70 Past: The old prosperity is deserted
Like most of the time I spent with my fifth brother, nothing but bickering is bickering. The moment the fifth brother put me down on the ground, I stepped on him and fled into Jinhua's house without looking back.
The early morning in the mountains was still a little cold, the treetops were covered with a thin layer of fog, the distant mountains and wheat fields were surrounded by a layer of clouds, and when the sun shone through the golden light of the hundred-year-old tree in front of the house, a carriage had been parked under the tree, and the ordinary coarse cloth roof was indeed a fine pineapple wood.
I touched Jinhua's head, instructed her a few words, and then followed the fifth brother into the carriage, stretched out his head from the window and beckoned to Jinhua, the carriage gradually moved away, and the small figure under the tree gradually became a small dot, and after a corner it was no longer visible.
The carriage drove into the wilderness by moonlight, and the Song Kingdom at that time was far less rich than a few years later, and the same was true for the wilderness.
If I have a prophecy, I will be involved in not letting myself go to this unknown appointment, so that maybe the Five Kingdoms will no longer be the Five Kingdoms in the future, Song Yuan is just Song Yuan, and I am still me.
But I didn't.
I was woken up by the fifth brother, and with the strangeness and excitement of this world, I lifted the curtain.
Although it was evening, the market was crowded with people, the crowd automatically bypassed the horse-drawn carriages, the lights reflected on the floor tiles and plaques, and the bustling crowd and red dots in the distance.
I don't know if Qingjiang has ever been out of the palace gate at night before, anyway, my hand holding the curtain can't help but tremble a little, this is the ancient night market!
After walking for a while, the carriage stopped at one place, and the old man waited for us to get off at the side of the car, and the fifth brother went down first and then helped me.
That's when I saw that it was an inn.
Xiao Er at the door had already come out to greet him, and when he looked through the door curtain, there were already many guests sitting in the hall, and I couldn't help but be a little puzzled, such a small town, even if it was rich, it would be impossible to be full of customers.
The fifth brother took out another piece of broken silver from the baggage and gave it to Jinhua's father, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to excuse himself, and I really couldn't stand it when the two of them went back and forth. Stuffed the silver into Jinhua's father's hand and said, "I have a very close relationship with Jinhua, so you can use this money to buy two sets of clothes for Jinhua and add some things, which can be regarded as a little bit of my heart." Jinhua is a girl when she is older, what she needs, don't shirk it. ”
Father Jinhua's old eyes were cloudy, and he thanked him for a while, and then drove the carriage and disappeared into the crowd.
Xiao Er spoke at the right time, with a flattering face. I couldn't help but sigh at his smoothness, the fifth brother just took out the silver and really didn't escape his eyes.
"Two guest officers, are you going to be a tip or a hotel?"
The fifth brother and I followed Xiao Er inside, and our eyes seemed to be useless, and we couldn't see anything very tightly.
The fifth brother was sharp-eyed, found a vacant seat and sat directly over, I am a new hand in this world, so since I got off the carriage, I followed him step by step, the fifth brother looked at me several times, I just didn't see it, anyway, Qingjiang is a princess raised in the deep palace, maybe he hasn't gone out, if he wants to doubt, let him doubt it.
"It's both sharp, but also live. You get a few signature dishes first, and you have to heat them up as fast as possible. The fifth brother said to Xiao Er, who had been following.
Xiao Er said "Okay", and left as soon as he put on a cloth towel.
Smelling the smell of food in the hall, don't say that Fifth Brother, even I am really hungry, just a day in Jinhua's house, it feels like several years have passed at once, looking at Fifth Brother's face, I feel old.
I covered my mouth and smiled secretly. He didn't eat anything yesterday except for drinking some water, so I'm afraid I can't stand it anymore.
Fortunately, Xiao Er's movements were also fast, and he served a steaming meal in a few moments. The meal was filled with half a bucket in a small wooden barrel, and the portion was very sufficient, and after the little two were placed on the table, they said "the guest officer uses it slowly", and then hurriedly went to entertain others.
I took a bowl of rice for the fifth brother and handed it to him, and I didn't care about him, and ate it myself.
It wasn't until half a bowl of rice was eaten that I felt alive. But I couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness again, Jinhua is also so old and old, but it has also grown so big.
By this time I was half-full, so my ears wandered around, but I also heard questions that had puzzled me all along. That's when I learned that the town was called Desert, and to be honest, the idyllic name fits the vibe of the town, at least so far, everyone I've seen has a smile on their face.
The diners at the side table talked about the annual "Lantern Festival" in Lihuang, although I had never heard of this festival, but I also guessed between the lines that it was probably a festival like a beggar coincidence, and the big girl in the deep courtyard who usually did not show up looked forward to this day to find a wishful husband all year round.
My eyes lit up, and I couldn't help but rejoice. Such a good opportunity, how can I not see it, I bit the tip of the chopsticks and followed my hair to see the fifth brother opposite, I want to think about it quickly, is it to get rid of him? Or piggyback on him?
What if I'm going to buy something!
Fifth brother's chopsticks fell, obviously his temper came up again, I hurriedly smiled and said: "Fifth brother and fifth brother, I didn't mean to watch you all the time, you are still hungry, you have really worked hard for you these days, you eat more, come on, eat some pork to make up." ”
Saying that, I hurriedly took the chopsticks and gave him the dish, and silently lowered my head in his angry eyes, how could I forget, the chopsticks had been in my mouth before, the gap where I lowered my head, and secretly looked at the ribs in the fifth brother's bowl, how to look at how I felt that the shiny on it was my saliva, I trembled goosebumps, inexplicably cold.
The consequence of not having a long brain is that the fifth brother has ignored me from the time he finished eating to the second floor of the wing, and finally said to me, "Fifth brother, let's go to the night market tomorrow." In the middle, I slammed the door of his room, touched the tip of my nose that I had almost hit, and silently turned back to the room of my own across from him.
Isn't there another day, I don't believe I still can't move you.
When I pushed the door open, I carefully inserted the latch. After looking around the room, I couldn't help screaming silently, and I couldn't stop jumping in the room until I came downstairs and scolding, and I brushed my hair to regain the demeanor of a princess.
I can't put into words what it feels like.
I know the society I live in, and I also clearly understand my identity and status, but before this, I was surrounded by all kinds of different people all the time, I clearly knew that I was real, but I always suspected that this was an unreal dream, including the Jin Kingdom, including the White Horse Temple, including Song Yuan.
Until this moment, standing in this room, it was quiet on all sides, and I was the only one in this small place under my feet, and I could breathe the air of this world freely, without oppression or scruples.
The consequence of such excitement is insomnia, complete insomnia.
When I diligently brought a large basin of bath water to the second brother and bathed in the wooden barrel, I lay comfortably on the hard wooden bed, staring at the top of the bed curtain with wide eyes, and did not feel sleepy at all.
From the luxurious and comfortable bath in the palace of the Jin Kingdom to the bath barrel in the Song Kingdom Lihuang Inn, and then to Song Yuan.