Chapter VII: Displaced People
After Chen Rong came back, Shang Su muttered sullenly: "That Wang family girl is very rude, Ah Rong is obviously well-intentioned." β
When he said this, he glanced at Chen Rong.
What he saw was Chen Rong with dewy eyes and no look of chagrin.
After eating, the convoy hit the road again.
At dinner, the Wang family was still luxurious, as if they were not fleeing this time, but going to play.
The freshness of the girls of the Wang family gradually disappeared as time went by day after day. Slowly, Chen Rong heard more and more complaints.
At this moment, Chen Rong already knew that Wang Jiaqilang did not walk with them because he still wanted to worship a famous person.
It's early autumn and it's still hot in the sky. The smoke and dust that rolled up as the carriages and the crowd moved around made the crowd more and more disgraced.
In this case, the royal family, who paid attention to aristocratic demeanor, bathed several times a day, so that they could only walk twenty or thirty miles a day.
After seven days of walking like this, more and more people were displaced on the road. These ordinary commoners rushed to the south in droves. After eating the dry food they had brought, they began to spontaneously follow behind the Wang family's convoy. Because every time the Wang family finishes eating, there will be a lot of leftovers.
As more and more people followed behind them, the Wang family began to get bored. This kind of dirty, filthy homeless people follow behind, and when the wind blows, the smell floats for ten miles, which is really unbearable. But they didn't dare to do anything that would harm the Qing Dynasty like driving out the displaced people, so the Wang family had to reduce the washing time and began to speed up.
None of these things have anything to do with Chen Rong.
The Chen family has only one master, and every time it is time to eat, she simply makes a meat and a vegetable, and when she eats something, when she sleeps, she does not have to sleep in a wide tent like the Wang family, but lies in the carriage.
What she did most now was sit in the carriage for an hour and then switch to riding or simply walking.
Chen Rong is coarse in martial arts, has a good physique, and can follow the team for a few miles without even panting.
"It's time to eat, take a breakβ"
With the sound of horses' hooves, a knight shouted loudly as he rode his horse to the back of the convoy.
Chen Rong glanced at the bright red sunlight in the west, and jumped off his horse.
At this moment, everyone began to get busy, setting up camping tents and making food.
When Pingyu saw Chen Rong coming, she put the dishes and chopsticks in the carriage, and said in a low voice: "Girl, it seems that you have been right." β
As she spoke, she looked at the Wang family, who were three hundred paces away.
At this time, the sun is setting, and the golden sun shines on the poplar trees, which are still green. At this moment, under the poplar tree, a thick plain satin is spread, and there is a few collapses on the plain satin, and behind the collapse, there are glorious clothes and shoes, all of them are delicate, and they are like the Wang family of the gods in the sunset.
But at this moment, these children with graceful and elegant manners all frowned, with a look of annoyance mixed with helplessness. They stared at the food in front of them, but none of them raised their chopsticks.
Because, three or four hundred steps behind them, there were hundreds of homeless people standing. These homeless people dragged their children and daughters, their clothes were ragged, they looked at the Wang family with blank eyes, and some children stared blankly at the wine and food on the floor, and their dirty mouths dragged drool for a long time.
Being stared at like this, the children of the Wang family were as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. A middle-aged man approached his parent, Wang Zhuo, and asked in a low voice, "Prince, look?" β
Wang Zhuo shook his head, he stuffed a piece of dog meat into his mouth, and said in a low voice, "Just turn a blind eye." β
"Yes."
He has determination, but the young children are obviously worse. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl picked up her chopsticks, hated a bowl full of white rice, and said in disgust: "Father, too, why can't you get rid of those untouchables?" β
A young man replied: "It is easy to get rid of them, but if the literati in the south know that we are mistreating the people, they will inevitably make irresponsible remarks." β
Another teenager also said, "Strange! When these untouchables saw us, they were like gods, and they wanted to prostrate on the ground and kiss our toes, why were they so bold at this time? β
This question obviously stumped these drunken dreamers who didn't know what the word hunger and suffering were. Everyone pondered for a while, and a young girl shouted: "Ah, this matter can be explained to that Chen Arong!" Who's going to call her and ask what's going on? β
As soon as the girl's voice fell, another woman's voice that was a little sharp and anxious came, "No, I expect Chen Rong to just talk nonsense." β
This woman has a pointed chin and a thin face, a pale face and beautiful features, which is the one who laughed at Chen Rong and was too cautious that day. When everyone saw her like this, they knew that she couldn't pull her face. In the midst of the laughter, a round-faced girl sneered: "Seventh sister is afraid that Chen Rong will mock you, right?" β
When the sharp-faced beautiful girl heard this, her little face turned blank, and she just wanted to refute, but she closed her mouth again.
However, these people around her laughed and laughed, and in the end, no one mentioned Chen Rong again.
In the carriage, Chen Rong put down the dishes and chopsticks after she was full, and she instructed Pingyu: "Tell everyone to sleep next to the car these nights, and if it is not necessary, do not wander around." β
Ping Yu was stunned, she looked at Chen Rong in confusion, and only after a while did she respond: "Yes." "This girl of her, since the nightmares of those nights, has changed more and more day by day, and she has unconsciously developed a kind of convincing in her.
Pingyu put away the dishes and chopsticks and retreated to the carriage. As soon as she got out of the carriage, she heard her girl's muttering voice in the carriage, "I used to admire them, and it turned out that they were also some playthings carved and wood-made." There was a deep sense of disappointment in his voice.
The night is getting deeper.
Tonight, a bright moon hung in the sky, and a silver light spread over the earth. Such a moonlight, such a night, the children of the Wang family are tired, and they are also intoxicated by this poetic and picturesque feeling.
Chen Rong slowly approached the people of the Wang family who were singing the wind and making the moon.
Under the moonlight, her graceful posture, coupled with her eyes as clear as water, has an indescribable beauty. Unconsciously, several children of the Wang family turned around and looked at her.
Wang Wulang was the first to speak: "Ah Rong, tonight the bright moon is in the sky, thousands of miles are clear, and we are chanting poetry." Come on too. β
As soon as Wang Wulang's voice fell, a young girl Gege smiled and said, "Fifth brother, your name is Chen Rong Yinshi?" Wouldn't that cost her her life? β
As soon as these words came out, giggles erupted.
A young man looked at Chen Rong, who was beautiful and clear in the moonlight, and couldn't help but say, "Ah Rong is really a beauty." is such a beautiful woman, it is better to learn poetry. β
The girl laughed again, "Everyone in Pingcheng knows that Chen's Ah Rong likes whips and riding, so she doesn't like these poems." β
Whether it is whipping or riding, it is the favor of the northern Hu people. And the contempt of the Central Plains people for the Hu people is from the bones, and the girl's laughter contains the most obvious mockery.
Chen Rong turned her eyes to stare at the girl, and with just one glance, she found that this girl was the one who laughed at her for being too cautious that day.
Chen Rong smiled. She greeted everyone and said, "If Chen Rongruo is chanting poetry, I am afraid that this bright moon will be abrupt." With that, she stepped back.
She said this very elegantly, and everyone in the Wang family was stunned, and it took a long time for laughter to start. Listening to those laughter, the corners of Chen Rong's mouth pulled down, revealing a sneer: Originally, she came this time to see the mysterious whereabouts of those homeless people and her eyes were not good, and she wanted to remind everyone. But now she doesn't want to talk about it. Anyway, there are a lot of guards in the team, and no matter how strong the homeless people are, they won't hurt the vitality of the team. Let them teach some of them for her.