Chapter 7: The Old Man Wants to Take Her as His Master

“I have no money.”

Su Luoluo vigilantly stared at the old man.

She was very poor, alright!

Don’t try to swindle her.

The old man was so angered by Su Luoluo’s suspicious behavior that his beard twitched. He pointed at Su Luoluo, gasping for breath, unable to speak for a long time.

This stinky girl was obsessed with money.

“I have money.”

Three words, squeezed out from between the old man’s teeth.

Su Luoluo looked at the old man with a dubious gaze.

There was a large patch on the knees of his trousers; he didn’t look like a wealthy man at all.

“I live in town.”

Seeing Su Luoluo’s disbelief, the old man spoke.

In Su Luoluo’s mind, living in town meant better conditions than living in the mountain village, so she reluctantly believed the old man.

“Why do you want to choose me as your apprentice?”

Su Luoluo asked.

The old man said solemnly, “Although you are somewhat ugly, I am not a person who judges people by their appearance…”

Why did she ask such a question?

Now everyone was unhappy.

“Bye, see you next time if we’re destined to meet again.”

Before he could finish speaking, Su Luoluo waved her hand and turned to leave.

“Little friend, don’t go! At worst, you… you become my master!”

The old man hurriedly stepped forward to stop Su Luoluo from leaving.

Su Luoluo quickly jumped back a large step. This person was definitely a scammer!

Letting her be his master? Masters should take care of their apprentices. Tsk… this was him trying to get her to support him in his old age!

She had seen people who sponged off their parents, but never someone sponging off someone younger.

She had seen people swindling for a while, but never someone swindling for a lifetime.

When the old man said he wanted to take Su Luoluo as his master, his wrinkled old face flushed red.

However, considering the pursuit of knowledge without limits and not being ashamed to ask questions, he felt it was nothing. The girl in front of him was very skilled, after all, her silver needles were used with uncanny skill, and she even knew the lost and bizarre Ghost Gate Thirteen Needles technique.

If he could take her as his master, it wouldn’t be bad.

Taking advantage of the old man’s distraction, Su Luoluo took off running. Why wait if she could run now? She had several younger children to raise at home, and she didn’t want to raise an old man outside.

The old man only felt a whoosh in front of him, and then the person was gone.

“…” The old man. Who understands? He really wasn’t a scammer.

Su Luoluo quickly put the swindling old man out of her mind. She rented a tractor and went to the market first to buy two pounds of pork and a fish.

Those three poor little ones; their clothes had too many patches to count, and they were ill-fitting. Their shoes were also broken, and they often went barefoot.

She also bought clothes and shoes for the children from a roadside stall.

Finally, she went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The door of the supply and marketing cooperative was painted green, the shelves were green, the counter was made of wood, and there were large panes of glass allowing one to see the goods inside the counter.

The left shelves held cloth, sheets, clothes, and shoes.

On the floor were rice, spices, pots, pans, kettles, and so on.

The central shelves held radios, sewing machines, cigarettes, and alcohol.

The right side held cups, kerosene lamps, soap, and other daily necessities.

On the counter were several large glass jars filled with various candies and biscuits.

“How much is a pound of rice?”

Su Luoluo looked at the saleswoman behind the counter and pointed to a bag of rice on the floor.

The saleswoman lifted her eyelids and looked over. “Twenty cents a pound.”

A bag of rice weighed over one hundred kilograms, costing over twenty yuan.

“I’ll take a bag.”

Su Luoluo bought a bag.

She also bought a bag of flour and some daily necessities.

The children at home didn’t even have toothbrushes or cups, so she had to buy those too.

Su Luoluo asked, “Do you sell milk powder?”

The three children at home were as thin as monkeys and needed some milk powder to supplement their bodies.

This question successfully made the saleswoman look at Su Luoluo.

Milk powder was a rare item, almost unaffordable for rural people.

“Two cans came in this morning, each costing 160 yuan.”

The person in front of her looked like a rural person and didn’t seem like she could afford it, but the saleswoman still replied.

Compared to her era, a can of milk powder wasn’t that expensive.

Su Luoluo said, “I’ll take a can.”

The saleswoman looked at Su Luoluo in surprise and took out a can of milk powder.

After paying, Su Luoluo had three large bills left; the money hadn’t even warmed up in her hands before it was gone.

She looked at the candies and biscuits in the glass jars.

She remembered Niuniu’s wolfish eating of cloud cakes.

“How much is a jin of Da Bai Tu milk candy? How much is a pound of biscuits?”

Su Luoluo asked.

The saleswoman said, “The candy is sixteen yuan a jin, and these biscuits are eight yuan a pound.”

“One pound of candy, half a pound of biscuits.”

Su Luoluo gritted her teeth and bought them anyway.

The saleswoman immediately weighed out the candy and biscuits for Su Luoluo.

Now Su Luoluo only had one large bill left. After paying for the tractor rental, she would only have two yuan left.

The tractor driver helped carry everything onto the tractor.

Tut-tut-tut—

The tractor headed towards Qingshan Village.

Su Luoluo sat at the back of the tractor, able to enjoy the scenery.

On the way, Su Luoluo saw a car parked by the roadside.

Three incredibly handsome and well-built men stood by the roadside.

Su Luoluo whistled at them, habitually raising her eyebrow diagonally upwards.

Did this mountain gully have good feng shui for raising handsome men?