Escape Chapter 32 Buying a back basket and selling watermelons
At breakfast on the fifth morning, Jiaona looked at the food on the table and said with an unhappy face, "When will we be able to eat meat?" Just eating these carbohydrates, my stomach is always empty, and I feel hungry. That's how it feels when you're full. ”
In fact, the food in these two days is rich enough, including millet porridge, cornmeal wotou, boiled green beans, cold cucumbers, fried beans, and eggplant. It was all planted by Qi Xiaoting with a little demon beast after dissolving one with the soil.
However, meat does not. Because there was no living thing in the space except the three of them. There are not even bacteria, and raw and cooked food, no matter how long it is left, does not taste good, and it tastes the same as new.
"We can only sell watermelons and melons for meat." Qi Xiaoting looked at Long Yi and Jiao Na, and said gloomily: "I only have twenty yuan on me, and I can't even buy two taels of meat." ”
"I don't care, I have to eat meat anyway." Jiao Na pouted and said, "When you are in the Dragon Palace, what meal does not have sea cucumber and abalone prawns?" I don't even like the fish. I'm tired of roast chicken, pork, beef, venison. My favourites are bear's paw and shark fin. ”
Sky! This is the life of a tyrant!
Qi Xiaoting wrung her brows and said patiently: "You bear with it for a few days, and when there is no pursuit from Lifu, we will go outside to hunt wild meat and make it ourselves." We can't afford it. ”
"How long will it take? I now dream of eating meat every day, and when I wake up, I swallow saliva. ”
Hearing what she said about the pitiful, Qi Xiaoting felt sorry for her again.
Yes, a princess of the Dragon Palace who grew up eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, let her drink millet porridge and eat cornmeal every day, it is indeed too difficult for her.
"Today, I'll go to the village to inquire and see how many miles I've walked out, and if there is a notice of Lifu?" Qi Xiaoting said to Long Yi and Jiao Na.
Ryuichi: "You have to pay attention to safety. ”
Qi Xiaoting: "Well, I changed into those dirty clothes, and no one wanted to look at me more." As long as you don't run into people from Lifu. ”
After breakfast, Qi Xiaoting boldly walked into the village, and inquired, it turned out that this was a small town, and she had walked more than 200 miles and left the Tianzhou area. Although it is still Tian'an Province, the people here don't know where Lijiatun in the Tianzhou area is, let alone the main murder case of the maid in the Lifu.
Qi Xiaoting was relieved a lot.
It just so happened that there was a small set in the town on this day. Qi Xiaoting thought about it: Now she only has 20 yuan in her hand, and the top priority is to solve the household belongings that contain the things first, and after selling the money, she will buy meat for Jiaona.
What to buy? Qi Xiaoting walked around the market and found that the back basket was still more practical, deeply able to hold more things, and also suitable for her current identity. When I asked the price, I was forty or fifty yuan, and my twenty yuan could only buy half a basket.
finally entered the village and caught up with the small set, and Qi Xiaoting urgently needed it again. I begged an old man who sold a basket for a long time, and asked the family to sell him a basket that was the most broken and the smallest, as long as it could hold things.
When the old man saw that she was pitiful, and that she was dirty like a person begging for food, he should give alms, so he sold her a crooked wicker basket that his grandson was practicing.
Although it is a defective product, Qi Xiaoting is like a treasure. Try it in the space, it can hold six large watermelons.
"Are you really going to sell watermelons?" Seeing this, Long Yi said uneasily: "What should the people of Lifu do when they see you arresting you?" ”
Qi Xiaoting: "I have walked more than 200 miles, and I have also gone out of the Tianzhou area. I asked the people here, and they didn't know where Lijiatun was, and there were no notices along the street where I wanted me. I don't think I can find it here. ”
Long Yi: "Then you have to pay attention, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case." ”
Qi Xiaoting: "I know." ”
As soon as Jiao Na heard that there were no signs on the street, and there were no people in Lifu, she forgot the words "don't let you go out and never say it again" to Java, so she had to grind Qi Xiaoting to take her out to see.
Qi Xiaoting: "If you want to go out, you must let your ninth uncle take a trace of divine thoughts on your body, we are not familiar with life here, we are really going to get lost, where to find it?" ”
"Take it." In order to get out, she agreed to say anything.
The two of them are in the space of the alley. Qi Xiaoting was dressed as a begging for food, and Jiao Na looked down on her, and she was even more reluctant to go with her. As soon as they got out of the alley, the two parted ways.
Qi Xiaoting is very willing to do this: she is dressed dirty, accompanied by a beautiful and advanced beauty, and it is not suitable for food. It's bound to attract a lot of eyeballs. Besides, he is alone, and once he finds out about the situation, he can advance and retreat freely.
Qi Xiaoting was full of confidence and went to the market with a basket of watermelons on her back.
No matter how she said that she was also a "fugitive", Qi Xiaoting was still a little more careful. In order to sell the melons without being discovered, he came to a watermelon stall and said to the vendor: "Shopkeeper, I have a few good melons, I don't want to guard them here, how about I give it to you?" As he spoke, he put down the basket.
The vendor looked at the watermelon, it was a big smooth, and it was indeed a good product. Look at the melon seller again, dirty and dirty, his clothes are dirty, he is purely a small person who wants food. I thought: I don't know where this melon was stolen? Don't slaughter it, don't slaughter it! He snorted from his nose and said, "Okay, I want it." Twenty wen one, you leave it all. ”
Qi Xiaoting grinned, and said in her heart: Judging people by their appearance, playing foolish! But he said: "Shopkeeper, this melon sells more than 50 yuan from you, I will send it to your stall, why do you have to give me 30 yuan." ”
The vendor shook his head, didn't be stunned, and said, "If this melon can't be sold here and rots, I will lose it." Twenty texts, no more can be added. As he spoke, he was going to move melons out.
Qi Xiaoting hurriedly blocked his hand and said, "Thirty Wen, I won't sell one less child." ”
The vendor saw that "Little Hanako" was more energetic for himself, and teased: "Twenty Wen is already lifting you." That's me, you can't sell it anywhere for this price. ”
Qi Xiaoting is also young and vigorous, thinking: You have to see who it is! This girl still doesn't believe in you, so I have to sell it to you today. Picked up the basket and walked a few steps, put it down, and shouted at the crowd: "The watermelon is cheap, the big watermelon with red sand is big!" On selling, thirty wen a, cooked and sweet. ”
When it comes to watermelons that are sold, most of them are leftover processed goods, which are generally cheap. Those who wanted to save money came over. At first glance, they were all big melons, and Guati was still dripping with juice, knowing that they had just been picked - fresh. He patted it with his hand and made a "dong dong" sound - it was indeed a ripe melon. So they gave each other a look, you picked up the melons one by one, and everyone left thirty yuan. A basket of six large watermelons was hugged in the blink of an eye, and Qi Xiaoting also received a full 180 yuan in her hand.
"Anything else?" I didn't buy it, so I asked regretfully.
"Yes, you wait, I'll carry it at home."
Qi Xiaoting didn't expect it to sell so quickly, and she was happy, so she agreed loudly, picked up the basket and walked away. When he turned around, he didn't forget to look at the vendor, only to see that his melon stall was empty in front of him, and his face was sallow with anger.
Qi Xiaoting was secretly happy in her heart. walked to the back of the person and dodged into the space, quickly put on a basket of watermelons, and flashed out, the whole process took less than five minutes.
When Qi Xiaoting returned, there were still three or four people waiting there. As soon as the basket was put down, three people picked up one and put down 90 cents.
"I want all three."
A large hand suddenly appeared on the back basket and pressed the remaining watermelon.
Qi Xiaoting looked at the man's face, and couldn't help but shudder: She is familiar with this face, who is not the housekeeper of Lifu?
Then I thought: I am now a woman dressed as a man, and my face is full of dust. Maybe it was just a coincidence, he couldn't have recognized himself. So he changed to a hoarse voice and said: "Thirty wen one, three watermelons, you give ninety wen, all take away." ”
"I didn't bring anything with me, so I sent it to the inn and paid when I arrived." Steward Gou said in a weird manner.
Qi Xiaoting twisted her brows and shook her head: "This ...... I still have to carry it home, and my mother said that I should sell more on the market day. ”
Steward Gou pointed along the street: "It's not far, it's just ahead." I can't delay you much. ”
While speaking, two people from five big and three thick were already surrounded by Qi Xiaoting. These two people Qi Xiaoting are also familiar with each other, and they are both the nursing homes of Lifu.
I can't get out, I can't run, and I can't play in front of people. Qi Xiaoting had no choice but to take a chance, continued to play the role of a little flower child, picked up the basket and followed Steward Gou to the inn.
The inn is not small, and the street is a two-story building. Entering the gate is two rows of rooms, each row of seven.
The three of them led Qi Xiaoting to the door of a guest room in the back row and didn't leave, it seemed that this was their house.
Steward Gou, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and said, "It's a good young man who is so buried, who is still in the mood to eat the watermelon you sell!" Seventh, give him a basin of water and let him wash his face. ”
Qi Xiaoting heard it and knew that they had doubts about themselves, but they were not sure yet. Then he said, "I'm used to it, don't bother." Three melons and ninety wen, I'll leave after taking the money. Watermelon has skin, and it can't get dirty inside. As he spoke, he put down the basket, took the melon out of it, and hurriedly carried the basket on his back.
At this time, the nursing home called Lao Qi had already brought the water, and the housekeeper Gou couldn't help but say, picked up the wet towel, and dragged Qi Xiaoting, who was about to turn around, and wiped it on her face. As he wiped, the hand that was holding Qi Xiaoting's arm became stronger. When a familiar handsome female face appeared in front of him, he couldn't help laughing "haha":
"Qi Xiaoting, it's really you. I didn't expect you to run out of more than 200 miles in four days. You dressed like this, and you almost fooled the old man. I don't have to say it, go back obediently and pay for the second young master's life! ”
It seems that the second son of Li is really dead, and Qi Xiaoting is cold from the top of her head to the soles of her feet.
probably thought that Qi Xiaoting's dirty clothes stained her hands, so Steward Gou asked Lao Qi to bring a basin of water and wash his hands with soap.
Seeing this, Qi Xiaoting glanced at the two nursing homes around her and found that they were salivating greedily at the three big watermelons on the ground. I thought: How long will it take if you don't run now! As soon as he got out of the middle of the two people, he ran away. By the time the three of them reacted, Qi Xiaoting had already run two or three meters away.
Qi Xiaoting has been eating food grown in the soil these days, and she has aura. After walking more than 200 miles, I already had some strength on my feet.
What's more, when people are desperate to survive, they can burst out of their internal potential. Qi Xiaoting's run actually left the three men more than a foot away. When you run around a corner, you can avoid the sight of the three of you and dodge into the space.