flstandardbreds Chapter 238: Conflict?
Chapter 238: Conflict?
This was the first time for Niu Dan to visit a temple fair in his life. He seemed a little restrained among the crowds of people.
But Luo Xingchen held him all the way, and his sister and sister Qiu Niang stood behind them. He was surrounded from front and back, so he no longer felt panicked or at a loss.
"Brother Niu Dan, do you want to eat persimmon cake?" Luo Xingchen suddenly stopped at a stall, turned to ask Niu Dan with an expectant look on his face.
"Persimmon cake?" Niu Dan suddenly became embarrassed, "What is that?"
Luo Xingchen pointed with his chubby little finger at the small stall in front of him. There were many yellow persimmons densely stacked on it, and his tone was full of excitement:
"Persimmon cakes are made from persimmons. My sister made them last year. They were so sweet!"
When Luo Xiaoran saw Luo Xingchen's greedy look, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, and her whole temperament was filled with the peace and tranquility of life.
Look up at the sky, the clouds are white and blue.
Look around, the world is full of life.
Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, even autumn persimmons are sold on the streets.
Luo Xiaoran strode forward to the stall, carefully selected some persimmons of similar size, and bought them.
"Qiuniang and Niudan have not tasted the persimmon cakes I made, right? When I make them, you must try them carefully."
"Sister is awesome!"
Thinking of eating sweet and soft persimmons again, Luo Xingchen's chubby little hands couldn't help but clasp together, his fair and tender face filled with a proud smile.
In Luo Xingchen's heart, Luo Xiaoran is a person who can do everything. Only her sister can make persimmon cakes, only her sister can make cakes, only her sister can make spicy chicken... Anyway, there are many other things that only her sister can make.
"Let's go!" Luo Xiaoran scratched Luo Xingchen's nose lovingly, "You just know how to flatter me!"
The four of them were in high spirits, so they went to explore places they had not visited before. They ate a lot of snacks along the way and even skipped lunch.
Only when Luo Xingchen and Niu Dan could no longer walk did Luo Xiaoran and Qiu Niang, with their two younger brothers who were still reluctant to leave, slowly leave the city.
The carriage was running slowly on the flat lime road, and the cool breeze was very comfortable on people's bodies.
Luo Xiaoran and Qiu Niang, who were sitting outside, squinted their eyes lazily, almost letting Chou Li gallop forward freely.
"Uu——"
Qiu Niang was awakened by the sound of Luo Xiaoran suddenly reining in her horse, and she hadn't realized what was happening yet: "What happened?"
Luo Xiaoran raised her chin slightly, motioning Qiu Niang to look forward.
I saw a thin and small figure lying alone on the road ahead. If Luo Xiaoran hadn't stopped the car in time, Chou Li's horse hoof would have most likely stepped on that person.
Luo Xiaoran didn't want to meddle in other people's business, so she wanted to take Chou Li by the hand and walk around the man on the ground.
Coincidentally, the man on the ground suddenly crawled up as if he was a corpse, then quickly walked to the front of the carriage, and lay down again with a "thump".
Is this, fraud?
Luo Xiaoran looked at the familiar face of the man and laughed in silence.
"Zhao Xiaobing, I'll count to three. If you don't get up, I'm going to run over you!"
Zhao Xiaobing, who was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, heard a familiar voice and jumped up from the ground with a "swoosh".
When I opened my eyes, they immediately lit up. Isn't this my sister Ran?
Zhao Xiaobing was overjoyed, he didn't have to scam people anymore!
"Sister Ran, can you lend me some money?"
"……cannot."
"I'm in a hurry!"
"So you're just trying to scam me here? Can your small body withstand a beating?"
Zhao Xiaobing choked and recalled his first meeting with Sister Ran.
At that time, he had been hungry for three days and three nights and had not been able to beg for anything to eat. His stomach was so dry and uncomfortable, so he stole a man's purse in a secluded place.
Because it was his first time and his technique was too clumsy, he was naturally discovered by the other party and was beaten up.
When he was halfway through being beaten, he was saved by Sister Ran who happened to pass by.
Although he was just an inconspicuous little beggar, he had been wandering in Fuyuan County since he was a child. He was familiar with many places and there was a group of people like him around him.
Sister Ran was very happy when she knew about this.
Sometimes, Sister Ran would ask them to help with surveillance or to gather information, and in return, she would give them a lot of money every time.
With the money, he could give the little beggars a meal of hot meat buns stuffed with white flour and pork.
The little beggars' mouths and faces were full of oil. They did not stop eating even when they were about to vomit, because to them, meat buns were the most delicious thing they had never eaten since they were born.
……
"Sister Ran, Xiao Chuanzi is missing, we have been looking for him for a long time but couldn't find him.
Later, the old man said he knew where the kid had gone, but he wanted me to give him ten taels of silver before he would tell me.
Where do I get so much money? I had no choice but to come here and try my luck, to see if the person who accidentally ran over me can give me ten taels of silver for medical expenses."
"..."
Xiao Chuanzi is the youngest among Zhao Xiaobing's group of little beggars. He has a very well-behaved personality and everyone treats him as a younger brother.
Therefore, it was easy for others to recognize Xiao Chuanzi among the group of children because he was specially cared for and had the whitest face.
"Who is the old scoundrel?"
"Laolaitou is an old beggar who begs for food at the city gate all day long."
"Are you sure that giving him the money will help you find the whereabouts of the little bastard?"
"Yes!" Zhao Xiaobing nodded heavily. "Although the old man is greedy, he still keeps his word."
"In that case," Luo Xiaoran threw the purse to Zhao Xiaobing, "Just consider it as the reward for your help last time. You don't have to pay it back."
After Luo Xiaoran left, Zhao Xiaobing looked at the carriage going farther and farther away and swallowed involuntarily.
What Sister Ran was talking about was about asking him to dig a hole and bury Qian Dazhuang, right?
Talking about what happened that day, Zhao Xiaobing still wants to slap himself in the face whenever he thinks about it.
Can't you just take Sister Ran to Qian Dazhuang's house?
Why was he so curious that he followed Sister Ran and witnessed the whole process of Sister Ran killing Qian Dazhuang?
It was not the first time that Zhao Xiaobing witnessed someone die in front of him. The broken alley where he lived was full of people who had nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and nothing to live in.
The lives of these people are worthless. They will freeze to death, starve to death, or die of disease in one winter. The bodies of the dead will be dragged into the mass graves in the wild woods by the survivors.
But Qian Dazhuang was different. He was killed by slitting his throat. There was so much blood that day that the soil beneath Qian Dazhuang's body was dyed red.
Zhao Xiaobing was so scared that he was shaking with fear, and he tried his best to shrink his small body behind a poplar tree, but Sister Ran discovered him as soon as he started to follow her!
Zhao Xiaobing thought he would be silenced, after all, he saw Luo Xiaoran kill Qian Dazhuang with his own eyes. But what he didn't expect was that Luo Xiaoran had no such intention at all and only asked him to bury Qian Dazhuang.
After Zhao Xiaobing buried Qian Dazhuang tremblingly, he had nightmares for several days, but Sister Ran really did not come to his house, so Zhao Xiaobing felt safe.
So, after seeing that the person in the carriage was Luo Xiaoran, Zhao Xiaobing was just scared at first, but later he felt like he had found a benefactor.
When he opened the purse, he found a ten-liang silver ingot and a few pieces of silver.
Zhao Xiaobing carefully put the purse and change into his arms, then ran quickly towards the city gate with the silver ingot in his hand.