Song Qiu was still smiling, "I think this is Brother Qi. Why should Brother Qi be so modest? Since we are here to find him, we naturally believe that Brother Qi can help us."
After talking for a while, he continued: "If Brother Qi can help us find the money bag, we are willing to pay Brother Qi fifteen taels of silver as a reward."
Fifteen taels of silver!
Several young men behind Huang Qi were moved when they heard this. One of them was so excited that he subconsciously said: "Brother Qi, there are fifteen taels of silver!"
Huang Qi quickly glared at him, and the young man shut his mouth and stepped back.
"I'm really sorry, we really can't help the girl, you should find someone else!" Huang Qi still insisted.
After that, he made a gesture of invitation toward the door.
Song Qiu took a deep look at Huang Qi and smiled, "Sorry for bothering you, let's take our leave then."
After saying that, he turned around, raised his feet and strode out of the door.
When Aling and the other three saw her leaving, they naturally followed her without saying much.
A young man came up and closed the door, and several people surrounded Huang Qi and entered the main room.
There was a young woman in the room, who was also Huang Qi's daughter-in-law, and asked curiously: "They really came to us to help find the money bag?"
Liu Zizui said quickly: "Who knows! Mu Mu came back and said that he touched a little girl's money bag at Luji Restaurant at noon. There are three little girls in this group, it must be them!"
The young man who was talking outside just now said: "They offered fifteen taels of silver as reward! Brother Qi, why don't we just give them the money bag and say we found it for them! There are only more than four taels of silver in the money bag.
Together with a hairpin, they are worth at most ten taels!"
Huang Qi glanced at him and said nothing. Liuzi glared at him like a fool, "Are you stupid? I don't know how much money they lost? You are so stupid and you gave out fifteen taels of silver. How much will you still lose when you get it back?"
Two, why bother?"
"Anyone who inquires about our reputation in the town will know that it is not a good reputation with many friends. They obviously knew that the money bag was stolen by someone among us, but they didn't catch it at the time and came here on purpose.
It’s tempting! If we take out the money bag, they will say that we stole it. It’s good if they don’t trouble us and reward us? You are too naive!”
After Liu Zi finished speaking, Huang Qicai nodded and said: "Liu Zi said it is right, so we should be careful. This matter of help cannot be answered. Catching thieves and catching stolen goods. As long as we can't find the money bag, this matter has nothing to do with us.
"
"They are just passing through. They can't stay in Yangping Town forever. Just spend it. I believe they won't stay here just for ten taels of silver."
With that said, he looked at Liu Zi and said, "Go and tell Mu Mu and tell him to hide the money bag."
"Yes, Seventh Brother." Liuzi responded, then went out and went to the room in the corner of the courtyard.
The door of the room in the corner of the courtyard was ajar, and there was a strong smell of medicine as soon as you approached.
"Wood." Liuzi shouted softly, pushed the door open and went in.
The house was leaning against the base of the wall, and the windows were closed, making it a bit dark in broad daylight.
The skinny wooden man sat in front of the earthen bed. Lying on the earthen bed was an even thinner girl. Her eyes were closed, her face was so white that there was no trace of blood, and she was motionless. Her weak breathing, which could not be heard even if she was not paying attention, proved that
She is still alive, just asleep.
"Mu Mu, Brother Qi asked me to tell you, hide the money bag first, and don't go out in the next few days. When the storm is over, you can take the money bag and use it." Liu Zi leaned against the door and spoke.
Lowered his voice.
After listening to the words, Mu Mu looked over and said, "If you don't take out the hairpin first, then take the broken silver. How can they know it's their silver?"
Liu Zi said: "This is also true, but they have all come to the door. Brother Qi told us to be careful and just wait a few days before they leave."
Mu Mu glanced at his sister, pursed his lips and said: "There are not many outsiders passing by these days, and it is rare to find a good opportunity. I have been eyeing it for more than half a month before I got such a money bag. Mao'er's medicine has come and gone.
It’s been so long that there’s no medicinal smell anymore.”
Liuzi also sighed after hearing this, "It's been too hot recently. Everyone goes out in a hurry and comes back in a hurry. A Niu and the others don't have enough copper coins to ask for. It's not enough to buy us food for a day."
"
He said and touched his stomach. He hadn't eaten anything today, so he was hungry.
The weather has been so bad lately that a lot of the leftovers left at the back doors of restaurants have gone rancid. It’s hard to get some that are still edible. There are dozens of mouths in the yard, so how much is enough?
The big ones like them had to tie up their belts to keep the little ones from starving.
Cats are also pitiful.
He looked at the wood and said: "Don't worry, wood. Brother Qi is also thinking of a way. He was telling me earlier that he would pawn the bed in their house to pawn some money to get medicine for the cat.
Buy some food."
Mu Mu was shocked when he heard this and said hurriedly: "Do you want to use it as a bed? How can this be done?"
Over the years, their lives have been very difficult, and all the tables, stools, and even the brass rings on the door that the Salesian Church can afford have been pawned one after another.
Nowadays, there is not a single piece of decent furniture in their entire compound, and the beds they sleep on are yellow mud kang beds that they picked up all the way outside the town.
The only thing left was the canopy bed in Brother Qi's room.
But that was the marriage bed of Brother Qi and Sister Yue'er. They got married in a simple way, with just a bed, a dowry and a betrothal gift.
Now that I'm going to be a kid, what's the point?
"But there is no other way. Seventh Brother said that people are going to starve to death, and they don't care whether they have a bed or not." Liuzi sighed again and pressed his stomach, which continued to growl.
"Let's get through these few days first. When the storm is over, this money will be enough for the cat to catch the medicine for a month. If we pawn the hairpin, we can also buy a lot of food."
Then he walked over and patted Mu Mu on the shoulder, "The money bag you brought back this time contains more money than the previous ten times combined, so you can't make any mistakes, otherwise your work will be in vain."
Mu Mu listened to the advice, and that was all he could do. He nodded and said, "I will hide the money bag and won't use it for the next few days."
Thinking of something else, he looked around the empty room and said, "I don't have any hiding place in this room. You can take it and hide it for Brother Qi."
After saying that, he took out the money bag from his arms and handed it to Liu Zi.
"Okay!" Liuzi reached out to take it, turned around and was about to go out.
As soon as the person stepped out of the house, he felt a gust of wind rushing past. His hands were empty, and the money bag he was holding disappeared.
He looked around and saw no one in the yard.
Liuzi was startled. It was broad daylight. Could it be a ghost?
Just when I thought about it, I couldn't help but slap myself in the face. How stupid is it? This Salesian Church has been rumored by everyone to have ghosts and bad luck. What is going on? How can they not know it themselves?
This is so confusing. Why does he think there is a real ghost?