Chapter 22: The Temptation of Buns There is no magical element in it, but it tastes...
"Sister." Bai Miao hurried over from a distance and threw herself into Bai Yu's arms.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Bai Yu, not knowing what was happening, hugged her to comfort her. At the same time, he reached out and pulled Bai Xi's hand, pointing forward, "Go find Qiqi."
Bai Xi saw Qiqi's position and quickly stepped forward to grab her.
Qiqi pulled her to talk, and although Bai Xi didn't understand, she saw the situation not far away, and subconsciously hugged Qiqi tightly and took her back to Bai Yu.
"What's wrong?" Bai Yu asked in a low voice, looking up at the same time.
The accident seemed to have happened on the other side of the corner. She couldn't see the situation over there from her side, and it was not convenient to take Bai Miao there, so she could only ask Bai Xi.
Bai Xi pulled Qiqi in a half-hug, pursed her lips and said, "Someone's selling people over there. It's quite ugly."
Bai Yu was at a loss.
Bai Xi leaned over and spoke in her ear: "Those people were covered in blood and looked very bad. Miaomiao had never seen such a scene before. They must have been scared."
Bai Yu's pupils shrank slightly: "How did selling slaves turn out like that?"
Bai Xi shook her head. She didn't know much about the selling of slaves in her own world, let alone this plane.
Bai Yu looked over there, frowning, "We have to go over there to buy the wood strips for the fire grass. We still have to go there."
"Carry Miaomiao over there and don't let her see it." Bai Xi suggested.
"Yeah," Bai Yu nodded, picked up Bai Miao, and spoke to her softly, "Miao Miao, don't be afraid. Big Sister is here. Let's go over there. Miao Miao, close your eyes."
Bai Miao listened and immediately buried his whole face in Bai Yu's shoulder.
Bai Yu patted her back again.
On the side, Bai Xi also picked up Qiqi and walked forward.
Bai Yu didn't see the situation here just now. When he walked over and reached the corner, he looked around with curiosity. After seeing the situation in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but shiver.
Even though she had been prepared after hearing Bai Xi's words, she still felt a chill in her heart when she actually saw the bloody scene.
This plane is not as peaceful as it seems.
She walked past quickly and turned back to see Bai Xi and Qiqi following behind them, and she felt relieved.
"Miao Miao, it's okay. Let's buy some wooden sticks and go back, okay? Can you tell Qiqi?" Bai Yu spoke gently to Bai Miao.
Bai Miao raised his head, looked around subconsciously, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Are we going back?" She looked at Bai Yu.
"Well, can you tell Qiqi?"
"Okay." Bai Miao nodded obediently, leaned forward slightly and called Qiqi, telling her that he would go back after buying some wooden sticks.
Qiqi nodded repeatedly and talked to her.
The two of them talked back and forth.
Bai Yu and Bai Xi carried the two of them to the place where wooden strips were sold.
This time, selling the tinderboxes earned a total of 150 copper coins. Initially, they planned to exchange 100 copper coins for wooden sticks, but after what happened just now, Bai Yu felt a little scared and whispered to Bai Xi, "It's more dangerous here at the market. Let's come less often. Save some copper coins for the flying carpet, and the rest... for 130."
"Okay." Bai Xi nodded, counted out another thirty copper coins, a total of one hundred and thirty, and bought six hundred and fifty wooden sticks from the boss.
In addition to them, Qiqi also took out a handful of copper coins to buy wooden sticks.
Then the four of them left the market in a hurry.
It was still early for the flying carpet to return, but the four of them had no plans to continue shopping, so they waited outside the market.
Bai Miao and Qiqi were talking non-stop, and Bai Yu and Bai Xi also took the opportunity to try to understand what the people coming and going were saying, and silently imitated the local language.
"What did that word mean just now..." Bai Yu turned around and was about to talk to Bai Xi when she suddenly saw the two people sitting in the middle eating the steamed buns they had won for signing in.
"Sister, Qiqi said the steamed buns are delicious." Bai Miao turned and said to Bai Yu, then broke off a piece from his hand and handed it to Qiqi.
Qiqi ate with gusto, which showed that she really thought it was delicious.
I just don't know if there are steamed buns in this dimension.
Bai Yu didn't dare to say much. Seeing the two of them talking while eating steamed buns, she didn't dare to take her eyes away.
At this time, someone came over, took a look, said something incoherently, and then left without any interest.
Bai Yu watched the man leave and whispered to Bai Miao, "Miao Miao, what did that man just say? I seemed to hear 'magic'."
As she spoke, she explained to Bai Miao which word corresponded to magic.
Bai Miao immediately understood and said, "That person said that our steamed buns don't have any magic in them and can't bring magic to the body. What is magic? Will it taste good if it has magic in it?"
"Magic should be the colors in the food people here eat, right?" Bai Yu guessed.
"That's not tasty," Bai Miao lost interest and listened to Qiqi's words. "Qiqi said it doesn't matter if there's no magic. She thinks the steamed buns are delicious. I think so too. The steamed buns are much better than the things she bought before."
Steamed buns have almost no taste, but compared to foods with strange tastes, steamed buns with no taste are more fragrant.
The steamed bun in Bai Miao's hand was obtained by [signing in] yesterday. It didn't taste as good as when it first came out, but seeing how Qiqi ate it with relish, you knew that the steamed bun tasted good to her too.
Bai Yu lowered her head and saw Bai Miao eating some hair again. She reached out to help her tidy up her hair and said to her, "Qiqi may not be able to eat our food. Just give her a little bit. Ask Qiqi to go back and ask her mother. Only when her mother says it's okay can we give her some food."
Judging from the expression of the person who just passed by, it can be guessed that food without magic should not be a good thing in this plane, but it does exist, so they don’t have to worry about being targeted if they take the food out. What they need to worry about is that Qiqi’s family will dislike these foods.
"Okay." Bai Miao put away the steamed bun with regret and lowered his head to talk to Qiqi.
Qiqi's expression was also regretful. After finishing the small piece of steamed bun in her hand, she licked her lips, then licked her fingers, and talked to Bai Miao with her head leaning against his.
Bai Yu was watching the two people talking when he noticed Bai Xi stood up.
She looked up and followed Bai Xi's gaze to the other side. After seeing the situation over there, she immediately blocked Bai Miao and Qiqi's gaze.
With the help of some unfamiliar words, I got a general idea of the situation from the words of the people around me.
These people must have offended some nobles and were exiled as slaves. The reason they were covered in blood was because the magic in their bodies had dissipated a lot.
Offending the nobles and being exiled made the two sisters feel some sympathy for these people.
After all, this situation is extremely similar to theirs.
But that's all. They don't have any special abilities and can't do anything in their original world. In this plane where everyone knows magic, they can do even less.
It was not until the group left that the two returned to their original positions and protected Bai Miao and Qiqi.
It was time to return, and the four of them got on the flying carpet, still in the middle seat. When most people had arrived, they gave copper coins and the flying carpet took off again.
On the way back on the flying carpet, Bai Yu recalled something he had heard: "You said Qiqi's mother was relieved to let Qiqi come out with us. Is it because we don't have magic? We can't hurt Qiqi?"
"What if we lose her?"
"Maybe there's something on Qiqi that can protect her, like a shield."
"If that's the case, it's really possible. After all, Qiqi's mother is still trusting Qiqi to pick the fire grass alone."
Although the Huohuo grass area is not actually a grassland, but a small meadow that is not too big, the place is not too small either. Qiqi's mother is confident in letting her go to pick grass alone, and there is a high probability that she has someone to rely on.
But they still don't know what it is.
This new dimension is very strange, but also full of dangers.
The flying carpet had a fixed return time. When it landed, Qiqi's mother was already waiting by the carpet. After they got off, Qiqi quickly ran to her mother's side.
Bai Yu gently pushed Bai Miao and asked her to go over and talk to Qiqi's mother about the steamed buns.
Bai Miao ran over to talk and took out the remaining steamed buns in the bag.
"Mom, it's delicious."
"There's nothing magical about it," Qiqi's mother looked at the steamed bun in Bai Miao's hand and asked, "Can I have some?"
Bai Miao broke off a piece and gave it to her.
Qiqi's mother took it and put it in her mouth. After eating it, she took out a copper coin from her pocket and said, "One copper coin, can you exchange it for half of it? Give it to Qiqi."
Bai Miao looked at Qiqi who was looking expectant, then at Qiqi's mother, stood on tiptoe and put the steamed bun into her palm, and then got a copper coin.
Before leaving, Qiqi's mother greeted Bai Yu and Bai Xi with a smile.
"She bought it?" Bai Yu was puzzled. She originally wanted Bai Miao to ask Qiqi if she could eat the steamed bun, but she didn't expect that there was still half a steamed bun left after it was sold.
"Bought it?" Bai Miao asked in confusion, and spread out her hands to let Bai Yu see the copper coins in her palm.
"If you're willing to buy it, it means it's definitely edible," Bai Xi picked up the copper coin from Bai Miao's hand, "Next time we go to the market, we'll buy some delicious food for Miao Miao."
Bai Miao immediately frowned and shook his head firmly: "No, I don't want to eat it."
Bai Xi suddenly realized: "I almost forgot, the things in the market here are quite strange, so when the time comes, you can see if there is anything you like and buy something you can play with."
Bai Miao didn't care and nodded casually: "Okay."
On the other side, Qiqi's mother took Qiqi home. After walking for a while, she bent down and said, "Qiqi, Mommy, have another bite."
"A small bite." Qiqi broke off a small piece and gave it to her.
Qiqi's mother tasted it carefully. "There's no magical element in it, but it smells really good, just pure sweetness. I wonder what it's made of. Qiqi, why don't you ask them later?"
Qiqi put the steamed bun in her hand behind her back.
"I won't eat yours," Qiqi's mother said, "There's no point in eating something without magical elements."
The two continued walking forward.
After a while.
"Qiqi, Mommy, have one more bite, the last one."
Qiqi looked up at her, split the steamed bun in her hand in two, and gave her one half.
"Eat it."
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