Chapter 50 Xie Xiangxiang takes action
At 3 p.m., we finally arrived at Xiangzhou County.
The yamen runners were also very hot and tired. During this period of time, they rushed to travel as if on a forced march, and they made reasonable progress on time.
The sun was still high at 3 p.m., so Li Rong and his companions discussed and decided to stay in an inn in Xiangzhou County first, and then get up early at 3 p.m. the next day to set off on their journey.
Brought a large group of prisoners and received supplies at the supply station. The other party arranged for all the prisoners to rest in a simple inn on the outskirts of the county town.
The large dormitory where the prisoners lived was not in the same yard as the ordinary guests. Next to it was the yard for cattle and horses, and the stench from the animals made the prisoners feel sick.
There is no proper courtyard wall, and a few rows of locust trees and willow trees serve as the perimeter wall.
There was a well in the yard. The prisoners took turns drawing water from the well, washed their faces and hands happily, and couldn't wait to drink a sip of the well water, finally feeling a little refreshed.
Shen looked at the locust tree with her cloudy eyes and said enviously, I really want to have a bite of fresh locust flowers.
When they came out of Kyoto, the locust flowers were just about to bloom. Unfortunately, they were used to eating delicacies from land and sea, and did not take wild vegetables like locust flowers seriously.
By the time the silver in his hands was gone, the locust flower season had passed.
Xiangzhou County is the nearest county to Xiangyang City. There are a lot of merchants here. The inn is full and the yard is filled with horse-drawn carriages carrying goods. The inn also runs a restaurant business and the sounds of cups and plates from drinking and eating are constant.
Shen had become extremely thin. Ever since they lost the silver, they had completely lost all hope. The one piece of bread they were delivered every day was not enough to fill them up.
The money that Aunt Xue earned from being forced to engage in prostitution was barely enough for her family to have a full meal, and she couldn't hook up with a man every day.
When not staying at the inn, there were only a few yamen runners as men, and people like Li Rong would never have sex with female prisoners.
The rest, like Zhu Ba and Wei Ergou, didn't have much money to begin with, and could only give Aunt Xue one or two cakes at most.
Xiangzhou and Xiangyang City are bustling areas. Shen looked at the beautiful concubines of Xie Anhuai and Xie Qingmu, gritted her teeth, and told her two sons to ask their four concubines to serve the men.
Neither Xie Anhuai nor Xie Qingmu wanted to, especially Xie Qingmu. The concubine Guo was not the daughter of an ordinary small family. She was originally the granddaughter of the prime minister of the previous dynasty.
At first, Guo had her eyes on Xie Anfeng, but Xie Qingmu snatched her away because he saw that she was pretty.
Guo had never given birth, so she looked as pretty as an 18-year-old girl. Xie Qingmu was reluctant to let her serve another man.
Shen didn't care. A concubine was just a concubine. She was just a toy. How could she be the main wife? She was almost starving to death. Why did she still support her?
There are so many powerful businessmen in the store, with plenty of money and no wives to look after them, so it's a good time to hook up.
Xie Anhuai gritted his teeth and pushed his two concubines to find someone else. Xie Qingmu only advised his concubine Zhang Xinlian to hook up with a rich man.
In the end, Aunt Xue and Aunt Hu went to serve the merchants coming and going in the store, and Zhang Xinlian also went there timidly.
Xie Huan didn't want Aunt Xue to go, so he held Aunt Xue back and pleaded, "Aunt, can you please not go for my sake?"
Aunt Xue lowered her head and said, "Master asked Aunt to go."
"You don't have to listen to him, but Aunt Guo doesn't listen to him either."
"Mrs. Guo is protected by the Third Master."
"Auntie, please, please don't go, okay? Please!" Xie Huan's eyes were filled with tears. "When we get to Lingnan, I will find a way to support you."
Aunt Xue smiled miserably: "In this life, Auntie can't escape. Whatever Master tells me to do, Auntie must do it."
Old Mrs. Shen said that if she didn't obey, she would never see Xie Huan again. A concubine had no right to say no, and neither did a bastard.
Like Xie Yun, Xie Huan is the son of Xie Anhuai. However, as a bastard, he cannot go to school, cannot become an official, and cannot even call his biological mother "mother". He can only call her "aunt".
His food, clothing and other expenses cannot even be compared with those of the legitimate son, and he has to watch his concubine use her sex to seduce men in exchange for money to support the legitimate branch of the family.
He hates it so much.
He was so helpless.
Xie Xiangxiang remained silent. After Shen received the 10 taels of silver from Aunt Xue, Xie Xiangxiang asked her for 5 taels and bought buns and sweet wine in the store.
When Tiffany Xie went to the toilet, she quickly followed.
Xie Tingting came out of the toilet and Xie Xiangxiang stopped her.
Xie Tingting said vigilantly: "What do you want to do?"
With a look of regret on her face, Xie Xiangxiang said to Xie Tingting, "Tingting, I'm sorry."
"Tsk, stop pretending!"
Xie Xiangxiang calmly blocked her way and handed over two buns wrapped in oil paper: "I know I'm sorry for you, and I don't want to absolve myself of responsibility. These two buns and sweet wine were secretly given to me by my grandmother. I kept them and give them to you."
"Are you so kind?"
"I'm not being nice. You keep swearing. As a child, I don't want my mother and father to be sweared at. So from today on, I will give you at least half of the food my grandmother gives me. I just ask you to stop swearing."
Xie Xiangxiang looked gloomy, but her hand was still stretched out stubbornly.
Tiffany Xie snorted, took the buns and bamboo tube, and without even saying thank you, she just walked around her and left.
"Tingting, you'd better find a place where no one is around to eat and drink before going back. Everyone at home is still hungry..."
She spoke very skillfully, and Xie Tingting understood her words in seconds. She couldn't take the things back, or else the hungry people at home would eat her alive.
Tiffany Xie turned around and found a corner to eat.
Xie Xiangxiang immediately left quickly, returned to Old Mrs. Shen, and waited quietly.
Tingting Xie ate half a bun and drank a sip of sweet wine. Suddenly, a cold voice came: "If I were you, I wouldn't eat it."
It’s Xie Yanyan.
Tiffany Xie immediately cursed: "Of course you don't want to eat, you have money, you eat good food, you wish we would all starve to death."
"You are so stupid, I really don't know how you have lived to this age. Xie Xiangxiang has added ingredients to the buns and bamboo tubes, you can figure it out for yourself!"
Tiffany Xie's face froze and she asked her what she meant.
"Mrs. Fang is so smart, how could she give birth to such a stupid daughter! There is poison in the food you eat, do you understand? If you don't believe me, give it to Xie Xiangxiang and see if she eats it."
Xie Tingting subconsciously believed in Xie Yanyan, who had been a fool since childhood but never lied.
Since food was so stressful, why did Xie Xiangxiang treat her to buns and sweet wine for no reason?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, so she immediately stumbled toward the large bunk bed yard with her things in hand.
He ran to Fang in a panic and cried, "Mother, mother..."
Seeing her pale face, Fang asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
"The buns and sweet wine were given to me by Xie Xiangxiang. My stomach hurts..." She felt a little pain in her stomach just now, and now she felt a little dizzy and slowly fell to the ground.
Fang was extremely panicked for a moment, and kept shouting "Tingting, don't scare me". Suddenly she picked up the buns and sweet wine that Xie Tingting brought, smelled them, but couldn't tell whether they were poisonous.
He called Xie Yao in and asked him to give it to Xie Jinrong: "You must give it to grandfather and say that it was given by Sister Xiangxiang. You couldn't bear to eat it, so you gave it to grandfather."
She was worried that Xie Yao would eat it himself, so she accompanied him to the door of the big bunk bed where Xie Jinrong was sleeping. When Xie Yao went in, he met Xie Yun.
When Xie Yun heard that it was Xie Xiangxiang who gave it to his grandfather, he said, "You go back and I'll give it to my grandfather." As soon as Xie Yao left, Xie Yun immediately ate a bun in two or three bites and drank the whole bamboo tube of sweet wine.
Why eat so much when you’re old?
(End of this chapter)
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