sinking into sand

The road in the dark alley twists and turns, extending all the way forward.

Yu Sha walked forward along a waterway, and many people here went to other places under the cover of the alley instead of going back.Where these alleys lead, the entrance is much harder to find than the serious entrance of the dark alley. It may be opened in someone’s backyard, and they are connected to each other. If you are not a person who has been here for a long time, let alone leave along. Dark alley, I am afraid that I will lose my bearings.

Yu Sha didn't look sideways, and walked along the main road to the vicinity of the Ren character sign, and there were more people.Most of these people were wearing gray cloth clothes, and some decent ones were wearing silk cloth. They were all lined up next to the third room of the Ren character board, waiting helplessly.

The people at the end of the line saw Yu Sha and said hello: "Hey, are you here to buy medicine from Blue Scorpion? There are too many people today, so we have to wait."

Yu Sha came to the end of the line and chatted with that person: "I have never seen so many people in the past, what's the matter?"

"Hey, what else can I do? There are too many foreigners." A bored person who was waiting replied: "Those kiln sisters are running out of supplies, why don't they come here to prepare more. It's not like they all want archways like the Peony Academy. Like a whore, what kind of airs do you have?"

This remark caused a series of wretched and knowing laughter.

Yu Sha waited for them to finish laughing, and then asked: "If it's those things, why come to Ren Zi Pai? There's a pharmacy in front."

Someone asked: "Then what do you buy here again? Which brothel's words make people laugh."

Yu Sha had no choice but to say, "I'm here to pick up things for people, and I don't work in a brothel."

Xu Shi was really bored waiting, and a person smoking a cigarette replied to him: "There are some fats, water and oils everywhere. At most, there are some aphrodisiacs, and there will be nothing more. Only Blue Scorpion sells medicines for curing diseases." , understand, kid."

Yu Sha groaned, and replied: "Is it Hualiu? I only know that it is an incurable disease, but I don't know that it can be cured."

"It can't be cured, what are you thinking about." Some people laughed at him: "It's just that Blue Scorpion has medicine here to make the place look free of the symptoms. When the time comes, people should be destroyed."

Yu Sha let out an oh, and then fell silent.Someone looked at his appearance carefully from the side, a little suspicious: "Whose house are you picking things up for? I know everyone in the big and small brothels in Chunfang, and in the alleys of prostitutes, so why don't I know you so much?"

This question was a coincidence, and Yu Sha answered with the nickname he had just learned: "The innkeeper of the reminder inn came for my mother."

"Damn." As soon as these words came out, someone scolded dirty, dropped the blade of grass in his mouth, and walked up to Yu Sha: "You played the pipa?"

This man is quite tall, Yu Sha wanted to look up at him, and replied, "...But it's not, sister She played it."

"Your voice is really..." The man looked vengeful, as if he had held grudges for a long time: "Since I ran into you today, I will teach you a lesson."

Yu Sha took a step back silently, holding the package in one hand, and fastened the remaining few coins in his pocket with the other.

The atmosphere was tense, and the door of the pharmacy opened.Deduction group two? Dispersed. 0. Wine Two Three/Wine_Six Chasing Changes'

The door was opened by a woman, wearing a bunt like a man's, and some silver ornaments.She looked at the crowd of people at the door, and at the person in front of Yu Sha who seemed to be about to attack, frowned, and said, "Don't fight at my door, or the business will be closed today."

As soon as these words came out, the effect was outstanding.The big man in front of Yu Sha gave Yu Sha a hard look, then withdrew his fist and said, "You boy, you are not allowed to leave after buying the medicine."

Yu Sha agreed, thinking to himself, he is another fool who only has a head but no brains.After turning back and taking the medicine, he slipped along the alleys around here, who is waiting for you.

Lan Scorpion opened the door of the store. This store was not like other places, the medicines were all on the bright side.It's just that the bottles are all the same white porcelain and red stoppers, there is no difference.But the blue scorpions could distinguish them all.When asked what he wanted, he took the medicine casually and marked the bottle with a brush.Yu Sha looked sideways, but everyone was different, maybe everyone had a different set of symbols, referring to different medicines.This is very hidden, it's hard for the blue scorpion to remember it.

When it was his turn, he stepped forward and said my mother's name, and then said the word Hanhu.

Lan Scorpion looked up at him, and found a medicine bottle from the countertop, but it was not marked with a brush.

"Say something for me." Lan Scorpion added: "You only have one life."

What he said was inexplicable, the room was full of unscrupulous people, and they all laughed when they heard this.

Someone laughed and said, "Hahahahaha, just that slut, she also has that disease?"

"Playing a whore has played me in. Hahahaha, when she is crippled, I am willing to help her!"

"Yes, isn't it arrogant to let that girl look down on us people? When I turn around, I must take good care of her business."

Everyone laughed, and what they said gradually became obscene.

Before Yu Sha got angry, the blue scorpion did.He kicked on the counter, making a loud noise, and all the bottles and cans were poured over the table.

"Where is my place?" She said, "Laugh and go back to your own stinky ditch."

Her anger was quite effective, and she instantly became quieter.After a while, someone flattered me: "It's just some low-level jokes. It doesn't bother you, Miss Lan, please bear with me."

Blue Scorpion snorted: "If you keep making noise, call them all, and don't come to my place to buy medicine in the future."

Everyone agrees.Yu Sha was taken aback by this battle, thinking that this Ren character card was indeed not for nothing.Regardless of whether it is true or not, to make these people put on such a smile and retreat, this woman in front of her is definitely not an ordinary woman.

After Yu Sha took the medicine, he didn't dare to procrastinate, fearing that he would be scolded for getting in Lan Xiezi's eyes, so he left quickly.

There were others who left with him. They spit on the storefront as soon as they left the store door, and whispered in their mouths: "The dog's eyeless thing, with some ability, still picks it up. Here comes the pie, but she's also a whore."

Yu Sha brushed past him and entered the alley.After confirming that his figure can quickly hide in the streets and alleys, he withdrew the money in his hand and threw it at the person who was swearing.

In an instant, a shrill cry came from the street.

Yu Sha didn't see the man's shattered kneecap, turned his head and left along the alleyway.

The alleyway was deep and winding, Yu Sha turned left and right, and even ran into people walking in this alleyway several times.They faced each other without speaking, and went to their respective places.

When Yu Sha arrived at the bustling place again, he found himself in a side alley next to the main road of Pingchunfang.At this time, the time has come to the evening, and there are some second-rate Goulan cottages here.Many shops began to hang up lanterns and veils to prepare for the evening business.

Yu Sha remembered what Yaoniang had said before, and instead of walking along the main road, he wanted to take a detour back through a few alleyways running through it.After this detour, he walked to the back door of a certain brothel.It happened that this brothel was driving people out.

"It's alright, alright, stop pestering me here." The one who kicked him out was a slave hired by a brothel, with a look of disgust and trouble. "Your sister doesn't care what her original status is. Now that she has entered the Yupin Building, she is no longer a good citizen. Don't come here again."

The one who was kicked out was a somewhat frail young man, wearing linen clothes and looking very shabby, with a weak physique, he was still arguing with the tortoise slave: "It must be a mistake! My sister was tricked into coming to you! Our family is a good citizen, and our ancestors even served as clerks for the prefect! When the Peony Academy was still in decline, my sister even went to listen to Mr. Mo Shu’s class! Why did I go to you?!”

The tortoise slave looked even more impatient, and said: "What about good people? With the beauty of your sister, if it weren't for being able to write and ink and coming from a good family, I would be so rare that I want jade sales. Besides, your family has I have received the money, and the paperwork and deed of selling myself are all there, even if I make a scene, there is no reason to let him go. Hurry up and leave, if you come back next time, you will be beaten with a stick."

The young man was pushed to the ground by the turtle slave. It had rained for a while earlier, and the road was somewhat muddy, so it was all on him.

He didn't cry out for pain when he fell, but tremblingly took out a money bag from his arms, and threw it towards the turtle slave.It's just that his strength was too weak, and the money bag still fell at his feet.

"Money... I brought all the money." The young man said, with tears on his face, "I don't want money, you... you guys, let my sister go!"

The tortoise slave ran out of patience. Seeing his pitiful appearance, he couldn't use his harsh words to force others, so he said a word of comfort: "Don't be like this, your sister has listened to Mo Shu's class, and if she doesn't make sure, she will have a relationship with Si Enlu from Peony Academy in the future." It's like a painting, what kind of lady is called, the elegant name of the fairy in the painting, isn't it better than dying of poverty and starvation in your home?".After he finished speaking, he ignored the question and turned back to the building.

Yu Sha looked at the audience, saw that the man was still sitting on the ground, went over to pick up the purse, and weighed it again.

It's not too little, about two hundred yuan, save it, if you have a place to live, it's enough for an ordinary family to live for a year.

Nowadays, human life is cheap, and it is not new to sell children and women for only a bag of steamed buns.Given so much, if I were someone else, I would still have to be grateful to Dade, thinking that Yupinlou is really a great benefactor.

"Who sent this money bag?" Yu Sha helped the young man up, and handed the money bag to him.

The young man was trembling all over, and he still didn't forget to say thank you after being so stimulated, his hands were so trembling that he couldn't hold the purse.It was Yu Sha who put him in his arms.

"I... my sister took it back." He said, "She gave me this purse when I got home that day, and said she would never come back. I... I had some disputes with her that day..."

Speaking of this, the young man swallowed, and then continued: "...I thought it was a joke, but she really didn't come back all night... I went out to look for it the next day, and I didn't see anyone for a few days. When I find her , Someone told me that I saw her in Yupin Building."

The young man seemed to have suddenly found a life-saving straw, and suddenly grabbed Yu Sha's arm firmly: "They said, they said that my sister was sold here by herself! This is impossible! She is very intelligent, and she can read at a younger age than me." It's still earlier, how could you be willing to degenerate and do such a shameless thing?!"

When Yu Sha heard this, he also knew the amount of money given by Yupinlou. In fact, he almost knew what happened.

There is a high probability that the girl really sold it to this brothel by herself.

In the past two years, although the Lijiang River has become more and more prosperous, and the descendants of those aristocratic families in Prince Li's Mansion have become even more arrogant and domineering, spending thousands of dollars for a goose, some areas of the people have become poorer and poorer.

Just like the scholar in front of me.Even if the ancestors have property, once the descendants cannot read, they will have no way out.Most of them can only sit and eat, and sell their sons and daughters.It would be worth more if his family had a girl who could read and write.

Today's world is strange, and it is said that a woman's lack of talent is virtue.But those girls who are educated and literate, if they are willing to degrade themselves, are more precious than girls who have been stuck in this mire from the beginning.

But the girl's elder brother would not accept it.

The young man continued talking for a while, as if he suddenly woke up, and wiped away his tears with his sleeve.He made a bow to Yu Sha again, which is the courtesy of a scholar.

"This embarrassment made my brother laugh at me." The young man said, "Thank you for helping me, my father is sick in bed at home, I have been here for a long time, and I have to go back to serve."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yupinlou again, bit his lower lip tightly, with a little hatred in his eyes.

Without saying any more, he turned and left.

Yu Sha looked at the spot for a while, but didn't move any more, and went back to the inn along his original path.

It was getting dark, and the lights in both stores and residences were turned on.Yu Sha walked back to his own street and found that only his own house was black.After thinking about it for a while, I knew that there were guests in Xuner Ji, so I didn't come to the front to light the lamps.

Yu Sha stepped over the threshold and went in, carrying his things straight to the backyard. As expected, only Xun Er's own hut was lit.

He didn't leave any more, just stood in the yard and started shouting.

"It's getting so dark, why don't you turn on the lights?! It's really useless to keep you!"

Xun Er was working in the house, and when he heard the sound, he became angry, so he sat in the house and scolded Yu Sha.

"Why am I useless?! Don't you remember that there are guests today, and my brother is also divided into right and wrong, so how can you abuse people with empty words?!"

Yu Sha was unmoved, and continued to shout: "I don't care, the meal is about to be served, you come to the hall to eat!"

As soon as these words came out, Xun Er suddenly fell silent, and the arrogance just now disappeared.After a long time, he spoke in the room: "Then... what if he sees it and gets scared?"

"Be scared if you're scared." Yu Sha said, his heart burning with anger: "It's a big deal not to entertain."

After all, he doesn't care if the door is open on the second day of the lunar new year.He turned around and went back to the hall, and went to the kitchen in the side room.

Xun Er hesitated in the room for a moment, then listened to Yu Sha and opened the door, went to the hall, took out a candle from the counter and lit it.

Candles are precious at this time, so I didn't dare to light more on the second day of the lunar new year, so I lit one on the table.Sitting on the table and continuing to do embroidery by candlelight.

In the kitchen, Yu Sha looked at the rice noodles and cold steamed buns left, and was in a daze for a moment while holding the package containing the night clothes.Xun Er is really right, he really forgot to buy vegetables.

Yu Sha thought and thought again, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and steam the steamed buns.

The left and right can be regarded as staple food, so if you want to talk about it on the second day of the lunar new year, just talk about it.

The steamed buns are slowly steamed, and the aroma of pasta wafts out.This inn deserves to be broken, it doesn't matter if it's not soundproof, and it doesn't block the smell.Guan Lan woke up when Yu Sha came in and made noises. He had slept all day and only took a bite of steamed buns before going to bed.Right now, I was very hungry and was thinking about getting some food when I smelled this fragrance.

He rolled over and got out of bed, and walked out while still wearing his underwear.The hallway was dark, only the hall downstairs was lit.He went down the stairs and happened to bump into Xun Er who was sitting in the hall doing work.

Xun Er watched this person come down, even though he took a look from a distance today, he was still amazed at this moment.

There is an old saying that beauty is seen under the light.Now with this candlelight, Guan Lan's brows and eyes are set off more gentle, three parts of the rigidity of the male bones are gone, and they become more soft and beautiful.

But if you look at it from Guan Lan's eyes, you should be frightened.

It was a face covered with scars like spider webs.

The candlelight illuminated Xun Er's face clearly, and the scars all over his face appeared more three-dimensional under the dark contrast.The scars were extremely dense, overlapping one after another, making the whole face terribly dense, and the orientation of the facial features could not even be recognized at first glance.

Guan Lan's psychological quality is good, and he was not frightened when he suddenly saw such a face, but he just wondered why the girl came to deliver water during the day and hid.It's just that I don't know why the kung fu is willing to come out again at this moment.

The two of them looked at each other here, and Yu Sha's steamed buns were finished steaming.Holding it out of the kitchen door, I saw this weird scene in the hall.

Guan Lan and Xun Er, sitting and standing, turned to look at him when they heard the movement.Under this dim candlelight, one beautiful hazy, one ugly clear, it is too impactful.

Yu Sha froze for a moment, thinking that although he was probably responsible for this situation, it seemed that he was the only one present who was frightened.

In fact, Guan Lan was also surprised to see that Guan Lan didn't make a fuss about her appearance on Xun Er.It's just that this surprise gave way to admiration for Guan Lan's beauty, so it didn't show.

So the only person in the field who was not frightened spoke up. He was really hungry, and seeing Yu Sha not moving his feet, he was a little anxious.

"Is that... is it dinner?" Guan Lan asked in deliberation, afraid that he might have disturbed someone else's dinner, and seemed too abrupt, "...I'm a little hungry, I don't know..."

He was hesitant to speak here, but his stomach was much more honest and straightforward, and before he finished speaking, he heard a stomach growling sound from Guan Lan's side.

The voice was too homely, and it immediately pulled Yu Sha back from some psychedelic situation.He looked at Xun Er, then at Guan Lan, walked closer, put the steamed buns on the table, looked at Guan Lan again and said, "...If you don't mind, let's eat together?"

Guan Lan just waited for his words, and immediately nodded with a feigned reserve, and said, "Then it's disrespectful."