The first year in Qingquan Village was very lively. Magistrate Zhou and some squires came to visit Lu Shouchang, and the Lu family was full of people.
Mrs. Chen knew that Wang Xiu was impatient to socialize, so she asked Lu Yunhong to drive her and her three daughters to the county town on the second day of the Lunar New Year.
Because of the Chinese New Year, the county town is very lively.
Wang Xiu couldn't move in front of a clay figurine stall. He looked at them one by one and liked them all.
Lu Yunhong said: "If you like it, then buy it back together."
The vendor's eyes lit up and he greeted him warmly.
Wang Xiu looked at the various clay figurines. There were about a hundred of them, but there was no place to display them after buying them.
What's more, the clay figurines are small ornaments, so just pick the delicate ones, so he said to Lu Yunhong: "I'll pick them out, can you help me choose three?"
Lu Yunhong agreed immediately.
He looked back and found that the eldest sister Lu Yunran was looking at the masks, the second sister Lu Yunyuan was looking at the lanterns, and the younger sister Lu Yunzhu was looking at the round fan.
Lu Yunhong stopped the three of them and said, "Don't get separated. It will be difficult to find them in a while."
Lu Yunran said: "Brother just needs to accompany my sister-in-law. If the three of us sisters have company, we can meet at the intersection in front of Nanchan Temple in a while."
Lu Yunhong frowned, feeling uneasy.
Wang Xiu quickly picked three clay figurines to settle the bill. Seeing this, Lu Yunhong asked, "Don't you need me to help you pick?"
Wang Xiudao: "Hurry up and buy it so that you can keep an eye on my sisters. Otherwise, how can I explain to my mother if something goes wrong?"
The corner of Lu Yunhong's mouth curled up slightly, and he reached out to help her carry the cloth bag. This was specially brought by Wang Xiu to contain her things. Her pocket money and several small medicine bottles were placed in it.
The two of them were following suit when suddenly Lu Yunzhu ran off to buy sweet potatoes. Wang Xiu was worried and pulled Lu Yunhong to follow him.
As a result, the old man selling sweet potatoes was delayed for some time because he didn't have enough coins to find.
During this period, Lu Yunran bought a mask, but she fell in love with a green agate beaded flower.
The pearl flower was in the style of a crab apple, with white freshwater pearls inlaid inside. It looked very beautiful. Lu Yunran asked the price, and it was five hundred yuan.
She thought the price was right, so she didn't bargain and gave her a tael of silver.
Soon, the hawker gave her half a tael of silver in change. When the money was finished, Lu Yunran was ready to leave.
At this time, the vendor quickly stopped Lu Yunran and said, "Little girl, you haven't paid for the pearl flowers you bought?"
Lu Yunran immediately said: "I gave it, I gave you one tael, and you gave me half a tael of silver."
With that said, he took out the half a tael of silver and showed it to the vendor.
But at this time, the hawker took out his money bag, and the broken silver and copper coins were all mixed together. He said with an incomprehensible expression: "I don't have one tael of silver here, see for yourself, where can I find it?"
"I haven't given you any money for your pearl flower yet. If you don't want to buy it, just put it down."
Everyone around him looked at her strangely. Lu Yunran had never been so aggrieved before and immediately argued: "I gave it to you."
The hawker said angrily: "You said you gave me one tael, but you saw it. I took out all my money. Where is the one tael?"
"My beads and flowers are not expensive. It looks like the little girl can afford them. Why steal them?"
Lu Yunran was so angry that she trembled and retorted loudly: "I didn't steal, I gave it."
The hawker stretched out his hand and said: "Forget it, just return the pearl flowers, I won't care."
Lu Yunran blushed with anger, but she resisted crying. She squeezed the pearl flowers tightly and said coldly: "I bought the pearl flowers, why should I give them back to you!"
When the hawker heard this, he came to rob it on the spot.
At this moment, a big hand squeezed the hawker's hand.
"ah……"
"Take it easy, take it easy..."
Lu Yunran saw a tall man step forward and pinch the hawker's wrist like a chicken.
He didn't look at her from beginning to end, he just stared at the hawker and sneered: "I've been watching you for a day. The other three and five cents are fine, but what this girl gave you was one tael of silver. I saw it with my own eyes.
Why don't you take it out yet?"
The hawker was startled by the tall man and stumbled: "Who are you? Who has taken a tael of silver? Don't talk nonsense!"
When the man saw the hawker, he still didn't give up. He immediately sneered and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, then we will report it to the official."
After saying that, he turned to look at Lu Yunran and said, "Does the girl agree to report to the official?"
Lu Yunran knew that the man was standing up for her, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "I am willing."
The man just wanted to scare the vendor, but the little girl actually dared to report it to the official. He was a little stunned for a moment.
Seeing that they were not easy to deal with, the hawker immediately said to Lu Yunran: "I remembered that you gave me money. You should leave quickly."
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing that there were too many people watching, Lu Yunhong and Wang Xiu pushed through the crowd and discovered that Lu Yunran was here.
When Lu Yunran saw his eldest brother and sister-in-law coming, his eyes turned red, and he quickly pointed at the hawker and said: "He took my money but lied about not taking it, and wanted to slander me for stealing. Fortunately, the eldest brother next to me testified for me. He
Just telling the truth."
Lu Yunhong looked over suddenly, and the hawker suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He thought that this little girl came out to play by herself, but who knew that there was a brother and sister-in-law. She looked very unusual in her clothes. Could it be that she was a girl from a wealthy family?
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I remembered it wrong."
Lu Yunhong turned a deaf ear, but looked at the man who stood up for his sister and felt a little familiar.
At this time, the man quickly introduced himself: "Uncle Lu, I am Detective Huang Zizhuo. We met in the Yamen."
"It's Chinese New Year, and there's nothing going on in the Yamen, so I went out for a walk. Who knew I met this man who was cheating my sister out of her money, so I stepped forward to teach him a lesson."
The hawker was already stunned. It turned out that the person who caught him was a county police officer, and the man in front of him was called uncle by the police, so he must have a good background.
For a while, the hawker complained endlessly and quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Masters, please do a good job and don't send me to the Yamen. I'm distracted for a while, and I still have a wife and children at home waiting for me to go back. I beg you."
Huang Zizhuo said: "Uncle Lu, please don't be deceived by him. I have been keeping an eye on him for a day. After he succeeded, this person did not know how to restrain himself. Instead, he criticized the victim more harshly. He is extremely shameless."
Lu Yunhong said: "Send it to the official and leave it to Master Zhou."
Huang Zizhuo breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that if he squatted for a long time and was released as a good deed by the Lu family, he would feel aggrieved.
When the vendor heard this, he realized that the man named Lu in front of him really knew the county magistrate, so he would not be beaten to death if he went in.
With a "bang" sound, the vendor overturned the stall and took advantage of the chaos to run away.
Wang Xiu was startled by his actions and thought he was going to draw his sword, so he subconsciously pulled Lu Yunran behind him.
Lu Yunhong caught a glimpse of Wang Xiu's frightened look from the corner of his eye, frowned, and kicked the hawker to the ground.