Easy to farm

Chapter 241 Meeting a Help Seeker Again

The autumn is crisp and cloudless, and Pei Xiangxiang is busy with the second season of fruit and vegetable planting. Because of this reason, Pei Xiangxiang's original plan to accompany Lin Xu to the township examination can only be dismissed, and he stays at home.

Since the end of the exam last year, Lin Xu has devoted himself to studying. Although he does not expect to pass the exam this year, he also hopes to gain something through a year of hard work.

When Lin Xu successfully passed the scholar examination and planned to continue to take the rural examination, Pei Xiangxiang suggested that Lin Xu go directly to the capital to take the rural examination. In this way, he could enter the capital in advance to learn about the situation in the capital, and then ask Su Yunhan to help introduce some people to Lin Xu Xu knew it, which would be of great help to Lin Xu in his future exams.

However, Lin Xu did not adopt Pei Xiangxiang's suggestion. Going to the capital so early would definitely cost a lot of money. Lin Xu was still reluctant to spend too much money on Pei Xiangxiang, even though he knew that Pei Xiangxiang was not short of the money now. , and is willing to spend on him, but Lin Xu is not willing.

Furthermore, if you don’t pass the exam, you don’t have to worry about it. If you still ask Su Yunhan for help at that time, you still owe a big favor. Lin Xu thought carefully and decided not to let Pei Xiangxiang worry about it, just like the others.

This time Lin Xu took Liu He out, Pei Xiangxiang was really worried, but Han was very relieved, and even comforted Pei Xiangxiang, seeing that she cared so much about Lin Xu, he liked Pei Xiangxiang a lot more from the bottom of his heart.

Although Pei Xiangxiang didn't go with her, in order for Lin Xu not to worry about the future, she directly prepared 200 taels of silver for Lin Xu's self-defense, and also specially asked the family's coachman to take Lin Xu to Yang County, and prepared all the clothes and clothes.

Lin Xu left Qingyang Town and went straight to Yang County under the watchful eye of Pei Xiangxiang's family.

And just when Pei Xiangxiang was busy with the second batch of plantings on Zhuangzi and the number of reservations for the new year, another thief appeared on Pei Xiangxiang's newly rented land.

However, the thief who came this time was unlucky, and Shi Daniu just happened to find it while patrolling the night, and he was caught. This was the first time Shi Daniu had caught a thief since he worked under Pei Xiangxiang. Excited, he immediately tied up the thief, brought him here and reported to Pei Xiangxiang.

When Pei Xiangxiang saw the thief Shi Daniu mentioned, he was taken aback for a moment, and then asked Shi Daniu with a somewhat puzzled expression, "Brother Shi, are you sure they are thieves?"

The thief in Shi Daniu's mouth is a pair of sisters and brothers. The two seem to be young, the elder sister is about twelve or thirteen years old, and the younger brother is only in his early ten years old at most. The eyes and faces of the two are full of panic and embarrassment. Standing in front of Pei Xiangxiang with his hands tied.

Seeing that the clothes the two of them were wearing were all patched, and the clothes were so washed that they couldn't see the original color, Pei Xiangxiang suddenly felt a little pity. Shi Daniu said, "Let's untie the two of them first."

Shi Daniu was excitedly waiting to ask for credit, but he didn't expect Pei Xiangxiang to say that. He froze for a moment, and the excitement on his face gradually faded, but it was hard to refute Pei Xiangxiang's intentions. Back then, he took people to steal a lot of things Well, Pei Xiangxiang didn't deal with him, and now that the two of them have no heads, it's normal to let them go.

After untying the people, Pei Xiangxiang said to the elder sister, "Where do you live, why do you steal things?" The siblings did not steal the plants just planted, but the first batch of fruits and vegetables that were picked. The peppers and tomatoes on the ground were not finished, so they went directly to pick peppers and tomatoes.

After Pei Xiangxiang finished asking, the siblings didn't speak, and the elder sister looked at Pei Xiangxiang with teary eyes, her lips were tightly pressed, and she was pulling at the hem of her clothes with her hands. It was obvious that she was shaking.

Pei Xiangxiang glanced at Shi Daniu, wondering what he said to the siblings when he caught them just now, otherwise why are these two afraid of being like this, she is not angry now, and obviously she won't do anything to them .

"Don't be afraid, you can answer whatever I ask, maybe I will not only not pursue you for stealing things, but return the money to you instead."

After Pei Xiangxiang said this, the elder sister still didn't say anything, but the younger brother said first, "Is it true? My elder brother is going to the county to take the provincial examination, but the travel expenses are not enough. My mother won't give me the money, and my father doesn't dare to ask for it. If there is no money, my brother will not be able to take the exam. We really need money. My brother doesn’t know about it. It has nothing to do with him, and it has nothing to do with my sister. I stole it alone.”

As soon as the younger brother's voice fell, the elder sister became anxious and said, "Miss Pei, don't trust my younger brother. I did the stealing by myself. My younger brother didn't do anything. If you don't believe me, just ask me." This big brother, when he caught us, my brother didn't have anything in his hand, I was the one picking it."

The two brothers and sisters rushed to say that they were stealing things and had nothing to do with each other. Although the behavior of the two brothers and sisters was a bit wrong, Pei Xiangxiang was a little moved by the behavior of the two who blamed each other for each other.

Afterwards, Pei Xiangxiang found out that the siblings lived in Qinghe Town, which is next to Qingyang Town, and they had the same illness as Liu Yueru and Liu He. On the contrary, there is a vigorous brother who is good at reading.

It's a pity that his family didn't want to spend money for him to continue the exam. They said that if he passed the exam as a scholar, he could go to a private school and sit in a school to earn money. There was no need to continue to spend money to continue the exam.

There are many poor people in the world, but when she meets one, Pei Xiangxiang is willing to use her own strength to help one, not to mention that the two siblings have already done this for the sake of her brother's future, and she also believes that they are really forced by poverty. , so it cannot be done accordingly.

"Go back today, I won't pursue this matter, but in the future, don't do such things again. If you are really short of money, you can come to me. I will help you find a job. Although it is a bit tiring, the wages are based on The day will settle, and I will not treat you badly."

As soon as Pei Xiangxiang finished speaking, the elder sister knelt down in front of Pei Xiangxiang with a "plop", crying, "Miss Pei, can you buy me to be a maid? If my brother delays any longer, he won't be able to catch up with the exam. Willing to be sold into slavery."

Seeing her sister kneeling and begging Pei Xiangxiang, the younger brother also knelt down and said, "I am willing too. I can chop firewood, carry water, do laundry and cook. Do you want to buy me too?"

This move of the siblings touched Pei Xiangxiang again, and even Shi Daniu who was at the side couldn't help but said, "Miss Pei, why don't I give them a month's salary in advance."

Hearing what Shi Daniu said, Pei Xiangxiang looked at him in surprise. Shi Daniu noticed Pei Xiangxiang's scrutinizing eyes, and scratched his hair a little embarrassedly.

Pei Xiangxiang smiled, waved his hands and said, "Okay, you don't have to sell yourselves, first sign a contract with me, you are willing to work here with me, and how much money is left for your brother's travel expenses, I will make up for you first. Your wages paid in advance."

Hearing Pei Xiangxiang's words, the siblings burst into tears of joy, and kowtowed to Pei Xiangxiang three times in a row. How could Pei Xiangxiang dare to accept such a big gift, and even turned sideways to avoid it.

(End of this chapter)