good season

Chapter 46: The Dirty Trio (iampetty's Rewards Plus)

Loach shouted, "Who are you, kid? Stay out of my business."

The street boy squatted down and patted Mudfish on the face: "This is Master Bai's territory. Master Bai is a scholar. He doesn't tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. He looks down on thieves like you. Do you think if Master Bai knew that you stole things in his territory, would he break your claws?"

Loach's heart was bleeding. There was no need to ask, this guy was trying to extort money.

"Today is my first day doing business here, and I still have nothing. Brother, please have pity on me."

The street boy ignored him and stood up and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Little sister, don't let him run away. I'll go call Master Bai."

He was about to leave when Niu Qiu got scared and called him: "Brother, brother, I'll give you one ounce of silver. Can you help me this time?"

The street boy shook his head: "One tael of silver is too little, I'd better go and call Mr. Bai."

Loach: "Then two taels."

The street kid held up five fingers: "Five taels, not a penny less."

Loach gritted his teeth and said, "Five ounces is five ounces, but I don't have that much on me. You have to go home with me to get it."

Zhao Shiqing interrupted: "He has an 80-year-old mother at home. Be careful, he might blackmail you and ask you to take care of his mother until she dies."

Loach: I must have stepped in dog poop when I went out today. What kind of people did I meet?

The street boy nodded: "That's right, I'm so handsome and rich, I can easily be scammed. I'd better not go to your house, I'll go ask Mr. Bai what to do about this matter."

As he was about to leave again, Loach became anxious. If Master Bai knew that he had come to Kuixing Tower to steal things, Master Bai would cripple all four of his claws, not to mention one.

"Don't leave. If you ask this girl to let me go, all the ten taels of silver I buried under the old locust tree behind Wang Mazi Hutong will be yours."

People like them who are out there and have no boss are always prepared to have their homes raided, so they don't hide their money at home. A rabbit has three burrows, and they have two more burrows than rabbits.

The street kid knew that the loach wouldn't dare to lie to him, so he put on a smile and said to Zhao Shiqing, "Sister, please give your brother some face and let this rotten loach go."

Zhao Shiqing rolled her eyes: "Don't try to get close to me. I know who you are. If you have the guts, just snatch him away from under my feet."

The street kid said hurriedly: "I have no ability, so..."

Zhao Shiqing took out two golden beans from her bosom and pointed them in the direction they came from: "I let him go, but if you want to make money, just follow me and help me with something. His ten taels of silver are yours, and these two golden beans are yours too."

Loach: "Why should I give it all to him? Anyone who sees it gets a share."

He has been hanging out outside since he was young, and he knows at a glance that it would be a waste if he doesn't make this kind of money, and it would be a waste if he makes it.

Zhao Shiqing had a good temper: "Okay, then one for each of you."

The street kid spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'll take a loss and give him one."

The three of them reached an agreement and left immediately.

What? No one is watching?
A thief, a street urchin, a vulgar girl beating people in the street, only educated people would not bother to watch, because their eyes are for reading books of sages, and they would find these street villains dirty if they looked at them for even a second.

The dirty trio left Kuixing Tower, walked a mile, and sat down in front of a wonton stall that looked just as dirty as they did.

Zhao Shiqing ordered three bowls of wontons, two with meat and one with vegetarian. She was still in mourning, so she ate the vegetarian wontons. Niqiu hadn't eaten for a day, so he wolfed down the wontons, eating and drinking at the same time.

Zhao Shiqing watched coldly and saw that the street urchin was carefully picking out coriander with chopsticks.

"You don't eat coriander?" Zhao Shiqing asked. She was not surprised that her second brother Zhao Tingxuan didn't eat coriander.

The street urchin said with disdain: "This cilantro is too old and not chopped finely enough. It's not tasty."

Zhao Shiqing thought that she should catch this street kid and give him to her master, so that she could encourage her master to improve his cooking skills.

"You are quite picky." Zhao Shiqing lowered her head and took a sip of soup. She was only picky about her master. Without her master, she would eat anything.

After finishing a bowl of wontons, Niu Qiu looked at Zhao Shiqing eagerly: "Boss, tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Zhao Shiqing: "You really speak without thinking."

She looked at Jie Liuzi again. Jie Liuzi had finally finished picking the coriander and was eating wontons slowly.

"Since you are full, you can speak first. Let's talk about this Mr. Bai. Is he the boss of Kuixing Tower? Just now you said he was a scholar. How can a scholar be the boss?"

Loach glanced at the street urn, then looked at Zhao Shiqing, with an expression that said, "I want to say something but I don't dare to."

Without saying anything, Zhao Shiqing took out a small silver ingot of one tael from his arms and said, "Whoever says it well, the silver will belong to him."

The street urchin just glanced at the small silver ingot and continued to eat his wontons. But the loach suddenly became excited and said, "Don't think that a thief would think one or two taels of silver is too little. Most people in this world can't even earn one or two taels of silver in a month."

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Loach swallowed and said, "Mr. Bai's real name is Bai Wenqing, and he is the younger brother of Mr. Bai, the chief priest of the Imperial College."

"He's not a biological child. He was born to a concubine." The street urchin who had been silent all this time suddenly interrupted.

Loach was annoyed at being interrupted and argued: "We are all born from the same father, so what's the difference? We all have the surname Bai."

Street slicker: "The difference is that one is the pride of the family, while the other is the shame of the family. What's the point of having the surname Bai? The Bai family doesn't recognize him at all."

Loach wiped his face and said, "Why are you so excited? Your saliva is sprayed on my face."

The street talker stopped talking and continued to eat wontons with his head down. Zhao Shiqing discovered that the way he ate was very elegant, as if he was not eating a large coarse porcelain bowl, but exquisite porcelain, and the wontons he was eating were not two cents a bowl, but delicacies.

Niu Qiu continued, "It's not that the Bai family really doesn't want to acknowledge Master Bai. It's said that Master Bai was very smart when he was young and he was good at studying, so the Bai family spread the word that as long as Master Bai passed the imperial examination, even if he didn't pass the imperial examination, the Bai family would let him acknowledge his ancestors."

Zhao Shiqing understood and asked, "But Mr. Bai never passed the exam?"

Loach sighed, "It's just bad luck. Master Bai took the exam several times but never passed. Later, he simply occupied the territory of Kuixing Tower and guarded Master Kuixing. He thought he could get some benefits. Unfortunately, he still didn't pass. But it's hard to say. What if Master Bai can pass this year? Boss, don't you think this is true?"

Zhao Shiqing nodded: "Yes, that's right, maybe Mr. Bai will pass the exam this year."

The little guy in Zhao Shiqing's heart put a check mark on Bai Ye's head. Bai Ye's identity and experience were pretty good.

Today is a good day, and we are one step closer to making our dreams come true.

　Thanks to iampetty for the reward. Thank you

　　(End of this chapter)