family with love beasts

Chapter 22 Trying to Escape (2)
It is said that after Xia Qianxiao jumped into the Yunjiang River, she didn't swim downstream. The reason is that she didn't know where the downstream was.In the past month, although she couldn't read, she couldn't learn a little about the dynasty from books, but fortunately, she didn't go out for nothing this month.

In Yuncheng, the place she goes to the most is the restaurant, and this place is always full of people, after all, people want to eat.According to those people, there is another city two cities away from Yuncheng called Licheng.This Li city is equivalent to Kunming in China, with picturesque scenery and spring-like seasons. When Xia Qianxiao heard this for the first time, her heart burst into bloom.It's a good place, the weather is good, the scenery is good, she is a person who is afraid of the cold, she has always been afraid of the cold in modern times, who knows that she is still afraid of the cold after wearing it in ancient times.

Last night, when Shi Yan carried her across the Yunjiang Bridge, she had an idea in her mind.Both the Shi family and the Zhao family are big families in Yuncheng, but their territory is limited to Yuncheng. As long as she escapes from Yuncheng, they will have nothing to do with her, but to be on the safe side, they can leave the city safely and quickly.Xia Qianxiao came up with the idea of ​​jumping into the river and feigning death. When the Shi family knew that she jumped into the river, they would definitely send someone to the Zhao family, and then the Shi family would know that she was the fake Zhao Sui'er, just a little maid of the Zhao family.In addition, she was already dead, so there was no point in pursuing it. At worst, it would be fine for Shi Yan to marry Zhao Sui'er.

Therefore, as soon as she returned to Shi's house last night, she asked someone to find a piece of cowhide for her, put all her silver notes in it, and took a pouch to pack some broken silver and copper plates. Go to Licheng for a round trip.She also made up her mind to jump into the river when there are many people at night. Think about it, in late autumn, a weak woman jumping into the river must want to die. Can she survive?The answer is definitely not.

Xia Qianxiao jumped into the river and swam towards the old houses on the bank of the river. When she passed by there once, she knew that they were the houses of two old people.After the two old people got old, no one lived in the house, so it was vacant. There were even rumors that it was haunted at night.

Although Xia Qianxiao has always felt strange about her soul wear, she still believes that there are no ghosts in this world at all.She believes that she has never done anything wrong, no matter in the previous life or in this other world, so she doesn't feel afraid.

After Xia Qianxiao swam to the shore, she climbed up easily.This is also thanks to her in modern times. She heard people say that swimming can lose weight and maintain a good figure, so she has always insisted on swimming to maintain her figure.

She glanced at the very busy Yunjiang Bridge at this time, and then walked towards the old couple's house.The old man's house can only be described as dilapidated from the outside, but when Xia Qianxiao went inside, he found that it was not only old but also dirty.The doors and windows were covered with dust and cobwebs, and she had to make do with it first. She was afraid that she would catch a cold if she wore wet clothes again.

Xia Qianxiao took out the large piece of cowhide from her bosom, and opened the cowhide. Fortunately, the banknote was still dry, and she opened the small bag under the banknote, which contained two steamed buns and flint, I will rely on these two steamed buns at noon today, and I will be able to leave the city in the afternoon. I must find a good restaurant and have a big meal.

Xia Qianxiao lifted up the table that was missing a leg, and threw it on the ground vigorously. In an instant, the table was torn apart. She went to the yard outside, pulled out a lot of weeds, and placed them on the ground. In the center of the room, light grass to light a fire.She learned all of this when she and Shi Yan were in Nantang, watching the grilled fish in green clothes and purple clothes. At that time, she wanted to try it, but Shi Yan would not allow her to do it. No, let alone let her light a fire.

Seeing the flames getting bigger and bigger, Xia Xiaoxiao took off the wet clothes on her body again, held the clothes up by herself, and sat by the fire to dry the clothes.The clothes were dried, and Xia Xiaoxiao was also worried, if she went out of the city wearing this outfit, wouldn't it be too eye-catching, if she met someone from the Shi family or the Zhao family, she would still die.

It seemed that she should go out to buy a piece of clothing. Xia Qianxiao came to the clothes shop, looked at the delicate clothes inside, chose a little, and picked a padded jacket that looked like an old woman in her 60s.The boss looked at her like a madman: "Ma'am, are you sure you want to buy this?"

"Yeah, I want this one, it's so pretty." Xia Qian smiled and touched the dress here and there, the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she was. After wearing this dress, even if Shi Yan stood in front of her In front of his eyes, he would definitely not recognize her.

In the end, Xia Xiaoxiao walked out with the dress in her arms under the boss's spiteful eyes. The boss's resentment wasn't that Xia Qianxiao's price was too low, on the contrary, the price she paid was three times higher than the dress.However, when paying the bill, she added an extra sentence, "Boss, of course this dress is not for me. How can I wear such frustrating clothes with such a noble temperament? I bought it for my old woman to wear."

The old woman she was talking about was interpreted by the boss as a vicious woman who abused her mother-in-law despite her decent clothes.As a filial son, the boss will not have a good face for her, as long as he doesn't just throw her out.However, Xia Qianxiao didn't mind all of this at all, anyway, she would never come to Yuncheng again.

It was still the same dilapidated house, Xia Xiaoxiao found a kitchen knife full of rust in the house, and cut a few times on the dress she just bought, but the kitchen knife was too blunt, so she didn't touch it. Made a little mark on the clothes, except for the rust stains.Xia Qianxiao couldn't care less, this dress didn't look good, but anyone with eyes could tell it was a new dress.

The fire that was burned just now had been extinguished, leaving only a handful of ashes, Xia Xiaoxiao took the clothes and stained the ground with some wood ash, fearing that the traces would not be obvious enough, she took the clothes and wiped the doors and windows.This is good, the clothes that were clean just now can only be described as disgusting.

I looked at my little face by the well in the courtyard. It is not safe to go out with such a face. Licheng is far away from here. She will only face greater risks as a single woman on the road. She must think about it. It is not enough to wear tattered clothes. People only think that she has no money and will not rob her of her wealth, but she still has beauty. Being sold into a romantic place, of course, it is also possible to be sold into a rich family as a concubine.

After eating those two steamed buns, Xia Qianxiao smeared a handful of ashes on her face and hands again, and her face and hands were also dirty now. She put the small bag containing bank notes on her back, and put the old The crutch used by the owner of the dilapidated house was found out, and she wrapped up her hair with a dirty cloth.

After finishing everything this time, Xia Qianxiao walked to the well again, looking at the strange yet familiar self inside.She looked like an old woman, with a hunchback and difficulty walking, but her face betrayed her real age, except for black spots and dirty spots, there was no change.

(End of this chapter)