"Fifth brother, come in quickly. Where have you been these days? Sixth sister and I are worried about you. We thought you had an accident."
Seeing the shirtless boy helping Zhao Wu and walking inside, Li Huowang raised his heels and felt that things were not that simple.
"Why are you back?" When he saw the person holding the abacus speaking calmly, Li Huowang knew that he had guessed correctly.
Zhao Wu, who was very excited just now, gradually lost the emotion on his face, and stated in a trembling voice: "Dad, I was taken away with a sack covering my head. They took me to a far away place. It was me.
These friends sent me back."
Looking at the several black hats at the door, Zhao Wu's father waved his hands impatiently, "Spread out, spread out! How can we do business if you block the door like this?"
The other party's attitude made Li Huowang very unhappy. What does the discord between your father and son have to do with us outsiders?
He grabbed the long sword from Zhao Wu's hand, raised it high, and with a flash of cold light, the sharp blade struck the opponent's wooden table and cabinet, almost cutting it in half.
"What are you going to do? The arrester in this town is my relative!" Zhao Wu's father was so frightened that he backed away.
Li Huowang took out a tael of silver with his right hand, slowly cut off a small piece along the cold-glazing blade in front of him, and then pushed the broken silver in front of him. "Buy rice!"
In the small backyard of Mipu, Zhao Wu was pouring tea for Li Huowang. "Brother Li, calm down, my father is like that. He actually has a good heart."
Li Huowang picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp. No matter how good he was, he didn't care about other people's housework. He didn't come here just to see Zhao Wu off.
"These last words are from China. Since you are familiar with Jianye City, you can find a reliable escort agency and bring them all over." Li Huowang pushed seven or eight notes in front of Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu took it with both hands and nodded cautiously. "Senior Brother Li, don't worry, I promise to accomplish these things!"
"Okay, that's it, you stay at home and we're leaving." Li Huowang stood up after saying that.
"Are you leaving so soon? Otherwise, you can eat at my house for lunch. I can come back alive because of everyone."
Zhao Wu was obviously reluctant to part with him, and he might never see her again after this parting.
"Forget it, stop working." Li Huowang patted Zhao Wu on the shoulder. Judging from his father's attitude just now, he might not be able to enjoy this meal well.
"You should remember more of the words I have taught you these days, especially your name. You can write your own name, at least you are not completely illiterate."
Just when Li Huowang was saying the last words, a hairy female Yaoyin next to him suddenly rushed forward, put her mouth to his ear and said in a very low voice: "When you get home, check it out carefully.
Maybe you were not kidnapped, but sold by your father!"
These words made everyone fall into silence. When Zhao Wu's third brother came over with rice, Li Huowang waved his hand and asked the fool to take the rice and left with the others.
When they reached the busy road, Li Huowang and others were looking for an inn to stay.
"Why do you think Zhao Wu was sold by his father?" Li Huowang turned around and asked the woman who had just said the last words to Zhao Wu.
This woman suffering from hirsutism was very taciturn along the way and basically didn't talk to others. Today she suddenly spoke, which really surprised Li Huowang.
"Tiger poison doesn't eat seeds, so he may not be that bad."
As soon as Li Huowang said these words, the woman's body trembled inexplicably, and she said with sadness in her voice: "Tiger poison does not eat seeds, but humans are more poisonous than tigers! Because I was sold by my parents!
"
As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped and looked at her in shock.
"Two taels of silver, just two taels of silver! He sold me like an animal! He didn't even look back."
Feeling the pain in the other person's heart, Bai Lingmiao walked over, hugged her gently, and patted her back comfortingly.
Li Huowang thought for a while and then spoke again. "He has sold you, so will you take it back?"
"Go back!" the woman growled through gritted teeth.
Judging from her chest rising and falling rapidly due to excitement and the extreme hatred in her voice, Li Huowang could immediately guess that her purpose of going back was probably different from Bai Lingmiao and the others.
"Donglai Inn, let's stay there today." Li Huowang pointed to the plaque on the left side of the street with his hand and walked in first.
"Should I go to the guest house, or stay in a hotel?"
"How much does a room cost for a hotel stay?"
"We have three types: Room A, B, and C. Room A costs 90 coins including food, Room B costs 60 coins but does not include food, and Room C costs 20 coins but you have to live with others."
"Guest, you have seven adults and five children, a total of 12 people. You can choose four rooms in Room B. Our inn is spacious and can sleep three people in one room. Two adults and one child can sleep together.
It’s safer to sleep.”
"Okay, let's do as you say."
"Okay! Twelve distinguished guests, four rooms in Room B. Please go upstairs, be careful of the steps."
At night, Li Huowang leaned against the window and looked at the ancient people walking on the street outside.
After running around all the way, he finally had time to sit down and take a good look at this world that was completely different from his own.
There are strong men leading horses, scholars holding fans, children carrying lanterns, and hunchbacked vendors carrying food on poles.
Everything here is so real, yet so incompatible with me.
Different faces flashed before his eyes. As he looked at them, Li Huowang suddenly fell into a trance. The next second, his muscles tensed up. He saw Yang Na on the street!
That delicate face was already blooming, and her expression was so sad that she couldn't even breathe because she was crying. "Huo Wang, wake up quickly!"
"Drink!" Li Huowang, who was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat, quickly took a step back, then quickly rushed back and looked down.
It turned out that it was not my childhood sweetheart Yang Na, but a young lady who looked somewhat similar to her.
"Yes, I have grown up so much. If Yang Na really exists, how can she still be a girl..."
Li Huowang rubbed his back against the wall and slowly slid down, staring blankly at the wooden beams above. "Is the hallucination going to start again?"
"Knock knock" the knock on the door suddenly rang.
"Come in, the door is open." Li Huowang originally thought that the person who came in would be the dog boy who lived with him, but it turned out that it was Bai Lingmiao.
With a smile on her face, she held a lotus leaf bag in both hands and brought it to Li Huowang. The lotus leaf opened and she found several steaming big buns inside. "Brother Li, you are hungry. Eat the buns."
Li Huowang reached out, grabbed one, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.
Bai Lingmiao held the bun, squatted on the left side of Li Huowang, and looked at him quietly. As soon as he saw that he had finished eating, he immediately handed a new one thoughtfully.
"This place is quite special. They also sell steamed buns at night." Li Huowang said.
"Isn't it quite common to see steamed buns being sold at night? If it's special, then you have to call me a fool. He actually gets jealous after eating steamed buns!"
"Haha, I don't know who he is and how he eats it."
Li Huowang, who was chatting with Bai Lingmiao, suddenly remembered something, "I didn't give you money, where did you get the money to buy the buns?"
Bai Lingmiao moved away with evasive eyes, but she first put the remaining buns on her lap, then took out a few large pieces of silver from her waist, held them in both hands and presented them to Li Huowang.
"Senior Brother Li, I pawned the gold anklet. It's too hard for you alone. I can't do anything else, so I can only help you like this."
This chapter has been completed!