Whose little lady is so crazy?

Chapter 18 The meat buns can be seen but not eaten
  Hong Xiaoduo was about to talk about the road guide, but the projection on the wall suddenly showed a snowflake, and then it was just a white wall. The old man's voice came intermittently: "Don't worry, I will solve it... ...it will be solved...it will be solved..."

The lingering sound was intermittent. Hong Xiaoduo covered his forehead speechlessly, knowing that this bad old man was unreliable!
  He had been out of the space for a long time, and the water in the bathtub was cold. Hong Xiaoduo was not in a hurry to come out, for fear that he would be seen by the old curator when he returned to the space as soon as he stood up.

Later, the water was too cold, and I had no choice but to quickly get up, wipe it randomly, and start putting on my robe.

There was no hairdryer on my hair, so I twirled the cotton cloth half-dry. Then I remembered that I didn't know how to style my hair, so I simply used the comb in the guest room to comb it into a big ponytail.

I wrapped the clothes I had changed into with the same furoshiki used to wrap new clothes. I planned to wash them with hot water when I got back from dinner later. There was no need to throw them away. Although I still had more than ninety taels of silver with me, who knew how much money I would have in the future? Is it good to make money or not? Let’s save some money for the time being.

Although she had contacted the old curator again, but the official matter had not been finalized, it at least showed that the old man was more anxious to establish contact than she was. Therefore, at this time, Hong Xiaoduo was not in a good mood.

When she opened the door, she saw two bald little girls standing at the door. One was wearing a light pink dress, the other was wearing a light yellow dress, and they were looking at her.

"Mom?" the two bald girls shouted embarrassedly.

"Hey, are you Xiao Yaoguang? Are you Yu Heng?" Their big eyes and voices seemed familiar, but I really didn't dare to recognize them.

Due to long-term malnutrition, the two girls looked thinner after washing and fairing, and their lips were not very rosy.

"You're hungry, let's go. Let's go to the door and wait for Tianshu and the others." Hong Xiaoduo held the clothes he had changed and walked out holding one by one. There were many people among the five boys and they wouldn't be able to wash them so quickly.

At the door, there were already four little bald heads in new clothes waiting.

Seeing Hong Xiaoduo, he was embarrassed and stepped forward a little shyly.

Seeing their appearance at this time, it's no wonder that A Kuan's boy would accuse her of kidnapping Xiaohuazi, clean it up and sell it at a good price.

After these children are washed and put on new clothes, do they really look handsome? Anyway, at first glance, they looked like handsome boys. Hong Xiaoduo didn't know what words to use to describe how good-looking they were.

After waiting for a while, Tianshu was the last one to come over and stood beside her with a shy smile. He took a bath and changed into clean and brand-new clothes, but he was still a little uncomfortable.

The host's mother followed closely, wiping her tears with her sleeves as she walked.

"What's wrong with mother-in-law? Are you angry because of their misbehavior?" Hong Xiaoduo knew that this was not the case, so she still asked.

"My little lady, how come there are such vicious people in the world? The children are already pitiful, and if you don't treat them well, they are all covered with injuries." The mother-in-law stretched out her hand to hold the one closest to her while shedding tears. A child pulls up his sleeves.

Don't blame her for crying. After washing her arms, the purple, red, and yellow new marks and old marks were even more clear.

The marks are all in inconspicuous places on the body, except for the new wound on Tianshu's forehead.

"Uncle Tong is an old man, but he is also very distressed." The mother-in-law said, tears streaming down her face again.

"Mother-in-law, don't cry. It doesn't hurt anymore." Yu Heng used his sleeve to wipe his mother-in-law's tears.

"Good boy, good boy." The mother-in-law took out the handkerchief and wiped her tears; "I heard you tell me, little lady, to cut my hair short for them, but they all have lice, so I'll just do it myself." I advocated calling the barber masters on the street, and they all shaved their heads. Otherwise, it would be useless to put on new clothes, because every few days it would be all over the body again.

Little lady, you don’t blame me, do you? "

How could Hong Xiaoduo be the ungrateful person? He kept saying whether it was strange or not, and even asked how much it would cost to have his head shaved, and she would pay for it.

My mother-in-law said no. The master who shaved heads charged one penny for a bald head, which was not much money.

Hong Xiaoduo said thank you, but he remembered the favor in his heart.

Uncle Tong, who was helping Tianshu and the others take a bath, also came out, dragging a big cloth bag in his hand. When he saw Hong Xiaoduo and the others were about to go out, he quickly called out to them.

"Is something wrong, old man?" Hong Xiaoduo asked. "It's something. The bag contains their old clothes. I will drag them to a place where no one is around and burn them. But do I have to throw these things away? The children didn't say they wanted to, but I didn't dare to throw them away. I thought I want to ask if you can still use it." Tong Bo said, raising a handful of things in his hand.

It was a brand worn with string. The material of the brand was bamboo, and something seemed to be carved on it, but I couldn't see it clearly.

Hong Xiaoduo asked Tianshu what this was.

Tianshu said he didn't know. Anyway, he had it around his neck when he was sensible. Whenever there was an extra companion behind him, the evil man would also make one and hang it on his neck.

It turns out that's the case, no wonder no one wants to keep the children.

Then I don’t want it, Hong Xiaoduo was about to say, but for some reason, he hesitated for a moment, took the thing from the old man’s hand, and asked the children if they could remember which piece he was wearing.

They all looked similar to her, but the children quickly identified the one they had worn.

Hong Xiaoduo thought for a while, then cut off the dirty string whose original color could not be seen, and kept the bamboo pieces for them to keep.

I don’t know if she thinks too much, but she always feels that these things should not be thrown away, and they may be useful if they are kept.

Think about it, the evil man didn't treat them well, so naturally he wouldn't be kind enough to make pendants for them to wear. So what does it mean to do this and let them wear it?

No matter, I can’t figure it out now, so I’ll leave it to you and think about it later.

Hong Xiaoduo walked towards the street with a beautiful bald head. Now they no longer have to worry about which restaurant will refuse them entry, unless they think they are making too much money.

She was hungry, but she didn't rush to find a restaurant. Instead, she went to a medical clinic first and asked a doctor to help Tianshu apply medicine and bandage the wound on her forehead.

The anti-inflammatory and hemostatic mud she had collected on the roadside had been soaked in a bath, but the wound hadn't healed yet.

There was a handsome little lady wearing a sword and seven pretty little bald heads. People on the street looked at them.

This kind of look is kind and curious, unlike the previous ones that showed disgust and pity. The children were still a little uncomfortable and lowered their heads in embarrassment. Some even walked with the same feet and hands.

Oops, what should I take the children to eat?
  Hong Xiaoduo looked at the restaurants, noodle shops, bun shops, and wonton stalls on the roadside and was confused.

"What do you all want to eat?" she decided to ask the children.

"It would be nice to have steamed buns." Tianxuan said first.

"Wonton soup, hot and fresh." Kaiyang also said.

Hong Xiaoduo felt uncomfortable listening to the food that the other children mentioned next, such as the burned sesame seed cakes, the cheap ones, and the noodle soup.

In short, except for the steamed buns and wonton soup that were slightly normal at the beginning, the rest were things that others thought were not good and would not want to eat them. In their eyes, they were the delicacies they had been looking forward to for a long time.

Seeing several children frequently looking at the steamer selling steamed buns, Hong Xiaoduo thought about what to take them to eat.

As soon as she walked towards the bun shop, a man who looked like a rich man stopped in front of Hong Xiaoduo, and smiled very obscenely: "Hey, where did this little lady come from? She has seven little bald heads, what is she going to do? Where are you going? Do you want me to take you to a nice place to play? "

I walked a few steps and saw a steamed bun shop. Looking at the steaming steamer, it was full of chubby and delicious meat buns. How could someone ruin someone else's good mood?

The fire in Hong Xiaoduo's heart kept rising.

Didn't you see the two young men sitting by the window in a teahouse next to you? One wanted to stand up and come over, the other said to calm down and stop meddling in other people's business. Didn't you see that they were wearing swords at their waists...

(End of this chapter)