Seeing the woman easily lift the basket on her back, the shopkeeper was now astonished.
How could I not be shocked?
This basket contained seven hundred taels of silver, yet it was carried so easily by someone! What an extraordinary woman! No wonder she had an ancestor who could obtain such a treasure!
Fatty followed behind Qin San Niang with a serious expression, nervously and warily looking around, afraid that someone would come and steal her things!
This left Qin San Niang speechless, and she could only offer quiet words of comfort.
"Fatty, don't be nervous. Doing that will make people know we have money."
“Okay, Auntie. But I’m still very nervous. Just thinking about the things in the basket makes me feel like I can’t walk. Everyone around me seems like a bad person.”
Normally, walking down the street, she wouldn't think much of it, but now, looking at the passersby, she felt their eyes were off, and they didn't seem like good people. The reason was that these women were carrying a huge sum of money! Fatty had never seen so much silver before, and she had no idea what seven hundred taels of silver meant. She only knew that it could buy a lot of steamed buns, and they were made of white flour!
Qin San Niang understood this feeling; it was like when she wore a large diamond ring on the street, she would be afraid that someone would snatch it.
However, she doesn't have the money on her right now, so she's not worried about that issue; she just can't explain it to Fatty.
"If you're too nervous, people will notice something's wrong. Just walk around like usual, and no one will come to steal your things."
Although they are dressed neatly now, they are obviously refugees who have come to the city. How much good stuff could refugees who come here to pawn their belongings have? Besides, the defenses of Luochuan City are very strict, with a patrol team going around every fifteen minutes or so, so the security is relatively good.
"Okay, Auntie, I'll try my best not to think about the things in the basket."
Fatty tried her best to adjust her mood and managed to keep up with Qin San Niang's pace, although she still looked like she was facing a formidable enemy.
Qin San Niang nodded with amusement, telling her to just follow along.
Before the two had even left the alley, they heard a sound behind them.
"Madam Qin?!"
Qin San Niang's heart pounded with alarm bells. There probably weren't many people in this place who knew her!
Turning around, I saw a girl dressed in a khaki linen shirt, with a matching cloth wrapped around her head. Her face was covered in soot, clearly smeared with soot from the bottom of a pot! Alas, it couldn't hide her naturally good complexion!
It made her so envious and jealous!
That figure, those slightly upturned eyelashes, and the alluring charm in her eyes—who else could it be but the sixth daughter of the Sima family?! But what is she doing here?
"Sixth Miss?" Qin San Niang asked in confusion.
Unexpectedly, the other party still remembered her, and Sima Yao quickly stepped forward.
Having witnessed Qin San Niang's skills and received her earnest advice from the old lady, the girls and boys of the Sima family regarded Qin San Niang as their benefactor and a deity. Otherwise, they would not have allowed their descendants to enshrine her portrait!
He bowed and said, "Madam Qin, it's so wonderful to meet you here."
Then he remembered that this was a pawnshop, and that Qin San Niang must also be here to pawn something. He felt a little embarrassed, realizing that he was now in dire straits and had no money to repay his benefactor.
Qin San Niang didn't think about any of that; she was simply curious as to why she was here. What about the Old Madam and the others? If they couldn't reach their place of exile on time, wouldn't they be beheaded?
"Sixth Miss, what are you doing here? Where are the Old Madam and the others?"
"It's a long story. After we parted ways, we encountered bandits. Fortunately, there was a security escort agency, and the people there were old acquaintances of my second uncle. However, I accidentally fell into a deep pit and was rescued, which separated me from my mother and grandmother."
Speaking of this, the sixth sister's tears were about to fall.
Sigh, why do beautiful women always seem to cry? Their tears are so pitiful!
"Sixth Miss, there's no need to be sad. It's good to be alive. We'll meet again someday. But the Old Madam and the others will surely be grieving. I wonder what you plan to do next?"
She's already taken in enough people! But they're all useful and won't cause her any trouble! And this sixth young lady, though she's as beautiful as a fairy, is simply not someone she should risk her life for.
Having come from a prominent family, the sixth young lady quickly composed herself and answered frankly.
"I plan to lie low here until my mother and the others have arrived in the Southern Territory and settled down before I go there to meet them. If Madam Qin is going to Jiangzhou, could you please inform my uncle and tell him about my whereabouts? My uncle is the patriarch of the Meili royal family."
She grew up in Jiangnan and was always pampered by her uncle and aunt. It wasn't until she was ten years old that she was brought to the capital to live with her parents. The relationship between the sixth daughter and her uncle and aunt was even better than that between her and her mother, Ran Niang.
It was because of her that Princess Linglong launched her attack during this exile. Therefore, after surviving the fall into the deep pit, she took the opportunity to leave the group in order to protect the women of the Sima family.
Bring her a message? That's not unreasonable. She's going to Jiangnan anyway, whether it's Lin'an or Jiangzhou is uncertain. But she can't guarantee it either, since she's bringing so many people, and whether they can even get into the city is unknown. Besides, even if they find that Wang family, powerful families have many connections! If it's the clan leader, they can't just see him whenever they want! She's just a commoner!
"If I go to Jiangzhou, I will definitely visit the Meili Wang family you mentioned. However, if we don't go to Jiangzhou, I'm afraid it won't work." Qin Sanniang spoke the truth, so that the child wouldn't keep waiting for her uncle to pick her up. If he didn't come, they would have to think of another way! A person can't be stuck on one tree forever.
Upon receiving her reply, the Sixth Miss was quite pleased and thanked her with obvious delight.
“Madam Qin, what are you saying? I understand everything you’re saying. This matter can only be accomplished when the time, place, and people are all in harmony. If you hadn’t gone to Jiangzhou, the Wang family’s pastry shop in Lin’an City is my aunt’s business, and the manager there is her confidant. If you have some free time, please make a trip there.”
"That's easy," Qin San Niang nodded in agreement.
"So, Sixth Miss, where are you hiding now? Are you safe?"
Glancing around out of the corner of her eye, the sixth girl leaned forward and whispered, "I'm temporarily staying at Qingyun Temple in the north of the city. The abbess is an old friend of my grandmother's, so it's safe for me."
As they were talking, a man dressed in linen clothes hurried over, looking anxious.
"Ah Yao, what are you doing here? Quickly leave with me."
Perhaps it was because Qin San Niang and the others were now dressed in clean clothes and had tidied their hair. In any case, they couldn't go into the city looking disheveled, could they? The man opposite them didn't recognize them.
From the moment he appeared, Qin San Niang recognized him as Zhang Wu, the young yamen runner from the dilapidated temple.
Having shed his yamen runner's uniform and donned this coarse linen robe, he now surprisingly resembled a scholar. Truly impressive, skilled in both literature and martial arts! He lived up to his name.
"Brother Wu, look who this is!"
Zhang Wu then took a closer look at Qin San Niang and Pang Ya. He hadn't really noticed the woman, but he remembered Pang Ya. The girl was chubby and round, which would have made her unforgettable on the road of fleeing famine!
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