We encountered thieves twice in one day, lost our food and money, and were forced to flee in the middle of the night.
Now Sun Shangxiang finally realizes that this world is different from what he lived in Wujun City and Chaisang City.
I originally thought that with my martial arts, I could travel all over the world. But now I found that I couldn't even go fifty miles outside Chaisang City.
For a moment, Sun Shangxiang wanted to go back to Chaisang.
However, Sun Shangxiang is a good-looking person.
If he goes back like this, he will not let his second brother laugh at him. Otherwise, he will have to be a tool for political marriage and marry a fifty-year-old man.
Besides, I still have Xiaohong.
Xiaohong is a good horse and has saved herself from danger twice in a row. Moreover, she can move very quickly. As long as she crosses the river, it may only take three or five days to go to Nanjun.
As for not eating for three to five days, it shouldn't matter.
Well, this is a little girl who lacks common sense. She is not only unfamiliar with geography, but also unfamiliar with her own body.
But you can't blame her for this.
Although Sun Shangxiang often goes out to the city to hunt, her hunting is completely playful. Catching a few rabbits will be a harvest, and if she can catch a deer, it will be considered a bumper harvest.
Moreover, after she hunted the prey, someone would naturally prepare it for her when she returned home. Sun Shangxiang had no experience in surviving in the wild.
As for the geographical issue, Sun Shangxiang was the furthest away from the city, which was twenty or thirty miles away. After all, Jiangdong in those days was mostly woods, and you didn't need to go far to catch rabbits.
How did she know how far Nanjun was from Chaisang? She even knew that Nanjun was to the east of Chaisang, and had no idea how far Nanjun was from Chaisang.
In this way, Sun Shangxiang rode her little red and drove in the dark. It was not until the sky started to get brighter that she saw a village again, and then Sun Shangxiang felt a little relieved.
Of course, the main reason was that I was a little hungry.
But because of the shadow of where he stayed last night, Sun Shangxiang did not dare to call the door again easily. Instead, he dismounted at the entrance of the village to rest and squinted for a while. After all, he had not slept all night.
While he was drifting off to sleep, Sun Shangxiang heard Xiao Hong's whinnying sound. When he opened his eyes, he saw several figures squatting in front of him.
Sun Shangxiang suddenly woke up, and his first reaction was to draw his sword, but there were several children in front of him.
The eldest one, about eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one, maybe only six or seven years old, was just curiously surrounding his little red, pointing and teasing her. Xiaohong was obviously a little impatient, and then Make noises to scare children.
Sun Shangxiang breathed a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to step forward to disperse the children, he suddenly heard a blushing sound coming from his stomach and all the children turned to look at him.
Well, now my face is even redder.
When several children saw Sun Shangxiang waking up, they seemed frightened and stopped surrounding Xiao Hong. Under the leadership of the older children, they turned around and ran away.
Sun Shangxiang didn't know what to say, and stared blankly at the figures of several children running away.
The older child was running, then suddenly stopped, turned around, groped for a while, and suddenly ran towards Sun Shangxiang again.
"Sister, this is for you."
After saying this, the eldest child stuffed the things in Sun Shangxiang's hands and ran away again.
Sun Shangxiang silently opened the thing in his hand. It was the size of a palm, and the material could not be seen, but it was dark.
I brought it close to my nose and smelled it, and I could smell a bit of fragrance. I twisted a piece and put it in my mouth. It was not chewy and mixed with hard things, but it was quite fragrant and seemed to be something to eat.
Sun Shangxiang didn't know how to describe his current mood.
The delicacies I had eaten in Wujun or Chaisang in the past seemed not as fragrant as the black cake in my hand.
Although it looks very dark and hard to bite, it is also mixed with something that looks like rice husk. It scratches your throat a little bit when you eat it, but it is really delicious.
As he ate, Sun Shangxiang felt the urge to cry.
After quickly finishing the black cake in his hand, Sun Shangxiang took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and continued on his way.
They continued to ride horses all the way north, and finally arrived at a village again before dark.
Sun Shangxiang did not go looking for a large family this time. Instead, he observed the outside of the village for a long time. Then he found a family and went to call the door.
The reason why he chose this family was because Sun Shangxiang discovered that this family seemed to have only one woman and two children. Such a family would never be the same as the family he met last night, right? !
But the problem is that Sun Shangxiang is worried that the farmer has evil intentions. He is a widow with two children. When someone calls the door at night, she does not dare to open the door easily.
Sun Shangxiang knocked on the door for a long time, but still no one came to open it. Disappointed, he had no choice but to take Xiaohong with him and sleep in a daze at the base of the wall where there was no wind.
In this place in the south of the Yangtze River, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the humidity is very high. It is very uncomfortable to sleep in the wild.
It's just that this girl does exercise regularly, is in good physical condition, and has Xiaohong to keep warm. Otherwise, she would have gotten sick long ago after sleeping outdoors for two consecutive nights.
It wasn't until the family got up early and found Sun Shangxiang squatting under the wall that the kind-hearted owner woke him up and invited him to take a rest inside the house.
"Girl, you too. You are from a girl's family. Why are you going out alone to wander around? Aren't your family worried about you?!"
The host was really kind-hearted. He asked Sun Shangxiang with concern while heating hot water for her.
Sun Shangxiang didn't know how to answer, so he had to say that he was going to Nanjun to visit his relatives. He got separated from his relatives on the way and should find them soon.
Now Sun Shangxiang has learned not to reveal the truth, so as not to be misunderstood again.
The host did not continue to ask questions, but took care of Sun Shangxiang. Seeing that Sun Shangxiang's body had warmed up, he said, "Girl, please rest here first. If your family comes and wants to leave, help the old woman." Just close the door."
After saying this, the host picked up the farm tools in the corner of the house and prepared to work in the fields.
What Sun Shangxiang didn't expect the most was that the host's two children, who looked like they were only seven or eight years old, also picked up the basket and went to the ground together.
Sun Shangxiang didn't know what she should do for a while and wanted to help, but she didn't know how to do farm work at all, but she felt bad staying in this house like this.
Finally, Sun Shangxiang decided to follow him and take a look.
Regardless of whether she knows it or not, she can help a little. Sun Shangxiang is not the kind of person who never repays a favor.
But soon, Sun Shangxiang was disliked by her master, who told her not to cause trouble in the fields. The seedlings she finally planted were trampled by this girl.
The aggrieved Sun Shangxiang stood aside pitifully.
The host was also a really kind-hearted person. Looking at the girl’s appearance, he probably guessed which family’s lady she was, so he asked her to accompany the two children, so that he didn’t have to worry about the children running into the ditch to play. , in danger.
Sun Shangxiang was finally happy, she had finally helped.
The host shook his head, smiled bitterly, and continued working. After finishing the work, he packed up his things and called Sun Shangxiang home.
You have to tell this little girl that she has no idea and dares to go out and wander around. If she is really separated from her family, that's fine. If she really runs away alone, this is very dangerous.
Therefore, Sun Shangxiang stayed another night at the host's house and ate black cake again. The host said that this is called bran cake, which is not a good thing. But when the harvest is lean, the farmers will point to it to fool their stomachs and try their best to survive the period. period of time.
Only then did Sun Shangxiang know that this was the legendary bran cake, which was used to feed livestock in Wu Jun's family.
Sun Shangxiang didn't know what to say for a while. She competed with Xiaohong for food.
But even so, the only ones who could eat the bran cake were Sun Shangxiang and the two children. The host just watched the three people eating with a smile on his face, but he didn't eat anything.
After Sun Shangxiang finished half a piece of bran cake and drank two bowls of water, the host started talking to Sun Shangxiang roughly.
"Girl, since you are alone, the old woman still wants to give you some advice on some matters." The host smiled and began to lecture Sun Shangxiang.
After listening to the host's sermon, Sun Shangxiang realized that people in this era had so many things to pay attention to when going out.
First is the clothing.
It's not a problem for Sun Shangxiang to go out in a smart outfit, but the problem is that people can tell she is a girl by her dress, and in troubled times, if a girl goes out alone, who will rob her if not her.
The second is that Sun Shangxiang has no experience in going out at all.
Take yesterday for example. Sun Shangxiang knocked on the door as if announcing a funeral, and always only said "Open the door, open the door quickly."
This is not a place to stay, this is where you break down the door and rob.
The host was so scared that he held his two children in his arms last night and almost didn't dare to sleep all night.
The third one, Sun Shangxiang went out without taking anything with him.
Pass is a certificate for people to travel far in this era. It is an identity document that is used when passing through passes and Jinkou. Not only will the name and place of origin of the holder be written on it, but also if there are horses or vehicles accompanying them, Horse vehicle characteristics.
If you have any wrongdoing, you are a normal citizen traveling around. If you have no wrongdoing, then you are a refugee.
If you are a refugee, you cannot pass through Guanjin. If you want to cross the river, you must sneak across.
As for stowaways, I'm sorry, the only people who can organize stowaways these days are water thieves along the river. As for Sun Shangxiang, a girl's family, and a horse, with such a conspicuous target, the risk of stowaways is very high.
Of course, the most important thing is that smuggling requires payment of money and food.
Sun Shangxiang now has no money or food at all.
(End of chapter)
