Chapter 31 Looking for new melon fields
This was the first time for Xie Lingjiao to go shopping alone.
There is no third sister or younger brother around.
One person buys two candy bars. You can't share it with your third sister, and you can't give leftovers to your younger brother. You'll get tired of eating it.
There is one left.
"Here, do you want it?"
Xie Lingjiao gave it to a little beggar who was lame on the roadside, "I haven't eaten it yet. If you want it, I'll give it to you."
"Thank you."
The little beggar's voice was hoarse, sounding like he hadn't drank water for a long time.
She deliberately avoided Xie Lingjiao's hand to prevent her own dirt from rubbing on her.
Xie Lingjiao was so bored that she gave her a drink of water, squatted beside her and asked her: "What is your name?"
"Bai Ya."
"Are you alone? Or is there someone to help you work?"
Work?
Bai Ya looked confused.
"That's it." Xie Lingjiao put a copper coin into her broken bowl, "Is this a good job? Do you usually hear a lot of interesting things?"
Is there anything easy to do when asking for food?
Bai Ya shook her head, "Sometimes you can eat well when you meet kind people, but more often you get spat on, and some drunken men will beat them up."
"The uncle who works at the gambling house said that if you are lucky and win money, you can get several copper coins at a time, and rarely you can even meet silver coins! But those who lose money, like He took it out on them and sometimes even killed someone.”
"It's really hard work." Xie Lingjiao commented, "The risk is also high."
Bai Ya couldn't quite understand her words.
Just continue to answer her previous question: "Miss, what do you want to know?"
"Well... that's the kind of interesting thing. For example, quarrels and beatings. If you do this on the street, you must see a lot of it, right? Do you know where you can see this kind of thing?"
Xie Lingjiao, who left the village intelligence department and came to live in the county town, wanted to find a new melon field.
It will be convenient to eat melon in the future.
quarrel?
Does this person like to watch the excitement?
Bai Ya understood, she raised her finger and pointed in one direction: "There is a beautiful little widow in the west of the city, and some aunts often come to scold her; there are fights in Hua Street in the south of the city almost every night; there are people three streets away over there. Opera singer..."
Bai Ya is familiar with the entire county.
After eating Xie Lingjiao's candy, I told her all these things in detail.
Xie Lingjiao listened with great interest: "Why do those aunties scold the little widow? Because she is beautiful?"
"Yeah..."
Bai Ya was not sure, she said: "Uncle Dafu said that people are like this. If you are dirty, you think others are dirty too."
In other words, the little widow is innocent, and the other aunts are bullying the weaklings based on their imagination?
I see.
Xie Lingjiao nodded.
Since there was nothing to see in Flower Street during the day, and she didn't like to listen to those babbling plays, Xie Lingjiao wanted to go to the west of the city to see how beautiful the little widow was.
"Do you want to come with me? Just show me the way. I'll give you ten cents."
"Okay, miss, I'll take you there right now!"
Xie Lingjiao directly gave her ten coins.
Bai Ya put the copper plate into her dirty and torn clothes.
On the road.
Bai Ya would occasionally peek at Xie Lingjiao, as if she wanted to say something but was hesitant to say it.
"What's wrong?" Xie Lingjiao asked, "What do you want to say to me?"
"Miss."
Bai Ya moved her lips, and finally decided to tell Xie Lingjiao: "If you ask someone to help you with something, you can give someone half of the deposit first, and then give the rest when the thing is done. In this way, others will work hard to help you for the remaining copper coins. Get things done.”
When Xie Lingjiao was in the village, there were many people who wanted to help her with her work.
Even if I clear all the coins in one go and hire them for the next job, I will still work very hard.
But now in the county, everything is different.
Xie Lingjiao thought about it and felt that Bai Ya was right: "Thank you."
She took out a pack of preserved fruits and shared them with Bai Ya.
"This is so sweet, do you want to try it?"
Bai Ya once ate preserved fruit. A young lady from a wealthy family fell on her sedan chair and was stepped on several times.
Many children tried to pick it up but were pulled back by adults.
Only she can pick it up and eat it at will.
In my mind, the preserved fruit was very sweet.
Still very soft.
"Can I eat it?"
"Of course."
Xie Lingjiao gave her a taste.
So sweet! There is no mud on the top, and you can taste the soft pulp inside when you take a bite.
It tastes delicious and sweet every time you chew it.
Is this what rich people eat?
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
It's so delicious.
Xie Lingjiao saw that she was greedy and couldn't help herself, so she tore the oil paper bag in half, filled half of the preserved fruit in it and gave it to Bai Ya so that she could eat it by herself.
Holding the preserved fruit, Bai Ya was surprised and happy.
She ate two pills and folded the oil paper, "Can I take them back to Ding and other uncles to try?"
Xie Lingjiao: It’s all up to you, you can make your own decision.
"Thank you."
This time, Bai Ya had a smile on her face and took the initiative to tell Xie Lingjiao about the little widow.
"I heard others call her sister-in-law Su. Her maiden name is Shao and her name is Shao Susu."
Bai Ya thinks this name sounds nice.
It sounds much better than hers.
Somewhat envious: "I used to think that it would be great if I also had such a nice name. But then I figured out that my name was given by Ding Daddy. Even if it doesn't sound nice, I still recognize it." As he said, he also He flattened his mouth.
"Your name is still OK."
Xie Lingjiao told her about those families in the village who believed that they could make a living by relying on their reputation, and the names they gave their children were donkey egg, dung egg, and even dog shit.
Can't listen at all.
After such a comparison, Bai Ya felt that her name was pretty good.
If she calls shit.
She might just make up a name on the spot.
It's still some distance away from the west of the city.
In order not to make Xie Lingjiao think that ten coins are wasted, Bai Ya continued: "Many men on that street like to talk to the little widow, and many of them even take good care of her."
"But I heard from an uncle that at first the little widow would avoid suspicion and not interact with other people. But it wasn't long before an aunt came to her door and said that the little widow was seducing her men."
"At first, the little widow was still explaining and crying... but then she changed somehow and started chatting with those men with a smile, and even asked those men to give her things."
But she wouldn't accept anything too expensive.
I usually only have one or two handfuls of vegetables, and sometimes I only have some eggs, meat and bones.
"Why don't you want expensive ones?" Xie Lingjiao asked.
She felt that she had been wronged, and even if she was angry, she should pay more and go home!
Bai Ya: "I heard from Ding Ding that if she takes something expensive, she will have to pay more. Taking less like this will make her look innocent, and she can also deal with the aunts who are looking for trouble."
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That's it.
Xie Lingjiao thinks it makes sense.
Said: "Your father Ding is quite smart, you all know this."
"It's okay..."
It was the first time I heard someone praise my adoptive father.
Bai Ya was a little embarrassed, but also a little happy. Chichi and Xie Lingjiao shared a lot of the excitement that other uncles saw.
Xie Lingjiao listened and made a sound from time to time.
"Wow~"
"Like this?"
"Awesome!"
She listened with great interest and even gave Bai Ya water from time to time to prevent her from having a dry mouth and stop talking.
(End of chapter)