Chapter Forty-Six: A Magnificent Picture
Although it was not early, there were still a lot of people entering the city, and Ye Xiaoyu stood in the middle of the team entering the city, slowly moving forward with the crowd.
"What about your parents?"
When Ye Xiaoyu arrived, the soldiers who inspected saw that she was the only one, so he asked.
"I'm here alone."
Ye Xiaoyu looked up and replied.
"What are you doing here?"
The officer and soldier continued to ask expressionlessly.
"I embroidered some handkerchiefs and brought them here to sell."
Ye Xiaoyu pointed to his backpack and replied.
"Open it up and see ......"
Ye Xiaoyu obediently opened the worn-out backpack and showed it to the officers and soldiers.
"Alright, you can go."
After checking the backpack, the officers and soldiers finally let it go.
"Thank you, sir."
Ye Xiaoyu packed her backpack, put it back on her back, and walked into Yuejing, the capital of the Great Cause Country.
Standing in the city and looking at the city wall is another flavor, the towering city wall has the tendency of despising the world, solid as gold, Jin Ge iron armor, but with the fire of war and blood, it is the traffic in the city, peace and joy. Looking at the bustling crowd and vendors, Ye Xiaoyu's heart that had been hanging finally relaxed slightly.
After relaxing a little, Ye Xiaoyu thought of Hong'er again, I don't know what happened to her now, I don't know if it's smooth to help me ask for leave, alas, there is no communication tool now, otherwise I can make a phone call, send a text message to ask about the situation or something.
Walking in the crowd, Ye Xiaoyu raised her head and slowly admired this strange and prosperous city in different time and space.
The whole street, at a cursory glance, is crowded and disorganized; If you take a closer look, these people are people from different walks of life and are engaged in various activities. From the city gate, the streets are lined with shops, and the winter sun warmly spreads on the red bricks and green tiles or brightly colored pavilion cornices, so that the whole street is paved with a golden circle of light, warm and not greasy.
There are also many small vendors with large umbrellas and tourists coming and going in the open spaces on both sides of the street, but these vendors are not scattered in a mess, but are neatly sorted according to different types.
From the city gate, there are groceries, ornaments, fruits and vegetables, poultry and fish vendors, and grocery stalls are equipped with a series of auxiliary tools such as kitchen knives, scissors, ropes, hoes, etc.; The jewelry stalls not only have combs, mirrors, rouge gouache and other tools for dressing up, but also earrings, bracelets and other decorative jewelry, as well as handkerchiefs, silk scarves, purses and other personal items; The fruit and vegetable stall inside is full of fresh fruits and vegetables, although there are not many types, but they look very fresh, and people are very eager to buy them. Next to the fruit and vegetable stalls are poultry and fish stalls, and the vendors who sell meat and fresh fish are not only responsible for selling, but also responsible for helping customers cut meat and fresh fish. In addition to these categories, there are also stalls selling tea and drinks, and fortune-telling around, and there are many people gathered in front of the stalls.
The street stretches to the west, all the way to Wangcheng, the political center of Yuejing, although the street is very wide, but because of the constant number of pedestrians who are rushing to carry the road, driving to make deliveries, and stopping to shop, it is still bustling and rubbing shoulders.
In the center of the street, there is a tall building, which is said to be tall, about 8 stories high, although it is not comparable to the height of the building in the era when Ye Xiaoyu lived in his previous life, but it is very prominent in the case of low buildings in Yuejing City. With this building as the center, there are tea shops, liquor stores, cloth shops, rice grain shops, temples, public houses, etc., and there are not only special stores such as silk and satin, jewelry and spices, incense paper horses, etc., but also grocery shops such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, scissors, spoons, chopsticks, etc., in addition to pharmacies, car repair shops, etc., all walks of life. In addition, there are many teahouses, restaurants and inns, with colorful flags and signboards on the front of the door to attract business and customers.
The pedestrians in the street market, shoulder to shoulder, the river is endless, walking, in front of and behind them are the faces of pedestrians who are elegant, fresh, young, old, or sophisticated, the carriages and horses are sparkling, the flow of people is like weaving, there are businessmen, there are gentry watching the street scene, there are officials on horseback, there are hawkers; There are not only family members who ride in a sedan chair, but also monks who carry baskets, tourists from other places who ask for directions, and children in the streets and alleys who listen carefully; There are not only the children of wealthy families who drink in restaurants, but also the disabled elderly who beg on the edge of the city; Men, women and children, farmers and businessmen, three religions and nine streams, everything. Not far away, there was the penetrating shouting and shouting of the vendors, and from time to time there was the friction sound of the wheels rolling on the ground when the carriage passed by, and occasionally accompanied by one or two long neighing of horses, the first time she was in such a prosperous old city, Ye Xiaoyu felt that everywhere she went was as beautiful as a picture, the morning sun in winter, gentle and beautiful, if you can, I hope that time will stop, let yourself be frozen in this beautiful picture forever, regardless of the ups and downs outside the painting.
Ye Xiaoyu stopped at a stall selling steamed buns, and spent 1 penny to buy 2 vegetable buns, from this morning to now, if you don't eat, no matter how beautiful and magnificent the scenery is, you can't save yourself from being physiologically hungry. While walking and eating steamed buns, Ye Xiaoyu walked into a quiet alley that was almost dead silent, Ye Xiaoyu walked into the corner of the alley, took off the thick cotton jacket and scarf on his body and put them in the backpack, combed his hair with both hands, walked out of the alley, returned the same way, found an open space in the jewelry classification area and sat down, took out a large piece of white cloth removed from old clothes and spread it on the ground in front of him, and then took out the embroidered handkerchief from the backpack and put it on it, and began to sell loudly.
"Let's come and take a look, the hand-embroidered handkerchief is beautiful and cheap."
Ye Xiaoyu shouted twice, and realized that something was wrong, because now is the era of handicraft, and there is no machine, so everything should be handmade, right? Thinking of this, she changed her shouting again:
"Let's come and take a look, take a look, the unique limited edition new handkerchief in the whole Daye country, the price is affordable, the quantity is not much, pre-order as soon as possible, don't miss it when you pass by."
“…… Affordable, pre-order as soon as possible, don't miss the ...... when you pass by"
Ye Xiaoyu sat there and shouted hard.
"Excuse me, how do you sell this handkerchief?"
Finally, a girl wearing a light yellow embroidered jacket, dressed very small and fresh, about fourteen or fifteen years old, was attracted by Ye Xiaoyu's super loud shouting.
"Sister, hello vision, my handkerchief is cut and embroidered by me, and the style is very unique."
Ye Xiaoyu saw someone coming, and quickly stood up to introduce it.
"It's true that I don't see this kind of handkerchief very often......"
The girl said with a handkerchief that Ye Xiaoyu had spliced by herself.