Baozi Xishi's Struggle

After Shen Yu received the Buddhist beads that day, they have been kept by Li.

After the ancestor worship, Li asked Shen Yu to wear the beads with him. Shen Yu felt that the monk's words were mysterious and he resisted the Buddhist beads given by the monk. He refused on the grounds that it would be inconvenient to work while making buns and he was afraid that they would be dirty. Seeing that Shen Yu insisted, Li had to place the Buddhist beads on the small table.

Now Li was lying down, thinking about what had happened in the past few days, and thought of the Buddhist beads again.

Seeing that Li looked serious, Shen Yu knew that if she didn't go to get it, she would have to get it herself, so she had no choice but to go and get the Buddhist beads.

Li asked her to wear it on her hand. Shen Yu took it and wrapped it around her hand. Her wrist was slender, so she wrapped it around her hand several times. She shook it for Li to see, and said helplessly, "Mother, it is really inconvenient to do things like this. Besides, I am fiddling with the pork stuffing, and wearing this is disrespectful to the Buddha."

Li looked at the Buddhist beads on Shen Yu's hand that had been wrapped three or four times but were still hanging loosely, and said helplessly: "How about this, you put it in your purse and carry it close to your body when you go out, and wear it for two days."

Shen Yu knew that this was a compromise, so she rolled up the Buddhist beads and put them into her small purse, and promised Li that she would carry them with her when she set up shop the next day.

At the time of Yin on the second day, Shen Yu got up. Li also wanted to get up, but Shen Yu asked her to lie down and said with a smile, "Mother, lie down and don't get up. The three of us will go to set up the stall."

Li was rustling her clothes. She said nonchalantly, "This plaster is really effective. I slept for a while and I feel much better. You guys can't pull the cart. How can I not go?"

Shen Yu didn't believe that a sprained waist could heal so quickly. Seeing that she didn't believe it, Li put her hands on her hips, twisted her waist, and moved her hands and feet for Shen Yu to see.

Shen Yu saw that she was indeed able to move freely, and her face no longer had the grimace of yesterday, so he began to believe it a little.

Shen Yu gave in and said, "Mom, how about this? Your back injury has just healed. I'll pull the cart today, and you can just help push it from the side."

Li had been lying in bed all afternoon yesterday. Seeing her three children busying around, she could not lie down any longer. She regretted chasing after people yesterday. She wished she could get better immediately so that she could work hard like before.

Seeing that Shen Yu agreed, Li nodded and said, "It would be nice if I could help you push the cart. I can't lie down at home."

In the past, when they went to set up a stall, Li would pull the cart in front, and the three siblings would push the cart beside them. Today, Shen Yu and Li switched positions. In the morning, they used more tools to set up the stall, and the cart was much heavier than when delivering food at noon.

The first time Shen Yu drove the cart out in the morning, she was afraid that Li would worry, so she tried her best to look relaxed, but in fact, it was much more difficult.

Shen Yu pulled the cart in front, and the other three pushed it from the side, and they finally arrived at the market entrance.

Li saw that Shen Yu had sweat on his forehead and his face was red, and couldn't help but said distressedly: "It's all mother's fault. Mother, don't do such stupid things again in the future."

Shen Yu stopped and fanned herself with her hands, slightly panting. She smiled and said, "What are you talking about, mother? Mother never complains of being tired while pulling the cart every day. I only pull once or twice occasionally. It's nothing. If mother really loves us, get well soon."

Li had an embarrassed look on her face. From Shen Yu's limited medical knowledge, she knew that if a sprained waist was not healed properly, it would easily get worse if one was not careful. So she simply asked her to help out and not to do the heavy work. She even asked Zhang Wu, the water delivery man, to help move the stove down.

While selling buns, people would still occasionally look at Shen Yu with scrutiny, and stand in the distance whispering for a while before dispersing.

Shen Yu has gotten used to it these days and doesn't take it seriously. He still sells his own buns as usual.

When the stall was about to close, a young man in his early twenties came in. He was wearing an emerald green oil-silk gown. He had a long face, a pair of round triangular eyes, and a half-smile on his face.

The young man bought four meat buns. While waiting to pack them up, he said in a long tone, "You are the bun beauty. You are pretty! I came all the way from the north of the city to buy your buns. I wonder if they taste sweet when I eat them."

The tone was extremely frivolous, and the last few words were deliberately dragged out with a greasy sound.

As soon as he finished speaking, several young men around him who were also wearing red, green and yellow silk gowns all laughed with ill intent. It seemed that they were in the same group with the man in green.

Shen Yu knew who the other person was as soon as she heard it. She glanced at the greasy-haired man in front of her, handed over the lotus leaf buns without saying a word, and said in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Sir, four meat buns, thirty-six cents."

The man in green took the lotus leaf bag, took out a string of money, and said with a smile: "Young lady, here are fifty coins, help your brother to open it."

Shen Yu pointed at the money box, lowered his eyes, and said in a light voice: "Thirty-six coins, sir, you can untie it yourself and put it in the money box."

The man in green shirt was holding a lotus leaf bag in one hand and a string of money in the other, and said with a playful smile: "Oh, this string of money is tied into a knot, I'd better trouble you to help me untie it."

Shen Yu was only thinking about getting rid of the man in green as soon as possible, so he stretched out his hand to take the string of silver coins.

Unexpectedly, the man turned his hand, hooked the string of copper coins with his fingers, and grabbed Shen Yu's outstretched hand tightly in his hand, raised it to his nose and took a deep sniff, and said intoxicatedly: "So fragrant, so white."

It all happened so fast that by the time Shen Yu reacted, the man had already firmly grasped her right hand. She was immediately so angry that her face turned red, and she shouted angrily: "Let go, let go."

She tried hard to pull her hand back, but the man was so strong that he not only refused to let go, but also laughed smugly. The people behind her also said, "Second Master, you have a good trick."

As it was almost time to close the stall, Li was cleaning up the opened flour bags and other items with Yutao at the noodle counter, and was not paying attention to what was happening on Shen Yu's side. When she heard Shen Yu yelling, she turned around and saw that her daughter's hand was tightly held in the hand of a young man with a sly smile on his face, and she could not move.

Seeing that the man was wearing an expensive oil-silk gown, Li wondered which family he was from and she felt scared. In a panic, she turned around, not knowing what weapon to use to hit him.

Then she looked at Shen Yu struggling hard, using her other hand to pry the man's hand away, but the man just said, "It's a pity for you to sell buns here with such a beautiful face. Why don't you follow me? I guarantee you will be dressed in gold and silver and eat delicious food."

At first Shen Yu just thought that this man was frivolous and annoying and wanted to get rid of him quickly, but he didn't expect that the other party turned out to be a shameless and shameless playboy.

She struggled hard to break free but failed, and in desperation, she bit the man's hand hard.