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Chapter 17 Find a way

Bai Xin walked out of the house with his head bowed and hurried. He thought that the matchmaker came from outside, and she should be walking east to west. A tael of silver was enough, hurting his skin. He thought about finding the matchmaker in advance and buying Wuniang with money so that she would not buy Wuniang away. His chest would be hot, and the little piece of silver was like a life-saving straw, and his breath seemed to be stained. Copper stink.

He walked in a hurry and didn't look at the road. When he found someone blocked in front of him, he almost didn't have time to stabilize his body. Bai Xin would be upset, and before he could see who it was, he cursed in his heart, then stood The face looked up.

Yu Xiaobao had a flattering smile on his face, and his arms were symbolically opened, making a blocking motion, "Hey, Bai Sanlang, I got you today!"

Bai Xin was already annoyed to death, and when he saw Yu Xiaobao's blocking action, he wanted to push him away, so Bai Xin said bluntly, "Get out of the way."

Yu Xiaobao felt his hot face pressed against the cold ass of the other party for a moment, and he was a little angry immediately, but he remembered that he had done something wrong first, so he endured it, but his voice became a little sharp, "Bai Sanlang, don't you ..." He swallowed that sentence, and said quickly: "I was wrong last time and caused you to be beaten. I will apologize to you, but you can't always avoid me?"

Bai Xin thought to himself who has the time to avoid you, but it's normal for him to run up the mountain all day long and not see you, so he said angrily, "Who is hiding from you?"

Yu Xiaobao scratched his neck, "I looked for you several times during the day, and every time your grandma told me that you were coming back soon, and asked me to wait, but every time I couldn't wait for you, what are you hiding from me?"

Bai Xin was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know that Yu Xiaobao had come to look for him at all, then he thought again, Grandma must be fooling Yu Xiaobao, in order to let him stay a little longer and get in touch with San Niang Si Niang, Bai Xin thought more and more He was so angry that a fire was burning in his chest. He doubted that he could spit it out with a mouth. "I didn't hide from you. I had to go up the mountain to collect firewood during the day, so I couldn't meet you. Grandma kept you, maybe because she wanted you to play with my other children."

Bai Xin will tell the truth maliciously now. Dalang of the Bai family is going to work, Erlang is studying, and Sanlang is going up the mountain. There are three boys in total, so the "other children" in his mouth are naturally self-evident. He was also a little bit angry with the Sanfang family, wishing that Yu Xiaobao would understand grandma's intentions and never come here again.

Yu Xiaobao is not stupid, and coupled with his mother's nagging in his ear, he understood the meaning almost immediately, his face was hot, but he was a little proud, he coughed, "Then Sanlang, are you not angry with me anymore? "

Bai Xin waved his hand, wishing to send him away quickly, "Don't be angry, don't be angry." In fact, compared to what the Bai family did, Yu Xiaobao's lies are nothing at all. He is only a child after all, so he probably didn't expect to use Bai Xin as an excuse The consequences will be caused, and I naively thought that if the two sides did not touch, they could hide this money.

Yu Xiaobao's simple eyes showed joy, shining brightly, "Hey." He laughed a few times, and then said: "Sanlang, you didn't go up the mountain today, come and play with me."

Bai Xin remembered that he still had business to do, and he was so anxious that he waved his hand in a hurry to refuse, and was about to leave. He had already passed Yu Xiaobao, and the words followed, "I have something to do, let's do it next time."

Yu Xiaobao was a little disappointed, but seeing that Bai Xin was walking in a hurry, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he seemed to have something to do, so he whispered a few words.

Bai Xin walked past Yu Xiaobao for a few steps, but suddenly stopped, and turned to look at him. Yu Xiaobao hadn't moved yet, kicking the stones with his feet, thinking about where to play.Bai Xin's expression was a little weird at this time, his eyes were piercing and glowing strangely, maybe, his money could be saved, Bai Xin's voice suddenly rose, "Yu Xiaobao, do you know that a matchmaker has come to the village?"

Yu Xiaobao was startled by that voice, shrugged his shoulders in vain, he complained a few words, and then nodded, "Yes, I heard what my mother said." In fact, Wang said in a high-ranking mocking tone that a matchmaker came to the village. Which family is so poor that they can't get rid of the pot, and most likely they will sell their daughter, and even the Wang family mentioned the Bai family. Yu Xiaobao was impatient to listen, so he ran out before lunch. He would think of his mother's words, and he couldn't help worrying about the Bai family. He was really going to sell his daughter. When he looked at Bai Xin again, he had a sympathetic look, "What's wrong?"

Bai Xin walked back to Yu Xiaobao, "Do you know where the matchmaker is now?"

Yu Xiaobao nodded, "When I first came here, I saw her in Lao Li's house, full of chaos and crying."

Bai Xin pursed her lips, and her heart twitched unconsciously, afraid that the next moment, the family would become their family, "Yu Xiaobao, can you do me a favor?"

Yu Xiaobao didn't even hear what he wanted to help, and nodded subconsciously, because he always felt that he had caused Bai Xin to be beaten before, and he always wanted to make some compensation. He patted his chest proudly, and patted on the brand new clothes, making a puffing sound, "Say it!"

"Later, you hang around the maid and say something in front of her."

When Yu Xiaobao heard that it was not difficult, he breathed a sigh of relief, blinked his eyes and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"You just say, 'I heard that the fifth mother of the old Bai family was bitten by a dog a while ago, and recently she has gone crazy, and whoever catches and bites whoever she catches is frightening to death. My mother said she had a mad dog disease, so she won't let me play with her'."

"Ah?" Yu Xiaobao felt baffled, and blurted out a little scared; "Wu Niang was really bitten by a dog?"

Bai Xin rolled his eyes and said coldly, "No."

Yu Xiaobao stared in surprise, pointed at him with his index finger, "You lied, why did you lie to the matchmaker?"

Bai Xin didn't answer.

"Let the matchmaker think that Wuniang has mad dog disease..." Yu Xiaobao muttered a few words in a low voice, and finally got it right, then suddenly realized, "Ah, your family wants to sell Wuniang? After hearing this, the matchmaker won't let Wuniang go!" "

Bai Xin nodded.

Boys can't help but feel pity for girls who are weaker than themselves, especially when it's about being sold, and Yu Xiaobao also wants to help Bai Xin once, as compensation for him, Yu Xiaobao nodded resolutely, and patted his chest again , "Make sure the matchmaker hears."

But Bai Xin was worried about him, and asked him to repeat what he said. Yu Xiaobao was a little impatient, and felt that he was underestimated, so he repeated it quickly, and he did not miss a single word.

Bai Xin was a little more at ease in his heart, but he still didn't dare to let Yu Xiaobao go by himself for such a matter related to Wu Niang's fate. It seemed that he couldn't rest assured unless he saw him finish it with his own eyes, so the two children followed Li's house, Along the way, he put away his laughing mentality, walked in a hurry, and no one spoke.

Before reaching Li's house, Yu Xiaobao suddenly raised his head and pulled the absent-minded Bai Xin aside, "Here, the matchmaker is here."

Bai Xin tensed up all over immediately, his hands clenched into fists. He followed the situation and saw a middle-aged woman walking out of Old Li's house. She wore a flower hairpin in her hair, her face was smeared white, with broom eyebrows and protruding eyes. , the two lips were as red as blood, and she was not a kind person at first glance. There were several children behind her, all of them were girls. The younger one was crying, while the older one just bowed his head and wept, following step by step.

Yu Xiaobao was quite concerned about what Bai Xin explained, even eager to try it. Seeing the matchmaker coming, he said anxiously, "She's here."

Bai Xin hid himself behind the fence to avoid being seen by the matchmaker, lest the matchmaker would figure out what was going on when he met him at home.

When she approached, Yu Xiaobao's expression changed, he put on a slightly contrived expression, and said in a loud voice: "I heard that Wu Niang of the old Bai family was bitten by a dog a while ago, and she has been going crazy recently. Whoever catches and bites whoever she catches is scary." Dead, my mother said she had mad dog disease and wouldn't let me play with her."

Bai Xin happened to be hiding behind a tree, looking from the direction of the prostitute, it looked like Yu Xiaobao was talking to someone.

If it weren't for the depressed mood at the moment, Bai Xin would really be amused by his expression. Yu Xiaobao's expression was a bit exaggerated. If someone looked carefully, they would be able to see the clue, but the matchmaker was passing by, so she definitely wouldn't pay close attention to the speaker's expression.Now that Yu Xiaobao said it, Bai Xin was worried that this would not work, but also wished he could rush home immediately. All kinds of emotional entanglements made him suffer.

"I've heard of it too." Bai Xin squeezed his throat, his voice became a little shrill and indisputable, but not to the point of exaggeration, "My mother told me to stay away from her."

This time Yu Xiaobao almost laughed out loud, he coughed and nodded his head pretendingly.

The prostitute turned her head almost invisibly, but didn't stop her footsteps. She walked straight ahead. When she was far away, Yu Xiaobao said anxiously: "Did you say she heard it? How about I run in front of her and talk about it later?" once?"

Bai Xin was afraid that he would really do this in a while, so he shook his head again and again, "One time was a coincidence, but the number of times is too many, the matchmaker should be suspicious."

"Then what should we do?" Yu Xiaobao bit his finger, because he also participated in this matter to help, and unconsciously followed suit, "What if she insists on buying Wu Niang?"

"Leave it to me later." A trace of determination flashed in Bai Xin's eyes, "I'm going home first, thank you today."

Yu Xiaobao was not reconciled to the end, stomped his feet, "Is this the end?"

"Well, I'll go home first and go see Wu Niang." After thinking about it, she knew that Yu Xiaobao was curious, but she was afraid that he would be superfluous, so she said, "Stop talking in front of the toothmaid, I have to explain to Wu Niang when I get home. Mother, if it succeeds, I will tell you later."

"OK then."

Without delay, Bai Xin quietly followed the matchmaker, seeing her enter another house, immediately went around and ran home.

As soon as he entered the house, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. There was no one in the courtyard, and it was quiet. He went back to the room, opened the curtain, and entered the back room. He saw his mother sitting by the bed, hugging her tightly. Wu Niang, her eyes were swollen into a pair of peaches, and her whole face was flushed with tears.

In Cao's sunken eye sockets, there were red tendons. Those eyes were just like this room, too dark to let in any light. She fixedly looked at her son, and wanted to tell him, you Her younger sister was about to be sold, but she was so exhausted that she didn't even have the strength to speak, so she opened her mouth in vain, and could only make a weak whining sound.