Chapter Eighty-Five: Suffering

Five taels of silver is the capital used by the Zhuang family for a year, where does an old lady have so much silver, but five taels for fifty taels, how can the old lady miss such a beautiful thing, she scraped together five taels of silver, and took two sets of clothes that her wife used to wear for Xiao Rongzhan to change.

I can't afford to buy a horse, and the cheapest is forty or fifty taels, but it's much cheaper to take a ride, and I can always go far with money. The old lady led him up to the official road, and it happened that a two-wheeled cart pulled by a mule was parked on the side of the road, and an old man and a young man were digging hay on it. The old lady was ingenious, helped to talk, and the money was brought to the same state. Tongzhou is another 400 miles to the southwest, and you can enter the territory of Yuexi.

The hay on the car was a little panicked, and the old lady made a move and sat down with her clothes under her buttocks. The car was bumpy and smelled of fresh mule dung.

The sun was poisonous, and after a while, the three men in the car were covered in stinky sweat, Xiao Rongzhan simply lay down, there were more lice and he was not afraid of biting, anyway, he was already very unlucky, what else did he pay attention to? After nibbling on half of the hard-faced dumplings given by the old man who was driving the car, he choked on his throat.

In the past, it was too uncannibalistic to eat fireworks in the world, and it is not a good thing to have such an experience, at least you can know how the real people live. Thinking of this, Rong Zhan's heart was much happier, leaving behind the things of being stunned and robbed. If Won-hee saw him like this, he didn't know how he would react. Maybe she'll be a little happier, because she likes to play tricks on herself the most.

It's been three days since I came out, and at this rate, I won't be able to come back in ten days. I don't know what happened in the capital yet, and whether Rong Run can handle it. Thinking of his sixth brother, Rong Zhan was also a little distressed, if he hadn't been righteous, how could he carry such a thing? I don't know when his father would punish him to kneel. When he was young, he was punished to kneel, and the sixth brother secretly sent snacks to himself, when Rong Run was only eight years old.

"If you want to sleep, cover yourself with weeds and it won't be cold. The old man said, burying Rong Zhan and his son tightly with hay, only exposing his head: "It's cold at night, don't turn over when you sleep, beware of freezing!"

I fell asleep in a daze, and when I woke up again, it was noon the next day.

There was a tea shed on the side of the road, and the old couple used a large copper kettle to boil clear licorice tea. The old man stopped the car: "Second Brother Li, come to six cooking cakes and three bowls of tea." ”

Second Brother Li responded: "Yo, Tiegen, who is this?"

"Drop by for the guests. ”

Rong Zhan jumped out of the car, stretching his muscles and bones, this bare board slept all night, and his body was stiff. The cooking cakes in the tea shed were steamed very soft, Rong Zhan ate two in a row, choked, and was busy drinking tea, this tea is also sweet, quite thirst-quenching.

The old man and his son couldn't laugh, and they were afraid that he wouldn't have enough to eat, so they asked him if he wanted to eat more.

To the south of this tea shed is the boundary of Tongzhou, that is, it is time to say goodbye. Xiao Rongzhan took a piece of silver from the package, about two taels. The old man shirked and refused: "It's two pieces of money, why do you give so much?"

Rong Zhan couldn't help but accept it and stuffed it into his son's pocket. He turned around and headed southwest.

The farther you go southwest, the more expensive things become, and a cookcake goes from a penny to ten cents. It costs five yuan to hire a car, and you are only responsible for crossing the same state, and you have to add money to go southwest. No matter how little money you have, you have to take a car, after all, it is faster than walking on two legs. In this way, before he reached the border of the western part of Vietnam, he was thrown on the side of the road.

The package was empty, and there was no money for food, and this place was poor, and no one was willing to save food to help others, so they simply exchanged another piece of clothing given by the old lady for a bowl of bud noodle soup and drank it.

Now there is no way to eat, he can only rely on two legs, fortunately there are only a few dozen miles away, and he can only get there after walking. Rong Zhan looked down, it was really wise not to exchange the boots for the old lady, if it weren't for the sturdy shoes, maybe the footboard would wear out, then it would really be a nowhere to find the iron shoes.

Stop and go, there is no way to be hungry, only one way to go to the dark, when I arrived at Ankang Town, the sky has just been dark, and the dark clouds seem to be raining.

The name of the Wei family is very loud, and you can ask casually on the street.

"Eh, don't go in, sit at the door and wait for the food. ”

Before Rong Zhan stepped into the store, he was pushed out by Liuzi, Rong Zhan looked up, and the sign on it read the word Li Ji. When asking for directions, the man was talking about Li Ji.

"Isn't this the Wei family's shop? I'm looking for Miss Wei. ”

Liuzi's eyes widened, and he reached out to probe his forehead, but he was really a little feverish: "I said, you are burning, you are looking for food to find our host, why are you talking about business?"

Liu Tianbao came out of the store: "Liuzi, what are you doing?"

Liuzi turned around: "Brother Bao, here is a person who wants to eat, I want to find our young lady, do you say it's funny?"

Liu Tianbao glanced at it casually, took out a string of copper coins from his bag and wanted to send him away. But at this glance, he was stunned, no, he turned his head, looked at himself again, and almost bit his tongue: "End ...... Childe?"

"Sixth son, quickly help the son in," Liu Tianbao said and went to help Rong Zhan, and shouted happily: "Dongjia, who do you see coming?!"

When Ling Er heard this, she was also frightened, the person in front of her who was short in cloth and had a brown and gray face was not Xiao Rongzhan, but who was it?! She rubbed her eyes, convinced that she had not admitted her mistake.

"Childe, what's the matter? Ling'er said and poured a bowl of hot tea: "Childe, I'll go and boil hot water for you." ”

"Ling'er...... What about Yuan Xi?" Rong Zhan looked around, but did not see Yuan Xi's figure.

"She went with Shopkeeper Hu to see the goods, and she is estimated to be back soon," Ling'er beckoned to Liu Tianbao: "Give your new clothes to Gongzi to wear." ”

Liu Tianbao nodded, and was about to enter the door to get his clothes. When I turned my head, I saw Yuan Xi and Shopkeeper Hu already standing at the door.

Shopkeeper Hu was a little puzzled: "Alas, why did you bring in the person who asked for food?"

"Who let him in?" Won-hee didn't even look at him.

Ling'er booed and motioned for everyone to leave, and Liu Tianbao dragged the shopkeeper away.

"Won-hee, you listen to my explanation. ”

"Whoever told you to come in, get out. Yuan Xi walked in without looking back, Xiao Rongzhan hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Please, listen to my explanation, I'll say a word." ”

He didn't listen to a word. Yuan Xi grabbed his clothes and pushed him out of the store: "Where are you coming from, I don't know you, who let you in!"

"Yuan Xi, I didn't mean to break the contract, it was my mother who forced her to die, and I was helpless, I ...... Hey!"

Before he finished speaking, the other person had been pushed out of the store by Yuan Xi, and with a bang, Yuan Xi closed the door and bolted it tightly, so that he couldn't knock it no matter how he knocked it. Won-hee didn't want to listen to him knock and went to the backyard.

The rain fell on her face coldly, and Ling Er rubbed her arms, why did the weather suddenly become cold? The morning was still sunny and the afternoon was cloudy and windy, so the rain must not be light tonight.

Dinner had already been eaten, and Liuzi wrapped himself in the quilt to look at the book he bought for ten cents, and the shopkeeper Hu went back to his house. Only Liu Tianbao and Ling'er were pacing back and forth in the courtyard, and they couldn't twist Yuanxi's temper, and they were afraid that Xiao Rongzhan would really get sick. wanted to secretly send him something to eat, but Won-hee was staring at him like this, and they couldn't go anywhere.

Ling'er jumped to her feet in a hurry, and the raindrops poured down on the porch like no money, and it hurt to hit her hands.

"Miss, what are you doing here? It rains so heavily, if Your Highness gets sick, how can you bear it?"

"What to do? It was he who wanted to get drenched in the rain. Yuan Xi looked at the thick clouds in the sky, and he regretted it a little in his heart, but this hard mouth couldn't be changed for a while.

Liu Tianbao found an oil umbrella: "In this way, I'll drive him away." ”

"Tianbao, you!" Ling Er hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

Liu Tianbao said in a low voice: "I'll go and arrange a place for His Highness to live." ”

"No one is allowed to leave!" said Yuan Xi angrily.

"Miss, why don't you let His Highness come in and listen to his explanation!" Ling'er grabbed Yuanxi's sleeve and said softly: "I know, he is suffering outside, you are distressed, and you don't look at the time." People have come all the way to find here, and they didn't bring guards, they made them look like beggars, and they must have suffered a lot along the way. It shows that His Royal Highness really has a last resort, so it's good for you to listen to him. ”

"Yes, Miss, when you were in the capital, Your Highness was attentive to you. Now that I have eaten so much and cried so much to see you, we outsiders are all moved when we see it, is your heart beaten by iron?" Liu Tianbao was a little angry.

Won-hee really regretted it, and regretted that he shouldn't have pushed him out directly.

"Then, I'll open the door. Won-hee knew that he was at a loss, and he was a little embarrassed.

opened the door, but it was empty outside, and Ling'er was stunned: "Where are the people?"

Yuan Xi was startled and hurriedly stepped out of the door. Xiao Rongzhan sat under the wall, wet, as if he was asleep. Won-hee panicked and reached out to sniff. His forehead was hot, and his body was hot. Only then did Wonxi notice how bad his face was, he was simply a different person!

"Rong Zhan, Xiao Rong Zhan, don't scare me, wake up!" Yuan Xi patted his face gently, but he seemed to be asleep and didn't react at all.

"Carry him in quickly, gently. Won-hee cried a little. It's really useless, I was going to blame him, but seeing him like this, I couldn't get angry, and my heart hurt like a knife.

Liu Tianbao carried Xiao Rongzhan to Yuanxi's room, took his own clean clothes to change for him, Ling'er boiled hot water, and Yuanxi soaked the handkerchief to wipe it for him. He burned so badly that his lips turned pale.

"Miss, shall I go get some medicine and come back?"

"You go and call Liuzi, go to the storeroom, grab some chaihu and come back to boil water, and tell the kitchen that the hot water can't be stopped. Bring a pot of liquor that the shopkeeper bought from Hu. ”

Xiao Rongzhan's eyebrows have never been stretched, which must be very uncomfortable. Yuan Xi grabbed his hand tightly, and he had already counted himself a thousand times and ten thousand times in his heart, why should he compare this truth with him?

"Ah Zhan, you must not be fine, as long as you get better, I don't blame you for anything. Won-hee quietly wiped away his tears.

Xiao Rongzhan seemed to be able to feel it, and squeezed Yuanxi's hand tighter.