just a tabby cat

Chapter 6 Meow, Taiping Town

On the uneven dirt road, an ox cart was swaying on it, bumping from time to time, and a cloud of dust was raised behind the car.

"Children, Taiping Town is ahead." The old man driving the car raised the willow stick in his hand and slapped the cow's butt lightly, turning his head and said.

"Grandpa, please take us to the gate of the town." Situ Qi looked like Situ Qi sitting on the bullock cart, with a fair face and a bright smile.

"Hey," the old man replied heavily, with a smile on his simple and honest face.

"Sister Li Hua," Situ Qi whispered to the raccoon cat lying on the side.

"We still have three coins, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach the capital." Situ Qi took a peek at Li Hua, and said carefully, "Sister Li Hua..."

Before Situ Qi could finish speaking, Li Hua turned over and faced outward.

Situ Qi twitched her two index fingers, and moved towards her, "Sister Lihua, when I find mother and father, I will ask them to give you more jade bottles."

Li Hua shook her ears, rested her head on her paws, and ignored Situ Qi.

It had been five days since he came out of the forest, and the little fat man had nothing of value on him, so Li Hua took out an inconspicuous jade bottle in distress, pawned it, and only got a tael of silver.

The little fat man is not picky about food and lodging, he eats and sleeps with Li Huafeng all the time, occasionally buys some dry food, and it costs a lot of money just to travel.

The little fat man with short hands and short legs could only travel twenty miles a day, and he was so tired that he was out of breath, while Li Hua was restrained by the poison, so he could only use five points of mana on the fifteenth day of every month.In desperation, he became a jade vase to raise travel expenses.

It would be extremely difficult for Li Hua to take out another jade bottle...

One person and one cat were silent for a while, sitting quietly in the bullock cart, only listening to the sound of the old man driving the cart.

About two quarters of an hour, a quaint city gate appeared in front of everyone, with the words "Taiping Town" written on it, the handwriting was already mottled, but it also corresponded to the city gate.

"Children, we're here." The old man stopped the car.

Situ Qi climbed out of the bullock cart and wanted to hug Li Hua, but before she could touch her, she saw a shadow flash past, and Li Hua was already standing under the cart.

Situ Qi clasped her fingers, feeling a little regretful, took out fifty cents from her chest and handed it to the old man, saying, "Thank you, Grandpa."

"Hey, no need to thank you." The old man responded and took the copper coin, "Children, Taiping Town has not been peaceful recently. You have a cat with you as a child, so be careful."

Situ Qi nodded, "Grandpa, thank you for your reminder, my son remembers what you said along the way."

After finishing speaking, Situ Qi waved to the old man and followed Li Hua to the gate of the town.

"Sister Lihua." Situ Qi lowered her head and whispered, "Then grandpa said that Taiping Town has been losing children at night recently, and those who have children in the town have sent their children to the countryside. Why do we still come here?"

Li Hua shook her head, leaped onto Situ Qi's shoulder, took out a jade bottle from her arms, put it back and meowed at him, "Why else, sister, I can no longer be a precious jade bottle, When we catch the thief who stole the child, won't the money come?"

Situ Qi watched Li Hua's movements, and secretly made a decision with her fingers: when she returns to the capital, she must ask her father to send a box of good jade bottles to sister Li Hua.

One person and one cat entered the town and found that the streets were still clean and tidy, but most of the shops on the street were closed, and the shops that were scattered here and there were empty at the door. There was no smile on the face.

It seems that the incident of losing a child has cast a haze over the town.

Situ Qi led Li Hua to stop and go, observing the situation in the town.Just as the two stopped at the entrance of a restaurant, they were discussing whether to have a meal first, or to inquire about the person in charge of the case first.

A group of yamen servants came from the corner of the street, the bearded leader glanced at the street, and then walked straight towards Situ Qi and the others.

"Your child, whose family is it?" Before Li Hua and Situ Qi could reach the conclusion of their discussion, a deep voice sounded above their heads.

Following the voice, one person and one cat raised their heads, and saw a tall man nearly eight feet tall with beards, looking at them with a serious face.

"Sister Lihua," Situ Qi asked in a low voice, "Is this the head of the yamen servant?"

"Meow" Li Hua called softly, with joy in her voice, it took no effort to get here.He stretched out his paw and nodded at the yamen servant opposite, and nodded to signal Situ Qi to speak.

Situ Qi collected herself and raised her head, "Hi, uncle, my name is Situ Qi."

The bearded man nodded, "You doll, didn't your lord tell you not to walk around the town?"

"Uncle, I heard about Taiping Town on the way, we can help you catch that bad guy." Situ Qi looked at the bearded man with bright eyes

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"Uncle, uncle, let us out, listen to me..." Situ Qi slammed the door and shouted.

"You little boy, don't make trouble, it's getting late today, you can rest here, and I'll take you home tomorrow." The bearded man stood at the door and said to Situ Qi who was inside.Then shook his head and left.

Situ Qi stopped shouting after the bearded man left, looked around the room, and then sat down next to the short table, "Sister Li Hua, we can't get out, what do you think we should do?"

"Meow" Li Hua sat lazily on the side table, with a small piece of fish in her mouth, slowly chewing.

Situ Qi looked at Li Hua's movements, and sighed, "Then we can only wait." Then excitedly picked up the cake on the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, and said vaguely, "It's delicious, I haven't eaten it so good for a long time Eat pastries…”

Li Hua looked at the little fat man who was foaming from his mouth in front of him, and moved away disgustedly, moved a stack of small fish pieces with his claws, then lowered his head and continued to eat, "Well, the cooks in this town are very skilled."

(End of this chapter)