Chapter 222: Shi Baozi
Chapter 222: Shi Baozi
The two walked slowly along the street, and saw a few little beggars in tattered clothes weaving among the crowd on the road ahead. The older children were holding tattered bowls in their hands, begging for alms from kind-hearted people passing by with pleading faces.
The younger ones stood not far from the bun shop, staring at the steaming buns in the steamer and swallowing their saliva.
Qin Yuehua noticed these poor children and felt a little pity for them. She walked straight to the bun shop on the street.
As soon as the owner of the bun shop saw Qin Yuehua, she guessed that this woman must be the daughter of a wealthy family.
So she hurriedly greeted him warmly, "Miss, you want to buy some meat buns, right? My buns are thin in skin and big in filling, they're really delicious. How many would you like?"
Qin Yuehua glanced at the buns neatly arranged in the steamer and said, "Boss, I want both trays of buns."
The proprietress was stunned at first, but then she reacted with a smile on her face, "Okay, miss, these buns are two cents each, and there are a hundred of them here, so the total is two hundred cents."
Upon hearing this, the maid Tingyu who was standing by quickly took out two hundred copper coins from her purse and handed them to the proprietress, and then took the cloth bag full of buns.
Qin Yuehua gently picked up two steaming and fragrant buns, and handed them to the little beggar who had been standing not far away, staring at the buns with his eyes wide open.
The little beggar was a little nervous and uneasy. He stretched out his little hands with slightly trembling hands and carefully took the two buns.
He raised his head, revealing a dirty but childish face, and said in a tender and babyish voice: "Thank you, sister!"
Then, he was so happy as if he had received the most precious gift in the world, and quickly stretched out his dark little hands to hold the bun tightly.
Then, he could no longer resist the temptation of the delicious food. He opened his little mouth impatiently and took a big bite of the bun. His mouth was stuffed full and his cheeks bulged like a cute little squirrel. As he chewed hard, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.
At this moment, five or six other older beggars noticed the situation here. When they saw Qin Yuehua giving buns to the little beggar, they hurriedly gathered around, stretching their necks and staring at the beautiful sister in front of them who looked like a fairy and had a kind heart.
"Beautiful sister, could you please give each of us a bun?" asked one of the braver beggars.
Qin Yuehua nodded gently and replied softly, "Of course!"
Then, she took out one big meat bun after another from the cloth bag with swift movements and distributed them to each beggar who came to beg.
After receiving the buns, every child had a bright smile on his face, as if these small buns were a ray of light in their lives.
After a while, one of the beggars suddenly asked curiously, "My kind sister, can we call the other children to come and get the buns together?"
Qin Yuehua was amused by the children's innocent appearance when she heard this question. She smiled and replied, "Of course you can, but you must remember to have everyone line up and come one by one to collect them, so that there won't be any chaos!"
"Thank you, sister. I'll go tell them right away." The beggar didn't even bother to eat the buns. He stuffed the buns into his arms and ran away.
So a strange scene formed on the street. A group of beggars in tattered clothes lined up in a long and neat queue, waiting for Qin Yuehua to distribute buns.
Every time the beggars received a bun, they would say thank you to Qin Yuehua, and this continued until every bun was given out.
Qin Yuehua said: "Tingyu, let's go."
The maid Tingyu said: "Yes, Miss."
The two men's backs walked further and further away, and the little beggars gathered together and talked about it.
A beggar asked: "Who is that beautiful and kind-hearted lady from?"
Another beggar said: "I know her. She is Qin Yuehua, the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Qin. She has also given me alms before."
Another beggar said: "Yes, I remember. During the famine two years ago, I drank the porridge she gave out."
The beggars said: "Miss Qin is such a good person."
The beggars said: "Yes, yes."
The maid Tingyu looked at her young lady and said, "Our young lady is really kind-hearted."
Qin Yuehua said: "Stop talking nonsense for now. Let's go to the pharmacy in Taohua County tomorrow to see if there are any good supplements."
The maid Tingyu said: "Why hasn't Prince Zhou sent the magic medicine yet?"
Qin Yuehua thought for a while and said: "It shouldn't be that fast to deliver the medicine from southern Xinjiang."
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