The old woman thought for a while, then took a step back, "Then ten pounds of grain."
"Two pounds, no more." After the man finished speaking, he made a gesture to sit back where he was.
Tao Qiqi watched the whole process.
Originally, she wanted to exchange the little girl from the old woman, but now she thought about it, compared to the arrogant and unreasonable old woman, it was easier to deal with those two men.
Seeing the excitement is not a big deal, Tao Qiqi twitched the corner of her mouth and said softly: "If it were me, half a catty of food would be too expensive for me. At this time, having money is not necessarily stronger than having food."
Sure enough, after listening to Tao Qiqi's words, the old woman began to calculate in her mind. After a while, she slowly said again: "Add more, four kilograms."
Seeing that the man was unmoved when he heard the four kilograms, the old woman had to take a step back and said, "Three kilograms, three kilograms really can't be less. If you buy this cheap hoof, you can not only accompany you two masters, but also do some work."
no."
After listening to the old woman's words, the two men looked at each other, then turned around, and one of them asked: "What can you do to sell this stinky girl?"
"Yes, I can, I can, I definitely can. I am her grandmother. Her mother was born poor and died last year. Her father, my son, was injured a little bit in his leg. So I brought her here.
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The old woman pointed to a group of people a few meters away, and then continued: "The other two are also my sons. Those sitting around are from my family. We have a lot of family members. If we didn't have to, we wouldn't sell her.
If you're okay, sir, I'll give you some more."
The old woman had some brains, and while taking advantage of the large population in her family to show her pity, she also hinted to the two men that I have a large family, so you two should not bully me as an old woman.
The two men looked in the direction the old woman was pointing, and one of them asked, "Do you have her body deed?"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes." The old woman said, taking out the little girl's deed from her arms and showing it to the two men.
The two men nodded after looking at it, and one of them said: "Okay, we bought three kilograms of grain."
"Sure, it's done." The old woman didn't expect that she finally sold the goods at a loss. Although she only got three kilograms of grain, it was enough for them to eat for a while, and she was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.
As soon as the contract of selling oneself was signed and the food was taken, before leaving, he did not forget to scold the little girl viciously: "You are a cheap hoof, you are a loser. From now on, you will follow these two gentlemen. Don't blame grandma, I am cruel and there is nothing I can do about it."
, there are so many people in the family waiting for food, and now at this juncture, if we don’t sell it to you, our whole family will starve to death. Even if you honor me with these three kilograms of food, you will no longer be a member of my old Fang family.
Just take care of yourself."
After saying that, he hugged the food and left without looking back.
However, before I even took two steps, my feet seemed a little too excited and didn't quite listen to the old woman's words. They stepped on the left foot and the right foot, each with their own ideas.
Then I saw the old woman giving Mother Earth a close hug, and the grain bag in her hand flew out.
The old woman was so happy just now that she landed face first on the ground. When she got up for the missing grain bag, Tao Qiqi, who was watching the show next to her, couldn't hold back a puff and almost choked on her own saliva.
His flattened face was covered with dust, and his nose was bleeding instantly.
The old woman didn't care about her bleeding nose and quickly got up to look for the grain bag.
As a result, I searched a large circle of grain bags but couldn't find them.
"Grain bag, my grain bag, where is my grain bag? Is anyone looking at my grain bag? My grain bag!! Ouch, yoyo, my grain bag, yoyo yoyo yoyo" said the old woman.
I searched anxiously and cried anxiously.
After seeing this scene, Tao Qiqi couldn't help but feel sympathy in her heart.
For the first time, I felt that "fetching water from a bamboo basket is in vain" can be used as a complimentary word.
When people from the old Fang family a few meters away saw this, their two daughters-in-law immediately ran over. First they obediently helped the old woman up, and then they also helped to find food.
The one closest to them was Tao Qiqi, a woman who had the courage to ask hesitantly: "Master... Master... have you... have you... seen... our grain bag?"
Tao Qiqi held back her smile and replied: "No."
As a result, the old woman next to her was unhappy and said, "It must be you. You are in the same group. You must have taken the food. It must be in her carriage. Go up and look for it."
"Let's see who dares!" Tao Qiqi shouted coldly. The old woman was so frightened that her legs almost went weak and she lay down in Mother Earth's arms.
But after seeing her two sons coming over, she became more confident again.
"Second child, third child, he must have taken our grain bags. These people must be in the same group. Go search for it in their carriage. It must be hidden in the carriage."
"Dare to move and try it!!" Tao Qiqi got off the carriage and stood in front of the carriage. Although she looked thin and small, her aura was so cold that the second and third children couldn't help but shiver.
The other woman on the side was also timid, afraid of making trouble, so she said to Tao Qiqi with a weak and pitiful look: "Master, we don't mean to offend. This food is our family's life-saving food. My mother was there just now."
You fell down next to the carriage. In the blink of an eye, the grain bag disappeared, so we, Master, please do us a favor and let us go in and look for it."
Looking at the woman in front of her, Tao Qiqi felt no sympathy at all.
"What if I say no?"
When the old woman's son heard this, he said fiercely: "Then don't blame us for being rude!"
"oh,……"
"What's going on? What's going on? Who is making trouble here?!" Before Tao Qiqi could finish her words, she was interrupted by the voice of an officer and soldier.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate saw the commotion here and hurried over to deal with it.
But when he pushed aside the crowd, he saw Tao Qiqi with a surprised look on his face.
"what happened?"
When the old woman saw the official coming, she immediately started her performance again, "Master, you have to make the decision for us. My life is really miserable. My family is just waiting for that little food to live..."
"Speak carefully and get to the point!!" The official was also impatient. Seeing that the old woman hadn't gotten to the point for a long time, he roared angrily, scaring the old woman into swallowing her next words.
Then he looked at Tao Qiqi and said, "You tell me."
"Yes, Mr. Guan." Tao Qiqi responded, not forgetting to salute the man, and then told him exactly what happened just now.
After hearing this, the official said slowly, "It is not unreasonable for them to be so suspicious. Of course, this person coming and going may not really fall into your carriage. In this case, I will go up and have a look. If not, let them report to the Young Master."
Apologize to the lady in the carriage. Sir, do you think this is feasible?"
"The official said, we naturally believe that the official will return our innocence. Please wait a moment."
Tao Qiqi said, got on the carriage, then got into the carriage and helped Tao Qiniang down, leaving her seat for the official to go up and search.
