Chapter 63 Bustling Street
There shouldn't be any problem with six adults protecting three children.
When the other people in the team knew that the officials were going into the city to make purchases, they all gave Zhang San money and wanted to go with him.
The officials selected ten people from a team of more than 500 people and went with them into the city to purchase.
Xia Chengwen also wanted to go. Their food was stolen and they had been eating steamed buns for several days. There was no blood on their face.
He turned his attention to Xia Xing'er again, "Xing'er, when you go to the city to buy supplies, can you bring some back for your uncle, and also bring some medicine back for me?"
He took out twenty taels of silver from his pocket.
It’s not that he didn’t want to go to the city to purchase the goods himself, but he really didn’t have the money to give to the officials.
Those officials screened people based on who gave the most silver and served them accordingly.
Xia Xing'er looked at the silver that was handed to her, but she didn't take it. She thought: Is this person crazy? He found someone on her. Doesn't he know that there is a grudge between their two families?
Xia Chengwen's problem had not been resolved yet, and Dong came over under the push of Master Xia Er.
He took out an eight-treasure jade chrysanthemum hairpin and handed it to Xia Xing'er: "Take this and pawn it in the city to buy us some food. The rest can be exchanged for small change."
"Don't be unhappy. No matter what, I am still your second aunt. Our family is in this state because of your second son. I asked you to help us do something. That is to give you a chance to atone for your sins. Don't be ungrateful!"
She wants the silver and the hairpin, but she doesn't want to bring anything for them. What should she do?
Xia Xing'er rolled her eyes almost to the sky: "How can you all be so shameless? You are so shameless! Get out of the way, a good dog doesn't block the road!"
Dong pointed at Xia Xing'er, then at herself, her chest heaving with energy.
"You bitch, you actually called me a dog. Didn't your mother teach you how to talk to your elders and respect them?"
"Let me, your aunt, teach you how to behave."
As he said this, he forgot the lesson from last time and reached out to hit Xia Xing'er in the face.
Xia Xing'er subconsciously stretched out her leg and kicked Dong dozens of meters away, and this was when Xia Xing'er only used 30% of her strength!
Dong fell directly to the ground with a mouthful of dirt in her mouth.
The hairpin in her hand also flew out and happened to fall at Wang Xiaoer's feet.
Xia Xing'er retracted her foot and feigned surprise, "Second Madam Xia, what are you doing? It's not a festival, so why are you being so generous? Do you have a favor to ask of me? It's fine, how about you kowtow to me three times, and I'll consider agreeing to your request and helping you guys?"
Dong's face was like a palette, sometimes blue, sometimes white, sometimes white...
He gnashed his teeth and blurted out a few words: "Xia Xing'er, don't go too far!"
If they had money to bribe the officials, why would they come to them for help and suffer such humiliation!
"Did I ask you to beg me?"
Didn't they bring themselves to be humiliated by her? Didn't they deserve all this?
Is it right to blame her?
"Do you want to kowtow? Think carefully before you speak!"
Mrs. Dong: What the hell is she doing? If she kowtows today, how will she live her life in the future?
She slowly stood up and turned around to look for her hairpin.
Just watch Wang Xiaoer playing with the hairpin in his hand.
Dong walked up to the official Wang Xiaoer with ragged steps and said, "Sir Wang, can you return the hairpin to me?"
Wang Xiaoer looked at her with amusement and said leisurely, "You said it was yours, and I said it was mine. It was stolen a few days ago. I didn't expect that it was actually stolen by you."
Is it possible to ask him to return something that is in his hands?
Mrs. Dong said angrily, "Sir, this hairpin is mine. Many people can prove it. How can you accuse me of this with nothing?"
Wang Xiaoer looked at the people around him and said in a rude tone, "Ask them, is this hairpin yours or mine?"
Dong looked at the people around her with pleading eyes: "You all saw it, I just took out this hairpin and asked Xia Xing'er to pawn it in the city to buy food!"
Everyone looked at each other without saying a word. They were stupid enough to offend the officers escorting them for the sake of a woman named Dong.
Not to mention the police officers, they would definitely help their own people and would not help a prisoner.
Dong had no idea what was going on. She returned to the place where Master Xia and the others were resting, like a deflated balloon.
Xia Chengwen swallowed his saliva. He knew that Xia Xing'er was not just saying these words to Dong.
He was hesitating whether to kowtow or not. As a grown man, did he really have to kneel down and kowtow to the junior today?
If he kowtowed to this little girl in front of a group of more than 500 people, then he would...
If he didn't take the medicine, the wounds on him and his mother would have festered. If they didn't take medicine, would they still be alive?
If his house was raided, he would definitely not give in even if he was beaten to death for the sake of face, but now he wants to save his life.
Xia Xing'er watched Xia Chengwen's Sichuan Opera face-changing with great interest.
After much deliberation, Xia Chengwen finally decided: "Xia Xing'er, I kowtow to you and beg you to bring me medicine for my injuries."
After saying this, he knelt down in humiliation and kowtowed three times to Xia Xing'er.
Xia Xing'er watched him kowtow three times, and still looked at him with a higher opinion.
"Okay, I have received your sincerity."
Xia Chengwen's face flushed red. If it wasn't for a bite of food or a bottle of medicine, would he be like this?
Xia Xing'er didn't have time to pay attention to his thoughts. She pulled Xia Qingyu up and was about to leave.
Xia Chengwen asked anxiously: "Niece, nephew, don't forget to bring me medicine and food!"
Xia Xing'er turned around and said innocently, "Who is your niece? Who is your nephew? And when did I ever say I would bring you something? Did I take your money?"
Xia Chengwen thought she wanted to ask him for money, so he quickly took out his twenty taels of silver and handed it to Xia Xing'er and the others.
Xia Xing'er pulled Xia Qingyu back a step, looking at him as if he were a fool: "No way, you don't really think I would bring anything for you? I said I would think about it, and now I've made up my mind, no!"
Xia Chengwen: What did he hear?
So from beginning to end this bitch was just making fun of herself.
Never thought about helping myself.
"You're actually kidding me?"
Seeing him like this, Xia Xing'er added fuel to the fire: "I'm just teasing you, what can you do to me?"
After saying this, she didn't even look at Xia Chengwen's expression, but took Xia Qingyu and left with the officials.
Because they were going into the city to purchase goods, the officers removed the chains on the prisoners' feet and asked them to change into their prison uniforms.
Because they were all young and strong, they walked fast and reached Qingyang County in just a quarter of an hour.
Xia Xing'er and the others arrived at the gate of Qingyang County and looked at the towering city gate. The flags on the ancient city wall were fluttering, rustling in the breeze.
On both sides of the city gate, more than a dozen guards armed with swords stood, carefully checking the people coming in and out.
Zhang San frowned, looking thoughtful as he asked, "Has something happened in Qingyang County? There were only four soldiers guarding the city before, how come there are so many more?"
Every time they passed through Qingyang County, they would go into the city to purchase some goods. This had never happened before.
Watching the soldiers checking one person after another, they also checked the household registration. This is too strict.
This had never happened before. He looked at the ten people behind him and said, "If you need anything, write us a note and we'll buy it for you. You've also seen that your current household registration is for criminals, so you definitely can't get in."
Except for Xia Xing'er and her brother, the other eight people did as they were told. After telling the officer what they needed to buy, they turned around and went back.
Zhang San looked at Xia Xing'er and her brother who were still standing there motionless and asked, "Miss Xia, Young Master Xia, look..."
What is left unfinished is that you can't get in. Why don't you go back? What are you going to do?
Xia Xinger glanced at him and said, "Go into town and buy things. Don't worry about us."
Zhang San brought out a total of ten people, and the others stayed to watch over the team.
Hearing Xia Xing'er say this, he already knew that the brother and sister would definitely find a way to get in. He no longer paid attention to them and said, "Okay, let's meet here in an hour?"
After saying this, he went into the city with ten officials.
After watching them leave, Xia Qingyu asked Xia Xing'er, "Little sister, are we still going in?"
Xia Xing'er looked at Xia Qingyu as if she were a fool: "Of course you're going in. Why are you here if not going in?"
Xia Qingyu looked at the soldiers who were checking her carefully and said with difficulty: "How are we going to get in? Do we have to fly in?"
Xia Xinger rolled her eyes: "Of course I walked in with such fanfare."
Under Xia Qingyu's curious gaze, Xia Xing'er took out two invisibility talismans from the space and stuck one on herself.
Then Xia Xing'er disappeared in front of Xia Qingyu, which made Xia Qingyu very anxious.
After looking left and right, up and down, he came to the conclusion that his little sister had disappeared from his sight.
He wanted to find it, but he didn't know where to look, so he could only wait anxiously there.
Xia Xing'er looked at her third brother and the smile on her face never stopped.
Afraid of making his third brother anxious, he quickly tore off the invisibility talisman on his body.
Xia Qingyu saw his little sister reappear in the same place, and he said anxiously: "Little sister, where did you go just now? You scared me to death, don't you know?"
As he said this, he looked Xia Xing'er up and down, and was relieved to find that she was not injured.
Xia Xing'er took out another invisibility talisman and showed it to Xia Qingyu: "Third brother, this is called an invisibility talisman. My master gave it to me when I came down the mountain. If you stick it on your body, others won't be able to see you. I was standing in front of you just now, and I had the invisibility talisman on me, so you couldn't see me."
Xia Qingyu had already seen the power of this talisman, and took it carefully from Xia Xing'er.
Xia Qingyu grabbed Xia Xing'er's sleeve, and the two of them put on invisibility talismans, and their figures disappeared in an instant.
There was a long line at the city gate. The two men walked through the crowd and entered in front of the soldiers.
Qingyang County is a small county under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou. It is far less prosperous than the capital, but it has more of a down-to-earth feel.
The streets of Qingyang County are paved with blue bricks. The shops on both sides are low, and various signs are hung on the wooden lintels. Some of them are mottled, revealing the traces of time.
At the corner of the street, an old man was bending over, carefully wiping the copper pot in front of him. From time to time, he looked up at passers-by with a kind look in his eyes.
In front of a pastry shop, the air was filled with fragrance and the freshly baked pastries were steaming hot. Children gathered around the stall, staring at them eagerly and swallowing their saliva from time to time.
In the distance, a clear sound of copper bells came. It was a hawker selling candied haws. He was carrying strings of bright red candied haws on his shoulders and shouting as he walked, attracting the attention of passers-by.
I don't know why this street is full of ordinary people, all wearing cloth shirts, some of which are patched.
Maybe today is market day. Stalls are set up one after another on the street, and the sounds of hawking can be heard one after another. It is very lively.
"Steamed buns, hot buns fresh from the oven, big buns with thin skin and lots of meat, two cents each, three cents for two!"
"Come and see the game we hunted ourselves. We're selling it for a good price."
"Eggs, from our own hens, one penny each."
"Fellow villagers passing by, come and take a look. You won't be cheated or fooled. This is a hot commodity from overseas, and it's one of a kind."
The street was filled with a cacophony of noises, but this one in a foreign language stood out.
There were the most people at the stall, and Xia Xing'er and her brother came to this stall.
There are all kinds of items on it, and the vendor is holding a transparent cup and talking non-stop.
"Look at this cup in my hand. Have you ever seen the material of this? It's colored glaze, which is only available overseas. It's unique to the Xuanyuan Dynasty."
Xia Xing'er looked at the so-called glass cup, which was the size of a thumb, but crystal clear, as if it could reflect the purest light and shadow in the world.
It spun gently in the vendor's hands, reflecting different colors with each turn.
Xia Xing'er thought that there seemed to be similar things in her own space. There were a lot of them, large cups, medium cups, small cups, and various utensils. They were even more exquisite than the one in the vendor's hand, and the materials were also delicate. They were all left by the original owner of the space.
The mechanical voice of the system rang out in Xia Xing'er's mind again: "Host, this glass cup is only one point in the system mall, it's very cheap. It's also available in the modern plane on the trading plane, and it's also very cheap, so there's no need for you to buy it!"
Xia Xing'er answered in her heart: "I didn't mean to buy anything. It's just that there are so many people here and it's so lively. I just wanted to take a look."
Seeing the vendor praising the cup so highly, the man really liked it and asked, "How much is this cup, young man?"
When the vendor heard someone asking for the price, he immediately replied, "My dear brother, I see that you really like my cup. I would like to make friends with you. I will give you a friendly price of three hundred taels of silver."
When they heard the price, the crowd gasped.
"Oh my goodness, how come this is more expensive than gold? It costs three hundred taels of silver!"
"Why spend three hundred taels of silver on it? It can't be eaten or drunk. We ordinary people just need to look at it!"
"How many people on our street can afford three hundred taels of silver? Even if it's three hundred wen, we have to be frugal."
However, isn’t this also the suffering of ordinary people?
When the man heard that he wanted three hundred taels of silver, he said nothing more, turned around and walked out of the crowd.
Xia Xing'er looked at the things on the stall again. They were all rare things and some unknown seeds.
This caught Xia Xing'er's attention, and she asked the vendor, "Brother, what kind of seeds are these?"
The vendor immediately introduced enthusiastically: "This is a tomato, which can be eaten raw or stir-fried. This is a flower seed called rose, which comes in red and yellow varieties..."
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