Under the leadership of Cao'er, Qianyu and Shaqiang bypassed the bustling streets and embarked on a cold and remote narrow road. After passing several paths, they arrived in front of a restaurant.
The restaurant is not large in size, and the signboard has been scorched black by the oil smoke that has been attached all year round, and the handwriting on it can no longer be read. The boss is a thin old man. Although his hair is white, his movements are still very flexible. When cooking, he moves quickly and without any traces.
Doesn't look old.
Most of the guests in the restaurant were poor, and there were some beggars sitting in the surrounding corners. Cao'er walked straight into the restaurant and greeted the old man enthusiastically: "Uncle Li!"
The old man turned around, and after seeing Cao'er, his eyes immediately lit up. He quickly stopped what he was doing, wiped his oily hands, walked excitedly to Cao'er, looked at Cao'er carefully, and said in a trembling voice
: "Cao'er, you...are you still alive?"
"Well, it was these two gentlemen who rescued me." Cao'er looked at Qianyu and Shaqiang.
The old man glanced at Qianyu and Shaqiang gratefully, and then said: "Cao'er, please leave Shacheng quickly. People from the Tang family have been looking for you. They said that you killed Tang Jun. If they catch you, they will
You will be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.”
"Uncle Li, don't worry. These two young masters are extremely skilled. There will be no danger if I follow them." Cao'er said with a confident smile.
"Then you must be careful." The old man warned, "Cao'er, you must be hungry after a long journey, right? I'll cook some good dishes for you."
"Thank you, Uncle Li." Cao'er smiled and thanked him.
Qianyu and Shaqiang chose a seat to the side and sat down. The tables and chairs were very old, and thick oil stains could be seen on the tabletop.
Before the food was served, a poor old woman with white hair and a stooped body slowly walked towards Qianyu. The wrinkles on the old woman's face were like crumpled paper, her teeth were almost missing, and her body was bent.
It was like a bow, as if a huge mountain was pressing on her back, making her breathless.
"Plop!"
The old woman closed her eyes and suddenly fell down on the road not far from Qianyu and Qianyu.
"Boss, that mother-in-law fainted!" Shaqiang was about to get up when Cao'er stopped him, "Sir, there are many liars in Shacheng. Don't trust anyone easily. That mother-in-law may be lying to you. I once said
I was deceived by an old man."
"But..." Silly Qiang couldn't bear it, and turned to look at the other guests in the restaurant. These guests were all eating their own meals, and no one seemed to have seen the old woman who fainted on the road.
"Miss Cao'er, no matter what, we can't just die without saving her." Shaqiang ignored Cao'er's dissuasion and stood up and walked towards the old woman who fainted on the ground.
Cao'er could only shake his head and sigh.
"Old lady, what's wrong with you?" Shaqiang gently helped the old lady up. The old lady had her eyes closed and her breathing was very weak, as if she was about to die.
"Boss, this old woman can't hold on anymore, can you save her?" Shaqiang was very worried about the old woman's safety.
Qianyu didn't want to take action. He had always been calm and indifferent to outsiders. But Shaqiang was not an outsider, so naturally he couldn't refuse when Shaqiang asked him to save the old woman.
He got up and left the restaurant, came to the old woman's side, squatted down, stretched out his hand to feel the old woman's breath, and said: "She is just too weak. Give her this Jingxin Pill and help her into the restaurant to rest for a while. It should be
It won’t be a big deal.”
Shaqiang took the Jingxin Pill and carefully stuffed it into the old woman's mouth. The Jingxin Pill melted in the mouth and could enter the body without swallowing.
After helping the old woman take the elixir, Shaqiang helped the old woman up and laid her down under the seat next to Qianyu.
After the food was served, Shaqiang was the most excited. He almost drooled. He picked up the bowls and chopsticks and started eating. The few meals that were served were not enough for him to fill his teeth. Uncle Li hurriedly added
I cooked a few specialty dishes and brought them to the table, which made Shaqiang exclaim with joy.
Qianyu and Cao'er only ate a little bit, and Shaqiang almost completely ate the food, but they didn't mind either.
"Where am I?" The old woman woke up.
"Old lady, how do you feel?" Shaqiang wiped the food from the corner of his mouth and asked hurriedly.
"I fainted just now, did you save me?" the old woman asked.
"It's mainly the boss who saved you, although I also helped a little bit."
"Thank you to the two young heroes for saving me, otherwise I would have died today." The old woman knelt down to Shaqiang and Qianyu.
Shaqiang quickly helped the old woman up and said: "Old woman, you are too polite. We are juniors and you are the elders. It is the juniors' duty to help their elders."
"The two young heroes helped me today, but I have nothing to repay, so I can only kowtow to thank you." After saying that, the old woman knelt down again, but this time she knelt down towards Qianyu.
No matter how indifferent Qianyu was, he couldn't bear to see an old man kneeling in front of him. He quickly stepped forward to help the old woman up and said, "You don't have to be like this, old man. This is not a kindness."
"Thanks to the help of the two young heroes, I was able to save my life today." The old woman then said a lot of words of thanks, then she hunched over and left slowly.
After watching the old woman leave, Qianyu planned to find a place to stay. Caoer was very familiar with Shacheng and she knew a very remote inn.
"Boss, check out."
Qianyu was about to check out and leave, but reached for the mustard bag, only to find that it was missing!
"Where is my mustard bag?" Qianyu lowered his head and looked at his waist. The place where the mustard bag originally hung was already empty.
The mustard bag is not big, easy to carry, and can be hung around the waist. Qianyu has never seen anyone steal a mustard bag in his life!
"Boss, have you lost your mustard bag?" Shaqiang was also surprised. Then he touched his waist and his expression suddenly changed: "Boss, I have also lost my mustard bag."
The two looked at each other and reacted at the same time: "It's that old woman!"
"Two young masters, Cao'er has long said that you can't trust anyone in Shacheng, but you don't believe it. You should believe it now, right?" Cao'er said.
"Now that what has happened, Miss Cao'er, please stop making sarcastic remarks." Qianyu frowned, "Si Qiang also has good intentions, but he didn't expect that old man to take advantage of her. If I catch her, I won't let her.
She feels good!"
"Si Qiang, we must find that old man immediately without any delay." Qianyu's mustard bag contains not only various rare medicinal materials, but also the Six Seals of Immortality, Taiyi Secret Record and other enigmatic secrets of martial arts.
, and rare treasures such as thousand-year-old dragon's milk are rare and rare.
If the old woman sells the skill secrets or even the thousand-year-old dragon's milk in the mustard bag to others, even if Qianyu wants to take it back, it will be very difficult!
"Walk!"
As soon as the words fell, Qianyu and Shaqiang chased after the old woman in the direction she left, leaving Cao'er anxiously shouting behind them: "You two young masters, you haven't paid me yet..."
"Forget it, Cao'er, you don't have to pay for this meal. They are kind to you, so this meal is my way of repaying their kindness for you." The old man smiled nonchalantly.
"If Cao'er has a chance, he will definitely repay Uncle Li's kindness." (To be continued)