Chapter Sixty-Nine: Sold Out
The old scalper who pulled the cart walked steadily, it was Zhuang Lu who drove the car, Luo Yu sat beside him, and the board behind him barely supported a carport with a wooden stick, with the felt cloth on it, and Chun Ting, who was the only woman, sat in it, and was even arranged with a soft cushion.
It's only noon when I pack these up, and I have plenty of time, at least I can do it when I plan to go out of the city before dark. Before going out of the city, Luo Yu deliberately ordered to go out from the east gate, in fact, if it was calculated according to their itinerary, of course, it was closer from the south gate, but Luo Yu said this, Zhuang Lu naturally did it.
Chunting was rarely smart, and after a little thought, he figured out what Luo Yu meant. When they entered the city yesterday, it was not smooth, there were more or less small episodes in it, but in one day, the chances of the soldiers defending the city being able to recognize them were not small, although some words were not round, but it always took a little more words. Walking from the east gate is just a half-day detour, and it is safer to walk from the east gate compared to the two.
Of course, it is not excluded that the soldiers are on duty yesterday, and the head of the soldier is on duty at the East Gate today, so they can only think that they are unlucky, but Chunting feels that they will not be unlucky like this.
Sure enough, going out of the city was smooth and smooth, Chun Ting sat in the car and listened to Luo Yu and the soldiers, the little girl knelt on the car and hung her head, she couldn't see any emotion, and only when the soldiers lifted the felt cloth that was not a curtain, she showed a little cowardice.
Luo Yu still only has two or three pieces of broken silver on his body, and most of the money is still on Chunting, but would the head of the soldier think that someone would put most of the silver money on a weak woman? When husband and wife travel, it is naturally the husband who is in charge of the money, not to mention that there are two men among the three people on this trip, so it is not the turn of the spring court.
Therefore, Luo Yu did not have extra money to bribe the head of the soldiers like he did when he entered the city, and if he wanted to go out of the city, he could only rely on his mouth to move the head of the army. Zhuang Lu can't be counted on, although Chunting is stronger than Zhuang Lu, but her current identity is naturally not easy to speak, and she can only hope that this soldier will not be too aggressive.
Fortunately, Luo Yu's office was not surprised, and he integrated himself with the identity on the household registration very perfectly, and the soldier did not embarrass them too much, and let them go after interrogating a few questions as usual.
A month ago, who could have believed that this person outside who spoke with a degree of relaxation and could nod at a soldier defending the city was the arrogant Luo Xiaohou Ye? Even Chunting, I'm afraid I won't believe it.
But Chunting saw Luo Yu's transformation, the transformation he made in order to be able to survive. But it's only been a month, but it can make such a big change in a person. Chun Ting sat in the car and recalled the time when he was in Sufu in the capital, and now he thinks about it as if he was in a different world.
Since you chose to go out of the city before dark, you naturally want to rest outside at night. The two men took good care of Chunting, so they naturally let Chunting sleep in the car, with the relationship between Luo Yu and Chunting claimed to the outside world, Luo Yu could naturally sleep in the car with Chunting, but Luo Yu still chose to find a place to sleep outside with Zhuang Road.
Zhuang Lu looked at Luo Yu, then at the ox cart, leaned over and asked, "Brother Fang, don't you have to go to the car to match your younger siblings?" This is not in the post station, in the wilderness, what if the younger siblings are afraid? ”
In the dark, Zhuang Lu couldn't see Luo Yu's expression clearly, but he knew that Luo Yu was silent for a long time before he spoke: "There is no reason to ask Brother Zhuang to be alone outside, it doesn't matter, she is not a squeamish person, Brother Zhuang doesn't have to worry." ”
Chun Ting also vaguely heard the conversation between Luo Yu and Zhuang Lu in the car, and was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhuang Lu shouting "Brother Fang", and then reacted, Luo Yu's name on the household registration was Fang Dashan, and Luo Yu did not show his true identity in front of Zhuang Lu, Zhuang Lu naturally wanted to call Luo Yu Brother Fang.
The name on the household registration in Chunting's hand is also surnamed Fang, and Luo Yu never called Chunting's name directly on the road, and he didn't even call this fake identity. And Luo Yu's hiding identity is also understandable, after all, he and Zhuang Lu have only known each other for less than two days, and they are far from being able to know the roots.
It's not a good night's sleep, but it's not bad, it's not as good as when you're in a car, but it's better than sleeping outside. Chunting woke up early, distributed the dry food in advance, and waited until Luo Yuhezhuang woke up and could go directly to the road.
With one more person, the distribution of dry food becomes more and more scarce, and Chunting adheres to the principle of eating less if he can, and tries to make the two men eat as much as he can. She sits in the car every day, naturally she can't consume any physical strength, not to mention that Luo Yu's actual age is only seventeen years old, it is the time to grow her body, she remembers that Chang Yan ate more than cattle at this age......
With household registration and a car, they can naturally walk the official road openly and brightly, and they don't have to argue with those displaced people. Moreover, after having a car, they will travel faster, so that they can get to Huaiyang earlier, which is the best news for them.
The road became boring, rushing during the day, resting at night, going around directly when you meet a small town, and then going in to replenish when you meet a big town, the post station is open with two rooms, Zhuang Lu and Luo Yu are one, and Chunting has its own one. This is really something that can't be helped, you can't let three people squeeze into one room, not to mention that Luo Yu and Chunting are not a real couple at all, even if it is, which man can let his wife live in the same room with other men.
What's more, Luo Yu wants to try his best to protect Chunting's innocence, it was helpless to be in the same room before, and if there are conditions, it is natural to be able to protect Chunting more, in Luo Yu's eyes, Chunting is just a little girl who doesn't look very smart but has a bad temper, even if Chunting is obedient to everything he says now, but that's just out of respect for his former identity.
Sometimes Luo Yu even thought that if he couldn't go to Huaiyang, it would be a good choice to just find a remote village to live in and live a peaceful life. What does the change of dynasties and the change of world have to do with him?
But it's just that he is the only son of Qing'an Hou, let alone a brother, he doesn't even have a sister. The situation of Qing'an Hou in Beijing is unknown, he is the last retreat of the Luo family, and he is not only burdened with his own fate.
Chunting negotiated the price with the junior second of the post station, and now all the families are asking for the price, if there is no Chunting, I am afraid that with the money in their hands, even the post station will not be able to live.
For such a thing as bargaining, Chunting is really very enthusiastic, silver money can be saved, Chunting firmly believes this, they don't have half of their income now, and the two men are both spending money lavishly, and they can't get half a point from being diligent and thrifty.
As a result, Chun Ting turned around with satisfaction, and saw Zhuang Lu looking sluggish, and Luo Yu was thoughtful. Chun Ting followed Luo Yu's gaze and saw that it was a bamboo tube with chopsticks on the table.
Aren't you hungry? But it's just past now, and it shouldn't be. Chun Ting looked up and saw a group of people eating around a table at a glance, and the pipa comb on the head of one of the women looked very familiar.
Why are these people again? Chunting frowned, most of the past half a month she had to forget the group of people she had encountered, at that time, she just casually discussed a few words with Luo Yu, how could she meet someone who was not even a person when she met in Pingshui.
Because Luo Yu paid too much attention to these people, otherwise Chunting would not be able to remember these people, and the bigger reason was because Chunting was too impressed by the pipa comb.
How can a little girl not love beauty, good-looking jewelry Chunting naturally likes, of course, the current conditions are not enough to support her to buy good-looking jewelry back, only a dusty coarse cloth can be used for her to wrap her hair.
Probably feeling that Chunting was looking over, Luo Yu no longer looked at the poor chopsticks, raised his head and smiled at Chunting, walked over and said softly, "What?" But not enough money? ”
Chun Ting shook his head, "I can still hold on for a while, but I think the dry food is still enough, so don't buy it this time, right?" ”
Luo Yu looked at Chunting's expression, the little girl's pretended relaxed appearance was too easy for people to see, the dry food and silver money were all in Chunting's hands, and she said that how much was naturally how much. Luo Yu didn't believe what Chunting said, the little girl's thin chin was pointed, as soon as Luo Yu said this, Chunting refused the past on the grounds that the woman was delicate and beautiful, and after a few times, Luo Yu also stopped persuading.
The only gain is probably that after a few more mouths, Chunting was finally willing to stop calling him by honorific titles, Luo Yu sighed, he probably also knew that the money in their hands was not too much.
"Don't think about it." Luo Yu comforted, "There will always be a way, we will go and make up for the dry food in a while, we can't treat ourselves badly on this." I'm afraid that if he nods and agrees, Chunting won't have to eat anything for a day.
Chunting had no choice but to respond, but when it was time to pay the money, he almost couldn't help but curse.
It had only been eight days since they had come from the previous city, but the price of this grain had more than doubled! Even if Chunting said dry, he didn't talk about the next copper plate.
The proprietress swallowed the melon seeds, and the skin of the melon seeds she spit out was almost thrown on Chunting, and her tone was quite disdainful, "The little lady is not very old, but she can say that if you don't have money, don't come to take this job, you just said that I can still give it to you for nothing!" ”
Chunting threw the copper money all over the place, and she really couldn't do it if she couldn't get the money! But I still held my breath in my heart, and I didn't eat at night.
When she returned to her house at night, Chun Ting lay on the bed and tossed and turned, unable to sleep, and her heart hurt when she thought of the money she had escaped during the day.
Chun Ting sighed, turned over again, and raised his eyes, but met a pair of eyes hidden in the dark.