The general's wife knows medicine

Due to Xiaotuanzi's sudden voice, the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve dinner suddenly became lively.

In this era, there were no mobile phones or televisions, so the whole family would gather around the stove, roasting fire, cracking melon seeds and chatting.

At three quarters past midnight, little Tuanzi felt sleepy, so Nanny Yuan carried her back to her room.

Tang's mother and Tang Peipei stayed up until four quarters past midnight, which was exactly twelve o'clock, and set off firecrackers in the yard before going back to their rooms to sleep.

The next day was New Year's Day. Tang Peipei didn't need to worship his ancestors and had nothing else to do, so he got up late.

Tang's mother and Nanny Yuan had nothing to do, so they invited little Tuanzi to go to Jinghe Temple to burn incense.

Tang Peipei got up and saw that no one was at home, so she went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of Yuanbao.

After eating, I had nothing to do, so I went out and planned to go for a walk.

To be honest, although she lived in the town, she had never really visited Jinghe Town seriously.

The town is not small, and it will probably take an hour or two to walk around the entire town.

Tang Peipei walked along the alley where her restaurant was located all the way to the center of the town.

Today is the first day of the new year, and the streets are filled with laughter and the sounds of children playing.

Red lanterns are hung everywhere on the streets, and the scene is filled with joy everywhere.

There are a lot of people shopping on the street today. Tang Peipei squeezes around and looks around.

There were even jugglers on the street performing stone-breaking moves with their chests.

Tang Peipei was staring intently and didn't notice a small figure slowly approaching her.

It was a child who was dressed in rags, about ten years old.

He had been following Tang Peipei for a while and watched Tang Peipei buy things.

He quietly walked up to Tang Peipei and reached for the purse on Tang Peipei's waist.

Tang Peipei felt a movement around his waist and found that his purse was missing.

Looking back, he saw a child pushing his way out of the crowd, and he immediately realized that it was the child who stole his purse.

He immediately shouted, "Thief, catch the thief!" and chased the child while shouting.

Everyone around looked at them curiously, and some of them didn't even react to what was happening and were pushed aside by Tang Peipei.

Tang Peipei stared at the child's figure and tried hard to squeeze in that direction.

Suddenly, there was a chaos of people and horses.

The child was small in stature, which gave him an advantage over Tang Peipei in the crowd, and he quickly squeezed out of the crowd.

When Tang Peipei squeezed out of the crowd, the child had already run far away.

Tang Peipei pointed at the child and shouted, "Catch the thief! That child is a thief."

When the child saw Tang Peipei chasing after him, he saw a corner ahead and ran in that direction.

Tang Peipei watched the child disappear from his sight.

I felt a little disappointed because I brought two hundred taels of silver with me today. I thought there might be some new things in the New Year and I wanted to buy some of them.

But she forgot that this was ancient times and it was New Year, so those thieves would be out and about.

He felt a little disappointed, as these two hundred taels were enough for his family to travel a long way.

Suddenly there was a bang in front of her, and the child's figure appeared in front of her.

Tang Peipei looked at the child lying on the ground, then looked up.

I saw a man wearing green tights and holding a long sword standing not far away.

Tang Peipei knew that it was this man who caught the child, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you~~brave man!"

Tang Peipei wanted to call him "young master", but when he saw that the man was dressed like a martial artist, he changed his words and called him "strong man".

Forgive her unfamiliarity with this world.

Tang Peipei looked down at the child lying on the ground, "Where's the purse?"

The child held his stomach and tremblingly took out a purse from his arms.

Tang Peipei snatched it, opened it and saw that the money inside was still there, and he felt relieved.

Fortunately it wasn’t lost.

Only then did she look at the child on the ground carefully. She saw that in such a cold winter, the child was only wearing a very tattered old cotton-padded jacket, with cotton even leaking out in some places.

The child was very thin, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was skin and bones. He had frostbite on his hands and his face was pale.

Tang Peipei felt pity when seeing this.

"Hey, kid, are you okay?" Tang Peipei squatted in front of the child and asked in a light tone.

Although she felt sorry for him, she was still a little angry because he was the one who stole her money.

The child snorted coldly, "You can kill me or chop me up as you like. It's my bad luck that I was caught by you today."

"Wow, you're quite tough." Tang Peipei didn't expect that such a young child could say such words. She thought he would at least beg for mercy.

"Hmph~~" The child turned his head and ignored Tang Peipei.

Tang Peipei looked up and saw that the strong man was still standing there. Wondering if he needed help with something, he forcefully pulled the child up.

The child thought that Tang Peipei was going to send him to see the official, so he was inevitably afraid, but he still gritted his teeth and didn't say a word.

Tang Peipei pulled him in front of the warrior.

"Is there anything this brave man needs help with?" Tang Peipei asked.

The warrior showed no emotion, and said calmly: "I just helped you catch the thief who stole your money. Shouldn't you give me some money as a thank you?"

Tang Peipei was stunned when she heard this. It was the first time she saw someone asking for a thank-you gift so directly.

But she thought that what the man said was not wrong, and it seemed that she was negligent.

A child's voice came faintly, "What I did is called stealing, and what you did is called robbery." The child looked straight at the man.

The man looked at the child with scrutiny in his eyes.

"You took it for granted. I earned my wages through labor. At least I helped her catch you."

Tang Peipei couldn't help but find it funny when she saw the child looking at the man stubbornly.

She took out ten taels of silver from her purse and handed it to the man, indicating that she agreed with what he said.

Since you have put in the work, you should be rewarded.

But the man didn't take it and said, "Not enough."

When Tang Peipei heard him say this, she thought that this man was a righteous man and didn't look like someone who would ask for too much.

On second thought, could it be that he had encountered some difficulties?

Thinking that others had helped him no matter what, he asked, "How much do you want?"

"One hundred taels." The man said lightly, but from his slightly red face it can be seen that he is a little embarrassed.

Tang Peipei took out one hundred taels of silver from his purse and handed it to him.

The man was a little bit incredulous, he just said it with the mentality of giving it a try.

You know, one hundred taels is a lot of money for an ordinary family. Unexpectedly, the girl in front of him gave it to him without even thinking about it.

But thinking that the young master was still waiting at the inn, he stopped being shy and took the banknote.

As he turned around, he said, "Thank you, girl! I will pay you back when I have the chance."

Tang Peipei smiled and said, "Okay."

The child saw Tang Peipei giving the man one hundred taels so easily and looked at Tang Peipei as if she were a fool.

Tang Peipei looked at the way the child looked at her and said, "Don't look at me like that. Maybe he has encountered some difficulties."

The child said contemptuously: "You are the only one who believes it."

"Hey, put away that contemptuous look of yours. If you don't believe me, let's wait and see." As he said that, he pulled the little boy towards the restaurant alley.

The child thought Tang Peipei was taking her to see the mayor, but unexpectedly he was taking him to a farmer's house.

"This is my home, come in first." Tang Peipei walked in first.

Seeing that Tang Peipei did not send him to see the official, the child probably would not send him there again, so he bravely followed Tang Peipei into the courtyard.