Chang Shichu rented a house as a warehouse and asked grain merchants to transport the grain directly to the house she rented. Then she went to the labor market to ask workers to help transport part of the grain to Qing'an City, which was used to hide people's eyes, and the other part to Qing'an City. Into your own companion space.
After she hired ten carriages and drivers from the labor market, they agreed to deliver grain to her rented house the next day.
She herself spent the night guarding the grain in the house. After all, there was so much grain, and there were quite a few people seeing grain trucks entering the place along the way. If not enough, someone might want to steal the grain.
She first settled her meal problem at a restaurant and returned to the house in the evening.
Because she had to leave early the next morning, she went to bed early, but in the middle of the night, she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door softly.
She stood up from the temporary bed with a sigh and looked at the door coldly, thinking that someone with no good intentions had indeed come to steal food. She had already envisioned several ways to deal with the intruder in her mind. Should we just beat them up, or just stuff them with golden leaves like we did with the Li brothers? Or just break the legs...
Chang Shichu pursed her lips and opened the door angrily. Just as she was about to take action, what she saw was not a guilty conscience thief who came to steal food, but a... little beggar who was half a head shorter than she is today?
"Girl, you...do you remember me?" The little beggar's clear eyes were astonishingly bright in the dim night. "I, I fed your horse a handful of grass, and you gave it to me. Two meat buns! This is the first time I have eaten such delicious buns..."
Chang Shichu was stunned for a moment and took a closer look at the little beggar. Sure enough, he found that he was the little beggar who gave him two buns for a rare act of kindness during the day.
"Why did you come to me so late? My horse is already full, and the waiter in the restaurant has fed it." Chang Shichu said in confusion. The reason why she gave him buns during the day was not only to cut grass for him, but also to feed him. In addition to the reward for his own horse, he also admired his cleverness and his resilience to seize every opportunity to improve his life - after all, there were so many beggars on the street, but he was the only one who cleverly cut grass to feed his horse, and then everything went smoothly. Get paid.
"I, I didn't want to come to feed your horse..." The little beggar was a little nervous, then he scanned behind him alertly and said in a low voice, "Sister, I saw you went to the labor market today to hire someone to transport food, but Those people are not well-intentioned! I overheard them. They were discussing that after helping you transport food out of the city tomorrow, they would knock you unconscious and take the food away! They said you were just a little girl secretly sneaking out. Even if you die, no one will know..."
When Chang Shichu heard his words, his face immediately turned cold and he said to the little beggar, "Did you really hear them saying they wanted to steal my food?"
"Really! I really heard it. I didn't lie to you!" The little beggar nodded his head with an extremely serious expression. He looked at Chang Shichu longingly, for fear that Chang Shichu would not believe him, "Those people are very bad. , they also said that you, a young girl, went out to sell grain alone, carrying so much money with you, and no family around you, and that you didn’t know what you were doing. They said it very hard..."
Chang Shichu didn't expect that she still overestimated the moral quality of people in this era. In these troubled times, aren't there a lot of monsters and monsters?
"Thank you for telling me this, otherwise I would be in trouble tomorrow." Chang Shichu said to the little beggar sincerely. Although these people's wishful thinking was absolutely impossible to succeed, she also disagreed.
"Wait a minute." Chang Shichu said, turned around and went back to the house, took out two silver coins and handed them to the little beggar, "This is your reward for bringing me this news, please accept it."
"No, no, sister, I don't need you to repay me." The little beggar refused with a red face, "I, I don't want your money..."
Chang Shi saw him like this for the first time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he asked him: "Then what do you want? If I can help you, I will help you."
"...I, I...can you accept me as your current person? I don't want Yueyin, as long as you can give me something to eat every day and a place for me to sleep! I can do a lot of work and I am very strong. , I don't have much to eat, just a little bit is enough..." The little beggar looked at Chang Shichu eagerly, with anxiety and expectation, and his eyes were filled with longing.
Chang Shichu thought about it and felt that it would be good to have such a smart little hired worker. After training him, he might become her right-hand man in the future, so she did not refuse, but asked, "Do you have any family members?"
"No, my parents died a long time ago. My uncle and aunt kicked me out of the house, and I have been wandering on the streets." The little beggar replied with his eyes widened.
"How old are you? What's your name?" Chang Shichu asked again.
"I am twelve years old this year, and my name is Wei Yu'an." The little beggar told his situation with great expectation.
"Wei Yu'an? You picked a good name." Chang Shichu was a little surprised. This name is not like the name of a little beggar. Even if you don't have any knowledge, you can't think of this name.
When the little beggar heard what she said, his expression became depressed, and he said sadly: "This is the name my father gave me. He wanted me to be a knowledgeable scholar, but it's a pity that I let him down."
When Chang Shichu first thought about what he said that he was kicked out of the house by his uncle and aunt, he suddenly understood that there might be some unknown secrets in his family. Maybe he had a good family when he was a child, but when his parents died, he became a beggar. .
"Then you can follow me from now on. But I am from Qing'an City and will live in Qing'an City from now on. Are you willing to leave here?" Chang Shichu asked him.
"Of course I'm willing to give it up. I don't have a home. It doesn't matter where I go." Wei Yu'an said very firmly, showing no nostalgia for Shangzhao City.
Chang Shichu said: "Okay, now I have something to ask you for help. Do you know which coolies have better character? I want to replace those employees with evil intentions."
"I know! Uncle Wang is a very honest and reliable person. He goes to the dock every day to work as a coolie to carry bags. He is also very strong. The most important thing is that he will not harm others. He has five children at home. If he harms others, He can't run away, and I also know where he lives." Wei Yu'an immediately said energetically, he was not afraid that Chang Shichu would ask him to work, but he was afraid that he would have no work to do.
"Is he alone? This is not enough." Chang Shichu said with some embarrassment. She had to transport a lot of food.
"Uncle Wang also has several good friends. They often work together and have a good reputation. It should be enough for Uncle Wang to call his coworkers together, right?" Wei Yu'an quickly added.
