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Xu Gong ran all the way back to the stall, where Wen was comforting Xu Baobao, whose eyes were swollen from crying.

"Don't cry, baby. It's not your fault. If you cry and hurt your eyes, your mother will be even more upset when she comes back and sees you." Xu Gong comforted Xu Baobao for a while, and then asked Wen Shi, "Mother, where is my little sister?"

Wiping away her tears, Wen replied, "Your younger sister and I searched all the way, but no one had seen it. It was your younger sister who was quick-witted; she asked a little beggar and took her to look for it."

After asking for directions, Xu Gong also gave chase.

……

Xu Qing followed the little beggar as they quickly weaved through the alley. The little beggar looked thin, but his movements were incredibly agile; Xu Qing almost lost him several times.

After walking for about ten minutes, the little beggar slipped into a dilapidated house. Xu Qing followed him inside without hesitation.

This is an abandoned Taoist temple. It is very spacious inside, with some straw spread on the ground.

The area was crowded with beggars of all ages, many of them physically disabled. They emitted a foul odor.

"Father, this lady asked us to help her find someone carrying such a big bamboo basket covered with a red floral cloth. If we find one, she will give each of us 20 coins."

The little beggar said excitedly to the big beggar who only had one arm.

Xu Qing looked at the man the little beggar called "father" and bowed respectfully: "Please, you must help me find that man. The bamboo basket contains my daughter, who is almost a month old."

The little beggar patted his chest confidently and said, "Don't worry, madam. My father knows all the beggars in this town. As long as that person hasn't left the town, we'll definitely find him."

The large beggar scrutinized Xu Qing: "You said each person could have 20 coins, but I have one or two hundred brothers under my command. Can you come up with that much silver?"

Xu Qing understood the man's concerns; two hundred people would require four taels of silver.

Ordinary people live in poverty; a family's annual living expenses are only one or two taels of silver.

She reached into her bosom, but actually took out two taels of silver from the shopping cart.

"This is the deposit. I will pay the remaining two taels after I find the person."

The large beggar stretched out his only hand, took the silver, put it in his mouth and bit it to confirm it was genuine. Then he said to the group of people behind him:

"Go ask the brothers outside immediately. Do they have any trace of this person?"

Xu Qing felt a little relieved. Actually, she was very afraid that this person would turn his back on her after taking the money.

The large beggar sat back down on the ground and asked casually, "You said the basket contained your daughter. Just a little girl. If she's lost, she's lost. Why are you willing to spend so much money looking for her?"

The methods used to pickpocket people these days are cruel; by the time you find them, they might already be a corpse. This money has been spent, isn't it? You don't regret it?

Xu Qing's expression was firm, even though she was only occupying this body and was not Xu Beibei's real mother.

After spending more than ten days together, she had already come to regard herself as the real Xu Qing, and they were her real family.

"Money can be earned back, but once a person is gone, you have nothing left. That's my daughter, whom I carried for ten months and gave birth to with great difficulty. How could I bear to leave her?"

If he's alive, I want to see him in person; if he's dead, I want to see his body."

As Xu Qing spoke, the big beggar carefully observed her. Seeing that what she said didn't seem like a lie, and that she had actually taken out two taels of silver, he was somewhat moved.

Neither of them spoke anymore.

Just then, a lame little beggar hopped in: "Father, Big Worm said he saw the man carrying the big bamboo basket that this lady mentioned over in Willow Leaf Lane. He was a tall and strong man."

Upon hearing that there was finally news, Xu Qing was excited.

The large beggar asked methodically, "Do you know exactly where that person went?"

The lame little beggar said, "That man went into a house, and the tiger is guarding outside. What do we do now?"

The big beggar reached out his hand to Xu Qing: "I've found the person for you, give me the other two taels of silver."

Xu Qing looked at the shopping cart and saw that he only had 5 taels of silver left. He had sold the wild boar for 18 taels. He had spent some money on food and other things for the family these past few days, and he hadn't even started making money from the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) business yet.

We need to work harder to make money!

She took out two taels of silver and handed it to the one-armed beggar: "Thank you. I'm not very familiar with the roads in town. Could you have someone take me to that person? I can give you some more money for the errand."

The old beggar accepted the two taels of silver and kindly reminded him, "There must be his accomplices inside. How can you, a woman, go to save them?"

Knowing Xu Beibei's whereabouts, Xu Qing only wanted to rush to the little one's side immediately. She said urgently:

“My brother has already reported it to the authorities. All you need to do is have someone take me to my daughter.”

The big beggar said calmly, "Many children have gone missing in town recently, and the government hasn't done anything about it. Your brother may have to return empty-handed."

“However…” the big beggar changed his tone and continued, “I see that you cherish your daughter. I can have my brothers help you rescue her, but in exchange, you have to do me a favor.”

Xu Qing nodded in agreement without hesitation, then urged, "Then let's hurry up and rescue them."

The sooner we rescued our daughter, the less she would suffer. I wonder how Beibei is now, whether she's hungry, and whether she's afraid because her family isn't around. If she cries, those people probably won't comfort her.

Xu Qing felt as if her heart was being torn apart just thinking about these things.

The big beggar called out, and the returning crowd followed him out again.

Xu Gong searched for a long time in the direction Wen had indicated, but he couldn't find Xu Qing or Xu Beibei. Just when he was about to despair, a large group of beggars came out of the box.

The surrounding crowd dispersed, some of them, with short tempers, cursing:

"You filthy beggars, don't you have eyes? Is this a place for you to come on the street? Go back to the side and kneel down to beg for food."

The one-armed beggar leading the group gave a sharp look, and the crowd behind him stopped in their tracks, staring at the man menacingly.

The man got scared and ran away muttering curses under his breath.

Xu Gong then noticed Xu Qing among the beggars and quickly raised his hand, shouting, "Little sister, little sister!"

The one-armed beggar glanced at Xu Gong, then looked at Xu Qing. Xu Qing explained in a low voice, "That's my brother. Let's go together and hurry up and save him!"

The one-armed beggar nodded slightly. Xu Qing waved to Xu Gong, who ran to Xu Qing's side. The group continued on their way.

On the way, Xu Qing explained first, and Xu Gong was also very excited when he heard that they were going to rescue Xu Beibei.

When his niece went missing, he saw his younger sister looking distraught and couldn't imagine what would have happened to her if his niece hadn't been found.

The large number of beggars marched along the road, causing panic among the town's residents. Some people ran to the government office to report that the beggars had rioted.

The gatekeeper scoffed, "What can a bunch of stinking beggars do? A riot? That's laughable!"

Maybe some restaurant was dumping its swill and they went to steal it.

The bailiffs burst into laughter, and the person who reported the crime had no choice but to leave dejectedly.