Chapter 44 This pancake is delicious
Wen Lanzhi counted out eighteen copper coins from her purse and handed them to the boss. "Boss, I want three pancakes today! Add extra shredded carrots to each."
Wu Ciyan glanced at the sign next to him, then at the heavy copper coins in the boss's hand, and finally, at Wen Lanzhi, "You can't read?"
"Hmm?" Wen Lanzhi didn't understand why he suddenly asked this. "Yes, I know him."
Wu Ciyan knocked on the large wooden sign that was nearby - Pancakes, two cents each.
Wen Lanzhi explained: "Oh, that's right! The boss said that because I want to add shredded carrots, I have to pay four more."
The boss smiled awkwardly and nodded.
Wu Ciyan asked, "What carrot? It's more expensive than a cake? Did you add a whole one?"
"Yes, yes, I added a whole one," the boss said quickly. "Wait a minute, I'll get some carrots."
The boss brought over three carrots and cut them into three bowls of shredded carrots.
"Wow! There are so many today!" Wen Lanzhi's eyes lit up.
Wu Ciyan asked, "Isn't there usually this much?"
Wen Lanzhi pointed to the bowl of shredded carrots in front of her and said, "I usually grab a handful more. But it's still a lot!"
She chuckled and looked at Wu Ciyan: "Today I am blessed by my benefactor."
Wu Ciyan said: "No, I benefited from your help."
He pushed Wen Lanzhi to the back, his tone filled with anger: "Whatever extra you took, spit it out."
The boss was so scared that he dropped his kitchen knife and shuddered, "No, no, no, not much. Miss Wen hasn't eaten here many times."
Wu Ciyan turned around and asked, "Do you like this store?"
Wen Lanzhi nodded repeatedly.
Wu Ciyan asked, "Do you eat here often?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "Yes! Almost every day!"
Wu Ciyan asked, "How many years have you been here?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "Six years!"
Wu Ciyan turned around, looked at the boss, and repeated word by word, "For six years, I've been paying four cents more every day. Spit it out!"
The boss fell to his knees and begged for mercy: "Hero! Hero! I can't come up with so much money at once! Miss Wen has money, she gave it to me voluntarily, she likes eating our pancakes, she is willing to give us more money! I have a wife and children to support, I am not as rich as her, she is willing to give it to me."
Wen Lanzhi lowered her eyes. It sounded like she had been deceived.
He even lied to her about her favorite pancakes.
Wu Ciyan was too lazy to waste time talking to him. "You know best whether she did it voluntarily or not. Don't say it's useless. Pay the money back, or report it to the police. After so many years, so much money, it's enough to keep you in prison for several years."
The proprietress came out holding the child. She took out two clay pots and cried, "Hero, this is all our savings. We use it to repay Miss Wen. Please, don't report it to the police and don't arrest my husband. We have three children at home. If my husband goes to jail, how will we survive? Hero, please!"
Wu Ciyan glanced at the jar and asked, "Do you think these two jars are enough?"
Wu Ciyan said, "For six years, if you pay an extra four coins a day, that's over eight thousand coins. She doesn't come every day, so I'll round it off to about eight hundred coins."
The boss quickly said, "It's three cents! It's three cents. Every time Miss Wen comes, we give her some extra shredded carrots."
"Okay." Wu Ciyan said, "Three coins, a total of six strings of coins."
The proprietress yelled, "Hero, six hundred bucks! Even if you sold our entire family, we still can't afford it!"
Wen Lanzhi stood there, at a loss. She felt that at this point, she didn't want the money anymore, but if she went up now, would her benefactor be angry?
Wu Ciyan said, "There are two choices. The first is to report to the police."
The boss lady's sobbing started again, and she buried her head in the child's chest, her heart breaking. The child didn't understand why, so he touched the mother's head.
Wu Ciyan said, "Second, give Miss Wen three coins every day until the debt is paid off."
The boss was stunned for a moment, then his sadness turned into joy. He excitedly shouted, "Yes! Yes! It's our fault! Thank you, hero! Thank you, hero. Don't worry, hero, we will definitely pay you back! From now on, if you and Miss Wen want to come and eat pancakes, you can come anytime. It's free!"
After two fights early in the morning, Wu Ciyan felt a headache and said impatiently, "Get up and make some pancakes!"
The boss quickly stood up and returned the eighteen coins he had collected to Wen Lanzhi. Wu Ciyan counted out six coins and placed them on the table. The boss counted out three more coins and handed them to Wen Lanzhi, saying, "These are three for today. Miss Wen, take them." The pancakes were ready, so he sprinkled three bowls of shredded carrots on them, toasted them again, and handed them to the two of them.
On the way back, Wen Lanzhi kept her head down, holding Murong's cake in one hand and her own cake in the other, chewing them gloomily.
Wu Ciyan said, "You're not happy even though your money is coming back?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "I used to think that the boss and I were good friends. He often talked to me, and he was very happy every time I visited him."
Wen Lanzhi took another bite of the cake and felt that it was not that delicious, but she was always happy every time she went to buy cakes.
Wu Ciyan said, "You can still eat cakes for free for another six years."
Wen Lanzhi said, "But I don't want to eat anymore."
Wu Ciyan said, "Then eat something else."
Wen Lanzhi was a little angry and said, "I don't want to eat anything."
Wu Ciyan said, "Then don't eat it."
Wen Lanzhi cried.
Wu Ciyan: “…”
Wen Lanzhi cried all the way, and when she came back, Murong was dressing in front of the mirror.
She heard the crying, turned around, and said "ouch!" exaggeratedly, "I went out to buy a cake, why did I cry?"
Wen Lanzhi handed the unbitten piece of cake to Murong, crying, "Murong, this is for you."
"Thank you..." Murong didn't know what had happened and wasn't very good at comforting people.
Wu Ciyan is not good at comforting others, nor does he want to comfort others.
After a while, Wen Lanzhi was tired of crying and stopped.
Wu Ciyan asked, "Would you like some snacks?"
Wen Lanzhi nodded and sobbed, "Thank you, Master Wu."
Murong smiled and turned back, saying, "Young lady, please go wait in the teahouse across the street. It's the same place as yesterday. We'll go there later and tell you about the details of tonight." She turned her head again and looked at Wu Ciyan, who was standing aside with his arms folded. She said, "Since it was you who suggested it, then go buy it. I need to change clothes later."
The mist appeared again, and a living person disappeared in the room again. Wen Lanzhi stretched out her hand, trying to catch the mist, but she only caught a hand full of water vapor.
Wen Lanzhi said: "Murong, I won't go out like this."
Murong said, "You don't have to go out like this, just go through the door. If someone asks you, just say you're the only one living here."
Wen Lanzhi responded, opened the door and went out.
Everyone around turned to look at her. Eh? Why is Miss Wen here? If Miss Wen is here, then the hero should be here too, right?
She walked into the teahouse and saw Dr. Tea sitting at the door again. "Where is your benefactor?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "My benefactor doesn't live with me."
Dr. Tea said, "Oh," and asked, "Are you going to live here from now on?"
Wen Lanzhi said, "I don't know."
She went upstairs and walked to the room she was in yesterday. Before opening the door, she touched her head. The wound was scabbed and felt hard.
She stretched out a finger and pushed the door open.
Nothing.
The door opened wider and wider, and suddenly, a head fell from the door and shouted, "You are Miss Wen!"
“Ahhhhhhhhh!” Wen Lanzhi ran down the stairs in one breath, clattering back into the house, slamming the door, and taking a deep breath! Exhaling! Taking a deep breath! Exhaling!
Murong almost poked another hole in her ear. She rubbed her earlobe and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Lanzhi said: "There is a ghost!"
"Where did this ghost come from?" Wu Ci Yan just came back from shopping.
Murong had also finished dressing up, "Okay, let's go up together."
When they walked to the door, they didn't even need to open it because it was already open. The head jumped happily twice and rolled over to Wu Ci Yan's feet. Before it could say anything, Wu Ci Yan kicked it against the wall.
This kick actually kicked out his body and limbs.
Three people entered the room one after another. Wu Ciyan closed the door and said, "What are you crazy about?"
The dizzy parrot spirit thought for a moment and said in a strange voice, "I just want to give Miss Wen a surprise! This is a new magic I learned."
Murong said: "Okay, let's get down to business."
Wu Ciyan said, "I was careless yesterday and forgot to ask the restaurant staff to keep this a secret. There were two more incidents this morning. If we continue to delay, I'm afraid this matter will be impossible to conceal. We need to act quickly and do it tonight."
The parrot spirit said, "Don't worry, sir! You previously asked us to cast a sleight of hand near the villa. They can't see the real town at all now. It will take at least half a month for them to realize it was an illusion."
Wu Ciyan said, "Well, okay, tell me in detail what you've learned in the past few days."
Shanhei's defenses were tight, and anyone entering was now blindfolded, their hands tied, and subjected to body searches and incantations to ensure they weren't spies using transfiguration techniques. If these few goblins hadn't had the protective treasures Wu Ciyan had given them, they would have been discovered long ago.
But this treasure can only protect the little goblins from being guarded. If they confront Shan Hei's confidants, there will be a risk of being exposed. In the past few days, several spies who sneaked in have been hiding from the top leaders. It happened that Shan Hei asked them to go to the town to gather information, and they only need to go back at night.
I guess we can't keep it secret for much longer, so we have to act quickly.
Two days ago, Wu Ci Yan appeared near the imperial city and recruited several rebellious bandits. Shan Hei had already received the news that Wu Ci Yan had left, but was still struggling with whether to come back.
Tonight, the parrot spirit pushed Wen Lanzhi in to ask for credit and reward.
Five days had passed since Wu Ciyan cast the illusion. This meant that from Shanhei's perspective, Wu Ciyan hadn't been around for five days, and had appeared near the imperial city two days ago. He had probably been unable to hold out and had returned to the palace. Shanhei had been hiding out, sleeping in the open, and had probably let down his guard and was ready to return.
Just put out another bait and there's a high probability of success.
Well, tonight.
The parrot spirit said, "But in order not to reveal any flaws, I will hand the girl over to the guards, and let them take the girl in and hand her over to a few big monsters. Don't worry, girl, you are the one chosen by the 'king', and no other monster will dare to touch you." He deliberately emphasized the word "king", and his tone was full of sarcasm.
Wen Lanzhi took the black cloth given to her by the parrot spirit, tried to cover her eyes with it, then took it off and bit her lip.
Wu Ciyan said, "I'll go with you."
The parrot spirit swallowed a mouthful of tea and said, "Huh?"
Wu Ciyan said: "Why? Do you think I will be discovered?"
The parrot spirit quickly said, "No, no, no... but you have to bow and scrape to a few little monsters... hehe..."
Murong said, "It would be best if you're willing to go with me. I'm not very good at illusion, and Wen Lanzhi is a little girl, blindfolded, so she'll definitely be scared. Besides, if anything goes wrong, neither you nor I can afford it."
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