Chapter 5 Makeover
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"What are you doing in the water?" Nanfeng asked suspiciously, because of his condescendingness, he couldn't really see the woman's appearance, he could only see that the other party was not very old, and the hair was very long.
"My things fell into the river, I came down to look for them, and quickly returned my clothes. The woman asked for it again.
Nanfeng didn't answer, climbed the branches and went down to the ground, squatted on the shore to look at the woman, who should be between eighteen and twenty years old, with a melon seed face, a pointed chin, and big eyes, probably too cold in the water, and a little pale.
"I picked up this bag. Nanfeng said that he had no fear, the other party was in the water, he was on the shore, and if the other party was kind, he would take the money bag away and return the clothes to the other party. If the other party is tough and arrogant, and he doesn't even leave clothes for the other party, the woman is now naked, and even if he escapes, the other party can't go ashore to chase him.
The woman seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, "Give you those silver taels, and give me back the burden." ā
"Talking counts?" confirmed the south wind.
"Never go back," the woman persuaded in a harmonious voice, "it's useless if you want my clothes, give them back to me." ā
Nanfeng thought about it and changed his mind, "That's it, I don't want your money bag either, after you go ashore, accompany me to buy clothes, and buy me some food, can it be done?"
The woman was anxious to get her clothes back, and readily agreed.
Nanfeng put the burden on the shore, took a few steps back with the money bag, and turned his back to the other party, "Okay, you can come up." ā
After a while, the sound of getting dressed came from behind him, and Nanfeng was still young and not interested in women, so he didn't look back.
"Let's go. A woman's voice came from behind him.
Nanfeng turned around and saw that the woman was already dressed and was holding her hair in a bun. Previously, he only noticed that the clothes in the baggage were cyan, and when the woman wore them, he realized that the cyan robe was a Taoist robe.
"We agreed before, you have to accompany me to buy clothes. Nanfeng said that the reason why he asked this woman to take him to buy clothes was to hide people's eyes, he was a man called Hanako, and it would be suspicious to ask Hanako to take money to buy clothes.
The woman looked Nanfeng up and down while crossing her head, and after her hair was coiled, she said, "Are you a beggar?"
Nanfeng nodded, "Yes, are you a Taoist priest?"
The woman didn't answer directly, "If you don't have anything, follow me today, I'll take care of your food and clothing." ā
Aunt Dao's proposal surprised Nanfeng, and she wanted to ask, "What are you doing with you", but after thinking about it, she held back and agreed, "Okay." ā
"Let's go, I'll take you to buy clothes. Dao Gu stretched out her hand to the south wind.
"I'll just follow you. Nanfeng hesitated and didn't stretch out his hand, firstly, his hands were full of dust, and secondly, although he was not an adult, he was not small, and it was somewhat awkward to be led by a woman.
Dao Gu took the initiative to take his hand and stepped forward.
The slippery touch between his fingers made Nanfeng very awkward, and he didn't have anything to say, "Did you find your things?"
"What is it?" asked Dao Gu rhetorically.
"Something that fell into the water. As the south wind walked, he looked around to the left and right, and the laborers had already pressed the field and walked away with the stone mills, and some young women who might be palace maids were tidying up the tables, chairs and other utensils in the field.
"Well, I found it. Dao Gu said casually.
Whether a person is mature or not does not depend on the age, but depends on the amount of things experienced, although Nanfeng is young, he has been living in the market, he is well-informed, knows how to read words and feelings, he judged that the other party should not be telling the truth according to the tone of the Dao Gu, but in addition to going into the water to catch things, this Dao Gu seems to have no other reason to jump into the river early in the morning.
The cloth shops in Xicheng only sell fabrics, not ready-to-wear, because ready-to-wear is too expensive. But there are ready-to-wear clothes for sale in the cloth shop in Dongcheng, and Dao Gu picked out a blue cloth robe for Nanfeng and replaced it with a tattered single clothes.
Originally, it was just to buy a set of clothes, but Dao Gu generously gave him a pair of shoes, and then asked him to wash his hair and help him tie his hair in a bun.
Dao Gu looked Nanfeng up and down and nodded in satisfaction.
Nanfeng was also very satisfied, and now even the neighbors near the ruined temple couldn't recognize him in this dress.
"What's your name?" Dao Gu took Nanfeng's hand.
"South wind. Nanfeng said.
"Let's go, I'll take you to eat. Dao Gu took him to the restaurant not far away.
When I arrived at the door of the food shop, Nanfeng stopped, "I won't go in, you can buy me a baked cake." ā
Dao Gu was not reluctant, but she didn't let go of him either, and pulled him in the door to buy a baked cake.
"Why don't you eat it?" said Nanfeng, nibbling on the pancakes.
Dao Gu said casually, "I've eaten it." ā
"You don't go out often, do you?" asked Nanfeng.
"Why do you ask?" Dao Gu looked back at him.
"You just used a lot of money, and one big money can buy five pancakes. Nanfeng said that there was not only one kind of coin at this time, there were three or four copper coins alone, and the value of different copper coins was also different.
Dao Gu smiled and did not answer.
It took half an hour to find a shop to buy clothes and shoes, and when the two returned to Zhengyangmen, a lot of people had gathered there, and the seats on the wooden platform were still empty, and the two rows of seats under the wooden platform were also empty, but there were already people in the sheds on both sides of the seats.
In front of these sheds, there are text panels, which are of different colors and lengths, and there are words on them, but Nanfeng is illiterate and does not know what is written on them.
When she reached the periphery of the venue, Dao Gu stopped. Nanfeng looked left and right again, trying to find Lu Pingchuan and the others from the crowd, everyone said last night that they would come here today, maybe someone had the same mind as him.
"What are you looking at?" asked Dao Gu.
"I'm looking at those strips of cloth, what's written on those strips of cloth on top of the shed?" said the south wind, prevaricating casually.
"The name of the sect. Dao Gu said.
"Why is the color of the cloth strip different?" Nanfeng asked again, at least a thousand people had gathered outside the venue at this time, and it was not easy to find someone.
Different from the south wind's left and right looks, Dao Gu lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head without squinting, "The color of the banner represents the cultivation of the people of this sect. ā
Dao Gu didn't understand what Nanfeng said, he didn't understand the relationship between color and cultivation, but after careful discernment, he could find that these strips of cloth had six colors, namely dark red, light blue, blue, dark blue, light purple and purple. Three shades of blue predominated, not many crimsons, few lavender, but five, and even fewer pure purple strips, only one, located on the east side of the site.
Nanfeng's heart was full of questions, but he didn't chatter and ask, it is easy to ask people for advice, but people will be annoyed if they ask too much, if the other party does not answer the questions asked, they will also touch a nose of ash, in order to avoid annoying people, try to ask as little as possible if you can, and rely on your own eyes and brains to observe and judge.
"Purple is the strongest, blue is almost there, and red is the weakest, right?" Nanfeng asked, drawing conclusions from his own observations and then asking the other party to confirm that this situation is usually not annoying.
Dao Gu nodded.
After observation, he came to another conclusion, "Is it true that the Taoist priest's martial arts are the most powerful, and the monks and martial arts practitioners are not as good as the Taoist priests?"
"Why do you say that?" asked Dao Gu with a smile.
"In the shed with purple cloth strips, there are four Taoist priests, two monks, and only one sitting inside is a martial arts practitioner. Nanfeng said.
Dao Gu shook her head, "It can't be said like this, Taoist priests practice magic, monks and nuns comprehend supernatural powers, and martial arts are skills derived from Taoism and supernatural powers, all three practice aura, only the gap in cultivation, there is no essence of high and low ......"