Chapter 16: Entering the City
"You, customs clearance paperwork!"
"Official, I lost my paperwork, and I haven't had time to reissue it yet."
"You can't enter the city without paperwork."
"Official, open grace, I'll go into the city to help my mother get medicine!"
"No! Next......"
"Official......
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A man in a gray coarse coat was dragged out of the line in front.
Xing'er didn't have any customs clearance documents, so she quietly asked an aunt in front of her: "What are customs clearance documents?" β
The aunt glanced at her before she spoke, "You're a foreigner, right?" This is Lincheng, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, you need to take the documents issued by the government to enter the city! Otherwise, you'll have to have thisβ" Auntie rubbed her index finger and thumb twice to show Xing'er.
Xing'er didn't understand, so she gestured and asked, "What is this?" β
The aunt replied with a slightly wry smile: "Silver! β
Xing'er wanted to ask what the silver was, but the aunt turned around and stopped talking to her.
Xing'er didn't know why, so he had to continue to watch how the person in front of him passed.
"You, clerk!"
"Official, be accommodating......"
A man dressed in brocade quietly handed a silver object to the person who checked it, and the man curled up his hand and let the man of the brocade flower go.
"That must be silver!" Xing'er saw clearly where the person who checked the silver was placed, and took the silver into his own hand while people were not paying attention.
It was Xing'er's turn, and Xing'er also learned to say: "Official, be accommodating......"
Sure enough, the inspector took the silver and put Xing'er in.
It turned out that this was the gate of the city, and after entering the city, there were wide streets, and there were two rows of houses on both sides of the street, although they were ordinary shops, but they were very new to Xing'er.
"Wow! The house here is beautiful! It's a hundred times more beautiful than the Forbidden Mountain Villa, and no one is stopping you. Xing'er was dazzled.
"Steamed buns, fragrant steamed buns just baked!"
"Wontons with thin skin and big filling!"
"Crispy pears!"
"Sugar gourd!"
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Immediately afterwards, a burst of shouting attracted Xing'er again, and the smell of various foods lured Xing'er to look over one by one.
"Is this all food?" Xing'er felt that her eyes were about to run out.
When she arrived at the steamed bun stall, the hot white and fat bun with an attractive fragrance made Xing'er couldn't help but swallow her saliva again and again, she reached out and took a bun and put it in her mouth.
"Shhh...... Ho...... It's delicious! The bun scalded Xing'er's teeth, but she couldn't stop her from praising this first thing.
"Give money!" The owner of the bun stall held out his hand to her and said.
"Money? I...... Not...... Yes. Xing'er replied in a slurred tone while eating the buns.
"Why are you taking buns if you don't have money?" The boss asked angrily.
"I'm hungry, and the buns are so fragrant!" Xing'er replied honestly.
"I'm not a good village, a small business, don't come to eat if you don't have money!" The more the boss talked, the angrier he became.
"That'...... I won't eat it, so I'll give it back to you! Xing'er handed the remaining half of the bun to the boss.
The boss looked at Xing'er's appearance, looked at the half bun again, and waved his hand helplessly: "Forget it, you should send the beggar!" β
"Thank you boss!" Xing'er happily ate the rest of the buns.
But only one bun was not enough to stuff her teeth, and Xing'er didn't dare to take it again when she looked at the rest of the food, because she seemed to understand that only money could eat what was sold at these stalls.