This embarrassing voice suddenly brought MaiMai back to reality. She had not eaten for a day and a night, and she didn't even have a coin on her body. Let alone find her way home, it was difficult for her to even go to the hospital. Touch
Touching his shriveled belly, Mai Mai walked out again. Sitting and waiting for death will only lead to faster death.
Afraid of being discovered, she walked cautiously along the street corner until she stopped in front of a pawn shop.
"Boss, I want to be this."
Mai Mai lowered her head, stood in front of the counter, and handed over an jade hairpin in her hand. Since she didn't like to wear jewelry, the hairpin on her head was the only valuable thing on her body.
The boss looked at Mai Mai who was hiding in his robe with disgust, covered his nose, and whispered, "What does it smell like?" As if he was afraid of being touched by her, he wrapped the hairpin in a handkerchief and took it over.
He raised his eyes and looked at it carefully, the light in his eyes was fleeting, and finally he said casually, "It's not a high-quality product, it's only worth two taels of silver."
"Twenty taels?!" Mai Mai exclaimed and raised her head suddenly. Although she didn't know how much it was worth, these things that Xiang gave her seemed ordinary but they were priceless. They were definitely not worth just this trivial amount.
Two taels of silver.
"Not selling? Forget it," the boss said without much interest, and threw the hairpin on the counter again. He was about to turn around and go back, but he stared at her closely from the corner of his eye, and he was sweating in his heart.
After so many years in this business, how could you not see the value of this treasure?
"Boss," Mai Mai called him calmly. When he saw him turning his head slowly, he gritted his teeth and said with pain, "The boss should be a knowledgeable person. We can skip the bargaining. One price, one hundred."
2. If it doesn’t sell, I’ll look for someone else. I believe it’s not just the boss who knows the goods here.” Even if she knew she was being ripped off, she still had to exchange it for life-saving money.
Knowing that Mai Mai is not an easy person to fool, the boss readily agreed, "Okay, one hundred taels, one hundred taels." He went to get the banknote.
Mai Mai quickly said, "Boss, can you help me change it to a smaller denomination and have some broken silver?"
"Okay, no problem."
After putting away the banknote, Mai Mai went to the bun shop again and bought three hot buns. She sat down and carefully blew on the hot buns while eating them. Inadvertently, she saw the little beggar sitting next to her swallowing hard.
She drooled and stared at the bun in her hand. Without thinking, Mai Mai handed one to him, "Hey, take it and eat it."
The little beggar didn't even say thank you. He grabbed the bun and stuffed it into his mouth. After a few mouthfuls, he licked the oil off his hands. Mai Mai looked at the remaining one and felt helpless.
With a sigh, he broke it in half and handed it over.
Seeing the little beggar devouring his food, he must have been hungry for several meals. After he finished eating, Mai Mai asked, "Can you tell me where this is?"
"This is the Yunyi tribe."
Mai Mai immediately asked, "How far is it from Yanbei Kingdom?"
"Yanbei Kingdom?" The little beggar's dirty little face looked a little confused, then he shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
"Haven't you heard?" Maimai stretched out her hand anxiously and touched his small shoulder, "There is a grassland in Yanbei country. There are many cattle and sheep there. How could you not have heard of it?"
The little beggar stared at her face, eyes wide with fear. Mai Mai reacted suddenly, let go of him immediately, lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
Although she was a little scared, the little beggar did not run away. She looked scary, but she gave him buns to eat. She was many times better than those beautiful ladies who only hated and avoided him.
"No, it doesn't matter." the little beggar stammered.
Mai Mai slowly raised her head, looking at the little beggar pretending to be calm despite being scared, her eyes were a little red. Unexpectedly, the only person who did not dislike her was such an inconspicuous little beggar.
She sniffed to prevent tears from falling. She took out a piece of broken silver from her arms and said, "Can you do me a favor? I will scare people no matter where I go."
The little beggar's eyes had long been attracted by the bright piece of silver, and he nodded hurriedly.
"You go to the hospital for me, describe my current appearance to the doctor, and then help me buy some medicine. This piece of silver is enough, and the rest is yours. When I come back, I will give you some more
Money, okay?"
"Yes!" The little beggar nodded vigorously and happily took the money. Then he went straight to the medical clinic in the market.
Mai Mai breathed a sigh of relief and sat against the wall. Just now the little beggar said that he had never heard of Yanbei Kingdom. Either Yanbei Kingdom was too far away from here, or the Yunyi people were too isolated. The place is surrounded by mountains, with rolling peaks and ridges.
Yanbei is a country that has only been established for five years. If there is not much communication with the outside world, it is very likely that it will not be known.
At this moment, three men with malicious intentions were quietly approaching Mai Mai.
"Brother, that's her!" one of them whispered, "I watched her walk out of the pawn shop with money in her pocket."
The leader twitched his lips and showed a greedy smile, "What are you waiting for? The fat sheep is delivered to your door."
The three of them smiled knowingly and moved closer to Mai Mai...
Mai Mai raised her head alertly. When she saw the three people standing in front of her, she subconsciously covered her clothes with her hands. Hidden there was her life-saving money.
"Don't let the big men do it. Hand over the money honestly."
Mai Mai frowned, pretending to be calm and said, "Where can I give you the money?"
"Hmph, then don't blame us for bullying women!" The three of them rushed towards Mai Mai and directly tore off the robe she was wearing. After seeing her appearance, they were shocked for a moment at first, and then the leading man showed no signs of it.
He spat mercilessly, "Damn, she turns out to be an ugly monster. Brothers, please stop being polite to her. Grab her now!"
"Help! We're robbing money! Help!" Mai Mai clutched her clothes tightly, not caring about exposing the sores, and desperately called for help. Her pleading eyes looked at the people passing by, but what passed in front of her was
Indifferent faces. Who would lend a helping hand to a disgustingly ugly person?
The three of them roughly pulled off Mai Mai's coat, snatched all the banknotes in her arms as well as the small amount of silver. They quickly wiped their hands on her body for fear of getting on her abscesses, and finally turned towards her in disgust.
I stepped on it a few times.
"What bad luck!"
"This is my fare for going home! Damn it! Give it back to me! I want to go home, I want to go back to find him! You can't take it away!" Mai Mai cried helplessly, hugging one of them's legs and moving toward him.
Everyone was shouting, "Is there anyone here to help me? Please help me! Don't let them take it away!"
"Go away!" The man pulled out his leg, raised it and kicked Maimai hard on the head, "Where can you go home with your virtues? Find a place to settle the matter quickly.
"
Mai Mai fell to the side in embarrassment, her left ear buzzing from being kicked, as if something warm was flowing out. She stretched out her hand and touched it, and her hand was covered with blood. She raised her head and looked at San San who was walking away.
He then turned back to look at the passerby who seemed to be wearing a cold mask. With trembling hands, he tightened the torn clothes on his body, picked up the robe full of shoe prints, and silently covered his head.
Tears rolled down in huge volumes, like crystal pearls, forming a thread. She hugged her body and cried until her voice became hoarse.
No more, nothing left.
"Sister, sister."
The little beggar stretched out his hand and touched her.
Mai Mai wiped her tears and raised her head.
Seeing the red and swollen left side of her face, the little beggar lowered his eyes and handed the plaster in his hand to her, "I bought the medicine. But the doctor said it can only be tried."
"Well, thank you." Choking, he put the medicine into his waist and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I... I'm afraid I don't have the money to give it to you anymore."
The little beggar hesitated for a long time, and finally took out the remaining dozen copper coins from his arms and gave them to her, "This money... I don't want it." After saying that, he ran away as if he was afraid that he would regret it.
Holding the money tightly in his hand, he looked at the same dirty and thin little beggar through his tearful eyes, "Thank you... Thank you..."
There were fewer and fewer people on the street. Mai Mai was like a lifeless stone sculpture, leaning quietly against the corner. She spread out the dozen coins in her hands and looked at the quiet night sky. She could feel that there was something there.
Something was passing by, and she didn't know if it would disappear before she saw it.
"This... is for... Yan Bei..."
A few intermittent words were like a cardiotonic drug, injected into Mai Mai's exhausted heart at once, stimulating a strong beating. The sound came from her left side, but her left ear kept buzzing, and she couldn't stand it at all.
She couldn't hear clearly. But she could hear the word "Yanbei" clearly.
No longer thinking about it, Mai Mai immediately stood up holding on to the wall. After walking a few steps, he saw a carriage on the left, and two men were loading it. Mai Mai walked over in surprise and asked politely, "
Excuse me, are you going to Yanbei Kingdom?"
The two of them turned around and took a look, both of them were so frightened that they took a step back. In the middle of the night, they saw a strange man covered with clothes. Who wouldn't be afraid?
The driver bravely asked, "What's the matter?"
"Great, can you take me with you?" Mai Mai was afraid that the two of them would disagree, so she quickly added, "Don't worry, I will reward you heavily when we get to Yanbei Kingdom." She did not dare to say it rashly.
With her identity, if someone with intentions follows her, she will be implicated to death.
After seeing that Mai Mai was a big live person, the two finally exhaled, and then waved their hands like shooing away flies, "Let's go, let's go! Don't interfere with our business. If you don't sleep at night, why come out for a wander! Hurry up.
Walk!"
"Please, can it be convenient? I have to go there in an emergency!" Mai Mai begged, but the two of them pushed her aside as if they were determined, "Let's go!" They turned around and continued to move things to the car.
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Mai Mai frowned, quietly climbed up, hid behind the big tree next to the carriage, lowered his body and observed.
The two finally loaded the goods, and the driver waved goodbye to the other person, "Okay, I'm leaving."
"Be careful at night. This shipment is urgent. It must be delivered on time."
"Don't worry." The coachman waved his whip and said, "Drive!" The carriage drove slowly.
When the man turned back and the carriage was leaving, Mai Mai rushed over with all his strength, grabbed the edge of the carriage, and flipped it several times before flipping up.
Sitting in the gradually accelerating carriage, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.