Manchester is a small city full of simple atmosphere, it is said to be a city, but from a distance it looks like a small mountain village forgotten by the world. There are no tall and majestic city walls, only low earthen walls around the city wall, and there are no neat and clean bluestone slabs at the city gate, only a few large wooden planks lying on the ground, and the horse's hooves creaking when stepping on them.

Wang Wan took more than 20 people behind her to ride a horse into the city gate slowly, and came to the streets of Manchester City, where the roads are full of yellow mud, fortunately the weather is dry now, the yellow mud is clumped, and the road is not muddy.

Wang Wan looked at the inside of Manchester City, and saw that most of the houses in the city were mud houses, only a small piece of tiled houses stood in the middle of the city, and the number of shops on both sides of the street was not much, most of them sold some ordinary objects, Wang Wan glanced at it and skipped it.

Although Manchester City is not prosperous, it covers a large area, and it did not reach the end after riding a horse for half an hour. It seems that there are few outsiders here, the residents of the city heard the sound of horses' hooves, and ran out one after another, Wang Wan greeted people with a smile on her face, and the people here responded with a smile, and those who didn't know thought she was from here.

Wang Wan walked around and didn't see the inn, so she jumped down and ran to the aunt holding the vegetable basket to inquire about the news. The aunt smiled and glanced at Wang Wan, "Yo, what a handsome doll, you are from out of town, we haven't had so many people here for many years, where will there be an inn!"

Wang Wan was stunned after hearing this, she had thought about thousands of situations, but she never expected that there was no inn here, where did these people live?

The vegetable basket aunt then smiled: "If the little brother doesn't dislike it, live in my house." But the people behind you will have to be aggrieved and squeezed. ”

Wang Wan and the others looked at each other, and finally Wang Wan asked, "Auntie, you know that there are a lot of people here in the past few days, I don't know where those people have gone?"

The aunt was not angry when she saw that Wang Wan didn't take the previous words, she smiled and said: "I also wonder what it is, we haven't been here for many years, and there are so many people who have come, and those people have come in a circle and left, two groups of people before and after, you are the third wave." ”

Zhao Wu looked at Wang Wan. Wait for her to nod. Then he asked the aunt, "Auntie, do you know where those people have gone, and in which direction they went when they left?" ”

The lady of the basket shouted, "Oh, young man, don't call me auntie." I don't have to call people old. ”

Zhao Wu's dark face turned red. He smiled awkwardly and said, "This eldest sister." Do you know the news of the previous waves of people? Please let me know, and there will be a lot of thanks in the future. ”

The vegetable basket aunt put the vegetable basket in her hand on the ground and smiled: "You're polite, you're polite." You people don't know what to look for, the first two groups of people wandered around the street, took the portrait of a little girl and asked people everywhere, and then walked around the city government and left, they walked through the east city gate. ”

Wang Wan frowned and asked, "Auntie, have any outsiders come here recently besides us?"

Aunt Cailan smiled meaningfully: "No, no, how can we have so many outsiders here, they have lived here for generations, as long as they are fresh faces, they can be recognized at once." ”

Wang Wan looked at Zhao Wu in confusion when she heard this, didn't she say that the last place where the little county lord appeared was Manchester City? But this aunt said that there were no strangers coming, what was going on?

Wang Wan turned her head and smiled at Aunt Cailan: "Aunt Lao, I don't know if you can live with us there, don't worry, we will pay for the room." ”

Aunt Cailan was slightly stunned when she heard this, but it was only for a moment that a simple smile appeared on her face again: "Stay, stay, you can go with me." After speaking, he picked up the cabbage and led the way to the front.

Wang Wan's eyes were so keen, she had already seen the change in the other party's expression just now. Wang Wan followed behind her aunt quietly, showing a young and ignorant look on her face, but she secretly thought about it in her heart.

Aunt Cailan's family name is Zhou, everyone calls her Aunt Zhou, and when she sees people along the way, she smiles and says a few words, and for a while everyone around knows that her family is a guest. Wang Wan narrowed her eyes and quietly observed everyone who talked to Aunt Zhou, but unfortunately she didn't find anything.

Aunt Zhou's house is a large courtyard, and several large tiled houses are particularly dazzling in the surrounding mud houses. Wang Wan secretly thought in her heart: "Aunt Zhou doesn't seem to be simple this time!"

There is only one big bed in several large tiled houses, but fortunately, it is hot now, and a few people can lie down on the ground with a few wooden planks on the mat, so more than 20 people can barely settle down.

Wang Wan treated her better than several subordinates, she took Qinghe to live in a room alone, and Aunt Zhou settled them down and went back to the house. Wang Wan lay on the bed and thought about today's events, the wooden bed was not very strong, Wang Wan turned over gently, and the wooden bed creaked as if it was about to fall apart.

Every word that Aunt Zhou said today seemed to have a deep meaning, she didn't pay attention to it before, but now it takes a little effort to recall.

Wang Wan half sat up and asked Qinghe to call Zhao Wu over, and it wasn't far away, but after a while, Zhao Wu came over to listen to the instructions.

Wang Wan looked around with her divine sense, and then asked, "Zhao Wu, have you heard about the things that asked you to inquire before?"

Zhao Wu replied respectfully: "If you return to Gongzi, the villain has already inquired clearly, so ......" Zhao Wu was just about to report the news, but was interrupted by Qinghe's voice.

"Aunt Zhou, you're here. Qinghe greeted loudly outside the door.

Wang Wan motioned for Zhao Wu to stop first, she put on her coat and walked out of the door, "Is there anything else going on with Aunt Zhou?"

Aunt Zhou smiled kindly with a food box in her hand, "It's not almost noon, I think you should be hungry, this is my home-made snack, bring it to you to taste." ”

Wang Wan glanced at Qinghe, Qinghe stepped forward and said affectionately: "Aunt Zhou, you are still thoughtful, it just so happens that my son-in-law is hungry and eats a piece of dim sum, but no matter how good this dim sum is, it can't be eaten as a meal, I don't know if it's inconvenient for us to cook together?"

Aunt Zhou hurriedly said: "It's convenient, it's convenient, but can they be such young men? If not, leave it to me, and I'll keep the fragrance that you can all eat." ”

Qinghe smiled and said, "Look at what you said, I've bothered you enough, we can do this little thing ourselves." She saw that Aunt Zhou still had something to say, and her heart turned around and continued: "You see that we are not polite to you, don't we have to get rid of you for cooking, don't you worry, these will be counted in the house price at that time." ”

When Aunt Zhou heard this, the smile on her face was even worse, "Oh, your little mouth is pulling and pulling, it's up to you to do it, and my aunt will prepare things for you." ”

Wang Wan gave Qinghe a look, Qinghe nodded, took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve, stuffed them into Aunt Zhou's hand, and said, "Auntie, put away these twenty taels of silver first, and settle them for you before we leave." ”

Aunt Zhou's smile was even stronger, "Look at your politeness, can you not do things for you without this silver aunt?" As soon as the silver arrived, Aunt Zhou didn't talk nonsense, and walked happily with her cuffs in her hands.

Wang Wan kept smiling at the whole process just now, and after Aunt Zhou left, she put on her clothes and returned to the house.

Zhao Wu and Qinghe then entered the house and found Wang Wan thinking about something while banging on the table with her hand.

Zhao Wu handed Qinghe a look, signaling her to speak first, Qinghe glared at him fiercely, then lowered his head and ignored him, Zhao Wu wanted to stare back, but the other party didn't answer, he twisted his head to the side in anger.

Wang Wan didn't notice the small movements of these two people, during the whole process of coming to their door from Aunt Zhou just now, Wang Wan had a sense of disobedience more than once, I can't say the specifics, but this feels not quite right.

She paced around the house until Qinghe couldn't help but say, "Childe, aren't you hungry when you go around? ”

Wang Wan said perfunctorily without raising her head: "Whatever, you know my taste, just make a simple one." After speaking, Wang Wan was stunned, "Yes, it's different!"

Wang Wan laughed while talking to herself, and then happily rushed over and patted Qinghe's arm, "Let's go cook, the master is hungry, so he will make wonton noodles, I haven't eaten it for a long time." ”

Qinghe and Zhao Wu were confused, but seeing Wang Wan so happy, they were happy, and the two hurriedly went to prepare lunch without touching their feet. (To be continued.) )