Chapter 3 Going out
Xie Wanyou looked at the extra memories in his mind. The more he looked at them, the more he felt the unknown fire burning in his heart.
Xiaobai has never had a bite of decent food since he was born.
Xiaobai was born in the form of half-animal and half-human. The original owner regarded him as a monster, and was frightened and disgusted. He abandoned him as soon as he was born and left him to fend for himself.
If it weren't for Xiaobai's unusually tenacious vitality, which instinctively squirmed to eat the hay and dirty water on the ground, he might have died early.
After a few days, the original owner discovered that he was still alive. After losing everything, there was still a little thing that depended on her to survive. This undoubtedly gave the original owner an outlet for his depressed and bad emotions, and made the original owner's desolation more difficult.
There is only so much fun left in life.
With this mentality, the original owner occasionally mercifully gave it some of his own leftovers, and it actually managed to survive.
Although his life was saved, Xiaobai gradually transformed from half-animal and half-human into a weak little beast, and was never able to transform into a human form.
The original owner rarely gave Xiaobai food. He was so hungry that Xiaobai could only eat tree roots and hay to fill his stomach. There was really nothing to eat, and he even had to eat dirt.
Xie Wanyou saw in her memory that one time Xiaobai was so hungry that she stole a piece of meat from the original owner's bowl and one of her legs was broken. Her fists became hard.
"..." Xie Wanyoudi scolded the original owner countless times for not being a human being.
It is so dark to abuse such a young child.
Xie Wanyou took a deep breath and looked at the little thing in her hand, her eyes becoming more and more loving.
Xiaobai didn't know what she was thinking. He retracted his paws anxiously, tilted his head and looked at her carefully, and made a questioning "Gu?" from his throat.
Oops! I'm struck by cuteness!
Isn’t Zaizai hungry? Such a small request must be met!
Xie Wanyou couldn't help but rub it again, and then he took out the ten copper plates hidden in the cracks in the wall, wondering what he could do with these ten copper plates.
This little money is actually the last possessions of the original owner.
When the original owner was sold to the Demon Realm by a scumbag from Penglai Island, all his belongings were also confiscated.
The common currency of the cultivation world, spirit stones, the Jade Sect's communication jade talisman, the life-saving magic weapon given by the master, my own natal sword... None of these things are left, only gold, silver and copper coins, the currency of the human world, remain - because
I don't like this scumbag at all.
This money supported the original owner's escape from the demon world and back to his family in the human world. Three and a half years have passed, and now only ten copper coins are left.
Xie Wanyou: "..."
Then the question arises. It is known that the Xie family cannot help her, and she has lost all her cultivation and has nothing to gain. After spending these ten copper coins, how can she survive with Zaizai?
Help, what a hellish start this is!
Xie Wanyou meditated on the ten copper plates for too long, which made Xiaobai come over and stare at the copper plates with his big gray-blue eyes sadly: "Mother, do we have no round plates?"
He knows this kind of round plate, and only by using this kind of round plate can he get food.
My mother had said before that if we ran out of round boards, we would sell them and replace them with round boards.
Is my mother going to sell it and replace it with round plates...
A layer of mist quickly formed in Xiaobai's eyes, but he didn't dare to cry.
My mother hates him crying and cannot cry. If he cries, he will be sold faster.
Xie Wanyou didn't notice anything strange about Xiao Bai and weighed the ten coins in her hand. She was thinking about how to make money quickly in another world.
Xie Wanyou's cultivation level plummeted three years ago, and now he only has the strength of the second level of Qi training. In the human world, he can only be said to be a little better than ordinary people. After all, even the Xie family's nursing home mostly has the third level of Qi training.
If you don't have enough cultivation, you have to work part-time.
Not far from Xie's house, there is a Shangquan Forest. It is said that the source of the stream flowing through Shangquan Forest is the world of cultivation. The spiritual energy contained in the water moistens the surrounding area, allowing spiritual grass to grow in Shangquan Forest.
Some pharmacies will specially collect these spiritual herbs, and give them twenty coppers for a small bundle of spiritual herbs. As long as Xie Wanyou picks up the herbs quickly enough, he can temporarily solve the urgent need at hand.
Thinking of this, Xie Wanyou felt the tight strings in his mind loosened a little, and he hugged the little thing and coaxed: "It's okay, we will have money soon."
Unexpectedly, Xiaobai was not comforted by her coaxing him like this. Instead, his little body trembled and he burst into tears.
Xie Wanyou was startled and quickly wiped its tears with the back of her hand: "What's going on?"
Xiaobai's body was trembling with sobs. He raised his head and begged her in a low voice: "Mother, please don't exchange Xiaobai for a round board...Xiaobai doesn't eat anymore. Xiaobai is not hungry at all..."
Xie Wanyou was stunned, and then realized that this little thing thought that she would sell it for money, so she was afraid of being abandoned by her.
Although the original owner treated Xiaobai very badly, in Xiaobai's heart, she was still his inseparable relative.
Xie Wanyou touched its head, feeling both sour and funny at the same time, and wiped away its tears: "Who said that my mother would sell Xiaobai for a round board? Xiaobai is so cute, my mother is not willing to sell it.
ah."
Xie Xiaobai sniffed, a little embarrassed after being praised for being cute. His mother had never praised him like this.
Mom seems to be really different from before...
He blinked tearfully and hesitated: "Really? But...but there is no round board, what should we do?"
Xie Wanyou said in a calm and calm tone: "If we don't have round boards, why don't we go earn some round boards? How about we go outside to pick up grass and exchange for boards?"
Xie Xiaobai didn't know that picking up grass can also be used to change boards. His eyes lit up, he nodded vigorously, and his drooping tail began to wag happily: "Xie Xiaobai, you can help mother pick up a lot of grass!"
The little thing is so cute and sensible.
Xie Wanyou kissed the tip of its trembling ears, put it on his shoulder, and prepared to go out to buy some food to feed Zai Zai.
I pulled the door, and it was locked as expected.
The Xie family once regarded Xie Wanyou as their pride in revitalizing the family. Now that Xie Wanyou fell into the mud, she became a stain on the Xie family.
The family thought she was embarrassed and didn't allow her to go out, so they often locked her in a small courtyard and sent her away with scraps of food every day.
Xie Wanyou was beaten when she first came here because the original owner wanted to escape from the Xie family, but was caught and dragged back to the small courtyard.
Now that the door is locked, the Xie family will probably not send anyone to deliver food to her in order to teach her a lesson.
Xie Wanyou touched the lock through the huge crack in the door. Without any panic, he took off the only copper hairpin from his head and started tinkering with the lock.
Coincidentally, Xie Wanyou was often locked up in an orphanage when she was a child, so she happened to have some experience in how to pick locks.
She opened the lock in twos and twos, took Zaizai out of the door, and then restored the lock to its original state.
Xie Wanyou recalled the memories of the original owner, and estimated that no one should be guarding the courtyard now, so he quietly followed the route in his memory and left a hidden small door of Xie's house.
Xie Wanyou was afraid that the little thing would attract unnecessary attention, so he opened his sleeves and said, "Zai Zai, there are many bad people outside, how about you hide in first?"
Xie Xiaobai has lived in that desolate little yard since he was born. He has never seen the scenery outside. When he first saw the unfamiliar scenery and heard the noisy people in the distance, he was of course a little scared.
Hearing this, he nodded quickly and obediently slipped into Xie Wanyou's wide cuffs.
Xie Wanyou has been locked up in a small courtyard by the Xie family for three and a half years. Now she is sallow, thin, and unkempt. People outside can no longer recognize her as the third young lady of the Xie family who was so famous in the past. They only occasionally cast pity on her, thinking that she had escaped from somewhere.
of disaster victims.
Xie Wanyou didn't care about other people's looks. The steamed buns on the street cost two coins each. Xie Wanyou bought three hot steamed buns, intending to pad his stomach for himself and Zai Zai first, leaving four coins for emergencies.
When they arrived at the deserted corner of the street, Xie Wanyou and Xie Xiaobai began to share the buns.
Xie Xiaobai was so greedy by the smell of the buns that he kept swallowing his saliva, and his stomach began to growl, but he just looked at the buns eagerly and did not dare to eat them.
He subconsciously felt that his mother would never give him something so fragrant.
It wasn't until Xie Wanyou handed the bun to it again that it reacted stupidly and asked in disbelief: "Is it for Xiaobai?"
Xie Wanyou: "Yes, eat it quickly. It's cold and it won't taste good when it's cold."
Xie Xiaobai was almost stunned by this huge surprise and hugged the bun in a daze.
It was very thin and small, with a bun as big as its body. Xie Wanyou saw it struggling to stretch out its paws to hug the bun, which was bigger than its face. The whole cub was swaying, and she couldn't help but curl her lips and help it hold it.
Hold the bun.
Xie Xiaobai was already confused by the aroma. Hearing Xie Wanyou urging him to eat quickly, Xie Xiaobai couldn't help it. He took a small bite. Seeing Xie Wanyou looking at him lovingly and not unhappy, he wolfed it down.
The whole bag dropped.
It had not eaten well for a long time, and the more it ate, the more hungry it became.
But when Xie Wanyou handed him another bun, he swallowed, but refused. He pushed the bun towards Xie Wanyou with his paws and said, "Mom, eat it."
He is just a child, how can he eat more than adults?
No matter how much Xie Wanyou tried to persuade him, Xie Xiaobai insisted that Xie Wanyou eat the remaining two buns.
Xie Wanyou thought for a moment and almost understood Xiaobai's thoughts.
Children's minds are actually very delicate and sensitive, and Xiaobai has learned over the years how to please her by observing her words.
Xie Wanyou sighed, knowing that this habit would not change for a while, so he did not force the child, so he simply went to buy another steamed bun: "Xiaobai eats two, and mother eats two too, we share it equally, no one has more."
Is it good to eat?”
Xie Xiaobai hesitated for a moment and felt that what Xie Wanyou said made sense, so he took the second bun and finished it quickly.
After eating, he stared blankly at the oil and water on his paws, and stuck out his tongue to lick it twice. Xie Wanyou saw it, and quickly stopped him: "Don't lick!"
Xie Xiaobai was startled and froze his paws, daring not to move.
Xie Wanyou wiped its paws with the corner of his clothes and reasoned with the little thing: "The paws are very dirty and you will get sick if you lick them."
"Gu?" Xie Xiaobai tilted his head in confusion, but he had been licking his dirty paws before and was not sick...
But you still have to listen to your mother's words, Xie Xiaobai nodded obediently.
Xie Wanyou finished eating two steamed buns and was going to go to the drug store to ask them what spiritual herbs they needed to collect.
Xiaobai skillfully hid it back in her sleeve. Xie Wanyou asked people and found the two nearest drug stores - Bihetang and Jishige.
From the outside, the decoration of Jishi Pavilion looks more elegant. Not only the entire building is carved with jade railings, but the inner courtyard is also magnificent.
He looks very rich.
Compared with it, Bihetang opposite it looks particularly low-key and simple.
Xie Wanyou admitted that she was superficially attracted by the smell of money exuding from Jishi Pavilion, so she chose to enter Jishi Pavilion first.
However, it turns out that people from other worlds can also be snobbish.
As soon as she entered the door, the boy sweeping the door frowned fiercely and muttered impatiently: "What kind of poor guy did you come from? The floor you just swept has to be stepped on. It's really unlucky!"
His voice was not lowered at all, he just said it deliberately for Xie Wanyou to hear.
Xie Wanyou: "..." Is a young boy so crazy now?
Xie Wanyou wanted to leave at that time. According to her experience in the society in her previous life, most shops that look down on the poor will bully others. Even if they help him, his salary will be lowered. He will also feel that he has done a good thing, and he still pays.
Alms give you a little salary.
Before Xie Wanyou could leave quickly, the waiter had already said impatiently: "Who sells magical herbs or do you treat a doctor? The one who sells magical herbs goes to the back hall to find shopkeeper Xue, and the one who sees a doctor forget about it. I think you are afraid that you will not even be able to connect with our Jishi Pavilion."
I can’t even afford the medical fees!”
Xie Wanyou smiled at him, said thank you, and went to the back hall.
Jishi Pavilion is indeed bad, but Xie Wanyou doesn't know if Bihetang opposite is as bad as Jishi Pavilion, so he has to make second-hand preparations.
First ask about the purchase price of Jishi Pavilion, and later compare the price of Bihetang to see which one is worse, and then choose one that is not too bad.
The back hall was still magnificently decorated, and the shopkeeper was a well-dressed middle-aged man with a black beard. When Xie Wanyou came over, he was sitting behind the cabinet and carelessly playing with a golden abacus.
He opened his eyes and withdrew his gaze with disinterest: "Another one selling spiritual herbs?"
Xie Wanyou said: "Shopkeeper, what is the price for purchasing spiritual grass here?"
Shopkeeper Xue said lazily: "No matter what kind of spiritual grass, there are ten copper coins in a bundle. The grass is on your left hand side. Do you recognize it? Don't let me mix weeds in to make up the numbers."
Ten copper coins a bundle? Do you think she is a big grievance? Xie Wanyou was laughed at: "This is too low, I heard it is not this price."
Shopkeeper Xue frowned and glared at her coldly: "If you like it, sell it or not! Our Jishi Pavilion is not short of spiritual grass. If it weren't for the fact that your little girl is short of money, I wouldn't accept it!"
He said, covering his mouth and nose impatiently: "If you don't sell it, get out, what a taste! Xiao Zhang, please get her out quickly!"
Xie Wanyou was kicked out of Jishi Pavilion just like that.
Xiao Zhang cursed bad luck, and Xie Wanyou also felt that Jishi Pavilion was bad luck.
Facing the golden plaque of Jishi Pavilion, Xie Wanyou couldn't help but utter the wise saying: "Thirty years to Hedong and thirty years to Hexi, don't bully young people into poverty!"
Xie Xiaobai asked in a low voice: "Mother, what does this sentence mean?"
Xie Wanyou put his hand into his sleeve, rubbed his hands, and said calmly: "It means those guys just now will be punished and taught how to behave."
Xie Xiaobai didn't seem to understand, and he let out a "goo" when he was rubbed.
Xie Wanyou was not discouraged. After sucking the baby for a while, he turned around and entered Bihetang.
Compared with the deserted Jishi Pavilion, Bihetang is much more lively. Patients are coming and going. Judging from their clothes, most of them are ordinary people, and the waiters are also very kind.
Xie Wanyou: I understand. It seems that Jishi Pavilion specializes in treating illnesses for the rich, while Bihetang specializes in treating ordinary people.
Xie Wanyou told the boy that she wanted to sell medicinal herbs, and the boy led her to the back hall and found shopkeeper Lin who was busy making medicines.
The waiter yelled: "Shopkeeper, this girl wants to sell spiritual herbs!"
The shopkeeper was so busy that he couldn't even put his feet on the floor, so he could only let the waiter entertain Xie Wanyou.
The boy told Xie Wanyou about the purchase price: twenty copper coins per bundle, and also gave him a brochure, which detailed the characteristics and general range of the spiritual herbs they needed.
After the boy knew that it was Xie Wanyou's first time selling spiritual herbs, he specially took out a few spiritual herbs for Xie Wanyou to see: "That's it. It's actually easy to recognize."
After Xie Wanyou confirmed that he could recognize these spiritual herbs, he collected the pamphlet, thanked the waiter, and walked out of the noisy Bihe Hall.
Xie Xiaobai remembered the road, and when he saw that the direction Xie Wanyou was walking in didn't look like the way home, he was a little scared: "Mom, where are we going?"
Xie Wanyou said: "It's still early, and my mother is going to Shangquanlin to pick up some grass and exchange it for round boards."
Xiaobai called the copper plate a round plate. Xie Wanyou thought it was cute and called it that.
She reached out and rubbed Zaizai, who was holding her arm firmly under her sleeve: "Are you bored? Are you tired?"
Xie Xiaobai shook his head: "I'm not bored! I'm not tired!"
Xiaobai was a little excited because he was going to pick up grass and replace it with boards. His hairless tail flicked and swept across Xie Wanyou's arm, making Xie Wanyou feel itchy and warm.
Xie Wanyou raised the corners of her lips, suddenly feeling that God had been kind to her. Although it was outrageous to allow her to travel through time, he gave her a silly little boy.
Chapter completed!