suffer with him.
"Forget it, I'll explain it to him clearly so that his scholarly brain won't be confused."
When Suxue brought Grandpa Yi home, Si Sheng was cleaning up the kitchen, and there were already some sorted luggage piled up in the yard.
"Uncle Yi, come in quickly." Si Sheng welcomed Grandpa Yi and led him to the main room.
Grandpa Yi was a little uncomfortable looking at Si Sheng with a smile on his face. Si Sheng used to be indifferent.
Suxue went to the kitchen with sesame cakes in her arms. When she saw Wang Zeran standing in front of the stove, she said strangely: "Hey, aren't you facing the wall? My father let you go?"
"I'm just facing the wall."
Suxue looked at Wang Zeran who was standing in front of a bowl of porridge and said, "Get some water."
"no."
Suxue raised her eyebrows and said, "What's wrong? A guest is here. Get some water for the guest."
"Your father asked me...to stand while looking at the porridge."
Dad is up to something new? Thinking that Wang Zeran almost fainted from hunger in the grain store just now, Suxue asked: "Have you eaten yet?"
Wang Zeran said: "I drank brown sugar water and half a bowl of porridge."
"When did my father tell you to figure it out and eat half a bowl again?"
Wang Zeran nodded.
Suxue "..."
Suxue opened the oil paper bag and said, "Here, you can eat a sesame seed cake while it's hot first."
Wang Zeran didn't move, Ruoxue stuffed the sesame seed cakes into his hand, "Eat quickly, and bring the water and sesame seed cakes to Grandpa Yi after you finish. Don't waste time, we don't have time."
Suxue picked up an empty bag and filled most of the bag with sorghum grains.
Wang Zeran came out of the main room after delivering the things and saw Suxue dragging the bag to the main room. He wanted to help, but Suxue ruthlessly refused, "Go and face the wall."
Seeing his daughter dragging a cloth bag in, Si Sheng was surprised, "Xue'er, what are you doing?"
"Dad, isn't this the food you left for your righteous grandpa?"
"What?" Si Sheng was confused.
"Dad, you forgot, didn't you say you left this bag of grain for Grandpa Yi? I dragged it here for you. Look, am I awesome?" Suxue looked like she was begging for praise.
Si Sheng looked at Suxue, who pursed her lips and smiled.
Grandpa Yi was flattered and said, "Si Sheng, you can't do this. You are not well off either. I am following Dong Zhang's family. Even though I don't have enough to eat, I can still get by."
Si Sheng laughed dryly at Grandpa Yi, then turned around and glared at Suxue: You prodigal son, don't you know how valuable food is in this world?
Suxue put on a big smile: Grandpa Yi needs it more than we do, so we can find ways to earn more by ourselves.
Si Sheng glared at Suxue again: I can't give you so much.
Chapter completed!