Liang Jian: I have a canteen

Huanji raised her hand, ready to give the thief a big whack, but her hand was caught by Xu San in mid-air.

Pulling Huanji back, Xu San looked at the thief and asked, "You should know who I am, right?"

The thief stared at Xu San, gritted his teeth, and snapped his neck, "You are Xu San, a traitor!"

“I can’t deny it. Say it again! If you do well, I’ll let you go.” Xu Sanle stared at the thief with a smile. It had been a long time since someone had called him a traitor. Although the word was unpleasant, he was quite willing to hear it now.

Because you're right to criticize!
Seeing Xu San's enigmatic smile, the thief was terrified, but he still gritted his teeth and cursed, "You traitor!"

"Hehe, okay!" Xu San said, then pulled Huan Ji away.

Huanji followed Xu San, "He insulted you, why aren't you angry?"

“He’s right to scold me, why am I angry?” Xu San continued to smile, pulling Huan Ji out of the alley. “It’s just that I haven’t heard it in a long time, and hearing it suddenly feels quite familiar.”

"You're a pervert!"

"Even so, otherwise why would you have fallen for me?"

Watching Xu San leave, the thief spat on the ground. "A traitor is a traitor. I cursed you and you still laughed. I think you've gotten so used to being a dog of the Japanese that you don't even know how to get angry anymore."

Just as the thief was about to leave, he noticed a large silver dollar where he had spat earlier.

He quickly picked it up, blew on it, and listened. "It's real!"

Having found the silver dollar, he immediately lay down on the ground to search again, and after searching for a long time, he found two more.

Three silver dollars! In Ping'an County, where the cost of living is very low, that's enough to live comfortably with my younger siblings for a month.

"I can finally have a good New Year!" The thief quickly hid the money and ran off in the opposite direction from Xu San.

He needed to buy some food quickly so he could go home and cook for his younger siblings. That's just how the world is; although Ping'an City may seem prosperous now, behind the scenes there are many thieves who go hungry.

Although Xu San hadn't heard the thief say it, he could roughly guess what was going on.

Let's help if we can!
After all, he is rich now.

Feeling that he had done a good deed, Xu San returned to the place he used to be, picked up the little girl, and continued shopping.

"Uncle, what were you doing just now?"

"Uncle went to the restroom!"

"Oh~" the little girl agreed, then pointed into the distance, "Uncle, uncle, there's a big opera performance over there, let's go take a look."

"Alright~" Xu San said, carrying the little girl over to the stage.

The stage was hired by several decent merchants in Ping'an City for the purpose of creating a lively atmosphere, and of course, to advertise their businesses in the hopes of doing better next year.

The play "Dingjun Mountain" is being performed on the stage. When Xu San arrives carrying the little girl, he happens to arrive at the climax of the ending, which is the scene where Huang Zhong shoots Xiahou Shang during the prisoner exchange, which angers Xiahou Yuan to fight, and finally kills Xiahou Yuan with a dragging sword trick.

This is a martial arts scene with not many singing parts, and it's very good.

The little girl watched with great interest, clapping and cheering the whole time.

Because the actors were performing so well, they drew cheers from the audience. The little girl seemed to be caught up in the atmosphere and started shouting along with them.

With so many cheers, naturally some members of the opera troupe came down to ask for a reward.

Seeing the crowd readily handing out money, the little girl rummaged through her own purse and took out two mao (a unit of currency) to distribute as rewards. (End of Chapter)