The mule backed away in fright, almost knocking over the mule cart.
Jiang Shuyue quickly grabbed the car door, stuck her head out and asked, "What happened?"
Looking at the black shadow passing by, Qiu Ju patted her chest in shock.
"It seemed like a wild rabbit ran by and scared the slave to death."
Looking at the black shadow disappearing in the grass, Jiang Shuyue looked at the dark woods and comforted Qiu Ju: "Don't be afraid. What we should be afraid of now are people, people who are desperate and have lost their humanity."
"The young lady is right, this slave feels the same way." Qiu Ju wanted to say that she was afraid of ghosts, but she was afraid of scaring the young lady.
wrong! The young lady seems to be bolder than before.
Qiu Ju calmed down, whipped her whip, and the mule continued to move forward.
When the fish belly turned white in the east, the mule cart entered the second town.
Seeing that the breakfast shop hadn't opened yet, Jiang Shuyue said to Qiu Ju, "Let's rest on the side of the road for a while. When the breakfast shop opens, let's go in and buy some hot food."
There were so many hot buns in the space that she couldn't take them out out of thin air, lest Qiu Ju think she was a monster.
She still has a little bit of silver in her makeup box, which can last her to the next county town.
"Miss, let's not wait any longer. We have to hurry." Qiu Ju picked up the water bag and took a sip.
The water bag was also taken from the kitchen on Zhuangzi, and it was filled with spiritual spring water.
Jiang Shuyue asked Qiu Ju to sit in the carriage, and she said firmly: "We can't leave. We have to wait until the shops in the town open to buy two sets of men's clothes before leaving."
The two of them sat in the carriage and took a nap. I don't know how long it had passed before they heard footsteps passing by. Jiang Shuyue opened the car curtain and looked out, seeing people starting to appear on the street.
The master and servant found a shop selling steamed buns and soy milk at the corner of the street.
Xiaolongbaozi costs 30 cents per drawer, with six in each drawer, and soy milk costs 1 cent per bowl, the kind without added sugar.
Jiang Shuyue ordered two drawers of steamed buns and two bowls of soy milk.
"These xiaolongbao are too expensive!" Qiu Ju couldn't help but whisper.
The waiter came over with the soy milk and happened to hear it. He said with a grimace: "You two ladies, have you just come out of the capital?"
"This year there is drought in some places and there is no harvest. Rice and noodles are priced at the same price a day. If you have something to eat, it is considered good."
The waiter said, pointing to the pedestrians on the street: "Look at those people carrying sacks on their shoulders. They are all refugees heading to the capital. They will be able to return the same way in two days."
When Jiang Shuyue saw that there were no other customers in the shop, she stopped the waiter and asked, "Does the waiter know where the disaster happened?"
"Lu County, I heard there are robbers along the road. Girls, please don't go there." The waiter kindly reminded.
"Thank you."
After the two had breakfast, they went to a clothing store and bought two sets of the cheapest men's clothes.
When we left the town, we saw place names on the wooden signs at the crossroads.
Jiang Shuyue saw the words Zhuxi County written on a wooden sign.
"Qiu Ju, let's go to Zhuxi County." Jiang Shuyue pointed in the direction of Zhuxi County.
After walking for a while, the two of them put on men's clothes in the carriage, tied up their hair in a high bun, and wrapped a gray scarf twice around their necks, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
A quick look revealed that they were two weak scholars.
The master and the servant took turns driving the carriage. At noon, they passed by a village.
Jiang Shuyue asked Qiu Ju to sit in the mule cart while she asked the villagers for water and warmed up the steamed buns.
When she reached a deserted place, Jiang Shuyue ducked into the space.
Jiang Shuyue looked at the items in the space and didn't even have time to sort them out. She quickly lit the stove and took ten eggs to boil.
The steamed buns were still steaming, and she was ecstatic. It was great. The space actually had an automatic heat preservation function.
After a while, the eggs were cooked. Seeing that the firewood was not burned out, Jiang Shuyue put ten more eggs in and cooked them, waiting for the next opportunity to take them out to eat.
"Miss, you are going too fast."
Seeing Jiang Shuyue coming back with a water bag in one hand and a cloth bag in the other, Qiu Ju quickly stepped forward to take the cloth bag.
"Hey! Miss, there are hot eggs inside."
"It happened that the villagers had hard-boiled eggs, so I bought ten of them. I quickly went to eat them in the carriage. It's windy outside and it's cold when it blows."
The master and servant both ate and drank enough and continued on their way.
The two originally thought they could reach Zhuxi County before dark. At dusk, Jiang Shuyue asked a woman and learned that they had only walked half the distance.
Having already passed through a small town, it was impossible to find an inn to stay in. Jiang Shuyue was also afraid that Zhuangtou would lead people to catch up and search for the inn.
She decided to find a villager to stay overnight.
Perhaps there were so many refugees passing by that no one wanted to stay overnight.
Some villagers asked them to spend the night at the Tutu Temple on the mountainside ahead.
Jiang Shuyue had no choice but to go to the Tutu Temple with Qiu Ju.
The Earth Temple is not big, with only one room in total. The door and window lattice are mottled, and the eaves are covered with spider webs. It can be seen that no one has come to offer incense for a long time.
Qiu Ju walked up and opened the door: "Miss, you sit in the carriage and rest while I clean the house."
"I'm going to feed the mule." Jiang Shuyue unloaded the mule cart, led the mule and walked toward the mountainside.
Seeing no one around, she thought, and a basin of spiritual spring water appeared in front of the mule.
Then he took out the feed from the space.
After the mule had eaten and drank enough, when Jiang Shuyue returned to the Tutu Temple, Qiu Ju was walking out with the incense burner.
"Wait, what are you doing?"
"Miss, we haven't washed our faces all day and night. I will borrow the incense burner from the Earth Bodhisattva to find some water."
"He won't blame us. This slave has already kowtowed to him too much."
Seeing Qiu Ju's pious look, Jiang Shuyue suppressed a smile and waved her hand: "We don't need to wash our faces, it's quite safe like this."
Qiu Ju looked at her young lady's beautiful face and suddenly realized: "Young lady is still smart. When we set out tomorrow, you'd better put some ashes on your face."
Qiu Ju held the incense burner and turned around and put it back.
There were grass futons in the temple, and Qiu Ju went out to find some clean dead grass.
Some dry grass is used to block the wind at night, and some is used to bake steamed buns and eggs.
The mule was already tired after walking all day and night. It lay down under the eaves and fell asleep.
That night, there was no moon in the sky, and it was impossible to see outside.
There are plenty of candles in Jiang Shuyue's space, which she collected in the main courtyard on Zhuangzi.
Finding no reason to use it, the master and servant slept in the dark.
Fortunately, there were enough straw futons. The two of them laid out the straw futons and used the parcels as pillows. Qiu Ju gathered the withered grass around the two of them, and she quickly fell asleep.
Seeing Qiu Ju snoring slightly, Jiang Shuyue thought, and a quilt appeared in her hand.
She covered Qiu Ju gently, then got up and walked towards the door.
With a wave of his sleeves, the mule and mule cart disappeared into thin air.
He turned around and unlocked the door, took out another quilt and fell asleep.
At midnight.
A flickering light approached the Earth Temple.
Two sneaky figures moved outside the Earth Temple.
