Hearing the sounds inside, the child named Xiaomu immediately became anxious.
"Sister Xiaoyue, I didn't, I just hit him, he, he wronged me."
Chen Xiaobei smiled and immediately raised his voice, "Xiaoyue, you are this child's sister. He stole my money. I think you should know what this means. If I report to the government, none of you will be able to 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 for 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 plan was and immediately replied, "Ten 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, "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 suddenly flowed down, "Sister, your illness can't be delayed any longer. The doctor said that if you delay it any longer, it will be very bad."
"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 girl 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 Xiaoyue'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 take this step."
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.
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 caught up with 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 just sit idly by and ignore him."
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 clear, and that was the livestock market in the county town, where horses and sheep were sold.
There were not many people in the market. There were a few sellers of horses and donkeys, and a few sellers of pigs and sheep. Beef was very expensive these days, so it was normal that no one was selling.
But after Chen Xiaobei turned around twice, he 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 medium-sized horse that runs naked.
As for the war horses that were boasted by sellers as being able to travel 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 car.
A horse alone is no fun, but with a car, 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, it has good endurance. Besides, he doesn't need to pull anything too heavy, so the donkey should be able to do the job.
Another point is that the donkey eats less. They 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 went to buy two wooden barrels, which could easily carry water for watering vegetables.
In addition, there was not much lard at home, so I bought two pounds of fat meat.
On my way out of town, I bought some meat buns.
When she returned home, Chen Qiaoer was very excited. She had a donkey cart at home and could eat meat buns, so she was naturally 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.
"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 wasn't sure if she would give it to him if she met him, 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 to see how to fill the depression he had just contracted with water.
Of course, just filling it with water is not enough, you also have to find a way to get fry.
