For Hua'er, life is all about looking at people's faces, picking off people's wisdom, and making calculations. It cannot be called a game, and in Bai Qiling's eyes, it is even more of a trick.
She nestled in the corner and looked at Bai Qiling's face. This man's face could never be called good because of his fierce appearance. Carefully thinking about his relationship with that, he then asked, "Is it your son who was killed..."
Hua'er didn't come out of nowhere, everyone knew that Bai Qiling was doing mischief outside, and no one knew how many descendants he had. Either the person he killed or the person who died was related to him, and there was no way he could escape one of them.
She also expected that Bai Qiling thought she talked too much. When he looked at her, she shrank back and covered her mouth: "I won't ask any more!"
She wanted to find a way out and try to have a heart-to-heart talk with Bai Qiling: "Mr. Bai, if you tightened your hand just now, my life would have been sealed. But you were merciful and just scared me. In order to repay you, I I want to make peace with you, but can you please spare my life?"
"Tell me and listen." Bai Qiling said.
"The shoes are square-toed shoes; I didn't see the person. As for why they wanted to kill me, they probably thought I saw them."
"If they want to kill you, will it be because you took something from them?" Bai Qiling tested her.
"What?" Hua'er opened her eyes wide and waved her hands hurriedly: "I didn't take anything!"
Bai Qiling rolled his eyes at her, knowing that he couldn't get anything out of her right now. Although this woman is unattractive in appearance, she has great ears and wanders around Yanzhuo City all day long, so it is perfect for her to be a bitch. So he pretended to give her a livelihood and asked her to find out some information and come to him in exchange for money. As for what kind of news, he didn't say, only that he wanted her to read it herself. He was too lazy to talk nonsense to her anymore, so he asked Haoying to send her away. Before leaving, Haoying gave her a small piece of silver. She opened her eyes wide and said, "Is it for me?"
"It's for you. Mr. Bai never uses people in vain."
"Second Master Bai is still a living Bodhisattva!" Hua'er smiled.
When I left the White House, my legs were a little weak. I stood there thinking for a long time and still couldn't understand Bai Qiling. Rushing home, Xian Chan was boiling medicine for Sun Po. When he saw Hua'er coming in, he pulled her outside and asked her in a low voice.
"Are you okay?" Xianchan asked her.
"It's okay." Hua'er said, "Where are they?"
"Went to the dock. They said there was a caravan there that was unloading goods. We went there early in the morning. Fifteen cents a day."
"I'll go too." Hua'er grabbed the sledge and ran out, preparing to go there to ask for work. Xianchan shouted behind her: "Slow down!"
"When Sun Po wakes up, tell her I'm back!" Hua'er waved her hands and moved her feet faster and faster.
The wharf in Yanzhuocheng is said to be a wharf, but it is only accessible by water four months a year, and the rest of the time it is just a cargo yard. Caravans traveling from north to south store their goods here and then purchase them through merchants in the city. Due to the existence of the pier, some businesses have sprung up around it, including tea shops and restaurants, which are quite lively.
Hua'er pulled the sledge to find Ah Hui. They were moving firecrackers today, and the sledge came in handy. The person in charge had known Hua'er before and knew that she was smart and capable, so he also used her, but only paid ten coins a day. Hua'er is not verbose. Pulling the sledge is easy. Shi Wen is very good. I happily took this job.
Fei Nu asked her to go back and have a rest. She pointed at the things Fei Nu was carrying and said, "Put it on my sledge. Hurry up. We will finish moving the pile earlier. We can go back and cut the meat into pieces. Today we will have a tooth to sacrifice."
"Where did the money come from?"
"Second Master Bai rewarded me." Hua'er patted her waist, looked around, and whispered, "Second Master Bai asked me what happened that day, and I told him something, so he rewarded me."
"Does what happened that day have anything to do with him?" Zhaoye asked.
"Eighty percent yes. Including fire, it's more or less related." Hua'er couldn't explain the connection clearly, but Bai Qiling obviously wanted to know what she saw, which should be useful to him: "Never mind, let's cut the meat first. .I will go find him when the money runs out."
"Will he still give it to you?"
Hua'er said no more and started to trot with the sledge, moving very lightly through the crowd of coolies. It was really nimble. Her ears also picked up on a few words. This person said that the goods coming from the south were fragile, and the other person said something about the boss being bad, all of which fell into her ears.
That bastard Bai Qiling wants me to be his brat. Only then did Hua'er realize that he had probably decided that she couldn't escape his control, so he simply took advantage of her.
She was weak in physical strength, but with the help of the sledge, she worked very quickly. Seeing that she was willing to endure hardship, the manager told Ah Hui: "Bring her here next time. This little girl is very cute."
Hua'er beamed when she heard the manager's compliment. She came close to the manager and said, "I think you need a bookkeeper. I have a sister who has a good pen. She can write twenty-five cents a day. Do you want to use it?" "The old bookkeeper made thirty cents a day. Hua'er knew it and deliberately spoke less than five cents in order to find a job for Xianchan. The shopkeeper? He shouted, then put on a straight face and said: "Let me take a look first."
"Okay!"
When Zhaoye heard the words, he winked at Fei Nu: "Did you see it? Sister Hua'er is really smart, and many times she is more effective than us. We have been working hard at the dock for half a day, and we didn't even notice the accounting thing."
"That's right, Sister Hua'er has an eye for six things, otherwise she wouldn't be alive today."
"Then you wanted to set fire to the Bai Mansion to save her last night? If I hadn't pulled you, we would have all been killed by Mr. Bai today." Zhaoye said: "The world is so chaotic, no matter what happens, Think about the consequences first.”
"I know." Fei Nu replied.
It is the first time that Hua'er invites you to perform a tooth ceremony. When cutting the meat, everyone couldn't let go and only competed with each other for a small piece. Hua'er sneered at the side: "I guess my brothers look down on me and think I won't be able to make money in the future? Just do it!"
Finally, I cut a large piece of meat, held it in my hand, and returned home happily. Sun Po had taken the medicine and was resting on the bedside. After a heavy snowfall, the days became colder and the old man's cough became serious. Hua'er sat in front of Grandma Sun's bed and held her hand, put her palm against her face, puffed up her cheeks to play with Grandma Sun, and the old man opened his eyes and looked at her and smiled.
"Grandma, you don't have to worry about your medicine this winter. My granddaughter has found a good job. Not only will your medicine be supplied, but you will also have a good year this year. You will have a meal of meat dumplings and a few desserts. When grandpa comes back, please remember to follow me. Grandpa praises me, so he feels relieved and won’t leave again.”
Sun Po nodded and touched her head. The two were close for a long time before Hua'er ran out to look at the meat pot. They couldn't remember the last time they stewed meat. At this moment, several people were surrounding the iron pot, their noses waving to smell the smell of meat. Ah Song happily shouted: "It smells so good!"
"Stew it for a while, make it softer, and use the broth to soak the buns." Hua'er sighed: "It would be great if we had white noodles. Roll out the noodles and serve them with the broth. The taste would be amazing. Last night I In the White Mansion, I pretended to be a fool and begged for food, and what I was served was a bowl of broth noodles. I'm full, so you can eat more today."
"Mr. Bai didn't make things difficult for you?" Fei Nu asked her. Hua'er originally wanted to say that Bai Qiling threatened her to strangle her, but she was afraid that everyone would be worried, so she shook her head.
She was a little absent-minded, going over in her mind what she heard and saw on the dock today, thinking about picking something so she could go to the White Mansion to exchange for some money. If you are a loser, you will be a loser. If you can earn a few more coins, you can earn as many coins as you want.
On the other side, Bai Qiling had already gone out in glory and went to the Western Market. He abandoned his car and changed his horse, and walked through the city in a swagger. There were more than a dozen horses in front and behind, all of them were tall and tall, and their whips crackled loudly. Everyone they saw covered their ears and leaned towards the corner.
Bai Qiling was sitting on the horse, with a pair of eagle eyes and a smile. Others were shivering in the cold, but he was good, as if he thought the weather was not cold enough, he occasionally let the horse run, whistling in the wind.
He went all the way to the tea shop without dismounting, but only asked the other horses to neigh in front of the tea shop. It was not until shopkeeper Song ran out to meet him, covering his missing finger, and held his horse's rope, that he slowly got off the horse. horse.
Only one day later, Shopkeeper Song had changed. The man who used to be famous in Yanzhuo City had his finger cut off by Bai Qiling and became soft.
Bai Qiling walked into the tea shop. The storyteller stopped telling stories and stopped pouring tea. The tea drinkers looked at him, wanting to see what he was going to sing. As for him, he pointed to the stack of thick account books held by the accountant behind him and said slowly: "Reconciliation."
After hearing this, the accountant sat down at the table and began to calculate and shout out the accounts at the same time, which made everyone on the road know.
Someone came running in panic outside, shouting: "There are people coming from Huolingshan! They're killing people! Run!"
There was chaos in the teahouse. Bai Qiling put his riding crop on the shoulder of shopkeeper Song who was trying to escape, pushed him to the ground, and said harshly: "Reconciliation!"
