Chapter 23: The Apocalypse
Not to mention that Heiya greeted her father and mother early, said that her brother would come back later, and said that she went to the county town with Xiaoshan to sell shavings water early the next morning. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Early the next morning, before dawn, the two of them got up, Heiya made a pot of pimple soup, drank a bowl with Xiaoshan, and left the rest of the warm pot for the family to eat.
Heiya first went to see the shavings water soaked in wildflowers in two small bowls, and there was a smell of grass when washed directly with boiling water, and the fragrance of flowers could no longer be smelled. After the water cools, there is a faint smell of wildflowers, but you can't smell it if you don't smell it carefully.
Without any further research, he and Xiaoshan filtered the other two large jars of soaked shavings water, tied them to the flat pole, and let Xiaoshan carry them out.
When can I buy an ox cart, the black girl followed behind and thought, although it is a mountain road, the road is not good, but it can't stand the big hillside, so the road down the mountain is not steep, if you can have an ox cart, the family can save a lot of things.
The early summer mornings are cool, with the mountain breeze blowing and the occasional scent of an unknown flower. The sun only showed half a head, and only two small figures were silently moving forward in the vast wilderness.
Even though he was used to walking long distances, carrying two large jars full of water still made Xiaoshan gasp slightly.
"Brother, let's take a break when we're tired." The black girl wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Hold on for a while, and you'll be there soon, otherwise the more you rest, the more tired you get." The clothes on the back of Xiaoshan are a little wet, and he insists on walking forward with a breath in his stomach, if he is deflated, his body will be weak.
By the time we got to the town, it was already completely dawn and the people of the town were starting their busy day. The shops on both sides have just removed their door panels and are ready to open their doors. Vendors selling breakfast will also set up pots and light fires.
Xiaoshan first took Heiya to the only fat powder shop in the town, and the shopkeeper was a woman, known as Xue Niangzi. Her husband followed the merchant outside, and when she came back once a few months, she opened such a fat powder shop. The things in it are all brought by the husband when he comes back, and the cheap is very cheap, but whether the quality is good or not is another story. Some young daughters-in-law or big girls to be married are the guests here.
When I came, the door of the store had not yet opened, and Xiaoshan and Heiya were sitting outside on the side of the road and waiting.
The smell of food wafted in the air, making the black girl's mouth water. Looking at the fragrance, it turned out to be a steamed bun shop.
Xiaoshan is actually hungry, it is the age when half the eldest child eats the poor old man, and a bowl of pimple soup can only cushion the bottom of the stomach.
"Brother, don't you have enough money, I want to eat steamed buns." The black girl said with a blank look that no matter whether she was rich or not in her last life, she would never treat her belly badly. Because she thinks that physical health is the most important thing, she is reluctant to eat vegetables and meat in order to save some money, and she may send all the money she saves to the hospital in the future.
They can now earn at least twenty or thirty wen a day by selling oil, this money is not to be told to the family for the time being, Xiaoshan runs outside every day, if you can't eat, it is easy to lose your body, and it will be difficult to make up for it in the future.
"Okay, eldest sister, you wait here, I'll go buy buns." Xiaoshan gritted his teeth, if he ate it himself, he would definitely be reluctant, but if the eldest sister wanted to eat it, she had to buy it.
The steamed buns here are very large, and one bun is estimated to be able to top half of the black girl's face. Vegetarian buns cost two pennies, and meat buns cost one penny.
Xiaoshan thought about it for a while, and found out two pennies to buy a meat bun.
"Eat quickly, big sister, it's still hot." Xiaoshan happily handed the meat bun to the black girl.
The black girl took it silently, took a small bite, and said that it was a meat bun, but in fact, there was only a little lean meat and oil residue that had been refined. But this is very good, although I lack oil and water, I don't like to eat particularly greasy.
She knew that Xiaoshan was reluctant to buy it for himself, so she didn't persuade him much. It's just that when I'm almost halfway through eating, I stuffed it to Xiaoshan again, "Brother, I can't eat it, you eat it quickly." ”
Xiaoshan knew the kindness of the eldest sister, and he didn't give in anymore, took the bun and ate it in a big gulp, and his heart was happy.
As soon as she finished eating the steamed buns, the fat powder shop opened, and Xue Niangzi was a little embarrassed when she saw the two people. "Why don't you call someone when you come, I would have opened the door earlier if I knew you were outside."
"It's because we came early, Xue Niangzi doesn't have to be polite." Xiaoshan picked up two jars and went to the backyard of the fat powder shop with Heiya.
"That's what you call hair lotion, if you don't mind, I'll have to look at things first." Xue Niangzi stared at the jar and said curiously. As a businessman, you have to receive fresh things from time to time, so that you can have a wide range of financial resources.
"You can try it yourself, and I'll show you how to use it." The black girl said with a smile. "I'm sorry to bring you a little dish and a comb."
"That's for the best." Xue Niangzi smiled and clapped her hands, and the woman in her twenties looked like a little girl at the moment.
Xiaoya took out the bamboo spoon prepared in advance from the cloth bag, scooped a spoonful and put it into the bowl, and followed Xue Niangzi into the room. Because he wants to untie his hair, Xiaoshan has to avoid it even though he is young.
Heiya chatted with Xue Niangzi while helping her apply shavings water to her hair. Xue Niangzi seemed to be very curious about the shavings water, and sniffed it with her hand, "It's indeed a little like egg white, but it doesn't have the fishy smell of egg white, and it's a little fragrant." ”
"You'll know in a moment, this is the recipe handed down by my grandmother, it is said that her mother brought it out of the palace, and all the mothers in the palace use this to comb their hair." Heiya gently brushed her hair with a comb and said with a smile.
This is not her nonsense, legend has it that the concubines of the Qing Dynasty used shavings water to pluck their heads, and the Empress Dowager Cixi also used several other materials and shavings water to maintain her hair.
"You little girl can really say, then I will enjoy the treatment of a palace lady today." Xue Niangzi touched her damp hair. "Just call me Aunt Xue, don't be so polite, I'm not used to it."
Heiya is naturally as good as a stream, and the two will become familiar with each other after a while.
Xue Niangzi's father-in-law is well-informed outside, so he naturally told her a lot when he came back. Heiya learned from her that this is just a place similar to ancient China, not any dynasty in history, and the name of the country is Apocalypse.
This is the northern part of the Apocalypse Kingdom, and it takes about two months to go from here to the pilgrimage.
Thirteen years ago, the first emperor died, and his younger brother King Wuxiang rebelled, killed the crown prince and seized the throne, only the prince's own brother and the five princes fled the palace under the desperate protection of the guards. After so many years, the whereabouts of the five princes are unknown, which has always kept the current saint in his throat.
Now the border is not very peaceful, and their place is relatively close to DJI, so I heard that they are also a little ready to move now.
Xue Niangzi sighed after speaking, "Don't go to war, it's rare to have a peaceful birthday in a few years, if you really fight, we won't be safe here." ”
"When the sky falls, there are tall men on top of it, and besides, we are a poor place, even if there is a real war, we will not come here." As a person who came over in peacetime, Heiya always felt that war was a very distant thing.
Seeing that Xue Niangzi's hair was dry, Heiya rubbed her hands a few times, while rubbing, while explaining, and combing it with a grate when it was over, it was finished.
"Aunt Xue, look at it, her hair is a little softer."
Xue Niangzi touched her hair with her hand, "It's really smooth and soft, and I will use this every day in the future, which is much more refreshing than hair oil." ”