His eyes were full of malicious teasing, and he was prepared to see the little girl's beauty turn pale, or look angry at being deceived.
Shen Ning stood up slowly.
"good."
The man couldn't help but pick his ears and looked at Shen Ning in disbelief.
"What did you say?"
"Aren't I going to get the silver with you? Let's go." She patted the dirt on her skirt, her eyes reflecting the firelight, clear and lively.
The man touched his nose. Her eyes were as clear as water. She didn't look like a madman or a fool. But her every move, including the words she spoke, were so different from ordinary girls.
"Aren't you afraid that I'm a bad person? Aren't you afraid that I'll sell you out?" The man bared his teeth at her, showing a fierce look.
"Are you afraid that it will be useful? If you are a bad person, no matter whether I follow you or not, I will not be able to escape misfortune. As for selling? It is not certain who sells who." Shen Ning whispered softly.
The man didn't hear her last words clearly and asked, "What are you mumbling about?"
"I said, I'm not worth five thousand taels of silver."
Hearing this, the man looked her up and down, nodded and said, "It's really not worth it."
Apart from her pair of eyes, this girl looks pretty good, but she is skinny and dirty. No one wants even five taels of silver, let alone five thousand taels.
"If you want money, come with me."
The man turned around and strode forward.
Shen Ning followed him calmly, and after only a short time of walking, the man left her far away and walked so far that she couldn't even see her back.
But she still walked leisurely and saw a wild red fruit on the roadside, so she picked it, wiped it on her clothes, and took a bite.
The fruit was sweet, crisp and juicy. She quickly finished one and picked a few more and put them in her pocket.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly, a clear voice rang in her ears.
It was the strange man's voice.
When did he come back, she didn't hear at all.
But there was no strange expression on Shen Ning's face, as if she had known it for a long time, and she said calmly: "Pick a few fruits to wrap your belly. You ate all the chicken, so I had to eat wild fruits."
The man originally wanted to scare her when he came back secretly, but he didn't succeed, and he couldn't help showing a look of resentment on his face.
"Is this fruit delicious? Is it not poisonous?"
He said he had nothing to say.
"It's delicious, not poisonous." She said calmly, picked up a fruit and took a bite. The sweet juice flowed into her mouth, and she felt indescribably comfortable.
The man couldn't help but swallow.
I don’t know why, but seeing the way she was eating, I thought the fruit was delicious.
"Give me one." He stretched out his hand carelessly.
"One hundred taels." She said calmly.
"What, a hundred taels?" The man jumped up as if he had been stung by a poisonous snake on the tail and glared at Shen Ning, "You want to take a hundred taels for just this Poye fruit? Little girl, you are too greedy. Bar."
Shen Ning ignored him and kept eating the fruit. After finishing one fruit, she took another one out of her pocket.
The man turned his head angrily, thinking to himself, it's just a few wild fruits. The little girl can find them, but he can't find them
He looked around as he walked, and not far away, he found a red fruit that was almost exactly the same as the one in her hand in the nearby bushes.
The man immediately jumped over and picked it off. He followed her example and wiped it on his clothes. He smiled proudly, opened his mouth and bit into the fruit.