But Xiaocao took Xiaolian together and drove the donkey cart to the west mountain, where they pumped a lot of mountain spring water with bamboo tubes at the foot of the mountain. On the way back, the multicolored stones on her wrist were soaked in mountain spring water, and a faint but cheerful voice appeared in her mind: "It's so comfortable... or the mountain spring water is purer, and can restore the spiritual power of the god stone more quickly...]
Xiaocao was very pleasantly surprised. She thought that the little butian stone, which had exhausted its mana, would sleep for three to five days before waking up, just like when it was healing her father's wounds.
Xiao Butianshi seemed to see through her mind, and said in a voice full of complacency: [Girl, have you underestimated this god stone? In the past, not long after the god Shi recognized his master, his mana was at the beginning of awakening, and he exhausted his last trace of spiritual power in order to save people. It's different now, the magic power of the God Stone is gradually increasing, and it was only temporarily exhausted just now. If you take a bath in the spring water, the spiritual energy consumed in two or three hours can be fully replenished.]
Xiaobutianshi would not tell Xiaocao that every time after helping Xiaocao and the people around her, after exhausting all spiritual power and magic power, the spiritual power and magic power will be restored again, and there will be a certain increase. This is why it helps a weak mortal again and again. If it goes on like this, one day it will recover all its mana, break through the space confinement, and return to Nuwa Empress's side!
Xiaocao looked up and saw a few dark clouds floating from the west, a sneer sneered at the corner of her mouth, sharp and angry eyes were hidden, and she said softly: "Two or three hours! Little Tangyuan, would you do me another favor? Just let revenge Ignite your anger!"
In the evening, thick black clouds squeezed the sky, covering up the scarlet eyes of Xitian, as if they were about to fall down, so oppressive that the sky and the earth seemed to be carrying a heavy burden. The indifferent wind shuttled fiercely through the street, raising dead leaves and debris.
The guys in the shops on both sides of the road are all getting ready to close. Pedestrians on the road are in a hurry under the cold wind, eager to get home before the wind and rain.
The entrance of Zhangji Wooden Ware Store was surrounded by people with good deeds. In the circle of people, on a donkey cart, lay a young man without a trace of blood, who didn't know whether he was alive or dead. Beside the donkey cart, the boy's family stared viciously at Zhang Ji's shopkeeper at the entrance of the woodware shop with grief and indignation.
Shopkeeper Zhang with a swollen face, and a buddy holding a stick, stood at the gate and yelled sullenly: "Where did a group of hillbillies come from, they blackmailed people on my old Zhang's head. They didn't even ask me about it." Who is it!! Go away quickly, if you want to make trouble, beat me up and send you to the yamen!"
A thin and beautiful girl confronted the ruthless shopkeeper without fear. The wind messed up her hair, sticking to her pale and sad face. Regardless of ancient times or modern times, don't underestimate people's heart of gossip. The more and more people gather, the family and the Zhangji Wooden Ware Shop are surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.
Xiaocao's dark eyes, like a bottomless pool, swept around the crowd, and said in a sad voice: "Fathers and folks, the seriously injured boy lying on the donkey cart is my eldest brother who is an apprentice in Zhangji!
Zhang Ji is mean and cruel, beats, scolds and abuses women on weekdays, and doesn't treat apprentices like human beings. It's a pity that my elder brother has only been here for half a year, and there is no perfect skin on his body! Today, the ribs were broken and the internal organs were injured. Even Dr. Sun from Rentang said that the serious injury was incurable!
Pity my elder brother is only ten years old, so his life hangs by a thread! Shopkeeper Zhang, shouldn't you give an explanation? "
Although Zhang Ji's woodware is very famous in Tanggu, the shopkeeper Zhang is greedy, cruel and unscrupulous, and everyone in this street knows it.
Among the onlookers, an old man with gray hair sighed and shook his head, and said, "What a crime! How could such a young child do it?"
The clerk of a nearby shop in Zhang Ji said without any surprise: "The shopkeeper of Zhang Ji is tyrannical, and he often beats the shop clerks to vent his anger. Zhang Ji's apprentices are even worse. They eat the worst food and do the heaviest work. There is no reason to be beaten up. Therefore, those who come to Zhangji as apprentices rarely stay for a full month."
"I know the little guy Yu Hang. He is very diligent and honest. Regardless of his thin body, he does almost all the heavy and tiring work of loading and unloading wood, but he never complains of suffering or tiredness. I didn't expect to escape being severely beaten. The result. Sigh... you guys are really, you didn’t inquire about the child before sending it, isn’t that sending the child into the fire pit?” The shopkeeper of another shop was full of pity and regret in his tone.
"What are you talking about!! Be careful what you say!! Slander and slander maliciously in front of me. Is it easy to bully Zhang Dongming when I am you?" Shopkeeper Zhang was a well-known villain in the town when he was young. However, he is the brother-in-law of the county magistrate who relies heavily on him. Every time he got into trouble, he could always settle it smoothly, so he became more and more confident.
The people who were whispering in the crowd stopped talking under his fierce gaze. Those who are timid even quietly withdraw from the circle, for fear of being recognized by shopkeeper Zhang and retaliation in the future.
Liu's tears, which had gradually stopped, welled up again when she heard these words. She stood by the donkey cart, gently touched her son's bloodless face, and cried:
"Son! It's your mother who harmed you!! You should have been sent here even though you were trying to be charged with unfilial piety. Every time I saw you, you said that you were well fed and slept well. I want the family not to worry... why are you so stupid? If you tell your mother about your situation, she will take you back no matter what she says!"
The veins on Yu Hai's tightly clenched fists were bulging. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence: "Master Zhang, I sent my son, who was alive and kicking, to your shop, but he ended up in an uncertain end. Excuse me, what is the reason? Let you be so cruel to a ten-year-old child?"
Zhang Dongming was a little afraid of Yu Hai's tall and strong physique. However, when he saw that the women and children around him were weak, and there were many people on his side with weapons, he immediately trembled again:
"That's right, I beat him, what's the matter? Not only did he steal the master's food, but he also stole the money from the store! Such a thief, if I didn't kill him, I would be merciful!!"
"Impossible, my elder brother won't steal anything!! You're slandering someone!!" Little Shitou clenched his fists and waved bitterly at Shopkeeper Zhang.
Zhang Dongming put his hands behind his back, with an expression of winning, he said to a boy behind him: "Go! Bring the things you found from Yu Hang's house!!"
Soon, the man brought a white handkerchief with several strings of copper coins wrapped in the handkerchief, and each string of copper coins was about fifty Wen. Shopkeeper Zhang took the copper coins, showed them around in front of the crowd, and said with a sneer:
"Did you see clearly? There are a total of 150 copper coins here. Everyone knows that apprentices don't get paid for it, but so many copper coins were found by Yu Hang's bedside. They were not stolen, but where did they come from?" Here?? Also, the guy who lives in the same room with him said that he often smells the aroma of food in the middle of the night... and the master chef's meals are always served by Yu Hang. Where did the food he ate in the middle of the night come from? of? It's obvious!"
Seeing the "physical evidence" presented by shopkeeper Zhang, the crowd of onlookers immediately changed their tone: "I didn't expect that Yu Hang would do such a thing looking at such an honest child!"
"You don't care about appearances! Let's not talk about stealing the master's food. The child is growing up, how can he be hungry. However, it is unforgivable to steal money from the master's house greedily!"
"Stealing, if caught and beaten to death, there is nothing to say..."
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Xiaocao saw that the people who were still fighting for them just now turned against the "thief" one after another. She couldn't help straightening her waist and said loudly: "Master Zhang, you said that my elder brother is a thief. Excuse me, did you see it with your own eyes or did it with your own hands?" Caught him stealing money?? Just based on the copper coins found in my elder brother’s house, is it too arbitrary to judge my elder brother as a thief? Folks, is it true that the money was found out of your pockets? Can I arbitrarily accuse you of being thieves?"
"How is it possible! The money in my pocket is my hard-earned money. How could it be stolen?"
"Yes, yes! False accusation is also a crime!"
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Xiaocao's clear eyes swept over everyone's faces, and said sonorously: "That's right! In the same way, the money on my elder brother is when my father and I came to the town to pick up my younger brother, by the way. Come and see my elder brother, it’s for his flowers! I didn’t expect my elder brother to be reluctant to use a copper coin, and save it all up, and it caused such a disaster!!”
With cloudy triangular eyes, Zhang Dongming glanced at her with disdain, and said, "Little girl, you have to use your brain to lie!! If your family had money, you wouldn't send your child to be an apprentice! Send dozens of coins at once Petty, do you think everyone has no brains?"
Facing everyone's suspicious gazes, Xiaocao calmly said calmly, "Half a year ago, maybe my family didn't have the ability! Now! Although we can't do big business like shopkeeper Zhang, we do a little trouble at the pier There are still two or three hundred wen a day in the business! You said, don’t be willing to give away some food and money because you don’t want to be full every meal, can’t you?”
A voice suddenly came from the crowd and said loudly: "I know this little girl. She sells meat and vegetables for a penny at the pier. When I was a porter at the pier, I once bought her family's stewed vegetables. Made by Miss Xiaocao." The stewed vegetables are delicious, and the business is very good, and they are sold out if you can’t get them in one step!”
This voice confirmed the authenticity of Xiaocao's words. She continued: "Master Zhang, the strings of money in your hand are all stringed up and sent over by me. The threads are made of embroidery threads of various colors left over from my mother's embroidery. I have sent them to you." Twice the money, one meal, the guys in your store know..."
"The last time I went shopping with my classmates, I passed by the woodware shop, and I left twenty copper coins for my elder brother..." Xiao Shitou said loudly again.
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