Yongzhou.
"Selling sesame cakes, girl, would you like to buy one?"
"Tanghulu, delicious Tanghulu, fragrant and sweet Tanghulu~"
"Baozi, freshly baked baozi, hot baozi, come and buy some."
………
As soon as Li Xia and Li Yousheng entered the area under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, they could hear the bustling sounds of people hawking everywhere, the liveliness of the place was breathtaking.
Li Yousheng looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes widened, "Sister, why is this place different from what those people outside said?"
He looked up and asked in sign language.
"So, Yousheng, we need to make our own judgments on some things. Just listen to what others say. Seeing is believing, hearing is not."
Li Xia took the opportunity to popularize knowledge to Li Yousheng.
In fact, when she saw this scene, she was no less shocked than Xiao Yousheng.
As they walked along, only the city was not affected by the war and the people in the city could maintain a normal life, but most of the people there just lived like zombies, without any vitality at all.
The people of Yongzhou are completely different.
They seemed unaffected by the war.
On their way to Yongzhou, everyone they met advised them not to go forward. It was said that the ruler occupying this place was a ghost-faced general, known as the Rakshasa Ghost King, and his army was known as the Yan Army. Each title had a flavor of the underworld.
However, the people living under his rule lived and worked in peace and contentment.
"Yousheng, I'll take you to eat something first. After you're full, I'll take you to the market. If you want to eat or play anything, you can tell me." Li Xia squatted down and raised her hand to tidy up Li Yousheng's clothes. "Come on, I'll hold your hand."
She took the little one's hand, walked forward, and merged into the crowd.
The masked man heard a familiar voice. He paused, stood still, raised his eyes, and looked in the direction of the voice.
"Master, what are you looking at?" The guard beside the man saw him stop, blinked and asked.
He also looked in the direction the man was looking.
There were just some vendors hawking their wares over there, and there wasn't anything special to see.
The masked man retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes. "Nothing, go back to the barracks."
Could it be that I was hallucinating?
He began to doubt himself.
"Yes." The guard replied with a bow.
The two men turned and left, one after the other.
[Ding! The hidden clue has been triggered, does the host accept it? ]
The long-lost electronic prompt sound rang in Li Xia's mind.
"Trigger hiding?!" Li Xia widened his eyes.
"Sister, what did you say?"
Li Yousheng saw Li Xia suddenly stop halfway through her walk. He looked up at her and saw Li Xia's mouth moving. He blinked, frowned slightly, and asked.
Although it was lively here, it was too noisy, and his sister's voice was so soft that he could only see her mouth moving. As for what his sister was saying, he did not hear a single word.
Li Xia came back to her senses and realized that Li Yousheng didn't know the existence of the system. Even if she was talking to the system, in the eyes of the little guy, she was just talking to the air.
"Yousheng, let's sit here and have a bowl of wonton first." Li Xia lowered her eyes and looked at Li Yousheng, bit her lower lip and asked what he meant.
Hearing this, Li Yousheng nodded and said, "I will listen to my sister." He raised his hand and gestured in the air.
Li Xia planned to make arrangements for Li Yousheng first, and then find an opportunity to receive the information.
She was afraid that if she dealt with system issues in front of the little guy, he would think she was crazy.
After all, she is the only one who can hear the system's voice.
If she were in a crowd, she would be seen as talking to herself.
"What would you two like to eat?"
Li Xia took Li Yousheng to the stall selling wontons. When the stall owner saw the two of them coming forward, he wiped his hands, looked up and asked Li Xia and the others in a loud voice and with a warm attitude.
Li Xia blinked, licked her lower lip, and said to the stall owner, "I want two bowls of wonton, one bowl is not spicy, and one bowl is slightly spicy."
Yousheng is still a child and shouldn’t eat spicy food.
Add a little bit of spicy to whet your appetite.
I don’t know if it’s because of the pregnancy, but Li Xia always feels like there’s no taste in her mouth and nothing she eats tastes good.
Eat something spicy to stimulate your taste buds.
"Okay, please wait a moment, it will be ready soon." After hearing what Li Xia said, the stall owner stretched out his hand and pointed to one side, "You two guests can sit over there and wait for a while."
Li Xia nodded, "Yeah, okay."
———
Weir City.
"Mom, even if you have no appetite, you still have to eat something. I know you are worried about Xinlan, but you can't ignore your own health because of this."
Madam Xiao stood in front of Madam Xiao's bed with a bowl of cooked chicken soup in her hand, and tried to persuade her earnestly.
"It's been more than half a month, and there's still no news about Lan'er. How can I not be worried?" Old Madam Xiao sighed and said, "Xiaowu risked his life to keep Lan'er as his only child. If something happens to her, how can I explain it to Xiaowu in my grave?"
The old lady couldn't help but think of her poor youngest daughter.
I can only sigh that there is no medicine for regret in this world.
Otherwise, Xiaowu would not have ended up like this, passing away at a young age, leaving behind a hungry child.
She managed to raise that tiny little girl with great difficulty.
If I let her go through the pain of seeing a loved one die again, I would never be able to endure it.
"Mother……"
"Wan'er, please stop talking. I know you are filial, but I really can't eat any more. Please ask someone to take it away."
Mrs. Xiao opened her mouth, wanting to continue persuading the old lady.
Old Madam Xiao waved her hand, licked her lower lip, and opened her mouth to interrupt her daughter-in-law.
"Mom, why are you doing this?" Xiao Yunqi heard the maid report that Old Madam Xiao had not eaten for a whole day.
No matter how the lady persuaded her, the old lady was unwilling to eat a bite.
When Xiao Yunqi received the news, he put down what he was doing and went to the old lady's room.
He saw his daughter-in-law standing in front of the old lady's couch holding a bowl of soup. She walked forward and took the bowl from Mrs. Xiao's hand.
"Wan'er, you go and rest, let me do it." Xiao Yunqi patted his wife's shoulder gently, blinked, and said in a gentle voice.
Mrs. Xiao blinked her eyes. She couldn't do anything about the old lady, so she simply handed over full power to Xiao Yunqi. After all, it would be easier for the mother and daughter to talk.
"Okay, husband, remember to let mother eat something, otherwise her body won't be able to bear it. Mother is already so old, she can't stand the torment."
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