"Oh my, look at how hard you all worked. You must be tired from the journey. But it doesn't matter. Everything will be fine once we get to Shisha City."
"Yes, yes, you must be tired. Come on, there's some hot water here. Oh, you must be really tired from all the light riding.
"But your camels are getting quite old, aren't they? Look at the ruts getting quite deep. You'll need to rest up before you head into town this time."
"Come on, stop talking and drink some water."
Looking at this group of soldiers guarding the city with hot water and smiling faces, a group of people really felt that they might have taken the wrong path.
I had been attacked by various city defenses and roadblocks so many times along the way, and suddenly seeing such a group of enthusiastic soldiers, I felt really uncomfortable.
Xiushui looked at the group of people enthusiastically calling out to lead the horses, and she quickly reached out to stop them.
The latter was stunned for a moment. When she thought the other party was going to get angry, the soldier just smiled and waved his hand indifferently.
"Indeed, you must have endured a lot along the way. Hurry and get some rest in the city. We have all kinds of activities for everyone in the city, whether male or female, old or young."
enjoy!
This is the second time I have heard the word enjoyment.
Earlier, Uncle San had said that according to people who had been there, everyone enjoyed themselves, but he didn't know how they enjoyed themselves.
They just listened and had no idea what kind of enjoyment it was.
As they arrived, another group of refugees came over.
It was obvious that this group of refugees were poorer than them. They were ragged people who had come here on foot. However, even such a group of people were warmly received by the soldiers guarding the city when they entered the city gate.
A cup of hot water, an earnest smile. Although warm and smiling, but... Xiushui still felt something was wrong.
She whispered to her grandmother.
"Grandma, do you think... there is such a hospitable city?"
"Normally there wouldn't be a city like this, especially now when they know there's chaos outside, it's even more unreasonable to be so enthusiastic.
It's okay to be so enthusiastic towards us who seem to have a little bit of money, but to be so enthusiastic towards refugees who obviously have nothing, I think it's weird no matter how I look at it."
"Should we still go in?" Xiushui was a little conflicted.
"Come in, why not? What are we afraid of? Anyway, we have the Buddha's blessing, so we are not in vain."
The old lady was truly fearless when she thought of the huge immortal snake.
If there is any demon in Shisha City, the old lady will be the one who specializes in catching demons.
After making up their minds, the group of people went into the city.
"Everyone, welcome to try our heat-reducing smoothie. It's delicious and affordable, only one or two taels of silver per cup."
One tael of silver for a cup, that’s not expensive!
Xiushui, who originally wanted to drink iced drinks when she heard about them, now gave up the desire.
Now she knows how to calculate income and costs. She is no longer the person who drank milk tea for many years but only knew how to pay without knowing the specific price.
"Accommodation, accommodation, only one tael of silver per berth."
"Go to a play, a good play, and only three taels of silver per play."
"Steamed buns, steamed buns, one steamed bun only costs five hundred copper coins. Five hundred copper coins won't buy you any loss, but you can eat a hot steamed bun."
“Parking is only five hundred yuan a day.
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Wow, the people in Shisha City are indeed enthusiastic, but this enthusiasm is based on prices.
"My goodness, we are going to be ripped off when we come into the city.
A stall costs one tael of silver. A bun costs five hundred copper coins. I'm afraid we can't afford to eat here or buy it."
After hearing these shouts, all the villagers felt suffocated and wanted to turn around and leave.
"So, even though they don't charge an entrance fee, any purchase you make after entering the city will ultimately be more expensive than if you paid the entrance fee."
After hearing the prices being shouted out, several elders looked extremely unhappy.
They wanted to take a look and leave, however, after Uncle San took Brother-in-law Bao and others to inquire for a while, they came back to grumble a lot.
"Alas, the person I just inquired about the news said that if we want to cross that desert, we must have that kind of camel beast.
Their camels won't be back for another three days. This means we'll have to stay and eat in the city for the next three days."
The old lady didn't care at all.
"Don't worry, everyone in our team collects firewood. The worst that can happen is that we can find a secluded place in the city, make a bed on the ground, and eat something."
Prices are too high, and poor people who have little money don’t want to be taken advantage of.
“But there is also good news. Maybe because the cost of living here is really high, there are various free places specially opened here.
But the premise is that we must follow the contract. If you don't obey, you will be punished."
"Then go somewhere free."
Xiushui frowned secretly when she heard this. She carefully observed the people on the street and found that they didn't care if they couldn't greet any customers.
Moreover, the relationship between people doing business seems to be very good.
Everyone was very harmonious and there was no sense of intrigue at all.
Tranquility, peace and happiness are all the characteristics of this city.
If there were no green paths on the streets, Xiushui would have suspected that it had entered a modern imitation of an ancient street.
The people here have kind faces and are truly pure and selfless.
As I was walking, a note was suddenly stuffed into my hand.
She was stunned for a moment, but still grabbed the note and opened it to read the words clearly when no one was paying attention.
His expression changed slightly, and then he handed the note to the old lady, who then handed it to the old village chief.
After a while, the group of people who were originally going to a place for free food and accommodation, after asking around, all took a detour to an open space in the south of the city.
Some enthusiastic people saw them walking towards this side and quickly tried to dissuade them.
"Everyone, you've come to the wrong place. This is where the lowest class of people in our city live. You're the ones who just entered the city and can get three days of free food and lodging.
If you want free food and lodging, you need to go to the north of the city."
"We don't want to trouble them, so we'll just stay here. Once the camel comes back, we'll leave."
The person who heard this had a slightly changed expression, turned around and walked away with a strange look on his face.
Xiushui's eyes moved slightly, and he gave an instruction to Yingying in the dark.
Most of the people in this group didn't quite understand why they had to sleep on the floor when there was free space.
Fortunately, these people were used to following orders, so they did as they were told even though they complained.
But with the arrival of a wave of people, the villagers became restless.
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