Chapter 26 Inquiry
"What's the matter with you?"

Fat Miao'er, Li Xiaodao and the others raised their heads and stared at the door vigilantly.

Four people appeared at the door.

He was around 40 to [-] years old, dressed in a gray coarse cloth gown, black boots, uniform in color and style, and at a glance he was a servant of a wealthy family.

The leader among them glanced at them, but without answering, he turned to his companions and asked, "These are the little beggars who often beg in the town?"

"Yes!" The companion nodded.

The leader understood it, looked away, looked at a few people, and asked in a cold voice: "Have you ever seen a cat? It has pointed ears, black eyes, white body, and a golden bell around its neck. It looks very cute. Nobility."

The leader tried his best to describe the appearance of the cat.

cat?
Snow-white and snow-white cat?

The five looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time: "I haven't seen it before."

"You really haven't seen it?" The leader asked, his voice full of distrust.

"I've never seen it before!" The five shook their heads again.

Silence for a moment.

The leader frowned and explained: "This cat is very psychic. It was specially found by the county magistrate to celebrate our old lady's [-]th birthday. She is very much loved by the old lady."

"Think about it again, did you see it when you were begging and playing nearby, and did you see other people hiding it?"

The leader's sharp eyes moved back and forth on several people, as if to see some clues.

"No, we haven't seen it! Really, really haven't seen it!" Fat Miao'er shook her head and emphasized her tone.

She has never seen it before, she is Elvis King, if there are stray cats nearby, she still can't know.

"Okay, it's fine if you haven't seen it."

When the leader saw Fat Miao'er and the others looked calm, they didn't look like they were telling lies.

He sighed softly: "If you see it in the future, remember to report to the prince's mansion in the town, and your benefits will be indispensable."

After leaving a word, the leader waved to the other servants: "Let's go, let's go to Dashi Village to ask."

"I hope there is a clue over there."

"If we can't find the cat, our life will not be easy."

"It's really frustrating!"

"..."

The figures of the people gradually moved away until they completely disappeared from the sight of Fat Miao'er and the others.

"Pooh!"

The compass shattered hard: "Cats are more noble than people these days!"

"That's right, human life is worthless, the most worthless!" Wei Shu sighed.

Liu Ye'er shook her head: "We little beggars are even more like this. We have no home, no relatives, no roots and no weeds, just like fallen leaves in autumn, wherever we go."

"If one day he dies, he will only be reduced to being eaten by wild dogs. I'm afraid there won't even be a straw mat." Liu Ye'er said softly, with an indescribably desolate voice.

Li Xiaodao, Wei Shu and Luo Pan empathized with each other and fell silent at the same time.

They all knew in their hearts that this was the final destination of the little beggar.

It is also a reality that they do not want to face.

"Gollum!"

A soft sound broke the silence of this moment and pulled the few people back from their sad and depressed mood.

"I'm hungry."

Fat Miao'er sat on the floor and rubbed her stomach aggrievedly.

"Just bear with me, I'll make the dough right away, cabbage dumpling."

Liu Ye'er hurriedly collected her emotions, and stroked Fat Miao'er's head comfortingly, with tenderness in her brows and eyes.

She stood up and went to the luggage area, found a small clean broken bowl, opened the newly bought bag of cornmeal, scooped out two bowls and put them in the wooden basin, then washed her hands, poured water, and kneaded the dough.

"Let's go dig wild vegetables."

To make wild vegetable dumplings, wild vegetables are essential.

Li Xiaodao, Compass, and Wei Shu were also ready to act, they dug out the vegetable basket and the knife for digging wild vegetables.

Fat Miao'er glanced up, stood up and followed behind with a small pannier on his back.

……

Noon.

After dinner.

Fat Miao'er lay lazily on the floor, stretched out his hand to take out the purse, and fell down, "crash la la la" the copper plates fell one after another, colliding with each other and making a crisp sound, which was especially clear in the quiet small temple.

Li Xiaodao, Compass and the others moved their ears, and when they heard the movement, they turned their heads and looked over. Seeing the copper plates piled up there, "Gudong!", subconsciously swallowed, their footsteps moved slightly, and they walked over involuntarily.

In a blink of an eye, several people were squatting or sitting around Fat Miao'er, watching her count the coins intently.

One, two, three... twelve, thirteen, fourteen...

Fat Miao'er's chubby hands scratched and pulled the copper plate bit by bit.

"Fifteen..." Compass interrupted Fat Miao'er's movements.

"What's wrong?" Fat Miao'er raised her head and looked over with questioning eyes.

Compass shrank his hand, and discussed with anticipation in his eyes: "Can you, can you let me count the copper coins?"

In the past two days, under Fat Miao'er's teaching, the four of them have learned the method of addition and subtraction within [-] clearly.

Especially the compass, the fastest and best to learn. Now that I have the opportunity, I can't help but want to experiment.

"Okay, you count!"

After hearing this, Fat Miaoer pushed a large pile of copper coins to the direction of the compass without saying a word.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Compass held back his excitement, and gave Fat Miao'er a grateful look, and his heart was warmed even more. This is how much trust he can push the money to himself without hesitation. He will not let Fat Miao'er down in the future.

Compass secretly made up his mind, and without hesitation in his hands, he hugged the copper coins, and counted seriously, solemnly and solemnly.

"One, two, three, four, five, six... 180 seven, 180 eight... 310 two, 310 three..."

The clear, never-ending voice kept ringing in the ruined temple.

"350 Seven!"

Compass let out a sigh of relief, finally finished counting, and turned to look at Fat Miao'er.

"A total of 350 Qiwen."

"En!" Fat Miao'er nodded, without saying a word, pushed the copper plates counted by the compass to Li Xiaodao, and said two words: "You count."

"Me?" Li Xiaodao was startled.

Didn't expect him to be here.

"You really want me to count?"

"Count!" Fat Miao'er slapped the floor.

"Okay!" Li Xiaodao responded, stretched out his hand, and touched the copper plate tremblingly. This was the first time he saw so much money.

"one two Three……"

"250 six, 250 eight, 250 nine..."

"wrong!"

Fat Miao'er pulled out a small willow stick and tapped it on Li Xiaodao's hand.

"After 250 six is ​​250 seven, you counted wrong." Fat Miao'er made a serious face.

"Sorry! Sorry! I can't count."

Li Xiaodao lowered his head guiltily, his ears turned red.

"one two Three……"

After a stick of incense.

Liu Ye'er and Wei Shu also counted the copper coins. Like Li Xiaodao and Compass, their faces were flushed and excited, and they couldn't suppress their joyful emotions no matter what.

Only Fat Miao'er, with a calm expression on his face, grabbed the copper plate and put it back into his purse.

350 Qiwen!

Really not enough to spend!
"We can't just sit and eat, we should think of a way to make money." Fat Miao'er sat up straight.

(End of this chapter)

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