This time, I left for ten days. I ate all the pastries and buns that Hongdou bought. I finally reached the town, but it was only a very remote town. The inn in the town was compared to the previous ones.
, more crude and dilapidated.
Chengchun and Hongdou went to the inn anyway. Madam Zhang had to arrange the goods, so she said she would come back later. Chengchun felt that the clothes on her body were very damp, so she went to the inn first without waiting for her.
The inn in the small town is actually no better than the inn. The bed makes a squeaky sound when you sit on it. The only good thing is that it heats hot water. Chengchun really wants to take a hot bath.
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Even when she was at home, Chengchun bathed very frequently. At that time, people in the village came to tell her that she was precious, but Guoer's father was also willing to give up the firewood. The day before his daughter was going to take a bath, he would go up the mountain to cut a lot of firewood.
, just to let my daughter take a hot bath beautifully.
I heard Mrs. Zhang say before that the waiter at the inn would also guard against theft, so even when taking a bath, Cheng Chun would put the baggage where he could see it. When the waiter brought the water, he stared at Cheng Chun for a long time.
In the end, Hong Dou scolded him, so he poured the water and left in a panic.
Chengchun was a little embarrassed by the sight, and turned back to look at Hongdou: "Hongdou, don't go out when I take a bath later, just stay with me in the house!"
Hongdou also felt that the waiter just now was a little strange, so he agreed: "Don't worry, girl, I won't go out!"
It has been raining these past few days, and it has been cold and damp. Perhaps because they were walking south, the rain has not stopped. Even if they dried their clothes in the oven that night, they would still be damp when they got them the next day.
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Ten days later, Cheng Chun was sitting in the steamy bathtub. He felt that the muscles and bones of his whole body were being stretched and loosened little by little.
Cheng Chun let out a long breath: "I used to think that walking by water was already very painful, but now I know that walking by land is really uncomfortable. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's a rough ride!"
It was a rare opportunity for Hongdou to hear Chengchun complain, so she couldn't help but laugh: "That's because the girl doesn't get seasick. It's different when I'm on a boat. It almost cost me half my life!"
Chengchun smiled and said nothing more.
Perhaps because she was too sleepy, Chengchun was sitting in the bathtub, her little face was slightly red from the smoke, and she was vaguely sleepy. While she was half asleep, a voice suddenly came from outside the door: "
What are you doing!"
Chengchun was suddenly awakened, and subconsciously got into the water, leaving only his head outside. Hongdou also quickly went out to check: "Who is it!"
Hongdou walked outside and found a man pressing the waiter to the ground. He looked up at Hongdou and said coldly: "This guy is peeking at something outside!"
Hong Dou knew it right away, and quickly closed the door and walked quickly behind the screen. She glanced at the surrounding doors, and sure enough, there was a crack in the door. Hong Dou quickly took some clothes and put them on Cheng Chun: "Girl, wake up!"
Chengchun quickly got up and put on his clothes. There was a rustling sound in the room, but a woman came outside: "What's wrong?"
"I don't know what this guy is peeking at. I saw that the person who just came out of the house was a girl. I don't know if he was scared!" The man's voice was cold and rough, but it made people feel inexplicably uneasy.
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Not long after, Chengchun and Hongdou heard the woman say: "Send this guy to the government! I'll go see that girl's house!"
The man responded, turned and left.
Sure enough, there was a knock on the door: "Girl, girl, are you okay?"
Hongdou glanced at Chengchun, saw Chengchun nodded and went to open the door.
Opening the door, there was a woman standing outside. She must be in her thirties. She was dressed very delicately and had a pretty face. She looked like she belonged to a wealthy family.
"Who are you looking for?" Hongdou looked at the woman in front of him and asked softly.
"The man outside just now is my husband. He saw the waiter sneaking around at the door, so he sent him to the Yamen. I was worried that you would be frightened, so I came to take a look!" The woman looked at Hongdou,
Her speaking voice is soft and soft, which is very nice to hear.
Chengchun walked out of it. She looked at the woman in front of her with an inexplicable sense of intimacy and said, "Thank you for your help, madam, otherwise I don't know what would happen!"
The woman looked at Cheng Chun's half-dried hair and immediately realized that the waiter in the shop was probably peeking at Cheng Chun taking a shower. She frowned: "Bah, disgusting bastard!"
Chengchun knew that the woman was cursing the boy who peeked at her bathing, so he said softly: "Fortunately, I was more careful and the room was blocked by a screen!"
When the woman heard what Cheng Chun said, she breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, otherwise this man would be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts and it wouldn't be enough to atone for his sins!"
Cheng Chun looked at the woman and saw that she was really worried about him, so he said softly: "Look at the lady's dress. Are you here to play?"
"Huh?" The woman paused, then looked at her clothes, "Can you see all this?"
"My wife is dressed exquisitely, and the clothes and fabrics are all of the best quality. She must be from a wealthy family. If she had no choice, why would she come to stay in this inn?" Cheng Chun said softly.
The woman paused, and then said softly: "You also think it's very rundown, right? The bedding in my house smells of mold. Fortunately, I brought some with me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep!"
Chengchun smiled: "It's inevitable to be like this when you're away from home, so we have to make do with it!"
The woman nodded: "Since you have nothing to do, I won't disturb you!"
"Thank you for your help, ma'am!" Cheng Chun said, saluting the woman.
"I'm out and about, can you help me?" the woman said with a smile and then left.
Chengchun and Hongdou looked at each other, and then let out a long breath: "It seems that this inn is not easy to stay for a long time. If it weren't for the innkeeper's connivance, how could the waiter dare to act so randomly? If Mrs. Zhang hadn't come, we would have never come.
Don’t rest!”
Hongdou nodded solemnly: "That's what the girl said!"
Madam Zhang came when they were having dinner. Because the store staff was short of staff, Chengchun and the others went downstairs to eat. Because they had eaten enough steamed buns in a short time, Hongdou ordered a lot of dishes without holding back.
Chengchun was probably so greedy that he didn't say anything.
"It's been hard for you these past few days. Let alone you, we who are running around in the world are also very greedy these past few days!" Madam Zhang said, picking up a piece of meat and stuffing it into her mouth.