The Frontier Years Chapter 22 The Black Shop
"Also, for beginners, don't use rice paper. Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but say, "Xuan paper is extremely valuable, such a pile of paper is enough for ordinary people to eat and drink for a month." ”
The little girl blinked and asked, "What paper do you use instead of this paper?"
Lei Shaoxuan was stunned for a moment, but such a simple question stopped him. Obviously, the family has no other paper to use, so they use paper like this, although they are kind, but they are a little reckless.
"I see a coffin shop at the intersection, there should be yellow paper ...... inside"
"You're going to let us use dead people's things? The big girl snorted.
"Yellow paper has excellent water absorption, and it is easier and cheaper to practice calligraphy than rice paper, of course, ......"
Yellow paper is used to burn paper for the dead, and it seems inappropriate and ominous for the living to use it. Thinking of this, Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, but at that time, his mind was anxious, and he only thought about the yellow paper, and it seemed that only the coffin shop in the town had paper to sell, so he didn't think much about it, but it was a little late to take back what he said at this time.
Or is it the providence of God, it is this yellow paper that suddenly came to mind, and in the future, it created two famous talisman sisters who looked like fairies and were as poisonous as snakes and scorpions.
Lei Shaoxuan was a little deflated, but the little girl didn't care and asked, "Brother, what's your name?"
"Lei Shaoxuan. What's your name?" asked Lei Shaoxuan.
"My name is Loraine and my sister's name is Lomé. ”
Lei Shaoxuan shook his head and couldn't help but say: "Lan and Mei are very good, but they are not good with 'Luo', what is good about the plum blossoms that fall." ”
Maybe it was because he saw that the little girl was cute, which made Lei Shaoxuan feel close, and seeing that the little girl didn't even know the common sense of learning words, he looked down on this family a little in his heart, and he spoke without scruples, and even a little too casually.
Sure enough, Luo Mei was angry when he heard this: "The name was given by the parents, where can I take it at will? Since you said that this name is not good, what do you say is good?"
Lei Shaoxuan's face was flushed with shame, and he said with a strong face: "You must be cautious when choosing a name, where can you choose it in a hurry." 'Luo' is the sound of 'falling', if you take the meaning of flowers and plants, it is not appropriate to fall flowers and grasses, it is better to take Luo Ling and Luo Ying. ”
Lei Shaoxuan picked up the pen and wrote Luo Ling and Luo Ying on a piece of rice paper.
Lei Shaoxuan felt really embarrassed, felt a little excessive, and wanted to get up and leave after writing.
A gentle and delicate little hand pressed on Lei Shaoxuan's shoulder, and the innkeeper looked at Lei Shaoxuan with a smile.
"I think these two names are very good, in the future, Luo Mei will be called Luo Ling, and Luo Lan will be called Luo Ying. ”
Lei Shaoxuan was taken aback and said: "Sister, I just said it nonsense on a momentary interest, the name is a big deal, how can I change it indiscriminately?"
"It's the name that is the big thing, so you have to choose it well. When they were born, they only thought that plum blossoms and orchids sounded good, but they didn't think much deeper. ”
The proprietress blushed a little, and smiled charmingly: "I also don't know much about words, so I took it indiscriminately, and now you, the teacher of the teacher, have changed it, I want to thank you." ”
Luo Ling and Luo Ying were also happy.
Luo Mei and Luo Lan were originally nothing, but after listening to them carefully, they felt a little desolate and desolate, like withered flowers and scattered grass, and now their names are quite aura.
When there are many people, it is natural to serve food slowly. At this time, the dishes of the two tables next to him had just been prepared and served.
Probably this place is in the middle of nowhere, and there were few passers-by in the inn in the past, and the inn only had boiled mutton and steamed buns.
The mutton is boiled white, a large pot is served, steaming, fragrant, the soup is filled with peppercorns, green onions, tangerine peel, which makes people have a great appetite;
Obviously, this meat has just been slaughtered, so it is no wonder that it is so fragrant. Thinking of the meat that the old beggar at the intersection said might be lodging food, it would be a bad stomach, but now he doesn't have to worry about it.
"The ancients had a teacher of words, you teach your children to write, let them invite you to a meal, thank you for teaching and naming your name. ”
Lei Shaoxuan blushed, and he was a little happy in his heart, at least there was a place to sit and eat, and the unhappiness caused by the reckless teasing and naming just now disappeared.
The proprietress brought a plate of side dishes, a plate of beef in sauce, a plate of peanuts, and a plate of mushrooms, but there was no mutton and buns, obviously all of them were given to two tables of people, and there was no leftover, Lei Shaoxuan didn't care, since he was treated, he could only be treated as a guest.
Lei Shaoxuan was born in a big family since he was a child, and his mother was a businessman, and he was well versed in hospitality, although he was young, he was very good at talking, and he soon made the two little girls smile.
Lei Shaoxuan vividly depicted the oriental beauty, customs, and anecdotes, which made Luo Ling and Luo Ying listen to it with relish, and the proprietress giggled.
However, when it comes to his own affairs, he can't help but feel sad, especially when he talks about maybe he will never be able to go home, he can't help but feel sad and wronged, which makes the little girl's eyes cry.
The proprietress didn't care, joking, and said, "Do you want my sister to help you?"
Lei Shaoxuan perked up when he heard this: "How can my sister help me?
"It's such a trivial matter, and you still need to know people? Wouldn't it be good to slaughter these guards and let you go?"
Lei Shaoxuan was taken aback, thinking it was a joke, and he couldn't laugh or cry.
"That's not going to work. I was able to come here by the Inspector of Montma, and he would have saved my life, let alone if I had run away alone. The mother must be implicated, this is a crime of treason. ”
Lei Shaoxuan also made a joke: "But maybe one day I really rebelled and became a king, but now I have escaped and beheaded all over the house." ”
In a word, it is a prophecy.
The corner of the proprietress seemed to be smiling, and she said, "Don't regret it." ”
Lei Shaoxuan smiled and diverted the topic.
"Sister, your skin is like snow, tender as clotted fat, like a beauty in the extreme southeast. ”
"Hmph, at a young age, my mouth is sweet like honey, and I don't know how to learn it. The proprietress glared and said, but she liked it very much in her heart, how to see how pleasing Lei Shaoxuan was.
Seeing that Hu Youde wanted to buy buns for Lei Shaoxuan, the proprietress forced Lei Shaoxuan to throw away the buns and brought a bag full of beef jerky wrapped by Luo Ling and Luo Ying.
The beautiful and generous innkeeper lady, the fragrant boiled mutton, and the steaming steamed buns made the tired sergeant prisoners eat to their heart's content, and this is probably the most satisfying meal on the Saikaido.
Bamen Town is also drought and lack of water, Tongtian Inn dug a deep well, but the daily water is very little, can not be given to more people to drink, after eating, a group of people must leave, while the wine and food are full, as soon as possible to Nanping Station, otherwise there is no water, it is inevitable that there will be accidents.
The group dragged their tired bodies and hurried on.
Bamen Town gradually fell behind, came in a hurry, and soon Bamen Town became a noun, only in the mouths of everyone who occasionally talked about it, and perhaps soon disappeared from their minds.
But the sensitive Lei Shaoxuan is still immersed in the memory of this mysterious and depressed town.
Such a strange town, there are coffin shops, green buildings, dart boards, blacksmith shops, inns, but there are no stalls, grain shops, groceries, etc., which are common in small towns, plus strange old men who want to talk and stop, will there be any secrets in this town?
Thinking of Luo Ling's inexplicably alert and provocative expression, Luo Ying's simple and cute smile, and the gentle but irresistible gaze of the proprietress, Lei Shaoxuan's heart felt warm, and his face was full of smiles.
Lei Shaoxuan couldn't help but think of Qin Yan and Ruyi that night, and remembered Boss Shen and Wang Siyi.
Maybe Lei Shaoxuan's fate is full of misfortune, but during the long and bumpy journey, he met people who really cared about and helped him from time to time, which made him feel warm, which may be the compensation of fate.
Lei Shaoxuan smiled bitterly in his heart, if there is really a wheel of fate, then there will be no white bones on the road to the bitter sea.
Near noon, everyone rested under a cliff in the canyon and ate something, and Lei Shaoxuan also took out beef jerky.
Beef jerky tastes excellent and is extremely resistant to hunger, but in such a dry weather, the more you eat beef jerky, the more thirsty you are, it is better to bring some steamed buns, at least there is some moisture in the buns, which can quench your thirst.
Lei Shaoxuan thought in his heart, with a wry smile on his face, the beautiful proprietress was kind and could not refuse, but she was really a little careless.
The sergeants all took out buns and ate them, and suddenly, Yu Zheng beside Lei Shaoxuan shouted: "Ah." "I took something out of my mouth, and it turned out to be biting something hard and gurgling my teeth.
Yu Zheng looked at it: "Bah, damn, it's a finger." The cook, he didn't pick up his fingers when they were chopped off, he deserved to be chopped off. ”
looked at the half bun in his hand again, his face changed slightly, and then he picked up another bun, broke it open and looked at it, suddenly jumped up, threw the bun on the ground, his face was pale, he stammered, and pointed to the bun on the ground.
"There are buns and bun fillings, yes...... Skin...... Human skin ......"
A sergeant next to him glanced at the bun in his hand disapprovingly, and shook his head: "Old man Yu, what crazy things are you talking about." Then he ate it and took a bite into his mouth.
Ma Shaoteng took a closer look at the bun in his hand, suddenly his face changed greatly, he threw away one, opened another one, looked at it carefully, and said tremblingly: "It's human flesh!"
At this point, all the sergeants were stunned, and looked carefully at the buns in their hands, and suddenly a sergeant threw the buns in his hands and ran out, shouting as he ran: "Mom, I eat human flesh...... Yes...... Ah......h
The sergeants and prisoners were in a mess, jumping, running, and spitting...... The sound of vomiting, cursing, crying, and the filth of vomiting was everywhere on the floor.
A few people hid to the side and cried, some collapsed on the ground and convulsed, some walked in circles and scolded, some were pale and silent, and some were still holding buns with expressionless faces......
Yu Zheng cried with a sad face, and said to Ma Shaoteng: "I remember, there is a saying when walking on the Xihai Road, 'Bamen Town, through the sky, the beauty laughs into the gentle township, but the man goes to fill the river. 'Tongtian refers to the Tongtian Inn, where women enter the gentle township, and men fill in the ...... Fill in...... When the bun is filled, fill our intestines. ”
Before these words fell, several sergeants rushed up and threw Yu Zheng into him, punching and kicking him, and cursing indiscriminately.
"Beat you up, don't want to get up early?"
"What kind of boiled mutton is clearly human flesh. No wonder it's so white, the meat is so delicious, but there is no smell at all. ”
"The meat is cut into white boils, and the skin is chopped and used as bun filling. ”
"Don't talk about it......"