My Weird Life

   Chapter 275 Xiongxiu Town (12)

  Li Yueshan chatted with the village elder a few times,

   inquired about some strange anecdotes nearby, and learned that this place is relatively peaceful, and after nothing strange happened,

   He said to the village old man: "The old man has just opened a temple for Qingshi Nianzi village more than 20 miles away,

   There is already the protection of the gods.

   Your Siniu Village has a small population, so you might as well discuss it with Qingshi Nianzi Village. If the two villages come together, they will be sheltered by the temple gods. When the number of people gathers, there will be someone to take care of them. "

   "This... Can the people of Qingshi Nianzi Village agree?" The village elder was quite moved when he heard the words.

   "What would they not want?

   In this situation, the more people you can gather, the more you can save your life in troubled times. "Li Yueshan said.

  In this way, the two old men had another conversation,

  The old man of the village said goodbye to Li Yueshan with his heart in mind.

   When the two of them were talking,

   Pearl and Qingmiao each took brooms, feather dusters, etc., and cleaned the cobwebs and the dust on the kang in the broken house.

  Su Wu emptied the ashes that had accumulated in the fire under the kang,

   found that the half-collapsed soil stove under the kang was still usable,

  Then and the dog left went outside to chop some firewood and came back to heat the kang.

At this time, the dumb girl Xiuxiu was leaning in the dark corner, her head was falling, and she was already asleep—she was still a seven or eight-year-old child after all, and she was always more sleepy than young people, especially With so many things done today.

  The earth kang was built quite wide, and the Yinximai stove team slept horizontally on it, which was somewhat crowded.

   But in this weather, it's warm even if you squeeze.

  The two women took care of hanging a rag on the kang,

  The two of them first carried Xiuxiu onto the warm earthen kang, covered her with a quilt, and let her rest first.

  Li Yueshan checked all the luggage brought into the house,

   dragged the wooden box containing the weapons.

   "All come, all come. Let Xiuxiu sleep first."

   He greeted his disciples.

   The few disciples who had finally cleaned up the shabby house in a decent manner gathered around after hearing the words.

  Master opened the wooden box,

   showed the bright weapons in the wooden box.

  The dog left among the disciples saw those swords, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

   young man,

   There is always some hope in dancing with knives and guns.

   in a wooden box,

   Surrounded by some straws, the five triangular-conical gun tips shone brightly,

There are several swords under   ,

   and a pair of crescent blades, convenient shovel heads, can be attached to both ends of tough wooden sticks.

  Master picked up a gun and weighed it.

   Looking at the peculiar shape of the gun head, he tutted his tongue: "This gun is so ruthless, it's just a hole in the hole - when did the blacksmith Zhu become so good?

   Can even make such a sharp-forged blade? "

   He talks to himself,

  Su Wu and Li Zhuer looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, and didn't talk to each other.

   This matter made Master think that it was good for the blacksmith Zhu to improve his skills.

   If you told him that these weapons were forged by Su Wu,

   That's even harder to explain.

   Put down the tip of the gun,

  Li Yueshan fiddled with three goose quilled swords from under the straw,

  The handle and scabbard look very ordinary,

   But pull out the scabbard,

   Seeing the intricate and dense patterns on the blade, Li Yueshan screamed in surprise, and couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Su Wu and Li Zhu'er: "Is this really a weapon that went to Zhujiazhuang's blacksmith Zhu?"

   "Yes." Su Wu nodded in response.

   "Not like, not like...

   Did the blacksmith hire someone else? ' the master asked again.

   "It was the blacksmith Zhu who beat it himself.

  I didn't see anyone he invited, we all watched it with our own eyes. Li Zhu'er pretended to be nervous and asked, "Is this weapon good at fighting?" Any questions? Master. "

   "Good fight.

   The problem is that I also know the skill of Blacksmith Zhu, he shouldn't be able to hit such a good weapon. "

  Li Yueshan frowned and muttered a few words,

   There is no result in this entanglement,

   He shook his head and turned to say, "Don't care!

  Perhaps the blacksmith Zhu really got the guidance of an expert and made a lot of progress?

   Now it is impossible to go back and ask him.

  There are three geese swords here,

  —This knife is long and narrow and light, and it is perfect for those with less strength.

   Therefore, these three geese ling knives,

   Was it made for Pearl, Qingmiao, and Gouyu? "

  The fat old man took out the three goose quill knives from the wooden box and asked Su Wu.

"Yes."

  Su Wu said: "Zhu Tiejiang said that it is more suitable for people with less strength to use such weapons."

   "Yes, yes." Li Yueshan nodded and said to Zhu'er and the other three, "Then the three of you come here and choose a knife for each of you."

   The three of them responded.

   Pearl chose the one previously recast by Su Wu,

   The swords chosen by the remaining two,

   There is no difference in shape, and it doesn’t matter which one to choose.

   "This sword is much heavier than the Yanling sword,

   big apprentice,

   Are you preparing yourself to make this knife? "Li Yueshan picked up the goose-winged knife in the wooden box and asked aloud.

   In fact, these ordinary weapons at present,

   means little to Su Wu.

   Even those magic knives and swords in the secret storage area may not have the slightest effect on Su Wu's attack methods.

   But now in the eyes of Master,

   He is still a young man with only a few sliver of fire,

   It is also necessary to take a weapon to cover up.

   So he nodded and said, "I quite like this knife, it can slash enemies."

   "Then this knife will be given to you."

  Li Yueshan handed Su Wu the goose quilled sword with a dark red scabbard,

   distributed gun heads to the disciples,

  Instructed each of them to take the tough wooden poles sent by the blacksmith, and put the spear heads on them, and several long spears appeared in the hands of everyone.

   He left a small dagger to Xiuxiu who was still sleeping,

  I picked up the crescent blade and convenient shovel, and installed it with the thickest wooden pole.

   danced twice,

   tsk tsk in his mouth: "This crescent moon is convenient to shovel, it seems that it is prepared for the old man?

   is easy to use. "

   Put the crescent moon convenient shovel in the corner of the wall,

  Master looked at a few disciples who were playing with weapons and said with a smile: "Since we have weapons, it seems that in the future, I will have to hire a teacher to teach you some fighting skills.

   Now you can figure out how to use it by yourself.

   Maybe you can figure out something? "

  …

   The Yinximai stove team stayed in Siniu Village for more than three hours.

  The disciples took turns to hold the night,

   also spent a peaceful night.

  When the sky is bright,

The two platoons of the stove team had red lanterns hung on the fronts, packed all kinds of luggage, and their wheels rolled over the ruts on the path, slowly leaving the village and heading for Xiongxiu Town, which is more than 20 miles away.

   Everyone rested well last night,

   When we got up early in the morning, the class teacher said that he would invite them to go to Xiongxiu Town to drink mutton soup.

   They were encouraged, and they drove much faster.

   It only took more than an hour,

   arrived at Xiongxiu Town.

   Xiongxiu Town Market is really a big fair within a radius of 100 miles.

   As soon as they arrived in the town, the kitchen team and his party saw restaurants and wine shops everywhere on both sides of the street, and the wine flags were swaying in the wind.

   Several butchers wore leather aprons,

   A row of iron racks in front of him hung pieces of fresh steaming pork.

  In the wooden barrel next to the iron frame, several pig viscera were immersed in **** water, giving off a stench.

on the street,

  Crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder.

  Small vendors hold straw targets for selling candied haws, and the bright red candied haws are inserted on the straw targets. Under the dim light, people just look at them and feel their tongues are full of saliva, and they can't help swallowing a few saliva.

   "Candied haws, candied haws~"

   "Fried fish, fried big fish~"

   “Wonton buns…”

  The street is full of vendors' shouts with various accents.

   These voices even drowned out the noise of the crowd.

  Li Yueshan stopped the hawker selling candied haws,

   took out dozens of dollars, bought five strings of candied haws, and distributed them to the disciples: "Let's try it today, it's not affordable to eat it every day."

   The fat old man laughed, lit the cigarette pot, and from time to time a puff of smoke spewed out of his mouth,

   His eyes scanned the shops on both sides of the street,

   suddenly pointed to a shop on the right and said, "Let's go! Let's eat sheep soup there!

  Pay attention to what we have, don't let anyone steal it! "

   The disciples who bowed their heads and chewed the candied haws responded,

  Pearl carried Xiuxiu to the platoon car - in this kind of market, the thieves not only steal money, but a little girl like Xiuxiu's age, they also start to steal!

   With a handful of strength,

  The stove team forced their way out of the crowd,

   went to the sheep soup restaurant.

   On the crowded streets,

Except for the soldiers who ride on horses with knives, the merchants who pull Yexiang, and the corpse hunters who drive corpses through the market, no matter who comes, it is even more difficult for the crowd to take the initiative to avoid them and make a way out. Disaster!

   "How much is a bowl of mutton soup?"

   After arranging the seats and putting away the luggage, Li Yueshan summoned the shop assistant, who looked like the shopkeeper's son, and asked him out loud.

   "Eighteen bucks for mutton soup and 25 bucks for mutton soup," the man replied.

   "What about biscuits?"

   "One coin for three cents."

   "Give us a bowl of mutton soup each,

   And ten more sesame seeds.

   In addition...put a pound of rice wine in this pot for me. The cheapest rice wine, how much is a tael? "

   "Two money and one tael."

   "Okay, here's a pound."

  Li Yueshan took out a large eight-treasure gourd that was woven into a net bag made of thin rattan and wrapped around the base, and gave it to the man.

   then stretched his hand into his pocket and counted out one hundred and fifty copper coins,

   on the tray,

   said: "One hundred and fifty letters,

   Let the old man wipe off the remaining fraction. "

"okay!"

   The man smiled and answered diligently,

   After going to a half-person-height masonry counter,

   helped his father to serve the mutton soup.

   There is a large stove behind the counter,

  In the pot are stewed sheep's head, sheep's hoof, sheep's bones and other things,

  Lamb soup is scooped from this pot,

   Then add haggis and other things.

   Soon,

   The guy brought a few bowls of mutton soup and a stack of biscuits to the table.

   Even Xiuxiu was given a big bowl of fragrant and hot sheep soup.

   Although she is young,

   But there are not a few pieces of haggis in the mutton soup, it is mostly soup,

   A bowl of soup is enough.

   "Eat fast,

  After dinner, we will go to the livestock market in the east to see and pick out mules and horses. "Li Yueshan ordered a few words, took the wine gourd and poured a glass of wine, and drank a small half glass with a 'Zi',

   Then put the biscuits in a bowl,

   added some seasonings,

   snorted and ate.

   All the disciples also devoured it.

   (end of this chapter)