Scientific Travel

The main things I wanted to buy this time were seasonings and tofu skin bricks. Each tofu skin brick cost 200 copper coins, so 80,000 tofu skin bricks would cost 16 gold coins.

Deng Yin had 18 gold coins left, and after deducting the cost of the baiye bricks, he had two gold coins left. Since there was nothing he wanted to buy at the moment, he decided to spend all the remaining money on seasonings.

The system space was less than fifty square meters. Deng had filled the basement and room with things before he arrived, and even so, the remaining space was just over one hundred square meters.

The louvered bricks alone take up fifty square meters of space. If you want to buy fifty square meters of seasoning for two gold coins, you basically have to buy the expensive ones.

Most of the seasonings Deng Yin bought were common ones; he only bought a few expensive ones, and when he filled the container, he still had 203 silver coins left.

Perhaps the temperature isn't low enough yet, so the impact on the plants isn't very noticeable. Deng Yin plans to renovate the house first, and things should be almost done once the renovation is finished.

When Deng Yin finished buying the seasonings and was about to go home to collect the basil bricks, a crowd gathered in front of him.

The man in the lead was burly and muscular, carrying a wooden stick, with a scar on his face and a full beard.

The scarred man saw Deng Yin and teased, "Little sister, it's not safe for you to walk alone at night. Do you want your brother to give you a ride?" The scarred man walked towards Deng Yin and stopped when the two were less than an arm's length apart.

"But, since it's so late and I'm busy taking you home, shouldn't you give me some money to spend?"

The people around burst into laughter.

Deng Yin looked up at the sky; the sun was still high in the sky, with only a faint hint of it about to set.

The house Deng Yin bought was in a very remote area; on his way home, he would definitely pass through a small alley. This alley was also very remote.

The other side outnumbered us and had weapons, so a direct confrontation was not the way to go.

Of course, even if the opponent is alone and unarmed, she might not be able to defeat him.

This group of people all look to be as big as Deng Yinliang.

The scarred man at the head of the group was even stronger, capable of taking on three men.

This group of people is unlikely to be resolved peacefully; it will cost some money, but every penny counts. "Look at my clothes, they're too short. I don't look like a rich person at all."

Before Deng Yin could finish speaking, the scarred man interrupted her coldly, "Stop pretending. I just saw it with my own eyes. You spent so much money buying louvered bricks, and the address they delivered to was a luxury mansion." The scarred man weighed the wooden stick in his hand and continued, "I hate being lied to the most. Tell me, how do you want to resolve this?"

Deng Yin was very vigilant; he had never seen these people when he bought the bricks.

It seems someone set this up.

However, the system, unaware of this, shouted in Deng Yin's mind, "My shop has laser guns, only three points!"

Deng Yin hadn't expected the system to offer a solution proactively. "No need, I have a stun gun."

The group was unaware that a single, unintentional remark from Scarface had saved them from their fate of turning to ashes.

On the surface, Deng Yin pretended to be very scared and said in a trembling voice, "Then... then what do you want to do?"

Hearing Deng Yin's words, Scarface grinned wickedly, "Seeing how cooperative you are, I don't want to make things difficult for you. However, since you've lied to your brother, you'll definitely have to pay a price. Just give me all the money you have on you, and let me check it, and I'll forgive you."

As if certain that Deng Yin wouldn't refuse, the scarred man reached out and stroked her hair.

So dirty! So dirty! So dirty! So dirty! So dirty! So dirty! So dirty! So dirty!

Deng Yin was extremely impatient and could no longer bear it.

Regardless of what the mastermind behind this is up to, today the scarred man must leave with one of his hands!

"Stop!" shouted a man who looked like a beggar, dressed in tattered clothes.

The beggar pushed aside the scarred man and stood protectively in front of Deng Yin, his face radiating righteousness. "I've already reported it to the authorities. If you know what's good for you, you'd better leave now!"

You could tell that even though the man was trying to appear brave and fearless, a slight tremor in his voice betrayed him.

The scarred man naturally understood. "Heh, this place is far from the authorities. You couldn't possibly report it to the authorities in such a short time. At least make your story believable. Do you really think your brother is someone who's easily scared? Since you want to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, I'll grant your wish. I'll beat you up first, then deal with her!"

The beggar man was trembling, but he still stood in front of Deng Yin and whispered to her, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

Deng Yin was momentarily stunned and speechless.

By the time the beggar realized what had happened, he had already been beaten to the ground by the scarred man.

Suddenly, someone shouted from the end of the alley: "Officer, this is it! A fight has broken out!"

Upon hearing that the constables had arrived, the scarred man, ignoring Deng Yin, grabbed his stick and quickly ran out of the alley.

The scarred man struck hard; the beggar man was covered in blood.

The man who had just shouted that the officials were coming saw the scarred man leave and quickly went to help the beggar man.

It was a boy, who looked quite young, maybe ten years old. Seeing the beggar man so badly injured, he was heartbroken and tears streamed down his face. "How could you be so foolish? You knew you couldn't win, yet you still went! If I hadn't pretended to be a constable, you would be dead, do you know that?!"

The beggar man gave a pitiful smile and said, "I'm fine, don't worry."

"How could I not worry about you when you're like this!" the boy suddenly changed the subject. "You got so badly injured because of this woman, and she didn't even react. You're injured like this and she didn't even try to help you up."

Despite the boy's hostility, Deng Yin remained unfazed.

The beggar boy retorted angrily, "I saved her because it's what I should do, not because I wanted anything in return. Don't be so rude! Apologize to her right now!"

The boy looked displeased, but still did as the beggar man said.

"I'm sorry." The voice was full of dissatisfaction, with no intention of apologizing whatsoever.

Deng Yin didn't care; he simply watched quietly as the two of them tried to do something.

Seeing Deng Yin's lack of understanding, the boy angrily said, "Your brother was beaten up like this because of you, and you don't care at all. You're such a bad woman!"

Bad woman...

Pfft, this was the first time she had ever heard someone use that word to describe her.

"Feifei, didn't I tell you you can't..." The beggar frowned, wanting to educate the boy.

Deng Yin interrupted the beggar and said to the boy, "Then what do you think I should do?"

The boy frowned and replied, "Of course, I'd find him a good doctor and take good care of him until he fully recovers from his serious injuries. You're asking me about this? Isn't this the proper attitude towards someone who saves your life?"

Seeing that the beggar seemed about to say something to the boy, Deng Yin spoke first: "That makes sense. In that case, I'll take him to see a doctor now."

The beggar's injuries were not very serious, at least not as serious as they appeared. He could recover after a month of rest and medication.

Deng went out and talked to the doctor about something. When he came back, he said to the boy, "I just talked to the doctor. You will stay here until your wounds are fully healed. He will take care of you. Don't worry, I have already paid the money."

"but……"

"Don't interrupt me yet, I haven't finished." Deng Yin knew what the boy wanted to say, and interrupted him before he could speak: "I'll give you an extra four silver coins as expenses for this month."

For an average person, two months' worth of expenses would not exceed one silver coin, and that would be considered a relatively comfortable life.

Deng gave out four, which is quite a lot.

A beggar can't even earn two silver coins in a whole year.

The beggar man was clever and understood what Deng Yin meant. "Since you have already paid the medical expenses, we naturally cannot ask the doctor to return them. But I cannot accept these four silver coins."

The bloodstains on the beggar man's face were wiped clean, revealing a fair and handsome face with dark eyes like two grapes.

"We've seen it before. A bunch of us stayed at your house before, and you weren't angry, you just let us go, right?"

"I've always believed that good people are rewarded. You can take everything I've done today as your reward."

"But if you insist on giving me these four gold coins, I might have to get injured as a reward for you."