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Chapter 264 No Harvest
She went on, "It's broad daylight now, and it's not time to eat, and it's not time to get out of school yet. In such a big restaurant, there are only a few young masters like them. It's obvious that they don't make progress in their studies and are idle. Most of them are probably not taken care of. I guess they are not favored at home. And you see, when they were in the restaurant, there should have been servants coming out to call for people. After a long time, there were only a dozen people in total. With such a small number of people, how much attention can they get at home? Maybe they think they are causing trouble outside and can't cause much trouble. Don't worry, we can definitely leave the city safely."
Zhou Da Cang felt relieved after hearing this. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm mainly worried about delaying things. We still have to look for someone in the city. What if Xiao Su is in the city and we don't find him and he's kicked out? Wouldn't that be a huge regret?"
Zhou Guo waved his hand and said, "No, don't worry. Even if they want to retaliate, can't we hide?"
Zhou Dacang nodded.
The two held hands and continued to search in the streets and alleys of the city.
We searched all the way until dark, but still had no news.
Zhou Guo had a feeling that there would be no result tomorrow. They had seen a lot of beggars in the past two days, both big and small, and they all said that they had never seen such a person. So Zhou Sulu was most likely not in the capital.
The next morning, after having breakfast, they carried their bags and went shopping. They bought dry food and a lot of cakes, which filled two bags. They also bought some snacks and candied fruits. When they were dizzy from the journey, they just held one in their mouths, which was more effective than anything else. Finally, they bought some dried meat. After tasting it, they still felt that the one made by the old man was the most delicious. It was better to have something than nothing.
I bought a lot and spent a lot of money. In total, I spent nearly two taels of silver on so many things, mainly because the dried meat was expensive.
If it were before, Zhou Guo would definitely not be willing to spend it and would have just bought some pancakes. But didn’t she just get such a windfall yesterday? God actually sent it to her so that she could use it to improve her life. Otherwise, why would she be given the money for free? It would be unfair to God for his kindness if she didn’t spend it.
Thinking of this, she took these things and bought a few pounds of dried noodles.
Zhou Dacang was surprised and asked, "Why did you buy this? This needs to be cooked. You can't just eat it like this."
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I've thought about it. We can go buy a small clay pot. It doesn't take up much space and isn't heavy. We can also boil some hot water on the road. I'm choking after eating dry food all day. I want to eat something hot with soup to relieve my nausea at night."
Zhou Dacang was silent. On the road, he was also tortured by the dry food three times a day. Life is better now, but the difficult days before were a little unbearable. Thinking back to when he was fleeing, having such pure white flour dry food to eat was something he dared not even think about. If a family had this thing, it would be New Year's Day.
Now I feel disgusted and choked.
The two of them came to a small stall and bought a medium-sized clay pot.
Zhou Guo happily held the pot, thinking of cooking noodles, pancakes, dried meat, and pheasant. After taking a bite of the hot food, he felt that riding a horse on the road didn't seem to be such a hardship.
After taking all these things back to the inn, the two of them went out again.
I have visited almost all parts of the city in the past two days. I still have to visit some places that I haven't visited so that I won't have any regrets. Otherwise, I will always remember these places when I think of them in the future.
By the time the two men had searched all the places, it was already past noon.
After returning to the place where they had parted with the little beggar, they waited for about half an hour, and then the little beggar came with them.
When he saw them, he lowered his eyes.
Although Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang had anticipated this outcome, they still couldn't hide their disappointment. He was really gone.
The little beggar said apologetically, "I'm sorry. My brothers and I have searched all the places in the city that are habitable and unattended, but we still can't find the person you mentioned. Are you sure he is here?"
Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang looked at each other and shook their heads, saying, "We don't know where he is either. Maybe he's really not here. You've worked hard these days. Let's go. Although we didn't find him, I still want to thank you. Let's go eat. There's enough rice and meat."
When they heard this, their eyes lit up, especially the two younger ones at the back, who looked at her eagerly.
"That's not good. We haven't found anyone. Why don't you just treat us to a meal? Meat... one or two plates of meat will be enough, but not enough." After saying that, he pursed his lips, looking heartbroken.
Zhou Guo and Zhou Dacang couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Zhou Dacang smiled and said, "I haven't asked you yet, what's your name?"
The little beggar was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't have a proper name, they all call me Old Tang."
"Lao Tang?" Zhou Dacang was puzzled. "Why is he called Lao Tang?"
Zhou Guo laughed and said, "You are still so young, why do I call you so old?"
Lao Tang rubbed his head and said, "Maybe it's because I can often get candy, so my brothers and sisters like to eat it, so they call me Lao Tang."
Zhou Guo fell silent and glanced at the two little beggars behind him, who were shorter than him. He thought that those who could follow him out were all older and mature, but it seemed that these two older ones were younger than him. Lao Tang was probably the oldest among their group.
Zhou Dacang asked: "How many people are there in your group?"
Lao Tang thought he was dissatisfied with their large number and the large amount of food they ate, so he said hurriedly, "Not many, including the new little sister, there are only thirteen."
Thirteen, this child, who is about the same age as his two older brothers, already has such a heavy burden on his shoulders, which is almost the same number of people in their family.
Zhou Dacang sighed and said, "There are only twelve people in our family, and one of us is homeless. It's not easy for you at such a young age."
Zhou Guo said: "Come on, take us to see where you live."
Lao Tang hesitated and said, "The place where we live is not that good, it's a bit shabby...", fearing that they would dislike it.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "These days, except for the wealthy, everyone's house is shabby. The house we lived in before was drafty on all sides. We had nothing in it. It might not even be as shabby as yours. What's the big deal about it being shabby?"
Lao Tang nodded happily, "Okay, I'll take you to see it. Your brothers and sisters like you very much. The cakes you gave them are really delicious."
The group wandered around in the alleys of the city for about two quarters of an hour and finally walked into a deserted courtyard.
It is called a courtyard, but in fact it can no longer be considered a courtyard. The roof and other things have collapsed, leaving only some ruins. They built a few roofs against the walls, and covered them with all kinds of materials such as broken wooden boards, old bamboo, thatch, and branches that they picked up from somewhere.
The yard was covered in knee-high weeds.