In the early morning, the two of them sat in the yard to bask in the sun, quietly waiting for the old village chief to return.
And the puppy finally found the person it was not afraid of, and played wildly with Liu Qingshu. One person and one dog had a lot of fun.
Not long after, the old village chief came back with a little boy who looked to be underage. The little boy was also holding a rather large cloth bag, which seemed to be the meal for the two of them.
"Hahaha, master, and this gentleman, please wait for a long time. The village is really not very wealthy, so it takes a lot of time and effort to collect these things." The old village chief smiled sheepishly.
"I really don't dare to be called Mr., I've given you too much praise." Liu Qingshu was so frightened that he waved his hands.
"I wonder what's in here?" Chen Chen asked softly.
"There are a few eggs, some bacon, and some pancakes and steamed buns," the old village chief said softly.
"That's great. I wonder how much these things cost?" Ling Chen nodded and asked.
"Eh~ What's the matter with money? You two can just eat with it. If you ask for money, the old man will fall out, right?" The old village elder said unhappily with a straight face.
"This..." Liu Qingshu was about to say something when he saw this, but was stopped by Chen Chen on the side. Liu Qingshu immediately looked at Chen Chen in confusion.
"In that case, I would like to thank my father-in-law very much." Chen Chen smiled and nodded.
"Hey, that's right. It's our village's lack of etiquette that disturbed you two today. This is good as an apology. By the way, I'll get you that kettle." After saying that, the old village chief walked towards the house. go.
"Master, you..." Liu Qingshu frowned and was a little unhappy. This village is in such difficulty, how can they get food for nothing?
Chen Chen waved to him and did not immediately explain. He just picked up a straw stalk from the ground and held it in his hand.
"I...I just put the things here, I'm leaving first." The little boy was a little embarrassed, put the package on the ground, turned around and ran away.
But in the early morning, when he saw the little boy leaving, he reached out and groped for something in his sleeves. After a while, he took out a handful of copper coins, which made Liu Qingshu beside him a little puzzled.
But Liu Qingshu didn't make a sound, he just watched silently as Qing Chen tied one end of the straw pole with a buckle, and then put the coins on one by one.
I saw that I had worn it for about sixty or seventy cents in the early morning. I finally stopped, folded the two ends of the straw and tied it, making it look like a small collar.
Then he bent down and held down the little guy who was struggling with Liu Qingshu's trouser leg, and hung the copper coin directly around the little guy's neck.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." The little guy was suddenly frightened, and ran towards his den screaming. Because the copper coins around his neck were a bit heavy for him, he didn't run very fast.
"Master..." Liu Qingshu understood immediately and looked at the smiling Chen Chen inexplicably.
When Chen Chen heard the sound, he looked at Liu Qingshu, raised a finger in front of his lips, and shook his head gently, signaling Liu Qingshu to be quiet.
Not long after, the old village chief came out, patting the dust on the cowhide kettle.
"What a joke, I left it there for too long." The old village chief slapped the kettle hard.
"It's okay, just wait until you find a waterside to wash yourself. The two monks will leave first, so I won't disturb you anymore." Chen Qing brought the kettle over and comforted softly.
"Ah...are you leaving now? That's fine, just be careful on the road." The old village chief was stunned and said with a somewhat disappointed tone.
"Okay." Chen Chen nodded.
When Liu Qingshu heard this, he immediately picked up the cloth bag and followed Ling Chen.
The old village chief followed the two people to the entrance of the courtyard, stood at the entrance of the courtyard and watched the two people leave...
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"Master, why did you keep the money secretly?" On the way out of the village, Liu Qingshu finally couldn't help it and asked.
"When did the poor monk leave the money?" Chen Qing walked slowly and asked pretending to be confused.
"But..." Just after saying these two words, Liu Qingshu seemed to suddenly understand something, and immediately fell silent.
"The food was given by the old man with good intentions. A good old man should be rewarded well. What does it have to do with the poor monk?" Ling Chen said with an unchanged expression, as if he was talking to himself or explaining to Liu Qingshu.
Liu Qingshu was not surprised at all when he heard this. He just looked at Ling Chen's back with reverence. He had thought of something just now, so he didn't continue talking.
If the money had been left directly at that time, the old village chief would definitely not be happy. Such old people are all face-saving, and it would inevitably lead to endless quarrels.
But what if the old village chief, a good man, suddenly picked up money due to good news? It was the old man's own character that moved God. What does it have to do with these two passers-by?
Right?
Liu Qingshu laughed from the bottom of his heart. He felt that he could always learn a lot of things in the early morning that could not be learned from books.
Just when Liu Qingshu was about to say something, suddenly a donkey's scream came from not far away.
In the early morning, he turned around and walked towards that direction. Seeing this, Liu Qingshu had no choice but to lead his horse and follow him.
At a corner, a dark-skinned man was beating a little donkey with a cane. The cane was waving, making a sound of wind, and the little donkey kept spinning in circles.
"Donor, please wait a moment, why are you beating this little donkey like this?" Ling Chen raised his hand to stop him.
When the man heard someone talking, he probably thought it was someone from the same village who was meddling in other people's business. He raised his head and opened his mouth to curse, but instead he saw a handsome monk dressed in snow-white.
Suddenly the curse words were choked in his throat, causing his dark face to turn red.
"What does it have to do with... you?" After holding it in for a long time, the man asked reluctantly.
"Tell me, maybe this poor monk can help you?" Chen Chen said with a smile.
The man frowned, thinking that since this was the case, he might as well take a gamble, so his expression softened slightly.
"It's been more than a year since this donkey was born, but it doesn't want to work. It just wants to wander around. How can I keep it if I don't beat it? It's good to kill it and sell it for meat." The man pointed at the little donkey with a cane. He said angrily.
Wen Yan in the early morning, he looked at the trembling little donkey, and then noticed Liu Qingshu with a distressed look on his side, and a trace of thought flashed in his eyes.
"How about this? Since this little donkey doesn't want to work, how about the poor monk pays to buy it and use it as a driving force?" Ling Chen suggested.
"How much can you and... how much can you pay?" The man was stunned when he heard this. Hearing that he was going to pay for it in the early morning, his tone became even more unconfident.
After all, he, a peasant, couldn't afford to offend a rich man who wanted to buy a donkey without blinking an eye.
"How about two taels of silver?" Ling Chen thought for a while and said a price that wasn't too high.
"Two taels of silver? Seriously?" The man's eyes lit up. If he killed and sold his meat, he wouldn't be able to sell it for even one tael of silver. What's such a good thing?
"Of course, if the donor agrees, the poor monk will give you the money, how about it?" Ling Chen nodded and took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve to show that he was not kidding.
"Okay, okay, of course!" The man didn't care much. He reached out and grabbed the silver, put it in his mouth and took a bite. When he found out that it was true, he was overjoyed.
"After receiving the money, you have to acknowledge the debt. Then the poor monk will take the donkey away?" Chen Chen walked over and pulled the rope around the donkey's mouth.
"Take it away, take it away!" The man couldn't think of so many things and waved his hand impatiently.
Ling Chen smiled slightly, led the donkey and turned around to walk towards the village, followed by Liu Qingshu who had an incomprehensible look on his face.
