Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

It's late at night, the moon and stars are sparse.

Qin Luosheng sneaked into the woodshed. Baihu had eaten the last few meals here. Although they could go out to urinate and defecate in the middle of the night, the smell of the animal was difficult to conceal. They had to find a way to leave quickly.

Qin Luoqi never imagined that one day she would become a zoo manager. Every time Xia Liang went to relieve herself, she had to dig the latrine herself and was also responsible for filling it. After cleaning up, she was covered in the smell of tigers. Even the managers didn't have to work as hard as her.

Feeling tired, Luo Yu couldn't bear to blame Xia Liang when she saw him rubbing his head against her body obediently.

Around noon on the second day, Luo Sheng and Aunt Cai carried a large jar of pickled radish, smoked braised tofu and braised tea eggs to set up a stall on Dongshi Street.

There is a street in Dongshi Street that is specifically for setting up stalls. Originally, the stalls in good locations all had fixed owners. Luo Yu only found a very remote location, but it was very beneficial for her to observe the surrounding environment.

Most of the people who get up early to buy groceries are elderly people. There is an endless stream of people buying groceries just to eat some fresh ingredients. The bustle of the scene opened Luo Yu's eyes. It turns out that ancient cities also had such prosperous scenes.

The location she and Aunt Cai chose was quite remote, but people still came here following the scent. There were too many rich people in the capital, so there was no worry about not having enough money, but only about supply not meeting demand.

It was not yet noon and the goods were almost sold out. Luo Yu took the few remaining tea eggs, smoked and braised tofu, and a small can of pickled radish to give to the uncle who owned the seasoning shop where he bought the seasoning last time.

The shopkeeper recognized Luo Yu at a glance, and took the food she handed over with a smile without being polite.

"Girl, you have great skills. I could smell it from far away. I didn't expect it was really you."

"Boss, I'll come here to buy seasonings in the future. If this business lasts long enough, we can be business partners!"

"Miss, are you bringing your grandmother to run a snack business?" The shopkeeper glanced at the quiet old woman carrying a basket behind Luo Yu.

Luo Yu pulled Aunt Cai in front of him and said, "This is my relative who has taken refuge in the capital. She is my great aunt. From now on, she will help me with this business. Please take good care of her, shopkeeper."

"You are a nice girl, just call me Uncle Tian. By the way, since this is your first time setting up a stall on East Market Street, I'm sure you haven't figured it out yet. It would be best to register with the city magistrate on the west side. You only need to pay five cents a month."

"Okay, thank you for reminding me."

Afterwards, Aunt Cai went to register, and Luo Yu strolled around the East Market. She spent all the two taels of silver she sold in half a day in one go.

Not wanting to go back to cook, Luo Yu dragged Aunt Cai to a wonton shop to eat wontons. The soup was watery and bland, so Luo Yu said to Aunt Cai, "Why don't we go back and make wontons ourselves?"

She thought of Xia Liang's favorite wontons. These were small and easy to hide, so she could cook them a few times while Aunt Cai wasn't paying attention. At this rate, they would be discovered sooner or later, and Luo Yu couldn't help but frown.

Dongshi Street is two streets away from Heyang Gate, on the right side of Heyang Gate, and the journey takes about ten minutes. If Baihu runs at his speed, it will take less than three minutes. During this time, pedestrians on the road may not have time to react. It is not clear whether the guards guarding the city gate dare to stop him.

The timing is critical.

On the third day, Luo Yu and Aunt Cai got up early and set out at dawn, saying that they were looking for a good location to set up their stall.

When they reached the entrance of Dongshi Street, Luo Yu left on the pretext of looking for a toilet, and asked Aunt Cai to find a good one first.

She staggered to the vicinity of Heyang Gate. The six guards guarding the gate looked listless and sleepy. The gate had just opened and there were very few people coming in and out.

It is now 3:15 AM, and the city gates will be opened around 2:15 AM.

Luo Yu went back to continue setting up the stall with Aunt Cai. Aunt Cai had experience in setting up a stall, and she was the one who was busy the whole time. It was obvious that she was distressed by Luo Yu. In the past few days, Aunt Cai had already treated Luo Yu as her own daughter. She had a son in her later years, and when her son grew up, he went to the army. She rarely felt the warmth of her children. Luo Yu's arrival made her suddenly experience the love of family. She now wished she had four arms and legs so that Luo Yu would not touch anything.

If she doesn't want to touch it, then she doesn't have to touch it. Luo Yu had some free time. Who could understand that she had to get up in the middle of the night to serve Xia Liang dinner and help Xia Liang squat in the toilet, and she could not sleep for more than three hours a day.

Now she couldn't help dozing off even when squatting aside.

No, she had to go to the money shop again to exchange some silver to carry with her so that she would feel safer.

The time and place have been roughly confirmed. Now the question is, if Baihu enters Dongshi Street, where should he hide?

Dongshi Street is about three miles away from the entrance to Xinghua Village. This distance is neither long nor short. It is no problem to take Baihu out of the village in the middle of the night, but it is too difficult to hide on Dongshi Street after leaving the village.

At the hour of Mao, all the shops on Dongshi Street were closed, but there were two wooden platforms suitable for hiding. She calculated the time and ran to the time when the Heyang Gate opened. If everything went well, Baihu could escape from the city. The problem was how could she get out by herself?

How to leave the city without household registration and travel permit?

Late at night, the paper Luo Yu brought from the palace came in handy. She drew a simple planar route for Xia Liang to see and asked her: "Can you ensure that you will not be discovered if you escape at night?"

"It should be fine. I'm a super-agile, fat guy now. I've noticed that animals are much more alert than humans, and my body reacts very quickly."

That seems to be the case.

"Sister Luo Yu, are we leaving tomorrow morning?"

Xia Liang just wanted to leave. It was the animal instinct to yearn for freedom. She had had enough of the woodshed.

Luo Yu shook his head, his face full of melancholy, and said, "I still need to explore the way, so I'd better be cautious. Besides, you can escape, but I may not be able to."

No matter how much faster her human legs moved, there was no way she could escape the sword-wielding guards at the city gate.

It is impossible to take the opportunity to escape, and it is also difficult to pretend to get out. The entry and exit of the capital is stricter than other places. The more guilty you are, the easier it is to be discovered.

"Sister, how about you try to see if your head can fit into my bloody mouth?"

Luo Yu looked confused. She didn't want to play tricks on Xia Liang now. The game of escaping from the tiger's mouth was only suitable for the circus.

"Sister, I can run away with you in my mouth. That way no one can see your face clearly, right? Kill two birds with one stone."

Perhaps only Xia Liang could come up with such an unruly approach, but it also sounds reasonable.

Luo Yu's thoughtful expression finally relaxed a little. If there was no other way, then this was not a solution.

It sounds funny and very risky, not to mention that the white tiger's mouth has a very bad smell, so this should be considered a life-or-death decision.

If she can successfully escape from danger afterwards, she must clean these canine teeth thoroughly.

Concubine Ying had a small head and face, and was as light as a swallow, with a petite figure. It was easy for her to fit her head into the white tiger's bloody mouth. However, the white tiger's four large fangs opened and closed in its mouth, and if she didn't get it stuck properly, her life would be in danger.

"Sister, how about I clamp your neck? Your neck is thin."

"Okay, try it."

It seems that he can hold it in his mouth. As long as Xia Liang doesn't get too nervous and uses his fangs to penetrate her bone marrow, there shouldn't be any big problem.

The man and the tiger tried several times. Although it was uncomfortable to be held in the mouth, they could still breathe after walking a few steps. Luo Yu decided to stuff some cotton around the neck and tie it up.

Another day passed, and Luo Yu had explored the entire route and explained it in detail to Xia Liang, asking it to wait for her under the big stage on Dongshi Street.

She specially packed her luggage, but didn't know how to talk to Aunt Cai, so she decided to find an excuse and say that she had found out the whereabouts of her relatives and she wanted to go out of the city to find them.

If she left without saying anything, it would arouse suspicion. If she said something and disappeared on the same day as Baihu, people would definitely think that Baihu had carried her out of the city.

I just hope Aunt Cai won't reveal her whereabouts too quickly, and she can just go into the city and find an inn to spend the night? But if I run into Aunt Cai on East Market Street, I really can't explain it.

When she told the aunt who was boiling water that she was ready to leave, the aunt immediately burst into tears, her eyes filled with tears, and she held her wrists tightly with both hands, unable to hide her excitement.

After a thousand words, he finally said: "Miss Qin, come back to see me when you have time."

"Hey, I can."

Luo Yu couldn't bear to see Aunt Cai's grievance and reluctance. No matter how cruel she was, she couldn't bear to break Aunt Cai's sincerity. She turned her head away awkwardly and put the few taels of silver in her hand into Aunt Cai's hand.

"Take the money you've earned these days. I'll go with you to set up a stall tomorrow. From now on, the sour radish and braised dried tofu business will be handed over to you and Uncle Liu. You must take good care of it."

"Good girl, you have to take care of yourself too."

These past few days had been filled with a frightening and erratic feeling, and now that they were finally leaving, a certain sense of reluctance washed over them. The three of them had truly arrived in a real-life dynasty, preoccupied with escaping and retrieving their time-space chassis, forgetting that the people around them were real.

Luo Yu tossed and turned all night, and in a daze he heard noises coming from the woodshed. Xia Shi began to act according to the plan.

Luo Yu got up from the bed worriedly, opened the door gently and looked at the white tiger that jumped over the more than one-meter-high wall in one leap. Wow, she always thought Xia Liang was young and ignorant, but forgot how strong the white tiger's survival ability was.

Xia Liang ran wildly in the vast night shrouded in gauze. She was so happy that she could go out of the city, be free, and eat lots of meat.