When the princess gets married, the general must not flee

Chapter 145 Beggar Little Thief

After dealing with the matters at the front gate, in order to better experience the customs and culture of Lancheng, Bai Xin planned to walk back, and handed the carriage to a young soldier to take them back to the villa.

Although there are not many residents in Lancheng, the streets are quite bustling because they live in a concentrated area. Every household raises silkworms, and sometimes people put round winnowing baskets on the shelves outside their doors for the silkworms to bask in the sun.

Min'er and Xi'er didn't dare to touch these soft white mollusks, but Bai Xin thought they were very cute as they chirped among the green mulberry leaves. Some silkworms were holding the mulberry leaves and eating them with a crunching sound. Bai Xin bent over and observed them with great curiosity.

"Can I hold one in my hand?" Bai Xin asked the old lady who was sitting at the door and spinning silk from the cooked silk cocoons.

The old lady had kind eyes and watched with interest the surprised expressions on Bai Xin and the others' faces when they saw the silkworms.

"If the girl likes it, of course you can!" said the old lady with a smile.

"Thank you!" Bai Xin thanked the old man, then reached out and gently picked up one and held it in her hand. The silkworm crawled gently on her hand, making her palm slightly itchy, which made her feel magical.

Min'er and Xi'er also came up to her and carefully observed the silkworm in her palm, which looked a little confused.

Suddenly, Bai Xin and the others felt that the stand on which the round winnowing basket was placed suddenly fell towards them. Seeing that the winnowing basket was about to fall over, Bai Xin quickly reached out and lifted it up.

But the shelf fell down hard and hit her arm that was holding up the dustpan, causing her to frown in pain.

"Ah Xin, is your hand okay?"

The two girls just saw the shelf hit Bai Xin and asked worriedly.

"fine!"

Bai Xin put down the dustpan, stroked his arm gently, and said calmly.

Min'er was worried, so she pulled Bai Xin's hand to check it. She rolled up her sleeves and found that Bai Xin's fair arm was covered with bruises. She felt heartbroken.

"Don't you have eyes?"

Xier was heartbroken and spoke sternly to the culprit.

The culprit was a dirty, beggar-like boy of about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was running around like a blind fly and bumped into the rack for the dustpans. He was about to hit Bai Xin and the others, but fortunately Li Ze was quick to catch him and prevent him from running any further.

"Why are you running around the street without looking at the road?" Bai Xin pulled Xier and asked the beggar boy.

The young man who was being carried by Li Ze lowered his head, said nothing, and held two steamed buns tightly in his dirty hands.

Bai Xin frowned slightly and was about to ask more questions when she heard someone shouting behind her: "Catch him, catch him, he's a thief!"

A small vendor came running over in a hurry, stopped in front of them, panted slightly, nodded and smiled at Bai Xin and the others, and said, "Thank you very much for helping me catch the thief!"

Then he cursed at the young man: "How dare you, you little beggar thief, steal my buns!"

After saying that, he even went to beat the young man.

"Wait, don't hit anyone!"

Bai Xin quickly stopped him, and Li Ze also pulled the young man aside to prevent him from being hit by that person.

"Everyone, don't sympathize with him. If you don't teach him a lesson today, he will probably steal people's pockets in the future!" said the merchant with disdain.

"You bullshit!"

The young man finally raised his head and looked at the vendor and retorted, his eyes showing shyness and stubbornness.

"What nonsense! I don't know how many times you have done such sneaky things!" the vendor retorted contemptuously.

"I didn't. I was extremely hungry today, so I took it only once!" The boy's voice became smaller and smaller, feeling extremely ashamed.

"Humph, you're stealing again! You've stolen from me! I'll beat you up!" The vendor raised his hand viciously and was about to chase and beat the boy again.

Bai Xin quickly stopped him and said, "Big brother, considering that he is still young and this is his first offense, can you please let him off the hook and let me pay for his steamed buns?"

"Girl, you have good intentions, but if you sympathize with the wrong person, you may get yourself into trouble in the future!" the merchant said to Bai Xin.

"It's not worth two steamed buns. Besides, we should give him a chance to reform. How much is your steamed bun?"

"Two cents each!" the vendor replied.

Seeing that Bai Xin was determined to protect him, he stopped pestering her. He had really only chased her out for the two steamed buns to vent his anger, and since someone was paying for him, he just let it go!

"Then here is ten cents. I'll compensate you double. Thank you for your magnanimity!" Bai Xin said, took the money from Min'er and handed it to the vendor.

"Thank you, young lady!" the vendor said, and then he cursed the young man fiercely, "You're lucky. If I find you stealing again next time, I will break your hands!"

The young man looked up at him, then looked at Bai Xin and the others, and didn't say anything else.

Seeing that the vendor had left, Bai Xin walked up to the young man and said, "I've bought the buns for you. Since you're hungry, eat them now! Don't steal again next time!"

After Bai Xin finished speaking, she signaled Li Ze to let him go.

After the young man was released, he didn't say anything to Bai Xin. He just bowed slightly and turned to leave.

"Aren't you extremely hungry? Why don't you eat?" Bai Xin saw that he was about to leave and didn't look like he was hungry and about to eat, so she asked.

"I, I want to give it to my sister to eat together!" said the young man a little embarrassedly.

"Your sister?"

Bai Xin was curious. Logically speaking, he wasn't that young, so his sister should be older. She wouldn't be so unable to find a job that she had to eat only two steamed buns in secret.

"Where is your sister? Why do you want to eat two steamed buns secretly?" Bai Xin looked at him and asked curiously.

"My sister, my sister is in the dilapidated temple in the back mountain. She, she is sick!" said the young man with a slightly sad look on his face.

Bai Xin didn't look like a bad person and he had just helped him out, so he told the truth.

"Are you sick? How about taking us to see a doctor?" Bai Xin said, curious about what disease had trapped the two people so badly that they couldn't even afford steamed buns.

Li Ze rolled his eyes helplessly. This person began to feel overwhelmed with sympathy again.

The young man looked at Bai Xin blankly, and when he saw that Bai Xin didn't seem to be joking, he nodded a little excitedly, then took Bai Xin and the others to the dilapidated temple in the back mountain.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived at the dilapidated temple. The dilapidated temple only had one lonely room, which had long been reduced to ruins. When they entered the door, they saw a fallen statue of God, surrounded by spider webs, and the ground was full of dry haystacks.

"Where is your sister?" Seeing this, Xier looked around but didn't see anyone. She thought he was lying and asked a little nervously.

The two girls also stayed close to Bai Xin, ready to be on guard at all times.

"My sister is here!" The young man walked to the gap behind the Buddha statue, removed the straw covering, revealed his sister, and said to Bai Xin and the others.

Bai Xin and the others looked at the person lying behind them and were shocked. Then Bai Xin and Li Ze exchanged glances and decided to go over together to take a look.