By the Mingshui River, Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei walked along the entire Mingshui River in the town. It took them about an hour, but they never saw the shadow of Uncle Liu and the donkey. There were many fishermen along the road, and they asked about it. News about the old man holding the donkey.
Yu Liufei muttered: "Xiaoyu, Uncle Liu didn't come to fish!"
Xiaoyu frowned and said, "Is it true that there are friends of Uncle Liu in this town? That's not true. I have never heard that Uncle Liu has any friends."
Yu Liufei asked: "Then where are we going now?"
Xiaoyu took a look at the sky. The sun was still shining brightly and the sun was warm. It was a little early for dinner.
He could only reply casually:
"It's getting dark too early, and there are no interesting places in the town. So, let's go to the town for a walk? Or go back to the inn first. Maybe the old man has gone back."
Hearing this, Yu Liufei replied: "Then why don't we just visit these streets and then return to the inn."
They hit it off immediately, so the two walked back along the road looking east and west.
When passing by the West Street entrance, this is where Yuqian Lane and the main road of West Street meet.
Standing at the intersection, West Street is full of scattered shops, while the Yuqian Alley on one side is full of withered doors and courtyards.
After turning around the intersection, there is a stall that draws sugar figures. The seller is an old man who is half a century old. The sugar carving knife in the old man's hand is moving left and right on the icing on the table very skillfully. The straw-wrapped wooden shelf on one side has been inserted into it. There are many sugar figures on the top, some belonging to the zodiac signs of rat or dragon, there are also many pre-Qin or Three Kingdoms human sculptures, and further down there are some scattered candied haws.
Xiaoyu glanced at the candied haws stand, stopped, and asked Yu Liufei: "Brother Yu, do you want to order a bunch of candied people?"
Yu Liufei looked at the ancient objects on the candy man stall. In addition to the candied haws on one side, there were lifelike candy figures, which were quite interesting. He replied: "Xiaoyu, it's okay to look at the candy figures. It's just a fun picture. As for the Just sell them and eat them, these things are not for our age."
Hearing this, Xiao Yu winked at Yu Liufei and motioned for him to look behind the shelf selling tofu at the entrance of the alley.
Yu Liufei understood, turned his head and glanced over, and saw a pair of feet exposed beside the wooden shelf of a tofu stall.
The signboard of the tofu stall is a long canvas supported by a wooden stick, with the words "Gou's tender tofu" written crookedly on it in thick black ink. Fortunately, the canvas is hung on a bamboo pole and does not reach the ground.
Looking from a distance, I saw half of my legs exposed under the canvas, a pair of dirty bare feet, and the trouser legs that were wrapped around the feet and had become almost ragged.
The little black girl was hiding behind the canvas, looking up or down. She didn't know that Xiao Yu and Yu Liufei were looking at her.
Yu Liufei understood in his heart and wondered why Xiaoyu deliberately stopped as soon as he got here and asked himself if he wanted to eat candy. It turned out that he found someone else following him.
"What should I do?" Yu Liufei asked.
Xiaoyu quickly smiled and said: "What else can we do? If you don't want to eat, don't eat. Let's go! Let's go shopping!"
Xiaoyu said loudly and pointed her fingers to her mouth to signal Yu Liufei to stop talking. Then the two of them carefully and quietly walked to the canvas hanging on the side of the tofu stall.
The tofu stall owner's business was booming, and he was busy loading tofu for the buyers coming and going. He had no time to turn around and care about the signature sail he had thrown aside against the corner, and he didn't care what Xiaoyu and the two were doing.
Xiaoyu and Yu Liufei said they were leaving, but in fact they had already walked to the canvas where the black girl was hiding.
The little black girl found that there was no movement, so she poked her head out to take a look again.
At first glance, she found that two big-faced plates suddenly appeared in front of her, with two pairs of eyes looking directly at her. She was so frightened that she took two steps back and almost sat down.
Yu Liufei was worried that he would fall, so he grabbed her arm and helped her stand firm.
Xiaoyu looked at her helplessly and said: "My little aunt, why are you still following us! It's been two hours, no one will hit you again, and no one will snatch your money bag again!"
The black girl was silent, standing aggrievedly, looking at Xiao Yu and the two, and whispered: "But... but I... am still afraid that they are still in the town..."
Xiao Yu thought that this girl was not a kind person. She bullied her companions and robbed her of her own money. She became a little angry when she looked at her. She frowned helplessly and said, "You are afraid of them and just find a place to hide. What's the use of following us?"
The little black girl whispered back: "Because you will protect me, I want to follow you and leave this town..."
Xiao Yu waved her hands helplessly: "I'm not protecting you, I just can't stand that bastard! Go away and don't follow us!"
When Yu Liufei heard this, he said to Xiao Yu: "Xiao Yu, the little girl is so pitiful, please stop scaring her!"
Xiaoyu pulled Yu Liufei, and the two stood up. Xiaoyu replied: "Brother Yu, this girl is really clever! Stop pretending to be pitiful in front of us. How did you know we were leaving this town?"
The little black girl replied again: "Because I have been in the town for more than half a month, you are not from the town, and you stayed at the restaurant in the alley in the town. I spent a lot of time looking for leftovers in that inn. , most of the people in the inn are people passing by and staying in the hotel...so..."
"So you think we have to leave the town too?" Xiaoyu muttered.
"Yes," the little black girl replied, "I want to follow you and leave the town..."
"The road is facing the sky, go to each side! Don't you know how to walk by yourself? Why do you have to leave with us! Besides, if you follow us, if you meet them again, I won't help you!" Xiaoyu scolded again.
The little black girl didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Yu, hearing Xiao Yu say this
He yelled, a little scared, and whispered back: "You won't encounter it..."
Yu Liufei frowned and glanced at Xiaoyu, held the black girl in his arms for protection, and muttered: "Xiaoyu, she is still a child, just follow us, it won't be in the way, it's okay, Xiaoyu, don't be angry, look at this The child is scared! Stop scolding her, she is still young and it is reasonable to be scared."
Xiaoyu looked at Yu Liufei and then at the girl. This girl was indeed annoying, but she couldn't be blamed for it. After all, she started wandering and begging at a young age.
"That's all, just follow me, but after you leave the town, you have to go your own way."
"Well..." The little black girl nodded heavily.
"Then why are you so sure that you won't encounter the two people who bully you if you follow us?" Xiaoyu asked her again, a little curious.
The black girl hid in Yu Liufei's arms, looked at Xiaoyu fearfully, and explained in a low voice: "Because the direction they left is the direction you entered the town. I was begging on the roadside that day when you entered the town on horseback. I saw you, so you are on your way. It’s impossible to go back…”
Xiaoyu frowned and thought to herself: Such a smart little girl, if she was born into a wealthy family, she would definitely be a first- or second-class talented girl in the future. What a pity.
Just as he was about to take her away, Uncle Liu and others appeared in Xiaoyu's field of vision.
A donkey and three old men, talking and laughing while walking!
It turns out that there really are friends of Uncle Liu in this small town!
