Chapter 173
Rubbing his nose, he closed the window and put the sleeping Tangyuan back into the cat's nest. Beiqiao looked at the darkening sky outside the window, turned around and went to the kitchen to get a few dates. After eating them, he decided to go online again.
Coax the dog, brush the mount's fur, check the crops, go to the front yard and open the door... "Hey, what are you doing?" After staying in Yuanshan Village for two months, it was the first time that Bei Qiao saw Captain Chen fighting with others.
The noise at the door was so loud that it drowned out Bei Qiao's questioning. Seeing this, Bei Qiao didn't ask any more questions. He walked out, closed the door, leaned against the door frame, and began to observe the situation in front of him.
Besides Constable Chen, who was tussling with strangers on the ground, there were two other groups of people at the door: one group was the village constables and other players, and the other group was a group of strangers. While Constable Chen was busy fighting, they were also busy cheering him on, their posture a bit like watching a cockfight.
In addition to those cheering, they also set aside several people to take turns guarding the intersections. If a horse or carriage passed by, they would wave to stop it, preventing anyone on the ground from being accidentally run over. If someone came without a horse or carriage, they would also invite them to watch the fun, which is why the streets are getting so crowded.
"Qiao Qiao, are you done?" Yu Qian, perched on a ladder on the opposite wall, peeked out and waved at Bei Qiao through the broken tiles. The surrounding noise was so loud it drowned out Yu Qian's voice, and her exaggerated waving made it look like a pantomime with a dubbing error.
"Hmm." Bei Qiao skirted the crowd and approached Yu Qian's wall, looking up and asking, "What's going on now? That family is bothering you again?" A few days ago, the Yan family, unable to interfere with the government's decision, came to harass Yu Qian. After being beaten last time, they learned their lesson and stopped banging on the door. They kept doing little tricks, and after being beaten again by the village natives, they started playing tricks, trying to scare Yu Qian into a nervous breakdown. However...
After logging off and leaving the holographic cabin, Yu Qian, who was sleeping soundly in bed with her blanket hugged, said: "A-choo! What happened? Did I turn the air conditioner down?"
The detectives who passed by and watched the monkey show: You idiot, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to wake us up after we log off. There is a world barrier between us, how can they hear us?
"That's about right. Their previous tactics didn't work, so they hired another group to cause trouble for our village." Yu Qian carefully held onto the top of the ladder. She was a little afraid of heights. If she hadn't wanted to watch the fun, she wouldn't have climbed the ladder to the top of the wall. "Captain Chen recognized one of the men, and after a while of exposing each other's dark history, their defenses were broken, and then a fight broke out."
The man fighting with Captain Chen on the ground is said to be Captain Chen's roommate in college. The two have been father and son for many years and have a good relationship. It's just that they had exposed each other's dark history a little too harshly before, so they were both angry and embarrassed.
"If they are acquaintances, then the others..."
"They are all fellow villagers. They have already planned to take advantage of both ends. It seems that this fight is for the share of the task." Yu Qian clamped the ladder with her arms and made the gesture of spreading her hands with difficulty.
Bei Qiao: "...Be careful, don't let go." This is not a sitcom, there is no need for action.
"Oh." Yu Qian tremblingly put down her arms to hold the ladder, took a deep breath and said, "Qiao Qiao, do me a favor."
"What can I help you with?"
"I, I can't go down..." Yu Qian answered in a low voice: I climbed up because of my impulsiveness, and now it is easier to go up than to go down.
“…I’ll be right there.”
After lifting Yu Qian down from the ladder and putting her on the ground, Bei Qiao glanced outside the door: "Can't you go out now?" Yu Qian used to be a homebody, but not to the point of not even leaving the house.
"They said we can go out tomorrow. Wait for the people outside to pretend to succeed, and then I will cooperate... Oh, sorry, I can't tell you the rest. It has to be kept secret." Yu Qian rubbed her hands embarrassedly.
"It's okay, there's nothing to apologize for." Bei Qiao didn't care about this kind of thing: "No one is clamoring to redeem that guy this time, right?" After sending a few of the natives away last time, some of the natives in the village became very well-behaved, as if they were scared.
"There were some at first, but when the Yan family came... I've never seen such annoying people!" Yu Qian shook her head exaggeratedly: those love-sick people in the village who had their brains damaged by reading storybooks and who were always thinking about saving the handsome men in distress, all came to their senses after meeting the Yan family. It was amazing!
Love-brained people: Is this hard to understand? I can endure the pain of love, but marrying into a family like that would kill me! Absolutely not! Absolutely not!
The love-brained family members breathed a sigh of relief: Yes, absolutely not!
As they spoke, the fight outside finally ended. Captain Chen and his former roommate lay on the ground, face down, too exhausted to even lift their arms.
"It's a draw, isn't it?"
"Forget it, a draw is a draw. What about the contract?"
"Get up! What's the big deal about a draw?"
Captain Chen rolled his eyes and said, "That's easy to say. If you can do it, go for it!"
No matter how others cheered, the draw result was already decided, and all that remained was to sign the contract and then go fishing as planned.
But these have nothing to do with Beiqiao, because Beiqiao is going on a long journey again.
"Another long journey!" The village chief was no stranger to this kind of situation. Running an escort agency was like that; as long as they could get a job, they would travel all over the place. Only when they stopped traveling would they need to pay attention. "Okay, got it."
Bei Qiao's departure didn't alarm the others. Young people love to explore. Even though many players in the village didn't travel far to run their shops, most of them still had a desire to travel. If they could save enough money and find someone to help look after their shops, they might also travel far.
"Why go through so much trouble? Just go when you want to." Xishi, who was hitchhiking, sat in the car, hugged the bag she had packed, and crossed her legs: "I can log off when I'm hungry or thirsty, and I can also log off when I go to the toilet. It's so convenient." There is no need to worry about food safety issues, how great!
Xishi's bun shop has been temporarily closed. In Xishi's own words, she won't starve if she loses her shop, and she won't get rich if she earns one more day's turnover. It's better for her to go on a long journey to gain some experience. At the very least, it will relax her mind and not make her trip in vain.
"How long has it been since you last traveled far?"
"You mean I've been here for two years and three months, not a day more or less." Xishi took out a cushion from her bag and lay down directly in the car: "I haven't been out since I came to Yuanshan Village. There was a time when I got up too early and was in a bad mood, so I overturned the stall." Later, I spent cash to find a carpenter to build a new one. During this period, I rested very comfortably, so comfortably that I didn't want to start work at one point.
Xishi: During that time, my back and legs no longer hurt, and I no longer had insomnia at night. Damn this damn work, when will I ever achieve financial freedom?
It's not like Xishi hasn't been out in real life. After all, unlike in the other world, transportation is incredibly advanced in the 25th century. With holographic goggles, she can continue her journey in the other world even while outside. Last spring, while putting her steamed buns in a steamer, Xishi spotted flowers blooming on the mountain from afar. She immediately logged off and left. After two days of playing, her increasingly empty wallet persuaded her to quit.
"Money, money, why am I not the one who wins the lottery?" While complaining like this, Xishi's actions online were not slow at all: This cannot go on, the Novice Village has been explored by everyone, and if you don't go further, you won't find any gold.
Thinking of a long journey to pan for gold, Xishi boarded Beiqiao's carriage, intending to see if she could bring anything back to the bank to sell. If that didn't work out, she'd capture a few bandits and sell them for ransom. If that didn't work out, she'd just rob them. However, perhaps because the constant work was too exhausting, or because the swaying carriage felt too much like a swaying crib, after tossing and turning in the carriage for a while, Xishi unknowingly fell asleep and logged off. When she woke up and logged back on, the carriage had already arrived in Linjie City.
"Should I drop you off at the inn door when you wake up?" Bei Qiao heard the movement in the carriage and turned to look inside. Although they were from the same village, she was not very familiar with Xishi. She only remembered that she had a hot temper and was straightforward. Sometimes the fillings for her buns were like opening a blind box, making whatever buns she had.
"Ah? We're here? Damn it, I got up too late and missed everything." Xishi sat up and wiped her face vigorously: "Didn't you encounter any bandits on the way?"
"No."
"Ah, that's good. Otherwise, it would be a pity if I met the bandits while I was still asleep." Xishi breathed a sigh of relief: This is my gold coin drop bag, I will let you go today!
Bei Qiao: "What regret?" She didn't mean to rob the bandits, did she?
"It's okay." Xishi stood up and stretched, half-knelt with one leg on the seat, and looked out the window: "Please drop me off outside the Chamber of Commerce. I plan to save money and sleep directly in the basement." The Chamber of Commerce in another world is occasionally used by players as a free accommodation place. Of course, safety issues depend entirely on self-awareness. No matter what problems arise, the consequences are at your own risk, except for issues of legal principles. The system will personally take over and handle these issues.
Although the safety factor is unknown, but... Xishi rummaged through her purse: One hundred coins a night for accommodation is too expensive, and my meat buns are only two coins, and this is not pure profit.
"Okay." Bei Qiao did not question Xishi's decision, nor did he invite her to his courtyard. He drove straight to the Chamber of Commerce and dropped Xishi off.
"Why are you still using a donkey to pull the cart?" Xishi jumped off the carriage and patted Huihui's neck: "Wouldn't it be faster if we replaced them all with horses?"
Huihui shook his neck unhappily: "Take your hand away! What's wrong with me being a donkey? Huh? I didn't eat your fodder!"
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