Chu Qingxiao looked back when he heard the sound.
I saw an old couple standing behind them, both with kind eyebrows and kind eyes.
Chu Qingxiao looked at them, feeling unfamiliar and without any impression.
"I am, what can you two do?" Chu Qingxiao asked doubtfully.
After receiving the response, the two people immediately smiled. The old man among them hurriedly said: "Mr. Chu, my old lady and I are both residents of Shanshuigou."
"We two old men rely on a small piece of land in Shanshuigou to protect us from the wind and rain. We make steamed buns and pies and sell them outside on weekdays to earn a little money to make ends meet."
"If it hadn't been for Mr. Chu who saved the mountains and rivers, my old lady and I would have been displaced and would have lost our way of living long ago..."
The old man's voice was trembling as he spoke. The old woman next to him was obviously inconvenient in her legs and feet, and was even a little arrogant. She just kept bowing to Chu Qingxiao.
This was not the first time that Chu Qingxiao encountered such a scene on his way back from the Seventh Hall Interrogation.
Many residents of Shanshuigou pulled Chu Qingxiao with excited expressions and told them their gratitude to Chu Qingxiao.
It was hard for Chu Qingxiao to imagine what methods the people at Mingjingtai had used to make so many people in Tianxuan City feel so grateful to him.
Chu Qingxiao secretly felt guilty, but he couldn't say it clearly, so he could only find a way to escape as soon as possible. It took him a lot of effort to escape from the crowd, and he walked home with everyone, but he didn't want to meet the person in front of him again. A couple.
"I heard that Mr. Chu was hated by the people of Tianxuan Mountain for helping us with the Shanshui Gou incident and suffered a great disaster. My old lady and I stayed up all night. Fortunately, Mr. Chu was lucky enough to survive this calamity safely... ..." The old man continued.
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he smiled bitterly.
The clues are probably clear.
He had indeed offended Liuhuanfeng regarding the Shanshuigou incident, but this matter had been settled with the death of Sun Li and the arrival of Mu Nanshan.
The seven-court trial he encountered was, in the final analysis, just because he revealed his identity and was involved in the Wuling City incident more than ten years ago. Therefore, he was surrounded by all parties. Really speaking, it had nothing to do with Shanshuigou.
And now that I think about it, the reason why the people of Shanshuigou were so outraged was probably the result of the mirror stage's deliberate exaggeration.
He frowned slightly, feeling uncomfortable about this matter.
But I am the biggest beneficiary of this incident, and I don't seem to have a good position to criticize Spiegel.
"Young Master is so kind and virtuous that we have nothing to repay. Please accept your respects from me and my husband!" The old man said, pulling his wife and kneeling down towards Chu Qingxiao.
Chu Qingxiao was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to support the two of them, and said: "The old gentleman and the old lady spoke seriously."
"I just did some small things, I don't dare to be worshiped by the two elders..."
Chu Qingxiao's original intention was to say that his contribution to the Shanshuigou case was not great, but these words sounded like Chu Qingxiao's humble words to the two old men.
On the contrary, they became more and more excited and insisted on thanking Chu Qingxiao.
But Chu Qingxiao was already feeling guilty, so how could he dare to accept the two men's worship? The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
The two old men couldn't resist Chu Qingxiao, so they had no choice but to give up.
"Master Chu is kind-hearted and doesn't want to hold the couple in his hands to bow, so that's all." The old man shook his head and smiled, changed the topic, and picked up a bag of luggage from a short distance away, saying: "But this thing, Chu Young Master, I will accept it no matter what."
He said, handing over the bag of luggage directly.
Chu Qingxiao was stunned and almost subconsciously wanted to refuse, but the old man seemed to see through Chu Qingxiao's thoughts and said: "Young master, don't worry, this is not a valuable thing..."
"My wife and I don't have anything expensive. We live in Tianxuan City by selling steamed buns, pies and other breakfast items. Our skills are pretty good. Today we made some pies and sent them to Mr. Chu. , just think of it as our small kindness."
"If Mr. Chu is not willing to accept this offer, my old lady and I will really have trouble sleeping and eating!"
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he also understood that the other party had made up his mind.
He opened his luggage and saw more than ten oil paper bags placed inside.
Chu Qingxiao took out one and opened it, only to see four or five pies neatly placed inside. Each one was thin in skin and thick in filling, and smelled of aroma before it was even eaten.
"Young Master, do you want to try it?" At this moment, the old woman who had hardly said anything after meeting suddenly looked at Chu Qingxiao expectantly and said.
After all, Chu Qingxiao didn't want to disappoint the old man, so he took out one and bit it in one bite, feeling the fragrance linger on his lips and teeth.
"Well, it's delicious." He looked at the old man and said.
When the old woman heard this, a smile appeared on her face.
"If the young master likes it, I will send him some from time to time." She said with a smile.
Seeing her looking so happy, Chu Qingxiao finally stopped refusing.
From the bottom of his heart, he liked the smile on the old woman's face, which looked very much like Aunt Liu from the bun shop next to his house when he was in Wuling City.
She is usually fierce, but whenever someone praises her steamed buns for being delicious, she will have a smile like this on her face.
Chu Qingxiao secretly thought that the worst he could do was to pay the old man more money in the future, so he nodded: "Then I'll bother my mother-in-law."
The smile on the old woman's face became brighter when she heard this, and she waved her hands repeatedly and said: "It should, it should."
After saying this, the old woman hesitated for a while and suddenly said: "Actually..."
Just as she started to speak, the old man on the side grabbed her, glared at the old woman with a serious look, and forced her back before she spoke.
However, Chu Qingxiao, who was eating pie at the moment, did not notice the strangeness between the couple.
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Next, Chu Qingxiao chatted with the two old men for a while, and then they left.
Seeing the two walking away, Chu Qingxiao felt inexplicably emotional while carrying the heavy bag of pies sent by the other party.
He knew something about the situation in Shanshuigou.
Most of the people in Tianxuan City living there were poor, and the clothes worn by the old couple were in tatters and full of patches.
It is conceivable that their life is probably not easy. For Chu Qingxiao, with this bag of pies, he can easily buy more and better ones with a few taels of silver.
But for this old couple who live by business, this bag of pies may be the most precious and best gift for them.
Most people in this world are like this.
As long as you are willing to do small things for him, he will remember it in his heart and repay you a hundred times a thousand times.
Not because they are stupid, but because there are actually very few people in the world who can treat them like this...
Chu Qingxiao sighed in her heart. Song Qingqing walked to Chu Qingxiao's side at this moment. She raised her head and looked at the back of the old couple leaving, but frowned slightly and said: "Brother Qingxiao, what do you mean about these people?" What exactly is this picture about?”
"Tianxuan City is a place where prices are high. If you stay here, aren't you being exploited by Tianxuan Mountain? It's better to move out of here earlier than to be in such a precarious situation, right? They are already this age, and they can't still think about entering. Door?"
Song Qingqing always spoke straightforwardly. It was not that he was dissatisfied with the couple, but he simply didn't understand why they still stayed in Tianxuan City even though they had worked so hard.
Faced with Song Qingqing's doubts, Chu Qingxiao shook his head. Naturally, he could not give an answer. He just said: "Everyone has their own ideas or difficulties. The responsibility for Tianxuan City to be like this now does not lie with them, but with Tianxuan City." Those high-ranking officials in Xuanshan who have nothing to do with their corpses, and the court who indulges Tianxuanshan..."
"Qingqing don't blame them harshly."
Song Qingqing said: "I don't mean to blame them, I just don't understand that there are so many people in Tianxuan City today. They all know that if they stay here, they will be treated as slaves by Tianxuan Mountain and constantly exploited. However, while these people are dissatisfied, they are also While you are sharpening your head, you want to squeeze in and become a part of squeezing them, doesn’t Brother Qingxiao think this is very sad?”
Chu Qingxiao was silent about this.
He didn't know how to respond...
"Brother Chu..." At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side.
When Chu Qingxiao heard this, he turned his head and looked to his side, only to see Zhu Quan coming to his side at some unknown time.
Seeing this, Chu Qingxiao hurriedly returned the greeting and said: "Brother Zhu, thank you very much for Brother Zhu's running for what happened today. I was lucky enough to escape..."
Zhu Quan subconsciously glanced at Meng Jin beside him, and saw that the other party was chatting with Xue Sanniang, and did not seem to notice his arrival. Zhu Quan felt a little disappointed, but did not take the initiative to say anything more. He looked at Chu Qingxiao and said, "Brother Chu, you're welcome. I just did what I should do."
"Brother Chu has been very kind to me, let alone such a small thing. Even if I ask Zhu Quan to repay him with my life, Zhu Quan will not hesitate at all!"
Zhu Quan spoke very solemnly, and Chu Qingxiao waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Brother Zhu can never say this again in the future. I have never thought about threatening to repay a favor. I just do what I want."
"This is what I admire most about Brother Chu." Zhu Quan smiled, then changed the subject and said, "Brother Chu, are you free today?"
"Nothing for now? Brother Zhu, is there something wrong?" Chu Qingxiao was a little confused.
Zhu Quan's face straightened and he said, "My Mr. Meng wants to meet Brother Chu."
