Chapter 116 Leaving the City
Chapter 116 Leaving the City
Qingyi wiped the corners of his eyes. Even though he was kneeling on the ground with his head lowered, his every move revealed an indescribable elegance.
“Actually, that troupe belonged to our family, but now my parents are gone, and everyone else is gone.
I also have a sister who is seriously ill. We have been hoarding water these days and are preparing to leave in the next two days. However, we dare not leave the city rashly just the two of us. "
Now there are bandits and disaster victims everywhere. He thought about his current situation and the fact that he still has a few-year-old sister with him...it is really difficult to survive.
"How do I know if what you are saying now is also a lie to us?"
Shen Nuo had smiling eyes, and his slender fox eyes seemed to be trying to seduce people all the time.
He looked nonchalant, and even though he was wearing a veil, Qingyi could tell that he was a cool and aloof man just by looking at his eyes.
He didn't say anything more and immediately wiped his forehead with the cloth that he had wet when removing makeup.
A red mole was exposed, and Qingyi said in a desperate tone:
“In fact, I am a boy. My parents were afraid that my uncle would take over our family’s opera troupe, so they dressed me up as a man since I was young.
Later, the situation changed, and my parents and my uncle's family all died. The troupe came into my hands, but I couldn't convince everyone. Now that the troupe is gone, I don't have to pretend to be a man anymore."
After saying that, he smiled bitterly.
Qin Yan's clenched hands suddenly loosened, and the fierceness on his face disappeared.
Shen Nuo was not surprised. The reason why he asked Qingyi to perform here was not just because he was an actor.
Shen Nuo accidentally saw Qingyi quietly stuffing half a steamed bun into the mouth of a beggar woman with a child on the roadside.
He did it secretly and no one else saw it, but Shen Nuo saw it.
So when Shen Nuo saw him asking people everywhere if they were hiring, he appeared in front of him and asked him to be a waiter.
Qingyi did a good job indeed, and Shen Nuo was not disappointed, so he not only gave him food, but also gave him one or two taels of silver as wages.
Looking at the one or two taels of silver handed back by the other party, Shen Nuo raised his eyebrows.
He took the silver back and said calmly:
"Bring your sister to Tengyun Inn to see us tomorrow. My name is Shen Nuo. But, what happened today..."
"I won't tell anyone, I swear."
Qingyi just wanted to live well with her sister, and followed Shen Nuo just to survive, so it was naturally impossible for her to tell anyone about Shen Nuo.
"Okay, then you go back first."
"Thank you so much, my benefactor."
Qingyi thanked Shen Nuo and left in a hurry.
Qin Yan hugged Shen Nuo and rested his big head on Shen Nuo's shoulder.
"Nono, I thought you would like a guy like that."
Shen Nuo sighed seemingly helplessly and patted Qin Yan on the back like an adult.
"How could that be? I only like A-Yan, dear. I don't like anyone else."
"Then you can only look at me from now on."
"this……."
It’s a bit difficult, Shen Nuo scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.
"Haha, then Nuonuo, don't look at others directly from now on."
"This should be fine."
Anyway, he never looked at other people seriously every time.
"Look how much money we made."
Shen Nuo took the account book and began to look through it.
After deducting the costs, Shen Nuo’s space income increased by several thousand taels of silver.
Of course, they did not let the people of Yunzhu Village use up all the silver.
Some people made several hundred taels just from selling herbs, and also bought a little more food.
As the weather was getting colder, Shen Nuo also asked Qin Yan to remind them to buy some winter clothes.
Qin Liang and Lin Yuanshan understood what Qin Yan meant.
The first half of the year was ridiculously hot.
And now Shen Nuo said that it will be very cold next, and it must be not ordinary cold.
So, the next day, they went to the cloth shop and bought everything they needed.
I even bought a few quilts.
They went there with the entire village, and Qin Liang kept trying to lower the price.
The cloth shop owner couldn't stand staying here any longer, and since he had finally met so many customers, he naturally didn't want to let them go.
Eventually the price was brought down to normal levels, and everyone bought a lot of cloth and cotton.
It was midnight.
They just left the city gate.
Shen Nuo looked at Lin Xuan's position on the system panel and said to Qin Yan:
"Let's go to the forest instead of the official road. If they find out we've left tomorrow, they will definitely chase us along the official road."
Qin Yan nodded:
"it is good."
After discussing the route with Lin Yuanshan and others, we set off into the mountains.
The reason why we set out in the middle of the night was to avoid Hu Ye's group.
Now they have a lot of stuff, so traveling is not as easy as before. They can only set off earlier and simply take a different route.
After leaving the city, they headed towards the mountains and forests.
Shen Nuo also kept an eye on whether those people followed him out.
Apparently, none of them came out.
Originally, the city gate here was open, and people were allowed to leave the city at night.
There are already many people entering the city. If there are restrictions on leaving the city, the city will be overcrowded.
Therefore, the city gate on the south side is always open, allowing people out but not in.
On the way, Qingyi followed Shen Nuo all the time.
His sister Qingwu fainted when she reached the forest.
Seeing this, Shen Nuo asked him to follow him and asked Qin Ji to come over to help.
"Thank you, doctor."
He gave Qin Ji one or two taels of silver.
Qin Ji did not accept it. He shook his head and said:
"Doctors are kindhearted. You can keep the money for yourself. The child is too young. Don't let her catch a cold."
Looking at the thin little girl, Qin Ji also sighed.
Qingwu is already three years old this year, but she looks like she is the same age as Xiaobao.
Xiaobao is less than two years old, you can imagine how thin Qingwu is.
"Qingwu was born prematurely. My mother fell when she was pregnant with her. When she was born, the doctor said she would not live more than three days. We took care of her day and night and didn't let her die early."
As he spoke, he couldn't help wiping away his tears and carefully covered Qingwu who was lying on the donkey cart with a small quilt.
Both the brother and sister are very good-looking. Even though their faces are pale, it cannot conceal their beauty.
Qin Ji prescribed some medicine for them, but there was no way to decoct it now. They could only wait until they reached the mountains and found a place to rest so that they could decoct the medicine.
Shen Nuo filled a water bag with spiritual spring water from the space.
When he set out again, he got on Qingyi's donkey cart.
He quietly handed the water bag to Qingyi and whispered:
"Give your sister this water. I made it with medicinal herbs in my spare time. It will always be better."
"This, this is too expensive. You guys are..."
"Just keep it if I give it to you, and don't tell anyone else."
The two spoke in low voices. Qing Yi did not refuse and just said:
"Shen Nuo, we will definitely repay you in the future."
Shen Nuo smiled:
"That's not necessary. Just make me something delicious next time."
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