Chapter Twenty: Fragrance from the Broken Temple
Qin Wan immediately jumped into the water and swam in the direction of Chuni.
Just when she was about to reach Chuni's side, the tree stump where Chuni was sitting was suddenly overturned by the flood, and a wave came over, submerging Chuni in the flood.
Qin Wan searched everywhere under the water for a long time before he found Chuni's figure under the turbid torrent.
She hugged Chuni and swam to the shore. When she landed, she no longer knew where she was.
The flood swept them downstream.
"Ahem..."
Chuni spit out a mouthful of turbid water and woke up. When she saw Qin Wan, she was moved to tears and said, "Sister, thank you..."
If it weren't for Qin Wan, she would definitely be dead by now.
Qin Wan observed the surrounding situation. It was a relatively high slope, surrounded by vast floods.
The heavy rain was still falling, so I couldn't see clearly the surrounding environment, but I could feel that there was no one else nearby except the two of them.
"What's the name of your village?" Qin Wan asked.
"Call Liutang." Chunni replied quickly.
"Let's go upstream and we should be able to find people from your village."
Qin Wan took Chunni and continued walking up the slope. She had to return to the ruined temple as soon as possible, otherwise Huang Mazi and the others would not know what they would do to Xing'er and Xiao Lie.
Chuni felt very guilty. It was all because of herself that this sister was swept here by the flood.
The rain quickly soaked all their clothes, and their clothes were dripping with water.
Qin Wan had no choice but to take Chunni to find a temporary shelter from the rain.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from far away.
"People over there, come over here!"
Under the hazy curtain of rain, Qin Wan saw a black figure in the forest in the distance.
She didn't hesitate and immediately rushed there with Chuni.
When they got there, Qin Wan was stunned when she saw the person calling them.
It's the fat book boy from before.
"Huh?" The fat book boy also recognized Qin Wan at a glance, but he did not reveal Qin Wan's princess identity, but said: "This girl, what a coincidence, come inside to take shelter from the rain!"
Only then did Qin Wan discover that there was a vague two-story bamboo building in the forest in the distance.
She hesitated for a moment, then walked over with Chuni.
Some water accumulated on the first floor of the bamboo building, and the fat book boy took them to the second floor.
"My master said that there was a sudden heavy rain and someone might be in trouble, so he asked me to go over there and have a look, and sure enough I saw you! You are so lucky." The fat book boy smiled and opened the door.
Qin Wan and Chun Ni walked in. There were almost no furnishings in the house, and it didn't look like someone lived there regularly.
The scholar in white clothes was sorting the books in the box. His books were also wet from the rain, so he took them out and spread them out to dry.
Seeing Qin Wan and Chun Ni come in, he was stunned for a moment, as if he was wondering why Qin Wan had changed people around him, but he did not say anything, but smiled gently: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect us to meet again.
,Girl, thank you for saving my life last time."
"This is your home?" Qin Wan asked.
"No, this is the place where I lived before when I traveled here. It was the home of a friend of mine, but he passed away eight years ago. I came here to miss my old friend, so I revisited the old place, and I didn't expect to encounter this
It's pouring rain." said the scholar.
Qin Wan saw him staying here and asked, "Do you know the location of Xia Liu Tang?"
"Xialiutang is not far from here. It only takes less than half an hour to go northwest. However, it is raining heavily now. Girl, you should wait until the rain stops before leaving." The scholar advised.
Qin Wan thought for a moment, then turned to look at Chun Ni beside him.
Thinking of the man's behavior when they last met, she felt a little worried about leaving Chuni here alone.
"No, because I'm worried about my family, we'd better go back as soon as possible. Thank you, sir." After saying that, she said to Chuni: "Chunni, let's go."
Seeing Qin Wan's insistence, the scholar quickly took out a raincoat from the package and handed it to Qin Wan, "If you insist on walking in the rain, please accept this raincoat, otherwise I really can't rest assured."
"Thank you." Qin Wan put the raincoat on Chuni, wrapped her tightly, and took her down the bamboo building and headed northwest.
Seeing Qin Wan walking swiftly in the rain, the book boy next to him opened his mouth wide.
"This... Princess Wan has become so powerful now?"
The scholar looked at the direction Qin Wan was leaving with a hint of compassion in his eyes, "People change. She has suffered enough since she was a child."
"Yes, people will change. Who would have thought that after Qin Tianfu became emperor, he would become such a beast! Master, so many years of hard work have been wasted!" the book boy said angrily.
But the scholar showed no sign of indignation. He just sighed and turned around to continue sorting out his books.
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Half an hour later.
Qin Wan and Chun Ni rushed back to the temple. Seeing Qin Wan who was like a drowned rat, Myolie felt extremely distressed.
Mrs. Xu also quickly said to Cuiniang: "Go and make a pot of ginger soup."
The villagers in Xialiutang looked at Qin Wan with great admiration. They did not expect that Qin Wan, a female prostitute, would risk her own life and jump into the flood to save others.
They didn't come back for a long time, and many people thought Qin Wan and Chun Ni were dead.
After this trip, Qin Wan was shivering from the cold. She changed into clean clothes in the dilapidated Zen room on the side, then squatted by the fire and drank a bowl of warm ginger soup, and she felt better.
"Myolie, bring a bowl of ginger soup to Chuni." Qin Wan said.
Before Xing'er could pass by, Chuni came to Qin Wan, knelt down and kowtowed to Qin Wan.
"Chunni thanks sister! Chunni has to repay her life-saving grace even if she does everything for her!" Chunni said gratefully.
Qin Wan waved to Chuni, "Come over and warm yourself by the fire."
Chuni quickly sat down next to Qin Wan. Xing'er handed her the bowl of ginger soup in her hand, sat down beside her, and said with a smile: "Drink some ginger soup to warm yourself up."
"Thank you, sister Xing'er." Chunni said obediently.
Things here have come to an end. Seeing that the rain has not stopped, everyone is getting anxious.
"Oh my god, when will this rain continue?"
"It's time to harvest the crops, and now they've all drowned. How will we survive in the second half of the year!"
"Don't worry, the court will definitely distribute relief food."
"But I heard that we are going to have to raise taxes this year. Will the court give us relief grains?"
"..."
The people who went down to Liutang fell into an eerie silence.
Qin Wan came back, and everyone in the Xiao family also started cooking dinner.
Qin Wan asked Mrs. Xu and others to cut a large piece of pork, and took three whole cabbages, potatoes, and vermicelli noodles, and made three large pots of pork vermicelli soup.
Once you add the seasoning, the entire ruined temple is filled with the aroma of meat.
Not only those in the exile team began to drool, but even the villagers in Xia Liutang were greedy.
Almost all of them, ordinary poor people, have not eaten meat for several months.
While eating, Qin Wan also served a bowl to Chuni beside her. Chuni held up this bowl of thick pork noodle soup, which actually contained six or seven pieces of meat.
Chapter completed!