Chapter 8 You are waiting for me to lend you money
Chapter 8 Just wait, I’ll lend you money
"Brothel? No, no, even if I sell you, you have to be sold to a good family. I won't let you be like those women."
"Hmph, you still have some conscience!" Zhao Ling'er thought to herself.
"Hey, don't betray me yet! How about you come with me and I go back to the inn to get some money for you?" Zhao Ling'er shouted to the boy.
"Inn? As soon as you go back, your parents will definitely catch me and report me to the official. I won't go!"
"It's just me! I'm staying in the inn by myself! Let me go first and talk to you, I won't run away!" Zhao Ling'er kicked the ground with her feet: "There's no way you can hold me back like this! I'll meet someone later.
I yelled for help, but you still couldn't run away. Why don't you go to the inn with me now and I'll really get you money. Are you really kidnapping me for your mother and your sister?"
The boy suddenly let go of his hand, and Zhao Ling'er suddenly lay down on the ground.
"Why do you live in an inn by yourself? How can you live in an inn at such a young age? Where do you get the money? Where are your parents?"
The boy asked a series of questions so that Zhao Ling'er didn't know which one to answer first.
"Come with me. It's already dark. Your mother and your sister must be waiting anxiously at home. I took the money and let's go back to see your mother together." Zhao Ling'er got up and took him away quickly.
The boy stopped talking.
The two people started walking and running.
"Where's Zhou You?" As soon as he entered the inn lobby, Zhao Ling'er looked around for Zhou You.
"Traveling around? He went to see his little wife and she hasn't come back yet!" replied a waiter in the store.
Wan'er said that she was going to buy fabrics this afternoon. It was probably a bit late for her shopping, but the shops were closed now, so he would be back soon.
For some reason, Zhao Ling'er suddenly became anxious. His mother was still waiting to see a doctor. Since she had encountered it, she had to try her best to save him!
She glanced at the boy.
The boy's disappointed look was etched on his face.
What showed on his face was not disappointment, but despair.
He lowered his head and stared at the threshold silently without saying a word.
"Why aren't you back from Zhou You?" Zhao Linger asked anxiously: "Should you go to the innkeeper to borrow some money? Or ask Mother Wu to borrow it? Mother Wu's house is a bit far away from here. I'm afraid it would be too long to walk there and back.
It’s almost midnight! Can you send his mother to the hospital first? Why isn’t Zhou You back yet?”
Zhao Ling'er saw the boy turning around and preparing to leave. She hurriedly walked to him and held him, but she didn't know what to say. There was nothing she could do to help him now!
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"Come with me!" Zhao Ling'er took the boy to the kitchen.
"Ah San, is there any leftover food from the guests tonight?" Zhao Ling'er asked.
"Yes, yes, but they are all fed to the dogs!" Ah San was busy cooking.
"Yes, I am also a guest here, I can pay on credit!" Zhao Ling'er suddenly remembered.
"Prepare five bowls of rice for me, two pig's trotters, one roast chicken, and a plate of fried vegetables. Charge it to my account." Zhao Ling'er said to Ah San.
"Okay!"
Zhao Ling'er brought the boy to the lobby and said, "Sit down first and I'll go find the shopkeeper to see if I can borrow some money. Don't leave. I'll be down right away."
Fortunately, the shopkeeper lives in the innermost room upstairs, otherwise we would really be desperate.
"Dong dong dong!" Zhao Ling'er knocked on the shopkeeper's door.
"He shopkeeper, can I lend you 100 yuan first? I will return it to you when I check out tomorrow morning."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, I never lend money to anyone."
"And the shopkeeper! This is my life-saving money! There is a little boy who is seriously ill and needs money urgently. I will borrow it for one night and return it to you tomorrow morning, okay?"
"Little girl, I can't even trust you, so how can I lend money to a little boy? Go out, I won't lend you a penny of this money."
"But this money is about human lives!"
"What does it have to do with me? Get out!" He said coldly to the shopkeeper.
Zhao Ling'er only felt that her legs were extremely heavy. A penny would stump a heroic man!
If she couldn't let him go back first, she went to Wu's mother to borrow money.
"The meal is ready!" Ah San brought out the vegetables and rice.
"Pack all these and give them to this boy." Zhao Ling'er said.
Ah San didn't say anything, turned around and went back to the kitchen.
"What's your name? Where is your home?" Zhao Ling'er asked the boy.
"Li Heng, go through Nanyun Lane and go south. There is a thatched house. There is a tung tree next to my house. Our family is there."
"Li Heng, you go back with the food first, and I will find a way to raise money. You take good care of your mother and make sure she survives. I will go to your house to find you later, and we will take your mother to see a doctor together." Zhao Ling'er
Standing on tiptoes, he patted Li Heng on the shoulder.
Li Heng's eyes flashed with surprise and he said nothing.
Zhao Linger turned around and ran into the night.
It was very dark and there was almost no one on the road.
On the path in the wilderness, the only sound that could be heard was the friction of her shoes against the ground.
Zhao Ling'er stood panting at the door of Wu's mother's house.
Bursts of dog barking came from the yard.
Wen'e twisted her body and slowly walked out of the house.
"Why are you here again? You want to come and stay at my house again? No way! You can go to whoever you want!" Wen'e waved her hand to let Zhao Ling'er go.
"I'm not here to see you, I'm here to see Wu Ma." Zhao Ling'er shouted to her.
"Wu Ma, it's useless to look for her! Do you still want her to sleep in a ruined temple with you?" Wen'e stared at her.
"Ling'er." Wu Ma walked out slowly with small steps.
"Wu Ma." Ling'er took Wu Ma's arm, took her two steps out, and asked in a low voice: "Do you still keep the money I gave you the day before yesterday?"
Wu Ma nodded: "I hid, what happened?"
"Can you lend it to me first? I'll pay it back to you tomorrow morning after settling the bill."
"Silly boy, what are you talking about? It's your money. Just wait, I'll get it for you." Wu Ma patted Zhao Ling'er on the head and slowly entered the house.
Tian Wen'e stood in the yard, staring at Zhao Linger, afraid that she would break in.
Zhao Ling'er ignored her and simply turned her back to look at the scenery.