Chapter 24 Qianmei's Adventure in Nantang
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Feng Tianyu was surprised after hearing the old Taoist priest's words.
"Isn't there a place to beg for food?"
"Think about it. You guys started your business by begging for food and established the Beggar g**g. Now you are in superior status. If other people control the Beggar g**g, you will never have a place to beg for food. Maybe many people hope you disappear." The old Taoist priest replied.
"Well, the old guy just made a good analysis. I'm going to focus on the business of the Beggar g**g from tomorrow. We won't get the little girl's whereabouts in a short time, so we're looking for her and will never ignore any detail." Feng Tianyu braced himself up.
The old Taoist priest patiently persuaded.
"It's right to look for her while we are managing the Beggar g**g. The business and other industries have been on the right track with the little girl's plan, so it's impossible to have trouble as long as we keep the current condition stable. Our g**g will develop well."
"In my opinions about the little girl's general orientation, she appeared in the east of Luoya City before she was lost, but it's more likely that she is in Nantang, and we may focus on this place."
What the old Taoist priest had said was within the bounds of reason. Feng Tianyu felt a little relieved, and he consoled himself.
"Okay, you've got a point there. I also believe that she will be blessed. She has gone through such a dangerous experience last time, so she must be fine."
"But you need to handle more because the little girl isn't here. It's not my strength. You could always get what she is thinking about, so we'd better keep on going as per her thoughts."
After the discussion, the two persons took out the chess invented by the little girl to calm themselves, and they started to play chess.
In an exquisite yurt of the Nantang Kingdom on the vast grassland, Mu Qianmei opened her eyes slowly, only finding that she was lying on a simple plank bed.
She was observing the yurt, which was small but elegant. The plank bed was simple but covered with a high-quality wool mat and wool comforter. They were warm and clean and had a slight fragrance.
It was a girl's room.
She had been to the vast grassland when performing in her previous life, so she knew some about the life habit of the grassland.
"How did I come here?"
Mu Qianmei was thinking seriously.
What did it happen?
She gradually thought of what had happened before she fainted. She saw Ziyue coming from the Qianchu House jump off from the handrail of the third floor.
She was held in a woman's arm while she was unconscious.
Then she lost her consciousness.
"Someone took me to the grassland."
Mu Qianmei thought.
"The grassland is located in the Nantang Kingdom. Who did it to me?"
Mu Qianmei was confused.
At that moment, some people were talking outside the yurt. But Mu Qianmei didn't understand what they were speaking.
She could only figure that one woman was arguing with some men by judging their voice and tone.
They each refused to give in to the other. It was a scene that everyone was intensely arguing.
Mu Qianmei didn't get up. She was still lying on the bed, thinking about her situation.
Then, they stopped talking. A middle-aged woman with luxury Nantang's costume walked in.
She wore a beautiful hairband with many strings of pearls, agates, jades, and corals, which were elegant, proper, and dazzling.
She wore a red robe with unique national patterns embroidered, whose cuff and collar had the cloud patterns, like the costume of the Mongol nationality in the previous life.
She wore a red waistband on her waist, which matched with her robe. The patterns on the waistband were similar to those of the upper edge of the clothes.
She wore a pair of cloth boots with a black bottom and blue patterns.
She walked slowly, with a noble and elegant temperament.
She looked very kind. Although she was not very young, her appearance was still attractive. She had the charm of forty years old, the temperament of thirty years old, and the appearance of twenty years old.
Mu Qianmei was calmly looking at her, with no tension, no timidity, and even no fear.
She was curious, and she even admired this lady.
"Miss, you've woke up. Have you felt hungry? How about having a meal?"
The lady from Nantang asked in a soft voice with her unstandardized pronunciation of Yugu's lingua franca.
That had a sense of foreign lands.
"Could you tell why you bring me here?"
Mu Qianmei looked at the lady's eyes and asked.
"I couldn't tell you at present. You will know in the proper time."
The lady from Nantang said honestly.
Mu Qianmei would never get any useful information, so she slowly got up and walked out of the small yurt with the lady.
There were many white yurts different in size nearby.
It was an endless grassland, with some small hills where sheep and horses were eating grass quietly.
Mu Qianmei felt liked that she returned to the inner Mongolia grassland in her previous life. She had ever practiced riding horses for performance.
"Miss, have you ever been to the grassland?"
The lady asked in a soft voice when she saw Mu Qianmei was absent-minded.
"I had a dream. On the vast grassland, ten thousand houses are running. I feel an upsurge of emotion and become excited every time I imagine this grand sight!" Mu Qianmei said in a yearning tone.
"Oh? Had a dream? It's so weird. You have never seen the grassland. How could you dream of it?" The lady asked in surprise.
"I have heard about it and have also seen it in the book, so I dream of it! But the real scene is more beautiful than the dream!" Mu Qianmei said emotionally.
"Miss, aren't you nervous? There is no one that you know. You even don't know how you get here and why we bring you here. Don't you fear that we're bad people?" The lady asked because she found Mu Qianmei could enjoy the scene under such a circumstance.
"Aunt, I think you're not a bad person. I don't care why you bring me here. You won't say, and I can't figure it out, so why should I think about it? I will enjoy the scene since I have come." Mu Qianmei said in an open-minded tone.
"Alright. The sentence 'I will enjoy the scene since I have come' is nice. Who could teach you to be so wise?" The lady asked curiously.
"You know about me, so you must know who raised me. There is no need to ask the question." Mu Qianmei replied.
"Okay. The youngster taught by the old beggar and old Taoist priest is more outstanding than others. But I think they might not figure out who took you away. I heard that the old beggar exerted all his effort to look for you. How important you are in his heart!"
"Unfortunately, the Beggar g**g, famous for well-informed sources, won't get any clue about your trace."
The lady smiled.
"They have the old Taoist priest's help. Do you think how long you can hide me? It's only a matter of time for them to find me." Mu Qianmei said calmly.
"You don't look like a thirteen-year-old girl. Well, we'd better go to the front yurt and have a meal. Someone wants to ask you some questions!" The lady said and walked to a large yurt on the right.
Mu Qianmei could only go out with her.
After they walked into the yurt, seven men from the grassland sat inside. Only one of them was more than seventy years old, and the others were about forty or fifty years old.
They saw the lady bring the girl here and looked at Mu Qianmei almost at the same time.
Mu Qianmei didn't know whether they were enemies or not, and she looked at them with a curious expression. She felt someone hated her, someone was calm, and someone appreciated her.
She was confused.
The elder about seventy years old saw Mu Qianmei didn't freeze up at all. He nodded and said with the Yugu's lingua franca.
"Ha-Ha! The youngster taught by the old beggar and old Taoist priest has such courage and insight. You must have seen great things. Give her a bowl of milk tea!"
"Thanks, grandpa!" Mu Qianmei made a bow with great respect.
She felt he was an affable grandpa, who was worthy of respect.
The elder appreciated her more.
He stroked his beard and laughed out loudly.
"That's great! Good girl, sit down!"
Then Mu Qianmei followed the lady and sat down near the dining table.
The lady took a bowl of milk tea and took it to Mu Qianmei, telling her to drink it slowly.
The meal started.
They didn't have chopsticks and just used their knives to cut the meat and drank the kumiss. They spoke to each other while drinking.
Only Mu Qianmei had a pair of chopsticks and two steamed buns.
Mu Qianmei didn't understand what they were talking about. She just ate the steamed buns, drank the milk tea, and picked up some mutton, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly.
Although she didn't understand their words, she knew they were talking about her.
"Maybe they had a conflict with the old guy. Three of them look at me with deep hatred." Mu Qianmei thought to herself.
"But I have never heard about the conflict between the old guy and the people from Nantang. Is it an old story?" Mu Qianmei was still thinking.
Mu Qianmei felt it was a hatred that was difficult to solve.
"They took me here to threaten the old guy. The old guy holds back, so their purpose will be realized."
Mu Qianmei thought.
She couldn't help worrying about them.
"Do you know who proposed the foundation of the Beggar g**g?" The elder asked her in a soft voice.
His tone sounded ordinary and casual.
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