The old man was rummaging for medicinal materials and said: "I don't have much left, so you can use it first. However, I don't have kelp, loquat leaves, and caladiums. You have to go to the outer city to find them."
"Thank you, husband"
Song Yin asked again: "But if you don't charge money, how will you live?"
"By saying this, the guest is underestimating my people who are guarding the city."
The old man said with some pride: "Those of us who defend the city don't care about gains and losses. We are all good to others. Doing good deeds for nothing will increase your merits. How much money do you charge?"
Song Yin nodded thoughtfully, thanked him, and walked out.
"Hey, your medicinal materials!" the old man shouted from behind.
"I thank you kindly, please wait until I come back to get it."
After Song Yin finished speaking, he ignored the old man and went straight out of the medicine shop.
"Brother, these medicines are free, why not use them?" Zhang Feixuan asked puzzledly.
"There is no reward for no merit. We live and work in peace and contentment here. We have no protection to help them. It is not good to take other people's things for no reason."
Song Yin shook his head and looked to the west: "Let's have a meal first, and then go visit Master Napude."
With that said, he continued walking forward.
The street was obviously the main road, with many shops. After walking for a while, they saw a restaurant.
"Brother, let's go right here." Zhang Feixuan pointed at the well-decorated restaurant and said.
Song Yin shook his head: "You don't have much money on hand, and a place like this seems to cost a lot, so save a little.
"Senior brother, you are thoughtful." Zhang Feixuan had to hand over his hand.
Although it is a border city of Nanping Kingdom, this place has a large population. It is meal time, and the main street is full of people. Cart pullers, eaters, and hawkers are everywhere, making it very lively.
After passing the main street, it was a little cooler, and Song Yin saw a food shop and walked over.
The restaurant was very small, and the decoration inside was simple. There were only a few tables, but the line of customers was full. There happened to be a table of customers who had finished eating, patted their belly and walked out, leaving an empty seat.
"Three distinguished guests, what do you want to eat?"
A middle-aged woman inside saw the three people at the door and approached with a kind smile. However, her face was a little thin and she looked slightly malnourished. The large clothes she wore were baggy and did not fit well.
"Excuse me, just serve some ordinary food." Song Yin smiled and walked in.
"Please have a seat, the food will be served shortly."
The middle-aged woman quickly cleared the dishes on the table, wiped the table with a rag, and asked the three of them to sit down.
While wiping, a customer at the table next to me suddenly said: "Madam boss, this dish of yours is getting worse and worse. The clear soup is too watery. When will we get something good? If we don't get something, we won't be able to do it next time." Come and eat at your place."
"Yes, this is getting worse and worse. If you do this, I won't come."
"Yes, yes, we must pay attention next time." The woman nodded and bowed, then hurried into the back.
Not long after, the woman came up with a dinner plate and several dishes.
These dishes are very ordinary meals, two plates of wild vegetables fried in oil, one plate of something that seems to be drained, and three large bowls of brown rice.
Seeing this thing, Zhang Feixuan and Wang Qizheng were both a little unhappy.
In the past, it was a miserable life in the mountains because there was nothing to eat around, so that was fine.
But in the human world, as Qi Refiners, can they still eat these things?
But the senior brother didn't seem to care. He picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started eating. Seeing him eating, the two of them couldn't say anything, so they could only imitate him and start eating.
"Lady boss, let's go!"
At this time, another table of guests finished their food, wiped their mouths, patted their bellies, stood up and left.
"I didn't greet you well, so walk slowly. Please come over next time."
The proprietress watched the guests leave with a smile, as if with some expectation, she walked to the table and looked over, and found that it was empty again. She sighed, took out the rag from her waist, and began to clean the table.
One after another, the guests at other tables also finished their meal, said hello and left.
In the restaurant, only the three of them were left eating.
"Gugu——"
Song Yin's ears twitched and he looked towards the proprietress, but he noticed something and looked back.
At the corner of the counter, a little girl was mostly hidden in the counter. She only poked her head out and looked at Song Yin eating, drooling.
Her face was also very thin, just like the face of the landlady, they both looked malnourished.
Song Yin picked up a chopstick of wild vegetables, waved it towards the little girl, and asked, "Little girl, do you want to eat it?"
The little girl nodded quickly, but then shook her head.
"Come"
Song Yin waved to her.
The little girl's eyes lit up and she appeared from the counter, revealing her extremely thin body under her loose clothes.
The body was as skinny as bones, which immediately reminded Song Yin of the little girl who transformed into 'Phi Mourning' when he was at the Armor Gate.
The little girl approached Song Yin at a trot, but seemed to lose her balance and stumbled down. Song Yin, with quick eyesight and quick hands, stretched out one hand to help the little girl up.
As soon as the girl regained her balance, she eagerly opened her mouth and bit into the fried wild vegetables.
"can not eat!"
But at this moment, a sharp shout sounded.
I saw the proprietress yelling, running over quickly, grabbing the child, and shouting: "Who told you to eat, you can't eat this!"
As she said that, she quickly turned around and showed an apologetic smile to Song Yin: "This is my little girl, you can eat what you have and don't worry about her."
Song Yin frowned, looked at the obviously thin mother and son, and said: "It's time for you to eat. Go back to your work. Don't starve the child. After all, we run a food shop, why are the children so thin?"
The little girl looked up weakly and said to her mother: "I haven't eaten for two days, Mom, I'm really hungry."
Two days? !
Song Yin's eyes narrowed, and before he could react, the landlady gritted her teeth and suddenly knelt down, saying: "Uncle, please do me a favor. I see that you are dressed luxuriously and are not like ordinary people. Can this table... Give me some money."
"What money do you want!"
As soon as she finished speaking, the curtain behind was opened, and an equally thin man staggered out, pulled the mother and daughter away, and said angrily to them with red eyes:
"What kind of money do we need at this time? This is a merit meal. They paid for it. How can we accumulate merit!"
"Her father, the child is so hungry that he can't hold on any longer!" the woman cried, "Just give it a meal. We haven't eaten in two days. You look like you're floating when you walk."
"Just bear with it a little longer and it will be fine!"
The man gritted his teeth at them, then turned around, nodded and bowed to Song Yin and the others: "Uncle, don't worry about them. We don't charge money. This is a merit meal, specially designed to fill people's stomachs."
The woman suddenly stood up, her eyes were red, and she pointed at the man to say something, but suddenly thought of something, looked at the daughter in her arms, lowered her head, and said no more.
"no."
Wang Qizheng was a little confused at this time, and raised his eyebrows and said to them: "You don't need money to eat, right? You can't live like this if you don't need money. There are no meritorious deeds, but you are so hungry that you can't even eat a bite." If you don’t give it, what merit is there?”
A little late, sorry.
(End of chapter)
