Chapter Fifty-Nine: Huaixian Cookcakes
When the war started, I am afraid that the most disadvantageous thing was the merchants who walked around to buy and sell, and for the small people who could be self-sufficient under the small peasant economy, as long as there were no soldiers in the city, those were irrelevant. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Huai County is located in Hanoi County, deep in the hinterland of the Central Plains, only 200 miles away from the second capital Luoyang, and the people living here are still relatively slow to receive news from the businessmen who rushed to the interior in a panic, but even if they hear about the war, what can they do? Even if the Chu army is really weak, and when the enemy army hits here, it is better to live in peace than to be in fear.
Niu Xiaoer also thinks so.
As usual, Niu Xiaoer came to the market early in the morning with his cooking cake burden. Putting down the burden, Niu Xiaoer took a deep breath of air, suddenly felt refreshed, and then shouted loudly.
Niu Xiaoer has been setting up a stall here for some years, and Niu Xiaoer's honest and honest personality of never cheating has also made the neighborhood very trusted, but the cooking cakes made by Niu Xiaoer's wife Wu are even more praised by those who have eaten. Old acquaintances, honest management, and quality assurance, with these three points, Niu Xiaoer's cooking cake business is smooth, and he can go home every day with an empty burden.
Niu Xiaoer went to this old position and shouted, there were already early old uncles and aunts who came to visit, and no one forgot to praise the young man's ability and good wife, so that Niu Xiaoer's heart was warm, and he must be in a good mood on this day.
It didn't take long for the two buckets of cooking cakes to be sold out, and Niu Xiaoer sent off the last customer and was about to pack up his things and go home, when an annoying voice sounded.
"Niu Xiaoer, business is good today!"
Niu Xiaoer raised his head, and saw four bastards with bad faces coming over, and the one on the head had a scar on his forehead, which was even more vicious.
"Liu San, whether my business is good or not is my business, it has nothing to do with you." Niu Xiaoer glanced at it, and was about to pick up the cake burden, but was pressed down by Liu San, almost overpowering Niu Xiaoer.
Liu San squinted and said: "What, seeing that my brothers suffered a little loss two days ago, they didn't even call the third master, Niu Xiaoer, let me tell you, don't care what those people are from, deal with you, my third master is more than enough, don't mess with the third master, otherwise, you won't be able to stand in this Huaixian county!"
Niu Xiaoer was not afraid to say: "It seems that the lesson from last time is not enough, Liu San, I advise you to provoke me less."
"Hehe, I haven't seen my temper for a few days." Liu San was about to slap Niu Xiaoer when he said that, but suddenly felt that something was wrong, listening to Niu Xiaoer's tone, it seemed that he had called those people.
Liu San looked at Niu Xiaoer from head to toe again, the clothes were clean, they must have been washed by his family, but they were sewn from cheap linen, and they didn't look like any characters.
Thinking about it, Liu San really wanted to slap himself, he Niu Xiaoer didn't know how capable he was? If you can really invite those people, this kid can still sell cooking cakes here and chat with himself? jokingly said: "Niu Xiaoer, you are really bold, you dare to scare your third master, what kind of people are those, those are the masters in the rivers and lakes, just rely on you, who can you invite?"
Seeing that Niu Xiaoer was silent, Liu San was scared, and said proudly: "My brothers have been staying at home for the past two days, and the sub fee can be confiscated, come on, don't talk nonsense, it's all collected over there, and you're left, and the kid almost let you run away."
Unexpectedly, Niu Xiaoer didn't answer, just stared at himself in a daze, and his eyes showed joy, which made Liu San very embarrassed, could it be that he hadn't gone out in the past few days, but his momentum had risen, which scared Niu Xiaoer stupidly.
Liu San was about to speak, when he saw Niu Xiaoer's face full of excitement and shouted: "That's it!" Neatly picked up the burden, quickly bypassed Liu Sanji, and chased towards an extremely ordinary carriage not far away.
Liu San's first reaction was, it's not good! This kid wants to run, there must be some treasure hidden on his body, afraid of being seen by himself. Liu San hurriedly turned around and led his men to chase Niu Xiaoer.
The carriage stopped at the door of an inn, Niu Xiaoer stopped not far from the carriage, Liu San rushed forward and grabbed Niu Xiaoer by the collar, "Good boy, I can't run......"
Liu San was preparing a good lesson, but saw that Niu Xiaoer ignored him directly, and looked at Niu Xiaoer's line of sight strangely, this time, his whole eyes immediately widened, and his whole mouth immediately opened wide, and in this short period of time, there was an abnormal tranquility on the street.
A woman came down from the carriage, a stunning woman like an ice sculpture!
Liu San unconsciously let go of Niu Xiaoer's hand, and he didn't speak to anyone: "Good boy, you can find beauties across the carriage."
Niu Xiaoer impatiently got away from Liu San, and beckoned to a small group not far away, the young man saw Niu Xiaoer, ran quickly, pulled Niu Xiaoer to a roadside, alluded to a group of horseback riders at the corner in the distance, and whispered: "Xiao Er, that group of people is a little wrong, I heard Xingyang's brothers say that they followed the target all the way to Huai County."
Niu Xiaoer took a closer look, nodded, and said in a low voice: "Xiaohu, then you go to deliver the message quickly, the target is to reach Huaixian, I am watching in the dark, oh yes, you call Changfang by the way, I'm afraid I can't take care of it alone."
Xiaohu nodded and left quickly.
As soon as Niu Xiaoer turned around, he heard a few screams, and when he was busy looking, it was Liu San and his three subordinates who were all lying on the ground, rolling on the ground with their hands on their stomachs and chest pain, and the woman entered the inn under the protection of the guards.
This Liu Sanse is so bold that he dares to hit the attention of the colonel's woman, he really won't die if he doesn't die.
That's right, the carriage is indeed a dumb aunt and his party, last night in order to catch up with the trip, missed the store and stayed up all night, and couldn't sleep well in the carriage, Xu Yan four are okay, the three female dependents can't stand it, sitting in the car drowsy but not steady, just early in the morning to see the Huai County in front of me, so I came to rest for a while, and then set off.
I didn't expect that as soon as I came to Huaixian County, there were gangsters who didn't have long eyes to provoke and make a big noise, so I was afraid of being noticed by people with bad intentions, so it was better to rest and leave quickly.
Until noon, fortunately nothing happened, the seven people who had nourished their spirits had eaten, and after paying the bill, they bought some dry food, rode horses one after another, and walked straight to the north gate of Huaixian County.
Niu Xiaoer saw it and hurriedly went into the inn to buy cooking cakes.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but tease: "Erlang, why did you, the seller of cooking cakes, come to me to buy cooking cakes."
Niu Xiaoer was anxious, and said angrily: "If there is an emergency, don't ask the shopkeeper, hurry up."
The shopkeeper shook his head, still taking the three cooking cakes slowly and methodically, and handed them over to Niu Xiaoxiao. Niu Xiaoer gave the money neatly, turned around and rushed out of the inn, and said loudly: "I'll find the money when I come back." Before the shopkeeper could speak, he had long since disappeared.
Niu Xiaoer just came out of the store and bumped into a person head-on, when he saw it, it was Changfang who was together, first of all, this Changfang was a man. Niu Xiaoer threw down a sentence: "Hurry up and go in to buy cooking cakes, and hurry up and follow the carriage." Run when you're done.
Changfang said "oh", and quickly went in to buy it, and went out to chase after Niu Xiaoer's figure. And the group of horseback riders followed silently, and just behind them, Xiaohu, who had just been talking to Niu Xiaoer, quietly followed secretly.
Out of Huaixian County, it is the avenue that goes all the way to the north, and it is not far away, and there are large dense woods on both sides of the road. At noon, coupled with the proximity to the county seat, there are still more people coming and going.
But as the red sun sets, gradually away from the county, there are almost no pedestrians on the road, and it is almost evening, on the whole straight road, there are only seven people left in the front carriage Xu Yan, Niu Xiaoer and Changfang in the back, and then more than 20 riders who don't know the way behind, the rear, the little tiger is gone, looking at the movement in the forest, it turns out that he has already drilled into the woods and secretly followed.
Xiaohu was anxious, this Niu Xiaoer Changfang was missing a tendon in his brain at a critical moment, so he followed in a daze, who didn't doubt it.