Chapter 19: To the Penal Colony

When Cheng Shuiyao woke up again, two powerful characters in Weicheng were hanging on her head.

"General, these are the sinners who have been exiled here." Yang Qi stood at the front of the team and carefully checked the number of people with the generals defending the city.

"It's... Arrived? Cheng Shuiyao spoke slowly, her voice a little hoarse.

"Hmm," Xiao Ji was still flat, but there was a little surprise in his eyes when he looked at Cheng Shuiyao.

"You woke up so soon? I thought you'd be going to sleep for half a month. ”

"Well," Cheng Shuiyao nodded slightly, coughed lightly, and spoke again, "When can we go in?" ”

Xiao Ji stared at Yang Qi in the distance when he heard the sound, and saw that he had turned around, so he said softly, "It's going to be soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Qi announced the freedom of their group.

The cheers sounded in her ears, Cheng Shuiyao tilted her head to look, and saw that everyone was happy.

After waiting for a long time and not hearing the exclamation of the person behind him, Xiao Ji tilted his head to look at Cheng Shuiyao and said suspiciously, "Are you unhappy?" ”

"Happy," Cheng Shuiyao blinked slightly, "It's just a little unreal." ”

"Shui Yao, you're finally awake!" Xie Yin saw that Cheng Shuiyao had woken up, and hurriedly pulled the two children over.

"Worries you." Cheng Shuiyao smiled slightly, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a shallow arc.

"How do you feel now? You haven't woken up for the past two days, which scares me to death, if it weren't for Ji'er saying that you are fine, I wouldn't be able to settle down. ”

As Xie Yin spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

Seeing that Xie Yin was about to lose his temper in front of so many people, Xiao Ji hurriedly took the first step to speak, "Let's go into the city and talk." ”

"Okay, let's talk about it when we go into the city." Xie Yin hurriedly wiped away his tears and followed everyone into the city.

The shouting sound that he hadn't heard for a long time sounded in his ears, and Cheng Shuiyao sniffed, somewhat emotional.

"Five documents for one person, if you lose it, you won't make up for it." Yang Qi took the money bag and lined up one person after another.

When they left Beijing, these people were all searched on their bodies, and now that they are in the place, they naturally want to give them some money to survive.

I just can't give much.

Everyone took the money and left on their own.

Yang Qi stood in front of Cheng Shuiyao and said with concern, "Cheng Niangzi, are you better?" ”

"Thank you for your concern, I've gotten a lot better, and now I'll be able to walk in a few days." Cheng Shuiyao smiled and took the five pennies, looking at Yang Qi's eyes full of gratitude.

If it weren't for Yang Qi who had been helping her, she would not have survived at this time.

"Along the way, our brothers have also tasted a lot of Cheng Niangzi's food, this is a little bit of the brothers' heart, you can take it." Yang Qi smiled and handed the two taels of silver to Cheng Shuiyao, and his tone was an affirmation that could not be refused.

Cheng Shuiyao lowered his eyes and glanced at the two taels of silver in his hand, which were very different from the five pennies, and hurriedly excused himself.

"Take it." Yang Qi smiled and turned his head and continued to distribute the silver money to the next person.

"Take it, there will always be a chance to return it to him later." Xiao Ji glanced at the silver in Cheng Shuiyao's hand and looked at Yang Qi thoughtfully.

"Hmm," Cheng Shuiyao nodded heavily, tucking the silver into her sleeve.

The most important thing to do when you leave the city gate is to find a place to stay tonight.

There was not much money in their hands, so they naturally couldn't spend it lavishly, so the five of them found a dilapidated inn and talked to the shopkeeper for a long time before opening two lower rooms at the price of eight cents.

The room was dark and damp, and the air was not good, but there was a bed to sleep in.

Zijie and Ruxue were lying on the bed, their little faces full of smiles.

"Okay, since you've all entered the city, let's change your clothes first, you've been wearing these clothes for a long time, and it's time to change into them."

Xie Yin looked at the two children's torn clothes, and spoke with some distress.

Naturally, the others were meaningless, so they went out together to the ready-to-wear store.

However, they could not afford to buy any good clothes, so they had to pick out two of them so that they could replace the tattered clothes on their bodies.

On the way to the inn after buying clothes, Cheng Shuiyao saw an uncle selling fried noodles with sharp eyes, and hurriedly spoke, "Xianggong, I want to go over and have a look." ”

"Then I'll take them back to shower and change clothes first." When Xie Yin heard this, he didn't ask anything, and left directly with the two children.

Xiao Ji was expressionless, and approached the uncle who sold fried noodles with Cheng Shuiyao on his back.

"Chow mein fried noodles! Delicious fried noodles, two pennies a bowl! The uncle shouted hard, but the shop behind him was empty, and it seemed that business was bleak.

"Uncle, you're not right with fried noodles." Cheng Shuiyao looked at the fried noodles with soup and water in the pot, and the corners of her eyes couldn't help twitching.

This is fried noodles, it is clearly a pot of soup noodles that is cooked until the noodle soup is not divided.

"You're not right, isn't that right?" The shopkeeper looked at Cheng Shuiyao, his face full of disdain.

I don't know where the little girl came out, but she came up and began to point fingers at him.

"Chow mein is made by putting the noodles in a pan and frying them in a pan before stir-frying, rather than adding water to stir-fry the noodles like you do." Cheng Shuiyao was not angry, and spoke with a serious face.

"Really?" The shopkeeper spoke suspiciously, a little puzzled in his heart.

He heard that the fried noodle shop in the capital was very popular, so he came up with the idea of selling fried noodles.

But the capital is high and far away, and he can't go at all, so he can only ask someone to help him buy back a prescription.

It's only been open for a few days, but no one has bought it.

"Well, I see you have oil here, and everything else is ready, so I'll make you a bowl first, and you can taste it."

Cheng Shuiyao hurriedly got off Xiao Ji's back and jumped into the shop with one foot.

Xiao Ji frowned, but knew that he couldn't stop Cheng Shuiyao, so he could only support her on the side.

Cheng Shuiyao skillfully poured the oil, and then put the noodles cut by the shopkeeper into the pot, and the snow-white noodles gradually became golden and crispy, and they had begun to have a fragrance.

Cheng Shuiyao concentrated on cutting some side dishes, then put the fried noodles into the pot and stir-fried them with the side dishes, and finally seasoned them slightly, and the hot fried noodles were ready to come out of the pot.

The aroma is rich and tangy, with green onions and garlic, and the spicy pepper, and it smells more than what the shopkeeper has made before.

The shopkeeper couldn't wait, so he directly picked up a pair of chopsticks and ate it, only to feel that the entrance was smooth, the aftertaste was spicy, and the taste was hundreds of times better than what he made.

"Girl, would you like to stay with me? I will give you five taels of silver every month. The shopkeeper opened his mouth magnificently, looking at Cheng Shuiyao's eyes full of hope.

If Cheng Shuiyao can stay here, then his shop will definitely prosper.

"This..."Cheng Shuiyao looked at her feet hesitantly, a little unsure how to speak.

My injury is not healed, so I think I shouldn't be able to stand for a long time.

"It's okay," the shopkeeper waved his big hand and said directly and cheerfully, "I'll ask someone to customize a lower stove, girl, you can sit on the fried noodles." ”