On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 28 The city gate is on fire
  Two words came to Xiao Xiao's mind: touching porcelain.

So she took a cautious step back.

The little girl was knocked down by her and sat on the ground, looking up at her.

Xiao Xiao also found that she was frighteningly thin, and her eyes were particularly big. She smelled of sweat and medicine, which was a bit unpleasant.

Xiao Xiao couldn't bear it and reached out to help her: "Are you okay?"

The little girl hugged her calf and started crying: "Sister, please give me some money? My sister is sick and I don't have money to get medicine..."

Xiao Xiao didn't expect that he would be so unlucky that he would actually meet a troublemaker.

If not for her young age, she would have wanted to criticize her for being so unprofessional even when it comes to touching porcelain.

Although she has never touched anyone else, she has been touched by others, and they really risked their lives.

He also blamed himself for being soft-hearted. If he left at that time, how could he be entangled.

Xiao Xiao flatly refused: "No!"

Along the way, she had also seen too many miserable things in the world where she could not survive without money or food. Her compassion had been worn away little by little until it was only the size of a sesame seed.

The little girl was sobbing and crying, with a voice as small as a cat: "Sister, please!"

Anyway, he just hugged her legs and didn't let go, looking like a dead pig who wasn't afraid of boiling water.

Xiao Xiao wanted to kick her away, but seeing how thin she was, she was afraid that someone would die if she kicked her out.

As soon as she lowered her head, she raised her head, crying silently, looking at herself helplessly, as if she didn't even have the strength to speak.

Somehow, Xiao Xiao still felt soft, took out her purse from her arms and handed it to her: "This is all I have left, I'll give it all to you!"

Anyway, the purse is very old, and there is only more than three coins left in it.

That was where she originally planned to drink soy milk and buy fried dough sticks and sesame balls tomorrow morning.

Think about it, a bowl of shredded pork noodles is forty-eight yuan, and the money given out is enough for me to eat seven bowls of shredded pork noodles.

I can't think about it, the more I think about it, the more distressed I feel.

She regretted grabbing it back, and she left without looking back.

The little girl clutched her purse tightly and waited until she was gone before she quickly got up from the ground and ran home.

When Xiao Xiao returned home, Mrs. Liu was already waiting at the door. He was relieved to see her back: "You are finally back. Your father and the others went to look for you. Didn't they meet you?"

"Then I must have missed it." Xiao Xiao was about to walk to the room.

Wu came up and sniffed: "Third girl, what good things did you buy? It smells so good? You bought so much, you spent a lot of money, right?"

That look in his eyes really made him wish he could see through it.

Seeing that she wanted to take advantage of it, Xiao Xiao quickly turned around to face her, and handed her the stewed meat wrapped in dried lotus leaves that he was carrying: "The things in the basket are all cotton and rags. I bought the stewed meat specially." Chicken and braised pig head meat, let me drink with my grandfather, second aunt, can you help me bring it to my grandmother?"

Wu immediately took it with a smile: "Three girls are so filial. No wonder your second uncle hurriedly took Dalang and the others to find you when he heard that you didn't come back."

Mrs. Xiao was sitting on a chair mending her trousers. When she saw it, she was afraid that her second daughter-in-law might steal it, so she simply stretched out her hand and said, "Bring it to me!"

Then he rolled his eyes at Xiao Xiao: "You damn girl, you don't know how to live, so you waste your money on these braised foods."

Although she said that, even if she smelled the scent of meat coming from the lotus leaves, the Five Zang Temple could not control the rebellion.

Xiao Xiao successfully put the backpack in the room.

When no one else was around, he took out the peach cake and gave it to his mother and sisters: "Let's eat it first, it's delicious and crispy." Xiao Lian took the first one and took a bite: "It tastes good."

Then he raised his orchid finger and tapped her forehead: "You little fool, why did you give all the braised food to Second Aunt before? Why don't you keep half of it?"

Xiao Xiao finally found the opportunity to give her a rollicking look: "The stewed meat is very smelly. Even if we don't eat it in front of everyone, we can still smell it."

Although the Xiao family has been separated, they are all eating and drinking together now, so they feel embarrassed to eat alone, for fear that Xiao Youfu will be unhappy if he finds out.

"Three girls did the right thing." Ms. Liu praised her daughter with a smile and urged them to eat quickly.

The place she entered was not big, and she didn't want to close the door in broad daylight. She was afraid that her younger siblings would break in.

So she finished eating quickly and put away the brown sugar, peach cakes, and sweet-scented osmanthus cakes that her daughter had bought: "Save these for the road."

They had just finished cleaning up, and Xiao Youfu strode in. When he saw his little daughter coming back, he didn't want to scold her, but said disapprovingly: "Next time, you can't go out alone."

"Oh," Xiao Xiao obediently agreed, and smiled at him again with a sweet voice: "Dad, I bought you braised chicken specially to drink with you tonight."

Xiao Youfu was indeed very happy, and secretly took out two oil paper bags from his sleeves: "I bought some beef jerky. You can keep it and keep it for the toothpaste festival on the road."

Mrs. Liu was happy to see that he loved her daughters, so she took them and kept them away: "I just know how to spend money randomly, okay, let's go cook dinner first?"

Tonight is the most sumptuous meal for the Xiao family in the past half month.

In the next two days, Xiao Xiao also went out with her father for a walk. The father and daughter also ate dumplings and shredded pork noodles outside. They bought a lot of delicious food and quietly brought them back to Liu and the others.

On the evening of the second day of July, after everyone had dinner, Mr. Xiao spoke up: "I have inquired, the city gate will open at the beginning of the morning, we will get up at the middle of the day, have breakfast, pack up and leave early."

None of the Xiao brothers had any objections.

Mr. Xiao asked the eldest son to go talk to the Wu family again, and he and the second son went to feed the mules.

Xiao Xiao deliberately took a shower before dinner. Because her hair was too long, she had to wash it early. After wiping it with a handkerchief, the sun and wind would dry her hair.

Thinking about having to sleep in the carriage again tomorrow night, she went to bed early today, feeling that she could enjoy every day.

The main thing is that I don't have a mobile phone at the moment, and there is no book to read, unless I am willing to put the soles in my shoes to pass the time.

She would rather kill her than kill time, and would rather go to bed early.

I was sleeping soundly when there was a hurried knock on the door and Xiao Youfu's anxious voice: "Da Ya, wake up quickly, pack your things and let's leave quickly..."

Xiao Xiao, who was in a daze, thought he was dreaming.

Mainly because she had a similar dream on the way to escape, and she woke up with a fright.

Xiao Xiu responded hurriedly, stood up quickly and lit the oil lamp with a fire stick, and dressed quickly: "Hurry up, too."

Fortunately, the luggage had been packed long ago, and the three sisters quickly got dressed and carried their luggage out.

It was as dark as ink outside, and the stars were twinkling faintly, but everything seemed completely silent.

However, two strange girls, one old and one young, were already standing in the yard.

Xiao Xiao recognized the younger one, who seemed to be his own little girl.

She approached Xiao Youfu, who was tying luggage on the top of the mule cart, and asked in a low voice, "Dad, what happened?"

In fact, Xiao Youfu was also surprised: "It's them who told me that something happened at the gate of the city. They will take us out from the alley later."

(End of this chapter)