CHAPTER XVIII

She was dressed without makeup, but she wore a hat on her head, and when she looked from behind, her figure was slender, which made people reverie. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although the atmosphere at this time is more conservative than that of the Tang Dynasty, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law are still allowed to go on the street, Cheng Jinlian didn't want to be special, but for the sake of safety, she still wore a layer of protection on the street.

Yanggu County is much more lively than Qinghe County, walking on the street, shops on both sides abound, antique jade shops, pawnshops, grain and oil shops, cloth and garment shops, iron shops, coffin shops, as well as shops selling pastries, wine and food, teahouses, restaurants, it is really varied, everything. Cheng Jinlian sighed very much that in the era of the Song Dynasty, commerce had developed very maturely.

Cheng Jinlian walked very slowly, watching everything around her, these scenes that would only appear in costume TV series are now alive in front of her, which really feels novel and interesting.

The currency in circulation in this era is gold and silver, and the currency smaller than the silver two is the copper plate, Cheng Jinlian has a general understanding of the market here, an ordinary family of three needs about seven to ten taels of silver to maintain a year's food and clothing, and Wuda gets up early and is greedy for darkness, and can earn dozens of copper plates at most in a hard day, and when the business is not good, there are more than a dozen copper plates, and one or two silver is a thousand copper plates, so their current living standards can only be maintained in a state of food and clothing.

Although Cheng Jinlian has no concept of money, she also knows that this place is not more modern than modern, and the poor people who have no money and no rights have no human rights here, so in order to make her life better in the future, she must find a way to make money, not to mention becoming a rich man, at least she will not have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation.

On the bluestone-paved street, people come and go, although Cheng Jinlian wears a hat on her head and a light veil in front of her, but her figure is slender, and she walks with weak willows and wind, which is very amorous, which attracts others to turn back again and again, and they can't wait to lift the light veil to see what color this beauty is.

Cheng Jinlian walked all the way to the south, but came to a crowded Jade Emperor Temple, only to see that there were jugglers, knick-knacks, and snacks here, which was quite like a modern temple fair.

Cheng Jinlian walked into it, and there were several fortune-telling stalls on the north side of the temple gate, and behind the stalls were all old men with gray hair, wearing scribe scarves on their heads, with an unfathomable look.

Cheng Jinlian had a sense of intimacy when she saw them, thinking that back then, she could be regarded as having run this kind of business, so she was quite proficient in the inner doors.

At the front of the stall, a woman in a plain dress told the old fortune teller with a sad face, the old gentleman's eyes were cloudy, and he looked confused, where was the shrewdness of the fortune teller.

Cheng Jinlian was curious for a while, so she took a few steps closer, and heard the woman's words intermittently, it turned out that she came to ask her husband about the danger, her father-in-law's name is Liu Wensheng, who was a talent in the Yihai period, and went to the capital to participate in the imperial examination in June this year, but there is still no news at all, she is at home with her children like a year, and she is very worried about her husband's physical safety.

After listening to her narration, the old gentleman opened his cloudy eyes, and only after a long time did he speak, "Ask about the future of 100 wen, ask for 200 wen for peace, pay the money first, and then pay it." ”

I rubbed it, Cheng Jinlian couldn't help but burst into foul language in her heart, this old man didn't look very good, but the asking for money was ridiculously high, but I don't know if his Taoism is proportional to his asking price?

Liu's woman was embarrassed, her husband left for many days, and took almost all the family's property when he left, she and her children were at home, and they still relied on themselves to sew and mend for people's food and clothing on weekdays, and wash clothes to earn some money. Life was extremely difficult, and seeing that she was already stretched, her husband had no news, so she made up her mind to come to the fortune teller, but the price was too expensive, and 200 wen was enough for her and the child to make do with it for three months.

"What, no money?" the old gentleman's dim eyes showed a hint of anger, "Don't get in the way of old money if you don't have money!"

Liu's mouth opened a few times, and finally turned into a long sigh, there is money in her arms, but only fifty yuan, if it is given to the fortune teller, then the family really can't open the pot in the next few days, it doesn't matter to himself, but the key is the child, he is only five years old, it is the time to grow his body, how can he let him suffer like this?

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, there are still people waiting for the old fortune teller," the old man said impatiently with a cold face, just now he should have asked if this woman had any money, what a waste of his precious time.

Liu's heart was simple, and when he saw that the matter had come to this, he wanted to turn around and leave, but was caught by Cheng Jinlian behind.

"This sister-in-law, if you want to find someone to tell your fortune, you don't need to find such a bad old man who deceives the world and steals his name, and only recognizes money and not people in his eyes!" Cheng Jinlian lightly opened her lips, and her voice was like a golden bead falling on a jade plate, with a crisp ding, which was very good, and it also attracted the attention of many people.

Although the bad old man's eyes are not good, but his ears are proficient, after listening to Cheng Jinlian's naked scolding, he was naturally angry, "You woman, who is deceiving the world and stealing fame, the old man has been here for decades, and there are countless people who have seen each other, who dares to say that the old man is not a word? You woman is talking nonsense, be careful that the old man will sue you to the yamen and treat you for the crime of false accusation." ”

Everyone was worried that life was too boring, but they didn't expect the scene in front of them to become more and more interesting, so they stopped to watch, and the fortune tellers behind them watched coldly.

"Girl, you," Liu only felt that many eyes fell on this side, she was a cautious little woman, where had she experienced such a scene, but the things in front of her really started because of her, this woman with a hood was standing up for her.

Looking at Liu's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Cheng Jinlian naturally understood her inner worries, and she patted Liu's hand comfortingly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, today I will let you know what you think without spending a penny." ”

Without waiting for Liu's answer, Cheng Jinlian had already taken a step forward, "This old gentleman, did I say you little girl, why do you bother to sit down? However, the little woman has questions about the old man's fortune-telling skills, I don't know if I can ask one or two?"

The old man's surname is Fan, he is sixty and five this year, he has been operating this road for more than 30 years, and he is also a little famous here, and he doesn't worry about food and clothing at home, and he doesn't know why, he insists on coming here every day to set up a stall at such an old age, and he has a good relationship with several other fortune tellers on weekdays, they are all secretly competing, on weekdays, he is slightly better by virtue of his old qualifications, so when he encounters people like Cheng Jinlian who say that he deceives the world and steals his name, he is naturally angry.

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This article written by Xue is too different from the original work.,So don't compare it with the original book when you're reading it.,Otherwise,,It's definitely going to be internal.,And because the original snow hasn't finished reading.,The characters in it、The plot or something is estimated to be not much in the school.,No matter what,,I still hope to be able to get the support of everyone.,Thank you.,