Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 161 The Eloping Mandarin Duck

Si He's outfit is very common in a big city, but it is particularly eye-catching in this poor little village.

So now many people are looking at her in a slightly different way.

Si He naturally noticed some people's burning gazes, but she pretended not to see them. She was already dressed in the most low-key way. She didn't even wear the overly dazzling jewelry that Ning Ji bought for her.

She sighed inwardly, thinking how troublesome it would be to go out without a man. Even if it was just a small village without any danger, it would be easy for people to have bad thoughts.

After Ning Ji helped her get off the carriage, he went to take the bags in the carriage. There were quite a lot of things in it, several large bags, most of which were her things.

Since I was going on a long trip this time, I brought more things with me, and I was afraid that my house would be targeted by thieves, so I took all the valuables with me.

Seeing this, the villagers who were watching around regretted not inviting the two to their homes to rest. Looking at their outfits, the reward for even resting should not be too low.

Originally they wanted to go forward and say something, but Ning Ji had a cold and stern aura and was obviously not someone to be trifled with, so they had to give up and watch the two men enter the little boy's home.

The child's name is Wei Xiaohu. He is the only one left in the family. He originally had a grandfather and a father, but they both passed away at the beginning of the year.

He relied on a few vegetable plots near his house to make a living and barely survived.

When the two of them walked into the yard, the child became even more reserved and just led them into the house in a daze. Because the house was too shabby, he looked very embarrassed.

Rumble~

There was another rumble of dull thunder outside.

Ning Ji put down the bag first and made sure the house was safe before letting Si He stay inside. He went to park the carriage outside the yard.

Wei Xiaohu is not tall, but he is very active and follows people out to help.

Si He stood by the door and looked at the sky. It was already dark. The weather was quite good in the morning, but the weather changed so suddenly.

After a while, heavy rain came down, and Ning Ji and the child hurried back to the house.

The villagers who had been gathering outside the house also dispersed and went home.

Ning Ji's head was slightly wet with rain, so Si He took out a handkerchief and wiped it for him.

"Thank you, ma'am." There was a gentle smile in his eyes.

Si He pursed her lips, glanced at him with a smile, and said nothing.

The little boy beside them looked at the two of them quietly and thought they were a perfect match.

The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and it doesn't look like it will stop for a while.

Si He saw that the child was staring at them. She turned her head to look at him, but he looked away stiffly and stood aside like a wooden man.

I heard before that this family only has one child, and judging by the situation, the child has a very difficult life.

She took out a few paper packages from her bag. These were pies she had bought in the town. She gave him two packages and said with a smile, "Here, kid. What's your name?"

He looked at the two bags of food stuffed into his hands with some surprise, and quickly replied, "Wei Xiaohu."

She nodded. "How old are you?"

"It's twelve."

Hearing this, she was a little surprised. He was very thin and looked about eight or nine years old. She didn't expect that he was twelve years old.

Well, it's malnutrition.

The three of them sat in the house, watching the heavy rain outside. Si He chatted with Wei Xiaohu, asking about the situation in the nearby city.

But this child had never been to those cities and had no idea about the situation outside. He was only familiar with the situation near the village.

The heavy rain outside continued until dusk. In fact, it was not impossible to set off now, but I was worried that the road would be difficult to travel on. It had been raining for so long and the road would be very muddy, which would be even more troublesome when it got dark.

Therefore, Si He and Ning Ji decided to stay here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning.

Si He gave Wei Xiaohu some money as payment for staying overnight.

The silver was not much, she only gave five taels, but this made Wei Xiaohu dare not accept it. You know, he has no money now. The little money his father left him had been used up long ago. He usually relied on the vegetables in the vegetable garden to feed himself, or dug wild vegetables in the wild to eat. He had no source of income at all.

Most families in the village could not save five taels of silver in a year, especially after the war, when the taxes to be paid became heavier, and the conscription fines drained the family assets of many people, making life very difficult.

Si He also knew the general situation. After discussing with Ning Ji, she decided to give five taels of silver. The amount of money was not much, but for a child in a small village, it was quite a lot. Sometimes giving too much is not a good thing.

Wei Xiaohu thanked again and again before putting the silver away. Then he ran out of the house and picked some vegetables from the vegetable garden to entertain the guests.

In the evening, I simply cooked some vegetable soup and ate it with pie. Fortunately, I bought a little more in the town before, otherwise, there would be nothing to eat tonight. The child didn’t even have rice at home.

Ning Ji was cooking soup in the kitchen when someone came outside.

"Xiao Hu, Xiao Hu, I heard that there are distinguished guests coming to your house?"

The man spoke loudly and without any politeness. He pushed open the wooden gate in front of the yard and walked in.

There were several people following him, and some villagers were watching from afar outside the house.

If it hadn't been raining, they would have come earlier.

Si He frowned slightly as he watched the group of people rushing in from outside.

Wei Xiaohu hurried forward, fearing that they might offend the distinguished guest, "Brother Dapeng, is there something wrong?"

"See if there's anything I can help you with. What did you have for dinner?" Wei Dapeng said as he pushed Wei Xiaohu aside and walked into the house.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a beautiful girl sitting by the table. She was dressed in luxurious clothes and wore expensive hairpins and rings on her head. It was obvious that she came from a wealthy family!

He was stunned for a moment, and so were the people who followed him in.

At this moment, they heard footsteps. They turned around and saw a handsome man walking in with a pot of soup. Looking at his indifferent and cold face, for some reason, they subconsciously took a step back.

They couldn't help but murmur in their hearts that this man was quite intimidating.

"Were we having vegetable soup tonight?" Wei Dapeng came back to his senses and looked at him rudely.

But Ning Ji just said calmly: "Get lost!"

Upon hearing this, their expressions immediately turned grim, especially Wei Dapeng. He gritted his teeth and said, "So arrogant! Who are you?"

Ning Ji didn't reply, but just put the soup in his hand on the table. Wei Xiaohu was a little anxious and started to confront everyone. He quickly pulled Wei Dapeng to go out, "Brother Dapeng, um, why don't you go back first."

But just as Wei Xiaohu was about to pull the person, Wei Dapeng pushed him away, "Get out of the way! This is Weijia Village, and we can't allow outsiders to be so arrogant!"

In Wei Dapeng's opinion, these two people might be the kind of wild mandarin ducks that eloped!