274, Xiongxiu Town (1/2)
Li Yueshan chatted with the village elder for a few words.
After asking about some strange things nearby, I learned that this place is relatively peaceful and nothing weird happens.
He said to the village elder: "The old man just opened a temple in Qingshi Nianzi Village, which is more than 20 miles away.
It is already protected by gods.
Your Siniu Village also has a small population, so you might as well discuss it with Qingshi Nianzi Village. If the two villages are brought together, they will both be protected by the temple gods. When people gather, their interactions will be taken care of. "
"This...can the people of Qingshi Nianzi Village agree?" The village elder was quite moved when he heard this.
"What do they not want to do?
In this current situation, the more people you can gather, the better you can save your wealth and life in troubled times. "Li Yueshan said.
In this way, the two old men had another conversation,
The village elder said goodbye to Li Yueshan with his heart in mind.
When they were talking,
Zhu'er and Qingmiao each took brooms, feather dusters and other items to sweep away the spider webs everywhere in the shabby house and the dust on the earthen bed.
Su Wu emptied out the ashes accumulated in the fire pit under the Tukang.
I found that the half-collapsed earth stove under the kang was still usable.
So he and Gou Sheng went outside to chop some firewood and came back to heat the kang.
At this time, the mute girl Xiuxiu was half-leaning in a dark corner, her head falling asleep bit by bit - after all, she was still a seven or eight-year-old child, and she always dozed more often than young people, especially Even after doing so many things today.
The earthen kang was built quite spacious, and the Yinximai Zao team slept on it, which was somewhat crowded.
But in this weather, it’s warm even if you squeeze in.
The two girls hung a rag on the Tukang as usual.
They first put Xiuxiu on the warm earthen bed, covered her with a quilt, and let her rest first.
Li Yueshan checked all the luggage that was moved into the house.
Drag over the wooden box containing the weapons.
"Come all, come all. Let Xiuxiu sleep first."
He greeted his disciples.
The few disciples who had finally tidied up the dilapidated house gathered together after hearing this.
Master opened the wooden box,
The weapons in the wooden box were revealed.
When Gou Sheng among the disciples saw those weapons, his eyes suddenly lit up.
young man,
There is always some hope in dancing with swords and guns.
In the wooden box,
Surrounded by some straw, five triangular cone-shaped gun heads shine brightly.
There are several swords underneath,
There is also a pair of crescent blades and a handy shovel head that can be attached to both ends of a tough wooden stick.
The master picked up the tip of a gun and weighed it.
Looking at the strange shape of the gun head, he muttered: "This gun is so fierce, it will make a hole when it pierces it - when did Zhu Tiejiang's skills become so good?
Can even such a weapon that requires precision forging be made? "
He talks to himself,
Su Wu and Li Zhuer looked at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, but they didn't talk to each other.
This incident made Master think that it was just Zhu Tiejiang's skill that improved.
If you tell him that these weapons were forged by Su Wu,
That's even harder to explain.
Put down the gun,
Li Yueshan took out three sheathed Yan Ling knives from under the straw.
The handle and scabbard look very ordinary;
But taking out the scabbard,
When he saw the complicated and dense patterns on the blade, Li Yueshan screamed in surprise and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Su Wu and Li Zhuer: "Is this really a weapon that I went to get from Blacksmith Zhu in Zhujiazhuang?"
"Yes." Su Wu nodded in response.
"It's not like, it's not like...
Did the blacksmith hire someone else? "Master asked again.
"It was Zhu Tiejiang who made it himself.
I didn’t see him inviting anyone, we all saw it with our own eyes. Li Zhuer pretended to be nervous and asked, "Isn't this weapon good at fighting?" Any questions? Master. "
"Well played.
The problem is that I know Tiejiang Zhu’s abilities well, so he probably can’t produce such a good weapon. "
Li Yueshan frowned and muttered a few words,
There is no result if you continue to struggle like this.
He shook his head and said, "Never mind!
Perhaps that Zhu Tiejiang really got guidance from an expert and made a lot of progress?
It is impossible to go back and ask him now.
There are three Yanling knives here,
——This knife is long, narrow and light, making it ideal for use by people with less strength.
Therefore, these three Yanling knives,
Was it made for Zhu'er, Qingmiao, and Gou Sheng? "
The fat old man took out three Yanling knives from the wooden box and asked Su Wu.
"yes."
Su Wu spoke up: "Tiejiang Zhu said that weapons like this are more suitable for people with less strength."
"Okay, okay." Li Yueshan nodded and said to Zhu'er and the other three, "Then the three of you come here and each of you choose a knife."
The three of them answered each other.
Zhuer chose the one that had been recast by Su Wu before.
The weapons chosen by the remaining two people,
There is no difference in shape, and it doesn't matter which one you choose.
"This knife is much thicker than the Yanling knife.
Great apprentice,
Are you preparing to use this sword yourself? "Li Yueshan picked up the wild goose wing knife in the wooden box and asked a question.
In fact, these ordinary weapons nowadays,
It doesn't mean much to Su Wu.
Even the magic swords in the Secret Realm may not have the slightest effect on Su Wu's attack methods.
But in the eyes of Master at the moment,
He is still a young man with only a few rays of firepower,
It is also necessary to use a weapon as a cover.
So he nodded and said: "I like this knife very much. It can kill many enemies."
"Then I'll give you this knife."
Li Yueshan handed the dark red Yanling knife with a scabbard to Su Wu.
He also distributed spear heads to the disciples,
They each were asked to take the tough wooden poles provided by the blacksmith shop and load them with spear heads. Several long spears appeared in everyone's hands.
He left a small dagger to Xiuxiu who was still sleeping.
He picked up the crescent blade and shoveled it by himself, and mounted it on the thickest wooden pole.
Danced twice,
He clicked his tongue and said: "This crescent moon is easy to shovel, it seems that it was prepared for the old man?
It's easy to use. "
He shoveled the crescent moon into the corner,
The master looked at several disciples playing with weapons and said with a smile: "Now that you have weapons, it seems that I will have to hire a teacher for you in the future to teach you some fighting skills.
Now you can figure out how to use it on your own.
Maybe we can figure something out? "
…
The Yinximai Zao team stayed in Siniu Village for more than three hours.
The disciples took turns guarding the night,
Also spent a peaceful night.
When the sky is dark,
The two platoon cars of the Zao team hung red lanterns on the fronts, loaded all the luggage, and the wheels rolled over the ruts on the path, slowly leaving the village and heading to Xiongxiu Town, which is more than 20 miles away.
Everyone had a good rest last night.
When they got up early in the morning, the class leader asked them to go to Xiongxiu Town to drink mutton soup.
They were encouraged and moved much faster.
It only took more than an hour,
We rushed to Xiongxiu Town.
The Xiongxiu Town Market is indeed the largest market within a hundred miles radius.
As soon as they arrived in the town, the team members saw restaurants and wine shops everywhere on both sides of the street, with wine flags swaying in the wind.
Several butchers wore leather aprons;
On a row of iron shelves in front of me, pieces of fresh and steaming pork hung.
In the wooden barrel next to the iron frame, several sets of pig internal organs were soaked in blood and emitted a fishy smell.
on the street,
There was a huge crowd.
The vendor held up a straw target for selling candied haws, and each bright red candied haws was stuck on the straw target. Under the dim light, just one look at it made people feel thirsty and couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
"Tanghulu, candied haws"
"Fry the fish, fry the big fish"
“Wonton buns…”
The streets are full of vendors shouting with various accents.
These sounds even drowned out the roar of the crowd.
Li Yueshan stopped the vendor selling candied haws.
He took out dozens of money, bought five bunches of candied haws, and distributed them to his disciples: "Just try it today, you can't afford to eat it every day."
The fat old man chuckled, lit the pipe pot, and puffed out smoke from his mouth from time to time.
His eyes scanned the shops on both sides of the street,
Suddenly he pointed to a shop on the right and said, "Let's go! Let's go there to eat mutton soup!"
Keep an eye on our things and don’t let anyone steal them! "
The disciples who lowered their heads to nibble on the candied haws all responded,
Zhu Er carried Xiu Xiu into the rickshaw - at this kind of market, thieves don't just steal money, they also steal little girls like Xiu Xiu's age!
With a handful of strength,
The Zao team members forced their way out of the crowd.
Went to the mutton soup restaurant.
On this crowded street,
Except for the soldiers who ride horses and hold knives, the vendors who sell night incense, and the corpse collectors who parade corpses through the market, no matter who comes next to them, it will be difficult for the crowd to actively avoid them and let them find a way out. Disaster!
"How much does a bowl of mutton soup cost?"
After arranging the seats and putting away the luggage, Li Yueshan called the clerk in the store - it looked like he should be the son of the store owner, and asked him aloud.
"Haggis soup costs eighteen cents, and mutton soup costs twenty-five cents," the waiter replied.
"Where are the sesame seeds?"
"Three pennies each."
"Give us each a bowl of mutton soup,
Serve ten more sesame seed cakes.
Also... put a pound of rice wine in this pot for me. The cheapest rice wine, how much does it cost? "
"Two coins and one tael."
"Okay, here's a pound."
Li Yueshan took out a large eight-treasure gourd made of thin rattan and wrapped in a net bag, and handed it to the waiter.
Then he reached into his arms and counted out one hundred and fifty copper coins.
Put it on the tray,
Said: "One hundred and fifty articles,
Let the old man wipe out the remaining fraction. "
"okay!"
The waiter responded with a smile,
Go behind a half-person-high brick and stone counter,
He helped his father serve mutton soup.
There is a large pot stove built behind the counter.
There are sheep heads, sheep hooves, sheep bones and other things stewed in the pot.
Ladle the mutton soup from this pot,
Then add haggis and other items.
After a while,
The waiter brought several bowls of mutton soup and a pile of sesame seed cakes to the table.
Even Xiuxiu was given a large bowl of fragrant and hot mutton soup.
Although she is younger,
But there aren’t a few pieces of mutton in the mutton soup, it’s mostly soup.
I can drink a bowl of soup.
"Eat quickly,
After dinner later, we will go to the livestock market in the east to pick out mules and horses. "Li Yueshan gave a few instructions, took a wine gourd and poured a glass of wine, and drank half the glass with a "sizzling" sound.
Then soak the sesame seed cakes in a bowl.
Added some seasonings,
He snored and started eating.
All the disciples also buried their heads in devouring the food.