Chapter 148 Salesman
A pair of cat eyes are really smart. Shang Wan actually understood Chu Xu’s eyes and couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This kid has the potential to be a nanny.
Yuanyuan lay on the cushion in a pancake position for a while, raising her little feet and swaying. Gulu turned over, put his two little hands on the ground, and bent himself into a triangle again.
Chu Xu blinked in surprise and fell down. Why didn't Yuanyuan cry?
Shang Wan secretly gave his son a thumbs up.
The sound of rain gradually subsided, and a ray of sunshine penetrated the clouds and dispersed the surrounding dark clouds.
It's sunny.
What he brought was bad news. A child in the village was missing.
"Who lost it?"
Zhang Er said without even taking a breath: "The boy from the Wu family, the boy from the Yuan family, and the girl from the Li family, the three...three children are all gone. Everyone is helping to find them. Are they here with you?"
"I've never seen it." Shang Wan asked with concern, "When was it lost? Where was it lost?"
"Just this morning, it was still raining heavily." Zhang Er said, "The boy from the Wu family and the boy from the Yuan family made an appointment to go fishing at the river, and the girl from the Li family went to pick vegetables in the fields. The three children never came back. The adults in the family I was so worried that I ran out to look for it, only to find that it was missing. I was almost going crazy now.”
"We're going to help find them too." Shang Wan asked Shitou and Xiaohuan to follow him, then turned to Lu Chengjing and said, "Ms. sir, keep an eye on the two children."
"Okay." Lu Chengjing didn't want to reveal that his legs had healed, so going in a wheelchair would only make things worse.
There were voices calling for children everywhere in the village. Li Dashan took some people to the mountains to look for them. He was worried that wild beasts would come down the mountain during rainy days and carry the children into the mountains.
The village is close to a mountain and something like this has happened before. Fortunately, the child was fine in the end.
Madam Rong was so anxious that she cried, and the Wu family's daughter-in-law had already burst into tears, worried about the fate of her child.
Xiaohuan had a good relationship with the two of them and walked over to comfort them softly.
Everyone searched around the village. They knocked on the doors of every house and looked around. They even looked for the nooks and crannies that they usually didn't go to. They didn't even see the shadow of the three children.
There were two fish baskets and a fishing net by the river, which Er Pang and Yuan Lang took together. There were half a basket of small fish in the fish baskets.
Someone looked at the rushing river and guessed: "Could it be that the two children were washed away by the flood?"
"Just say don't let your children come to the river to fish, and risk their lives just for some food."
"What are you talking about? Who is dead? Say it again!" Wu Mingli was so anxious that his eyes were bloodshot after losing his son. Hearing this, he couldn't help it. He clenched his fists and was about to rush forward to fight.
Luo Da quickly hugged the person and dragged him back, and the others also pulled the person who spoke away.
"Everyone is trying to find the child. If you get angry in a hurry, your words will inevitably not be heard. Why are you angry? Finding the child is the most important thing now."
Wu Mingli broke away from his hand and walked downstream along the river, shouting the names of the two children while searching.
Yuan Musheng came with a cane. Madam Rong supported him and called Lang'er along the river.
Shang Wan winked at Shitou and Xiaohuan, and whispered: "After a while, go home and have a look. Don't run too far. I'm afraid your brother-in-law won't be able to cope with the two children at home."
Xiaohuan nodded. Shitou wanted to ask something, but Xiaohuan grabbed him and pulled him to the side to help call people.
Shang Wan gradually fell behind everyone. Seeing that no one paid attention to her, she disappeared in a flash.
Since she guessed that something might happen to the village, she naturally would not fail to make preparations.
Yesterday, most of the wolves in the mountain came down from the mountain and were quietly lying in wait around the village. "Xiao Hui, let's go find someone."
Spreading his hearing to the maximum, Shang Wan took Xiao Hui and ran all the way, gradually moving away from the village.
At the same time, a seller carrying a load walked into the village, and the two bells hanging on the pole jingled all the way.
He shouted all the way, but few people paid him any attention.
The salesman shouted so hard that he asked the villagers for water, only to find out that the child in the village was lost. Everyone was busy looking for the child and had no time to buy his goods.
The salesman secretly said something bad, but he still wanted to try his luck. What if someone wanted to buy it?
“Windmills, silk flowers, and maltose, it’s not sweet and doesn’t cost any money!”
The shouts came from far away. Lu Chengjing turned his wheelchair and went out to take a look, and found that it was a peddler carrying a load.
The salesman has an average build, a simple and honest appearance, and dark skin. At first glance, he looks like he often walks outside.
He yelled loudly and in a long tune, which could be heard from a long distance away.
Seeing Lu Chengjing, the salesman's eyes lit up and his steps quickened.
"I have all kinds of goods here, for the elderly and children, and for young wives, like silk flowers, hairpins, and silk threads, which are better than those in the city. I also have toys for children, such as rattles and small windmills. They all love them. Just for fun, do you want to bring one for your children at home?”
Seeing that Lu Chengjing was well dressed, the salesman diligently took out the items in the basket and showed them to Lu Chengjing, hoping to sell one or two items.
Lu Chengjing glanced at it briefly. The salesman's words were too exaggerated. These things were really not good.
He didn't want to buy anything at all, and he didn't want to buy anything after reading it.
"Look at how skillfully these clay figurines are made. They are all from the south and cannot be found anywhere else." The salesman tried hard to sell his goods. "It only costs ten cents each. It's very cheap. You can have fun buying it. Let me do it. I picked it all the way and didn’t sell anything. The evil woman at home can’t let me go.”
The salesman spoke pitifully and in an earnest tone. Lu Chengjing thought of his two children at home, so he took out twenty copper coins and gave them to him, "Buy two clay figurines."
The salesman quickly put it on and said with a smile: "You are so lucky to have two children at home. Why don't you look at this rattle and windmill? The children all like it."
Lu Chengjing glanced at the hand holding the clay figurine, narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "Take another rattle, a windmill, and put half a catty of maltose in it."
The salesman didn't expect to meet a big customer, and he burst out laughing. He quickly weighed half a catty of maltose and asked Lu Chengjing to bring him a bowl to put it in, otherwise he would have to pay for the jar.
Lu Chengjing asked him to wait here and was about to turn his wheelchair to get the bowl, but the salesman said, "How can I make you make two trips? I'll follow you and just fill the bowl for you."
Lu Chengjing turned to look at him, a dark light flashing quickly in his eyes.
At this moment, Xiaohuan and Shitou came back one after another.
Xiaohuan glanced at the salesman and said, "What do you do?"
"A salesman who travels to the countryside." The salesman pointed to the two baskets on the ground and smiled enthusiastically. "I have a lot of silk threads and silk flowers here. Take a look and see if you like them. This young man bought a lot of things from me. , you all belong to the same family, I’ll give you a cheaper price.”
Xiaohuan wanted to make clothes for Yuanyuan, and she really needed silk thread. There wasn't much silk thread left at home, so since she had it, she picked some.
She squatted down and selected from the box, and the salesman introduced her enthusiastically.
Lu Chengjing looked at Shi Shi, "I bought half a catty of maltose. You go in and get a bowl to put it in."