Maybe they saw hope again, Huang Yukun's mother and daughter didn't stop and came directly to Xiurong City. I looked up at the century-old signboard of Qiu Kee's pawnshop, cut my hair, stepped over the high threshold, and entered the pawnshop. There were no customers in the pawnshop, and when the young man saw Huang Yukun coming in, he quickly got up and said, "Yo! It's Grandma Qin. You wait first, I'll ask the shopkeeper Qiu to go. He turned and ran into the back hall. After a while, the shopkeeper in the melon skin hat led the young man out. The shopkeeper was obviously very familiar with Huang Yukun, and said to Huang Yukun: "Grandma, you are here, it's been good lately, I haven't seen you for a few days." How are the two children? You are ......".

"Thanks to the old shopkeeper, it's okay. This thing pleases the old shopkeeper, with long eyes. As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief bag from his arms, opened it gently, and held it up and handed it to Shopkeeper Qiu.

Shopkeeper Qiu took the handkerchief, put it on the counter, put on the glasses, picked up the ring, and looked at it carefully. Weigh it carefully on the scales again. He looked up and asked Huang Yukun: "What are you ......?" ”

"Die," Huang Yukun said.

"Die," the shopkeeper Qiu repeated, and the abacus in his hand crackled a few times. He looked up and said, "Grandma, every time you take something, it's true, and the price I give is not false." You also know how to do it, this ring, the foot is naked, the quality is good, the workmanship is a lot of effort, and it has to be done by a master. If you charge it for fractional gold, you won't get a few dollars. Three, two, two, I took it. You go elsewhere and you don't get three taels. Really? ”

"Then what else to say, they are all old customers, you will never deceive me, I believe you here, just do what the old shopkeeper says, three two two" Huang Yukun said with a smile.

"One gold ring, foot red, three two two, don't open a pawn ticket, die" The shopkeeper Qiu shouted to the account room behind him, and asked Huang Yukun again: "How did you get this money?" ”

"Three of them are one or two pieces of silver, and the rest are exchanged for copper coins."

"I'll give you three taels of silver and two hundred copper coins, and I'll take it." Shopkeeper Qiu shouted and handed out the silver and copper coins.

He took the silver and copper coins, counted them slightly, and said, "Yes, that's right." ”

Inside, the shopkeeper Qiu shouted: "The money and goods are cleared." He also said to Huang Yukun: "Even if you bring something, if you don't want to be a member of our Qiu family's century-old reputation, you will never dare to talk to you about our friendship with the Qin family." ”

"Look at what you say, that's a long way off. Then I'll go back, and the kids are still at home."

"Let's go!"

And he put the silver in his bosom, and put two strings of copper coins in the basket, and covered them with his pockets, and went out of the pawnshop. Huang Yukun is in a good mood, when the money exceeds his estimates, at least the child will not starve to death for the time being. asked Xiaoqing: "Xiaoqing, my uncle said, let you eat something delicious, what do you want to eat?" ”

"I'm hungry, as long as I can eat. What's good in town? Xiaoqing lowered her head and said.

Huang Yukun's heart was sour, he had walked all the way, he didn't pay attention to the hunger in his stomach, and now he was really hungry, adults are like this, not to mention children, who have traveled so far. He said, "Go and eat a bowl of noodles, you can hurry up." ”

"I want to eat white noodles, okay?" Xiaoqing asked timidly.

"If it's good, eat white noodles." As he spoke, he led the child to sit down at an empty table in a noodle shop on the side of the street, and said to the man, "Two bowls of noodles, a big bowl."

After a while, two large bowls of noodles were served steamingly. Huang Yukun put some aged vinegar and chili pepper in both bowls. The two of them lowered their heads and ate the noodles in one breath, drank all the soup clean, sweated their sideburns, and felt that they were still unsatisfied, and felt that it was no problem to have two more bowls. Huang Yukun knew that he couldn't eat anymore, not only to save money, but also to eat too much at once, it would be bad. Because I was so hungry that I tried to eat hard, there were too many people who died.

Wipe the sweat and say, "I can't eat it anymore, it'll be broken."

The child wiped the sweat with his little hands, nodded sensibly and said, "Mom, can you still eat whistle noodles in the future?" It's so delicious. ”

"Yes, my uncle said, I won't let you go hungry again, let's go shopping."

Then, I went to the silk village to buy two battles of white cloth, two battles of gray cloth, two battles of blue cloth, and bought six catties of cotton.

went to the clothing appraisal store and picked out a set of clothes and pants according to Zhang Zhimu's figure.

When I went to the shoe and sock store, I took out a small stick and measured and bought a pair of shoes and a pair of socks. This small stick is the size and size of Zhang Zhimu's feet measured by Huang Yukun.

I went to the butcher shop to pick fat and bought two catties of pork.

I went to the grain and oil store and bought two liters of high-quality rice, two liters of white flour, two liters of bud rice noodles, two liters of millet, and two liters of sorghum rice, and used a gourd to fill two catties of soybean oil, two catties of aged vinegar, salt and other seasonings. Tie the food pockets in pairs, put them on both shoulders in front and back, and put the others in the frame, with Xiaoqing carrying them. was about to go back, when he suddenly remembered that he went to the bun shop and bought three catties of steamed buns and put them in Xiaoqing's basket.

Walking to the gate of the city, Huang Yukun put down his things, feeling a little wrong in his heart, now there are hungry people everywhere, and it is good that someone is in charge of them in the city. Patronized and happy this layer how to forget. I thought to myself that I must have a companion to go out of the city, otherwise, I would rather not leave. Just wait under the city gates.

Huang Yukun only thought about going out of the city, but he didn't notice the danger behind him. In fact, the danger is already very close to them. Not far from their mothers, there were two thin men, one tall and one short, both in their twenties and thirties, and they had been following them for a long time.

The short one is a native of Xiurong, and he knows Huang Yukun, and everyone calls him Meng Si'er. People are yin and corrupt, and they belong to the kind of masters who eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, cheat, and do everything. The other was to hide in Xiurong for committing crimes in other counties, and met Meng Si'er in a gambling house. Today, the two of them were not far from the outside of Qiu Ji's pawnshop, and they saw Huang Yukun when he entered. Meng Si'er said: "Look, how about the little ladies who went in?" ”

"Joon, fucking Joon. Who's from? ”

"That's the young grandmother of the Qin family, I think back then, it was a flower in Jinyang (now Taiyuan), my mother's family is also a big family, it is said that I am proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the female red handicraft is unmatched, how many sons and brothers are worried. It's a pity to let that Qin family's big smoker monopolize the Oiran. But yes, the Qin family was also a scholarly family at the beginning, and there were hundreds of acres of good land, and the eldest son of Qin also smoked a big cigarette when Master Qin died. Now it's over, the family is defeated. The unmatched phoenix is not as good as a chicken! Meng Si'er said with a smashing mouth.

"It's also a phoenix, you look at the chickens in the Emerald Red Mansion yesterday, that one is comparable to this phoenix. People are more popular than people!" The big man said and shook his head.

"This young grandmother of the Qin family, when she entered the pawnshop, it must be in stock. is also, otherwise, why would she have raised two babies in the past two years. Haha, it's called 'Widows give birth to children – there is a bottom.'" Meng Si'er waved at the big man as she spoke, and said in her ear, "Brother, a good deal is coming." Today, we are going to have both personal and financial gains, and we also want to taste the taste of Phoenix. Ha ha! ”。

"Don't say it, people are out. Let's follow from a distance and see. The big man waved his hand and said.

"Okay, let's see. She lives in Yaogang, and there are two babies at home. We'll talk about it in the evening. With that, the two of them, not far away, followed.

Look, the mother and mother have eaten noodles and bought so many things. The two concluded that Huang Yukun must have goods on him. Meng Si'er said to the big one: "Brother, you can't lose weight in this business."

Obviously, the big man's mind is not here, and he said, "Look at the little waist of the little lady, that ass." Hey! ”

"Look at your little bit of interest. However, the old rule is that you can't leave a living mouth when you're done. This knows me. Meng Si'er said.

"That's a shame!"

The two of them followed until they got off the city gate. "Haha, the little ladies don't dare to leave, for fear of being robbed outside the city. I'll watch for a while and we'll follow and go to a place where no one is there and finish the deal. The big one said.

"Let's see!" Meng Si'er was also a little tempted.

Just when Huang Yukun was in a hurry at the city gate. And he saw a caravan of horses and chariots going out of the city. There were several horsemen in front of the road, followed by several carriages. Huang Yukun carried good things, pulled his daughter with one hand, and took out a few copper coins with the other, and when the last big car came to his side, he asked the thirty or forty-year-old coachman: "Is the eldest brother going north?" Answer: "Yes, kill Hukou." ”

"Great, big brother, I'll have you company! The road was not smooth, and I went to the kiln. As he spoke, he shoved a few copper plates into the driver's hand.

"Oh, I'm a heavy car, I can't pull people. In this way, put the things in the car, and let the children sit in the car. Adults just follow along. There are too many things in the car, and you can't go fast. The coachman with a few copper plates said.

At this time, a dart master came back to take a look. Huang Yukun hurriedly accompanied the smiling face and said, "Big brother, my family is in Yaogang, and the road is not smooth, so I will have a companion with you." Looking at the orphans and widows, the dart master did not speak. Huang Yukun hurriedly said, "Thank you, big brother!" The dart master shook the reins and hurried forward.

Put the things in the car, pick the child into the car and say, "Hold on." ”

Then he said to the coachman, "Let's go, big brother." ”

The two thieves in the distance saw Huang Yukun's mother and daughter following the dart cart, and they were so angry that they stomped their feet. Meng Si'er said: "Let's talk about it in the evening." ”

The big one touched his head and thought about it and said, "I see! Such a good deal, wait for my eldest brother to do it together tomorrow, otherwise the eldest brother will come and say that we will eat alone, and it is not righteous. ”