stern wife

Chapter 74
"And you are the only child in the family. If you go to the battlefield and have an accident, it means losing everything for uncle and aunt. Do you think their ending will be the same as my grandfather's regular wife? I am too sad, Die in pain..."

Wu Ziying's face turned pale. Obviously, he hadn't thought of going so far away. He only thought about the current life that he didn't like and wanted to do what he liked.

Pei Xiaoran chuckled, and said:

"I said that I would rather choose to read and write, and learn abacus from a ledger, because that kind of life is not interesting, but at least I can live in peace. Others only saw that I shot a big tiger to death, and who would have thought, If I didn't shoot the tiger that day, but angered the tiger because of that arrow, what would happen?"

Wu Ziying frowned and remained silent.

Pei Xiaoran's mouth was a little dry after eating, he took a sip from the tea cup, jumped off the stool, and said:

"Learning martial arts is not a bad thing. If cousin wants to strengthen his body, uncle will definitely not stop him, but if he wants to go to the battlefield, then he has to think twice. After all, you are not living for yourself alone."

Seeing her small figure walking towards the door, Wu Ziying suddenly felt a little unconvinced, thinking, why was she being scolded by a little girl?
He immediately retorted:

"On the battlefield... not everyone will die."

Pei Xiaoran had already walked to the door. Hearing this, he stopped, looked back at him, and said word by word:

"Yes, not everyone who goes to the battlefield will die, but the people who want your life are not just those enemies on the battlefield."

Her originally bright and clear eyes turned deep and gloomy at this moment, like a wronged soul who has died with death, making the scalp numb to those looking at it.

Wu Ziying remained silent until the little figure disappeared for a long time before finally recovering.

While patting his throbbing chest with lingering fear, he thought: This cousin is so scary...

Scarier than his father!
After scaring the children, Pei Xiaoran walked back happily, but just walking, he suddenly sneezed several times, and his head began to feel dizzy.

The girl following behind hastily said:

"Is Miss Cousin cold? I'll get you a coat."

"no need."

Pei Xiaoran waved his hand, knowing in his heart that the poison her father put in the food had begun to take effect, and it seemed that the symptoms were the same as those of a cold infection. If she hadn't heard it with her own ears, she might just think of it as the eldest brother. Got a cold.

Fortunately, the only one who knew about this matter was her. If the elder brother found out, I don't know how sad it would be.

After all, that was his own father whom he trusted and relied on with all his heart...

Pei Xiaoran's heart suddenly throbbed.

Of course, it's not because of the ruthless father, but because of her elder brothers who have never enjoyed father's love and only got hurt from him.

Pinching her palms hard, Pei Xiaoran pretended nothing had happened and continued to walk forward, laughing and chatting with her grandmother and grandfather.

It wasn't until the evening that the group set off to return to Pei's mansion. Mrs. Wu prepared so many gifts in return that they couldn't fit in the car, so she reluctantly stood at the door and watched them leave.

During this period, no one noticed her abnormality.

On the second day, early in the morning, a strange person came to the city.

The man set up a stall, which was surrounded by cloth curtains on all sides, and beside him stood a man who looked like a servant, holding a gong in his hand, and shouted while beating:

"Appreciate the treasure! Appreciate the treasure! It only costs one penny! If you don't lose money, you can't be fooled! You can know how much the treasures in your home are worth!"

At this time, shops in the city opened their doors one after another, and his shout could be heard almost on the whole street.

There happened to be a shop selling jewelry right next to it. The owner of the shop was surprised to hear that, and came out yawning. He looked around, walked towards the young man, and asked with interest:
"What kind of business is this little brother doing? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

Seeing a guest coming to the door, the young man immediately explained with a smile on his face:

"My master is in the business of appraising treasures. If there is any treasure in your family that you can't tell the real from the fake, and you can't guess the value, you can show it to my master. It only costs one penny, and it is definitely a bargain!"

"Appraisal?" The shop owner rolled his eyes and asked in doubt:
"It's a job for a living. It's just a penny... It's too little. I think some experts, every time they help people look at the goods, they get this amount at least!"

He stretched out five fingers and shook them, which means either five taels or 50 taels, in short, it is indispensable, after all, it is at the feet of the emperor, even if it is doing business, the asking price is much higher than other places.

The boy let out a 'hi', glanced at the curtain, and said in a low voice:
"My old man has been the treasurer of the pawnshop all his life. He is getting old. He is afraid that he will be punished by the king of hell after he dies because of the wrong things he did during his lifetime. He just wants to do some good deeds before he dies. We don't need this money. We don't need a penny. It's just meaning, the old man doesn't care if he gives it or not."

The owner of the shop suddenly realized that after all, pawnshop shopkeepers are not good people. They are best at buying low and selling high, exorbitant ashikaga, paying light for heavy, and adding profit on profit and other exploitative methods.

People who go to pawnshops are generally in urgent need of money, and there is no room for bargaining, so they naturally let the pawnshops slaughter them.

Presumably this old shopkeeper has done a lot of bad things in his life, and he is eager to come out to do good things when he is old.

The shop owner sighed for a while, turned around and walked away slowly.

The boy didn't care, and continued to beat the gong, and when someone asked, he said, soon, the news that the old shopkeeper of the pawnshop came out to help people appraise treasures in order to make up for his life's crimes spread all over the streets and alleys.

A penny is nothing, even if you buy a rare one, it is worth it. Within a few quarters of an hour, there was a long queue in front of the stall, and there were still many people watching the excitement.

The boy said that only one person can appraise the treasure at a time, and the second person can only go in after that person comes out, in order to prevent any precious treasure from being seen by others, thinking about it, and bringing disaster to the appraiser.

Only then did people understand what the cloth curtains around the old man were used for. At first, they thought that the old man had done too many wrong things consciously, and he was ashamed to see others!

The stall owner thought so much about Zhou Xiang, and attracted many people who had real treasures at home, all of them wrapped them in bundles, and came to see how much their treasures were worth.

The sky gradually dimmed, and the long line in front of the stall finally dispersed.

The boy frowned, looked left and right, saw that no one was coming, and raised his voice and asked:
"Master, we can't go back!"

The people inside responded slowly:

"Wait a minute."

"Row."

Breathing into the palm of his hand, the servant rubbed his hands together, and continued to look around to see if there were any guests coming.

(End of this chapter)