Chapter 24: Staying
Xiqing took Sun Erlang and hurried all the way back to the store. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The staff of the Third Division in the courtyard outside saw the two people coming in, and asked with a good thing: "Xiqing, where did you kidnap someone back?" Go back and be careful, Director Zheng is not allowed to bring outsiders inside! ā
Yue Qing said loudly: "Don't talk nonsense, this is my fellow villager, my family suffered a disaster, and I came out to flee!" ā
Talking all the way, he took Sun Erlang's hand all the way and returned to his small courtyard.
When I entered the yard, I saw that Director Zheng and Director Chen were both in the house, and I didn't know what to do in the house in such a hot weather. When he got to the door, Xiqing shouted, "Director, I bought some buns outside and brought them back!" ā
Director Zheng's voice came from inside the door: "I said that I wouldn't let you play outside, why did it take so long!" ā
Before the words fell, the door opened, and Director Chen walked out of it, took the steamed bun in Xiqing's hand, and said: "It's been a bumpy road, but I'm so hungry, you go to the store to ask for a pot of tea to send to the room." ā
When he was about to turn around, he looked up and saw Sun Erlang standing behind Xiqing, and said, "Huh" and said, "Why did you go out and bring someone back for this meeting?" Festive, you can be careful, take people away indiscriminately, be careful that someone accuses you of abducting people. ā
As he spoke, Director Chen shook his head and turned around to go back to the room, but he was colliding with Director Zheng who rushed out, and was startled: "Director Zheng, you are so panicked, is it on fire outside?" Scare me! ā
Director Zheng ignored him, came out of the room, and shouted, "What about people? Where are the people? Who is it? ā
Seeing Sun Erlang standing behind Xiqing, Director Zheng's face immediately became nervous, pulled Xiqing to his side, lowered his head and asked in a low voice, "Where did this child come from?" How did you meet? How do you bring it to the store? ā
Xiqing said: "Don't worry, director, his name is Sun Erlang, and he and my hometown are both from Heyin County." This year, the drought struck the area, and the family fled here. There was no entanglement on the road, and his parents went to the Jinshui River to beg for food, leaving him alone on the shore. I saw that he had no food or drink, and that he had no place to stay, so I brought him back and stayed overnight. ā
Director Zheng was so anxious that he stomped his feet again and again: "How dare you bring someone back casually?" At this time, I - how dare you casually bring people to the store! Festive, let me tell you, this trip to Xijing is not more than usual, you have to be extremely cautious, my family's net worth and life, are pinned on this road safety! Alas, do you know, my heart has never fallen into my stomach along the way, and I just have to take a break when I get to the store, and you have to bring someone back! ā
After speaking, Director Zheng was so anxious that his hands trembled: "How is this good?" How is it good? ā
Xiqing gently tugged at the corner of Director Zheng's clothes, and said in a low voice: "Director, it's a poor person who has no place to live, and if you look at my face, let him stay in the room with me for one night?" His parents will be back in Octagon tomorrow! ā
Director Zheng was so anxious that he rubbed his hands together, turned around twice in place, pulled Xiqing aside, and whispered, "How do you know that he is a good person?" A man's mouth is but two skins, what kind of lies in heaven and on earth can't be made? He believed everything he said? If this is the eyeliner sent by the thief, it leaks out of the news, but what is good? ā
Xiqing couldn't cry or laugh a little, and said to Supervisor Zheng: "Director, you think it's wrong, it's not Sun Erlang looking for me, it's me who saw him sitting by the river and talking to him on a whim." A ten-year-old child, where can there be a thief! ā
"Well, how can you say that? You're too young to know what's sinister out there! Those thieves can come up with all kinds of strange ways for money. Well, don't talk about it, we must not let him stay with us, otherwise once we get through the trick, there will be a big disaster! ā
Xiqing didn't know what to say for a while, Director Zheng was always afraid of being looked down upon by others along the way, but he just carried 100,000 paper coupons in his arms, what was the trick? With this mighty team, what thief would dare to fight this idea on the Liangjing Post Road? On this road, there is a shop for ten miles, a post for thirty miles, not to mention that there are garrisons on the road, even the merchants who come and go are as lively as the usual grass market, and the thieves have nowhere to hide if they want to.
After being silent for a while, he said happily: "Director, I kindly brought people back to the store and said that he would have a place to shelter from the wind and rain tonight." Now if you want to drive people out, how can you open this mouth? ā
When Director Zheng heard this, he took out dozens of copper coins from his body and stuffed them into his hand: "People can't stand without trust, especially those of us who are brokers, and we don't dare to be treacherous." You take these copper coins and give them to that child, and say that it is inconvenient for us to be here tonight, so let him take the money and not find an inn to rest, how about it? ā
At this point, Xiqing had nothing else to say, took the copper coin, and sighed: "That's it, it only cost ten wen to buy buns just now, and I still have some left, so let's give it to him." ā
After speaking, he turned to Sun Erlang's side, pressed the copper coins in his hand into his hand, and said in a low voice: "Originally, I wanted to keep you here for a night, but the director said that it was a little inconvenient, there are dozens of copper coins here, you take it out to buy some food, and find a family inn to live." Wait until tomorrow when your parents come back and follow them on their way. ā
Sun Erlang returned the copper coin to Xiqing's hand with his backhand, and said with a smile: "We are like-minded, so we came to the store with you, it's inconvenient for me to just go out, how can I take your money!" ā
Xiqing said: "You have no money on you, and the vegetable balls are eaten again, how can you survive until dawn?" And take it! ā
Sun Erlang shook his head with a smile, turned around and walked out the door.
Xiqing caught up from behind, took Sun Erlang's hand and said: "Just think I lent it to you, you take it, if we have fate, you will return it to me again!" ā
"Our family has gone all the way, and it is unknown whether there is a place to stay, whether it is life or death, and where we are qualified to borrow money from others. I have received your heart, and I have also written down the name, so I will say goodbye and meet again! ā
After speaking, he turned around and walked out the door, leaving only the happy one standing in place at a loss.
"Stop, don't go!" Suddenly, Director Zheng's voice came from behind.
Xiqing didn't know why Director Zheng said this, but he was overjoyed, and ran a few steps forward to grab Sun Erlang and said, "Okay, don't go, the director agrees that you stay!" I had a house to myself and it was spacious enough for us to stay! ā
Director Zheng stepped forward and said to Sun Erlang: "It's getting late, I'm thinking about it, let's let you stay, so as not to have any accidents when you go out." Tomorrow morning, when we are gone, I will send someone to stay with you and deliver it to your parents. ā
Sun Erlang arched his hand like an adult: "In this way, thank you to the director." ā
Director Zheng nodded and asked Xiqing to take Sun Erlang back to the room.
Director Chen had been impatient for a long time, and seeing that the matter was finally over, he stepped forward and said to Director Zheng: "Come and go, I don't know what you are tossing." If you want him to go, you have to stay, okay, the buns you bought are cold! ā
Director Zheng looked at the backs of Xiqing and Sun Eryang, and whispered: "You don't understand, it's a good thing for Xiqing to bring this child back, let me drive him out, but I have a grudge against him." Besides, if you want to probe the wind, he has already probed, so it is better to let him stay with us and take a good look, but it will be foolproof! (To be continued.) )