The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 231 The "Hero" Who Doesn't Leave a Penny (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
When Pei Wende rejected Dr. Lu's suggestion of "staying in the ward" and walked towards the gate of the city, it was almost dark, and the pedestrians on the road began to gradually decrease.

To be honest, walking at night in this era is very dangerous, especially when walking alone at night like Pei Wende.

Not to mention the ferocious wild beasts that may be encountered along the way, just those criminals who have evil intentions and cannot enter the city like to rob pedestrians who go out at night.

Fortunately, Pei Wende has been recuperating in Ningxiang for nearly a month, and already has a fixed residence.

"If I go fast enough, I should still be able to have a supper."

Having been with Pei Wende for a long time, Xiaoqing naturally knew what "Supper" refers to, so she rolled her eyes helplessly.

Having just received two hundred Wen from Doctor Lu, Pei Wende will definitely find a place to have a good meal.

In this era when ordinary people only eat two meals, at most three meals, Pei Wende, who has to eat three meals a day and occasionally gets up at night for extra meals, is simply an outlier.

"It's almost there."

Didn't notice Xiaoqing's contempt, Pei Wende glanced at the sun that was gradually setting, and soon felt the gate of the west city.

"Huh? It's not time to close the city gate yet, right?"

However, at this time, Pei Wende noticed the abnormality here.

Even though it was evening, theoretically there should be fewer people at the gate of the city, and there should be more people coming in than going out.

But here it was just the opposite. A large group of businessmen and travelers who hadn't had time to get out of the city gathered at the gate of the city, making a lot of noise, obviously trapped in the city and unable to get out.

"Did something happen?"

Looking at those residents who came in from outside the city one after another, but also looked confused, Wen Wende suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Could it be that something happened again?
Pei Wende thought that he had been very honest during this period of time, and he didn't even go back to Qing Temple in order to heal his injuries, he just didn't want to get into any big troubles before he recovered from his injuries.

But judging from the current situation, Pei Wende felt that his days of leisurely recuperating from his injuries might be gone forever.

After all, Pei Wende still has great confidence in his intuition, and that extraordinary perception is not so much intuition, but rather an early warning of an imminent crisis from the dragon veins in this area.

"In the end what happened?"

With doubts in his heart, Pei Wende walked to the bulletin board of the city gate in three steps at a time.

Then wherever Pei Wende looked, the first thing he saw was the people besieging there, and the bright new notice on the bulletin board.

And a clerk with the appearance of a yamen servant stood at the innermost side of the bulletin board, and was reading the contents of the bulletin to the surrounding crowd.

Due to the distance, Pei Wende failed to squeeze into the crowd, so he couldn't see the original content of the notice.

However, relying on his own super hearing, Pei Wende still pieced together a general ins and outs from the readings of the small official and the discussions of the surrounding crowd.

Anyway, the general content of the notice is that some signs of beasts have been found outside the city. In order to ensure everyone's safety, it is not advisable to leave the city for the time being.

In the daytime tomorrow, the yamen servants will organize relevant hunting teams to go outside the city to hunt and kill the beast.

However, the above are just the official statements of the officials.

Judging from the discussions of the surrounding people, it seems that things are not as simple as the government said.

Traces of unknown creatures were indeed found outside the city, but some people said that they were not large beasts, but more terrifying demons, and it was very likely that they had entered the city long ago.

Even the people in the yamen government knew this, so they closed the city gate in advance, in order to prevent the monster from running out.

In addition, there are rumors of murderous robbers looting outside the city.

Although not many, it is slowly spreading among the crowd.

"Beasts? Demons? Killing robbers?"

Pei Wende didn't know whether these claims were true or not, and he didn't know if someone was deliberately spreading rumors.

Judging from what he can observe, most of the onlookers seem to just regard these statements as chatter after dinner, and no one takes them to heart.

In fact, apart from the caravans and travelers who were in a hurry to get out of the city, the people blocking the gate of the city were more likely to gather here with a mood of watching the excitement.

As for the truth of the matter?
These ordinary people don't care, as long as the situation does not endanger themselves, they will not worry too much.

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A moment later, among the neighbors near the West City Gate.

"Auntie, I'm back!"

It took a lot of effort to squeeze out from the crowd again, Pei Wende went straight to a hut in the next neighborhood, and gently knocked on the door.

"Wende, is Wende back?"

Didn't make Pei Wende wait long, an old woman with vicissitudes of life opened the door gently, and then spoke with complaint and concern.

"You went to the mountain to collect herbs again? Didn't you say that your injury is still not healed? You should rest in peace during this period of time!"

"And it's just picking a medicine. Why did you come back so late? Did you run around again?"

"I told you not to meddle in your own business. They entrust you with such messy things just because they think you are kind. You have to learn to say no!"

Pei Wende, who asked several questions in a row, was speechless, and could only honestly raise his hands in surrender.

"Ma'am, my injury is almost healed..."

"And I stayed at Miracle Doctor Lu's place all day today, and I didn't run around."

After being taken down the mountain overnight by Xiaoqing, it was the old lady who had been getting up early to set up a stall who found Pei Wende, who was seriously injured, and took him back to her home to take care of him.

Thanks to the old lady's careful care during this time, Pei Wende was able to recover so quickly.

Therefore, Pei Wende has always kept the old woman's kindness in mind, and gave most of the money he got every time he went to the mountain to collect herbs.

As for what the old lady said about Pei Wende's "nosy", in his opinion, it was not like meddling in anything at all.

People who live in small places will more or less help their neighbors.

On the contrary, the old woman who has been teaching Pei Wende to "restrain" is more or less out of tune with the surrounding neighbors.

Of course, this may also be related to her experience in the first half of her life.

After all, when her husband died young and her son died young, it was an "adventure" for a lonely old woman to take in the unidentified Pei Wende.

In a sense, the old woman seemed to regard Pei Wende as a substitute for her son who died young.

"Auntie, this is the money I bought from the mountain to sell herbs, you take it first."

Thinking of this, Pei Wende hastily handed over his two hundred copper coins to the old lady in order to prevent the old lady from continuing her nagging.

"you……"

Seeing this situation, the old woman sighed hesitantly.

"Wen De, I know you are not an ordinary person, but you still have to save some money for yourself to marry a wife!"

Even after getting along with Pei Wende for such a long time, the old woman is still a little unaccustomed to Pei Wende's "chivalrous" style of not keeping a penny.

But what she knew better was that if she didn't take the money, the two hundred wen money would definitely not last until the next day.

Either it was taken out by Pei Wende for a "snack" at night and eaten, or he gave it away to the neighbors. Don't even think about saving a penny until tomorrow.

In this regard, Pei Wende did not deny that he wanted to use this method to let the old lady accept his "gift".

But on the other hand, it is true that Pei Wende's recognition of copper coins is far lower than that of the ancients.

After all, no matter what, Pei Wende is a traveler from the 21st century, and his knowledge and enjoyment are far beyond what the natives of this era can match.

Living in the 21st century, what tricks has he not seen?What haven't you played?

In this era, apart from eating and drinking, Pei Wende had no idea that there were places worth spending his money on.

Anyway, in terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, except for food, which can be a little more particular, Wen Wende doesn't have any expectations at all in other aspects.

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

　PS: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!
　　Although there is no change, this chapter has been increased!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)