Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Cave
Mother Wen listened to the children's words of the dolls and looked at the shy Wen Zhuqing, looked at each other and smiled, and swept away the depression in their hearts on this rainy day.
Today's progress was not as smooth as yesterday's, and the dark clouds made it impossible to see the time, and it was estimated that it was almost noon, so the official ordered everyone to rest in a cave for a while.
Following everyone into the cave, Jiang Zhimiao looked around wantonly, there were white bones everywhere on the ground, this should be the den of some kind of large beast, but it has been abandoned for a long time.
As soon as everyone entered the cave, a rotten smell rushed to their nostrils, stimulating everyone's uncontrollable coughing.
"Ahem, cough~, do you want people to live, we are exiled, not living to suffer, can't we find a better place to rest? I have to find a dilapidated and rotten cave, this is not to treat the exiled prisoner as a human being."
The official looked at the woman who spoke gloomily with a dark face, and threatened: "If you don't want to stay here and go out, Lao Tzu is not your parents, I don't have the patience to find you a place, and if you talk more, believe it or not, I will whip you." ”
The man waved the whip in his hand casually, and in the quiet environment, he only heard the sound of the air being pumped, which was terrifying.
They are already merciful enough, if they are black-hearted, let them keep rushing in the rain, where will they give time to rest, it seems that their hearts are too good, which makes some people kick their noses in the face, I don't know what to do.
The woman bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard, and subconsciously shrunk her neck in the gloomy gaze of the upper officer, and moved to the corner, never daring to speak sarcastically.
At this time, the man beside the woman looked at her stupid appearance, suddenly felt upset, reached into his sleeve, took out a few pieces of broken silver, got up and walked quickly to the officer, and put it in his palm.
The man smiled and asked the official to accept it, and then spoke again, "My lord, please don't take the words of the insider to heart, the insider can't speak, these silvers should be regarded as filial piety to the adult, and please accept the adult's smile." ”
The official put the silver into the placket, waved his hand, and said casually, "Then take care of your wife, if you dare to commit it again next time, it will not be solved by silver." ”
The man smiled and nodded, bent down in agreement, then turned back to his place, looking at his wife irritably.
The area of the cave is large, the echo is also large, what the woman said, everyone heard it clearly, it was really fatal, she dared to sweep the official errand, and she was also yin and yang, and they all pinched a cold sweat for her.
However, this woman's man is a man who can come to things, and when he saw that the atmosphere was not right, he stepped forward to stuff the silver and resolve the matter, which can be regarded as avoiding the grudge of the servant.
Jiang Zhimiao and the others watched this play, they all felt speechless, the gun shot the first bird, this woman is really bold, she dares to say anything, fortunately, her husband will come, otherwise it will be a smoking.
During the exile, there was nothing to spend every day, every day was to hurry, and watching a play when I had the energy was considered a pleasure in suffering.
After the farce subsided, the officials gave hard cakes to the prisoners one by one, and as soon as the hungry prisoners got the bread, they didn't care to bite it, like starving ghosts.
In the past few days, they have practiced the ability to eat hard cakes, and they don't want to get the same for the first time, they don't have a little appetite, they can't eat half a bite, and now they eat these cakes, and they still eat fragrant.
Jiang Zhimiao didn't get the cake this time, she spread out her baggage, took eight buns in front of everyone, handed them to several people in turn, and after the distribution, tied up the bag and put it in the corner.
She did this to let everyone see that she had no food in stock, and to let those who wanted to steal rest their minds.
People like Zhou Ming are definitely not an exception, since the guy eats well, he will definitely be looked down upon, and now those who have bad intentions will not take action against themselves when they see that there is no food in stock.
It's not that Jiang Zhimiao can't beat it, it's just that she doesn't want to be in the limelight, she just wants to reach the extreme north safely, and then guard her little home.
Of course, those who bump into themselves, such as Zhou Ming, will not be merciful, and she will shoot when she should make a move, so that she can live a peaceful life.
The meat buns are cold, there is no such condition now, if you take out a hot bun it is not appropriate at all, a fool will take out the hot bun, she is a smart person.
Although it was not hot, it was not fishy at all, and they all hummed and buried their heads in eating, as if they were eating something delicious in the world.
Of course, this bun will not be fishy, its filling is the spirit pork produced by the space, how can there be the fishy smell of ordinary pork, even if it is put for a few more days, it will still be the same, but the aura will not be as full as the freshly baked bun.
In the gap between the people's eating, the lightning and thunder outside, the whirring sound of the wind, blew away the heat of many days, and the smell of the dampness of the land poured into the cave.
Wang Wu stood on the eaves of the cave, looked up at the sky, at the moment the dark clouds were thick, he stretched out his hand, the raindrops the size of beans smashed on his hands, seeing that this posture was afraid that there was a fall, so he had to turn around and shout and wait for the rain to stop before setting off.
Originally, the speed of walking on a rainy day was not as fast as usual, and even a third of it was not completed today, even if it was to wait until the rain stopped before setting off, I am afraid that I would not be able to reach the post station, so I still have to make another plan.
If everyone braved the rain to advance, they might be able to rush to the post station, but in this way, many of them were afraid that they would get the wind cold, and those who suffered from the wind cold would be sick all over, but it would drag down the process even more, and the gains outweighed the losses.
The rain was really not small, and everyone waited in the cave for an hour without seeing it weakening in the slightest, but it was getting heavier and heavier, and the day that should have been sunny was completely darkened at this time.
Seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, Wang Wu directly ordered him to rest in place and set off again early tomorrow morning.
The cave had nothing but its size, and many of them were drenched in the rain in the morning, and their clothes were soaked, and they were very uncomfortable at the moment.
The officials apparently took this into account, and after a moment of deliberation, they asked those who needed to make a fire to collect their own firewood, but only within 500 meters.
Although the range is small, but it is enough, this is the forest, you can pick up a lot of it casually, it depends on whether you want to or not.
If the prisoners were allowed to go out at will, some people were afraid that they wanted to escape, considering that the raincoat given by Jiang Zhimiao was extremely sheltered from the rain, let the other seven people wearing raincoats go out to watch, and with the supervision of the officials, they would not dare to make trouble.
As soon as this news came out, everyone wanted to go out, but they had been wearing wet clothes for a long time, and the whole person was shivering with cold, since they could make a fire and dry their clothes, they naturally would not give up the opportunity.
Jiang Zhimiao and the others were wearing magic weapons to avoid the rain, and their bodies were dry, but Wen Zhuqing's shoes were soaked, and they were still dripping out, which was uncomfortable to look at.
This would not have happened if they had worn braided straw sandals, and the mat used to weave straw sandals had been specially treated, and although it was not as good as the floating boots, it was certainly better than the shoes they wore themselves.
Jiang Zhimiao stood up, pulled Wen Zhuqing's sleeve, turned his head and said, "Let's go, let's go out to collect firewood, just in time to bake the fire to get rid of the cold." ”
Wen Zhuqing didn't twist, and directly followed Jiang Zhimiao out of the cave, he is a little tolerant now, although he will still be shy, but he will not be at a loss.