Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 18

Handed her paper and pen from the Four Emperors.

Bao Yixian wrote on the kang table: "I escaped from Jinzhou. I originally planned to go to Duolun to seek refuge with a distant relative. Unexpectedly, now my feet are bitten like this, and I can't travel far."

"Oh? From Jinzhou? To Duolun? These two places are far away from here!" His Majesty said, "Jinzhou, I've only heard of it. It seems to be a big place. I've never been there. It's in the northeast. Right? I’ve heard about Duolun, going to the northwest, we get all the salt here from there.”

Bao Yixian nodded.Wrote: "I don't know how far Jinzhou is from here. We walked for three months to get here."

"Ang, why did you escape from there? Is there a disaster? Is there a famine?"

"There's a war going on there."

Looking at the words on the paper from the Four Emperors, he asked, "Why is there a war there? Is it a war?"

Bao Yixian sighed, and continued to write: "The Japanese devils are coming, and the entire Northeast has been snatched by them."

"Oh?! Japanese devils? Are they Japanese?" Cong the Fourth Emperor asked, "I heard Hongdao tell me that it is a small country on an island in the east sea."

Bao Yixian nodded.

Standing up from the four emperors, walked around on the ground, returned to the chair, sat down, and said: "Oh, troubled times! It's not easy in this troubled world. Look, your feet are like this now. Even if it is completely healed, there is no way to go far. You, if you want to walk to Duolun with a child, how long will it take you to get there?"

Bao Yixian lowered his head, feeling very sad.

"What's more, what's more, there are beards and gangsters everywhere on this road, and they will come out and hurt people in no time! If you encounter these unlucky things again, how can you handle them with a limp!"

He paused from the Four Emperors, thought for a while, and then said, "How about this. I'll give you an idea, if you don't mind..."

From the words of the Four Emperors, Bao Yixian blushed a little on his cheeks.

"...If you don't dislike it." The fourth emperor continued, "I need someone to cook and take care of the children. You said that you used to be a maid for a rich family. I guess it's okay to do this job? You Just do some odd jobs here at my house, and I will pay you the wages on a monthly basis, so you won’t lose money. In this way, you two also have an income and can live.”

Bao Yixian shook his head again and again, and hurriedly wrote on the paper.

"Oh? What? Can't this work?" His Majesty the Fourth Emperor was surprised, and added, "The monthly salary..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a line written on the paper Bao Yixian held up: "I don't want your salary!"

"Oh? No wages? What do you want? (Why)"

Bao Yixian continued to write: "You saved my life, and there is nothing in return. From now on, I will do all these housework for nothing, and just give me food. Let this be my repayment to you."

"Om?! How can this work?"

"Otherwise, in my heart, I'm sorry."

After thinking about it from the Four Emperors, "Oh, that's okay, it seems that you are also a person who repays kindness. You do it first. If there is a chance, I will find a car to take you to Duolun."

"Hey - pig hair for money - pig hair for..." A peddler who collects pig hair came from the west end of Yingzi.

"Hey - take, take, take - pig hair, pass, pass, pass - come here!" Xie Howao and San Jieba came out of the Gong's compound.Seeing the peddler, he stuttered and called him to stop.

"Oh, brother, do you have pig hair in your house?" The peddler trotted over carrying a load, "The price I gave is high."

"Ah, more, more, more--less--" San stammered before he could finish asking, but Xi Niehao stopped him.

"Ang, life is hard these days! I can't afford to kill a pig, where did the pig hair come from?" Xie howled.

"Oh?! No, no, no—yes, we, we, we—" He stammered three times and wanted to say something, but Xie Baohou gave him a blank look, and he didn't dare to say anything.

"Hey - let me tell you, you want to collect pig hair, go to the east of Yingzi!" Xiebaihao pointed to the east and said, "There is a big courtyard at the east end of Yingzi, and I always live at home. That's a big family, Daxigouchuan is famous far and wide from the Four Emperors. Only his family can afford to kill pigs."

"Oh, oh, thank you, thank you!" The peddler slowly picked up the burden, turned around and asked, "Ah, brother, how popular is that family? Is it kind? I'm in the last camp, called half In that place, people are so angry (bad), take some pig hair from him, and take away a lot of money from me. This business has completely lost me! (Completely lost)”

"Ang, what do you say, it's hard to say from the folks in the village. Seeing you, you are in a small business, and it is not easy. I can see that you are very kind, so let me remind you!" , "Uh, this family likes to play tricks in the camp, and it doesn't bring any disadvantages when dealing with anyone."

"Ang, oh, thank you brother, I understand, I understand! Thank you brother!" The peddler nodded his thanks again and again, then turned and walked towards the east end of Yingzi.

Looking at the back of the peddler, Lai Jiehao smiled triumphantly.

"Haha, there is a good show to watch this time!" Lai Biaohao said to himself.

"Oh, sister, sister, sister—husband. We, we, we—home, also, also, also, there are, there are, there are, there are—pig hair, ye, ye, ye—just, no , no, no—sell it to him, huh?" San stammered and looked at Lai Biaohao, a little confused.

"Oh? Sell pig hair to him? Haha! That's how to lure Lai to the kang!"

"Oh, you, you, you--isn't this, push, push, push-buy, push, push, push-give, from, from, from-the four emperors, isn't it! This, this, this- —No, let, let, let—from the Four Emperors, take, take, take—it’s cheap—well!”

"Hmph! Didn't you hear this? This guy is the beard's thread boss (detective)! This is stepping on the plate (finding the target)!"

"Om? Line, line, line—the boss?" Three stammered a little confused, "But, can, but—yes, Hu, Hu, Hu—zi, no, no, no—grab, look, look , look—Mr. Sick, yes!"

"Hmph, don't rush to see the doctor! That's the rule of the local gangsters (beard gangs). Listen to this guy's accent, and you'll hear that he's from outside the mountain. This is a passing beard. He ran away with a rake. What rules are there!"

Lai Nai howled his hands behind his back and went home.

Three stammers hurriedly followed behind.

As the New Year approached, more hawkers went to camp. From time to time, someone would come into the village to buy firecrackers, eggs for salt, or soybeans for vermicelli.

One day, a peddler selling head flowers held a rattle in his hand and carried a wooden stick on his shoulder with a straw handle tied to it.

Flower heads of various colors are stuck on the straw handles, attracting a group of children to follow behind and shout: "Children, children, don't be greedy, let's celebrate the new year!"

"The Chinese New Year is coming, it's really lively. Girls want flowers, boys want guns. Old ladies want to pay for smelly feet."

……

After two hours, the children also lost their freshness and went home separately.

(End of this chapter)