"That's right, we are at best the downline of the Chao family. Now we have a red gold and copper slip in our hands, and nothing else. We have to wait until we go to the Chao family shop to know what it means."
"I said, I have heard you playing riddles all the time. When that family practiced it for you, you said they wanted to invite some bones. Now they say they are the subordinates of the Chao family, and what kind of shop are you here? What is it for?"
Xu Xiake was confused as he walked along, and when he saw Yue and Song mentioning these things again, his curiosity became more and more intense, and he wanted to find out.
Regarding his reaction, Yue Guanchao also expected it and smiled humorously: "You will know when you get to Chaojia Shop. This cannot be explained clearly in a few sentences!"
It had been several hours since they came out. Song Siyuan watched the sun gradually approach the sky, took a few more pictures of the ancient city, and walked down the stairs with everyone.
They were about to stop the car and go back. Before they could take a few steps out of the city gate, they were immediately surrounded by a group of children wearing fat cotton-padded jackets.
The smallest of these children are no more than knee-high, and the largest ones are only as high as everyone’s shoulders. They range from a few years old to teenagers. Most of them are wearing thick cotton-padded jackets. The jackets on them are dirty after not being washed for several days. I don’t know whether it is intentional or not. He was used to playing around, his face looked like a kitten, and his bright eyes showed pity.
They seemed to have noticed that Yue Guanchao and the others were rich, so they surrounded them like wild cats and dogs begging for food. The tallest child, wearing a cotton hat, said with pity in his cry: "Brothers and sisters, please do it. Okay, we haven't eaten for several days, please give us a few copper coins to fill our bellies. Your great kindness will never be forgotten in this life."
These words, this routine.
You can see it in the shabby streets and alleys in the Northeast. If someone is smarter, they will make up a tragic life story in which the father and mother remarried. It would be better if even the arms are stained with red ink. That is just pretending. It's as miserable as it gets. Over the years he's been in the world, he's seen a lot of beggars begging for money. These kids are probably all new to the industry, and they don't look like them at all. How can they be hungry and fat refugees?
No matter how black the bottom of the pot is, the chubby face is not something that a child from a poor family can show off. If he were in Fengtian, he would have scolded these people so shamelessly. He always had to restrain himself when going out. Deliberately seeing through without telling the truth, he pushed randomly with his big hand and used skill to push all these children away to make way for them.
"Brother and sister, please be kind and have mercy on us."
"Hey, don't leave~ If you leave, we will really starve to death."
Song Siyuan looked at them. These children were indeed not refugees. Judging from their conversation, they probably did not come from wealthy families. After thinking about it carefully, they were probably the children of people living in refugee camps. She turned her head to Xu Xiake and saw that the little Taoist priest also nodded in acquiescence, which was basically confirmed. Her guess.
She thought about what these homeless people had experienced in the camp again, and her eyes signaled Yue Guanchao to stop. The children immediately gathered around again, and the eldest brother and eldest sister kept shouting.
"In my opinion, these children can be considered refugees, so let's give them a little and treat it as a way for us to accumulate merit."
After Song Siyuan finished speaking, Yue Guanchao deliberately frightened them and said, "Stand still, stop doing these things, take the money back and give it to your parents, do you hear me?"
"I heard!"
Like little mice, these children automatically lined up one by one. Yue Guanchao took out his money bag and stuffed Dayang into his hands one by one. These children took the money and ran away happily, climbing along the city wall they passed. Go up to the bell tower, stand behind the stairs, and peek at them with your cat's body.
Song Siyuan understood that this piece of ocean was nothing to them, but for these children, saving a little could last for a full moon, which could be regarded as supporting their rations for a month.
When they returned to the inn, Yue Qingshan and Sun Daqiao had already woken up. They were squatting in the inn yard with their eyes dazed and smoking. When they saw them coming, they slowly stood up and said, "We were still thinking about when you would come back, but you are back early." .”
"Second uncle, it's not too early. We were afraid that you would be impatient, so we came back early."
Yue Guanchao's words made Lao Yuetou full of surprise: "Are you waiting? How did you know we were up?"
"Second uncle, you will definitely not be able to sleep with something on your mind. We have already guessed your intention of taking us to Chaojiazhuangzi. If this matter is not resolved, will you be able to sleep with your temper?"
"Okay, since you're back, come with us. It's not far anyway. Chaojia's shop is at Jingsan Lane, Weijiu Road, South Street."
As mentioned before, the entire South Street business community is like a fish skeleton, with the main street as the central axis, and the other streets are arranged on the left and right. The east-west streets are roads, and the north-south streets are lanes. If this analogy is made, where they stand is It is located at the gill opening of the fish bone, while Chaojia Puzi is located just near the fin.
Seeing that the two old gentlemen had already gotten up, Song Siyuan saw no need to go back, so she simply followed them and hired a carriage to take them to Weijiu Road and Jingsan Alley near Yongning Gate!
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