Chapter 16: The Narrow Road (I)
"Let's go, it's not too early, let's go into the city early and find an inn to stay."
With that, Feng Jie walked straight towards Suzhou City.
Along the way, Feng Jie sometimes deliberately creates some opportunities for Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er to be alone, so that the two of them can cultivate a relationship, not because they are afraid of destroying the plot or anything, but in order to prepare for Li Xiaoyao to break the Gu of forgetting worries in the future, the deeper the relationship between them, the greater the chance that Li Xiaoyao will recall his memory.
Not long after, the three of them arrived in Suzhou City one after the other, Feng Jie was walking in front, Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er followed behind him, and others who didn't know it must have thought that these three people were strangers.
As soon as they entered the city, Feng Jie and Li were so free that they didn't say anything, but Zhao Linger was dazzled by the prosperous scene in front of him, although the sun was about to set at this time, but the large and small shops in the bustling Suzhou City were still open, and the pedestrians were so lively.
Zhao Ling'er was a little dazzled, and said in surprise: "Wow, why are there so many people here?" ”
Li Xiaoyao smiled: "I've heard that big cities are like this, even at night." ”
Zhao Ling'er blinked and said curiously, "Then don't they sleep at night?" ”
Li Xiaoyao thought for a while and said, "Well...... They just go to bed late, and that's the case in the big cities. ”
As they talked, the two of them walked across a small stone bridge, and a puppy lying by the door barked wildly.
"Little Yellow! Be quiet! ”
The man in the door shouted, Li Xiaoyao looked up and saw that it was an inn, and Feng Jie, who was walking in front of them, also stopped and walked in.
Seeing Feng Jie enter, Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er also immediately followed.
The store was lively at this time, and the huge inn was almost full of people, all of whom were sturdy men eating and drinking.
The shopkeeper saw that someone came to the door again, and hurriedly said, "This son, welcome." Staying or eating? ”
Feng Jie said: "I want to live in a hotel, two rooms." ”
Li Xiaoyao hurriedly said: "It's three rooms." ”
The shopkeeper in the cabinet saw that there were still two people standing behind Feng Jie, so he said: "I'm sorry, guest, you are unlucky, this store is full." ”
Li Xiaoyao said: "Didn't you just ask if you can live in the hotel?" How can you say it's full now? ”
The shopkeeper said: "If there is one person, there is a room, and two people also have a room." But if you are three people, then there will be none. ”
Li Xiaoyao didn't understand and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Childe is from out of town, I don't know our rules here......"
"Your rule is not to give people a stay?"
"You can say yes, you can say no." The shopkeeper lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then said, "Of course, there is a store for people to live in, but in the past seven days, it has been covered." ”
"Got ......?"
The shopkeeper said, "You really don't know? In the past five years, every time at this time, our inn restaurant in Suzhou City has only done business for one family for seven days. ”
"Which one? What do you do with all the inn rooms? ”
"The richest man in the local area, Master Lin of Linjiabao, he has to set up a conference to recruit relatives in these days every year, so he has chartered all the guest rooms for people who come from other places to participate in the competition and recruit relatives for free."
Li Xiaoyao remembered that the unruly girl during the day was also surnamed Lin, and couldn't help but be secretly annoyed, thinking: "I'm really a crime with the surname Lin today!" ”
Li Xiaoyao asked, "But are they really all full?" If it's not full, let us have one or two rooms, and it's convenient for us......"
"It's not a matter of letting one or two rooms, but the room has been rented out, and if you let you live in it again, it means that I rent one room and two rooms, which is absolutely impossible." The shopkeeper said leisurely.
Li Xiaoyao couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and the shopkeeper still said with a smile: "Besides, if people know that I let outsiders live in, the whole Suzhou City will immediately know that this will greatly damage the reputation of the small shop, so it is better to be considerate of the guests......"
Feng Jie saw Li Xiaoyao's disappointed expression, so he persuaded: "It's okay, little Lizi, let's go, there is always a place to live." ”
Li Xiaoyao was also a little disgusted with the innkeeper, and said: "Forget it, let's go somewhere else and ask, and I don't believe that there is no place for people to live." ”
After speaking, Feng Jie and the three of them walked back together, and the shopkeeper was still behind him and said as if he was deliberately talking to himself: "Alas, I think other families are the same......"
Li Xiaoyao was a little angry, walking briskly, Zhao Ling'er hurriedly said: "Brother Xiaoyao, don't be angry, I think, let's find a place to rest first, anyway, I don't want to live in that house, they are all stinky rough people......"
Li Xiaoyao knew that Zhao Ling'er wanted to comfort him, so he smiled and said, "I'm not angry, you're right, let's find a place to eat something first, and then talk about the rest slowly." Brother Feng...... Brother Feng, what are you looking at? ”
Feng Jie turned his head in one direction at this time, it seemed to be very noisy, and he didn't know what was going on.
"Let's go, go over and have a look." Feng Jie pointed to the place where the noise came from and said.
Seeing this, Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er didn't know what Feng Jie had discovered, so they also followed Feng Jie over.
"Wow!"
After walking a few steps, Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er heard the child's cry and couldn't help but be stunned.
"Little children?" Zhao Linger said.
Li Xiaoyao was also inexplicable, and there was another cry of pain from the noisy place, followed by a rough roar: "Little ghost! Touch in and eat white food, don't die! ”
The child shouted, "Uncle, I don't dare, I don't dare......"
Feng Jie suddenly turned around and said to Li Xiaoyao: "If you want to be a hero, you have to draw a knife to help when you see injustice, Xiao Lizi, you and Ling'er go together to save that child." Remember, force can't solve all problems, you have to use your brain, understand? ”
"Don't worry, Brother Feng, I will definitely be able to handle this matter well." Li Xiaoyao didn't want to see the child continue to be beaten, so he hurriedly pulled Zhao Ling'er and rushed over together.
In front of me is a brightly lit big store, looking at the signboard is also an inn, there are a lot of people in it, a sound of drinking and fists, very lively.
And on the road outside the gate, a big man stood with his hands on his chest, and in front of him was a ragged and embarrassed child, who got up from the ground with a disgraced face, but was kicked over by the man. There were many onlookers around, but none of them stepped forward to say a word of justice.
Zhao Ling'er said: "What are you doing!" ”
When the man saw it, he was a little surprised, he didn't expect to see a beautiful girl, and for a moment, he was dumbfounded.
Zhao Ling'er stepped forward to help the child and gently wiped the dirt on his face for him. Li Xiaoyao also said to the man: "Hey, how do you bully children?" ”
The big man glanced at him and said, "He stole and ate the things in the store, and the boss detained all of me, and he kicked me a few times, what is it?" ”
Li Xiaoyao said angrily: "How much can a child eat? Do you want you to kick him like that? ”
The man said, "Hmph, boy, I also have a family to raise!" Do you want my whole family to starve to death for him? ”
"A few pennies will starve to death? How much he ate, I'll help him out! Li Xiaoyao said.
The man spread his hands and said, "Okay, if you are willing to come out, I will apologize to him!" Five thousand dollars, five taels of silver, bring it. ”
Li Xiaoyao was even more angry when he heard this, he followed his aunt to open a shop for many years, and he had a good concept of money, and said: "Hey, don't deceive people too much, a family's monthly use is only one or two or five dollars of silver, aren't you a lion opening his mouth?" ”
"My lion opens his mouth? It's this little ghost lion who has a big mouth! His stomach is like a bottomless pit, if he doesn't find it in time, I'm afraid the kitchen will be swept away by him alone! The man said.
Li Xiaoyao was stunned for a long time and said, "How can there be such a thing?" ”
Zhao Ling'er was also very strange and said, "Little friend, what's your name?" ”
The boy said, "My name is Little Bean." ”
"Where's your father?"
"I don't know."
"Why did you steal food?"
Xiaodouzi said: "I...... I'm so hungry......"
Zhao Ling'er found that his face was still a little greasy, which showed that he had really eaten a lot of things, but his pitiful appearance didn't look like he was pretending. Zhao Ling'er was sympathetic and said:
"Brother Xiaoyao, let's let this kid eat a full meal, he is also pitiful."
Li Xiaoyao said: "Okay, let's see how much this child can eat!" ”
The man said: "He will definitely eat you down, if you don't believe it, try it!" ”
Li Xiaoyao said: "Then I don't believe it!" ”
After that, everyone walked into the store together, and the people watching outside the store saw that the little couple was actually on the bar with the man for a child, and they were in the mood of watching the excitement, so they also followed in.