"Ahem!"
Shi Qingxue secretly thought it was bad, and before Mo Junyang could speak, she coughed twice and interrupted her boss's words.
The boss looked at Shi Qingxue doubtfully, "What's wrong with the little girl?"
Shi Qingxue secretly gave her boss a begging look and begged in a low voice: "Boss, I know your kindness, but he is my husband after all. If you make him unhappy now, he will be unhappy with me later. Please stop talking, okay?"
When the boss heard this, he realized that this was indeed the case.
He stopped talking, just glared at Mo Junyang with disdain, and then continued to spread his sesame cakes.
He also said to Shi Qingxue in the same low voice: "Good girl, daddy will give you another sesame seed cake later. I'll give it to you secretly so that he doesn't see it. Let you eat it to your heart's content!"
Shi Qingxue smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, dad."
The two of them spoke in a volume that was similar to whispering, but Mo Junyang was so good at hearing that all their words fell into his ears without missing a word.
But for the first time, Prince Mo felt that it would be better not to hear these words!
From beginning to end, he didn't find a chance to interrupt, but he saw Shi Qingxue having a lively conversation with the owner of the shaobing shop.
Fortunately, Shi Qingxue went back to play and didn't forget about business.
While taking the freshly baked biscuits from the boss, he asked casually: "By the way, Dad, why did you just say that Beipo Town is already a dead town?"
The word 'dad' brought the two of them closer invisibly. The owner of the sesame cake shop almost regarded Shi Qingxue as half a daughter, so naturally he knew everything.
"Girl, you just came from somewhere else, so you don't know. A big plague broke out in Jiangzhou City in the south two months ago. Half of the people in the city died. At that time, even our town was affected."
Shi Qingxue's eyes widened in shock, and she looked around subconsciously, "So scary? But it doesn't look like..."
She said hesitantly, not even sure about herself.
Because although the current Beipo Town looks desolate and desolate, it does not have the characteristics of a raging plague: there are no officers and soldiers guarding the entrance to the town, and the people seen in the town are all showing their chests and faces without covering up, but it does not look like this at all. Worried about being infected by the plague.
If there really was a plague in this town, wouldn't these people who didn't take protection die all at once
The boss smiled and nodded at Shi Qingxue, praising: "The little girl's brain is so flexible. Yes, there is no plague in Xipo Town now."
"Eh?" Shi Qingxue was even more surprised, "It's just that the plague came suddenly, why did it go so fast?"
Do you really think that the plague is a typhoon that blows across the border and disappears
The boss's face became more solemn.
He sighed, "It's hard to say. There are nearly three-quarters of the people in the town. Some have escaped, some have died, some have disappeared. Who knows what they have done? In short, up to now, The plague will be gone.”
What does it mean that there is no plague now
Do the people in the town have other options besides dying of illness and running away
Is it really their choice
There is a huge amount of information in this almost whispered sentence!
Shi Qingxue still hasn't figured out how this plague was avoided
"Dad, how did those missing people disappear? Could it be that the government just..." Shi Qingxue was unwilling to give up and continued to ask.
But the owner of the sesame seed shop at the other end had already baked the last sesame seed cake, stuffed it into Shi Qingxue's hand, and interrupted her question: "The sesame seed cakes are baked, and it's getting late.
Good girl, hurry up and take the sesame seeds back to the inn! There is a curfew in Beipo Town. Don't walk around after dark. It will be bad if you get into trouble. "
After saying that, he pushed the person out of the shop without any reason, and then packed up his tools, as if he was about to close the stall.
Upon seeing this, Shi Qingxue knew that there was no way to get anything out of the owner of the sesame cake shop, so she could only walk back with Mo Junyang.
She looked at the large sesame cakes she and Mo Junyang were holding, and suddenly laughed.
Mo Junyang glanced at her, "What are you laughing at?"
Shi Qingxue gestured to the extra sesame seed cake in her hand and said with a smile: "We didn't lose this time! At least we got one more big sesame seed cake!"
Mo Junyang continued to look at her. These cold and dark eyes were always very powerful, as if they could see through people completely.
Shi Qingxue felt that she could never get used to being stared at by these eyes for a long time, and she would get scared once she looked at them for a long time.
He quickly showed a flattering smile and said, "I wasn't just having fun, I was just trying to get information from the boss!"
"What do you mean, the main concubine is also trying to get information?" Mo Junyang would not be easily fooled by Qingxue.
When this issue was mentioned, Shi Qingxue felt confident.
She hummed in a low voice: "It's not like you intervened in the middle to prevent me from tasting the sesame seeds. At that time, if I didn't round up my words and let the boss know that you disliked his sesame cakes, he would beat you out with a broom." Do you believe it?"
Mo Junyang: "Even if it's really round, what's going on with Aunt Gui?"
I don't know how Shi Qingxue's brain circuit was twisted, but she casually made up a favored Aunt Gui.
Mo Junyang almost choked to death when he heard it.
Shi Qingxue was even more proud, and said matter-of-factly: "Our goal is to win the favor of the boss. Isn't a poor principal wife who is being bullied just able to poke at the other party's sense of justice? I'm awesome!"
"...I see, you are more amused by my jokes." Mo Junyang's tone was cool and to the point.
When Shi Qingxue was told that she was right, she didn't dare to joke anymore. She quickly stood at attention and said seriously: "I think what this shaobing shop owner said is very strange. Regarding the plague, he didn't say much about the origin and end of the plague. , obviously he knows something but refuses to say it because of avoidance.”
It's not that she's boasting, considering her favorability in front of the boss.
It was just an ordinary matter, and the other party would definitely not hide it from her like this, and would even take the initiative to drive her away.
In other words, when the other party does this, there must be some secret that must not be revealed.
What exactly is it
Mo Junyang knew that Shi Qingxue was changing the subject, but when he saw that she was seriously studying the words of the sesame cake shop owner word for word, he really softened his heart.
Then he followed her words and said, "As you said, if we ask others about things that even the boss refuses to tell, I'm afraid we won't be able to get more useful information than this. But one thing is for sure. The is…”
Shi Qingxue raised her eyes to look at Mo Junyang, expecting what he would say.
"I'm afraid this plague is not just a natural disaster." "What?" Shi Qingxue asked in a daze.
She seemed to have caught something, but she was not sure, so that she became even more confused in the mystery.
But Mo Junyang shook his head at this moment again, "Let's go back!"
"But you just said..." Shi Qingxue wanted to ask eagerly.
Mo Junyang put his big head against her lips, then shook his head again, and repeated softly but seriously: "Let's go back."
Shi Qingxue suddenly read some kind of message from the other party's solemn eyes, her heart tightened, and she immediately became quiet.
She suddenly thought that no matter how much they pretended to look like passers-by, they still seemed too ostentatious for this dead town.
Shi Qingxue wisely did not look around, but took Mo Junyang's arm and put her little head close to his shoulder, as if snuggling into the other person's arms.
He raised his head slightly, with a sweet smile on his face, and shouted affectionately: "Master, let's go back!"
When Shi Qingxue called out, even though Mo Junyang had "profound skills", he couldn't answer the question.
The usually expressionless face was a little distorted, and he looked at Shi Qingxue with a speechless expression.
Qingxue was having a good time, as if unaware, holding Mo Junyang's arm and continued walking forward.
When the two returned to the inn, they found that there were not many people in the originally bustling inn lobby.
The waiters in the inn were all wiping the tables, clearing away the tables and chairs, and seemed to be preparing to close the door.
Shi Qingxue looked up at the sky outside the window. The sun had just set and it was still a long time before dark. Why was it closed
She asked one of the waiters, who said hastily: "Our store's rules are to close before dark, and no one will knock on the door after dark. Don't ask this customer, it's better to go back to the house and rest early." , get some rest and hit the road tomorrow morning."
After saying that, he ran to do his work.
When Shi Qingxue returned to the guest room, she still didn't give up. She took out another ingot to bribe the waiter who delivered the water, "Tell me, what happened in this town?"
The younger brother's eyes turned green when he looked at the golden ingot, and his little hand unconsciously reached out to take it.
Shi Qingxue moved her hand away and deliberately waved the Yuanbao in front of the other person's eyes, "I told you, this Yuanbao is yours. If you explain it clearly, that man will have a better reward."
The second brother swallowed loudly, his little eyes lingering on the gold ingot, as if he wanted it but didn't dare to ask for it.
Qingxue knew that he was moved, so she said seductively: "Don't worry, we are not talkative people. We are just living here, so we have to understand the situation, right? If we lose our lives because we don't know anything, That’s not worth it, don’t you think?”
The waiter was already tempted by Jin Yuanbao, but now that he heard what Shi Qingxue said, he was even more tempted.
He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'm telling you, you must not make it public, especially if it spreads outside, otherwise your life will really be in danger!"
"That's natural. We just want to know some taboos so that we can avoid violating them." Shi Qingxue readily agreed, and first put the gold ingot into the hand of the second brother.
The younger brother had never touched such a big gold ingot in his life. He squeezed it tightly with his five fingers, fearing that the gold ingot would grow wings and fly.
He resisted the urge to take a bite of the gold ingot to test its authenticity, lowered his voice and began to tell the story.