Chapter 246
Tian Bajiao and her companions set out three days later, first going to the county to meet up with the people from the escort agency, and then heading to Zhuozhou City together.
They took a business to help someone escort some valuables, and it just so happened that they could be given a ride.
The place they were going was not far, and if Boss Shen and the others were not in a hurry, they could wait for them to come back with them.
These days, Mr. Huo has been waiting for the date to be set so that he can kill two birds with one stone.
I guess he didn't want to make a wasted trip, or it was just a coincidence.
This is good and safer.
The journey was quite peaceful. Except for the fact that Mr. Huo, who was very concerned about Boss Shen, gave him a headache, everything went smoothly.
Once you arrive at Zhuozhou City, the first thing you need to do is find an inn to stay.
Although Mei'er invited them to stay at her home, it was not convenient for them to just go and visit her after such a long journey.
Boss Shen meant that she should take a shower, rest for a night, and deliver the things he brought to her tomorrow, and then go to Lian Jeweler. If her situation is good, she will stay for one or two days at most. If not, she will not be bothered and can stay in the inn.
Their friendship was normal to begin with, but they became even closer because they were in a foreign land. Boss Shen's arrangement was perfect.
At night, Azhu still stayed in the octagonal room of Hotan.
He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, looking very happy: "Sister, it's so lively here."
"Yeah," Tian Bajiao couldn't sleep either, "It's lively. It's already this late, and it's still not quiet."
The inn that Mr. Huo brought them to was a messy place with all kinds of people there, and some people even came in at night. It was said that the inns in Zhuozhou City were divided into three grades. The first grade was for scholars, and only those with official titles or registered in academies could stay there. The second grade was for common people, and the third grade was the most populous. Craftsmen, merchants, monks and nuns, and slaves, in short, these people, collectively known as miscellaneous households, all lived in such third-grade inns.
As for officials and their families, they can live in the post station without having to squeeze with others.
Tian Bajiao wanted to laugh when he heard this. The inn had upper and lower rooms with common beds, and people could check in based on their wealth. This was acceptable, but what was this? If he wanted to go to a better inn, he had to look up first to see if it was a place he could enter.
Moreover, they live in this third class and are not allowed to build high buildings. There is a sign of a sundry shop hanging at the door.
At first glance it looks like a food store selling mixed meats, but once you step inside you'll see what's inside.
It doesn’t matter that they are not allowed to build it upwards, they choose to dig downwards.
As long as it doesn't collapse, any number of floors will do.
It's just that it's hard to see the light and it consumes a lot of oil. However, the lamp oil used in this place is not good, and even the food is not good. You can fill your stomach by spending a few dollars.
During dinner, Tian Bajiao even found a rat's head in the stewed chicken...
Not to mention this, there is no curfew in this place, and shops don’t close at night, so naturally people are allowed in.
Ah Zhu called it lively, but Tian Bajiao said, "It's so noisy."
In the room above their heads, people were going in and out, and no one knew what they were doing. Their steps were heavy and plummeting, and dust was falling from the roof and into the bowl of water.
Boss Shen is also a bargain hunter. He is reluctant to spend money in a store like this. Let's choose this room...
There weren't even proper beds; they were holes dug into the wall. The person living in the hole above them said, "Is this your first time here? This place is like this. We're used to hearing it. Even if the sky falls, it won't stop us from sleeping."
"That means you just fell asleep."
Tian Bajiao replied lazily, not knowing what was so funny.
Everyone in the room started giggling.
An old man said: "It would be a blessing if one could die so easily."
He started coughing and wheezing as if there was a bellows in his lungs. Tian Bajiao suspected that he was a tuberculosis patient.
The guy told her not to think too much and if she was really worried, she could put up a curtain.
It costs one cent per night, and you need to pay a little more money as a deposit. If the curtain is torn, dirty, or lost, it will not be refunded. If you don’t have money, you can use something else as compensation.
Tian Bajiao took a look at the torn curtain he took out and immediately felt that it was unnecessary.
She is in good health.
Boss Shen naturally didn't know this.
She lived in the upper room prepared by Mr. Huo, which she thought would be quieter than here.
This can still be called the lower room, but how lively must the dormitory be?
Ah Zhu came closer and asked her in front of so many people without any shame: "Sister, do you want a hug? Cover your ears and you won't hear anything."
Tian Bajiao: ...
Then I'm really too late. Why didn't I do it earlier? It would have been better if I didn't even listen to this.
"Go to sleep."
Tian Bajiao had just sent him away when he heard someone say.
"This lady and her husband have such a good relationship. It's really enviable."
"Hey, what are you talking about? Doesn't your husband treat you well? Why do you envy others?"
"Hmph, you bastard, you're so eager to fall asleep that you don't even care about me."
"I'm tired now. I've had a good sleep, so I'll come and take good care of my wife..."
Tian Bajiao: ...
If she remembered correctly, no one had hung curtains in this room.
Ah Zhu leaned close to her ear and said, "Sister, they are so loving. Ah Zhu also wants to..."
"Sleep!"
Don’t think about anything. They are in love and they really don’t care about other people’s life or death.
Tian Bajiao turned over and saw someone had lit an oil lamp and was watching with great interest...
"Man, get me a curtain."
Tian Bajiao didn't know how much money he had spent. When he went downstairs, he took a look at the room upstairs. People were still moving things in and out there. No wonder their footsteps were so heavy.
I guess he was worried about leaving things in the yard.
I'd rather go through the trouble.
"Excuse me."
A muffled voice came from behind her, and a man was standing behind her, holding a box in his arms and a bag on his shoulder, his head almost hitting the roof of his head.
Tian Bajiao leaned against the wall, flattened, and didn't say much, but... when the man walked past her, Tian Bajiao smelled a faint smell of blood. The sack on his shoulder moved slightly, as if there was something alive in it. The shape was also strange enough, a long strip, like a person who was tied up and unable to move.
There's something wrong at first glance.
Can't afford to offend.
Tian Bajiao went back to the room quickly, hung up the curtains and went to sleep.
Being rejected, Ah Zhu, who was sulking, suddenly buried her head in her body, took a deep breath and said, "Where did you go just now, sister? Why... do you smell so fishy?"
Is there?
Tian Bajiao sniffed it and it was clearly the scent of fresh spices.
"Maybe it was contracted on the second floor just now. The new guests upstairs were moving something. I also smelled blood just now. Maybe it was some prey.
It’s none of our business, go to sleep.”
Tian Bajiao covered her head with the quilt and fell asleep unknowingly, but she didn't feel very at ease. She hadn't been so nervous for a long time.
When Ah Zhu crawled over her, Tian Bajiao woke up with a start and asked amidst the snoring: "Where are you going?"
"Toilet, sister, do you want to go?"
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