At this moment, an old man and a child were sitting in the corner at the entrance of the barbecue restaurant, watching the passers-by. Their clothes were in tatters and their faces were covered in black and gray dust.
Qibao walked forward and squatted in front of the two, the old man and the child saw that there was a young nobleman squatting in front of them who was not dressed in a vulgar way, the child shrank in the old man's arms with some fear, the old man also tightly protected the child in his arms, and the two pairs of eyes looked at Qibao nervously.
Qibao smiled gently and asked: "Don't be afraid, I don't mean any harm, it's such a hot day, I wonder why the two of you are sitting here?"
"Back... back to this gentleman, we grandfather and granddaughter came here to beg, we haven't eaten for a day." The old man said.
Qibao heard this and saw that there was a store selling buns not far away, got up and went to buy four meat buns and handed them to the old man and said: "Here you go, eat!"
The old man quickly stood up and thanked her. It took him a long time to stand up. Qibao could also tell that the old man had some inconvenience in his legs and feet.
"Xi'er, thank you sir quickly." The old man took the bun and said to the child beside him.
"Thank you, sir." The child's soft voice sounded. After saying that, she leaned against the old man again, but looked at Qibao with her big eyes.
After Qibao heard the sound, she realized that it was a girl. However, her face was a little dirty and her hair covered most of her face. Qibao thought it was a boy.
Qibao watched the old man hand the bun in his hand to the little girl, but he was reluctant to eat it. The little girl was also sensible, so she took a bun and fed it to the old man.
Qibao asked: "Don't you have any family?"
The old man sighed and said: "The family suffered a disaster, my son had an accident and died, my daughter-in-law also ran away with someone, my wife couldn't take the shock and also left, leaving only us grandfather and granddaughter at home, my legs are not good, and I want to find a job but no one wants me, so I can only take Xie'er with me to beg for food to survive."
Qibao said: "I will arrange work for you. Are you willing to follow me in the future?"
When the old man heard Qibao's words, he was stunned for a while and then said immediately: "Thank you very much, young master, but I can't do much physical work with my legs. My granddaughter is still young and can't do many things. I'm afraid I can only thank you for your kindness."
Qibao said: "It doesn't matter. My family still needs a concierge. Why don't you work as a concierge in my house? Firstly, you can have enough food to eat, and secondly, you can have a place to live."
When the old man heard this, his face was filled with joy, and he asked again: "Young master has no relation with us, so why are you helping us like this? I really can't figure it out."
Qibao replied: "Because I have my eye on this granddaughter of yours and want to......"
Before Qibao could finish speaking...
"No! I don't agree! Don't even think about it! Even if I die, I will never send my granddaughter into the hands of people like you!" The old man looked wary. He didn't expect that the rich young man who seemed like a good guy just now would suddenly target his granddaughter. As expected, this bad guy is good at disguise. He didn't expect that this little young master, who looked so young, could have such dirty thoughts.
Qibao also had a dark expression on her face. She knew that the old man had misunderstood, so she explained: "Old man, you misunderstood. I am only training your granddaughter and teaching her martial arts and reading. Isn't this bad?"
The old man still looked at Qibao with disbelief and said: "I don't believe you rich people don't have maids and thugs. There's no reason why you would choose someone among beggars. Isn't it because we are beggars who have no power and are easy to bully? Don't even think about it!"
Qibao said: "Okay, since you don't want to, then I won't force you." Then Qibao told the old man the address of the house in the town and said: "If you encounter anything, come here and ask me for help. I will definitely help." After saying that, Qibao took out a silver coin from her arms and put it in front of the old man, turned around and left.
The old man looked at Qibao's walking back, and for a moment he wondered if he had really misunderstood this young master, who didn't look like a bad person.
Just when the old man was still immersed in thought, the voice of the girl in his arms brought him back to his senses...
"Grandpa, now that we have money, can we buy a lot of things to eat?" The little girl looked up at her grandfather with an innocent smile, still holding the silver that Qibao had just given her.
The old man suddenly became nervous, collected the money in his granddaughter's hand, and said: "Xi'er, don't let the money leak out in the future, otherwise we will be targeted by bad guys and both of us will be in danger." They have never met anyone who would give them money. The most they usually get is some food or one or two copper coins.
"Grandpa, is that young man a good person? He didn't bully us like others." The little girl asked.
"Maybe he is a good person! Come on, Xi'er, let's leave this place first." The old man quickly picked up his granddaughter who was still sitting on the ground, and the two of them limped toward other places, but they didn't know that the money in their hands had been targeted.
When Qibao returned to the house, the siblings had already woken up from their sleep and were currently cleaning the house. They were really in much better shape since Qibao had secretly added some spirit spring water to the water they drank.
Seeing Qibao return, Chun Wa and Qiu Ya immediately greeted her respectfully: "Young master, you are back! I will pour some water back to quench your thirst, please sit down and rest for a while."
Qibao said: "Don't be busy. You don't need to do these tasks. As long as you all study carefully what I teach you from now on."
"Yes! Master." They both replied in unison.
"Master, how come we haven't seen Uncle Xiong Da and Uncle Xiong Er?" Chun Wa asked.
Qibao almost burst out laughing. Xiong Da and Xiong and Xiong Er have become uncles. She wondered how they'd feel about not having to act like they were: "I sent them to do other things. You won't be able to see them for a while."
"Oh, then in the future when young master goes out let me and my sister follow you, we can also run errands and take things for you." Chun Wa said.
"Okay!" Qibao said.
The siblings were grinning from ear to ear when they heard her agreement, they just felt that the days now were simply too good to be true. They didn't need to chop wood or work in the fields, they didn't need to do all sorts of rough labor, and most importantly, they were able to have enough to eat.
Qibao said: "I bought two new clothes for each of you. Let's try them on to see if they fit."
When Chun Wa and Qiu Ya heard this, they were somewhat flattered and quickly waved their hands and said: "How can we let the young master spend money? We haven't done anything for you yet!"
Qibao said: "You are all mine, I can't treat you badly, and the clothes you are wearing now are inappropriate for following me."
Both Chun Wa and Qiu Ya looked down at the clothes they were wearing, indeed they were not suitable to follow the young master, they were too worn out and would lower the young master's status.
So the two of them thanked Qibao and went to the room to try on the new clothes.
Not a moment later, the two people came out, Qibao looked at the two people with satisfaction. It was really worth the saying, Buddha relies on gold clothes and people rely on clothes, this new clothes are different when you put them on.
The clothes fit very well, and they were just right on both of them. Originally, the siblings were not ugly, and they really looked like handsome men and beautiful women in these clothes.
"Well, not bad, it looks good!" Qibao praised.
The brother and sister were very happy. It was the first time for them to wear such beautiful new clothes. When they heard Qibao's praise, they quickly said: "Young master has good taste, we like it very much, thank you very much, master."