"Lingbao, you are so good. My uncle and your father have been talking about things for so long, and you don't cry or make trouble at all. You are indeed the most sensible baby in our family. Come on, uncle hasn't seen our Lingbao for a long time. Take this jade pendant. Go play."
As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant tied to his belt. Judging from the gentle texture, it was worth forty or fifty taels of silver.
"Thank you, uncle." Du Youling had something in her mouth and her speech was still unclear.
While the adults were talking just now, Du Youling kept eating the pastries prepared by her uncle, and she was almost full now.
Du Laoer watched his daughter happily accept the jade pendant without stopping her. I just thought that I would give a gift in return to my uncle's children next time I see him.
Du Laoer looked at the sky outside and saw that it was getting late, so he said to his uncle:
"Brother, I will take Ling Bao to the market to buy some other supplies for the road. Also, brother, please make arrangements when you get home. You should prepare more dry food, such as pancakes and fried rice. After all, we are back on the road, and we don’t have so much time to make a fire and cook on the road.”
Uncle Li slapped his head: "Oh, brother-in-law, what you reminded me is that I will go home and give you instructions."
The two of them walked out of the cloth shop together as they spoke.
Although his uncle gave him 1,500 kilograms of grain, Du Laoer decided to buy more.
After all, my baby girl now has a space. No matter how much grain you buy, you don't need to buy so many mules to carry it.
Moreover, we have traveled thousands of miles, and who knows what the situation will be like on the road. If you buy more food, you will always be prepared. Even if you get to the emperor's feet, even the suburbs of Beijing will not be easy to settle down.
There must be no land at the beginning. Where does this food come from? It is not necessary to buy it, but the price of food in the capital is definitely more than double that of their small county.
Du Lao'er has learned a lot since he worked with the young general. Since he went to the capital this time to escape, Du Lao'er decided to settle down in the capital in the future.
I won’t go back to Qinghe Town anymore.
Anyway, his mother and I have never considered him as her son.
More importantly, both of his sons will take the scientific examination in the future. Studying in an academy in the capital will be of great help to them in the future.
Du Laoer got out of the car and took his daughter to the grain store.
But after visiting two stores, the clerk saw that the rags they wore did not look like people from the county, and several grain stores were unwilling to sell them to him.
There was a boy from a family who said condescendingly:
"I can sell you ten kilograms at most, but this fine polished rice costs 50 cents per kilogram. Can you afford it?"
When Du Laoer heard what this man said, he almost wanted to go up and punch him. If he hadn't taken care of his daughter, he would have dealt with this man at least.
But he still took his daughter with him and couldn't hit anyone, so he ran to a grain store again.
But this grain store directly said that there was no grain.
Du Laoer: "How can a grain store as big as yours run out of grain?"
The boy waved his hand and chased Du Laoer away.
"If you say there's no food, then there's no food. Let's go."
The waiter turned around impatiently and returned to the shop, muttering: "Even if you have food, you can't afford it. What are you talking about here?"
"Dad, why don't we go visit another house?" Du Youling tugged on her father's sleeve.
"Hey, okay." Du Laoer sighed, holding his daughter in his arms and preparing to visit other homes.
It is really not possible to go to a clothing store to buy good-looking clothes first and then buy food later. People in the county are not like this usually. During this special period, everyone is hoarding goods and watching what others order.
Just as the father and daughter were about to lead the carriage out, a man rushed out of the grain store.
A wealthy man in his forties or fifties, with a big belly, held a three or four-year-old child in his arms, but the child looked livid and was about to lose his breath.
Du Youling once traveled to the 21st century to do a mission. One look at this child and he knew that he was choking on something to eat. This situation is very critical and time is of the essence.
Du Youling quickly let go of his father's hand and immediately stopped the rich man who was running out.
"I can save your grandson, just do as I say and do it quickly, otherwise he will die!"
When the rich man saw someone stopping him at first, his eyes were filled with tears and anger.
But when I heard Du Youling say this, I really stopped in my tracks. I don't know whether he was shocked or because Du Youling had a convincing momentum.
The most important thing is that the rich man glanced at his grandson and found out that he was about to die.
So the rich man said in a panic and as if he was seeking medical treatment: "Little girl, please tell me how to save her. If you can save my grandson, I will give you a hundred gold!"
"Hold your grandson upright, find a place two finger widths above his belly button, hold a fist with one hand and cover the fist with the other, and squeeze his abdomen hard. Do as I say!"
The rich man did as she asked, but his heart was pounding while doing it.
Unexpectedly, after pressing three or four times, an almond popped out from his grandson's mouth.
With a cry, his grandson cried.
After regaining his breath, the rich man wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt that he was breathing again.
Holding my grandson in my arms, touching and looking at him:
"Bao'er, you scared grandpa to death. Fortunately, my Bao'er is blessed with great fortune. It's okay. It's okay. We're not afraid anymore."
The child was also crying and twitching: "Grandpa, Bao'er, I feel so uncomfortable just now."
"Be good, my baby is fine, we're fine, Ang, don't be afraid everything will be fine."
The rich man held his grandson in his arms and coaxed him for a long time. In a blink of an eye, he saw Du Youling standing beside him and watching them quietly.
This rich man is Mr. Liu from the county. His family owns thousands of acres of fertile land, and he has never been seen by anyone. But looking at this little girl today, I suddenly felt that there seemed to be two parts of divinity in this child.
At this time, Mr. Liu's daughter-in-law also received the news and ran over quickly, holding her son and comforting him.
Master Liu walked up to Du Youling and said, "Little girl, thank you for saving my grandson. Master, I keep your word. I'll let the guy get the hundred gold right now."
Du Youling raised her hand and said, "No, I don't want that hundred gold. It's just that our family can't buy food. Can you exchange that hundred gold for me with the corresponding food?"
When Mr. Liu heard this, he felt that this child was very smart. After all, at this time, there were many people who had money but could not buy food.
It's just that she saved her grandson, and Mr. Liu is happy to do this good deed: "Of course."
As a result, Master Liu made the decision and gave them 1,000 catties of polished rice, 1,000 catties of fine white flour, and 2,000 catties of corn.
Du Laoer took his daughter directly to Master Liu's warehouse to pick up the grain. The store clerk took them to the warehouse and then ran back to the front to do his duty.
Anyway, this one warehouse was opened, and they couldn't move the other warehouses.
As a result, the two people who originally said they would rent mules to haul grain turned around and put the grain in this warehouse into Du Youling's space.
But when he came out of the corner of the back alley of the grain shop, Du Laoer felt dizzy from watching the whole process from rescuing people to putting out grain.
I can’t believe that in such a short time, I really got so much food!
