Gamers Are Fierce

To the north of Echeng, there is a porridge and rice inn. The person who runs the inn is a woman.

No one knows her specific name. They only know that she calls herself Sanniangzi. She is a childless widow from a foreign country. She is probably in her thirties and her charm is still there.

It is indeed a rare thing for a widow to run an industry, but Nan County is a remote and remote area, so there is not so much emphasis on it, and Sanniangzi has a very good reputation in the world.

Whenever there are tourists who can't find where to go after dark, Sanniangzi is willing to rent rooms to them at low prices.

The inn has a large number of mules, donkeys, sheep and other livestock. If a traveler does not bring a mount, or the mount is injured and cannot be ridden, Sanniangzi will always sell the donkeys and horses at a low price.

In exchange for injured mounts, he helped passers-by.

As a result, word of mouth spread, and tourists from all over the world were always willing to stay at the inn, and the business of the Porridge and Rice Inn became more and more prosperous.

Zhao Jihe is one of the tourists visiting the inn.

He was originally a scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam. The horse he was riding on last night was injured on the foot while traveling and was unable to ride. He had to follow the guidance of the locals and come to the inn to stay.

There were many guests in the inn and there were no spare rooms. However, Sanniangzi lived up to her reputation for hospitality and tried every means to make a bed against the wall for Shusheng Zhao in a room with seven or eight other guests. together.

That night, the third lady invited the waiters to prepare the banquet, toasted to the guests, drank, ate meat, chatted, and the host and guest had a great time.

When Zhao Shusheng saw the third lady's heroic appearance, chatting and laughing with the passers-by, she was not shy at all like those purdah ladies, he couldn't help but fall in love with her, and became a little obsessed with her.

At night, all the other passengers were lying drunkenly on the bed. Only Shusheng Zhao, who could not drink, tossed and turned, and his mind was filled with the appearance of the three wives.

Just as he was indulging in longing, there seemed to be some movement of objects in the next room.

His heart moved. Next door was the third wife's bedroom. Thinking of her charming figure during the day, he couldn't help but forget the rule of don't look at anything inappropriate.

He sat up from the bed, tiptoed closer to the edge of the wall in front of the brick gap, and looked inward through the gap between the wall bricks.

Well... this is not peeping, he is protecting Sanniang to prevent bad guys from showing up and planning evil things.

However, the imagined scene of the third lady undressing and going to bed did not appear.

In the bedroom, Sanniangzi looked solemn and took out an antique wooden box from the bottom of the suitcase.

She put the wooden box on the table, exhaled a breath, seemed a little worried, walked to the door quietly, opened the door to make sure there was no one around,

Then the door was closed and locked from the inside.

Shusheng Zhao was a little confused. Why was Sanniang so cautious?

Is there a portrait of her husband in the box? Or the umbilical cord of your children? Or...not asking for help?

When he was confused, Scholar Zhao saw Sanniang opening the wooden box and taking out a wooden man who looked like a farmer, a wooden calf leading a plow, and a wooden model of cultivated land.

They are all very delicate and small, just like children's toys made by carpenters in wealthy households.

What's this?

Shusheng Zhao instantly imagined that whenever night fell, the widowed Sanniang would take out the wooden box, look at her children's favorite toys, and miss her relatives in her hometown.

Thinking of this, Scholar Zhao felt even more pity for Sanniang.

The next second, Sanniangzi picked up the teapot and took a sip of tea, then sprayed it towards the wooden man and wooden cow who were visiting the table with a solemn expression.

When the wooden man and wooden cow touched the tea, his whole body trembled, and like a delicate mechanism, it started to move on the wooden farmland on its own, like a real farmer, working diligently to cultivate the fields.

! !

Zhao Shusheng was shocked. He had only heard about the strange methods of strangers in legends, but had never witnessed such strange things with his own eyes.

...

Sanniangzi's eyes were shining and she was mumbling something. She took a bag of buckwheat seeds in her hand and placed it in front of the wooden figure.

The wooden man took the seeds and skillfully sowed them on the cultivated land. After a while, wheat seedlings jumped out of the wooden field and grew rapidly.

The wooden man gathered the wheat with a sickle, peeled the husks, grinded them into powder, and put them in the wooden barrel brought by the third lady.

After taking care of everything, he and the wooden ox fell into silence and stopped moving.

The third lady put away the wooden figures and oxen, used the newly brought flour to make dough in the room, and baked it into scones on the stove.

At this time, the sky was already dark, the roosters were crowing, and the tourists who had been hungover all night got up one after another, covered their groggy heads, and went down to the ground.

Shusheng Zhao quickly pretended to have just gotten up, and got dressed together with the others.

The scene he saw last night was so shocking that Shusheng Zhao did not dare to tell anyone about it. He just wanted to escape from this weird inn as soon as possible.

However, just as he was about to rush out of the inn door with the package, a store clerk stopped him and said to him with a smile: Mr. Zhao, don't leave in a hurry.

My landlady has already made scones and given them to guests in the store for free. After breakfast is finished,

We will give you a new horse to help you go to Beijing to take the exam and gain fame.

Shusheng Zhao desperately wanted to refuse, but two store clerks surrounded him with smiles on their faces, and their feet surrounded the direction in which he was escaping. Their waists were bulging with bags, as if they were holding weapons.

Shusheng Zhao had no choice but to put on a smile and nod in agreement. Like other passengers, he stayed in the lobby and waited for the third lady to bring breakfast.

After a while, the third lady, who looked a little haggard, came to the hall carrying rice porridge, cold dishes, scones and other breakfast items, one for each person.

The other tourists did not doubt that he was there. They ate with gusto and praised Sanniangzi for her superb skills and the delicious scones she made.

Shusheng Zhao meant to remind him, but a store clerk stood behind him and put a knife blade against his waist. Before he could speak, he was about to be stabbed through the waist and abdomen.

Master Zhao, why don't you eat?

The third lady rubbed the soft hair beside her ears and yawned charmingly, Master, don't you think it tastes good? This is a cake I baked all night long...

How could I eat after seeing the weird scene last night? !

Mr. Zhao cursed in his heart, but under the force of the knife on his back, he forced a smile and reluctantly took a small bite from the cake, chewing it with difficulty as if he were eating arsenic.

Okay, now that I've had enough wine and food, it's time for me to get on my way.

A satiated traveler patted his belly with satisfaction, picked up his luggage from the stool, and raised his hand to Sanniang who was leaning on the counter, Thank you Sanniang for your hospitality. Next time I come to Luzhou, I will stay at this inn. .”

The third lady smiled, waved her hand and said, Guest, please go slowly. Waiter, go get the donkey.

No, no, I can do it myself.

The traveler smiled and walked towards the door of the inn. He suddenly fell down halfway and said, Hey, my feet are uh uh uh...

Before he finished speaking, a light layer of black and gray hair grew on his arms, and the cry of pain in his mouth turned into a donkey's cry of Uh-huh.

His face suddenly elongated, his ears became pointed, and he stood on all fours.

In an instant, he turned into a donkey!

Other passengers screamed and stood up from their chairs in a panic, only to fall to the ground one after another.

Donkeys brayed everywhere in the store, making it extremely noisy, but the third lady and several waiters only had cold smiles on their faces.

I see!

Zhao Shusheng was filled with despair. The reason why Sanniang was able to accumulate a huge fortune in just a few years was because of the magic of turning people into donkeys, injuring passers-by, embezzling money, and making huge profits.

You can also sell donkey travelers to all over the world, clear up clues, and make a fortune along the way.

The donkeys, sheep, cattle and horses in the backyard of the inn... were probably pedestrians who had been harmed in the past.

Perhaps because Zhao Shusheng only took one bite, his transformation into a donkey was slower than that of others.

The third lady was not as good as she was, so she called the waiter and drove the half-man, half-donkey Zhao Shusheng into the backyard together with other donkeys and horses that were barking uh-huh.

Is it possible that I, Zhao Jihe, will die here today?

Before you achieve fame and fortune, before you marry a rich man, before you realize your ambitions, before you become famous, you will become a donkey...

Two lines of clear tears slid down the green donkey's long and narrow cheeks,

At the last moment when consciousness fell into a blur, the donkey seemed to hear a man's voice coming from the front yard.

Xiao Er, how to get to Long County?