Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 253

"Why do you want to go in? Do you think I'm stupid? What if you refuse to admit your mistake once the door is closed? Even if I disturbed the mayor today, you have to return the money to me!" The child stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the money!"

"Alas," the man surnamed Zheng sighed, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, kid, but you also know that it wasn't me who did business with your grandfather. Even if you say it to the sky, you can't blame me. I wasn't there when those people used fake money to cheat you.

To be honest, I was also fooled. I really thought they wanted to buy that thing. They didn't look like people who were short of money, so I brought them there. Who would have thought that they would do such a thing? I wanted to tell you when I saw the banknote.

But what can you, old and young, do if you really know about it? If the mayor doesn't stand up for you, who can deal with them? In my opinion, just forget it. It was free anyway, so just forget it."

"How can it be counted!" the child said angrily, "That was left to us by our parents. They said that if we sold it when we had nowhere else to go, I could leave here with grandpa and live a good life!

Mr. Zheng, stop talking nonsense. Where are those people?

"This... alas..."

There was only the sound of sighs in my ears.

The sky seems to be getting darker, it must be evening now.

Qiu Xin stood on the road and pointed out another way.

This road cost him his life.

Although the child did not feel any pain, he experienced it firsthand and could almost empathize with the pain and tragedy.

He just wanted his money back, but was beaten. When he said he would go to the mayor to seek justice, his tongue was cut off.

Even the money given to him by the children was taken away.

These people have no humanity at all!

He must be really distressed, so... he even kept saying this when he was asking for help—

"The silver is gone..."

"The silver is gone."

"The silver is gone!"

"Tongue... the tongue is gone... help... it's gone... help..."

He stumbled all the way home, reaching out to try to grab some people, but no one paid any attention to him.

He appeared in my dream...but I ignored him.

The remaining soul, who had no money to bury, was wandering around. I don't know how it appeared in my dream. I summoned it, hid it in the soul flag, and sent it back home.

He was still holding the gold and silver ingots, wearing old clothes, and said vaguely: "Master, let's go and live a good life."

The thing hanging on the beam swayed and creaked as if in response.

The breeze mixed with the stench of corpses blew on my face.

No soul.

Qiu Xin raised her head and said, "Master, let's go and live a good life."

I ran out as if I was escaping for my life, running very fast, and when I came to my senses, I was already in the inn where the group was staying.

The shopkeeper said, "There were a few people like that, five in total. They stayed for a few days, but they're gone now. They left the day before yesterday, or the night before yesterday. That kid from the Qiu family even came to look for them."

I said, "Do you know Qiu Xin?"

"Oh, who in this town doesn't know them? The Qiu family kid's parents are the town's traitors."

I asked him what apostates were.

He said that there is a rule in this town that no resident can leave the town without permission, otherwise he would be betraying the mayor.

All young people in the town aged seven and above and under thirty must rush to the west end of the town every day to worship the gods sincerely, which means they work for the mayor's family or build houses and pave roads in the west end of the town.

But the Qiu couple were different. They didn't do any of that. A few years after getting married, they abandoned their children and ran away with old Qiu, saying that they wanted to go out and try their luck. They also took Zheng Wei away with them. They didn't do anything, and I heard that they even got into trouble. When they came back, they were already dead. It seemed that they brought a treasure with them. The group of people you asked about came for the treasure, but unfortunately they didn't buy it sincerely and used fake money to fool people.

I said, "Do you know it's fake money?"

"I know. The kid and his grandfather took the money and went out to buy some buns. I knew it was fake the moment I saw it. The bun seller had never seen a banknote before and didn't dare to accept it. He told them to change it for money first."

I asked the shopkeeper, "Then why didn't you tell them?"

"Who am I to tell them that a judge of the gods wants to live a good life? Bah! Do you know how much work I've done just to become the shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper held out his hand with two missing fingers and told me that they were broken when he was chiseling rocks from the mountain. He couldn't fix it, so he had to chop it off...

I said, "Do you know what Qiu Xin fishes for in the creek outside the town every day?"

"He's working for the mayor," the shopkeeper said. "Ever since the Qiu couple ran away, the mayor's family doesn't need Old Qiu to work anymore, so naturally they don't get any rice or grain. The people in the town don't pay any attention to them. If Old Qiu wants to make money, he has to go somewhere else. He goes out before dawn and doesn't come back until it's completely dark. I guess he's tired himself out, so that kid wants to work for his grandfather."

I asked, "What is Lao Shou?"

The shopkeeper said, "We have a story here. It's said that there's a kind of fish in Huixi River, an inch long, that glows. Eating it can prolong one's life. People with sick or elderly people at home would go and catch it, but no one has ever seen one. Instead of catching longevity fish, you might as well work for the mayor. The mayor is more powerful than anything else. Unfortunately, they are judges of gods, so they can only rely on this folk remedy. I say, little girl, although you are a stranger, please listen to my advice and stay away from those two people. There will be retribution for disrespecting the gods, so don't get involved in bad luck."

"You're too late. I've already been infected. It's not me who has been infected by their bad luck, it's them who have been infected by my bad luck."

"Ah?" The shopkeeper was confused.

I said, "They're all dead, and Qiu Xin is stinking."

……

The stinking Qiu Xin became the first ghost to form a pact with me and to live in the banner in a serious manner.

His 'grandfather' is there.

May you live a hundred years, grandpa.

He also had the good life and parents he had always dreamed of, his uncle named Zheng who liked to tease him, and the creek was full of jumping and glowing fish.

I don't know if this is right, but he... looks happy.

I told this matter to Eunuch Chen and asked him if he could talk to the prince and ask him to take care of it.

He didn't hit me, but just told me that this is not Yizhou and is not under the prince's jurisdiction.

—October 24, the ninth year of Tianji

(We are leaving the day after tomorrow)]

When they were on the road again, Eunuch Chen told the children something they didn't know.

It's about extraordinary people. He said there are actually quite a few places like Huixi Town.

Some places are particularly good to powerful aliens.

It was common to support them with the power of the people. He knew the one in Huixi Town, who was under the King of England. He was not very famous, but he had an unusual skill.

It can add years to one’s life.

If it is combined with something that can resonate with the talent, it can be brought to its full potential.

Chen Dianshan said that his talent is called——

Who says life will never be young again?

He didn't know what exactly happened.

But he guessed that the water flowing upstream should be helpful to him.

Another thing is that the layout of Huixi Town is also very interesting. Most of the older people live in good houses in the west of the town, while the younger ones live in the east. The houses on the west side are taller than those on the east side. Maybe there is something to this.

That’s all Chen Dianshen said, I won’t say any more.

The children didn't ask any questions, but just helped him and watched him steam and cook the glowing little fish.

That was presented to the prince by Huiyou Town.

He took it twice and his illness was cured.