Li Zongyu's gold sore medicine is not ordinary, and Wang Ran is young and strong and easy to recover, so he can get out of bed and walk on his own after only lying down for a day, and the three of them are ready to part ways, Li Zongyu quietly put some money on the bed where Wang Ran is resting, and then the three of them say goodbye to the farmers who kindly took them in.

When he arrived at the side of the post road, Li Zongyu handed Wang Ran a belt and said: "Qi Yuanzhen's, the belt is actually a scabbard, and the soft sword inside is the same as Jin'er's, and the end of the blown and broken blade is not bad, you must take it away, I wanted to keep it for myself, Jin'er has to defend yourself." ”

Seeing his pretending reluctance, Wang Ran secretly rolled his eyes in his heart, when I don't know that you never use a sword, what are you pretending to be pitiful.

Li Jin'er threw Wang Ran another burden, and said coolly: "Do you remember where to find us when you go to Tokyo City?" ”

"East Yulin Lane, Shezhou Li's ink shop." Wang Ran was already familiar with it.

In the cold wind, the three of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say, and the scene suddenly became a little sad.

It was Li Zongyu who took the lead in breaking the silence: "What, I can't help it, then you can go with us, and save Jin'er from worrying about you." ”

Li Jin'er glared at him and said coldly, "Go." Then he simply turned around and led the carriage on the road.

Li Zongyu put on a hippie smile, bowed to Wang Ran, and said with a straight face: "Take care." Then he hurriedly chased after him.

Wang Ran still stood in place after returning the salute and saying goodbye, looking at the backs of the two in a daze, with a somewhat complicated mood.

Li Jin'er suddenly stopped, hesitated for a moment before turning to look at Wang Ran, and said in a loud voice: "Remember that you promised me that you would come to me...... Don't die, people. ”

Looking at the pretty picture that pretended to be calm but full of worry, Wang Ran suddenly burst into joy, and said loudly: "I will definitely go to you, wait for me." Then he snorted exaggeratedly.

Li Jin'er blushed again, wrinkled her nose slightly, and snorted: "Deng's disciple." Then hurriedly got into the car, Li Zongyu waved at Wang Ran, also boarded the carriage, took the reins and shouted: "Drive." ”

Wang Ran waited until the carriage turned and disappeared before retracting his gaze, opened the burden that Li Jin'er threw at him, and saw that there was the bottle of gold sore medicine in it, the waist card stolen by Li Zongyu, some gold and silver money, and a delicate sachet, picked up the sachet and put it in front of his nose, although it was not rich but a very special aroma penetrated his heart, Wang Ran couldn't help but be a little drunk.

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Wang Ran rushed back to Chengdu in only two days, and the price was that the wound that had not completely healed was torn again, if Li Jin'er saw it, he would definitely be scolded again, but every time he thought about it, Wang Ran didn't feel how painful the wound was.

The city gate was overcrowded, all of them were attached villagers who wanted to enter the city with their families and dependents to avoid trouble, but few could be put in, looking at the faces full of anxiety and fear, Wang Ran had mixed feelings in his heart, slowly squeezed to the door to show his waist card, and finally rushed to the city at the gate.

Looking back at the crowd that was blocked out, the huge city gate happened to be slowly closed at this time, separating those desperate eyes from the city, as if separated from another world, Wang Ran could only pray silently in his heart, hoping that Brother Wang, Second Brother Li and their righteous army would not change their original intentions and treat these poor people well.

Entering the city, Wang Ran found that the air was also filled with nervousness, but at the second hour, most of the shops on the street were closed, there were few restaurants and restaurants in business, and there were no pedestrians on the street, and the whole city seemed to have become a pool of stagnant water, which made people feel a little suffocated.

After entering the main city, it improved slightly, the streets were no longer empty, and there were more shops open to welcome customers, but they were far less lively than in the past.

After walking for a long time, I finally stood in front of the Wang Family Teahouse, looking at the simple furnishings in the store, the two tables of guests sitting sparsely, and the Wang Daju who was still sleeping on the counter, everything seemed to be the same as the first time I came, but Wang Ran's mood was very different.

Lin Jiuniang lifted the curtain from the back room and walked out, and found Wang Ran standing outside the door, her face couldn't help showing joy, and then she changed to an angry expression and said, "Where did you go, why did you come back now, and you didn't say hello." Although his tone was stern, his eyes were a little moist, and when he saw that Wang Ran was still standing stupidly, he said sharply: "Don't come in yet." ”

Wang Ran smiled, hurriedly raised his feet and went in, put the burden back into the room, and returned to the teahouse to greet the guests.

At dinner, sitting around with Wang Daju, Lin Jiuniang and the Su family, Wang Ran asked, "What about Su Lin and Su Ju?" Why didn't you see them in the store just now? ”

"There was chaos outside, the whole city of Chengdu was panicked, and there were no customers in the store, so I discussed with Jiuniang and asked them to go back first." Su Daya sighed and replied.

Lin Jiuniang, who was heroic in the past, was also full of worry at this time, and said worriedly: "At this time, who still has the heart to work, and the most important thing is to be able to accompany the family more." ”

Wang Ran saw that everyone looked like they were all related, so he had to pretend to be relaxed and said: "It's okay, this city is solid, and the rebels can't get in, and even if they do, it's those local tyrants and gentry and corrupt officials who are unlucky, and they won't embarrass us. ”

Lin Jiuniang couldn't help but sneer, and scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy with no heart and lungs." ”

Su Daya also gathered his worries, and echoed: "Yes, fighting and killing is a matter for the government and soldiers, what are we doing here, living our livelihood is the most important thing, the New Year is coming soon, and it is very festive to do it with a sad face." ”

Only then did everyone clean up their emotions, try not to think about those bad things, and eat kindly.

The days continued like this, Lin Jiuniang was still cool, Wang Daju was still absent-minded, and Su Daya tried his best to enlighten his wife and daughter every day, so that the Wang family teahouse could regain its former vitality.

Under the leadership of Lin Jiuniang, the Wang family tea shop began to prepare to welcome the New Year, sacrifice to the god of Vesta, sweep the dust, change the door god, nail the peach charm, and before you know it, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone prepared a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, set the spring plate, fight citrus to sacrifice the ancestors, and then sat down to enjoy the delicious food with Tusu wine, and then happily kept the year, everyone let go of their worries, you said what was in your heart, even the Wang Daju, who cherished words like gold, took advantage of the wine to say two auspicious words, and the cold wind outside the house was blowing, The humble Wang's teahouse is full of warmth.

I don't know how long it has been, the fire in the brazier is gradually going out, Wang Ran hurriedly ran to the backyard to pick up some charcoal to put in, suddenly heard a rhythmic knocking sound in the distance outside, Wang Ran thought it was the monk of Daci Temple to report the dawn, gently opened the door a crack, saw that the sky has been faintly white, it turned out that it had already passed the fifth watch, so the percussion sound should not be the sound of the monk beating the iron card, the sound is getting more and more urgent and getting closer and closer, Wang Ran only then heard that it was the sound of drumming, this is ......

"Golden drum, this is the corner tower is beating the golden drum, is the rebel army starting to attack the city?!" Behind him came Su Daya's exclamation.