dream bubble

Chapter 163 Buddhism 4
In this leisurely small town, time seems to pass very slowly. As the days go by, Xie Xiaoyu still lives in seclusion. Every day, she just goes out for a walk, and makes a divination by the way, and then returns home and burrows into the hole Continue to practice, but outsiders will never know that he is not in the room. If anyone leans on the wall of his house and looks inside, they will only see him sitting in front of the window, reading hard with a book in his hand.

At the beginning, he pretended to be a scholar for this benefit, and no one would suspect that the scholar could stay behind closed doors.

This morning, as soon as he went out, he saw a convoy of carriages and horses marching along the avenue. This was a very large convoy, with more than thirty carts, each of which was loaded with It's full of things, but the ruts are not deep, and it's just cloth and stuff like that.

Xie Xiaoyu didn't pay much attention at first.

It is close to the border, and further north is the grassland outside the Great Wall, where the Qiang and Di live together.So there are caravans passing by here every day. The caravan transports things such as cloth, silk, tea, and porcelain to the north, and then buys fur, cashmere, medicinal materials, etc. from Qiangdi. It is said to be three to five times, but this journey is not only hard, but also dangerous.

He quickly retreated to the side of the road, intending to wait for the team to pass.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Yingying Yanyan's voice: "Miss, what do you think is that? It looks so beautiful."

The voice was very familiar.

Xie Xiaoyu raised her head abruptly, and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old maid shouting loudly in a big cart.

Not only the voice is familiar, but even the shape of the face is so familiar, very much like his little sister.

Xie Xiaoyu has a lot of older brothers and sisters, but only one pair of younger brothers and sisters. The younger sister is the youngest in the family, three years younger than him. The last time he saw her, the girl was only ten years old. Because he is not at home all year round, so Not close to him, even avoiding him.

Xie Xiaoyu was very pleasantly surprised, he was planning to go over to meet each other, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly thought something was wrong.At this moment, his own situation is not very good. If he recognizes each other rashly, it will harm his family instead. It is better to find out the situation of the family members.

With this thought in mind, he grabbed a passerby and asked, "Which firm is this?"

He has been living here for almost a month, and he is familiar with the people here, so the one who was caught didn't care, and replied casually: "You don't even know this? It's one of the largest companies in Jinyuan." Yutaihang." The passer-by pointed to the carriage in the middle: "The fat man in the carriage is Qi Sihai, the boss of Yutaihang, Mr. Qi."

Of course it is impossible for Xie Xiaoyu to know Yu Tai Hang?As a monk, how could he care about a secular firm?Not to mention the boss of the commercial firm, even the important ministers above the court, even the current emperor, are nothing but ants in their eyes.

He only knew that the situation at home was not very good, otherwise his father would not let the youngest daughter be someone else's maid.

When the younger sister was sensible, he had already joined the Yuanchen School, and the family's situation had improved, so among the brothers and sisters, only his two younger brothers and sisters had not suffered. In his memory, every Spring Festival he When he returned home, his parents and elder brothers treated him as a guest, but his younger brother and younger sister were more like their children and loved him very much.

However, the situation of his family is not too bad. At most, it will return to the original state and guard a few acres of Susukida to make ends meet. Otherwise, the younger sister would not be like this now.

In his memory, the younger sister has a good heart. If the family is in a difficult situation, she will definitely try to help out. There are a lot of people in the family, but how much income can a maid earn?If you worry about money all day, how can the little girl still be as lively as she is now?
Knowing the situation at home, Xie Xiaoyu immediately felt relieved.

Now that the little girl is found, everyone else has also been found.

The caravan stopped at the gate of the city, replenished water and dry food, and fed the horses that pulled the carts before they set off on the road again.

Seeing the caravan go away, Xie Xiaoyu turned and went back into the room.

He stayed here just to wait for his family members, now that he finally had a clue, there was no need to stay any longer, but before leaving, he had to erase all traces of his past life.

He stomped his feet suddenly, and the ground seemed to be alive, wriggling non-stop, the secret room below collapsed quickly, and then was filled with the surrounding soil.

He didn't stop casting spells until there was no trace of strangeness on the ground.

Before leaving, he did not forget to light a stick of incense under the window sill.

This is just an ordinary incense stick, but it has been banned, and it will burn very slowly, and it will be burned out in the middle of the night, and then it will cause a big fire, completely reducing the thatched hut to ashes.

After doing all this, he flashed out of the back window and instantly changed back to his original age, but his face changed slightly.

With a flick of his hand, he turned the alchemy furnace where Hong Lunhai was hiding into a calico bag, carried it on his shoulders, and chased after the caravan.

"Have you found your family?" Hong Lunhai didn't care about Xie Xiaoyu's rudeness, he had already figured it out, it was better to be turned into a cloth bag than to be stuffed into a storage bag.

"I found my little sister, she looks good." Xie Xiaoyu was happy in her heart, and her words seemed relaxed.

"Then what are you waiting for? After you find someone, identify yourself and run away with him. Be careful of nights and dreams." Hong Lunhai yelled from the side.

Xie Xiaoyu frowned slightly. To be honest, he was in trouble all over himself, and he really didn't want his family to be worried with him.

"If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of your eyes. Just watch, there will be times when you are unlucky." Hong Lunhai said angrily. What he hates the most is being ignored.

Xie Xiaoyu was disturbed, so he simply buried his head and hurried on his way.

Yutaihang's caravan did not move fast, so it caught up quickly.

In the middle of the caravan were large carts, closely followed by people on horseback. Some of these people were bodyguards of Yu Taihang, but more of them were bodyguards of the company. Holding a flagpole with the word "Shenwei" written on it.

Not all people have horses or carts, and some people walk on foot. Some of these people are clerks of Yutaihang and escorts, and some are individual travelers who follow the caravan.

The farther north you go, the less peaceful the road will be. Not to mention being alone, it is useless even in small groups. There are many robbers and thieves along the road, so many people going north will wait for the big trading houses to pass by, and then walk with the trading houses. .

As for commercial firms, as long as the goods they carry are not too expensive, they will generally not refuse individual passengers to go with them.

Xie Xiaoyu pretended to be an individual visitor and mixed into the crowd.

He was not in a hurry to get close to the big car in the middle, he was afraid that if he was too hasty, it would arouse others' suspicion.

This walk is a day.

In the evening, the convoy entered a small town and stopped.

The people in the car got out.

Xie Xiaoyu saw from a distance that the younger sister also got off the cart and walked towards the waterwheel with a small wooden barrel in her hand.

The water in the north is bitter, and people who don’t often walk this way are not used to drinking it at all, let alone cooking, so big commercial firms will follow a few water trucks and fill them with water in special places. Drink this water until the next water collection point, which also prevents someone from poisoning the water along the way.

A full bucket of water is obviously a bit heavy for a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. Xie Xiaoyu saw the little girl carrying the bucket and walking back with difficulty, so she hurried up to help .

"Thank you." The girl replied shyly.She is not young anymore, before, the family members must have already found her husband's house for her.

"The girl's name?" Xie Xiaoyu got so close that she became more and more convinced that it was his sister.

"My name is Zichai." The girl replied in an unusually soft voice.

Now Xie Xiaoyu is almost sure.

His name is Xiaoyu, which is a nickname. The custom of Dayu State is that children are born with only a nickname, but not a big name. The big name has to wait until they become adults.His younger sister's nickname is Xiaochai.

"I don't think your accent sounds like someone from Jinyuan." Xie Xiaoyu insinuated.

This topic was obviously a little sensitive for Xiaochai. Her body shook slightly, but she didn't take it seriously. Strangers don't have much to say when they meet each other, so it's still a topic.

"My family originally lived in Beihai Prefecture, and my father was doing business in Jinyuan, so he brought us here." Xiaochai said.

Beihai Prefecture is on the edge of Dayu Prefecture, and the accents of the two places are somewhat similar, but they are vague.

"Where is your father? Since he is in business, why is he willing to let you be his maid?" Xie Xiaoyu asked, this was what he cared most about.

"There are profits and losses in doing business. My father originally had a little money, and the business was doing well at the beginning. Unexpectedly, there was a sudden change, and the shop collapsed all of a sudden. Not only our family, but also other families in the same line did not hide In the past, we found out later that several commercial firms in northern Shanxi wanted to grab the territory, so we set up such a game, originally to deal with the three major commercial firms Yutai, Hang Lung, and Zhenxing, but we only hurt Chiyu. Now, Zhenxing doesn’t care about us at all, the owner is kind enough to take over the plate, allowing my family to save some capital, and let my father and two older brothers work in the business, and my father is now in charge.” Xiaochai said in a babbling manner with.

(End of this chapter)