Chapter 34 Dry Land and Famine Year (Five)
Chen Huihong and his group were very monotonous in their journey.
At least Qin Huai thinks so.
Hurry on the road at dawn, rest on dark, drink water when you meet a stream, ask for directions when you meet a wealthy person, and ask for food when you meet a wealthy person. Perhaps because he is getting closer to Peking, Zhang Po did not sell people when he met an obviously wealthy caravan, but was just begging.
If you are lucky, you will get one or two cakes, but if you are not lucky, you will get a whip.
When it was only one and a half days away from Peking, the thinnest child in the team fell down.
Zhang Po tried to open his mouth and fed him a bite of bean cake. Seeing that he didn''t even have the strength to chew in the end, he broke his mouth and took out the bean cake and ate it by himself. While eating, he did not forget to say in a slightly regretful tone: "I can''t even eat this kind of good thing, it seems that I''m really going to die."
"It''s also a blessing. It''s coming soon, wasting my food along the way."
The other children didn''t say anything, they just dared to quietly stare at the bean cake that Zhang Po was chewing, and no one cared about the people on the ground.
After swallowing the bean cake, Zhang Po took another sip of water, cleared her throat, and said loudly: "Go away quickly and don''t be lazy, it will be there in two days at most. When you arrive, bean rice will be full, don''t learn this without any luck."
After saying that, Zhang Po walked to Hui Niang with a smile and asked in a warm voice: "Hui Mei, have you considered it? When your lady throws you away, come here. I''ll give you a full meal of black buns, which is different from them."
Hui Niang shrank her neck and hid beside Chen Huihong with the can.
Zhang Po curled her lips, looked at Chen Huihong and didn''t dare to say anything, so she continued on the way.
The team continued to move forward, but one person was missing.
Hui Niang walked on Chen Huihong''s left and whispered, "Sister, I gave him a bite of the sweet potato you gave me yesterday, but he was still dead."
"If I give him one more bite, will he be able to go to Peking alive?"
Chen Huihong glanced at Hui Niang and said lightly: "If you don''t give it to him, he will die yesterday. Give one more, you will die tonight. People will always die, you can''t save them."
Hui Niang was stunned for a moment and whispered: "But... I don''t want to die."
After saying that, Hui Niang raised her head and squeezed out a smile, looking at Chen Huihong: "Sister, is your family really in Peking, too?"
"Not here." Chen Huihong said honestly, "I said, I will accompany you to Peking. You go to find your parents, I''m busy with mine. We will separate when we arrive in Peking and don''t disturb each other."
Hui Niang shut up and stopped talking, slowed down and followed silently.
Qin Huai, who had been shuttled back and forth in the team and tried to hear any key information, said: He bet on a tray of buckwheat steamed buns, and this pair would be separated when they would be together in Peking.
One day and a half later, this scattered team finally arrived in Peiping City.
Zhang’s family lives in the suburbs of the city, with a low house and a shallow well, so you don’t have to go to the city. Although he wanted to kidnap Hui Niang and sell it to make a profit, the joy of returning home, who escaped from death and finally returned home still defeated his desire for money.
After the last trick was fruitless, Grandma Zhang decisively gave up, pointed out the road to the inner city to Chen Huihong, and parted ways.
After parting with Zhang Po and his group, Chen Huihong slowly took out a tree bark and ate while walking.
The days she was rushing to travel together made her so she could only turn her back before going to bed every day and secretly eat the bark when everyone was lying down and not paying attention. Now that there is only Hui Niang around, Chen Huihong can finally chew the bark openly.
Hui Niang followed Chen Huihong calmly.
"Pus Zhang said that there were rich households serving porridge on the way to the inner city. The victims who fled famine were basically there. Your parents should be there too. You can go over and take a look." Chen Huihong said to Hui Niang.
Hui Niang was a little frightened: "Sister, are you...not going?"
"I''m not interested in that." Chen Huihong said, "Por Zhang said that the inner city was lively, there were stories, sings, and juggling, and the Eight Banners, such as walking birds and fighting crickets. There were many people, and I wanted to go there when I came."
Hui Niang could only say blankly: "Then... then you should be careful."
Chen Huihong nodded, feeling that the engagement ended successfully. Xiaosha turned around and walked forward a few steps and stopped in place. After thinking about it, she was reluctant to take out her beloved half of the little Trojan horse from her waist. She hesitated and stuffed it back, taking out the seven or eight copper coins she had picked up along the way.
"This is for you." Chen Huihong stuffed all the copper coins to Hui Niang, "Don''t you want to die? Don''t eat bad ones."
Hui Niang grabbed the copper coins and carefully stuffed them into her clothes. She held the jar in front of Chen Huihong: "Sister...Sister Chen, I don''t have money. I only picked up this jar. Why don''t you bring this jar with you and drink water in the future?"
"I don''t like drinking water." Chen Huihong shook her head and left.
Qin Huai followed Chen Huihong for thirty or forty steps forward, and saw that Chen Huihong really had no intention of stopping to return. He looked back at Hui Niang and found that Hui Niang had no intention of following her, so he couldn''t help but put a question mark on the top of his head.
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What a breakup?
The plot is already very boring, and there is still one less starring role now. What is the audience watching?
Soon, Chen Huihong told him what to see with practical actions.
Watch shopping.
Chen Huihong, dressed in a standard refugee dress, walked around the group, browsing around, beggars, civilians, rich children, glasses, and crutches, and even those who use crutches. In summary, they have to look at everything, and everything is fresh.
Someone bragging in the teahouse stood at the door to listen, and some people fought at the door of the martial arts hall and had to squeeze in front to watch strongly.
Logically speaking, if a beggar and refugee dressed up as a person crowded everywhere, the onlookers would express dissatisfaction, but everyone''s acceptance was very good.
It’s not because many refugees in the city have been used to it recently, mainly because no one thinks that Chen Huihong is a refugee, and most people think she is a lunatic from a wealthy family.
There are even young young people from wealthy who are unbearable for Chen Huihong''s tragic experience.
"Whose family belongs to this? It''s too unprotectable. Look at her appearance, even a fool cannot be so neglected. If my servant dared to treat his master like this, he would have dragged it out to death." A rich child who was fighting crickets commented with a snuff bottle, "I didn''t come out to find him."
"I guess I''m still hiding but not finding out."
A middle-aged and elderly man lamented: "The world has changed, if it were the Lady Buddha, he would still..."
The person next to him quickly covered his mouth.
The middle-aged man could only shake his head and show his inexplicable unreasonable compassion on Chen Huihong. He fumbled his body, took out five copper coins, and threw them to Chen Huihong like a reward.
“Hold it.”
Chen Huihong:?
Chen Huihong looked at the middle-aged man for no reason, and he saw you all over, right?
The plot of the previous shaking is so long, and in the end I will give five copper coins, not as much as she just stuffed it to Hui Niang.
Chen Huihong didn''t pick up the copper coins on the ground, grabbed her half of the Trojan horse, and happily went to the front to watch the fight. The passers-by couldn''t help but shook his head and sighed: "It''s indeed a crazy fool."
Chen Huihong didn''t know that she had made a reputation for being crazy and stupid on the street in a short period of time. She just simply felt that everything was fresh. Peking is indeed worthy of being at the foot of the emperor, and the roads were much flatter than other places.
Chen Huihong just walked around happily for an afternoon.
Qin Huai also followed her and walked around happily for an afternoon.
How to say... Shopping is really fun.
Especially the few matches at the entrance of the martial arts hall are both distinguished from the top and the bottom, and they also determine life and death. They have no disadvantages except for the scene being a bit bloody. The flesh is even more ancient than Jin Yong, and it is a martial arts film in the martial arts film.
It was dinner time, and the restaurant on the street began to open.
The beggars hiding in the corner started to beg for food, and the shops from major restaurants could only drive away the beggars at the door. Those who are a little more generous and reluctant to do things will be rushed over by beggars and gathered at the door, waiting for the shopkeeper to come out to drive people from all the martial arts shop and scold the guys at the same time.
Chen Huihong was not interested in eating, but just passed by at the entrance of each restaurant and smelled the aroma of the food and tasted the skills of the restaurant.
Thanks to the reputation of being crazy and stupid in the afternoon, many restaurant shopkeepers and shopkeepers thought that Chen Huihong was really a crazy lady from a wealthy family. She dared not drive her away, nor did she dare to scold her loudly. She basically used some cheap food to coax people away, and her attitude was simply too good.
Of course, Chen Huihong didn''t answer, and when he saw someone driving him away, he left silently, which further strengthened everyone''s speculation.
At the end of the trip, Chen Huihong stopped at the door of a bun shop.
Babo Shop is actually a dim sum shop in the north.
Pasta, steamed buns, pancakes, all kinds of snacks, and even dumplings can be called cakes.
The bun shop where Chen Huihong stayed was obviously new, with the signboards that were old, but the tables and chairs in the store were very new. The location is not very good, the business in the store is also very deserted, with only two guys inside.
Qin Huai went in and took a walk around. I don’t know if it was because of the restrictions of the times or the problems of the shop itself, so there were very few types of cakes sold. Basically, they are all cakes with gray, black and yellow. It looks no different from ordinary steamed buns. Walnut crisps are made of fine snacks when they are sandwiched in them.
However, the dim sum master should be good. The shape of the cake is very good and the appearance is good. Except for the black-faced cake, the surface is too bumpy and not very delicious, the rest are very good.
If you give this master''s skills to the chef, Qin Huai thinks he can score above 80 points.
Because there was no one rushing at the door of this store, Chen Huihong simply sat by the side to rest.
Qin Huai took the opportunity to go in and take a walk.
Don’t say it, this bun shop is quite big.
The first floor is a dim sum counter and a few small tables for dine-in. The second floor has a small table, a private room, and an open space. I don’t know if it’s a performance talent or a storyteller. Judging from the vegetable brands, this burger shop not only sells burger but also sells tea, and the business scope is quite wide.
The reason why the 1st floor guys were able to fish openly is because their boss talked about things in the private room on the second floor.
In the box on the second floor, a man with a Chinese font looks very strong. It is estimated that he is about 20 years old. He is talking to a woman with her hair tied and her belly slightly raised. She is obviously already five or six months pregnant.
The two sat face to face, with a two-layer food box on the table.
"Second sister, I know that you are the only one in our family who has learned the skills of your father. I also know that you have always had resentment towards your father, but we cannot lose the signature of our Qin family. Please help me, just help me this time, and I will never beg you again after this time!" The man begged earnestly.
The woman didn''t say anything and stroked her belly.
"Second sister, if you don''t want to, you can ask my brother-in-law for me, and he will definitely do it."
The woman sighed and said, "I advised you not to move our shop from outside the pass to Peking with Boss Lu, you don''t listen."
"You insist on coming, but I can''t persuade you. You can only advise you not to close the old shop at home, and leave the sign outside the checkpoint, and you won''t listen."
"When choosing a location, I asked you to come here in person, and don''t leave everything to Boss Lu, you still don''t listen."
"I told you not to make a fuss with Manager Liu. Do you think Manager Liu is relying on his seniority and the new manager recommended by Boss Lu is down-to-earth and willing to work hard, and he asks for even less wages, so he insists on quitting Manager Liu."
"Now the shop outside the pass is sold, the old house is sold, and Zhang Cai stole the prescription and took the money and ran away. You think of me."
"Qin Yanxing, do you think that at this point, I, a woman, can help you?"
Qin Yanxing begged, "Sister, I really didn''t expect that Zhang Cai, the boss recommended by Boss Lu, was such a bad thing. He stole the prescription and then brought in money. He sold six prescriptions. Now those bun shops sell our wine and steamed buns everywhere, and the price is still cheap. Our business is getting worse every day, so we have to pay the rent again soon."
"In the past, in order to raise money, the shop in my hometown was already sold. Now, even if I want to close the store and go back to my hometown, I can''t go back, sister."
The woman said in a fury: "You also know that things have reached this point. What''s the use of coming to me?"
"If you weren''t good at learning, even if you took the recipe for wine and steamed buns in other stores, it would be useless. The recipe is dead, but people are alive. Dad taught you by example. After so many years, you have not learned our unique skills. Can Zhang Cai steal a prescription steal the life path of our Qin Ji Bunpu Pao?"
"If you weren''t your high-mindedness, you wouldn''t have to fire the shopkeeper Liu, you would have despised you from outside the pass and you would have to come to Peking to make a lot of money, so you would have rented these two-story shops to create an inappropriate bun shop. In order to raise money, you would have sold the old house and shop, and would it be like this today?"
"At this time, you still want to shirk responsibility. You still think it is Boss Lu, Zhang Cai, and Manager Liu. Can they make a decision for you? Didn''t you choose all of this yourself?"
The woman''s eyes turned red as she spoke.
Qin Yanxing had no choice but to grit his teeth and kneel down: "Sister, it''s all my fault. I admit that I am a good person, I am not good at learning skills, and I can''t listen to discipline and tolerate others."
"But sister, our century-old brand sign cannot be broken in my hands. If Qin Ji really closed the door in my hands, I would be embarrassed to see my father even if I go down! Sister, please help me. When you were a child, you secretly watched my father teach me how to make wine and steamed buns. I never complained to my father. I know you will know, and you will know the real prescription."
"I also know that my brother-in-law has figured out a new recipe for locust flower steamed buns. Please help me beg my brother-in-law, let him teach me, and let him save Qin Ji!"
The woman stood up so angry that she pointed at Qin Yanxing''s fingers and trembled: "You..."
"Sister, please save me. If I close the shop and go back outside the pass, I will really be beaten to death by the third uncle and the others!"
"bump!"
A loud noise suddenly came downstairs, followed by a guy''s scolding.
"Where did you come from the little beggar? Is this where you came in? Get out quickly!"
The woman recovered from this sudden movement and sniffed and picked up the food box on the table: "I''m going to deliver food to Bohe."
"You... take care of yourself."
Today is two in one
And if you think the dream of this book is boring, it may be true. Because the memory of the life department is a separate short story, but the dreams of this book are coherent stories, which are incomplete before they are finished, so it will seem boring.
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(This chapter ends)