1104 A Bowl Of Noodles (2/2)

The small town was located between the border of Song and Yan Kingdom; it was barren and deserted now. The Northeast Battlefront Army that was newly created by the Tang had attacked the hinterland of Yan Kingdom. It was said that the Chengjing City had been besieged for 10 days, and the escape team had crossed the small town, flocking to the place that was further south, only leaving behind the mess and ruins.

The only butcher shop in the town was closed, but the only painting and calligraphy shop was still open. The owner of the shop was waiting for someone, even though that person probably would never come back and he might never have a chance to do what he was ready to do. However, he would keep waiting until he could finally confirm it. Unexpectedly, the bibulous person whom he was waiting for had yet to come back, but a surprising guest came instead.

Sangsang walked the big black horse to the front of the shop, over the doorstep and looked at him. She curtsied slightly to him in a friendly manner to the best of her knowledge, looking a bit clumsy, or awkward.

Chao Xiaoshu felt very awkward, he looked at her and sighed, ”There's no need for that, sister-in-law.”

He was an unruly genius, and he was very confident. Back in those days when he was travelling around Jianghu world, he knew he would definitely broaden his horizon with many sceneries, and he would get to know a lot of great people, for instance the late emperor. But never had he thought that one day, he would become the brother-in-law of Haotian.

Zhang San and Li Si knew Sangsang's identity as well. Their faces turned pale instantly, panicking and feeling extremely uneasy. They were at a loss as they saw the two fair-skinned children on the horse saddle.

”These are your…” Sangsang thought for a while and said, ”Youngest Brother and Youngest Sister.”

There were three generations of the Back Hill Academy, the Eldest Sister of the third generation was Tang Xiaotang, followed by Zhang San and Li Si. Ning Que's son and daughter would naturally be the Youngest Brother and the Youngest Sister.

Zhang San and Li Si finally came out of trance hearing the name, thinking in their heart that there was nothing to be afraid of since they were family. They went forward to greet her and called her Youngest Aunt cheerfully.

It was not very far from the capital to the small town. The indigo lion and the big black horse were as fast as lighting. The twilight faded into darkness, the silence in the small town was deafening, only a light gleaming from the painting and calligraphy shop.

There was only one shop, but they still needed to eat.

Zhang San and Li Si were very bold, otherwise they would not have beheaded the Abbey Dean with a kitchen knife, nor would it be possible for them to keep calling her Youngest Aunt. Nevertheless, when Sangsang personally cooked some food and served them bowls of soup noodles, they were still a bit uneasy, or more so, terrified.

The dish made personally by Haotian. Who had eaten it before? Who was eligible to eat?

”Your master, uncle and aunty had eaten it before, and it's more than once,” Chao Xiaoshu smiled and said, his smile was filled with mixed emotions. He looked at the tender fried egg on the noodles, remained silent for a while and uttered, ”It rained heavily that year, you didn't cook for me when I wanted to eat a bowl of noodles.”

”I did it anyway after that.” Sangsang looked at him calmly and said, ”And I put onion today, I fried eggs too.”

Few would have known why Chao Xiaoshu came to the small town, but he could not hide from her.

Back then, Chao Xiaoshu walked into the Old Brush Pen Shop in the rain on a spring night, Ning Que followed him to kill people with a knife on his back. Sangsang made a bowl of fried egg noodles for both of them after they killed people.

This bowl of fried egg noodles was not that easy to eat.

In order to eat the noodles, you had to kill, or hand over your life to the other person.

Chao Xiaoshu glanced at her and smiled, he picked up the chopsticks and started eating the noodles with relish.

Zhang San and Li Si dipped the chopsticks in the noodle soup and fed the children who just woke up.

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In fact, the painting and calligraphy shop was not the only shop in the town that was open, the wine cellar was open too.

The owner of the wine cellar was a young and beautiful widow. She did not have any relatives, at least after all the discrimination and bullying, she did not have anyone who cared for her. Selling alcoholic drinks was not something to be much talked about in this world.

Sangsang was walking the horse, looking at her with no expression and said, ”He may feel miserable if I kill you, even though the feeling was transient, I decide to kill you anyway.”

The beautiful woman looked frightened, her face paled, not knowing what she was talking about. Nevertheless, somehow she could tell who was the person she was talking about, as she was with him for many years. All the people had fled, but she did not, as she was waiting for him to come back too. She believed that he would bring her out of here.

Sangsang was very weak now, but it was merely a matter of thought to kill such an ordinary woman.

The big black horse cocked its head and refused to move forward. The indigo lion hid in the dark like a small black mountain, approaching slowly, it might swallow up the wine-selling woman anytime.

Then, the Drunkard appeared.

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