Chapter 54: Being treated with kindness
Seeing that everyone who should be leaving is gone, Ah Wei beckoned Ying to close the door.
The shadow stood still.
Ah Wan frowned at him.
Shadow said expressionlessly, "Girl, my duty is only to protect the safety of the girl and her belongings. "The implication is that you can't really call me a slave, I'm just a bodyguard.
Ah Wei smiled and argued, "I told you to close the door to prevent others from prying eyes on me and my belongings, and this is within the scope of your duties." As soon as Ah Wei's words fell, she felt a dark wind blowing, and the door was closed.
Ah Wei stared at the shadow with wide eyes: "Your Excellency has such a deep internal force. ”
Ying didn't speak, just pursed his lower lip, signaling that he had a reaction to Ah Wei's words.
Seeing this, Ah Wei didn't argue with him, and took a closer look at the wooden house by the light coming from the window. Originally, it was also arranged for many people to share the room, and the traces of the bed placement were left on the ground. So far, only a single couch has been placed by the window.
Ah Wan frowned, told Shadow to guard the room and the things inside, then opened the door and walked straight out.
Avoiding the people on the boat and their luggage, Ah Wei finally squeezed out of the boat, but was blocked by the soldiers below reaching out to block the way.
Knowing that this was to prevent the boys and girls on the boat from escaping, Ah Wei hurriedly said, "I won't run away, I'm here to find General Wang and Master Xu." ”
Xu Fu has no official position in the end, the elder is the teacher, and everyone respectfully calls him Xu Shi. In front of people, Ah Wei can only be called like this.
Some soldiers who had carried the luggage for Ah Wei hurriedly stepped forward to relieve the siege. After asking the reason, he personally led Ah Wei to see Wang Li and Xu Fu.
When Wang Li saw her coming down, he glanced at Xu Fu with a smile.
Xu Fu turned his head, saw Ah Wei, hurriedly left the boy who was being arranged, and asked, "What's wrong with the girl?"
Ah Wei nodded and said, "Your Majesty instructed Master Xu to arrange a separate room for me, so Master Xu won't really just give me an empty room, right?"
As soon as the empty house came out, Xu Fu's face couldn't help but turn red. Because Ah Wei's request was a special case, he only received the news on the day he left Xianyang. The house here is just vacated alone, and it is true that there is no arrangement, so it is no wonder that this Lou Ji is not satisfied.
When Wang Li heard this, he hurriedly relieved Xu Fu and said, "Master Xu will go and settle the other children's houses, and how about leaving the matter of Miss A'wo to Wang?"
Xu Fu hurriedly replied: "Then there is General Lao Wang." ”
Wang Li nodded to his son Wang Yuan: "Yuan'er, later you will personally take a dozen sergeants to the street with Miss Ah Wei to buy what she wants." ”
Although Wang Yuan was curious about why his father treated this aunt so favorably, the military order was like a mountain, and he had to obey it in the end, so he said: "Obey the general's order." ”
Wang Li was a little uneasy, so he instructed again: "Treat her with humility and courtesy, and give her enough respect." Of course, the premise is that she doesn't want to run away, and if someone runs away, you know the consequences. ”
Wang Yuan hurriedly assured: "The general can rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to the general's trust." ”
Ah Wei was stunned for a while when she heard this, and looked at Wang Li for a while before she said, "You allow me to go on the street?"
"Why don't you want to go?" Wang Li looked at her amusedly.
Ah Wei nodded hurriedly and said eagerly: "Of course I want to go." Then his voice weakened again, "But I didn't bring any money." ”
The soldier who brought Ah Wei over laughed: "Girl, the gold you gave us is money!"
Ah Wei knew that her words had caused a misunderstanding among the soldiers, and hurriedly explained: "I mean, I didn't bring any money when I came down. ”
Wang Li waved his hand and said with a smile: "You go buy it first, and Yuan'er will pay for you." If you don't want to go, just go back and double it back to him. ”
When Ah Wei heard this, she thought that this General Wang would really make money for his son. But she doesn't care, all this gold is given by others, so use it as much as you can. When Daqin is out, who knows if this gold is still useful?
So Ah Wei decisively got on Wang Yuan's horse, and the group went directly to the nearest market.
Although it was afternoon at this time, it was fortunately early before the market closed, and it was quite lively to sell in this seaside town.
It's just that Ah Wei really regretted agreeing to go to the street with Wang Yuan and the others, and no one dared to do her business because of their armor and weapons of the Great Qin soldiers.
In the end, Ah Wan couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to Wang Yuandao, who was leading the horse beside her: "I promise not to run, just follow me from a distance." When I've chosen something, you'll come and get it and pay for it, and then you'll leave, okay?"
The people were afraid of the Qin army like a tiger, and Wang Yuan was helpless. Thinking that Ah Wei's weak body couldn't run away if she wanted to, she had to touch her nose and nod in agreement.
Alone in the market, she found that there were a lot of dried fish vendors in the market.
Thinking about the sea, it is common sense that there are many fish. But salt is controlled by the government, even if the Qi State has produced a large amount of salt since the time of Guan Zhong, and exported it to all countries, so that the Qi State has always been known for its wealth. But every household in this family can use salt to marinate dried fish, and Ah Wei still finds it incredible.
Ah Wei was curious, so she naturally couldn't help but ask.
The uncle who sold dried fish smiled: "The little girl is a foreigner." As he spoke, he picked up a small dried fish and handed it to Ah Weidao, "This is cut and dried directly from the sea, salty and fresh, but delicious, come and try it." ”
Ah Wei took it politely, because she didn't taste filial piety. He only took the small dried fish and studied it, and asked, "Uncle, do you mean that the fish itself is salty?"
The uncle smiled: "Because the sea water itself is salty, this fish will probably be soaked in the sea water for a long time, and it will be soaked in salt." ”
"Is the sea water salty?" Ah Wei was surprised for a moment, and then asked, "Then you are blessed, you can just use the sea water to make soup." ”
The uncle hurriedly shook his head: "It's just a matter of eating the fish in the sea, the sea water is fishy and astringent, but you can't eat it." We used to have people here who had a strange illness because of drinking seawater, and they festered and died, which was really scary. In short, seawater is undrinkable. ”
Ah Wei couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this. If the sea water is not drinkable, how much well spring water will be loaded on the flying boat? It is a lot, but how long can so many people be able to eat, drink, and wash every day, and how long can they last on the sea? If there is no water from the well spring, will they still die of thirst? If this is the case, then this is a strange way of death.
The uncle saw that the little girl was suddenly stunned by his words, and hurriedly said: "Little girl, didn't you go out with any money? It doesn't matter, if you really like it, I can give you some uncle, and I will give you some as a gift for your first visit to us." After that, he hurriedly packed a bag with lotus leaves and Ah Yao, and stuffed it directly into Ah Yao's hand.
Ah Wei realized that she had an extra bag of dried fish in her hand, so she had to thank her uncle and leave.
Because of her gratitude for the simplicity of this uncle, Ah Wei, who had walked a few steps, finally gestured to Wang Yuan, who was following behind, and signaled that she would buy all the dried fish from this house later. Although she can't eat filial piety, doesn't she still have Ying, Sister Mei and Brother Yan? Uncle is kind and kind, let him sell it and go home as soon as possible.