The poor little one on the road of escape, she is so fierce

Chapter 12 Cloud City
"Little bitch, quickly let Jiabao go. Jiabao, don't cry. Grandma is here."

"You still dare to curse?" Wang Qingyou added more strength, and Zhao Jiabao struggled even harder.

"I'll give it to you." Old Mrs. Zhao couldn't bear the crying of her eldest grandson and responded quickly.

Wang Qingyou had been here for so many days and happened to know someone who could read, so she asked him to help write a letter of divorce and a letter of severance of engagement.

"Without us, let's see how you will live in the future." Old Mrs. Zhao stared at them viciously, as if she wished she could bite off a piece of their flesh.

Old man Zhao also said, "Do you really think that others will be willing to take you in?" He looked at Zhang San and Li Wu meaningfully.

Li Wu immediately said, "When they are with us, they only know how to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

What Wang Guihua held in her hands was her future freedom. She finally left that cage, all thanks to Wang Qingyou's brainwashing over the past few days. Why should she make herself suffer when she was living a good life? In the past, she had to depend on the Zhao family, but now her daughter was so powerful that she could live a better life with her.

"Bitch." Zhao Erniu cursed in a low voice. His voice happened to be heard by Zhang San, who immediately shut up after just one look.

"Coward." Li Wu cursed.

The things were already in hand, Wang Qingyou returned Zhao Jiabao to them, and did not forget to remind them, "From now on, we have to go our separate ways. It's best not to wander around in front of me in the future, otherwise you know how strong I am."

After saying that, Wang Qingyou broke a sturdy wooden stick into two pieces.

It was not until Wang Qingyou walked away that Old Man Zhao said, "Look at what you did. Why did you abandon Daya when she was doing well? Now she doesn't even recognize me."

Old Lady Zhao pinched his soft flesh, "Now you know to blame me, why didn't you tell me when you abandoned me? Would I dare to do it if you didn't let me? Why am I doing this? It's for the good of these families."

Wang Qingyou felt that something was very wrong. A few days ago, someone had just had a few words with him, and the officers and soldiers immediately came over to warn them not to make trouble. However, today, he had been arguing with them for so long and no officers and soldiers came. In addition, the food was reduced in the morning, so he was afraid that something was going to go wrong here.

Zhang San suddenly said mysteriously, "Let's go into the city."

Li Wu sighed, "Third brother, it's not as easy as you say. It will cost 50 taels of silver for the five of us to enter the city. Where can we find it?"

"I have."

Li Wu's eyes widened, "Third brother, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

"I saved some money before." Zhang San looked proud, as if saying, so what, envy me?

He knew that their household registration was not there, so he had never exposed it.

"Third brother, you are indeed wise and powerful, a god from heaven. Thanks to you, otherwise we would have to sleep on the streets again."

Zhang San waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Li Wu hurriedly went to hold his hand, "Third brother, watch the road and don't fall."

Zhang San held his head high and led everyone to the city gate.

"Go away, don't come here." Before they got close, they were driven away.

Li Wu stepped forward and apologized, "Sir, we want to go into the city. We have prepared everything we need. Please help us."

The officer shook his head and said, "Hurry up and leave. No one is allowed to enter or leave here. Even if you have enough silver, you can't enter."

"Didn't someone pay to get in yesterday?" Li Wu asked.

"This is what the higher-ups just ordered today. There are quite a few people in this city who are clamoring to get out. You guys should stop causing trouble here. If something goes wrong, don't blame me for not warning you."

Wang Qingyou became more certain of his thoughts that things would soon change here.

"It seems we can't stay here any longer." In just a few days, the number of disaster victims here has increased several times.

"Why don't we go to Yuncheng next door? I heard that it's spring all year round there and the climate is very good." Zhang San said.

"Then let's leave as soon as possible. It might be easier to get into Yuncheng if we leave early."

"Okay." Wang Qingyou didn't care where she stayed, as long as everyone was safe.

After packing up their things they set off immediately.

After leaving the circle of disaster victims, Wang Qingyou saw that many people were on their way again. It turned out that they were not the only ones who discovered the abnormality.

People on the road didn't talk much, they just walked forward with their heads down.

This road was much better than the previous ones. Rivers could be seen from time to time. In addition, there was plenty of food. Wang Guihua also often dug up some wild vegetables. Apart from the need to hurry on the road, it felt no different from an outing.

"I opened this road and planted this tree. If you want to live from now on, I will leave money to buy the road."

The masked men in front said this while holding machetes.

Such clichéd words made Wang Qingyou laugh.

Miss Qingyou laughed, and Li Wu said that he was still afraid of them, and he also laughed.

The masked man was confused. These people must be mentally ill. They could still laugh even after being robbed.

"What are you laughing at?" This was the first time they encountered such a situation since they started robbing, and the brothers all lost their confidence.

Li Wu raised his thumb and pointed at Wang Qingyou, "Do you know who she is?"

The masked man shook his head.

"It's right that you don't know, but you should remember this person from now on, because robbing her is the most wrong decision you've ever made."

The masked man saw the man who had just spoken shrink back behind the little girl.

After spending these few days together, Zhang San and Li Wu also learned that Wang Qingyou was very strong.

They did a very smooth job of pushing a little girl out to take the damage, without any difficulty at all.

Even the masked man couldn't help but spit on them, "How dare you, a grown man, hide behind a little girl?"

Li Wu said you will know it soon.

Wang Qingyou stretched his muscles and asked, "Are you sure you want to rob us?"

How could they feel pressure from the eyes of a little girl? This must be an illusion.

The man in black stood still and repeated, "I built this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass this way, you have to pay money for your passage."

After the warm-up, the men in black were no match for Wang Qingyou.

The man in black even had the mask on his face fall off, and he cried and shouted that he was wrong.

Oh my god, they met a girl with super strength. A little girl beat up a group of people without any chance of fighting back.

Will anyone believe this if I tell them?

If you hadn't experienced it yourself, who would have thought that a little girl would beat up several grown men. It was really embarrassing.

"Lady, please spare us, lady, please spare us. We can't make ends meet anymore, so we have these evil thoughts."

Li Wu came out from the back and asked, "You are plotting against your aunt, right?"

Zhang San looked at them as if he saw his former self. Never mind, let’s not talk about the past. Anyway, he has someone powerful now.

"Give it to me?" Wang Qingyou stretched out his hand.

"What?" The man in black was a little confused and didn't know what to take.

"Payment for passage? Since you haven't beaten us, shouldn't you hand it over? Do you understand the rules of the underworld?" Wang Qingyou looked at them with disgust.

“We do this because we have no money.”

Wang Qingyou raised his fist and they immediately became obedient and quickly took out all the money they had.

The total amount of money these people have is less than two taels of silver.

Wang Qingyou asked Li Wu and Zhang San to search again, and they only found a few copper coins.

"Lady, we really don't have a penny left."

Wang Qingyou put the money away and said slowly, "In fact, we met a lot of strange people along the way. Do you think you dare to go without relying on a few people? It's just that you are too careless and think that we are easy to bully because we are few in number. You dare not rob those with many people, and you can't beat those with few people. Why do you still do this business?"

The men in black now understood what the saying "don't judge a book by its cover" meant, and also knew why Li Wu was able to hide behind the girl so smoothly. They just wanted to take this opportunity to make some money, but they didn't expect to end up in such a mess.

"Girl, we really know we were wrong, and we won't dare to do it again. We will go back to farming honestly and never have any other crooked thoughts again."

Wang Qingyou saw that they didn't seem to be lying, so she let them go.

"Miss Qingyou is so wise and brave, like a god from heaven. She defeated them in just a few moves and made them flee in panic." Li Wu racked his brains to think of a few idioms to praise Wang Qingyou.

Zhang San patted the back of his head and said, "Come on, you just keep your mouth open and chatter all day. Are you afraid that others don't know you can talk?"

Li Wu just chuckled when he was told that.

After walking for a few more days, we finally arrived at the gate of Yuncheng. There were not many disaster victims here, and most of the people coming and going were locals.

"Stop, what are you doing?" asked a soldier.

"Sir, we came here to escape the disaster and want to go into the city to find a place to stay." Zhang San stepped forward and handed over three copper coins.

The official took the money and said, "You can enter the city, but each of you must pay three taels of silver, and show me your household registration."

I didn't expect the payment here is so low.

If it were three taels of silver in the past, it would certainly be a huge sum of money, but now with ten taels of silver in front, three taels of silver seem insignificant.

Wang Guihua submitted her household registration, and Zhang San and Li Wu also submitted theirs.

"Aren't you a family?"

The soldiers saw them walking together and thought they were a family.

"I met someone on the road and wanted to be his companion." Zhang San explained.

The soldier didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he still asked curiously, "Are you from Shuncheng?"

Zhang San nodded, "What's wrong, sir?"

"I heard that the disaster victims in Shuncheng rioted, and the government sent troops to suppress it. There were heavy casualties. When our prefect found out, he thought there must be disaster victims coming. He asked us to settle the victims first, and he would ask the emperor for a way to settle them."

The soldier pointed to the people who were setting up the shed and said, "That's where the people who can't afford to enter the city are accommodated. Those who enter the city can find a place to live, but they must report to the county government every day. If you don't go one day, you will be expelled and will never be able to enter again until you figure out how to accommodate you. Then you can be free."

Although there are many rules and regulations, this ensures the safety of both the victims and the residents in the city. Wang Qingyou has no objection to these.

After Zhang San paid the money, the soldiers took them into the city and went to the government office to register their basic information. They then asked them to report there before morning every day and let them go.

After all, they had been fleeing in the mountains for so long that their bodies inevitably smelled from the wind and sun, and their clothes were all tattered. When they were walking on the road, passers-by who met them would step back five feet to give them a foot, for fear of being contaminated by the smell.

The five people found an inn, but were kicked out by the waiter as soon as they entered the door.

"Where did you come from, you stinky beggar? Get out of here now."

If this one doesn’t work, then just look for the next one. They don’t believe that they can’t stay in a hotel even if they have money.

The next one he found didn't chase him away like the last one did. The waiter just asked, "Sir, do you have any money? It's twenty cents a day to stay here."

"This is too expensive. It used to cost only five cents a day to stay in a hotel." Li Wu complained.

The waiter ignored them.

"Open four rooms for me." Zhang San said.

Even though we knew that this store was taking the opportunity to raise prices, there was nothing we could do. Other stores were not accepting customers, so we could only stay here for one night and think of a solution tomorrow.

"My third brother is still generous!"

Wang Qingyou asked the waiter to bring a few buckets of hot water to the room. She definitely didn't want to wear the tattered clothes she was wearing, so she had to go buy some suitable clothes.

Wang Qingyou and Zhang San went together, while Li Wu and Wang Guihua stayed in the store with their children.

"What would you like to order, gentlemen? Do you want to buy cloth or ready-made clothes?" The cloth shop owner welcomed them warmly.

"Take me to see the pure cotton ready-made clothes." Wang Qingyou said.

The boss immediately pointed out a few sets of clothes for them and said, "This light yellow is our best-selling color. Many girls like it. And this emerald green has also attracted many people."

Wang Qingyou picked out two white clothes, and also picked out a dark red and a dark green one for Wang Guihua. There were no children's clothes here, so she just tore off a few feet of cloth.

Zhang San also picked out four pieces of clothing.

The boss was grinning so hard that his mouth was about to break. He knew that the victims who were able to enter the city must have some savings, so they would become his big customers.

Even city dwellers rarely buy eight sets of clothes at a time.

"Two hundred and ten coins in all."

"So expensive?" Zhang San was a little surprised. It seemed that prices went up everywhere after the disaster victims came in, or were they just more expensive for the disaster victims?
The boss seemed to see his doubts and quickly explained, "Our store has always had this price. The fabrics you picked are all very good materials. They are very comfortable to wear, not easy to be damaged, and will not fade."

Wang Qingyou took out the money. She still had some money on her, but she didn't expect Zhang San to insist on paying himself.

The boss also gave Wang Qingyou a few hairbands and asked her to come here again next time she buys things.

(End of this chapter)