Chapter 02: The World Is Cold

Nancheng, which is one of the best cities in Zhongzhou. It is located in the middle of the Zhongzhou continent, because it is in the south of its small river, so it is called Nancheng.

And because it is not far from the top Xiuzhen sect in the Zhongzhou continent, the Xianyun Sect, it also has a large population and a prosperous city. During this period, there are countless places of interest.

In this place about twenty or thirty kilometers away from the south city to Xianyun Sect, there is a small town, which is surrounded by mountains on all sides, so it is named Qingshan Town.

At this time, on the official road leading to Qingshan Town, a young woman dressed plainly and with a dusty face was hurrying towards Qingshan Town with a gray burden on her back. When it is near, you will see its face.

This woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old, with delicate facial features, white cheeks like water, and a touch of baby red that is very cute. Although he looked tired, he did not slow down his pace.

Qingshan Town is not big, there is only one street from the beginning to the end, although the street is not flat, but it is still quite wide, there are also wine shops on both sides of the street, and life is boiling.

On both sides of the street, there are wanton vendors, pedestrians in threes and threes, some in a hurry, and some walking slowly.

At this time, among the pedestrians, the woman who had entered the town was looking left and right, as if she was looking for something.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man who came to her in front of her, a little obscene, didn't know whether he was walking too fast, or he didn't see the woman who was looking left and right, so he bumped into it.

"Ouch......" the woman screamed, stumbling and nearly falling to the ground.

Seeing this situation, the middle-aged man quickly stretched out his hand to help, and then nodded incessantly, and apologized with an apologetic face, "Girl, I'm sorry...... I'm really sorry?"

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"It's not hurt!" the middle-aged man looked genuinely concerned.

However, the woman who came to the town may have blamed herself a little in her heart, and she didn't notice the oncoming pedestrians, and in addition, she couldn't help but apologize to herself when she looked at the person in front of her, so she couldn't help but feel a little sorry in her heart, so she couldn't help but shake her head and said, "I'm fine...... It's okay. “

When the obscene middle-aged man saw the girl in front of him, he didn't blame him, so he flashed aside very familiarly, and some gentlemen bowed slightly, raised his hand and said, "Girl, please ...... first Girl, please first. “

Seeing that the strange man was so sincere, the woman was not too reserved, so she raised her head and nodded slightly to the man, and walked towards a fairly clean restaurant not far from the street.

It was noon, and there were still a lot of people dining, so it was a bit noisy.

As soon as the woman arrived at the door of the store, before she could enter the store, the enthusiastic voice of the shopkeeper who was busy in the store rang out: "Girl, welcome, welcome." “

"Come, girl, please, please, ......please" When the guy saw the guest coming to the door, where did he dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out to greet him with a smile.

Under the guidance of the guy, the woman found a small table slightly in the corner, asked for a side dish, plus a pot of tea, and a few steamed buns to eat.

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After the meal, the woman packed the remaining two uneaten steamed buns and put them in her own bag so that she could eat them on the way.

"Shop, checkout. “

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"Okay, girl, wait a minute, come at once, come at once......" replied the fellow.

After a while, the shopkeeper stopped what he was doing, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with his sleeve, and trotted over with a smile on his face, and then bowed slightly, and said lightly with a spring breeze on his face: "Girl, thirty yuan." “

When the woman heard the price, her willow eyebrows frowned slightly, and she secretly wondered in her heart: "Why are things outside here so expensive......

Although the woman complained a little in her heart, she still felt that she had eaten everything, and she must have to pay the bill. Although there is not much left for me, I am almost at my destination after a short distance from this town. Therefore, the woman didn't care too much about the thirty dollars.

After standing up with his burden on his back, he stretched out his hand and took out his purse in his sleeve pocket, ready to pay the bill, so that he could continue his journey.

Who would have thought that the hand that had been deep in the sleeve pocket did not take out the money for a long time. With the passage of time, the woman's face became heavier and heavier, and as her face became heavier, she was even more anxious, and she kept secretly asking herself in her heart: "What about my coiling, what about the coiling that the master gave me?" I used to live in the store, and I put it in my sleeve pocket, why did I ...... today? Isn't it there?"

As expected, the woman in front of me who was anxiously looking for her entanglement was Ye Qing, who said goodbye to her master and disciple and went alone, and Xianyun Sect continued to worship the mountain to learn art.

Thousands of whys, constantly rolling in Ye Qing's mind, Ye Qing, who is kind by nature and has no social experience, never thought that the outside world would be so complicated and people's hearts would be so sinister.

"Yo, I said girl, are you acting?

The guy who greeted him with a smile and was respectful before, seeing that Ye Qing hadn't taken out the money for a long time, Ye Qing couldn't help but straighten his back slightly bowed, stood up straight, and looked at Ye Qing with a sneering look on his face full of anxiety.

"No...... Store...... I was just...... It's just ......" Ye Qing wanted to explain, but he really didn't know how to speak.

"No, do you mean to eat the overlord meal?"

"Shops, no ...... I really don't have ......."

"No, do you want to say that you don't want to eat the overlord meal? Or do you want to say that you don't have any money to give?"

"Shopkeeper, you...... Listen to me...... I ......" The anxious Ye Qing suddenly didn't know how to explain.

The guy, seeing that Ye Qing in front of him had already paid the bill, so he turned his head and screamed at the counter shopkeeper at the door with a dumb throat: "Shopkeeper, there are people here who want to pay the bills......"

After the guy's shout, the other diners in the restaurant stopped the chopsticks in their hands and looked at Ye Qing in unison.

The sweaty and shiny shopkeeper who was busy working in front of the counter. As soon as he heard the words of the shopkeeper, he suddenly stopped the work in his hand, raised his hand and wiped it indiscriminately, the big face plate full of fat and sweat rushed to Ye Qing's side and shook it step by step, and walked over step by step.

"Who is so bold that he wants to cheat and eat and drink in Lao Tzu's territory, huh?"

Before the shopkeeper arrived, the roar of flying and domineering, like thunder on the ground, had already sounded in the store.

With the roar of the shopkeeper, the diners in the hall began to talk about each other.

"In this society now, everyone really has it!"

"Yes...... Rice raises all kinds of people!"

"Look at that girl, she is so young, she shouldn't be able to cheat and eat and drink!"

"I see! It's hard to say......!"

"See no...... You won't be able to go to school well in the future."

"Just like that, you have to go around cheating and cheating. “

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The crowd of people in the restaurant who are talking to each other express their own opinions.

"Let me see, who the hell dares to cheat on me, eat and drink in the restaurant"

While he was talking, the fat-headed and big-eared shopkeeper had already come to Ye Qing and the others.

"Shopkeeper's. It's her, it's her who wants to pay her bills. When the shopkeeper saw that his boss was coming, he straightened his waist again, stroked his mouth, and pointed at Ye Qingdao.

Ye Qing saw the shopkeeper coming, and hurriedly explained to the shopkeeper: "I didn't ...... Shopkeeper's ...... Believe me, I didn't want to pay ......"

"It's true,...... I don't know why I suddenly disappeared when I was so well coiled and put it in my sleeve pocket. “

The shopkeeper raised his head, glanced at Ye Qing with his eyes that had been squeezed into a slit of horizontal meat, and said, "Hey, I said this girl, you are fooling the ghost in this daytime!

Who would have thought that the counter shopkeeper with a fat head and big ears and a shiny face would believe Ye Qing's explanation.

"Boss, really...... Please understand me. Ye Qing choked up a little.

"I understand you, who the fuck can understand me? Ergou, go open it for me and see, what's in the baggage behind it?"

"Okay, shopkeeper, wait a minute," the young man named Ergou nodded and replied to the shopkeeper with a sharp smile.

While replying, he reached out and grabbed the burden behind Ye Qing. Seeing this situation, Ye Qing hurriedly hugged the burden on his back tightly in his arms. My body was also a little trembling.

The two dogs didn't catch it when they saw it, so they rolled up their sleeves in anger and went to Ye Qing's arms to grab it. As the scramble between the two became bigger and bigger, the diners in the restaurant stopped talking to each other. Almost all of them stood up and gathered around this side.

No matter where you are, people like to watch the excitement, especially the excitement of others.

The two couldn't hold each other, and the fat-headed and big-eared shopkeeper also joined the battle. With the addition of the shopkeeper, only a clear sound of "swish" was heard, and Ye Qing's package had already been torn into two pieces by several people, and the contents of the package were suddenly scattered all over the ground.

Ye Qing, who was terrified, could only tears in his eyes at this moment, and his eyes were a little blank looking at the belongings scattered all over the place, helpless.

The diners around, at this moment, just looked at Ye Qing who was so pitiful and helpless in front of them with that different gaze. And no one was willing to step up and solve the siege.

Among these various eyes, there are those who regret, those who feel sad for them, and those who gloat......

"You shopkeeper...... Check it out...... There's really nothing in the baggage, I ...... I'm really lost, I really didn't lie to you...... You believe me......" Ye Qing still cared about the items he had spilled all over the ground, still trying to explain, hoping that the other party could believe in himself.