Chapter 20: The Huya Tavern
Jiang Xiaobai took the knife and immediately pulled it out, and when the knife came out of the sheath, it made a crisp friction sound, which could be said to be extremely sharp, and the blade was thin and half-bent, if it stabbed into the body, it would tear off a large piece of meat if it was pulled out again.
"Thank you, Daddy, Xiaoxiao likes it very much."
Jiang Huai looked at it dotingly, touched Jiang Xiaobai Jiang Xiaobai's head again, put on his official hat and prepared to leave.
"If you like it, Daddy is gone."
"Goodbye, Daddy!"
Jiang Xiaobai happily followed Jiang Huai all the way to the door, waving his hand vigorously until he couldn't see the shadow of the carriage.
Jiang Xiaobai's bright smile stopped abruptly, and he turned to look at Su Shi coldly. Su Shi did not dodge, and met the eyes of each other.
The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, and his gaze changed several times, and finally Jiang Xiaobai chose not to waste time, raising his eyes and smiling.
"Auntie likes to blow cold wind? It's a good thing to keep fit, but don't catch a cold, Xiaoqing, bring a cloak and prepare a carriage. ”
Xiaoqing hurriedly ran back to get it back, Su Shi glanced at the cloak, retracted his previous expression, the corners of his mouth rose, and stretched out his hand to pick up the cloak.
After all, I am still a child, and I don't have to respect myself.
"Auntie knows that your child is still well-behaved, what are you doing with the carriage?"
Jiang Xiaobai took the first step to pick up the cloak, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Su Shi with a pair of innocent big eyes.
"What did my aunt say? Oh, but you want this cape? Oh, I didn't say it earlier, I thought my aunt liked to blow cold wind, so I didn't take much, Xiaobai wanted to go out and retire first. ”
Su's hand stopped in the air, the expression on his face alternated blue and black, it was ugly and embarrassing, his smile instantly froze, and he gritted his teeth and looked at Jiang Xiaobai.
"Auntie is not cold, just take a look, you can go."
"Okay~"
Energetic, Jiang Xiaobai got into the carriage with a smile, and Xiaoqing couldn't help laughing out loud after the carriage didn't drive for long.
"Poofhahaha, the slave almost didn't hold back just now, did the young lady see that Su's expression hahaha."
Jiang Xiaobai raised his head and hands, knocked on Erlang's leg and smiled without saying a word, this is just the beginning, and they will be comfortable in the future.
"How long will it take to get to the Tiger Tooth Tavern?"
"Miss Hui, it's a long way to go, why don't you take a nap first?"
"Uh-huh."
The carriage was quiet, Jiang Xiaobai closed his eyes and rested, and could only hear the sound of the curtain beads shaking and colliding, as well as the sound of rain.
The rain gradually became heavier, and the noise outside the carriage woke up Jiang Xiaobai, who had just fallen asleep.
"Where did you come from, dirty beggar, don't get out of here!"
Jiang Xiaobai opened the door curtain to find out, only to see the coachman whipping, and a dirty teenager curled up on the ground, the young man was extremely thin, his tattered clothes were soaked, his face was covered with dirt on the ground, and his eyes were colorless and lifeless.
"Stop."
"Miss...... The beggar who came out of nowhere wanted to touch the porcelain, rushed over and scared people to death! ”
Xiaoqing saw that Jiang Xiaobai wanted to get off the carriage, so she took out an oil-paper umbrella from the carriage, and Jiang Xiaobai walked out of the carriage with an umbrella, blocking the young man who was wet from the rain.
"You want to die?"
The young man didn't say a word, his whole body trembled, there was no fluctuation in his eyes, and he just stared at Jiang Xiaobai's skirt in a daze.
What a poor person, Jiang Xiaobai looked at the young man's appearance and felt pity, she didn't know what happened to him, but those eyes made people feel distressed when they saw it.
"What's your name? Hungry or not? If you don't mind, you can come with me and I'll give you something to eat and drink. ”
Jiang Xiaobai took off his cloak and helped the young man to drape it on him, the young man's body paused, raised his eyes to look at Jiang Xiaobai, three points of alienation and seven points of ridicule in his eyes, still motionless.
Xiaoqing really couldn't stand it anymore, and puffed out her face angrily.
"Are you mute?! Our young lady is talking to you! ”
Jiang Xiaobai was stunned with a look, which made Xiaoqing angry and aggrieved, so she simply turned her back and didn't speak.
"If you can't speak, I'll take care of you, Xiaoqing, take care of the back seat of the carriage. If you don't want to say it, don't say it, everyone has their own troubles. ”
Jiang Xiaobai gently pulled the young man's sleeve and dragged him into the car, like a little bully robbing a good woman and man.
In the carriage, Xiaoqing squinted her eyes and kept staring at the man, as if she was going to do it in the next moment, for fear that the man would have bad intentions. Jiang Xiaobai ate the sugar cake calmly, and the young man still curled up in the corner without saying a word.
Jiang Xiaobai took a piece and shook it in front of the man.
"Something? This is a winter melon candied fruit that I made myself, and the imperial chef in the palace can't compare to it, so I regret not eating it. ”
The young man looked at Jiang Xiaobai with contempt, but he still accepted the candied fruit and put it in his arms, and continued to be motionless in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"What are you doing in your pocket, eat, I have a lot of this."
Jiang Xiaobai didn't give up and took another piece of candied fruit and put it in front of the young man, looking at it with blank eyes, I don't know why I just wanted the young man to eat this candied fruit, I wanted to hear him say something, or see some expressions.
The young man dodged back, took Jiang Xiaobai's candied fruit and put it in his mouth, still expressionless, but his eyes softened a lot.
The journey was far away, and Jiang Xiaobai asked many questions along the way, but the young man was silent and deaf, which made Jiang Xiaobai's curiosity even stronger.
"It seems that you are such a dumb person, so what do I call you, um... Or I'll call you Xiaoyu, no, no, Xiaoyu is like a girl's name, or, Xiaoyuer? The little fish are good! ”
Jiang Xiaobai was so excited that he clapped his hands and applauded, and he was triumphant, and the young man finally couldn't bear to speak.
"I have a name, Shi Shaoyuan."
The voice was gentle and clean, but it was full of alienated coldness, every word was crisp and neat, and the sudden opening made Jiang Xiaobai not react, and he was quiet for a moment.
"If you don't speak, I thought you were a mute, Shi Shaoyuan, this name is so good, do you have relatives here?"
"No, I'm an orphan."
is so straightforward, making Jiang Xiaobai feel like a bad guy and piercing people's hearts, Xiaoqing was also stunned for a moment, lowered his head and didn't look directly, he didn't look like a bad guy.
"I'm sorry ......"
"Not necessarily."
Jiang Xiaobai's voice was interrupted as soon as he fell, but Shi Shaoyuan didn't care, there was finally a little light in his eyes, and he never dared to look directly at Jiang Xiaobai, just stared at the candied fruit in front of the table, and whispered so quietly that he couldn't whisper a word anymore.
"Thank you."
After that, the real carriage was filled with a strange atmosphere, and there were no more words, Jiang Xiaobai also withdrew her chatty temperament and ate snacks quietly, her buttocks hurt from the car, so she had to pray to arrive quickly.
Arriving at the Huya Tavern, Xiaoqing helped Jiang Xiaobai get out of the carriage, and Shi Shaoyuan followed far behind. As soon as I entered the restaurant, I saw a woman, dressed in red and half-off on the ground, with her breasts half-exposed, her posture bewitching, her eyebrows and eyes like silk, and her flaming red lips were extremely tempting.
The woman walked over like Jiang Xiaobai with a bottle of wine, just a glance made Jiang Xiaobai feel that she had lost the charm of a woman, and lowered her head and glanced at her chest.
I'm ashamed.
"Presumably you are Miss Jiang, my surname is Peach, the peach of Peach Blossom, just call me Thirteen Niang, the young master has been waiting for a long time."