Chapter 22: Slap You in the Face
Thirst!
Extreme water shortage!
She felt like she was buried in a dry desert, her body was becoming dehydrated bit by bit, and death was approaching step by step.
Suddenly, a clear spring appeared out of nowhere and sprinkled precisely on her dry and chapped lips...
Wake up slowly.
What he saw was a rough porcelain bowl with broken edges and half of it filled with water. His upper and lower front teeth were biting the edge of the bowl tightly as he gulped down the water.
She suddenly became alert and quickly looked over the edge of the bowl, where there was a fair-skinned young face, very handsome!
At the same time, her left hand quickly reached to her waist, accurately grasped the hilt of the sword close to her body, and her whole body trembled.
"Don't be afraid, drink slowly."
Su Xian tried to keep his tone gentle and forced a warm smile.
Gulp!
Gulp!
The beggar girl swallowed in big gulps, her tired but sharp eyes gradually lost their murderous intent, and her hand holding the hilt of the sword slowly loosened.
After drinking the water, Su Xian put down the bowl, squatted beside the beggar girl and stared at her without blinking.
Waiting for her to thank you.
In Su Xian's opinion, doing good things will be rewarded, even if it is just a "thank you".
The beggar girl leaned against the shady corner, motionless, staring at him with her still cool eyes without blinking, but she did not speak.
For a moment, the two of them stared at each other.
After counting the breaths.
Su Xian's face changed slightly, and he broke the silence: "What's wrong with you? I spent a whole penny to feed you water, and you didn't say thank you, but why are you staring at me so confidently?"
The beggar girl didn't move or speak, her clear eyes staring at him as always.
Looks like the living dead.
There was another silence, with everyone staring at each other.
"It seems he is a mute. Oh, how pitiful."
Su Xian sighed, took out ten copper coins from his purse which was filled with a huge sum of one thousand...nine hundred and ninety-nine coins, and placed them on the beggar girl's coarse linen clothes.
The beggar girl's eyes finally moved.
She glanced at the ten copper coins lying quietly on her clothes, then raised her eyes to look at Su Xian. There was no expression in her eyes, as if she were a living dead person.
"You think it's not enough!?"
Su Xian jumped up and held his purse tightly.
There was no change in the beggar girl's eyes. When Su Xian jumped up, she raised her head slightly and kept staring at Su Xian.
"Forget it, since this is my first time doing a good deed, I will..." Su Xian felt extremely distressed. He took out his money bag, counted out a hundred copper coins, and threw them one by one on the beggar girl's coarse linen clothes... Anyway, he would have hundreds or thousands of coins to earn every day, which would be enough to support such extravagance. He would just do a good deed today. Besides, the beggar girl had the same experience as him. He was saved by someone, and he also hoped that the beggar girl would get out of trouble... Su Xian thought to himself.
The copper coins collided, making a crisp and pleasant sound.
"Take this hundred coins and find a job. Survive first... Well, a hundred coins seems a little too little. Never mind. I'll give you two hundred coins!"
Su Xian grabbed out another handful of copper coins.
The beggar girl still showed no expression. She sat on the ground, with her back against the wall, motionless.
She glanced at the two hundred golden copper coins piled on her coarse clothes, then raised her eyes and stared at Su Xian with no expression in them.
She seemed to be a bystander.
Su Xian stared at her for a while, then got furious, pointed at her and yelled, "Don't go too far! Two hundred coins is not a small amount. You know how difficult it is for ordinary people to earn two hundred coins..."
Faced with Su Xian's rage and scolding, the beggar girl remained unchanged.
It seemed that Su Xian's scolding was directed at others, and she was just a bystander.
Snapped!
Su Xian slapped himself and cursed inwardly: "I told you to mind your own business... Never mind. Since you and I are in the same situation, I will help you to the end, and I will help you until the end!"
Crash!
Su Xian poured out most of the copper coins from his purse, counted out five hundred coins, and placed them on the beggar girl's coarse clothes.
He said, "It's eight hundred coins in total, enough for you to change into clean clothes and find a good job... You can take care of yourself!"
Su Xian felt that he had paid a huge price. Seeing that the beggar girl still had the same expression, he twitched the corner of his mouth and turned away.
He kept muttering, "Damn it, I'm never going to do good deeds again..." But soon, Su Xian muttered to himself, "Anyway, I'll have a continuous income of hundreds or thousands of coins every day, which is enough to support such extravagance. I'll just do a good deed today... And the beggar girl and I had the same experience. I was saved by someone, and I also hope that this beggar girl can get out of her predicament..."
The beggar girl, whose expression and eyes remained unchanged, glanced at the eight hundred coins piled up on her clothes like a small mountain, then raised her eyes and stared at Su Xian's receding back...
At this time, a young beggar who had been watching for a long time rubbed his hands, slowly approached, and prepared to rob the huge sum of 800 Wen.
The beggar girl turned her neck little by little, watching Su Xian walk further and further away without any change in her eyes.
The young beggar who was approaching slowly was overjoyed. He thought that this beggar girl must be a fool.
However, when he slowly moved closer, the hand he had just stretched out was about to succeed, but was grabbed by the beggar girl in a flash.
"ah!"
The young beggar screamed.
He felt as if his hand was clamped by a pair of pliers, and there was a crisp "click" sound.
…
Su Xian returned along the same route.
With only two hundred coins left in his pocket, his plan of feasting and drinking was postponed.
On the way, he bought some rice to make porridge, which provided carbohydrates; he also bought two Hu cakes with mutton filling, which provided protein; and finally, he bought a handful of green vegetables, which provided vitamins.
full of nutrition.
The issue of security needs to be resolved, but we still have to live our lives.
The stinky tofu stall still has a lot of customers.
Su Xian is of a special status, so he cut in line and took a portion of stinky tofu from Zhang Cuihua. He would take it back and eat it with his porridge, which should be perfect.
"Brother Su! Brother Su!"
At this time, a young man's shouting came from the street, sounding a little anxious and excited.
But... soft breasts?
Who is so vulgar!
Shouting in broad daylight is so uncivilized!
Even if you like that, you should go back and yell at the girl, instead of just...
Su Xian turned around, looking righteous and ready to teach that rude guy a lesson as a scholar.
Um?
Su Xian raised his eyebrows, and saw a young man in Confucian robes running towards him. He had a fair face and no beard, and handsome features. He looked more like a gigolo than him!
Mainly, Su Xian thought he looked familiar!
The pale-faced young man had several scrolls under his arms, and several blue-clothed servants followed him... Finally, the original owner's memory emerged, and Su Xian remembered that this pale-faced young man was his classmate and good friend in the county school -
Lin Chuan!
He is also Su Xian's only good friend.
Probably, it was because Lin Chuan came from a prominent family and was also a branch of the family, and Su Xian was a branch of the Su family in the capital.
Lin Chuan's father's branch is doing relatively well and is in charge of the Lin family's business in Yingzhou. Although he has no say in the family, he has a lot of money.
Lin Chuan is the only son in the family and is extremely doted on by his mother. There is no upper limit to his monthly salary!
After Su Xian's parents passed away one after another, life became increasingly difficult. If it weren't for Lin Chuan's generous donations several times, the original owner would have probably returned to dust long ago.
This is a real good buddy!
From the perspective of Su Xian's two lives, looking back on his interactions with Lin Chuan, he had to admit that Lin Chuan was indeed a person worth making friends with.
"Brother Lin!" Su Xian greeted him with a smile.
"Brother Su, Brother Su..."
Lin Chuan ran over, panting, holding the scroll under one armpit and patting Su Xian's shoulder with the other hand.
He said happily: "Brother Su, I'm glad you didn't die. Haha, the county school is on holiday today. As soon as I walked out of the county school gate, I heard that Brother Su almost..."
"Originally, I was thinking about seeing you off and collecting your body... I hope you're not dead!"
“…”
The smile on Su Xian's face gradually disappeared, and at the same time, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
As soon as we met, he started shouting "death" and "collect corpses". He is really good at talking.
This person is indeed worthy of close friendship, but his mouth...
