Occasionally someone passed by on the street, looking at Su Xiaopei with astonished eyes.
She had short hair, and was wearing a loose man's outer garment. Her belt was tied in a mess. She had no shoes on her feet, and was covered in dirty thick cloth socks. She didn't know what material the pants on her legs were made of. Ran Feize knew that those who looked at her were the same as him, and could not guess where such a strange looking woman came from.
Where did she come from? He found that Tang Lianhou was guarding the surrounding area, and no bandits were chasing after him. He chose that place to make a fire for the night, but suddenly he heard a breath on the tree. He thought that a master had come and could approach them silently. But when he inspected it in the past, it was a strange woman with no skills. She didn't even wear a bellyband. Even in the moonlight, he could see the curves of her body under the thin clothes.
Where did she come from? How did she get close to them? How did you get up the tree
Now she is looking at him so seriously, as if she really wants to calculate how long she can live for five taels of silver.
Ran Feize wanted to laugh and sigh again. He looked at her embarrassed appearance that she couldn't stand, and knew in her heart that she had done her best to keep up with them today, and she was afraid that she might not be able to lift her legs tomorrow.
Given her current situation, Naan Temple would have to walk for two or three hours. He looked at her feet, thinking that she was trying to figure out a steamed bun, and suddenly felt a little soft-hearted. Now that she is forced to walk such a long way, she is afraid that she will really be unable to hold it.
"Five taels of silver is about five thousand copper coins," he replied.
5000 copper plates. Su Xiaopei did the math, the steamed buns were not good enough, so let's change the buns. 5 copper plates and 1 bun, 5,000 copper plates are 1,000 buns, 5 buns per meal, 15 buns a day, ah, almost two months.
If you eat all the steamed buns, plus the cost of clothing, housing and transportation, you can save money, can 5 taels of silver last for two months
"Girl." Ran Feize called. Looking at her frowning and thinking, he actually felt that she was a little pitiful.
"Strong man, let's go catch thieves for money."
"Girl looks like this, it's a blessing not to be caught as a thief, how can you catch a thief?"
Su Xiaopei pursed her lips. Of course, she said "we" was a polite word. She was not good at martial arts. She couldn't even charge forward to catch thieves when she was alive and kicking. She was just polite, in fact, she was counting on Ran Feize's ability to earn the five taels of silver.
Of course, the premise is that he has the ability.
The way he kicked her down the tree was very neat, and the move of wrapping her in clothes and landing on the ground shouldn't be something anyone can do, right? She has little knowledge about this kind of thing, but she is willing to believe that he has the ability to catch thieves.
"girl
, catching a thief is a small matter, but it is time to find a place to settle down first. "
"But there are only fifteen coins..." She really wanted to encourage him to earn those five taels.
"Is the girl all the way with me?" Ran Feize looked like he wasn't very interested.
Su Xiaopei looked at his expression and sighed, "Fifteen coins are better than none at all."
"That's what the girl said."
Fifteen copper coins can stand up in front of her, she is really miserable.
Back then, when she was in the normal world, she was also an intellectual, an expert, and she didn't dare to say what her status was, but there were still many people and things that asked her, and everyone was polite to her. No worries about income.
It's good now, it's only fifteen copper coins and five steamed buns...
Su Xiaopei had no choice but to follow Ran Feize. Ran Feize walked to a restaurant and asked Su Xiaopei to wait. He walked in, came out after a while, and shook his head: "This restaurant doesn't accept part-time workers, let's find another place."
Su Xiaopei nodded and dragged his stump leg to follow him. Not to mention looking for the next place, she can't object to the N places. After asking three companies in a row, there were no good results. Su Xiaopei's heart fell to the bottom. Her legs were really going to be broken, and her feet must be rotten. She began to think about whether she would be sleeping rough with the poor ghost benefactor today. on the street
Just as he was preparing for the worst, Ran Feize walked into a wine shop again. The owner of the wine shop chatted with him a few words, and then looked at Su Xiaopei in the corner outside the door. After thinking for a while, he finally nodded. .
Su Xiaopei was refreshed, but she didn't dare to hold out too much hope. She waited and waited, and after a while, Ran Feize finished talking, he said, "This handyman happened to have injured his leg and couldn't go to work, so he was short of manpower. , but he doesn't have any extra house here, only a house that used to be a firewood house is vacant, would you like to live there?"
Su Xiaopei nodded quickly: "I will go wherever the strong man goes."
Ran Feize raised his brows and sighed again in his heart for this woman's boldness and boldness, and she had never seen such a bold and boldness.
In this way, Ran Feize led Su Xiaopei into the backyard firewood house.
The firewood house is not big, and it can't be called clean. There is no firewood in it, and some debris is piled up. The owner of the wine shop, whose surname is Song, bragged about his business in the tavern, and said that he had a good heart to take them in. He said that he didn't have to worry about hiring a handyman, and then said that his house was good, but he felt a little bit of firewood. It was a waste, so I built a shed in the yard to store firewood, and vacated the room to prepare guest rooms, which would make do with those guests who had no money and wanted to stay in the hotel, but it was not done yet. Now that they are looking for a place to live, this is the only one. He said he would bring the bed in a while
The board came over and let Ran Feize build the bed by himself.
When Boss Song spoke, he glanced at Su Xiaopei from time to time. Su Xiaopei hid behind Ran Feize's heavy burden, watching his behavior and expression while listening.
Then Boss Song finished talking, and told Ran Feize that his handyman had not been at work for two days, and the firewood had not been chopped. He told Ran Feize to pack up and work quickly. He was waiting for the firewood.
Ran Feize agreed, and then Boss Song gave Su Xiaopei another look and went out.
Ran Feize waited for him to leave, and said to Su Xiaopei, "Mo Jiehuai, he just sees you as curious, your dress is really weird."
"No, his expression is disdain and contempt. He thinks I'm disgusting."
Ran Feize didn't expect Su Xiaopei to say this, and was stunned for a moment. Su Xiaopei didn't want to say more, she had urgent matters now.
"Strong man, where is the latrine?"
Ran Feize continued to be stunned. It was the first time a girl asked him about the toilet when he grew up so much. He coughed, went out and turned around and came back: "In the southwest corner."
"Which corner is the southwest corner?" She was really anxious.
Ran Feize pointed in a direction, Su Xiaopei wanted to stride out, but her leg almost twisted, it really hurt more and more, she wouldn't be disabled, would she
Ran Feize couldn't stand it any longer, so he helped her walk with her elbows, took her to the outside of the toilet, and waited for her again.
Su Xiaopei had never seen such a dirty toilet in her life. She was disgusted, but she couldn't do anything. Her leg hurt so much that she almost fell into the pit.
Ran Feize looked at her with a strange expression, Su Xiaopei could understand it, but she could only pretend she didn't see it, transcendence was simply used to practice face.
In the second half of the day, Su Xiaopei didn't go anywhere and did nothing. Ran Feize assembled the bed board and placed it on the ground. The bed has no legs, it's really just a deck. He also got a chair for Su Xiaopei to sit on. Su Xiaopei sat down, and then his legs hurt so much that he couldn't stand up again. She just sat like this, watching Ran Feize work.
Ran Feize worked very quickly. After finishing the firewood house, he chopped firewood in the yard. The heavy axe seemed to have no weight in his hand, and it chopped with a crackle, and soon he chopped half of the wood in the shed.
In the middle, Boss Song came over and wanted to see how Ran Feize was doing. As a result, he was stunned for a while when he saw the way he was chopping wood. Su Xiaopei thought that he probably did not expect that someone would cut wood as quickly as cutting tofu.
Ran Feize finished chopping the firewood, drank water and scrubbed in the yard, then came in and told Su Xiaopei that he should go out.
"Where to go
"Su Xiaopei was a little nervous about being left with a broken leg like himself.
"Go and see how the five taels of silver are earned."
Su Xiaopei's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes, go and earn those five taels of silver."
"It's too little, it shouldn't be very interesting." Ran Feize actually looked disgusted.
Su Xiaopei was speechless. Fifteen copper coins are too little for fifty taels of silver, what the hell is this
"For reward silver, five taels of silver is indeed a small amount. It's not a small thief, or it's just a reward for a letter. It's not very interesting. I'll go take a look first, and I'll find you some clothes."
"Okay, okay." Su Xiaopei has no objection at all, she has no objection to anything.
Ran Feize left her behind, as well as his big burden, which made Su Xiaopei a little at ease. Her legs hurt when she moved a little, so she couldn't do anything other than sitting, so she stared at the big bag in a daze, waiting for Ran Feize to come back.
It seemed that after waiting for a long time, he finally came back, carrying a small burden and carrying the bed and quilt. Su Xiaopei was surprised: "Where did you get it?"
"No stealing, no robbing." Ran Feize put the things down.
Su Xiaopei was about to ask what happened to the five taels of silver, but he put things away and went out again, this time to pick up dinner, the Boss Song took them in and let Ran Feize do short-term labor, but he didn't pay wages, only food and lodging.
Su Xiaopei is very cooperative and eats as soon as he has food. No matter how good or bad it tastes, he is never picky eaters. After the two of them had eaten, she finally found the opportunity to ask, "What about the thief with five taels of silver?"
Ran Feize smiled: "You can't talk like this, you should change it quickly, so as to save the outside world, you will be scared when you talk."
"It will be changed, it will be changed. Let's talk about the five taels of silver first." Su Xiaopei had a headache, his speech and accent could not be changed in a short time, and it was business to earn some money first.
Ran Feize took out a notice and handed it to Su Xiaopei: "That thief is hard to catch, and the government doesn't expect ordinary people to do well, so it's just a letter and a reward."
Halfway through the notice, he stopped and asked, "Are you literate?"
Su Xiaopei grabbed the notice and squeezed the word "literacy" out of his teeth.
But when the notice was opened, I was dumbfounded.
Classical Chinese!
She does know the characters, I should say, most of them, but the fonts are a bit strange, so she is not too sure to confirm some characters, but the biggest problem is that the sentences written in this notice are cut-by-length, text crepe crepe plus text crepe crepe plus text crepe crepe .
Su Xiaopei has been reading books for nearly 20 years, with excellent grades, a high degree of education, and good English and French, but she never thought that one day she would need to.
To get the classical language.
She pondered hard, and felt that there was a flower-picker roaming all over the country to commit crimes and raped and killed several women. Now that she is in Stone Town, if anyone who knows her whereabouts can report her whereabouts to the government and help the government successfully catch the criminal, she will have to Reward five taels of silver.
The notice included the characteristics of the offender, as well as a portrait. Su Xiaopei read it hard, and simply asked Ran Feize if the notice meant that.
Ran Feize touched his chin, puzzled: "Although it's not perfect, it fits well. It seems that you really know some words and have read poetry and books, but why do you speak in such a tone?"
Su Xiaopei ignored his words and asked again, "Is there a regular time for this person to commit crimes? What type of victims are they? How was his appearance recorded? Are there witnesses? There are witnesses in every case? Otherwise, how can we confirm that the same person did it? What is his method of committing the crime? What's special about it? Serial murders must have common characteristics, what are they?"
Ran Feize's chin almost fell, where did this woman come from? A normal woman would be horrified when she saw such a thing, but she still had a bunch of questions. Her words were always weird, but he almost understood it, and he knew that the questions she asked were not bad. It's just that there are too many details not written in the notice, and most people don't need to write it. As long as everyone knows the characteristics and appearance of the perpetrator, just report it.
Here Su Xiaopei is still pondering: "It's really hard to catch such a serial criminal, so if you only give five taels of silver, will it be a little less?"
Well, I started to count her steamed buns again.