Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and paid the money. The old doctor said:

“Forget about the girl’s medicine money, it’s no big deal.

"Just take care of it, it's fine, but the little face is ruined, oh! How pitiful!"

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's face and sighed. Lin Xiaoxiao had always been famous for her beauty in the village, and many boys had wanted to marry her.

Lin Dagui is one of them. He had gone to Lin Xiaoxiao's house to propose marriage before, but was beaten out by Lin Xiaoxiao's parents, mainly because they disliked Lin Dagui for being useless.

Later, Lin Dagui followed his master in a fit of anger. No one knew what Lin Dagui learned from his master, but he hadn't seen him in the past two years.

After a long time, Lin Xiaoxiao slowly woke up. She looked at Zhao Qiaoniang weakly and said in a hoarse voice, "Sister Qiaoniang, thank you. Sister Mulan, thank you."

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at her and said:

"Okay, don't be so polite.

What are you going to do now?"

Lin Xiaoxiao looked bitter and said helplessly:

"I'm homeless now, but if I go back to Linjia Village, my parents will definitely sell me to the Zhou family.

The Zhou family is not a good place to live, and I don’t know what to do now.”

Zhao Qiaoniang coughed and said solemnly, "Xiaoxiao, there is something I must tell you. Your face is now... ruined."

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at her face, sighed, and continued, "The doctor said that it will be difficult to restore your face to its original state."

"Ruined?" Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't accept it for a moment, so she got up and rushed towards the bronze mirror next to her.

She was shocked when she saw herself in the bronze mirror: "Ah... ghost! It's not me, this is not me, wuwuwu..."

The old doctor took a sip of wine and said:

“Having a ruined appearance isn’t necessarily a bad thing. According to what you said, your parents forced you to marry into the Zhou family.

The Zhou family is a dangerous place. Isn't this a good opportunity for you to get rid of your parents now?

We are living in a chaotic world now. When the time comes, you can just buy an identity and you will be free.

But with your looks, it will be difficult for you to get married."

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the person in the bronze mirror, tears streaming down her face.

"Yes! Now that I'm in this state, my parents will never force me to marry into the Zhou family again, and I won't have to arrange a ghost marriage."

The old doctor said coldly:

"Your parents are such bad people for wanting to arrange a ghost marriage.

But there are parents in this world who don't love you. It's normal, too normal."

The old doctor took a big gulp of wine. Lin Qiaoniang looked at Lin Xiaoxiao's clothes and said, "Your clothes are so torn. Let's go to the cloth shop and buy some clothes!"

The old doctor smiled and said, "Now all the shops are closed, and mine is the only one open. Where can you sell your rabbit?"

This made Zhao Qiaoniang confused. The old doctor laughed and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the back alley. There's a grocery store in the back alley. They have everything. You can go there and ask."

Zhao Qiaoniang was still a little scared, and the old doctor said, "Don't be afraid, I won't harm you."

A group of people followed the old doctor to the back alley. The street seemed particularly deserted and several shops were empty. They walked to the innermost shop.

The old doctor walked forward and knocked gently on the door.

After a while, a hunchbacked old man opened the door and said unhappily:

"You old fool, why are you knocking on my door?

Do you want to buy me a drink?"

The old doctor laughed and said:

"Didn't I bring you business?

These people have more than a dozen fat rabbits and want to buy some clothes. See if you can help them."

The hunchbacked old man looked the three of them up and down and said, "Come in first!"

This grocery store is actually not very big, it only has one room.

From the outside, it was full of all kinds of groceries. Those items seemed to be second-hand goods from somewhere unknown, piled up in a mess.

There were old clay pots covered with dust and cracks.

There were also some rusty tools. The hunchbacked old man led them inside. The further they went, the more messy the place seemed.

Various items were placed randomly, with almost no order at all.

There were mountains of old clothes in all sorts of colors, some faded, some patched.

Next to it were some old books with yellowed pages and curled corners.

There were also some small items scattered on the ground, such as beads, buttons, etc., making it difficult to find where to put your feet.

The old man asked, "What do you want to exchange these dozen rabbits for? Food or money?"

Zhao Qiaoniang replied cautiously, "How do we exchange for food?"

"Eight bags of coarse grains and three bags of fine grains. Food is in short supply right now, so this is all I can exchange for.

If it were converted into silver, I would give you one ounce of silver."

It seemed more cost-effective to take silver, but Zhao Qiaoniang thought for a moment and said, "I want to exchange it for three bags of fine grain, and I'm not selling this rabbit. Is that okay?"

Her family hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so she plans to roast some rabbit for them to try today.

The hunchbacked old man nodded and said, "I have a lot of things here. Take a look. Is there anything you like?"

Zhao Qiaoniang glanced at the old clothes outside and said, "These are..."

"Oh... these clothes were sold to me by those people. If you want one, I'll give you 10 cents." said the hunchbacked old man.

Mulan pointed to the pile of clothes next to her and asked, "Where's that pile of clothes?"

"That pile of clothes is cheap. A single piece of clothing costs 1 cent, and a cotton-padded jacket costs 2 cents."

Mulan's eyes lit up and she said, "Two cents? So cheap?"

"Yes! These are all taken from the dead, so they are naturally cheap.

These are all people who can't afford to eat, and they're paying off their debts to me, so they're naturally different." The hunchbacked old man said this calmly, but it scared Mulan into a cold sweat.

Zhao Qiaoniang also shuddered and hurriedly picked out the clothes from the pile. Not to mention, the clothes were all pretty good.

She directly picked out a few cotton cloths and three cotton jackets and said, "These are pretty good. We'll wear them when we go hunting in the mountains."

"A total of 80 cents." said the hunchbacked old man.

These three cotton-padded jackets are pretty good, about 60% to 70% new, with no patches on them, and they have been washed clean.

Sometimes the family was so poor that they would just pawn the cotton-padded jacket for a few handfuls of rice.

Mulan was carrying two bags of grain, and Zhao Qiaoniang was carrying one. They supported Lin Xiaoxiao and said, "When we go back later, you can say you are Mulan's cousin. Let's give you a name, shall we?"

Mulan thought for a moment and said, "Kapok?"

Lin Xiaoxiao was silent. The name was too ugly. Zhao Qiaoniang thought for a moment and said, "How about calling it Hibiscus? I remember there's a flower called Hibiscus."

"Okay, Hibiscus."

The three of them sneaked back to the camp. Master Bai was waiting for them and said:

"I was worried about you!

They say someone rolled down the mountain. I don’t know who was so unlucky.”