Relegated to the streets
Mu Qingwan bent down and curled up in the cabin. She was seasick, but Dongmo was on the shore and traveled basically by water. To leave the capital, she had to take a boat. In addition, her pregnancy reaction is very obvious. The bumps in the past few days have made her vomit dark, and then she has a high fever.
Originally, Wang Jingsa gave her some money, but in order to escape, she put it in the coffin and didn't remember to take it out. She sold the hairpin on her head two days ago and then changed it to some silver, grabbed some medicine and took it, and then got on the boat.
But the money is small after all, and she and her baby need to supplement their nutrition every day, so once they dock, she must worry about her livelihood.
She heard the sound of the boat bent against the dock, and then the cabin was jingled with a loud roar:
"Hey, ugly monster! Come out quickly and the boat is docked!"
Mu Qingwan supported her and slowly climbed the deck along the stairs. The light shone on her dark and ugly face, making her look even more ugly. In addition, she was tortured by high fever and pregnancy spitting these days. Her lips were chapped and turned white, and her hair was messy, making people almost unwilling to take a look again.
In order to disguise herself, she deliberately drew her face so ugly, with a beard on her face. After all, it is always safer to walk as a man and wear a huge jacket to hide her belly.
She didn't care about the contemptuous gaze handed over to her, and closed her eyes and breathed fresh air, feeling that all her problems were wiped out.
She was so hungry that she groaned. She touched the few pieces of silver left in her pocket and smiled bitterly. If she didn't find a job, she would be hungry.
She walked slowly to the market with her body, bought a few steaming big steamed buns, took out one, wrapped the rest in cloth, carried it on her back, and then found a job along the street while biting the steamed buns.
Originally, she dressed up like this to avoid unnecessary trouble for herself, but only after looking for a job did she realize how guilty she was to look like this.
She went to restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores... almost all the places she needed to hire a friend, but before she even entered the door, she was kicked out:
"Let's go, we're not a refugee here!"
"I still dare to come out after I grow up like this, and I don't have to be afraid of scaring people. Go roll, get out quickly!"
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The steamed bun in her hand was quickly gnawed, but her stomach was still screaming so hard that she had to take out another one to satisfy her hunger.
Knowing that there was no chance to find a job today, she had to start looking for a place to spend the night dejectedly. There were only a few broken silver left in her pocket and she couldn't stay in the inn at all.
After walking a few steps, it started to rain heavily in the sky, and soon it became heavier and heavier. She quickly put her clothes on her lower abdomen, and then walked under the eaves of a shop. Before she could stand firm, a basin of water was poured out inside, and the man cursed:
"Where are the ugly monsters coming from? Don't block grandma's wealth, get out!"
Mu Qingwan was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but the rain was getting heavier and heavier, so she had to run away to find another place to shelter from the rain.
The rain was too heavy, and although Mu Qingwan had stood under the eaves as much as possible, her body was still wet.
Fortunately, the summer rain comes and goes quickly. As soon as the rain stops, Mu Qingwan begins to think about using the broken silver in her pocket to pull a slightly decent piece of clothes, and then remove the disguises on her face, at least not look so scary, otherwise she will never find a job.
I reached into my arms and touched it, and I couldn't help but feel stupid. My wallet was gone!
She suddenly remembered that she was hit by a child while running on the street to find a place to shelter from the rain. She looked up at the dazzling sunshine above her head and suddenly burst into laughter. It seemed that her luck was really bad. The so-called rain was like this.
Mu Qingwan sighed a long time, and after she was calming her spirit, she didn't believe in this evil. Could it be that a living person could starve herself to death?!
After tidying up the burden on her back, she began to walk back again, preparing to find a secluded place to remove the things on her face first.
When I passed by the shop just now, I saw the woman who scolded me holding a bowl of fresh bamboo chicken soup, and was eager to persuade the young boy next to me who was as thin as a bamboo pole to eat.
The young boy was half lying on the bamboo chair, turning his head away, looking irritable and impatient.
The woman advised: "Good son, this is your favorite bamboo chicken soup. Didn't you not eat it for a day a few days ago?..."
Before she could finish her words, the boy reached out and swept the bowl in her hand to the ground, then poured it heavily on the chair, as if he had fallen into a coma.
The woman was immediately scared and her face was pale and she was crying like rain. She was about to invite the doctor, but when she looked up, she saw Mu Qingwan standing at the door, her face suddenly darkened. She was about to scold her, but she didn't expect Mu Qingwan to speak first:
"Your son is poisoned."
The woman raised her eyebrows and glared at her angrily, "What are you talking nonsense about, you ugly monster?"
Mu Qingwan stroked the wrinkles of her clothes and raised her eyebrows lightly:
"Believe it or not, but I advise you not to drink bamboo chicken soup for him anymore. Bamboo chickens like to eat pinellia. What he has is the pinellia poison contained in bamboo chicken soup. If you believe me, use two pounds of ginger to make juice, then take a cup of alum and grind it into fine powder and mix well. Feed it to him and you can detoxify it."
After saying that, she pulled the bag on her body and left.
Not long after Mu Qingwan walked, she saw a group of beggars walking in front of her. She had an idea and quickly ran up and asked:
"This brother, I'm new here and I have no place to spend the night. Where can I find it convenient to make a foothold?"
The beggars looked back at her together. The one who was leading the way was a one-eyed dragon. He glanced up and down at Mu Qingwan, as if he was still satisfied with her appearance. He could be called a fellow man, and said:
"Since your accent, are you from the South?"
"I am from Liangcheng, Xichu."
"Oh, it's from a big place." Liangcheng is the capital of Western Chu.
Mu Qingwan quickly modestly, "Where are there."
One-eyed dragon raised his eyebrows and looked at her: "What's your name?"
Mu Qingwan thought for a while and replied with a smile: "Young brother Qiuxin will be done."
"Qiuxin?" The one-eyed dragon chewed these two words and finally concluded, "Why do you sound like a woman and look quite like a woman?"
Mu Qingwan was shocked and hurriedly called:
"Brother is really joking."
One-eyed dragon didn't worry about this issue anymore:
"This territory is our brothers. If you want to join us, you have to be willing to do it."
When he spoke, his eyes fell on the burden behind Mu Qingwan, and his meaning was self-evident.
Mu Qingwan thought for a while, and quickly took off the burden on her back and handed it to the one-eyed dragon, "There are a few steamed buns here, so let's just eat it."
The one-eyed dragon was not greedy, and took it with satisfaction, handed it to a beggar behind her, and said to her:
"Follow us."
The place where the one-eyed dragon took her to was a dilapidated temple located on the outskirts of the city. There were broken walls and tiles everywhere. The clean places in the temple that were not leaking were occupied by the beggars. Mu Qingwan had no choice but to find a place that was not sat down.
Since leaving Dongmo Palace, she has often suffered from insomnia and finally fell asleep. She always dreamed of Helian Hengzhi's gloomy face chasing her, so she would wake up soon.
There was a puddle next to the place where she was sitting. Because it had just rained and it was full of water, she felt wet and very uncomfortable. She originally wanted to sleep on her knees, but in the middle of the night, she could not bear the cold air and picked up the statues of the Divine Ancestors falling to the ground in the temple piece by piece, and set a fire next to her, which made me feel a little more comfortable.
It was only when it was almost dawn that she could barely fall asleep.
The dreams come one after another, including the heartbroken Helian Hengzhi, the angry and hated Xiahou Lie, the bloody Qiuxin, and the loving smile of his father and mother...
In the end, they all began to denounce her and accused her of being cold-blooded and heartless, and wanted to find her to die...
She started to struggle with crying, and then her body suddenly became cold. She woke up suddenly, and then she realized that her feet had reached into the puddle at some point, and even her shoes began to drip.
A shadow reflected in the puddle. She subconsciously raised her head, and a girl wearing a red silk pleated skirt, a red satin vest and a horse boot was looking at her from a high place.
Her big eyes, which were as bright as smoke and dark as smoke, were very energetic as black and white. At this moment, she was looking up and down at Mu Qingwan.
Mu Qingwan stood up awkwardly and heard her say, "You saved Kun'er?"
Seeing the girl staring at her with a bright look, Mu Qingwan was afraid that she would see the flaws, so she quickly coughed and said sternly: "Who is Kun'er?"
"It's the boy who was infected with Banxia Poison."
"No." Mu Qingwan subconsciously denied, and the chaos in her mind began to become clear. "Miss must have recognized the wrong person."
The little girl was not in a hurry to answer and said to the outside:
"Auntie, did this person save your Kun'er?"
The woman who walked in outside was the shop. When she saw Mu Qingwan, she immediately smiled and said:
"It's him! It's him! Another doctor has seen Kun'er before, but it's still not good after taking medicine. Yesterday, he told me that using ginger and alum can detoxify it. Not long after Kun'er took it, he woke up. He is such a miracle doctor!"
Mu Qingwan smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, you heard it wrong. Where did I say ginger with alum? I clearly said ginger with white vinegar, which can be used to season..."
"I am too lazy to talk to you." The little girl suddenly waved her hand, and a black whip wrapped around Mu Qingwan's neck and said coquettishly:
"May I have your name?"
"Qiuxin."
"Qiuxin?" The little girl read it with a funny look, "A real girlish name. Well, Qiuxin, you go see someone with me today. Look, I'll give you a hundred taels of silver..."
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Chapter completed!