coobybook Chapter 146 Salesman
Chapter 146 Salesman
The pair of cat's eyes are so smart that Shang Wan actually understood Chu Xu's eyes. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. This kid has the potential to be a nanny.
Yuanyuan lay on the cushion in a pancake position for a while, then raised her little feet and swung them, then turned over, supported herself on the ground with her two little hands, and bent herself into a triangle again.
Chu Xu blinked in surprise. They had already fallen down, so why wasn’t Yuanyuan crying?
Shang Wan secretly gave his own child a thumbs up.
The sound of rain gradually subsided, and a ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds, dispelling the dark clouds around.
It is bright.
But what he brought was bad news: a child in the village was missing.
"Who's missing?"
Zhang Er said without even catching his breath, "The Wu family boy, the Yuan family boy, and the Li family girl, the three...the three children are all missing, everyone is helping to look for them, are they here with you?"
"I haven't seen it." Shang Wan asked with concern, "When was it lost? Where was it lost?"
"It was this morning, when it was raining heavily." Zhang Er said, "The Wu and Yuan kids agreed to go fishing by the river, and the Li girl went to the fields to pick vegetables. The three kids never came back, so the adults at home were worried and ran out to look for them, only to find out that they were missing. They are getting so anxious now."
"We'll go help find them too." Shang Wan asked Shitou and Xiaohuan to follow, then turned to Lu Chengjing and said, "Husband, please take care of the two children."
"Okay." Lu Chengjing didn't want to reveal the fact that his legs had healed, and going in a wheelchair would only cause trouble.
The village was filled with voices calling for children. Li Dashan took some people to the mountains to look for the child, fearing that wild animals might come down the mountain during the rain and carry the child away with them.
The village is next to a mountain. Such a thing has happened before, but fortunately the child was fine in the end.
Madam Rong was so anxious that she kept crying, and the daughter-in-law of the Wu family had also been crying like a tearful person, worried that something might happen to the child.
Xiaohuan had a good relationship with the two of them, so she walked over and comforted them softly.
They searched the village inside and out, knocked on every door, and even looked in some corners that people usually didn't go to, but there was no sign of the three children.
There were two fish baskets and a fishing net by the river, which were taken away by Erpang and Yuan Lang together. There was half a basket of small fish in the fish basket.
Someone looked at the rushing river and speculated, "Could the two children have been washed away by the flood?"
"Just tell them not to let the children go fishing in the river. They are risking their lives just for a little food."
"What are you talking about? Who is dead? Say it again!" Wu Mingli was so anxious that his eyes were bloodshot after losing his son. Hearing this, he could not help it and rushed forward with clenched fists to fight.
Luo Da quickly grabbed the man and dragged him back, and the others also pulled the person who was talking away.
"Everyone is trying to find the child. It's inevitable that people who are anxious and angry will say something unpleasant. Why are you angry? Finding the child is the most important thing now."
Wu Mingli broke free from his hand and walked downstream along the river, shouting the two children's names as he searched.
Yuan Musheng came with a crutch, and Rong Niang supported him, and they also walked along the riverside calling Lang'er.
Shang Wan winked at Shitou and Xiaohuan and whispered, "Go home after searching for a while, don't go too far. There are two children at home, and I'm afraid your brother-in-law can't handle it."
Xiaohuan nodded. Shitou wanted to ask something, but Xiaohuan pulled him and took him to the side to help call for help.
Shang Wan gradually fell behind the crowd, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she disappeared from the spot in a flash.
Since she guessed that something might happen in the village, she would naturally not fail to make preparations.
Yesterday, most of the wolves in the mountains came down from the mountains and were quietly lying in ambush around the village, watching.
"Xiao Hui, let's go find someone."
Expanding his hearing to the maximum, Shang Wan and Xiao Hui ran all the way, gradually moving away from the village.
At the same time, a peddler carrying a load on his shoulder walked into the village, and two bells hanging on the pole jingled all the way.
He walked and shouted, but few people paid any attention to him.
The peddler shouted until his mouth was dry and asked the villagers for water, only to find out that a child in the village was missing. Everyone was busy looking for the child and had no time to buy his goods.
The peddler secretly thought it was bad luck, but still wanted to try his luck. What if someone wanted to buy it?
"Windmills, silk flowers, maltose, if they're not sweet, I won't pay for them!"
The shouting sound came from far away and got closer. Lu Chengjing turned his wheelchair to go out and saw that it was a peddler carrying a load on his shoulder.
The peddler was of average build, had a simple and honest look, and had dark skin. It was obvious that he often traveled.
His shouting was so loud and long that it could be heard from far away.
When the peddler saw Lu Chengjing, his eyes lit up and he quickened his pace.
"I have all kinds of goods here, things for the elderly and children, things that young wives like, like silk flowers, hairpins, and silk threads, which are better than those in the city. I also have children's toys, such as rattles and windmills, which are their favorites. Would you like to bring one for your children?"
Seeing that Lu Chengjing was well dressed, the peddler diligently took out the things in the basket and showed them to Lu Chengjing, hoping to sell one or two items.
Lu Chengjing took a quick look and felt that the peddler's words were too exaggerated. These things were really not good.
He didn't want to buy anything in the first place, and he didn't want to buy anything after seeing it.
"Look at how well made these clay figurines are. They are from the south and are not available anywhere else." The peddler tried hard to sell his wares. "They are only ten cents each, very cheap. You can buy them for fun and let me open a business. I have come all this way to buy them, but I haven't sold a single thing. That wicked woman at home will never forgive me."
The peddler spoke pitifully and earnestly. Lu Chengjing thought of his two children at home and took out twenty copper coins and gave them to him, "Buy two clay figurines."
The peddler quickly put it on and said with a smile, "You have two children at home, what a blessing! Why don't you take a look at these rattles and windmills? Children will like them."
Lu Chengjing glanced at his hand holding the clay figurine, narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded and said: "Get another rattle, a windmill, and half a pound of maltose."
The peddler didn't expect to meet a big customer, and he was so happy that he was smiling. He quickly weighed half a pound of maltose and asked Lu Chengjing to get him a bowl to put it in, otherwise he would have to pay for the jar.
Lu Chengjing asked him to wait here and was about to turn his wheelchair to get the bowl, but the peddler said, "Why should I let you run twice? I'll go with you and put the bowl in your bowl directly."
Lu Chengjing turned to look at him, a dark light flashed quickly in his eyes.
Just then, Xiaohuan and Shitou came back one after another.
Xiao Huan glanced at the peddler and asked, "What do you do?"
"I'm a peddler who travels around town to sell goods." The peddler pointed to two baskets on the ground and smiled warmly, "I have a lot of silk threads and silk flowers here, take a look and see if you like any of them. This young man has bought a lot of things from me, and you are all family, so I'll give you a discount."
Xiaohuan wanted to make clothes for Yuanyuan, so she needed silk thread. There wasn't much silk thread left at home, so she picked some.
She squatted down and chose from the box, and the peddler introduced it to her enthusiastically.
Lu Chengjing looked at Shi Tou and said, "I bought half a pound of maltose. Go in and get a bowl to put it in."