Chapter 18 You can see the meat buns but you can’t eat them
Hong Xiaoduo was about to say something about the road guide, but the projection on the wall suddenly showed a snowflake, and then it was just a white wall, with intermittent sounds. The old man's voice came: "Don't worry, I will solve it...I will solve it...I will solve it..."
The lingering sound was intermittent. Hong Xiaoduo covered his forehead speechlessly, knowing that this What an unreliable old man!
Having been away from the space for a long time, the water in the bathtub was cold. Hong Xiaoduo was not in a hurry to come out, for fear that as soon as he stood up, he would return to the space and be seen by the old curator.
Later, the water was too cold, and I had no choice but to get up quickly, wipe it randomly, and start putting on my robe.
There was no hairdryer on my hair, so I twirled the cotton cloth half-dry. Then I remembered that I didn't know how to style my hair, so I simply used the comb in the guest room to comb it into a big ponytail.
I wrapped the clothes I changed into with the same furoshiki used to wrap new clothes. I planned to wash them with hot water when I got back from dinner later. There was no need to throw them away, even though I still had more than ninety taels of silver on me. , but who knows whether the money will be easy to earn in the future, so just save it for the time being.
Although she had contacted the old curator again, but the official matter was not finalized, it at least showed that the old man was more anxious to establish contact than she was. Therefore, at this time, Hong Xiaoduo was not in a good mood.
Opening the door, she saw two bald little girls standing at the door. One was wearing a light pink dress, the other was wearing a light yellow dress, and they were looking at her.
“Mom?” the two bald girls shouted embarrassedly.
"Hey, are you Xiao Yaoguang? Are you Yu Heng?" Their big eyes and voices seemed familiar, but I really didn't dare to recognize them.
Due to long-term malnutrition, the two girls looked thinner after washing and fairing, and their lips were not very rosy.
"You're hungry, let's go. Let's go to the door and wait for Tianshu and the others." Hong Xiaoduo held the clothes he had changed and walked out holding one by one. There were many people among the five boys, so they wouldn't be like this. Wash it soon.
At the door, there were already four little bald heads wearing new clothes waiting.
Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo was embarrassed and a little shy, he stepped forward.
Seeing their appearance at this time, it's no wonder that A Kuan's boy would accuse her of kidnapping Xiaohuazi, clean it up and sell it at a good price.
After these children are washed and put on new clothes, do they really look handsome? Anyway, at first glance, they looked like handsome boys. Hong Xiaoduo didn't know what words to use to describe how good-looking they were.
After waiting for a while, Tianshu was the last one to come over. He stood beside her with a shy smile. He took a bath and changed into clean and brand-new clothes, but he was still a little uncomfortable.
The host’s mother followed closely, wiping her tears with her sleeves as she walked.
"What's wrong with mother-in-law? Are you angry because of their misbehavior?" Hong Xiaoduo asked, knowing that this was not the case.
"My little lady, how come there are such vicious people in the world? The children are already pitiful, and if you don't treat them well, they are all covered with injuries." The mother-in-law stretched out her hand to hold the one closest to her while shedding tears. A child pulls up his sleeves.
I don’t blame her for crying. After washing her arms, the purple, yellow and red new and old marks were even more clear.
The traces are all in inconspicuous places on the body, except for the new wound on Tianshu's forehead.
"Uncle Tong is an old man, but he is also very distressed." The mother-in-law said, and tears fell again.
"Mother-in-law, stop crying, it doesn't hurt anymore." Yu Heng used his sleeves to wipe his mother-in-law's tears.
"Good boy, good boy." The mother-in-law took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears; "I heard you tell me, little lady, to cut my hair short for them, but they all have lice, so I'll just do it myself." I advocated and called the masters who shaved their heads on the street, and they all shaved their heads. . Otherwise, it’s useless to put on new clothes. It’ll be all over your body in a few days.
Little lady, you won’t blame me, will you?”
I don’t know. A good-natured person kept saying whether it was strange or not, and then asked how much it would cost to have his head shaved, and she would pay for it.
My mother-in-law said no, the master who shaved his head charged one penny for a bald head, which was not much money.
Hong Xiaoduo said thank you, but he remembered the favor in his heart.
Uncle Tong, who was helping Tianshu and the others take a bath, also came out, dragging a big cloth bag in his hand. When he saw Hong Xiaoduo and the others were about to go out, he quickly called out to them.
"Is there something wrong, old man?" Hong Xiaoduo asked. "It's something. The bag contains their old clothes. I will drag them to a place where no one is around and burn them. But do I have to throw these things away? The children didn't say they wanted to, but I didn't dare to throw them away. I thought I want to ask if you can still use it," Tong Bo said, raising a handful of things in his hand.
It was a sign worn with a string. The sign was made of bamboo, and something seemed to be carved on it, but I couldn’t see it clearly.
Hong Xiaoduo asked Tianshu what this was.
Tianshu said he didn't know. Anyway, he had it around his neck when he was sensible. Whenever there was an extra companion behind him, the evil man would also make one and hang it on his neck.
So that’s it, no wonder no one wants to keep the children.
Then don’t want it, Hong Xiaoduo was about to say, but for some reason, he hesitated for a moment, took the thing from the old man’s hand, and asked the children if they could remember which piece he was wearing.
They all looked similar to her, but the children quickly identified the one they had worn.
Hong Xiaoduo thought for a while, cut off the dirty string whose original color could not be seen, and kept the bamboo pieces for each of them to keep.
I don’t know if she thinks too much, but she always feels that these things should not be thrown away, and they may be useful if they are kept.
Think about it, that evil man didn’t treat them well, so naturally he wouldn’t be kind enough to make pendants for them to wear. So what does it mean to do this and let them wear it?
No matter, I can’t figure it out now, just keep it and think about it slowly.
Hong Xiaoduo walked towards the street with a beautiful little bald head. Now they no longer have to worry about which restaurant will refuse them entry, unless they think they are making too much money.
Although she was hungry, she did not rush to find a restaurant. Instead, she first found a medical clinic and a doctor to help Tianshu apply medicine and bandage the wound on her forehead.
The anti-inflammatory and hemostatic mud she had collected on the roadside had been soaked in a bath, but the wound hadn't healed yet.
A handsome little lady with a sword and seven beautiful little bald heads, everyone on the street looked at them.
This kind of gaze is kind and curious. It is not like the disgusting one before, and a few are pitiful. The children are still a little uncomfortable and lower their heads in embarrassment. Some of them walk on the same foot. Same hand.
Oh, what should I take the children to eat?
Hong Xiaoduo looked at the restaurants, noodle shops, bun shops and wonton stalls on the roadside and was confused.
"What do you all want to eat?" she decided to ask the children.
"It would be nice to have steamed buns." Tianxuan said first.
"Wonton soup, hot and fresh." Kaiyang also said.
Hong Xiaoduo felt uncomfortable listening to the food that other children mentioned next, such as the burned sesame seed cakes, the cheap one, and the noodle soup.
In short, except for the steamed buns and wonton soup at the beginning, which are slightly normal, the rest are things that others think are not good and would not want to eat. In their eyes, that is expectation Delicious for a long time.
Seeing several children frequently looking at the steamer selling steamed buns, Hong Xiaoduo thought about what to take them to eat.
As soon as he walked towards the bun shop, a man who looked like a rich man stopped in front of Hong Xiaoduo and smiled very obscenely: "Hey, where did this little lady come from? She brought seven Little bald man, where are you going? Do you want me to take you to a nice place to play?”
A few steps further, you will see the steamed bun shop, looking at the steaming steamer inside. They are all chubby and delicious meat buns, but there are some who ruin other people’s good mood?
The fire in Hong Xiaoduo's heart kept rising.
I didn’t see the two young men sitting by the window in a teahouse nearby. One wanted to stand up and come over, and the other said to calm down and not meddle in other people’s business. I didn’t see that they were wearing Sword...
(End of this chapter)