Chapter 32: Qianxue is lost
After leaving the Liu family, the three little girls walked together, because they were all going out for the first time, and they felt very novel when they saw a lot of food and play, Qianxue had been thinking about Ning'er along the way that there were delicious snacks in the capital, so they had been thinking about it next to her, saying that they were going to the capital to eat delicious food, Ning'er couldn't resist Qianxue when she came, and she didn't know where to go, so she had no idea, so she decided to go to the capital to take Qianxue to taste the delicious.
Yiyi didn't have much silver taels with her when she came out, and her mother (Ning'er's nurse) had already sent her earned wages back to her hometown to Yiyi's father; And Yiyi's wages have always been handed over to her mother for safekeeping, and she only has some broken silver on her, and Yiyi is in a hurry to pack up, so she only brought some clothes, and she didn't bring much silver. After coming out for a few days, the broken silver on Yiyi's body had been spent after a few meals, so Yiyi heard that Miss Ning'er was going to take them to the capital, and she was inevitably a little worried about the matter of the silver two, after all, when you go out, you need money to do everything.
"Miss, the broken silver on my body has been used up, we have been wandering around Yongzhou County for the past few days, there is a famine here, the price of food has risen a lot, we have spent a lot of silver taels just for eating, here is still a long way from the capital, and there is no silver tael on the Thousand Snow Woman, I am afraid that we will not have silver taels if we can't get to the capital." Yiyi was very worried, reached out and grabbed Miss Ning'er in front of her, and expressed her worries to Miss Ning'er.
Ning Er heard what Yiyi said, took off the burden on her back, opened the bag, looked at the silver taels inside, and the brows on her face furrowed, but soon her eyebrows stretched out again. "Yiyi, the worry you just said is not unreasonable, if we continue to shop and eat as we have been in the past few days, we may really not be able to reach the capital, I am afraid that not only will we not be able to reach the capital, but we will even be hungry when we come back."
After Ning Er finished speaking, she looked at Qianxue who had run away in front of her, and smiled helplessly. "Forget it, Qianxue is a child's temper, if she is not allowed to buy food, according to her little temper, it is estimated that she will have to be angry for a few days, buy it, it's a big deal that we can save a little frugality when we stay in the hotel." Don't tell Qianxue about Yinliang, otherwise there will be one more person to worry about, you see, how happy she is now!" Ning Er looked at Qianxue jumping in front of her, she was very happy, and felt that she could find a way to get it again when the silver taels were gone, but happiness couldn't be bought.
"Miss, you are too wronged, it's obviously our own silver tael, why do you have to accommodate others." Yiyi was a little dissatisfied with what Miss Ning'er said, and felt that Miss Ning'er should not indulge Qianxue, especially in terms of spending money, there was not much silver in the first place, but now there are three people who spend money, like Qianxue, who wants to eat everything and wants to buy it, even if she brings more money, she can't stand spending it like this.
"Yiyi, we are all good sisters now, you don't have to call me Miss in the future, just call me Ning'er, the money is spent and earned, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, we will always have a way, don't worry." Ning'er asked Yiyi not to worry anymore, and said that Yiyi would change her title in the future and just call her own name.
When Yiyi heard this, she didn't say anything, but she was still a little dissatisfied in her heart. "Yes, Miss Ning'er", Yiyi said a little reluctantly, because in her heart, whether she is in the house or not, the fact that Ning'er is her own miss will never change, and she will always be Miss Ning'er's maid.
"You, you, don't call me Miss, just call me Ning'er." When Ning'er heard Yiyi call herself Miss again, she pretended to be a little unhappy, her lips pruned down, her hands crossed her waist, and then poked Yiyi's little head with her fingers, as if to say, you can't call it wrong, otherwise you will be really angry.
Yiyi couldn't resist Ning'er, so she had to call Ning'er obediently, and then Ning'er took Yiyi's hand and led Yiyi to catch up with Qianxue's pace.
Obviously, Qianxue didn't go long, and after Ning'er and Yiyi said a few words, they couldn't see Qianxue's figure anymore. Ning'er pulled Yiyi to speed up her pace, afraid that Qianxue would get lost and couldn't find her, so she hurriedly told Yiyi to hurry up and find her together.
The two of them looked all the way along the road in front of them, but they didn't see Qianxue's figure, the two of them were a little anxious, Qianxue had just come down the mountain not long ago, and she was not familiar with the life here, and she was very simple, afraid that she would be deceived by others. So Ning'er and Yiyi began to ask the street vendors, asking them if they had seen a girl who had been eating, dressed in blue.
Maybe it's because it's not so common for girls to eat while walking on the street, so I didn't ask a few vendors about Chiyuki's whereabouts.
"I've seen the girl you mentioned, and this girl is quite special, I really haven't seen a girl on the street, stuffing something into her mouth to eat while walking all the way, and at first glance she is from out of town, and our girl here doesn't eat like that." The owner of the stall remembered Qianxue very clearly, and kept talking, as if he had never seen a girl eat, but the owner of the stall was quite right, in this place, they were all constrained by etiquette, and they were not as wild as when the girl could eat.
"Boss, just tell me where she's going, don't go so detailed." Yiyi was a little impatient when she heard this, and quickly interrupted the boss's words and asked about Qianxue's whereabouts.
"Oh, she went down the path on the right, but don't go there easily, it's not very peaceful, I've heard that there are a lot of refugees, and a lot of scoundrels, and you two girls' families are not safe." The boss pointed to the path on the right, and after talking to them, he lowered his head and wiped his stall, "Alas, these days, it's not bad to be alive." ”
After Ning Er and Yiyi heard the boss's emotion, they didn't say much, and the two of them left the stall and walked to the intersection of the small road on the right. The path on the right is very narrow, and when you look at the intersection, you can't see the end, and there are mounds of dirt and weeds on both sides of the path, which looks very desolate.
"Miss, you see this road is very desolate, the boss also said that there are refugees and scoundrels in it, let's not go in, Qianxue Woman definitely didn't go in, how could she go to that kind of place to find food?" Yiyi looked at the path, felt cold behind her, a little scared, and didn't want to go in, so she thought about persuading Ning'er not to go in together, and to look for it somewhere else.
Ning'er tilted her head to look at the path again, and then took Yiyi's hand again. "Yiyi, don't be afraid, I'll walk ahead of you, let's go in and have a look, see if Qianxue is there, she is not there, we will come out immediately." Ning'er heard the owner of the vendor say that Qianxue walked into the path on the right, although Ning'er was also a little scared, but in order to find Qianxue, Ning'er had to muster up her courage and pull Yiyi to the path.
This path is getting more and more remote, except for weeds and mounds around, not even a figure can be seen, Yiyi is getting more and more scared, she has been holding Ning'er's hand tightly, and keeps telling Ning'er Don't go forward, hurry up; But Ning'er didn't listen to Yiyi, she kept walking forward, she knew that Yiyi was afraid, so she let Yiyi lean towards her side, and the two of them continued to walk forward.
The remote path was finished, and I didn't see a person, but I saw a stone tablet next to the road, which was engraved with the words "Jia Village", and the stone tablet was also overgrown with weeds, and the handwriting was a little unclear, it seemed that this place was very populated, no wonder the boss just said that there would be a lot of refugees here.
"Miss, you see no one, the stele is like this, let's go back quickly, this place is desolate and frightening." Yiyi said as she turned her head to look back, afraid that someone would suddenly appear behind her.
"Yiyi, don't be afraid, this should be a disaster, no one has lived in it for a long time, we all walked in, just go in and have a look, maybe Qianxue is inside." Ning Er felt that since she had come, she shouldn't give up halfway, and thought that she wanted to go into the village to see if Qianxue was in the village.
"Miss", Yiyi knew that she couldn't say Miss, so she had to hold Ning'er's hand tightly, leaned against Ning'er's side, and followed Ning'er into the village.
The scene of the street vendors in the village and outside is completely different, the street outside is constantly shouting, it seems that there is nothing wrong, but when you walk into this path, you find that the village is very bad, there is no human population, it is estimated that the people in the village should have fled, and the village has become a desolate scene today. Ning Er couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it turned out that the famine disaster was caused by ordinary people, rich businessmen still lived without food and drink, but the people had no crops in the fields and no food to eat, this famine was difficult for the people.
Ning Er pulled Yiyi to the village and walked all the way, passing by many houses, but they all locked the doors, and a layer of dust had fallen on the door locks, it seemed that they had been gone for a long time, Ning Er saw that there was no one in the village, and it was not easy to find Qianxue, so she thought about leaving, go out first, it is estimated that Qianxue has left. But when Ning Er just turned around and was about to take Yi Yi out, she suddenly heard the sound of someone arguing not far away, and Ning Er decided to take Yi Yi with her to see what the situation was.
Looking for the place where the sound came from, Ning Er walked over with Yiyi, and the place where the sound came from was in a house not far from them. The two of them went to the door of the house, and found that the door was open, and when they looked through the door, there were three men around an old woman, and after a few words, one of them reached out and pushed the old woman, and the old woman staggered a few times and fell to the ground. The men were still aggressive, and the other two had gone to rummage in the yard, and there was only one man left, and he stretched out his foot to kick the old woman.