Chapter 164 Liu Qi I'm Dirty
So, on a dark and windy night, Liu Ji, who had almost recovered after taking several doses of medicine, secretly woke up Liu Qi, left Wang Wu who was still sleeping, and ran away.
Liu Qi felt a heavy psychological burden and wanted to return several times, but was suppressed and called back by Liu Ji, who used his status as an elder.
Liu Ji quickly found a car to rent, and the two of them rode in a ox cart for two days. When they were sure that Wang Wu could not catch up, they had time to educate the young man.
"If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. I'll tell you the truth. I do have some money on me, but it's not enough for three people. Even for the two of us, it's barely enough."
"If you still want to go home for the New Year, don't think about these things all the time. If you have the time, think seriously about how we can make money."
Previously, it was because we were outside the border and it was safer to travel with a group, but now that we have all entered the border, we should all go our separate ways and not delay each other.
Liu Qi still felt bad, and whispered: "Uncle Wang doesn't have a penny on him, and it's so cold now, how can he go back?"
"How do you know he doesn't have a penny?" Liu Ji asked back.
Liu Qi was startled, "Does he have it?"
Liu Ji sneered and gave him a look that said, "You are still too young." "These days, everyone leaves something behind when they go out. Look at his shoes, they are tied so tightly, there must be something inside."
"Then why does he still say he has no money?" Liu Qi asked in confusion.
Liu Ji looked as if he had seen through everything and said, "You don't want to give it to us."
Seeing that Liu Qi was about to ask more questions, Liu Ji became impatient and said, "The oxcart can only take us so far. Let's rest outside the posthouse tonight. Tomorrow, we should think about how to make money to buy food and go home."
Liu Qi glanced at his uncle's arms and said, "Uncle, don't you still have some?"
Liu Ji slapped him with a slap. "It's all spent in a flash. How are we going to get through this? Do you really want to beg for food all the way back?"
Liu Qi covered his forehead and dared not say anything more.
In fact, after this incident, his impression of his uncle had changed a lot, and he even admired him a little.
Everyone in the village said that Uncle San was a bastard, but what he saw this time was a good elder who was observant, dared to fight the enemy, could identify directions in the vast grassland, and led him out of the grassland.
However, leaving Wang Wu behind and running away seemed quite shameless.
As soon as the young man thought this, Liu Ji rolled his eyes at him, reminding him that they were both assholes now.
Liu Qi: Woohoo, I'm getting dirty!
Liu Ji's so-called rest outside the posthouse for a night was actually a pretense of fortune-telling. He walked into the lobby of the posthouse to trick passing merchants, got some wine and meat, and even coaxed the owner of the posthouse to allow him to sleep on the floor in the lobby today.
Liu Ji knew clearly that it was so cold in the north, and if they really slept outside at night, he and Liu Qi would definitely be freezing the next day.
Liu Qi stood behind Liu Ji the whole time, acting as the little Taoist boy he mentioned.
The 1.80-meter-tall boy was startled. Wait, is he small?
Liu Qi witnessed how Liu Ji was talking nonsense and was actually fortune-telling.
I have to say that Third Aunt has good upbringing. Even when his uncle was in such a mess, he still remembered to tidy up his clothes.
It was also because the two of them looked like decent people that his uncle claimed to be a wandering Taoist priest in a certain Taoist temple, and some people really believed him.
What made Liu Qi even more jaw-dropping was that his uncle could actually tell fortunes.
Liu Ji calmly fooled the old merchant in front of him, lifted Liu Qi's chin with his backhand to make him shut his mouth, touched his wildly growing stubble, squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, then let out a "hiss".
The old man immediately became nervous, "Do you think it's inappropriate, Taoist priest?"
What he asked was whether his business trip to Xuanyue Pass in the north would be successful.
Liu Ji shook his head and smiled, "I just read a fortune, and the fortune shows that you will encounter evil stars blocking your way on your journey north this time, but as long as you avoid them, you can turn danger into safety and have a smooth journey."
The old man's heart skipped a beat at first, then he felt relieved. He asked the servant to pour Liu Ji another cup of hot tea and asked the Taoist for advice.
Liu Ji had a calm face, pointed at the tea, drew a route on the table, and instructed:
"Don't take the small road when you take the main road, and stop at night when you walk during the day."
What he said was relatively simple and Liu Qi could understand it, but it just sounded like nonsense.
But the cautious reaction of the old merchant made the young man feel confused. Is this really a good idea worth getting excited about?
At night, when the two of them were sleeping on a broken mat, Liu Qi couldn't help but whispered to the person next to him: "Uncle San, when did you learn fortune-telling?"
Liu Ji closed his eyes and seemed to be asleep, but he was not actually asleep. He paused for a long time. Just when Liu Qi was about to fall asleep, he suddenly said, "This is a secret of heaven, and it cannot be revealed."
Liu Qi let out a cry, hugged his uncle to keep warm, rested his head on Liu Ji's back, and fell into a deep sleep.
Liu Ji sighed lightly. There is no such thing as divine secrets in this world. It's just human nature.
He just gives people whatever they ask for, just to make himself feel at ease.
He reached his cold hand into his arms and pulled out a greasy big chicken drumstick, which he ate with restraint, bite by bite, bubbling with delight.
This merchant was really stingy. He helped to tell fortunes, but he only gave him a chicken leg. The boss of such a big merchant company was so stingy!
Liu Qi shrugged his nose and sat up in a daze, "Uncle San, do you smell the smell of a chicken leg?"
"Ah? What? You are dreaming again, there is no chicken leg." The person who was eating the chicken leg in his arms warned and coaxed: "Go to sleep quickly, we have to travel tomorrow morning."
Liu Qi sniffed again suspiciously. Was it an illusion? Why was there still the aroma of chicken legs?
However, he felt sleepy and couldn't hold his eyelids open, so he fell asleep.
Liu Ji waited for three full minutes, making sure that the person behind him was asleep. Then he stealthily took out the unfinished chicken leg, finished it in a few bites, threw the bone away, wiped the oil off his hands with his clothes, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The fortune-telling trick worked. Throughout the rest of the journey, Liu Ji would brag about his abilities to every target customer he met. Because he looked like an immortal, no one doubted whether his identity as a Taoist priest was real or fake.
At most, I felt that he was too good at talking nonsense and showed a bit of annoyance.
But most people would still treat him to a meal or give him half a pot of wine as a token of their gratitude.
In this way, the two of them ate quite well along the way, and had a meat and vegetable snack every now and then.
When people fill their stomachs, they feel more energetic and look more like Taoist priests, who speak of poverty but keep silent about the secrets of heaven, and are full of Taoist spirit.
Hearing the respectful calls of the Taoist priest, Liu Ji himself felt a little dazed and almost forgot that he was just a small gangster in Liujia Village.
In addition, Liu Ji had more than two copper coins in his pocket for hitchhiking, so the journey that would have taken more than half a month was completed in eleven days.
After jumping off the carriage, they looked up and saw the familiar city wall of Kaiyang County. The uncle and nephew burst into tears of joy and cried, "Wow, we're finally back!"