The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

Tang Zhongbai was sweating and walking slowly towards them with a bucket in his hand. Seeing this, Tang Si hurriedly stood up and trotted over to take the bucket from him. "Hey, Master, how come there is only this little water? It's not enough for us to drink."

Tang Zhongbai wiped his sweat and walked quickly towards the shed. "There is no other way. We finally found a well, but we only got half a bucket of water. We can't go any further. The horses can't handle it. Let's rest here and wait until it gets dark to cool off before we go."

Tang Si and Fuzi took turns fetching water from the well for the horses to drink. Then they leaned against a tree, enduring the heat, and waited until it got dark before setting off again.

The five men and five horses traveled at night and slept in the morning. By the time daybreak the next day, they had traveled about 600 miles.

Finally, we arrived at a town. On a large stone at the entrance of the town were three large red characters written on it: Hekou Town.

The five men dismounted from their horses in the slightly cool breeze, and walked on the wet bluestone ground in the town, leading their horses in the drizzle.

Walking from the beginning to the end of the town, there was no one on the street. The houses on both sides of the street were all made of blue bricks and black tiles. The shop signs fluttered in the wind.

They passed by several shops and looked in from the outside. In a grocery store, the owner was sleeping soundly on the counter, snoring.

"This town is so quiet!" Fuzi sighed, "But the climate here is so nice, so cool and comfortable."

"Well. But we have important things to do. Otherwise, I really want to stay here until winter comes and then go back to that hot and scorching place in Suanzao County." Tang Si said.

"You two are wrong." Yin Yusheng looked around and said, "It's cool because it's raining. This place is very close to the sea. When the weather is fine, it's wet, humid, and hot. People who can't adapt will get sick all year round."

Fuzi didn't believe it, "Really?"

"Why don't you try it." Jiang Muxia glared at him with a smile.

Fuzi quickly waved her hand to refuse, "Forget it."

The five people came from a hot and unbearable place to this small town that was like early spring, and they felt like they had shed a layer of skin from the inside out. After running around all night, they were hungry and tired, and just wanted to find a place to stay, eat something, and have a good sleep.

The blue canopy hanging high at the corner at the end of the street was soaked by the rain. The wind could not blow it away. The dripping water turned into a ball of blue in the drizzle.

Tang Si had sharp eyes and saw the word "Zhan" on the corner of the blue sign.

"Found it, found it. The one with the blue sign is the inn."

He trotted forward with his horse, looked up at the words written on the door, "Xiaozhu Inn." His face lit up with joy, and he shouted to them, "Come quickly, this is it."

He shouted inside, "Shopkeeper, take our horses to the backyard, feed them hay, arrange for five to go up to the house, and get us some food."

A short man with dark skin, a protruding mouth and a round face ran out from inside. He had a white handkerchief draped over his shoulder. After sizing up Tang Si with his small eyes, he nodded and bowed in response.

He led his horse to the backyard and soon ran out again, "Sir, give it to me."

He took the reins from the four men, led the horses and walked behind.

Above the store entrance, there is a colorful wind chime made of shells of various colors. Whenever someone enters the store, they will touch the wind chime, making a series of "ding-dong-dong" crisp sounds.

Another petite girl of about fifteen or sixteen came out of the store. She had a pair of big eyes on her fair face and a small cherry mouth. She had a smile on her face before she opened her mouth. Somehow, Jiang Muxia felt a little creepy looking at her.

"Sir, you want five guest rooms, right? Come with me."

The middle-aged man who was dozing off at the counter was awakened by the sound of several people talking. He sat up straight and shouted to the girl in the store, "Xuehua, are there customers?"

"Dad, go prepare some food. I see the guests are tired from traveling. Let them eat something so they can rest early."

"okay."

Everyone followed Xuehua to the second floor, and Tang Zhongbai looked around this small inn.

There are two floors, the ground floor is used as a small restaurant, and the second floor is used for guest accommodation. Judging from the layout, there are only six guest rooms in total. Yin Yusheng walked at the end, and when the shopkeeper passed by him, he stopped him.

"Boss, I want to ask you, do you know how to get to Xiaoyang Village? How far is it from here?"

"You are going to Xiaoyang Village. It's not far, about fifty miles away. Are you going to look for someone or to buy fish?" asked the shopkeeper.

When Yin Yusheng was out, he learned the information he wanted and didn't want to talk to him any more.

She nodded to him and went upstairs.

The shopkeeper called him from below, "Young man, my shop assistant lives in Xiaoyang Village. If you need a guide, you can ask him. It's free. No money is charged."

Yin Yusheng seemed oblivious. When you are out, free things are the most expensive.

This shopkeeper looks cunning, so we'd better be on guard against him.

There are five rooms, two of which face the street. Tang Zhongbai pointed to the room facing the street next to Jiang Muxia and asked Xuehua, "Can I live in this room?"

"Sorry, this room is occupied."

"Oh, okay then."

"If you want to take a shower, you can go to the backyard, where there are two rooms dedicated to showers."

"Ok."

The five of them returned to their respective rooms, tidied up briefly, and went to the backyard to wash off their sticky bodies before the meal was ready.

After dinner, you can go upstairs and rest.

The five of them found a corner and sat down. The waiter brought the food. The staple food was white rice. There were four dishes, three of which were fish: a steamed fish, a plate of fried fish, a small pot of fragrant stewed fish fillet, and finally a plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage.

"Are all meat dishes fish? Aren't there chicken, duck, etc.?" Fuzi asked.

The waiter smiled and replied, "Because we are close to the sea, there are more fish. If you don't like it, there is a chicken in the kitchen that can be cooked."

Tang Zhongbai said hurriedly: "No, no, these are enough."

Xuehua stood at the counter and asked in a crisp voice, "Dear guests, it's cold today. Would you like some wine?"

"No thanks."

When you are out, drink less to avoid delays.

The five of them buried their heads in their food, enjoying the long-lost coolness and the rather rich food, and had the most satisfying meal of the year.

Halfway through the meal, there was a crisp sound at the door of the store, and three men walked in and sat directly at the table at the door, "Boss, give me three dishes and three bowls of rice."

The man spoke in a gruff voice, causing Jiang Muxia to glance at them twice.

The man looked fierce, glanced back at them, and then turned his head away. The three of them were covered in mud. They sat on the stools while chatting, waiting for the food to be served.

The short waiter came up with the food, and the three men stared at him. One of the men put his feet back on the ground, and the waiter just walked up to him, and somehow the man's leg hit the waiter's knee.

"Ah." The waiter felt pain, his hand twisted, the tray tilted, half of the food fell to the ground, and half slid onto the man.

"Lin Xiaoyu, are you looking for death? You don't like us and you want to bully us on purpose, right?" The man stood up and shouted.