C18

He handed the money back to Xu Sanlang, but Xu Sanlang did not accept it, and said, "Take this."

He never thought that Xu Sanlang would be so generous. This was probably all of his assets, yet he was willing to give it to him so easily, but Cheng Xi didn't want to keep such a huge bunch of copper coins in his arms. He was worried that he might lose them, so he decisively shook his head and placed them in front of Xu Sanlang.

Looking at the money in front of him, Xu Sanlang's expression suddenly turned colder. In the end, he still kept the string of copper coins in his bosom and sat there quietly with a cold face.

Cheng Xi was a little confused. She had clearly changed her attitude this morning, and was no longer as cold as before.

But Cheng Xi did not ask anything, she only asked the old granny who was cooking at the side: "Grandma, I'm thirsty, do you have water to drink?"

"Just wait, I'll get you a bowl of broth."

Cheng Xi smiled and thanked him. Seeing Xu Sanlang's cold face, he originally wanted to ask about the situation in the town, but had given up on the idea. He sat by the side and waited quietly.

As she ate the tasteless noodles, Cheng Xi thought in her heart that she could open a small noodle stall, the taste would definitely be better than this, and might even be a good business deal, but the capital she had now was a problem. With the over two hundred gold coins in her hands, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to do anything, so she decided to drop the matter for now.

Xu Sanlang walked in front, Cheng Xi thought, and followed quietly behind him, until they stopped in front of a pork stall.

There were only a few pieces of meat scattered on the ground. There were no customers, only a middle-aged man selling meat that sat behind the stall while smoking. When he saw Xu Sanlang carrying his basket and walking over, he asked with a smile, "Child, have you found something yet?

Xu Sanlang's face was ashen, he nodded and replied, "Wild chicken and bunny are still alive, does uncle want to accept them?"

The middle-aged man was probably used to Xu Sanlang's expressionless face, and was not dissatisfied either, as he said apologetically, "I'm afraid I won't be able to accept it any time soon. It's exactly when the weather is green and yellow, and my meat stall's business is in a bad mood, take a look, I can't even finish selling this few pieces of meat, who is this girl?"

Xu Sanlang said, "It's fine, I will go to the city to take a look, does uncle know that there's an oxcart entering the city today?" As for the last question the middle-aged uncle asked, Xu Sanlang completely ignored it.

At that moment, Cheng Xi finally realised that Xu Sanlang's cold expression seemed to be because of him. Previously, when the old granny asked him about the noodles at the noodle stall, he even said that he was his wife, but now, when she asked him who he was, he completely ignored her. Cheng Xi thought back on it carefully, and she really did not understand, when did she offend him?

The middle-aged man did not pursue the matter, and answered, "Yesterday, I heard that Old Man Wang said he wanted to go to the city, so you should go take a look."

Xu Sanlang thanked him and turned to leave. Looking at his retreating back, Cheng Xi pouted and followed along, muttering to himself, this man was truly baffling.

Cheng Xi followed behind Xu Sanlang and walked along the quiet street for a distance. After turning around, he saw an ox cart parked in front of them. An old man was sheathing his ox-cart, probably the Old Man Wang that the meat uncle was talking about.

Seeing the two coming over, Old Man Wang's wrinkled face revealed a smile, and he greeted the two of them, "Are the two of you entering the city?"

Xu Sanlang nodded his head, "Would it be possible for grandpa to bring us over?"

The old man looked the two up and down, his muddy eyes flashing. He answered, "One man with a large sum of money."

Xu Sanlang did not reply him, he instead turned and said to Cheng Xi who was behind him, "It's not far from the city, let's walk on foot!"

Cheng Xi looked at Xu Sanlang who had suddenly turned his head and talked to him, and was startled, his face immediately drooped down.

The old man's eyes flashed, seeing the expression of the two, he immediately said, "Forget it, seeing how pitiful you two are at such a young age, it's better to take less. One person is four pieces of gold."

Cheng Xi had only just realized that she wanted to haggle, and thought that although Xu Sanlang normally looked dull, he had some brains, but his face revealed an awkward expression, and said: "Forget it, let's go."

Seeing that his business was about to run out, the old man hurriedly said, "Fine, the lowest price is three coins. If you don't take it, then get on the car. If you don't, then forget about it."

Xu Sanlang finally answered, "Thank you, uncle." After that, he climbed onto the oxcart, and Cheng Xi followed suit.

The old man didn't give them a hard time because of their bargaining. He continued to smile and said, "Sit down, let's go!"

As the ox-cart passed through the streets of the town, many people greeted Old Man Wang who was driving the carriage, "Master Wang, are you going to the county to see your daughter?"

Every time someone asked, Old Man Wang would laugh until his eyes narrowed, and reply very happily, "Son-in-law is back from the Prefecture City, I'm going to the county.

"Look at your son-in-law."

After that, she would chat a little with the Old Man Wang. As Cheng Xi sat at the back, she could roughly tell that the elder who was driving the carriage had a room to talk to.

When a daughter marries into a county town, her husband was capable, so every time she spoke of her daughter, she would feel very happy and proud.

Very quickly, the ox-cart drove away from the town and onto the official road. Xu Sanlang remained silent, but on the other hand, Cheng Xi would occasionally chat with the old man driving the carriage, chat and laugh, and ask him about the situation.

The open ox-cart swayed as it moved forward. The current sun was not considered scorching, and the surroundings were filled with greenery and beautiful scenery. Ignoring Xu Sanlang's cold face, Cheng Xi felt that the ox-cart was very comfortable and at ease.

After walking for more than an hour, the weather had started to become hot. The scorching sun was high in the sky, and the Old Man Wang was being coaxed by Cheng Xi who had a sweet mouth. Seeing Cheng Xi's fair skin turn red from the sun's rays, he gave the straw hat to Cheng Xi, making him feel slightly better.

The ox-cart wobbled for more than two hours, and they had finally reached the county city. Looking at the city gate not far away, Cheng Xi wiped the sweat off her forehead and heaved a sigh of relief.

The Old Man Wang seemed to have some relationship with the city guards, he only asked Xu Sanlang about Cheng Xi's identity and got him to drive the ox-cart into the city.

Cheng Xi was a little taken aback, she did not expect that entering an ancient city would be so troublesome, at the same time, she remembered that she had read about it in books.

Xu Sanlang glanced at Cheng Xi, and gave an indifferent grunt.

Hearing Xu Sanlang's answer, Cheng Xi frowned, it was indeed like that, it seemed like leaving would be really troublesome, but when she thought about leaving this place, she felt that there was nowhere she could go, so she stayed there for a while, then felt relieved.

Xu Sanlang saw the changes in Cheng Xi's expression, and the originally relaxed expression became somewhat cold.

Upon entering the city, Old Man Wang asked, "Little girls, where are you going?"

Cheng Xi, who knew nothing about this town, could only look at Xu Sanlang and wait for his decision.

Xu Sanlang replied, "Alright then, I'll be troubling Master Wang."

Old Man Wang stopped the ox-cart and smiled, "Okay, I will go back later. If you guys want to drive, wait for me at the city gate."

Cheng Xi smiled and replied, "Ok, thank you uncle."

After the driver gave the driver the money, Old Man Wang drove the oxcart and left, the two of them started to walk.

Cheng Xi also started to observe the city as she walked. Finally, it had a taste of the city.

Looking from afar, the houses in the town were not the only ones in sight. There were quite a lot of people coming and going on the streets, and the sound of hawking could be heard from time to time. All kinds of shops of different sizes were scattered on both sides of the street, with people entering and exiting from the shops from time to time.

This was the first time Cheng Xi looked like this to be entering the city, so the gaze in her eyes was filled with curiosity. She stopped her footsteps, waited for Cheng Xi to catch up, and introduced the place to Cheng Xi: "This is the city gate, it's not too crowded, it's more lively here, let's go over to take a look."

When she was almost done, Cheng Xi remembered her business in the city and nodded her head towards Xu Sanlang. After that, she quickened her pace and followed Xu Sanlang, occasionally paying attention to the surroundings to see if there were any restaurants.

Indeed, it was as Xu Sanlang had said, the deeper they went, the more lively it became, and it did not disappoint Cheng Xi, instead, it was not as quiet and lonely as it was in the morning. Seeing the Ruyi Restaurant, Cheng Xi's eyes flashed with joy, and she spoke to Xu Sanlang, "Let's go take a look at the restaurant over there."

Xu Sanlang looked in the direction that Cheng Xi pointed. He thought that Cheng Xi was hungry and wanted to go eat.

Cheng Xi heard that Xu Sanlang had misunderstood his meaning, and immediately explained, "I'm not going to eat, let's go to the restaurant to see if there's anyone."

Xu Sanlang frowned as he thought about it.

By now, it was almost time for dinner. Two or three well-dressed people were walking towards the restaurant. A waiter was enthusiastically greeting them from outside the door. "Sir, please come in."

When Cheng Xi and walked up, the waiter looked at the two of them up and down, and saw their clothes, the man's skin was dark and shiny, and on his back was a broken basket, he looked like a man who had been working in the fields all year round. The little girl looked beautiful and white, but the clothes and clothes she wore were also the same as his, he did not think that she could eat in this restaurant.

No matter who it was, they would never lightly offend anyone. Although their smiles were clearly fainter on the surface, they still did not suddenly do anything inappropriate and greeted, "You two want to eat? "Inside, please …"

Cheng Xi's face had a sweet smile, without waiting for Xu Sanlang to speak, he opened his mouth and said: "Little brother, we are here to find something to do, do you want to recruit people into your restaurant?"