vrcanaries Chapter 149 Meeting Qiu Niang
Chapter 149 Meeting Qiu Niang
Luo Xiaoran never understood why modern grandfathers and grandmothers get up at five or six in the morning, take their senior citizen cards and take the bus to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.
When she arrived at the vegetable market in Kyoto, she finally understood the reason. It was because she went early, so the vegetables and meat were the freshest!
Weighing how much money she had, Luo Xiaoran bought ten kilograms of pork and also asked for a lot of lard meat.
The weather is getting colder, so Luo Xiaoran is not worried that the meat she bought won’t be able to be preserved in a short time.
It is still early, and the grain stores selling salt, sugar and other condiments as well as rice, noodles and oil are not open yet.
Luo Xiaoran found a mutton soup restaurant and ordered a bowl of mutton soup with steamed bun to pass the time.
"Boss, how much is a bowl?"
"Ten texts."
It was not expensive, but not cheap either. Luo Xiaoran was thinking about what to buy while waiting for the food to be served.
"Guests, please use it slowly."
There is a thick layer of mutton fat floating on a large bowl of mutton soup, and four or five slices of fat and lean mutton can be vaguely seen underneath. Next to it is a round white pancake, which is the "momo" in this mutton soup.
"Suck it-"
Luo Xiaoran took a quick sip and found it was much better than she thought. The smell of mutton was not very strong and was acceptable. Only salt was added to the soup for seasoning.
The steamed bun was quite filling, almost as big as the bowl of mutton soup, and the dough was not much leavened.
After eating some, Luo Xiaoran asked the store owner if the steamed buns were sold separately and what was the price?
After learning that they were only one penny each, Luo Xiaoran generously said that she would buy a hundred!
"This?" The shopkeeper looked embarrassed. "Sir, I only have a hundred steamed buns in my shop. If I give them all to you, my business will be hard to do. How about I give you seventy and keep thirty for myself? Is that okay?"
"can."
After packing up seventy steamed buns, Luo Xiaoran decided to eat them on the way back and not buy rice.
After the grain store opened, I bought another 5 kilograms of flour. Rapeseed oil was too expensive, so I didn't buy it. I just used refined lard to cook, and the lard residue could be eaten as a snack with the beef eggs.
Thinking of Niu Dan, Luo Xiaoran happened to see a man selling candied haws passing by. Luo Xiaoran bought five and spent ten cents.
There was one beef egg, one for her, one for Yi Ru, and one for Yun Hu. She could also eat one quietly here.
There was no other way. After staying up all night to get to Kyoto, she had to satisfy her craving to compensate for her tired body.
After buying all the seasonings she needed, Luo Xiaoran felt extremely tired. She planned to go to the inn and get a room to sleep after buying the last thing. Anyway, Yun Hu and the others would not arrive in Kyoto until tonight at the earliest.
After asking people on the street about a reputable clothing store, Luo Xiaoran went in and selected three cloaks with high cost-effectiveness.
The weather started to get colder and the wind was stronger. The clothes she, Niu Dan and Yi Ru were wearing were a little thin, so they bought a thick cloak to keep out the cold.
After paying the bill and coming out with my bags, a familiar voice called out a familiar name:
"Cai Cai?"
Luo Xiaoran looked up and her pupils shrank slightly. Qiu Niang, who had not been seen for several months, was standing in front of the clothing store, looking at her in disbelief without blinking.
Qiu Niang was wearing an exaggerated red dress and her head was covered with jewelry. Behind her was a small carriage with a coachman, a little maid and a tall attendant standing beside her.
Seeing this situation, Luo Xiaoran's first reaction was: Qiu Niang's sister-in-law is quite nice to her?
The next second, Luo Xiaoran felt something was wrong.
Qiu Niang had been fleeing with her for such a long time, and she had always been dressed in men's clothes, so it was not surprising that Qiu Niang could recognize her now dressed in men's clothes.
But Qiu Niang's mood was not right. The sadness between her brows seemed even heavier than when she was fleeing from the famine, as if she had made up her mind... to die.
Qiu Niang blurted out a sentence that also confirmed Luo Xiaoran's guess: "Cai Cai, save me!"
A cry suddenly rang out in the quiet street in the early morning. After Qiu Niang shouted this sentence, she wanted to run towards Luo Xiaoran, but was hugged tightly by the maid beside her.
The tall attendant next to them immediately stood between Qiu Niang and Luo Xiaoran, looking at Luo Xiaoran with a fierce look on his face.
Although Luo Xiaoran didn't know what had happened to Qiu Niang, she was obviously under personal restrictions.
There was nothing to say. Luo Xiaoran put the package in her hand into the saddle bag on the horse, exerted force with her feet, and quickly attacked the tall follower.
Although this man did not have any physical skills, he was very strong. Luo Xiaoran had not slept all night, and her injuries from jumping off the cliff had not yet healed, so she was unable to defeat the enemy with one move. The coachman even had to get off the carriage to help the maid stuff Qiu Niang into the carriage.
Seeing this, Luo Xiaoran dodged the fist of the follower or thug, and kicked his bag of ten thousand sons and grandsons hard.
"what!!!"
The thugs immediately fell to their knees with a cry of pain. Luo Xiaoran hurried forward and kicked the maid and the coachman who were holding Qiu Niang hostage off the carriage.
Handing the reins of the carriage to Qiu Niang, "I taught you how to drive, do you remember?" Luo Xiaoran asked.
Qiu Niang took the reins and nodded heavily: "Remember!"
"Okay!" Luo Xiaoran looked at the thugs and the driver who had recovered from the pain, and whispered to Qiu Niang: "Go straight - turn left - then turn right and you will be out of the city. Wait for me at the city gate."
"Yes!" Qiu Niang nodded heavily, raised the reins, and ran along the route specified by Luo Xiaoran.
Luo Xiaoran looked at the crowd of onlookers surrounding her and thought to herself that this was not a good situation and that they had to fight quickly and decisively, otherwise it would be bad if they attracted the patrolling officers and soldiers in the city.
What’s more, the little maidservant is also missing. Maybe she went to ask for help.
The thugs and the coachman attacked Luo Xiaoran together. Luo Xiaoran countered their moves. Seeing that more and more people were watching, she thought she could not delay any longer and became ruthless.
After dodging a punch from the thug, Luo Xiaoran squatted down and swept her leg, knocking the thin driver to the ground.
Then he made a fake downward move, causing the thug to think that Luo Xiaoran wanted to attack him from below, so he quickly protected his hips with both hands. Luo Xiaoran took the opportunity to step on his chest for leverage and kicked him in the head with the other foot.
The unconscious thug fell down and happened to pin down the driver who was trying to struggle to get up. The two of them were piled together and couldn't get up in a short time.
Seeing this, Luo Xiaoran quickly mounted the horse and rode away.
After Luo Xiaoran left, a middle-aged woman wearing a bright red peony and heavy makeup came over with a group of followers who were about the same size as the thugs. She grabbed the driver by the collar and roared, "Where did that little bitch run to?"
The driver was in unbearable pain from being beaten by Luo Xiaoran, and was dizzy from being pressed by the thugs. He just pointed in a direction and could no longer speak.
"Waste!" the middle-aged woman grumbled, and then cursed at the people behind her: "What are you still standing there for? Chase me now!"