"Why haven't Brother Douzi come back yet?" Not only did Li Zhang notice that Douzi didn't come back, but Li Er also found out that he asked with a job but was unwilling to eat. Chou Niang, Huo Zi and others also showed worried expressions.

"You eat first, I'll go out and have a look!" Li Zhang finally couldn't help but say, and after that, he turned around and was about to leave the store.

However, just as Li Zhang turned around, he didn't expect Douzi to come back from outside, but this made Li Zhang turn from worry to annoyed and scolded: "Why did you come back? I don't know everyone will worry..."

Before Li Zhang finished scolding, he suddenly stopped because he saw Douzi's eyes were red and swollen, and it seemed like he was crying. This made Li Zhang unable to bear to curse any more, and instead asked softly: "What's wrong, is someone bullying you?"

"No, I have something I want to discuss with you!" When Douzi saw Li Zhang, tears burst out from his eyes again, as if a child who was wronged had seen his relatives, but there were too many people around him, otherwise he would have cried bitterly.

"Let's go up the second floor!" Li Zhang immediately pulled Douzi upstairs. Sure enough, as soon as he got upstairs, Douzi cried even harder. Li Zhang persuaded him several times but it was useless. I don't know what grievances he suffered outside?

After a while, Douzi stopped crying, then wiped her tears and thrust her tears and actually knelt down for Li Zhang and said, "Brother, I beg you to save my sister!"

"Stand up and talk. A man has gold under his knees. Don't kneel down at any time. What's wrong with your sister?" Li Zhang frowned when he heard Douzi's words. He never knew Douzi had a sister.

Douzi stood up with the help of Li Zhang, and then told his sister about her while crying. It turned out that Douzi had a twin sister, to be precise, her sister was a twin. His nickname was Xiuxiu. The family lived by the Yellow River. Her parents made a living by fishing and ferrying. Unfortunately, one year, the Yellow River flooded, and Douzi's parents both died, leaving only the siblings and brothers to depend on each other.

At the beginning, Douzi and Xiuxiu were adopted by a relative, but the relative was heartless. Soon, they sold the siblings to human traffickers. Fortunately, Douzi was smart and with the help of his sister, he finally found an opportunity to escape from the human traffickers, but his sister was taken away by the human traffickers and there was no news from then on.

Douzi originally thought that he would never see his sister again in his life, but just after he delivered the goods today, he actually saw his sister. Douzi thought he had read it wrong at that time, but when the other party saw him, he immediately called out his name, which made the siblings hug their heads and cry. No one expected that the siblings would recognize each other after several years of separation.

"Then why are you crying? Is it a good thing to recognize my sister?" Li Zhang said happily when he heard this. He really didn't know that Douzi actually had such a life experience. No wonder he used to think Douzi was worried, and occasionally wiped tears on his back. He didn't say anything he asked. It was probably because he thought he would never see his sister again.

"But...but my sister is not doing well now!" Douzi started crying again at this time, and then talked about his sister's current situation intermittently. Li Zhang frowned again after hearing this.

It turned out that Xiuxiu was sold to a wealthy family in Tokyo as a slave, and lived not far from Wuqi Street. However, this family treated her servants very harshly. As long as the servants made a mistake, they would immediately beat or scold them. In addition, Xiuxiu was young and the older servants bullied her, and she had endless work to do every day.

"When I met my sister today, she was carrying a large bag of clothes. The bag was bigger than her. She also asked me to see her body. It was covered with green pieces and purple pieces. She only knew how to cry when I hugged me. I originally wanted to bring my sister back, but she said that if I didn't go back on time, she would be beaten again, and the contract for sale would be in my hand, so I couldn't escape." Douzi burst into tears again when she said the last time.

Li Zhang frowned when he heard this. He always treated Douzi as his younger brother. His sister was his sister. If it were Li'er who suffered these hardships, he would probably be even more sad than Douzi, and might even go directly to steal people.

"Douzi, don't cry. Go out with me this afternoon and let's redeem your sister!" Li Zhang immediately made a decision. Although the store has not opened for a long time, because the business is booming, the store has also made a lot of money. And as far as Li Zhang knows, the price of slaves is not high, and unemployed slaves like Xiuxiu are even cheaper. It should be no problem to help her redeem her with the income from the store.

"Really?" Douzi said in disbelief when he heard that Li Zhang was going to help his sister redeem himself today.

"Of course, your sister is my sister. Let's have a meal first and leave immediately after the meal!" Li Zhang patted Douzi's shoulder and said, "I didn't know Douzi had a sister, but now that I know, there is no reason to let her suffer outside again."

"But the money for redeem..."

Douzi was still a little worried at this time, because in his opinion, it would cost a lot of money to redeem his sister. The store had just opened and Li Zhang had to pay off his debts, so he was worried that he would not be able to squeeze out the money.

"You don't have to worry about money. As far as I know, the price of slaves in Tokyo is not high, usually about ten cents of yuan. It will be cheaper in the years when there is a famine. We can still take it out if we squeeze in our store!" Li Zhang smiled again immediately, and his words finally made Douzi feel relieved, but then he started crying again, but this time he was glad that he met such a good brother as Li Zhang.

At that moment, Li Zhang took Douzi downstairs, and all the Chou Niang and the others were unintentional to eat, but the wild dog was not affected. It was not that he was heartless, but for the wild dog, he had to eat enough to solve the problem of everything, so even if the guillotine was placed on his neck, it would not affect his meal.

Helping Sister Douzi redeem herself is not a trivial matter, and she also needs to use the money in the store, so Li Zhang did not hide it. He immediately told this matter, but Chou Niang and Huozi were also very supportive, and they also said that no matter how much they spent, they would redeem Xiuxiu, which made Douzi very grateful. In the end, like Li Zhang, he insisted on keeping the money spent in his account and pay it back with his own share in the future.

After dinner, Li Zhang and Douzi were about to leave, but at this time Li Zhang suddenly remembered something and said to Chou Niang: "Chou Niang, what about the new clothes you made two days ago, take them out and let me and Douzi change them!"

The store originally sold cloth. Although most of the cloth was taken away, the ugly girl found a good cloth in the box on the second floor. He thought that Li Zhang and the others often had to talk about business with others, and it would be impossible to support the store without a good piece of clothes, so he took advantage of his free time to make new clothes for Li Zhang, Douzi and the others. However, Li Zhang usually works in the store and has no chance to wear it.

"Do you still have to change your clothes?" Douzi was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's words. The clothes he was wearing were the clothes that Chou Niang made for them for the first time. Although the style was average, at least it was still new. He was very caring about what he wore, and now he didn't even have a stain.

"Most people only look at the surface. If we dress like this, maybe we can't even get in that family's door, let alone redeem your sister!" Li Zhang smiled and taught him that people rely on clothes and makeup, this principle is the truth no matter which era it is placed in.

The Chou Niang immediately went to find clothes for Li Zhang and the others. Then Li Zhang washed up again and asked the Chou Niang to help him tie up his hair bun and tie it with a royal blue hairband. When he changed into new clothes, he looked like he was born in a complete transformation. Although he could not be said to be a rich young man, he did not look like a child from a poor family.

In fact, Li Zhang's facial features were pretty. He looked black and thin because he couldn't eat enough. Now he has grown nutritious and has meat on his body, and his whole body has become much whiter. In addition, he is far more steady and temperament than his peers. Now even if Han Qi stands with him, Li Zhang will not be at a disadvantage at all.

"Brother is so beautiful!" Seeing Li Zhang's new look, Li Er also blinked her big eyes and said, "The ugly girl next to her was also confused. In the past, they thought wild dogs were tall and handsome, but now looking at Li Zhang, in addition to being inferior to wild dogs, they looked no worse than wild dogs at all, and Li Zhang also made money, which made them secretly decide that they would have to look for their husbands in the future.

Seeing the reactions of other people, Li Zhang laughed, and then took Douzi, who had also changed into new clothes, and Douzi knew the way and walked west along Wuqi Street. Finally, he turned north at Wuqi Temple, and then crossed two street intersections to the house of the rich family.

Li Zhang came to the door of this house and looked at it. He saw two big characters "Xu Mansion" hanging high on the gate. The door was built with a very grand eaves and arches. The entire house covers a large area. If you can own such a grand house in Tokyo, this family is probably either rich or noble.
Chapter completed!