Exile at the beginning: I rule the world by drawing cards

Chapter 15

At night, the sound of rain gradually faded.

Zhou Lingqi drank two bowls of scallion white ginger water, and now his headache was gone. However, Qin Mengshang had a headache when he looked at the wet ground.

The ground is wet, where should she sleep?
Zhou Lingqi glanced at her lightly and took the initiative to separate half of the homespun quilt: "You sleep outside."

Qin Mengshang: "."

In the past, when I went to the countryside to inspect and there was no such accommodation, I would sleep in Datong bunkhouse, which was open to both men and women. Besides, people had already said so on their own initiative, so she would be being pretentious if she refused.

Heartbroken, I kicked off my shoes and lay on the bed fully clothed.Afraid of touching Zhou Lingqi's injuries, he slept almost flush with the edge of the bed, and would fall off if he moved even a little.

Zhou Lingqi was rarely kind and reminded her: "My injury is on my left shoulder." That's why I let you sleep outside.

Qin Mengshang: "."

Fortunately, there were no lights in the room, otherwise she really should have found a crack in the ground and crawled in!
I glanced over there quietly through the darkness and saw a blurry outline, quiet and quiet, as if it had fallen asleep.After a stalemate for a while, Qin Mengshang carefully moved inside.

The quilt was borrowed from the Zhao family. It was not big, just enough to cover one person.

Although the two of them were a legitimate couple, she was not the same person after all. It was acceptable to lie on the same bed, but it was a bit uncomfortable to lie on the same bed.Listening to the steady breathing of the people around me, completely unaffected, I didn't think much about it and closed my eyes to sleep.

The night was quiet and peaceful, with only the sound of the patter of rain remaining.

For a long time, Qin Mengshang closed her eyes tightly and forced herself to fall asleep, but there was a big living person lying less than a foot away from her, still warm and smelling of wine, she really couldn't sleep!

Normally, she wouldn't feel anything wrong if she slept alone in the cold. But tonight it rained and the night was cool. It was so cold that she couldn't help but want to lean in.

Qin Mengshang shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind and silently counted the remaining copper coins in his heart.
Then, just fell asleep.

Hearing the soft and even breathing beside him, Zhou Lingqi opened his eyes.

He was a light sleeper and did not dare to sleep too deeply. He could hear Qin Mengshang's slightest movement clearly.He turned his head and saw her sleeping with her arms folded. He hesitated for a moment and gently covered her with the quilt.

It was probably because he was really cold. Qin Mengshang felt the heat and leaned over in a daze.

The woman's unique fragrance penetrated his nose, and Zhou Lingqi could no longer calm down. He stared at her with his dark eyes for a long time. His clothes came loose due to his movements, and his eyes unconsciously fell on the snow-white skin.

After a long time, he let out a deep breath, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

……

The next day it was just dawn, Qin Mengshang woke up, stretched out her hand and touched a piece of warmth, which scared her awake instantly.

How did she get into someone else's bed? !
Qin Mengshang quickly climbed out of bed. Fortunately, she didn't like to move around when sleeping. If she squeezed Zhou Lingqi and injured him, it would be her fault.

Thinking of this, I went back and touched his forehead. The fever had subsided, but to be on the safe side, I had to grab some medicine and come back.Get better sooner and go out to make money earlier.

With this in mind, I packed up my house and went to find Mrs. Chen to ask for leave.

Mrs. Chen was very angry at Mrs. Fang yesterday. She was still angry after a night. When she heard that Qin Mengshang was about to take leave, she said with a straight face: "What are you doing in town? You've only been working for a few days and you're taking leave." , how can you make money with the way you do? You really don’t know how to live."

The old lady always feels like something is missing in her heart if she doesn't talk about her for a day.

However, after much nagging, she was finally allowed to ride into the city on the ox cart bought by Hedi Shopping.

There is only one bullock cart in the village. In addition to purchasing ingredients for the river embankment, it also carries people. For a penny, you can take the cart to the town.The driver was Li Zhang's nephew, a young man as thin as a monkey named Li Gen.

Qin Mengshang paid a penny and got on the bus.

It just rained yesterday, and every household was busy renovating their houses and draining the rice fields. Not many people went to the town, only two or three women.The woman who recognized her glanced this way, turned her head and whispered to the person next to her.

Qin Mengshang didn't bother to care about this. He just let them say whatever they wanted as long as they didn't make trouble in front of her.

Not long after the car drove away, a beautiful-looking woman came up halfway. The object of discussion among the women immediately became her.

Qin Mengshang pricked up his ears when he didn't want to hear about his own trivial matters and listened to other people's gossip.

It turned out that the woman who got into the car later was the Widow Zhang mentioned by Ji.

Widow Zhang was exiled with her husband's family. Along the way, the whole family was killed and mutilated. Not long after arriving in Sanjiang Village, her husband was also killed by stones rolling down from the quarry.

The death of an exiled prisoner was insignificant. The government rolled up a straw mat and threw the person back.

Widow Zhang didn't know how to do farm work, and she only had delicate and fair skin, so she simply started a closed business.Some people say that this is how her husband earned the money to buy the coffin.

Qin Mengshang glanced at the woman sitting at the back of the car and found that she was also looking at her.

His eyes were not malicious, but they were not friendly either, with a hint of sarcasm and disdain, and a hint of schadenfreude.

Qin Mengshang didn't understand what her eyes meant, so he turned his head and looked away.

When they arrived in the town, Li Gen parked the car under a big tree outside the city. Qin Mengshang told him that he didn't need to wait for her to go back with him, and then entered the city.

This town is called Sui'an Town. It is a small county in the south of Yongzhou. It is a remote and small place and is often troubled by floods. However, because it is close to the Xunjiang River, the fish here is cheaper than pork.

It rained heavily yesterday and the streets were wet. There were few vendors selling grain or vegetables, but quite a few people picked up baskets of fish to sell.Qin Mengshang glanced at them and saw that they were common grass carp, black fish and the like. They were not big in size. He thought they had rushed out of the river when it rained.

After roughly checking the prices, Qin Mengshang transferred to the pawn shop.

The waiter was fiddling with his abacus when he saw a customer coming to the door. He was overjoyed and then saw a woman wearing coarse cloth, and his enthusiasm suddenly stopped.

He lazily recited the lines: "This store has a fixed price and refuses to bargain. What do you want to do?"

Qin Mengshang took out the jade pendant: "How much do you think this is worth?"

When the clerk heard the voice, he raised his head suddenly. After seeing her face clearly, his eyes gradually became eager, and he immediately put on a smile and took the jade pendant.

After looking at it for a long time, he finally raised five fingers: "Five taels of silver."

Qin Mengshang's eyes twitched. This was a jade pendant produced by the royal family. It was only worth five taels of silver?
The waiter looked her up and down and said, "You look like this because you were exiled here, right? This thing is indeed a good thing, but our place is small. No matter how valuable your belongings are here, they are nothing." How much is it worth?”

Although the exiled prisoners were guilty, they were from wealthy families before they were exiled, and the things they pawned were also valuable.

This jade pendant just feels extraordinary to the touch. If it were taken to Fucheng, it is estimated that someone would be willing to buy it for 100 taels.

The price he offered was a bit low, but they were all being pawned. The family must be in urgent need of money, and usually when they hear this, they will compromise.

(End of this chapter)