After telling Xiao Sui'er, Murong Yuhua changed his clothes and planned to enter the city with Gu San. When he changed his clothes and came out from behind the screen, Xiao Sui'er, who was originally in a low mood, grinned the corners of his mouth first, and Gu San, who had always had a cold face, changed a little.

Murong Yuhua was dressed as a village woman, wearing a big flower shirt, a pair of black pants, and a flower handkerchief wrapped around her head, tied a triangle and tied a knot on her chin. I don't know where he got the rouge, and he also dotted three dots of red on his lips and face.

"You ......" Gu San looked at him with a smile, "You entered the city like this?" ”

Murong Yuhua also turned around in front of her generously, and Jiao Didi cocked the orchid and said, "How is it?" Auntie, am I beautiful? ”

Xiao Sui'er gave him a thumbs up, "Beautiful, auntie, you are so beautiful!" ”

Murong Yuhua stepped forward and took Gu San's hand, "Good sister, let's go." Let's go back to your mother's house and see! ”

"You don't recognize you in your dress, what about me?"

"How many people know what your eldest lady of the Zhou family looks like? No one recognizes you. ”

"And what about my little feet?"

Murong Yuhua simply took a pair of larger shoes and put them on her shoes, and put them on the outside of her shoes-wearing little feet, and stuffed rags into them, "You can't see it when you resist it like this." ”

After cleaning up, Xiao Sui'er also stayed in the house sensibly, and Murong Yuhua and Gu San could be regarded as going out.

The building seemed to have fallen asleep after dawn, but the dock had already awakened in the morning fog. Ships of different sizes and tonnages dock at the port, and at this time, the stevedores of the docks are heading towards the port and the warehouse.

Between people coming and going, Murong Yuhua and Gu San mixed in and no one paid attention to it, and there was a whistle from afar, it was a relatively rare steamboat, mainly used to transport coal. With the sound of a whistle, the air gradually filled the air with the smell of fuel. Murong Yuhua didn't seem to hate this, he took a deep breath, approached Gu San and said, "This is the smell of modern society. ”

It's actually quite amazing to hear this sentence from a person more than 100 years ago, Gu San said, "In fact, fuel didn't last too long, and then people slowly tried to invent some renewable energy to replace this." ”

"Oh, that's the wisdom of postmodern society. It must be very interesting. For example, can you tell me about it? ”

"Solar, wind, hydrogen, and nuclear energy from nuclear fission."

"The technology is amazing. You're in a time where electric lights are everywhere, right? Does anyone still use kerosene lamps? ”

"A little further on, every house was already electrified. But then...... Something unexpected happened, and a catastrophe shattered the peace. ”

They bought tickets and stepped onto a hand-cranked boat. The ship was already carrying a lot of passengers, carrying chickens and ducks, and some carrying fruits. The cabin was mixed with the stench of dirt and poultry. The boatman shook the oar, pushed away the water streaks, and left the dock a little bit.

On the surface of the water in the morning, the dazzling sunlight swaying down to form a reflection of a fish scale board. In the distance, the whistle was heard again, and as the boat entered the river, it just crossed the steamboat in front of and behind it.

Looking at the steamboat from the rocking boat is like watching a huge giant beast in another world, from its chimney continues to spew out black smoke, Murong Yuhua sat outside the cabin and watched a little fascinated, he looked at the black smoke drifting towards the sky and said, "One day, the smoke of fuel oil will cover every corner of this world." Every time technology advances, the whole society will undergo earth-shaking changes. Don't you find this fascinating? ”

"I don't do much research on that."

"Technology and society are closely related. The productivity boosted by technology will change the original relations of production, and ultimately liberate oppressed people to regain their freedom and enjoy their lives. ”

"Do you really think that the more technology develops, the more people live freely?"

"Isn't it?"

Gu San didn't answer anymore. She just followed his gaze to the black smoke that obscured the sun's rays a little, as if she were looking at the rings of time that were always unpredictable. The steamer quickly drove away from them, and the rowboat gradually approached the dock of the county seat.

There were patrol soldiers with guns on the dock, and Murong Yuhua took Gu San's hand, and slowly accepted the inspection in the line on the shore like a village woman. Most of the soldiers in yellow uniforms were lazy and hunched back and forth on the docks, and everyone hastily stopped and looked at them before letting them in.

There were also two brush portraits pasted on the entrance position, and Murong Yuhua waited until the team was far ahead to see it clearly-it was probably a painting of him and Gu San, but it was really not like it, his face was painted rough and vicious, and there were two big braids hanging down on the shoulders on the portrait of Miss Zhou.

With just two portraits, if you can find someone, there will be ghosts. Gu San and Murong Yuhua walked straight through the inspection gate of the dock towards the county seat. The Zhou family was also easy to find, and it didn't take long for her and Murong Yuhua to arrive in front of the Zhou family.

knocked on the door, but fortunately, it was Koyanagi who had a relationship with Gu San who came out to answer the door. When the maid heard the door, she first said behind the door, "Don't knock, my wife is not feeling well today, and she will not be a guest." ”

Gu San said, "Open the door, it's me." ”

The maid hurriedly opened the door in a panic, and looked out through the crack in the door and exclaimed, "Miss, you ......"

Gu San stretched out his hand and pressed it on her lips, only then did her voice tremble and lower it, and she was busy trying to get out of the way and let them in, but Murong Yuhua waved his hand at her, and instead took some simple fruits and jewelry in her bag to give to her.

Xiao Liu didn't react for a while, and Gu San said in a low voice, "There are soldiers watching outside." You take the things, and give us the scraps of money. ”

She nodded hurriedly, and deliberately shouted, "Take these things, don't come again, do you hear?" ”

"Hey, thank you sister, my aunt won't bother you again in the future, so you can buy something else!"

Xiao Yanagi deliberately made a look of embarrassment, took out copper coins and stuffed them into their hands in disgust, turned around and closed the door and entered the house with those messy little objects.

After Xiaoliu closed the door, Gu San led Murong Yuhua and left the gate of the Zhou family. In the eyes of outsiders, it is just that the poor relatives who came to join the maid have nothing to be suspicious of. After leaving Zhou's house, Gu San took the money on his body and went to the local hospital again, in addition to buying some items to treat wounds, he also bought items for treating bruises and fractures by the way. Murong Yuhua stood aside and watched her pack, and was still strange, "I understand those who apply wounds, but what are you buying these things for treating fractures?" ”

Gu San glanced at his feet indifferently, "It's too much of a hindrance." ”

When Murong Yuhua heard this, he hurriedly held her hand, "Do you want to break your foot back?" ”

"Hmm."

"That's too dangerous, we don't have a doctor, do you want to break it yourself?"

"When you break a bone, if you want the bone to grow well, you have to break it back yourself."

"If you make a mistake, you may not be able to walk! Besides, it will take time to maintain, and it will take a hundred days to break your muscles and bones, at least when we solve these things, won't I find a doctor for you? ”

"Why do you think I was able to wrap my little feet in the first place?"

Murong Yuhua's little head, which should have been smart, didn't understand her question for a while, and looked at her with some confusion.

Gu San simply replied by himself: "Because they agree with the existence of this kind of thing." The doctor was supposed to help me the first time my instep was twisted like this, but they didn't. They watched these things happen as a matter of course, because it was conventional, and everyone acquiesced to it - in this case, who would you like to ask me to help me treat? ”

"You hate little feet?"

"Do you want it?"

“…… To be honest, I don't know, some women feel that having a pair of small feet makes their husbands love them more. They can enjoy a carefree marriage as a result, and mothers who make such decisions for their daughters should think the same way. After Murong Yuhua said this, he still thought of her hideous and twisted feet, "But you're right." If it were me, I would never want my feet to be like this. ”

"Then you'll understand my eagerness to solve it myself."

Murong Yuhua didn't say anything more to try to stop her, on the contrary, he also took the initiative to take the bag in Gu San's hand. They stayed in the county until dark, wandering the streets and alleys. It seems to be aimless, but in fact it has been observing the soldiers patrolling and guarding.

As Murong Yuhua expected, most of the soldiers were sent out to search other areas, and the number of people left behind in the county seat was not even half. This was a good thing for them, and besides, the soldiers without a leader did not seem to have any energy at all, and most of them walked lazily in the sun with their guns on their backs, and when no one saw them, they simply sat down and lazy, and some even went to the tavern to relax.

There was a note hidden in the items that Gu San gave to Xiaoyanagi, and he agreed to meet at the back door at six o'clock in the evening. Gu San also had a pocket watch he had touched from Steward Li. When the time came, Gu San and Murong Yuhua smeared at the back door of the Zhou family. At this point, even the soldiers who were watching were already tired, and they didn't pay so much attention to it at all. Koyanagi waited behind the door early in the morning, and immediately opened the door when he heard the sound.

Koyanagi said, "Mrs. has been waiting for you since I received the news in the morning, so you can go quickly." ”

Before Gu San entered the house, he looked out again. Just as he was about to step into the house, a few family members rushed out from both sides, and stepped forward and grabbed Murong Yuhua's arm. Gu San immediately flashed his dagger and shouted angrily, "What are you guys doing!" ”

"Silly girl, I wanted to ask what you're doing. I finally made everyone believe that you were also deceived and deceived by bandits, so it's better for you to take this thief home? Mrs. Zhou walked out from behind with a distressed look, "How can you kill someone from a girl's family?" I can't let others think that our Zhou family's daughter will be a murderer! Daughter, do you know how much this bandit is worth? Fifty taels of gold! With this money, we can even redeem all the fields that your father sold in the first place! You can still have a dowry and marry again. What are you still doing there? Didn't you come back just for the sake of your future journey? ”