Chapter 35: You Look Good

  So those five poor kids hadn't even reacted yet when they were already beaten to tears, their faces bruised and swollen.

  Sister, they really met their match today. I've seen fierce fights before, but never one where they fought like their lives depended on it. It's painful to death.

  At one time, the small alley was filled with wailing and shouting, extremely lively.

  Those five boys saw that they were no match for their enemy and didn't care about the leader boy anymore, covering their heads and screaming as they ran away like mice.

  The saying goes "catch the king first, then catch the thief". Shen Sisi was staring at that young fatty, ignoring everyone else's affairs. So in the end, that young man didn't even get a chance to retaliate before he gave up. In the end, he became isolated and helpless, gritting his teeth in anger, shouting: "......You guys wait for me, you'll be sorry......hmmph..."

  He vented his anger by punching him, and was about to let him off, but then he heard another sentence, so he punched him in the eye again, squinting and smiling: "That little master is also waiting to see what you're capable of..."

  The young man didn't dare to retort, and instead glared at Shen Sisi with anger in his eyes. He only got up when Shen Sisi stood up, dusted herself off, and was about to let him go. The young man then crawled up, abandoned the bamboo pole, and ran far away before turning back with a vicious scowl, shaking his fist, "You little brat, wait for me, you'll be sorry."

  It was just that swollen face and nose, really didn't have any intimidating power, Shen Sisi couldn't help but burst out laughing. The young man became even more enraged, glared at her fiercely and then ran away.

  Shen Sisi then clapped her hands and gave a cold laugh. Whoever it was, if they thought they could snatch money from her, they were sadly mistaken.

  The second treasure and third treasure felt a bit wronged, "The sugar gourd is gone..."

  Shen Si comfortingly patted their heads and said, "We'll buy some tomorrow."

  The two of them were overjoyed, and only then did they become excited, heavily nodding in unison, "......uh-huh." They were just short of wagging their tails. Now they completely believed that following Tuni would bring them meat to eat, money to spend, someone to rely on, and most importantly, sugar gourds as snacks - this life was too wonderful...

  Dabao worriedly said: "Tuniu, what if they come again..."

  Tuniang snorted coldly, picked up the bamboo pole and swung it, saying: "When soldiers come, we'll block them; when water comes, we'll dam it... When beggars come, we'll beat them away with big sticks..."

  Tuni turned her head and glanced at him, saying: "Let's go, go buy some black noodles to take home. We also need to find Uncle Niu to borrow his donkey cart so we can carry more black noodles back. While he's here, we can buy a bit more... rather than carrying it ourselves."

  She swung her bamboo pole and walked forward. Dabao reluctantly followed behind with an empty drum frame on his back.

  Arriving at the flour shop, seeing the white flour, Shen Sisi started drooling. However, this flour was indeed expensive. In their village, they could only afford to buy some during Chinese New Year or festivals. After all, five cents per catty of flour was unaffordable for the people here...

  The villagers planted wheat, milled white flour and also sold it to the market to buy back black flour to make porridge. After all, with many people at home, they couldn't afford to eat only white flour. Selling a few more cents could add some household expenses, this is an unavoidable thing. In the era of small-scale agriculture, villagers without skills basically had no income and could only rely on the land for food, and could only eat poorly.

  Of course, those with skills or who can hunt have slightly better conditions and a relatively easier life at home. It's just that their family is a bit too poor and has been struggling until now.

  After all, four children to raise, and so much land to cultivate, the couple were already busy enough, and they also had to pay rent and taxes, and they had to watch the sky for food, when the harvest was not good, the grain supply was really tense, even if Zhonggensheng could hunt, it was all used to supplement family expenses and still not enough.