The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 20: The Candy She Offered Him
At night, after the peddler fell asleep, Xiao Baojing stopped reading in his ear.

She asked Ji Zhengyan: "Are there any towns nearby?"

Ji Zhengyan drew a map for her: "We are here now. If we go two miles ahead, we will reach Yangcheng. Yangcheng is where land and water meet. People sing and dance all night long, and there is no curfew."

Xiao Baojing held the map.

Judging from the map, they were still a long way from Yejing, but the peddler would not make any money, so she had to make sure he would not starve to death on the way and take her to Yejing alive.

Besides, feeding the peddler can be considered as doing good deeds and accumulating merit, right?
Maybe you can cultivate and become a human being.

Xiao Baojing actively put away the map, picked up a red lantern from the basket, and left the banana courtyard.

Ji Zhengyan followed her closely, the small fish lantern crown emitting light in the night at the foot of the mountain.

He asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Xiao Baojing: "I'm going to Yangcheng to make money."

"Tsk! Since ancient times, reading is the best thing. Money is something outside of one's body, and it is of the lowest quality. I disdain it!"

"Who asked you?"

Xiao Baojing covered the red silk thread on her body tightly with her palace skirt before stepping into Yangcheng.

There is indeed no curfew in Yangcheng.

All kinds of shops are lined up high and low, with lanterns and candles lit all night long. Merchants coming and going from the north and south sit on the rooftops. Xiao Baojing stands on the street and looks up. He sees dancers dancing behind the railings of the brothels. The whole city is a den of debauchery and extravagance.

"I definitely can't do physical work with this body. If it falls apart, won't I be burned to death on the spot as a monster?" Xiao Baojing carried the Analects in his bag and walked past the shops along the street one by one. "I have to find an easier job."

She suddenly stopped.

A wine shop was holding a drinking competition. There were many people gathered in front of the door and the atmosphere was very lively.

Xiao Baojing glanced at the wooden sign hanging in front of the store:
——Anyone who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk will be rewarded with one or two ounces of silver.

One tael of silver!
"If I had brought Yaoyao here earlier, she would definitely be able to drink from a tree."

She squeezed into the crowd. The one currently leading the crowd was a fat man wearing a white robe and a black hat. He seemed to be unable to get drunk. He poured one cup after another. Others' faces turned red from drinking, but he looked fine.

The store owner finally chose him as the winner and rewarded him with one or two ounces of silver in public.

"He is truly gifted." Xiao Baojing exclaimed.

Ji Zhengyan's disdainful voice can be heard in The Analects: "Don't talk about extraordinary talents, this person is the incarnation of a spirit!"

Xiao Baojing: "Ah?"

She watched the victorious man walk triumphantly into the dark alley with the silver in his pocket, and she couldn't help but follow him, wanting to see what kind of monster he was and ask him how he became a human being.

As soon as I stepped into the alley, I heard a "bang" sound coming from the darkness.

Like something broke.

She quickly picked up the lantern and moved forward.

The man just now disappeared without a trace. His black robe and black hat were scattered on the ground, and an old wine jar was smashed!
Xiao Baojing was shocked: "Could it be that he was transformed from a large wine jar?"

No wonder he can drink so much!
The alley was dark and he couldn't see the way, so he bumped into the solid wall and broke into pieces.

Ji Zhengyan said slowly: "The Yijian Chronicles once recorded the story of a wine jar becoming a spirit, 'The guest was drunk, singing and dancing wildly... Suddenly he jumped up, ran away in shock... He accidentally hit a stone, making a loud noise, and could not be found. When he looked at it in the morning, he found that it was a wine jar that had been there for many years, and it was broken.'"

Xiao Baojing squatted down and touched the broken wine jar.

Even a big wine jar can cultivate itself into a human, so when can she become a human?

So anxious.

She picked up the one or two taels of silver left in the big wine jar, bought a coffin and buried the big wine jar, and found that there was still some money left.

She used the little money to buy rice.

Passing by a candy shop, she smelled the tempting sweet aroma of candies and bought another bag of candies.

On the way back up the mountain, she asked, "Ji Zhengyan, do you want some candy?"

"Tsk! Sugar is a thing that destroys people's minds. Only women and children like it!"

"Eat it or not."

Xiao Baojing stuffed a piece into his mouth.

Unfortunately, she still couldn't taste it.

The only way was to give the peddler and Yaoyao a discount. Xiao Baojing returned to the Banana Courtyard with a red lantern. It was dawn and the peddler and Yaoyao were still sleeping.

Xiao Baojing filled the rice jar in the kitchen to the brim. The white rice made people happy just by looking at it.

She divided the bag of candy into two parts, hid one part in Yaoyao's arms, and stuffed the other part into the peddler's sleeve.

Xiao Baojing curved his almond-shaped eyes in satisfaction.

There's candy up his sleeve.

When he went from street to street doing business, he was no longer afraid of being hungry.

"So hungry."

The morning wind blew away the dewdrops.

Shang Bingjiu sat up and touched his stomach.

The closer you get to Yejing, the rarer the ferocious beasts in the mountains and hills become.

When he went into the mountains yesterday, he didn't find anything delicious.

He suddenly sniffed and smelled a hint of candy sweetness in the morning breeze.

He reached into his sleeve and pulled out a handful of candy.

He had eaten something like this in a very distant memory.

At that time, there were many dirty children who took out these things from their arms like treasures, placed them on the altar respectfully and reverently, and prayed that the gods they worshipped would protect their country.

But the god lost his word.

He sat alone in the Taoist temple where the statues collapsed, dilapidated and stained with blood, peeling off the candies one by one and swallowing them all into his mouth.

At that time, this stuff tasted very bitter.

Not tasty at all.

He didn't eat it again for many years.

Shang Bingjiu looked at Xiao Baojing who was kneeling beside the dressing table.

The girl's shoulders were covered in dust and dew, but she couldn't hide the anticipation in her almond-shaped eyes at all.

Is this the candy she offered?
She seemed to want him to eat them.

The sharp teeth pressed against the thin lips.

He knelt down opposite Xiao Baojing and asked, "What do you want from me?"

Xiao Baojing: He was talking to a puppet early in the morning and asked her what she wanted from him.

No, he is a down-and-out scholar with no money and no power. What can she get from him?
Get sick!
Shang Bingjiu stretched out his palm and returned the candy to Xiao Baojing: "I don't like candy."

Xiao Baojing: Huh? He picked a poor scholar who couldn't even afford a meal?
She wants to eat but can't taste it!

Shang Bingjiu clearly caught the speechlessness and disgust in Xiao Baojing's eyes.

He sniffed and suddenly stared at her in surprise.

Xiao Baojing: ...

What are you staring at her for?

The last time he stared at her like this was to give her a bath.

What do you want to do this time!

The young man suddenly came up to her, put one hand on the dressing box behind her, and pressed her between the dressing box and his chest.

The dark green Taoist robe, which smelled of grass and dew, was layered over the girl's rouge-red palace skirt, like a wild vine arrogantly entwining a delicate flower.

He lowered his head.

The flower window is half open, and the light is golden.

Xiao Baojing saw that he was born with a pretty figure, red lips and white teeth, a very beautiful curve of the nose bridge, and the hibiscus hair on his temples set off his delicate and fair skin.

And his face was so close to hers, so close that Xiao Baojing could feel the boy's breath spraying on her face, so close that she could clearly count his eyelashes.

So close that she could kiss him on the lips if she just tilted her head slightly.

(End of this chapter)