Riding a motorcycle on the road of revenge

Niu Zhen drove the car and saw from afar a queue at the gate of Xinghua County. When he got closer, he saw clearly that there was a team of soldiers at the gate. They were allowed to enter the city only after inspection. While waiting in line, he called out "Auntie" twice through the car door.

Xiaoyue was asleep inside and didn't hear anything. Niu Zhen stopped at the city gate. Even if he didn't wake her up, she would have to wake up when he went in to check.

Xiaoyue heard the word "Auntie" several times, but she was still half asleep and didn't realize that someone was calling her.

She stretched and her arm touched the wall of the carriage, which was a little painful. Then she remembered that it was the sound of the cow shaking, and those few calls of "Auntie" should be calling her.

"Niu Zhen, what's the matter?"

"Aunt, we're at the gate of Xinghua County. We're queuing up to enter the city."

"Oh."

As the two were talking, the inspection at the city gate came to their side.

Niu Zhen took out his household registration, and the soldiers at the door looked at it and asked who was in the car. Niu Zhen didn't know how to answer this question. The key point was that he knew nothing.

When the officers and soldiers saw Niu Zhen was in a daze, they thought something was wrong and wanted to get on the car to check.

Niu Zhen subconsciously stretched out his arm to stop him. Seeing this, the officer became even more suspicious and made a move to draw his sword. Niu Zhen was afraid that there was nothing wrong, but he had stopped him, so he explained with a smile on his face: "Sir, there is a lady sitting inside, who may have fallen asleep on the way. Please wait for me to wake her up for you."

Xiaoyue heard the noise outside and she also had to check the household registration, and all her sleepiness disappeared in an instant.

How could she have a household registration?

Obviously, Niu Zhen had the intention, but he couldn't stop the officers and soldiers outside. It was too late for him to enter the space now.

"Niu Zhen, let the people outside in."

"Hey, auntie."

"Sir, please."

Niu Zhen opened the door of the car. The soldier hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that there was indeed only a middle-aged woman of about 40 years old in the car, he got on the car.

When Xiaoyue saw Niu Zhen casually closing the car door, she felt even more favorable towards him.

The light in the carriage suddenly dimmed. The officers and soldiers looked back and saw that the door was only half-closed, so they didn't take it seriously.

"Bring out your household registration for inspection."

Xiaoyue glanced at the person who came, straightened her sitting position, and said slowly and softly, "I hate it most when people ask me for my household registration."

"you!"

When the officer heard this, he was about to draw his sword.

Xiaoyue smiled faintly and said in a low voice: "I am a slave and have no household registration."

"..."

"I never bring my household registration when I come out to do work for the master. Either you arrest me, and then the master will get me out. Or you let me go, and use this to treat the brothers to tea."

Xiaoyue spread out her left hand and revealed a five-liang silver ingot in her palm.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I wanted to go to the Lantern Festival to join in the fun, but the owner insisted that I go out to do something. If I follow you, I can also rest for a day or two. That's great."

As Xiaoyue said this, she was about to take back the silver.

In a flash, the soldiers quickly took the silver.

"Which one is it from?"

"It's just a small mansion, but it's protected by a nobleman."

Xiaoyue said this while pointing her finger toward the sky.

"Since this is the Earl's Mansion, how come you don't even have a car?"

"Some things don't need too many people to know. Do you want to know?"

Xiaoyue lowered her voice again and looked at the officer with a mysterious look, which made the officer feel cold.

The soldier clenched the silver in his hand, swallowed his saliva, forced out an awkward smile, and said in a loud voice: "Auntie has collected the household registration."

Xiaoyue's ears hurt a little from this sentence.

Fortunately, she could go into the city, so she didn't mind.

As soon as he entered the city, Niu Zhen asked Xiaoyue how to get there.

Xiaoyue had been to Xinghua County before, so she knew that there were two main commercial streets in the city, East Street and West Street.

At first, East Street was mainly for men’s business, such as restaurants, teahouses and bookstores, while West Street was mainly for women’s business, such as clothing, accessories and sundries.

Of course, women would also go to the teahouses and bookstores on East Street, and men would also go to West Street to buy clothes and sundries.

Later on, the divisions became less clear. A few clothing and accessories stores opened on East Street, and restaurants, teahouses, and bookstores opened on West Street.

Yunlai Inn is at the southern end of East Street.

Xiaoyue planned to visit West Street first and then go to Yunlai Inn.

Niu Zhen thought that he had nothing to do at the moment, as long as he didn't delay going to Yunlai Inn to check in, he could return to Qingniu Town in the afternoon. So when Xiaoyue asked him, he readily agreed to follow, and said that his aunt could go back to the car to rest at any time if she was tired of shopping.

Xiaoyue once again felt that Niu Zhen was a really good person.

Although Xinghua County is not as beautiful as the capital, it is also decorated. Shops on both sides of the street are hung with various colored lights, creating a strong festive atmosphere, waiting to light up the night sky after dark and push the atmosphere to a climax.

It was time for lunch, and the air was filled with all kinds of tempting aromas.

There was only one grand restaurant on West Street. When she was about to reach the door, she smelled the aroma of sweet and sour pork ribs. Xiaoyue looked at her clothes and thought about Niu Zhen who was following her. She decided to just walk by and not miss it.

She bought two bags of mooncakes, a few bags of peanuts and melon seeds, and a roast chicken on West Street, and then went into a small noodle restaurant that looked clean and tidy.

Niu Zhen pulled the cart tactfully, following Xiaoyue not too far away. When he saw Xiaoyue enter the noodle shop, he pulled the reins and stopped the cart on the side of the road to wait.

There weren't many people in the noodle shop, with less than one-third of the seats occupied.

Xiaoyue ordered two bowls of braised pork noodles, two side dishes, and a poached egg for each bowl. She took out the roast chicken she had just bought and asked the store owner to chop it up, leaving a chicken leg and wing for herself, and wrapped the rest in lotus leaves, along with a portion of food she had bought from the store, and asked the store clerk to deliver it to Niu Zhen.