Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 223 Xia Liang Returns to Jiangzhou City

Xia Liang took two taels of silver and walked to the nearest town with his two children.

After a night's rest and another two or three hours' walk tomorrow, we should be able to reach Jiangzhou City.

She immediately found a pretty good inn and asked for a double room, which was just enough for the two little ones to sleep in one bed.

Although she was very poor, she could not be too casual about her meals. For this reason, she found a small restaurant that looked nice, ordered two meat dishes and two side dishes, and specially ordered a plate of chicken rice for the lackey and the she-wolf. They looked so thin during the journey, not much better than Xia Liang now.

Erya and Sanya opened their mouths wide. Their sister actually used borrowed money to treat the dog to chicken?

Xia Liang patted Gou Tuizi's head and told Erya and Sanya: "Gou Tuizi and his wife will be our relatives from now on. We can't just think about ourselves."

Although Erya and Sanya didn't understand, they thought that their relatives might not be as good as Gouzi, so they nodded.

The people around were laughing and thinking that the beggar might not be very smart. Some people even had their eyes on the little beggar. If he had money to buy a chicken for his dog, he must have a lot of silver on him.

So while Xia Liang was eating, the sharp-faced street urchin came up to her, trying to take the opportunity to steal the money from her.

As a result, before he could stretch out his hand, Xia Liang quickly grabbed his wrist, and the lackey immediately bit the man's thigh.

"Help, help, the beggar is beating people up."

"You stole my things and you dare to say that I hit you?"

"Who stole your things? What is there for a poor beggar like you to steal? It's obvious that you just found my lost money, so you can go to the restaurant. Pay me back."

Everyone in the town knew this street urchin. They knew that he liked to bully the weak and was unreasonable. Everyone was afraid of being bullied by him, so no one wanted to help this beggar from outside the town.

Xia Liang shouted: "Then tell me, how much money did I get from you?"

"How much you have is how much I have lost."

Xia Liang thought about it and realized that he had met a street urchin.

Her outfit was indeed too shabby, and no one would believe that the money she had on her was her own. So, she started to play it off: "I don't have any money. After this meal, I'm going to take my two sisters to jump into the Wanjiang River. I heard that it's not far from here."

When the street urchin heard this, he wondered how this guy could be even worse than himself.

He shouted to the shopkeeper, "This beggar says he has no money and wants to eat for free, and he's even giving free food to his dog. What are you going to do?"

When the shop owner heard this, he was too lazy to pay attention.

When they came in to order food, the owner was already very disgusted with them, but this girl just gave him a tael of silver and asked him to give the change after he finished eating.

Unexpectedly, this street urchin actually believed what he said. It seems that street urchins really need someone to manage them.

Xia Liang didn't hesitate and took out a kitchen knife from his pocket and slammed it on the table: "I did pick up a kitchen knife on the road. Do you want to say that this knife is yours?"

After saying that, he raised the kitchen knife above the street kid's head.

"I don't want to live anymore. I'm going to have no food to eat. I might as well drag you to be buried with us."

When Jie Liuzi saw Xia Liang grinning and looking like a madman, with his calf being tightly bitten by the lackeys, and a female wolf ready to pounce on him and bite his throat, and no one wanted to help him, he was so scared that his whole body was shaking.

"Big brother, spare me, I must have mistaken you just now. I thought you found my money."

"I'm not as old as you, don't call me big brother."

Xia Liang sat down and let the lackey continue eating. Don't dirty your mouth by biting such a person.

As soon as the street urchin's legs were released, he ran away...

Xia Liang felt unsatisfied, so he asked his lackeys and the she-wolf to follow him. He wanted to bite off the scoundrel's pants and make him run around the street naked. He wanted to see if he would dare to bully honest people in the street again.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the whole street was filled with laughter. The street kid's pants were chased and bitten off by two big wolfhounds. He could only protect his underwear and run around the street, crying for help as he ran...

The lackey wanted to continue chasing until a familiar voice called out to him.

When it looked up, it saw Yan Xuan, the bad guy who participated in the murder of Lord White Tiger. It didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Yan Xuan saw everything that happened in the store. Although he was shocked by the scene before him, he could accept it. After all, the people who could order the lackeys and the she-wolf around were Miss Bai and Miss Qin. So, did this beggar know them?

Thinking of this, Yan Xuan immediately went to find the beggars.

As a result, I found out that they had left the restaurant.

He Yuan said that if they followed the lackey, they would definitely find the three beggars. Yan Xuan passed by a shoe shop and stopped for a while.

He thought of the beggar boy's shoes with holes on them, but he didn't buy himself a pair of shoes, but still used the money to buy meat for the lackey.

Thinking of this, he walked into the shop.

He Yuan was puzzled and had no choice but to follow the lackey to find someone.

When they returned to the inn after dark, they were a little confused. The beggar actually stayed in the same inn with them.

Xia Liang happened to be going downstairs to look for his lackey when he saw them and greeted them naturally.

"Two young men, you live here too!"

Yan Xuan: There's only one inn in town, where else can I stay if not here? The point is, do beggars also need to stay in an inn?

Xia Liang certainly understood his thoughts and smiled: "Don't worry, I will find a way to return your two taels of silver."

He Yuan was puzzled: "If we didn't come, why would you come back?"

Xia Liang said "Oh", that's right.

"Then I'll pay it back in my next life."

"..."

When she called her lackey and the she-wolf and prepared to go upstairs, Yan Xuan stopped him.

"Summer grass."

Xia Liang was stunned and thought for a while, it turned out that he just picked the name casually.

"What are you calling me for?"

"These shoes are for you."

Yan Xuan handed her the newly bought shoes.

Xia Liang looked at him suspiciously. When did this guy become so capable? Did he find out that she was a woman?

"Your shoes are torn and your toes are exposed." Yan Xuan explained.

Xia Liang looked down at his toes, which were so black and big. Did he really look like a girl?

Yan Xuan thought she was embarrassed, so he quickly stuffed the shoes into her arms and continued, "You don't have to return this."

Xia Liang said "Oh" and grinned: "Thank you, brother, what's your name?"

"My name is Yan Xuan, and this is He Yuan."

"Yan Xuan, He Yuan, thank you."

He Yuan scratched his head. Why did he feel that this man named Huazi looked like someone he knew when he smiled?

-

Prince Ning's Mansion.

Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui worked hard day and night and finally successfully opened the first library in Jiangzhou City.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Yu had the honor of meeting Lord Yang, the governor of Jiangzhou Prefecture, Lord Li, the magistrate of Jiangzhou, and many other wealthy and noble families, both in the underworld and in the white world. He invited almost all of them.

Luo Yu understood that although Prince Ning seemed to ignore the court and worldly affairs, he had great power.

Even the leaders from several neighboring states came in person to congratulate the library. They all praised His Royal Highness Prince Ning for his dedication to the welfare of the people and wanted him to establish branch libraries in other states.

Their focus is not on building a free library, but on their own interests, so that they can bundle free publicity with the library.

Although Zhu Jinyou didn't like this kind of hypocritical occasion, he had to flatter them for the sake of Jiangzhou City's economic development.

Luo Yu had to admire this. If she were to compete with so many big shots, she felt that her acting skills would not be up to par.

From beginning to end, she stood aside silently, and everyone treated her as just a maid beside His Royal Highness Prince Ning.

The women of wealthy and aristocratic families took the opportunity to bring their daughters and show their faces at the palace. What if one of them became extremely rich and caught the eye of His Royal Highness Prince Ning?

Qin Bingrui stared at the women who were dressed up gorgeously and complained about each one.

"This one is too skinny, with a pointed face and monkey cheeks, like everyone owes her money."

"This eye is a little crossed. Is it a genetic problem?"

"It's beautiful, but it looks like a lump of wood."

"This one is nice and charming. Oh, so she's a mother now?"

"This little sister is so cute, but we can't let that beast, Pig Neck, go to waste..."

Song Si stood beside her, asking a series of questions. Miss Qin was really a chatterbox who couldn't stop talking.

-

At five minutes past three in the afternoon, Bai Lingyi and Mei Zhengyan returned from school at Dongshan Academy outside the city. As they were walking on the road, they saw a young man in tattered clothes, holding two boys, followed by a lackey and a she-wolf.

"Lacknace?" Bai Lingyi shouted.

The lackey immediately ran over and rubbed his head against Xiaoyi's leg.

Bai Lingyi almost shed tears. This guy is really a lackey.

He squatted down and was about to hug the lackey when a voice came.

"Boy, we have no money to eat, hurry up and buy me some food."

Bai Lingyi took a closer look at the ragged young man in front of him. He was half a head shorter than him. Although he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, he looked like a black pumpkin.

Without thinking, Mei Zhengyan took out the only five cents in his pocket and handed it to Erya.

"This is the pocket money my sister gave me. I'm going to buy you some steamed buns."

Erya didn't answer, but looked up at Xia Liang.