Origins Chapter 8 The Stone Plaque and the Child
Yu Hao saw Qiao Feng say Uncle Zhao's name, and knew that the Lord Qiao in front of him must have some relationship with Uncle Zhao, so he said: "Since the adults are invited, the villain is better to be respectful than obey his fate."
Qiao Feng smiled when he heard Yu Hao's words: "Don't call me an adult, my ears are about to come out of the cocoon when I hear this in Chang'an City, my name is Qiao Feng, and it can be regarded as being from the same door as your master Zhao Li, you can call me Uncle Qiao." ”
"How can my lord be like this, I'm just a guy in Uncle Zhao's tavern, not a master and apprentice. Yu Hao said in a panic.
Qiao Feng stopped and touched Qiao Tiantian's hand, turned his head to look at Yu Hao and said, "Oh, it seems that Zhao Li hasn't told you those things yet, but you still have a good name, just because you can brew that drunken peach blossom, you can be counted as half of his apprentice." ”
Yu Hao bowed when he heard this: "I've seen it, uncle." ”
Qiao Feng laughed again and said, "Hahaha, good boy, you can be clever, go inside and talk." ”
Qiao Feng walked in front with his hand on Qiao Tiantian's shoulder, and Yu Hao followed the two into the wooden house.
This wooden house is not big, and naturally there are not many things in it, a coffee table, a carbon stove, four chairs, a decent purple clay pot on the coffee table, and four porcelain cups, of course, there is naturally the medical book that Qiao Tiantian held there just now.
Qiao Tiantian looked at the medical book, hurriedly ran over and hid behind him, turned around to look at Yu Hao and Qiao Feng's expressions, and shouted, "You are not allowed to laugh." ”
Qiao Feng naturally had a good concentration and forcibly held back his smile, while Yu Hao, who had experienced it himself, laughed out loud.
Qiao Tiantian sat on the chair and stared at Yu Hao with an angry face, and said coquettishly: "Daddy, look at him." ”
Qiao Feng saw his daughter like this, and his face turned grim: "Okay Yu Hao, don't laugh, is Senior Brother Zhao doing well now?"
Yu Hao stopped laughing and said: "Uncle is doing well, he opened a tavern in Luohua City to sell some wine, he is not very rich, but he is quite comfortable." ”
Qiao Feng was a little surprised and thought, "He would be willing to live the life of the dawn people." ”
A scene appeared in Qiao Feng's mind, on the edge of a coastal cliff where the waves were lapping, three teenagers stood on the only clam-covered reef under the cliff, among which the young man holding the gun pointed at the cliff with the tip of the gun, and said arrogantly: "Hahaha, I, Zhao Li, will definitely become the first in the world, and the two of you are a little worse than me, so let's go and fight for the second in the world." ”
Thinking of this, the corners of Qiao Feng's mouth twitched, and then sighed.
Yu Hao knew that his arrival must have caused Qiao Feng's memories, and he didn't ask and waited silently until Qiao Feng's thoughts came out of his memories.
Qiao Feng looked at Yu Hao and said: "It stands to reason that as a master and uncle who meets his nephew for the first time, he should give some meeting gifts, but you have not yet enlightened your spirit, if you give you mortal things, I am afraid that in the future, you will become a psychic, and you will feel a loss, and if you give it now, I am afraid that it will bring disaster to you, or after April 1." ”
Yu Hao seemed to have caught something from Qiao Feng's words, and was a little excited, and asked, "Uncle Shi, how do you know that I will definitely become a psychic." ”
Qiao Feng pointed to the earthy yellow stone plaque on Yu Hao's waist and said: "The inspiration stone hanging on your waist, I think you must be able to see that there is a golden light in it, if it weren't for that, you wouldn't be so smooth like a baby." ”
Yu Hao turned out the stone tablet on his waist that had caused him many years of distress, put it in the palm of his hand and looked at it a little stunned, and muttered: "Is this thing called an inspiration stone?"
Qiao Feng looked at Yu Hao's expression and said, "Well, although I don't know why your piece is different from the ordinary inspiration stone is earth-colored, but this formula and effect is the inspiration stone, didn't Zhao Li tell you this?"
Yu Hao's eyes were dull, but he had mixed feelings in his heart, shook his head, and said, "You didn't tell me." ”
Qiao Feng saw that Yu Hao was a little strange, so he called out to the black-clothed young man in front of him who was looking at the stone plaque in a daze: "Hey, Yu boy, what do you want?"
Yu Hao seemed to be knocked on it, suddenly came back to his senses, and said, "Ahh
Qiao Fengyi frowned and said: "What's wrong with the kid, isn't it stupid, this thing can only measure whether a person has spiritual sense, if it is a secret treasure, just hang it like this, do you think you can live a day in Chang'an?"
The light in Yu Hao's eyes, hearing this, slowly dimmed like a candle flame about to be extinguished, but when it was about to be extinguished, it burst out with a more shining light as if it was reborn.
Yu Hao thought: "Even if this is an ordinary stone plaque, it is also given to me by Lao Dao, Lao Dao said that he has opened the light to bless me, then it will definitely be possible, I will definitely be able to take it with me, no matter what he is or not, this friendship is a treasure." ”
Yu Hao, who figured it out, looked at Qiao Feng, Qiao Feng's pupils narrowed slightly, he didn't know what was going on, but Yu Hao seemed to have a subtle change in the feeling he was giving him now, which might be a good thing.
Yu Hao remembered Lao Dao because of the stone plaque, because Lao Dao remembered the fundamental purpose of his coming to Chang'an, and asked: "Uncle Shi, have you heard of Suwon Town."
When Yu Hao said this, he also secretly regretted in his heart, he was in a hurry to find the cowhide bag last time, and forgot to ask Zhang Yun. There are many people who come and go with the tea, and there are likely to be clues, Yu Hao reminded himself in his heart that if he has another chance in the future, he must ask clearly.
Qiao Feng frowned and thought for a while, and said, "I haven't heard of it, do you have any relationship with this Suwon Town, boy Yu?"
Yu Hao said: "Uncle Shi, don't hide it, I was separated from my family when I was ten years old, and the only thing I knew was that it was called Suwon Town, and I came to Chang'an to inquire about it." ”
Qiao Feng lightly softened his palms and said to Hao: "Then I hope you had better go to the Jing Pavilion, where there are many documents, maybe you can find it." ”
Yu Hao heard this: "Then I'll enter the Jing Pavilion, it just so happens that you will be my backer." ”
Qiao Feng suddenly smiled mysteriously and said: "It's not that you can go wherever you want, I can't say it because of the oath, there is a fate in it, and you will know it when the time comes." ”
Yu Hao knew that there might be a secret in this that he couldn't know now, but later Yu Hao would always go to the "old man of time" to put three sticks of incense on it for his fate, praying that he could enter the scripture pavilion.
Yu Hao and Qiao Feng were chatting about homely things, drinking ordinary tea, the time should be almost noon, and those things that Zhao Li didn't say, since Qiao Feng didn't take the initiative to say it, Yu Hao naturally wouldn't ask more, and he would naturally know when he should know.
As for Tiantian, she had been bored for a long time and went to compete with the medical book, and she didn't look at these two boring men at all.
Yu Hao planned to leave, and in the afternoon he was going to prepare to make drunken peach blossoms, so he said goodbye to Qiao Feng, Qiao Feng didn't leave him, but Yu Hao said before going out: "Boy, remember to send a jar over when the wine is ready, I bought it at a high price, I haven't tasted this drunk peach blossom for a long time, even if it is a quick finished product, you can satisfy your hunger, the peach blossoms are not enough for you to pick, before this flower falls, I should be in the peach forest during the day." ”
Yu Hao bowed and saluted: "How can Uncle Shi let you pay, I will give you a jar, if you want to drink in the future, come to No. 14 Fengtian Street in Nancheng, and drink it for free." ”
In this way, Yu Hao carried a basket of peach blossoms on his back and walked towards the peach forest. Qiao Feng was still muttering on the spot: "This kid is as heroic as his master." But I didn't know that Yu Hao was scolding himself the moment he left the room: "It's a fool not to make money, I'm doing business, hey, this Haikou is boasting out, how much do you want to lose, and you haven't made money yet." ”
Back at the tavern in Chang'an City, Yu Hao took out the peach blossoms from the back basket, washed them with high-quality sake, and looked at the jar of wine, Yu Hao's flesh hurt.
Although distressed, Yu Hao knew that this is also one of the keys to the delicious drunken peach blossoms, if you wash it with water, it will not only make the wine lighter, but the earthy smell in the water will hedge with the aroma of peach blossoms.
And the second key to this delicious taste is the thing that is now melted in warm water in Yu Hao's hands - sugar.
As Qiao Tiantian tasted, this fresh peach blossom is bitter, but this bitterness happens to be the third delicious taste of this drunk peach blossom, so the amount of sugar must be put well, more is too much, less is too little, the bitterness in the sweetness, the slight astringency in the fragrance, but sublimates the taste.
This is why everyone can taste different tastes when they are drunk with peach blossoms, because what they drink is wine and what they taste is life.
Yu Hao has been handling wine since lunch until dusk, even with his perennial work, the physical fitness he has exercised is a little tired, and finally sealed the lid of the last jar of wine, Yu Hao is not in the mood to show his cooking skills, thinking about finding a baked cake stall on the random street, spending two silver coins to buy four baked cakes and then go to sleep.
Yu Hao finished buying the baked cakes and was about to go to the back door of the tavern from the side alley of Fengtian Street, but at the corner of a certain alley, he saw a group of children about seven or eight years old shouting: "Dead boy, no father, go to buy candy in tatters, no money, what candy to buy, you can only cry here Daddy and mother." ”
Yu Hao frowned when he heard this, so he walked over to take a closer look, this group of seven or eight-year-old children were surrounding a little boy who was also seven or eight years old, this boy was sitting by the wall with his head on his stomach, thin and monkey-like, his hair was dirty, and the clothes on his body were tattered and not even patched, let alone shoes.
Yu Hao was a little disgusted and shouted: "What are you doing?" A group of sturdy teenagers who were still seeing so much taller than them came over, and the children scattered in a hurry.
Yu Hao walked in front of the little boy, looked at the little boy and said, "What is your name, where do you live, I will send you back." ”
The little boy raised his head, but his hand was still holding the back of his neck, and he stared at the baked cake in Yu Hao's hand with bright eyes, but the following words made Yu Hao a little surprised, and the little boy said: "How can I get the baked cake in your hand." ”
The boy's question made Yu Hao a little confused, but then Yu Hao smiled and said: "Are you hungry, do you want to eat baked cakes?" ”
The child said lightly: "My name is Ren Ji, but this is not enough, your baked cake can save my life, my mother told me not to eat the food that came to me, you say, what can be exchanged for the baked cake in your hand." ”
Yu Hao was really shocked by the young man named Ren Ji to tell the truth, he noticed that Ren Ji seemed to be holding something in his hand on the back of his neck, Yu Hao said: "Ren Ji, let's do it, give me what you have in your hand, and I'll exchange it with you." ”
Yu Hao didn't think about anything valuable, a sloppy boy dressed like this, what good things could he have in his hand, this baked cake could save him if it could save his life, as for what happened to Ren Ji in the future, Yu Hao wouldn't care.
The world is so big, he is now also a person who is running around for food and clothing, although he has a benevolent heart, but how much can he do, who in this world can really do it, love the world more than himself.
Even the sage king, the holy king, who sits on the temple and is said to meet once in a thousand years, doesn't there be such a child under his nose?
When Ren Ji heard Yu Hao ask for something in his hand, his eyes were full of vigilance, and he was silent for a long time, as if he was measuring something, but finally he popped out an inexplicable sentence: "Are you a good person?" ”
Yu Hao felt that this child was bullied badly, he had some diseases in his heart, why did he speak so incoherently, in his previous life, he had heard that the tragic experience of childhood would cause his heart to be distorted.
But he still said very gently: "It's not a bad person." ”
Ren Ji pursed his lips when he heard this, as if he had made a very difficult decision: "You help me keep it, and I will buy it back when the time comes." ”
Saying that, Ren Ji took out his right hand from the back of his head and spread it out, and there was a silver necklace inside, Yu Hao walked up to him and squatted down, handed a baked cake to Ren Ji's mouth, and said, "Come, eat the baked cake first." ”
But Ren Ji just looked at Yu Hao, swallowing saliva in his mouth, as if to say that if you don't take the necklace, I won't eat baked cakes.
Yu Hao looked at his eyes for a long time, and slowly reached out to pick up the necklace, his eyes still looking at Ren Ji.
Yu Hao's hand seems to be the valve of tears in Ren Ji's eyes, and if he takes one point up, the tears in Ren Ji's eyes will be one more point, but Ren Ji didn't let the tears fall until Yu Hao picked up all the necklaces and looked at them, but the perseverance in his eyes became more intense.
At first glance, this bracelet is no different from ordinary women's necklaces, but if you look closely, the ornamentation on it is very beautiful and natural, and very delicate, which is obviously a master-level craft. What made Yu Hao even more puzzled was that the silver necklace would turn black when the environment was poor, but this necklace did not.
But this is a private matter of people's custody of items, although Yu Hao was curious, he didn't ask much, he looked away from the necklace, and looked at Ren Ji who was biting his mouth on the baked cake, but his eyes were still staring at the necklace.
Yu Hao opened his mouth and said, "This thing is very important to you. ”