Hearing the noise inside, the child named Xiaomu immediately became a little anxious.
"Sister Xiaoyue, I didn't, I just hit him, he, he wronged me."
Chen Xiaobei smiled and immediately raised his voice, "Xiaoyue, you must be this child's sister. He stole ten taels of silver from me. I think you should know what ten taels of silver means. If I report to the government, you
No one can escape."
After the call ended, there was a silence, followed by a rustling sound.
With little effort, a man staggered out holding a wooden stick. The color of his clothes could no longer be seen. His hair was quite long, almost reaching his waist, but there were a lot of weeds on his hair.
It looked like it hadn't been washed in a long time.
Look at this man's face, which is sallow and sallow. This is too scary.
"Cough cough cough!" There was another violent coughing sound, which made Chen Xiaobei sure that she was the sister Xiaoyue mentioned by the little beggar just now.
Xiaoyue walked up to Xiaomu and stared at Xiaomu fiercely.
Xiaomu felt a little guilty when she saw him, and lowered his head, "Sister, you are not in good health. You should lie down and have a good rest. Why are you up?"
Xiaoyue ignored this and said coldly, "Tell me, what did you do when you went out just now?"
Xiaomu hesitated for a long time, and finally said bravely, "Sister, I told you just now, I just bumped into him, and he said I stole his money."
Xiaoyue remained calm and asked coldly, "How much silver is it?"
Xiaomu didn't know what the trick was, so he immediately replied, "Twelve taels, two ingots and five taels."
Xiaoyue chuckled, and Xiaomu instantly realized that he seemed to have said too much, and his face turned red.
When Chen Xiaobei saw this scene, he sincerely admired Xiaoyue in his heart. With a few words, Xiaomu was able to calm down. This woman was indeed quite capable.
Xiaoyue stretched her hand in front of Xiaomu and said, "Bring it here."
Xiaomu had no choice but to take out the money bag from his arms and put it in Xiaoyue's hand.
"Remember, we can be poor, but we can't steal. Stealing will make people look down on us."
As Xiaoyue spoke, she called a little girl next to her over.
"Swallow, go and return it to others."
Yanzi's tears flowed down in a flash, "Sister, your illness can't be delayed any longer. The doctor said that if you delay it any longer, you may be in trouble."
"Brother Xiaomu is doing this to get money to treat you."
Xiaoyue's eyes widened, "If I earn money like this, I won't take a bite of the medicine you bought."
Yanzi wiped away her tears and handed the money bag to Chen Xiaobei.
Seeing the woman named Yanzi crying so hard, Chen Xiaobei's heart trembled.
If what this girl said is true, then Xiaoyue, who is leaning on a cane and has a sallow face, must be seriously ill.
But from Xiaoyan's attitude, he could feel that the other party was hiding something.
"Miss Xiaoyue, can you tell me what's wrong with you? Why are you coughing so hard?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyue was silent for a while, while Xiaomu next to her cried out, "My sister is seriously ill. The doctor said that if she doesn't take medicine, she will be in trouble, but we really have no money, so we have to
Come up with this plan."
Chen Xiaobei felt a sore nose after hearing this.
Life is not easy. I thought that Chen Xiaobei's life was difficult enough, but I didn't expect that the people in front of me had it a hundred times harder than me. They were already coughing like this, but because they had no money to get medicine, they could only carry it on.
Chen Xiaobei collected his thoughts, then reached out and took out a piece of silver from his wallet.
Then he stuffed it into the hands of the girl named Yanzi.
"Miss Xiaoyue, I lent these to you. You must return them to me after you recover."
After saying that, he turned around and strode away. After walking a short distance, Xiaomu chased after him.
Xiaomu came to Chen Xiaobei and bowed to him respectfully, "Thank you very much, sir. Can I ask for your name?"
Chen Xiaobei smiled calmly and waved his hand, "There is no need for a name. No one will sit idly by if he encounters me."
Unexpectedly, Xiaomu was unwilling to give up, "You just said that the money was lent to us. If you don't leave your name, how will we pay it back in the future?"
Chen Xiaobei thought for a while, well, that makes sense. This also shows that these beggars are not bad in nature.
He said in a deep voice, "Okay, then you remember, I am in Hetou Village, my name is Chen Xiaobei."
After saying that, he left quickly.
Chen Xiaobei's destination was very clear, which was the livestock market in the county town, where horses and sheep were sold.
There were not many people in the market. There were only a few people selling horses and donkeys, and a few selling pigs and sheep. Beef was very expensive these days, so it was normal that no one was selling it.
But Chen Xiaobei turned around twice and discovered a very embarrassing problem.
That is, I only have five taels of silver. If I buy a horse with this money, I can barely buy a middle-class horse that runs naked.
As for the war horses that were boasted by sellers as being capable of traveling thousands of miles a day and eight hundred miles at night, the price reached an astonishing ten taels.
Originally, according to Chen Xiaobei's idea, he wanted to buy a horse and a cart.
A horse alone is no fun. If you bring a car with you, you can take Cui Hongyu and Chen Qiaoer to the county town together.
And the only thing that five taels of silver can buy is a donkey cart.
Yes, donkey.
Although the donkey is not very fast, its endurance is quite good. Besides, it does not need to pull anything too heavy, so the donkey should be able to do the job.
Another point is that donkeys eat less and are much easier to raise than horses.
Taken together, the donkey is more suitable for my current situation.
After some haggling, I bought a donkey plus cart set for four and a half taels of silver.
With five hundred coins left, Chen Xiaobei bought two wooden barrels and a pole, which could be used to easily carry water and water vegetables.
In addition, I didn’t have much lard at home, so I bought two pounds of fat meat.
On my way out of town, I bought some meat buns.
Back home, Chen Qiaoer was very excited. There was a donkey cart at home and she could eat meat buns. Naturally, she was very happy.
But Cui Hongyu felt a little disappointed. After all, she hoped to buy a carriage.
Chen Xiaobei pulled her aside and told her everything that happened in the county town.
"Well, I thought they were pitiful, so I gave them five taels of silver. You won't blame me, right?"
Cui Hongyu felt warm in her heart. Although she was not sure whether she would give it to her if she met him.
But what Chen Xiaobei did made her feel the brilliance of humanity in this man's heart.
Her grandfather, who was a doctor since she was a child, taught her to be kind to the world, and isn’t Chen Xiaobei practicing this?
"Husband, I don't blame you. After all, it's easier for us to make money than it is for them."
"Donkey carts can also be used for transportation, so you don't have to work so hard to get to and from the county."
After resting at home for a while, Chen Xiaobei went out. He had to go take a look and fill the depression he had just contracted with water as soon as possible.
Of course, just filling the water is not enough, you also have to find a way to introduce the fry.