On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 57 Escape 6
  In fact, Xiao Xiao was too hungry to sleep.

And there is no absolute safety now. I am afraid of being chased by soldiers, and I am also afraid of missing my family.

Now she also knows that ancient carriages and horses were really slow. If they got separated, it would be too difficult to find someone.

So after hearing what the second sister said, I also poked my head out of the window of the carriage to take a look. From a distance, I saw a simple food stall covered with thatch.

But what is more eye-catching is that there are several red cloth ribbons floating on the top of the thatch.

Now it was her turn to be excited. Wasn't this a sign agreed upon with her family?

They were so brave that they dared to wait for them at a food stall so close to the inner city.

When they got off the carriage, they saw two simple tables outside the thatched house. Three guests were sitting around eating noodles. There was also the second aunt who was cleaning the table. Not far away, there was a man who was chopping firewood with them on his back. Xiao Dalang, they suspected that they were blinded.

It was Mrs. Liu who came out to pour water, and when she saw them, she was so excited that she rushed over.

Xiao Xiao was so excited that he must not reveal his secret in front of the coachman, otherwise this place is so close to the city, and when he returns and tells the story, his entire family will be annihilated.

Therefore, she pointed at Mr. Liu and said angrily: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and cook a bowl of dumplings for our young master!"

Then she glanced at the coachman not far away, who was already leading the horse to a distant stream to let it drink water. Then she asked anxiously in a low voice: "Mom, why are you here?"

Mrs. Liu also reacted, and after welcoming them in, she held their hands tremblingly and whispered in the same low voice: "We are afraid of missing you, and we just heard that the old couple setting up the food stall are getting married, and they are planning to close their doors for a few days. On the pretext that I would wait for my separated relatives and friends in the past few days, I gave them two taels of silver and rented this place to us for five days."

They woke up early yesterday and found that the Wu family had left quietly.

Although they were reluctant to part with their daughters, they were afraid that staying would be a drag, so they all came out.

But as parents, how can we bear to be too far away?

They happened to meet an old couple at a food stall who said they were going to close their doors and go back to hold a wedding, so they simply rented out two taels of silver to rent these two wooden and thatched huts.

Both parties were happy.

Most of the food stalls along the official road were made of yellow mud mixed with straw and wood. The tables and chairs were all worn out. The rice, noodles and the like were all brought from home that morning, so the pots and pans were only worth a little more.

However, the Xiao family brought the big iron pot with them and asked them to take it back. The remaining dishes, chopsticks, tables and chairs were not worth even one tael of silver.

The old couple was very happy and felt that they had earned two taels of silver in vain.

In addition, they also negotiated a business deal and bought all the rice, noodles and vegetables they needed to open the store from the old couple.

The old couple saw that there were many of them and there were two mule carts, and they felt that they were honest people, so they lent them two old houses in their family to live in.

Now Mr. Xiao and the others live in an old house in the village, and they also take the opportunity to buy some rice, noodles, dried vegetables and the like with the villagers.

Here, Liu and Wu sell some noodle soup that is sold in small shops. Dalang and the others also get some firewood, cut grass to help feed the customers' mules and horses, and take the opportunity to inquire about them with the customers coming out of the city. information.

Fortunately, I didn't find out what happened in the city yesterday.

This morning, when I heard people from the village bringing food to the city and talking about the three female assassins, Mrs. Liu was frightened to death. The guests in the shop were all entertained by Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Wu.

Now that she could see her daughters appearing well in front of her, Mrs. Liu really cried with joy.

After Xiao Lian greeted her grandmother and second aunt, she asked urgently: "Where is dad?"

"Your father and your second uncle also went to the village to inquire about the news." Ms. Liu wiped away her tears and pulled them to sit down: "More than three miles behind is a village of seventy or eighty households. Every day, people deliver food to the restaurant. Your father and others originally wanted to go in with the food delivery person tomorrow. As long as you are all safe and sound..." Xiao Xiao waited for the guests outside to leave after eating, then hurriedly said: "Brother, go back immediately and let me know. Grandfather, father, and second uncle packed their things and came out, we have to leave quickly."

Xiao Dalang responded excitedly and ran away.

Xiao Xiu also went to the stove and saw that there were still cut noodles that had not been cooked yet, so he quickly started cooking the noodles.

Mrs. Liu also went over to help: "Xiu'er, go and have a rest. Mother will cook for you."

Wu was also anxious to collect the food in the store: "We spent money to buy these, so we have to take them all away."

Then he smiled flatteringly at them and said, "Sister-in-law, please crack some more eggs for them, so that they can be replenished for the good nieces."

She also regretted what happened before.

No matter what happened to any of the nieces, the eldest brother and sister-in-law would probably hate him to death.

Now that they can come back under martial law, it's really amazing.

She knew that they went out almost penniless. Now looking at the clothes Xiao Lian was wearing, they were so majestic that she almost didn't dare to recognize them.

Mrs. Xiao was already cracking eggs, and she glared at her daughter-in-law with red eyes: "You know how to talk, why don't you come over to light the fire?"

Although she prefers her grandson, she doesn't love her granddaughter.

Especially along the way, several granddaughters are capable and filial.

This time, it was just to keep them alive that she stayed to deal with the evil thief, and she felt very guilty.

Now that her granddaughters are back well, she is willing to use lard to fry eggs for them.

Otherwise, even for sons and grandsons, it would be great to be able to eat boiled eggs.

Xiao Lian also looked at the coachman in the distance cautiously, and asked in a low voice: "What should I tell the coachman later?"

They are not murderers, and they cannot kill people just because the driver will reveal their whereabouts.

The idea never occurred to them.

Xiao Xiao hesitated for a while and took out two taels of silver from his purse: "I'll go and tell the coachman that you think the carriage is uncomfortable, and ask him to go to Chun'an County to deliver a message to the He Mansion and ask the He Mansion to send a carriage to pick you up. .”

Xiao Lian suspected that her sister was stupid or had a high fever, so she reached out to touch her forehead: "What nonsense are you talking about? Where did He Mansion come from? Are we making that up?"

Xiao Xiao swatted her hand away, dumbfounded: "This is just an excuse to send him away. This way, when he returns to Chang'an County, he will definitely go to the accounting office to complain, and the accounting office can also be careful."

She thought carefully: "The hairpin rings that I took to the pawn shop earlier were not very conspicuous, but the ring looks very valuable. If he shows off it or takes it to the pawn shop, I'm afraid someone will follow the clue and find us. .”

Then if troops are sent to chase them, they will be in danger.

She hoped that the other party would think that they were still trapped in the city, so that they could be delayed for a few more days and they could run further away.

"You are so mean-spirited!" Xiao Lian gloated when she thought of the lion in the accounting office opening her mouth, "If you make him greedy for money, he deserves to be frightened!"

She hasn't seen two hundred taels of silver yet!
  Xiao Xiao took pleasure in the misery: "In this way, we become grasshoppers on a rope. We don't have to worry about him going to sue the government. Instead, he has to cover up for us, otherwise he won't be able to get the favor."

(End of this chapter)