Xie Chuyao said with some disappointment: "But I really want to help them, I think it's too difficult for them to live like this, and I feel uncomfortable seeing the townspeople here live like this and don't do anything." ”

Shang Jingcheng smiled helplessly at her and said, "I know you want to help them, but if Si Hao and them can't wait for us, I'm afraid they will be in a hurry, and my father-in-law's bones can't wait." He also wanted to help these people solve the water problem, but he knew that the time was too urgent.

As soon as Xie Chuyao heard about his father's matter, he was silent, and only whispered after half a sound: "Okay, since that's the case, let's take the snow and leave, and the matter here will be solved by themselves, and we don't care." After saying this, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, so she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Shang Jingcheng shook her hand and said, "Don't worry, when you go back, I will report your idea just now to my father and ask him to send someone over to implement it." ”

Xie Chuyao nodded, and stopped thinking about this matter, since she didn't care about it, then she didn't want to think about it, and it was useless to think about it.

At this moment, the shopkeeper came up with vegetables and rice, he looked at them with a smile and said, "Two guest officers, you are really too coincidental, today's dishes are all fresh, and your meal is worth it." So saying, he put the dish on the same place.

Shang Jingcheng looked at this fried food like ordinary people's food, smiled and nodded at him and said, "Well, then thank you shopkeeper." ”

"Hey, thank you, I want to thank us for coming to my shop, you don't know, I'm in this store, there are so few officials these days that I have to catch mosquitoes, hey, these days, it's really too difficult." The shopkeeper said, pointed to the dishes and said, "You use it slowly, I won't bother." ”

After speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Shang Jingcheng.

"Wouldn't it be just you and the cook in the shopkeeper's shop? Why not hire a guy? Shang Jingcheng asked as if he were at home.

"Oh, do you still invite someone for this situation? I'm about to close my doors, where can I have any money left over to hire someone? It's been more than half a year, I'm running this shop alone, these days, I'm used to it, anyway, now the business is not good, and there's nothing to say that it's too busy, and there are more than five customers a day, so sometimes I'm tired, but it's okay. The shopkeeper simply pulled up a chair and sat beside him, and pulled up with him.

Xie Chuyao glanced at the shopkeeper, and then asked tentatively, "Have any outsiders come here to take snow for so many years?" Where would I go if I wanted to get snow? ”

"Picking up snow? Do you want to get snow? As soon as the shopkeeper heard the word fetching snow, his voice reflexively became louder.

Shang Jingcheng hurriedly replied: "No, it's not us, it's just asking, a little curious." ”

"It's not like I'm talking about you, we really can't take snow casually here, you have to know, what do we live on, even a drop of snow can't be taken by outsiders!" The shopkeeper looked at them with a serious face.

"Then it's okay to give the money, right? You guys here are a bit unreasonable. Shang Jingcheng said and shook his head.

The shopkeeper sighed and said: "This is not a matter of reasonableness, this is a matter of life, even a drop of water can not be wasted, and it is not sold for money, the clean snow here is fenced, and in the end, even the snow on the road has been collected desperately, do you say it matters?" ”

"Can't you give money? This ......" Xie Chuyao and Shang Jingcheng glanced at each other and couldn't help frowning.

The shopkeeper looked at them with a look of embarrassment, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you really here to fetch snow?" If you really want to take the snow, I advise you to leave here, we don't allow outsiders to take the snow here, so let's leave here after eating this meal. Then he stood up and said no more to them.

When Xie Chuyao saw his appearance, he had a very clear change from his previous attitude, it seemed that he was dealing with them as snow thieves, and the problem was not what happened to them, is this shopkeeper a little too much?

Shang Jingcheng took a bite of food and said, "Let's eat first, and then we'll talk after eating." "It is impossible for the shopkeeper to give them any ideas or ideas, so let's eat first and then go to the road to get some snow, after eating, the night will get darker and darker, and there will be fewer pedestrians, as long as they get the snow, they will leave immediately, and no longer stay here."

It wasn't snowing when they came, but there was still a thin layer of snow on the ground, which proved that it should have snowed last night or morning.

Xie Chuyao nodded, and also ate silently, their speed was a little fast, and they all wanted to fight quickly.

After a quarter of an hour they left the restaurant, and the shopkeeper did not look at them again until they had left, as if they owed him money, well, it seemed that they had really poked at the hearts of the people.

As soon as they got out of the restaurant, they walked to some remote places, until they came to a corner, they stopped, and then took off the burden on their backs and put it on the snow, and then the two of them worked together to put the snow on the ground little by little into the baggage, and at the beginning, the baggage was four or five layers inside and out, so they were not afraid that they would freeze themselves when they carried it on their backs.

Shang Jingcheng's speed was extremely fast, he stuffed the burden full of three or two clicks, and then looked at Xie Chuyao and asked, "Yao'er, is this okay?" ”

Xie Chuyao nodded and said, "It's okay, let's go." She knotted the burden with her hands, and then she lifted it again, not to mention, with this snow, this burden was really too heavy, and she couldn't lift it.

Shang Jingcheng took the burden in her hand, and suddenly said with a smile: "I can't imagine that I, a fifth prince, will become a snow thief one day, it's really impermanent!" ”

Seeing his self-deprecating appearance, Xie Chuyao couldn't help but smile and said, "Are the two of us snow thieves?" Well, that seems like a good thing, but I really didn't think that one day this snow could become so precious. ”

"For the townspeople of Winter Town, this snow is their lifeline, and without it, they won't be alive next year." Shang Jingcheng said this a little melancholy, this environment is so bad, these people are still willing to live here, I'm afraid they are really reluctant.

After all, the fallen leaves return to their roots, where their roots are, where will be home, they have lived here for generations, and many people have long been used to it.

Xie Chuyao opened his mouth and looked at him again and again, but finally lowered his head without saying anything.

Shang Jingcheng knew what she wanted to say, but he shook his head slightly and said, "Let's go, there are some things we can't take care of, so we can only leave." ”

Xie Chuyao had no choice but to nod and say, "I know, then let's leave here now." With that, she took his hand and left.

But they hadn't gone far before they were startled by a shout.

"Catch them, it's them, it's them who stole our snow, we can't let them go, it's so hateful, it's terrible to come to us and steal our most precious things, isn't it?"

"Quick, catch them, if you don't hurry they'll run."

"Don't try to run, leave our snow behind, or you'll all die!"

The voices of several townsfolk were mixed together, so noisy that some of them couldn't hear what they were saying.

Xie Chuyao couldn't help but hold Shang Jingcheng's hand and couldn't help but tighten and tighten, she saw the firelight surging not far away, and also saw those crazy townspeople, the fire shone on their faces, it was so crazy, and there was a bloodthirsty light flashing in those eyes.

Shang Jingcheng is not afraid, he now has martial arts, it is easy to deal with these ordinary villagers, but he is a prince after all, it is not good to take action against these villagers, if this matter spreads, I am afraid that his reputation will be ruined, besides, they are just here to protect their own things, if he beats them, then his reputation will really stink.

After a while, the villagers surrounded them, and they raised their torches and stared at them closely, and one of the men pointed at them and scolded: "Where did the thieves dare to come to us to steal snow, and when they entered the town, did they not see the words written on the checkpoint?" Don't steal snow, don't steal snow, are your eyes blind? ”

He looked a little agitated, as if they were asking for his life.

Xie Chuyao hurriedly said: "Don't get excited, we just took a little bit of snow, and our snow wants this snow to be frozen into ice, so please let us take a little snow, and we will give you silver." "She tries to trade money with money, as long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

It's just that, as the shopkeeper said, these people don't sell the snow for money, and I saw a mocking smile on the man's face and said, "What do you think? Just a few stinky silver want to buy our source of life, you think too much! "They never sell snow for silver.

When Xie Chuyao saw him say such things, he was choked all of a sudden, as if he had suddenly become so vulgar.

Shang Jingcheng raised the silver bag in his hand and said: "There are ten taels of gold here, if you agree, you will take this gold, if you really don't agree, then good, we will put down the snow and leave immediately." ”

Ten, ten taels of gold?

The townspeople were dumbfounded, where had they ever seen gold, they hadn't even seen a big silver ingot on weekdays, which really made them feel a little incredible, and some of the townspeople's eyes flashed with greed.