Chapter 72: Repay

Chapter 72 Repaying Grace
"Miss..." The little man stopped, making a mosquito-like sound a few steps away.
This is a girl. Snow flies down, blocking Gu Shiba Niang's sight and can't see her face clearly.
"Are you looking for me?" she asked, staring at them.
The gaze fell next to the girl. This was a young boy, skinny, with messy hair covering his eyes. Through the layers of snow, he could vaguely see his sharpened chin, and his thin lips were tightly closed. With.
Just when Gu Shiba-niang was looking at them, the young man suddenly knelt down and knocked his head.
"What are you doing?" Gu Shiba Niang was surprised.
The girl also knelt down at this time, and said in a trembling voice after kowtow: "Ling Baoer thanked Miss Ling for her great kindness..."
Help? Gu Shiba Niang was startled, she walked a few steps closer, and remembered seeing the little girl's figure shivering with excitement timidly.
"Oh it's you." A warm smile appeared on her mouth, and her eyes fell on the boy.
A gust of wind blew, and the snowflakes fluttered into one piece. Through the fluttering snowflakes, the boy felt a gentle and joyful gaze covering himself.
This look made the boy lower his head slightly.
"How are you?" The cool female voice was unabashedly excited, "This is great..."
She said, then her voice lowered, "This is great..."
She said it again, this time like a long sigh, and seemed to vomit out of sorrow.
"Get up quickly." Gu Shiba Niang took a few steps and reached out to support the little girl.
The little girl kowtowed again, then stood up obediently, and the boy hesitated.
"You are just right, get up quickly..."
A pair of small hands stretched out in front of him to gently support his arm.
The boy stood up.
"It's snowing, you go back soon." Gu Shiba Niang said.
"Miss," the little girl glanced at her brother, as if she had made some determination, and said, "Miss saved Ling Bao'er's brother, and Ling Bao'er is willing to repay the slave..."
Gu Shiba Niang smiled when she heard the words and shook her head.
"Miss, I'm serious, Ling Bao'er swears, whoever wants to save her brother, Ling Bao'er will be her slave and maid in this life..." The little girl thought she didn't believe it, and said hurriedly, she would kneel. under.
"No, I believe it." Gu Shiba Niang stretched out her hand to stop her, "You don't have to thank me like that..."
She paused for a moment, "This is your life..."
My life is good? Ling Bao'er looked at the girl who was not much older than herself in surprise. No one had ever said that her life was better for her when Ling Bao'er grew up, but she didn't even think about it.
Parents were mourned, left home, begging, bullied, lack of food and clothing, life and death uncertain. . . . . .
This is fate?
"Brother..." She stretched out her hand and pulled the silent teenager beside her timidly.
"I owe you my life," the boy said.
The voice was a little hoarse, with unhealed weakness.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled, "Hurry up, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, you are not in good shape now, let's go."
After she said, she turned around and took the medicine basket sieve and walked towards the door.
"Miss..." the little girl hurriedly called later, and people followed, "Miss..."
She thumped down on her knees.
"Why are you..." Gu Shiba Niang turned around and sighed, "I said, it's your fate. I happened to be passing by. If your fate is not good, you won't meet me...something. People... there is no such good life."
When she said this, she sighed, and then said, "This way I can't help you, so, you see, it has nothing to do with me, you have to thank yourself."
What is the truth? The little girl and the teenager were both taken aback, looked at each other, and then watched Shiba Niang already pushing the door in.
"Miss..." The little girl wanted to catch up, but was held by the teenager.
"Let's go." The boy whispered.
"But, brother..." The little girl hesitated.
The boy raised his head and glanced at the newly painted door. No matter how plain the girl was, the large hanging door plaque also carried a wealth and prestige that could not be ignored. The boy stopped talking and took the little girl's hand into the wind and snow. in.
The night was deep, and after writing the last stroke, Gu Hai stretched out and rubbed his hands.
The door was pushed open, and Cao came in with a bowl of hot tea and soup.
"Mother, you go to bed earlier, don't always make soup and tea for me." Gu Hai hurriedly stood up and took the bowl.
"Mother is not tired, what to sleep early." Cao smiled and watched his son drink.
"The snow is still falling..." Gu Hai looked out the door, the courtyard was bright and bright, "Sister didn't sleep either?"
"I'm reading a book too." Cao looked at the small penthouse next to his house, and said distressedly that the orange light showed through the window.
"If my sister is a boy, she will be the champion with such diligence..." Gu Hai smiled, "It's harder than me..."
Cao smiled and went out carrying the bowl. Gu Hai glanced at the small house with the light on, moved his hands, and sat down again and started reading.
After breakfast on the second day, Gu Hai finished sweeping the snow in front of the door before going out. Gu Shiba Niang caught up.
"Brother, wait for me, let's go together."
Gu Hai stood still and waited for her with a smile, and saw that she was carrying a bamboo basket with a lid on her back and took a small shovel.
"What are you going to do?" Gu Hai asked curiously.
The two brothers and sisters stepped out of the house, and there were already many traces of carts and horses rolling on the snow. On the other side of the street, I don't know which servants were scrubbing the snow on the ground.
"How about going to school on the first day?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
Seeing the obvious tension on his sister's face, Gu Hai smiled and stretched out his hand to shave off her nose.
"Very good," he said.
"Is anyone bullying you?" Gu Shiba Niang asked.
"No." Gu Hai smiled.
The sound of the carriage came from behind, and the two brothers and sisters hurried to the side of the road.
"Hi, silly wood..." Gu Long leaned half of his body out of the car window and threw two snowballs.
Gu Hai hurriedly blocked one side with his sleeve, the snowball left a snow mark on his shoulder, and the quacking laughter went away with the sound of the carriage.
The siblings looked at each other, Gu Hai grinned, and Gu Shiba Niang looked at him and slowly smiled.
"Sister, don't worry." The boy patted his sister on the shoulder, seemingly serious.
Gu Shiba Niang nodded, smiled and said hello, and looked separately at the intersection, watching Gu Hai walking away with his straight back and walking like wind.
This time, my brother shouldn't be tired of learning because of other children's ridicule, husband's punishment...
When Gu Shiba Niang walked outside the city, she found someone following behind her.
She stopped and stood and looked back, until the boy in the shabby singles stood out from behind the tree that winter.
"Is it you?" Gu Shiba Niang glanced and recognized the boy.
That day, I couldn’t really see it in the snow. I saw that he was about fourteen or five years old and he was similar in stature to Gu Hai, but he was thinner than Gu Hai. His messy hair was blown up by the wind, revealing himself. There was a red and swollen scar from the forehead to the corner of the eye.
"Something?" Gu Shiba Niang asked again.
"Repay your gratitude." He replied, his voice thrown from a distance, with a bit of coldness.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and waved her hand, "Go, go."
She turned around and walked towards Xunzhuhetang, seeing the young man following not far behind. His leg injury was not good, and his walking was difficult.
Toads in winter are not easy to find, but easy to catch. I rummaged around the river pond regardless of the coldness. Apart from occasionally digging out two snakes, I quickly caught half a basket of toads....Fatty, even running .
Seeing Gu Shiba Niang happily busy in the mud pool, not afraid of cold or dirty, the teenager who had been following her was a little puzzled. When he heard her suddenly screamed, he saw a snake before he ran over. The girl threw it out.
Then the girl patted her chest, saying that it was dangerous, but she turned and dug away.
"What are you doing?" He finally couldn't help it, and stepped forward to ask.
"Catch a toad." Gu Shiba Niang didn't lift her head, she grabbed a toad with her hand wrapped in rags and stuffed it into the bamboo basket beside her.
"Catch this... eat it?" he asked.
"Yes," Gu Shiba Niang deliberately said, looking up at him, "Would you like to try it?"
The boy was expressionless.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled, looked at the bamboo basket, it was almost full, stood up straight, shaken off the rags wrapped in his hands, and carefully carried the bamboo basket ashore.
This time the boy didn't chase him, but stood still.
"Hey," Gu Shiba Niang thought for a while, turned around and shook the bamboo basket in her hand, "This is not edible, it is poisonous."
The boy stood still and didn't react, his torn clothes flew suddenly in the cold wind.
Gu Shiba Niang suddenly felt a little distressed. Anyway, she and her brother still wear old but clean cotton robes. This child...
She sighed, turned around and walked away slowly. In the meantime, she looked back and found that the boy was gone.
Toad caught it, and she immediately started to make toad according to the book, but to her dismay, a dozen toads only got the size of a slap.
When will I save money before I can sell it, let alone buy Shunhetang Pharmacy.
"Eighteen mother..." Cao's voice sounded outside the door.
Gu Shiba Niang was busy stuffing the privately-concealed silver brought from Xianren County into the bottom of the bed. Cao pushed the door and came in, carrying a bamboo basket in her hand, her face pale in fright.
"You caught this?" she asked.
"What?" Gu Shiba Niang came over and opened the lid to see that it turned out to be a basket of toads.
"...Why don't you throw it outside the door..." Cao said.
This is... when Gu Shiba-niang thought about it, she guessed that it must be the boy who caught it. This kid is really...
"Oh, yes, I forgot." She said this and took it over, "Mother, I'm busy."
"Go." Cao smiled and watched her daughter walk into the room specially packed for medicine.
"By the way, mother, be careful, don't touch these..." Gu Shiba Niang poked her head out of the door again, "Poisonous..."
Cao nodded and said, "You also be careful..."
Since that day, the caught toads will be delivered every day, but Gu Shiba Niang went to the riverside but did not meet the boy. It must have been caught from another river pond.
Hidden behind the door, listening to the sound of footsteps, Gu Shiba-niang suddenly opened the door, but did not see the boy, but the little girl blushing with cold.
"Miss..." She was also taken aback, running timidly, neither stay nor stay.
"Did you catch it?" Gu Shiba Niang was a little surprised, looking at the little girl's frostbite and purple hands that were bare on the outside of her sleeves.
"Brother caught it..." the little girl whispered, "...Miss, don't be angry...we just want to do something for you..."
"It's okay, thank you." Gu Shiba Niang's voice was softer, looking at the girl's bare-toed shoes, "Come in and sit and have a cup of hot tea..."
The little girl waved her hand, "No, no, don't dare to disturb Miss... I'll go now..."
After that, I turned my head and ran, but I accidentally slipped and fell. The shoes flew out and fell into the snow ditch on the side of the road.
"Are you all right." Gu Shiba Niang rushed to help her.
"What's the matter?" Cao came out when he heard the movement, and was startled when he saw the little girl lying in the snow. "Whose child is this?"
Holding the hot soup bowl, the little girl couldn't help but shiver.
"Don't be afraid of the pain, soak it quickly..." Cao put the little girl's red and purple feet into the hot water.
The pain made the little girl tremble all over, and the hot tea almost fell over. Gu Shiba Niang stretched out her hand to support.
"Thank you, Madam..." the little girl choked with tears.
The little girl who simply scrubbed and put on Gu Shiba Niang's full set of old clothes knelt on the ground and kowtowed at Cao.
"Thank you Madam Bodhisattva for your heart..." she cried.
Gu Shiba Niang smiled and helped her to rise, and saw the clean face in front of her showing her delicate face.
"So, you and your brother are begging for a living?" Cao asked from the side.
Just now I have heard about the process of their acquaintance. The Cao family who eats vegetarian food and believes in Buddhism is very gratified for her daughter's help. At the same time, she is slightly relieved. These days, she always feels that her daughter has a hostile spirit. It seems that she is herself. My daughter's heart is still the same as before, soft and kind.
The little girl nodded, "My name is Lingbao, and my brother is Lingyuan..."
"Why was your brother beaten that day?" Gu Bainiang asked casually.
Lingbao's face darkened, and he lowered his head and said, "...It's all Lingbao's bad...Lingbao is hungry... Brother... My brother stole someone else's money..."
After speaking, she did not dare to look up, and felt ashamed that she wanted to go underground. In fact, it was not because she was hungry, but because her brother had always been a...thief...
Missing is also a common occurrence, but that time being beaten was the worst. If it weren’t for this young lady’s gift of silver, I’m afraid it’s already weak...
"Thanks to Miss Guo's great kindness.. Lingbao is hard to repay for being a cow and a horse..." She knelt down and knelt.
Gu Shiba-niang smiled. From her words and expressions, she has guessed that the little girl's brother is a habitual thief, but what does this have to do with her? Twisted to the government? Just kidding...
"Okay, you go back," Gu Shiba Niang and Cao Clan sent the little girl out.
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Seeing that she was about to kneel again, Gu Shiba-niang hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop her, "Don't kneel, I said, it's your fate."
Ling Bao'er wiped his tears and bowed his head three times to thank, then turned around and walked slowly.
"It's so pitiful... a child without a father or mother..." Cao whispered, rubbing his eyes with his sleeve.
Gu Shiba Niang looked at the little figure that went away, and felt that there was nothing to say about what she wanted to say, poor people, they were all poor people, but one was now and the other was once.
"Mother, I'll get better." She took Cao's arm, as if comforting Cao's but also talking to herself, "We will all get better."
Cao nodded, stroked his daughter's head and smiled, and the mother and daughter turned to cover the door.
On the other side of the street, two young men in Tsing Yi were walking and asking, holding two famous posts in their hands, and stopped in front of the Cao family's house under the guidance of the men who cleaned the street.