kingnovel Chapter 202 Before leaving
Chapter 202 Before leaving
Song Anning took Zhou Nanxing's hand, shook her head gently, protected her behind her, and said very straightforwardly:
"How much silver do I have to pawn? Isn't it just fifteen taels? I'll pay her back with this silver. Now take out the IOU and disappear with the fifteen taels."
Before the man could speak, Zhou Nanxing quickly stopped him:
"Aning, that's fifteen taels! Not fifteen wen!
Go away, don't worry about me, just go away..."
She secretly pinched Song An Ning's arm. She knew that Song An Ning was kind-hearted, but she knew the Song family's financial situation. How could they afford fifteen taels?
But the next moment, she saw Song Anning calmly take out her purse, took out a banknote from it, shook it in front of the man, and said softly:
"What are you waiting for? Bring me the IOU..."
"Okay, I'll get it right away."
Looking at the banknotes in Song An Ning's hand, the man's eyes flashed with brilliance. He turned around and ran into the cabin, fearing that Song An Ning would regret it if he was a step slower.
After he left, Song Anning turned to look at Zhou Nanxing: "What's going on?"
"My father was captured by the Wanhetang gang, and his house was burned down, and the neighbor's house was also burned down.
My mother was anxious to pay off her debts, so she went up the mountain to collect herbs and fell off a cliff. There was blood clot in her brain and she couldn't wake up.
Seeing this, the two neighbors stopped asking for the debt. I just went out to borrow five taels of silver because my mother needed medicine. But in less than a month, it became fifteen taels of silver. I..."
I'm a deadly loan shark.
Song An Ning had just noticed that this man had a ruffian air and was probably a gangster from the west of the city. It would take a lot of effort to argue with him.
Doctor Zhou's family had given him both ointment and an antidote, and Song An Ning had always wanted to repay this favor, so if he could use fifteen taels to solve this problem, nothing else mattered.
After a while, the man came running over with a piece of paper. After Song An Ning gave him the silver, he tore Zhou Nanxing's IOU into pieces.
He has been working at the docks for more than ten years and knows when to stop.
Song Anning was dressed elegantly and was transporting goods to Linhai Town. A little girl like her must have some background to be able to do this. So she didn't raise the price any further and walked away with a smile, weighing the silver in her hand.
After the two of them left the dock, Zhou Nanxing was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Song An Ning.
"Thanks to your ointment, my little sister doesn't have a single scar on her forehead. This is something that cannot be bought with any fifteen taels of silver, so Sister Nanxing, you don't have to thank me.
If you want to thank someone, you should thank those who came before you. You have done so many good deeds and will be rewarded."
“Having said that, thank you anyway.
Consider this fifteen taels as a loan from me. I'll go up the mountain to collect herbs tomorrow, and when I have enough, I'll come to Banyue Village to find you."
Song Anning was in a hurry to go to the courtyard to pick up her younger brother and sister, so she didn't say much. She just went to Zhou Nanxing's house to get acquainted with him, and made an appointment that she would come over in two days and talk in detail then.
What happened just now took two quarters of an hour (30 minutes). Song An Ning didn't dare to delay any longer, so he found a carriage and rushed all the way.
When she arrived, she saw Song Juaner and her two children sitting there eating snacks. When she was at home, the two were still young and could not remember anyone at all.
The two little ones had always heard that their aunt was in town, and today they finally saw her, feeling a little shy.
After talking to Zhang for a few words, Song An Ning led them out the door.
In a long and quiet alley, a girl in a light blue gauze skirt was holding two little kids. The two little ones each carried a small bag, and their short legs were moving quickly, for fear that they could not keep up with their sister's pace.
That look is so cute.
"Sister is taking you out. The boat ride will take nearly two hours. What should we prepare?"
This question stumped Song Anyue. She frowned and thought for a long time before she said, "Silver!
As long as you bring enough silver, you can buy a lot of delicious food."
“Hahaha…you only know how to eat.
But A Yue is right. Life outside is different from home. Money is needed for everything.
Besides silver, what else is there? Think about it carefully..."
Song Anning didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and turned his gaze to Song Zeyuan. After thinking seriously for a while, he said:
"If we're going on a long journey, we need to prepare a map, otherwise we'll get lost."
“Just ask someone else.”
Song Anyue felt that what her brother said was not as important as the silver she mentioned, and retorted somewhat unconvincedly.
"What if we end up in the wilderness? What if the person we're questioning doesn't tell the truth? Won't we be lost?
Stupid Ah Yue! "
"Ayue is not stupid! We still need to bring water and food, am I right, sister?"
"Humph, I've already thought of this, but I didn't say it."
The two little ones became more and more excited as they talked, and if Song An Ning hadn't stopped them, they would have almost started fighting.
"I think you two are right.
There is still half an hour before the ship departs. Let's go buy things as you said. I won't say a word the whole time, I will just pay the money, and you are responsible for the purchase.
The total is two hundred coins, it cannot exceed this amount, and the items cannot be too many. Let's get started."
The two little ones were just talking about it, but when they heard their elder sister asking them to buy something, they became a little flustered.
Especially Song Anyue, who had just been arguing with her brother, now completely centered around Song Zeyuan and didn't dare to speak at all.
At this time, Song Zeyuan had already bought three bamboo tubes of water, a few buns and cakes, and a bag of snacks.
After walking for a while, Song Zeyuan was also in trouble because he couldn't read.
Only now did he realize that he couldn't understand the words written on the shop, so naturally he didn't know what was being sold.
Time was short, so he naturally couldn't go into each house one by one, so he could only ask others.
It turns out that even spending money is so difficult if you can't read...
"Sister, I want to find a bookstore and buy a map."
Song An Ning saw his embarrassment and pointed towards the bookstore.
After getting the map, Song Zeyuan's face turned red and he lowered his head, not daring to look directly at his sister.
Because he didn’t recognize the words on the map!
At this moment, he finally understood the importance of literacy. Thinking back to how he had acted so arrogantly in the village not long ago, he wanted to slap himself twice.
Song An Ning understood what he was thinking, but said nothing. She borrowed a pen and ink from the bookstore and circled three places.
One is Ping'an Town, one is Banyue Village, and the final destination is Linhai Town.
Finally, the two kids bought a small knife with a wooden handle from a small stall for ninety cents.
This is what Song Zeyuan thought. Once you encounter a bad guy, you need something to protect yourself.
"Have you finished shopping?"
There was still half an hour left, so Song An Ning was not in a hurry and gave them enough time to think.
The two little ones looked at each other and shook their heads at her.
"I think these are enough. We also brought a change of clothes. We can set off now."
"Okay, let's go."
Song An Ning waved his hand and shouted very heroically. The two children carried their small bags and ran towards the west of the city.
"Sister, hurry up and get on the boat. Yuan has never been on a boat before."
"Sister, you can't run as fast as me, come and catch up with me..."
Song An Ning quickly ran two steps and pretended that she couldn't catch up, which made the two children laugh.
"Okay, I'll take you there, we'll be there soon."
"Hey, I'm going on a boat..."