Chapter 468: Sang Qi's clue
Life always has to go on, Green Willow came out of the confinement and continued to take over his own shop, Bai Lao Er stayed at home to take care of the child for more time, for this son, he had high expectations, as long as he was free, he would hold his son out and go in, even if he was talking to customers about business, he was reluctant to leave the child behind.
"Sister-in-law, I pondered, you always like to take your children around, don't shy away from them, children can be so sensible early, this kid in our family, if you follow me to do business and do business, then wouldn't you naturally be a good businessman when you grow up?"
I have to say that Bai Laoer's argument is still reasonable, at least, the current little boy's favorite toy is his father's ebony abacus, as long as he casually pulls the abacus beads, then he will not cry or make trouble.
Ah Yuan also likes this little nephew very much, but he has a big opinion on the child's name, and it took a lot of effort to name his three babies at the beginning, and the name of the next generation should be on the word "sheng", and nothing in vain is good.
Bai Lao Er himself has no idea, and his son's name is still the eight characters that he asked the Taoist chief to calculate, saying that his son is "short of water in the five elements", and it is best to bring water to the name.
Which word has the most water? There is no way to change the surname "Bai", and the word "Sheng" in the middle is not popular to change, this baby is called "Bai Shengmiao", and three water are stacked together, this time "water" is enough, right?
As a result, in order to further replenish the "water" for the child, Xiao Ming'er also took this, and it was simply called "Xiao Shui'er", Ah Yuan could only sigh. Idealistic superstition is too serious!
When "Xiao Shui'er" can sit up. Zhuyang County has launched a "baby chair" that can be installed on the beam of a two-wheeled vehicle. You can put your child in the seat and go out comfortably surrounded by adults.
Naturally, the first person to walk on the street on a two-wheeled bicycle was the second shopkeeper of the Bai family, "Xiao Shui'er" laughed all the way, and accompanied his father to advertise in the county all day.
The carpenters are busy again, and now every new product they develop can be quickly sold to nearby counties. The joint chambers of commerce in Zhuyang and Qiyang are becoming more and more powerful, and the entire Great Song Dynasty has set up distribution points, so there is no need to consider the problem of unsalable inventory.
At the end of the year, Sang Qi came to Zhuyang County, just like the promise made when the new shadow puppet hall was built at the beginning, to travel the footprints of shadow puppet theater all over the country, and now, he has done it and came to find the master to restore his life.
"County Lord, I've been on the road for the past two years. Grew a lot of insight into our shadow puppetry. It also combines the different singing characteristics of various places, and the drama books also adopt a lot of legends and stories from all over the world, and then communicate with each other, and now, more than 100 drama scripts have been formed, all of which are ...... here."
Sang Qi carried two big burdens, one of which was the account book, the profit and expenditure records of the conquest of the north and south in the past few years, and the other was the more than 100 drama books mentioned above, all of which were copied by hand, which was extremely precious.
"Hard ......". In the face of these two big burdens, Ah Yuan can only spit out these two words.
After a few years of training, Sang Qi's face has become more calm and measured, he is actually a synthesis of literati and businessmen, and while making money, he maintains an elegant demeanor.
"Now, are you married?" Ah Yuan is a good master, and he is always very concerned about the quality of life of his subordinates.
At the beginning of the capital, the shadow puppet show was just in the entrepreneurial period, and Sang Qi was surrounded by a few little girls with secret promises.
In a few years, the girl who followed him to start a business should have achieved positive results a long time ago.
However, this answer still surprised Ah Yuan.
"No--I officially married a wife, took in a few people, and gave birth to two children......."
Sang Qi said it very low-key, thinking that the men in the county lord's family didn't seem to have concubines, he added: "When I returned to the capital, I also saw Old John, and the matchmaker made by Steward Xu also accepted a little maid." ”
The whip is beyond the reach of the whip in the capital, and people with fiefs can't go back to Beijing casually, and it's not easy for Steward Xu to guard the county lord's mansion, and Old John is probably lonely alone, so he won't pursue anyone's girl......
For Sang Qi, who has worked hard, Ah Yuan doesn't plan to impose his ideas on him, he has to be regarded as a man who specializes in art, and there is no way to like it if there are a few more little girls, right?
Zhang Dashan took Sang Qi to take inventory, Ah Yuan was happy holding the stacks of drama books, there were many stories she had never heard of, full of the breath of life, the plot ups and downs, which made people love it.
In this way, it is Zhu Yang and Qi Yang that the shadow puppet hall play books in these two places are the most monotonous, and Ah Yuan called the guards to come and inform the owner to come and teach the opportunity.
These drama books are all wealth, and the maids who write well can start copying, Zhu Yang and Qi Yang both have to learn new plays, and when they are rich, spiritual food is also very important.
Sang Qi probably has developed an occupational disease, and when Ah Yuan went out to pick up the children, he heard this kid asking the guards about the anecdotes of Zhuyang County, and he was still holding a charcoal pen in his hand, marking it in a small notebook at any time.
The wealth of more than 100 drama books has been accumulated like this, right?
In the next few days, the parents who picked up their children outside the "Happiness Garden" were also familiar with Sang Qi, and they talked a lot about the nonsense of the world, and they also said a lot of rare things, and it is estimated that it will not be long before a new drama can be born again.
During the time that Sang Qi temporarily lived in the county lord's mansion, the children were also very happy, and when they came back from kindergarten, they would immediately gather around him, pulling the corners of their clothes and asking about the customs of each place, and all kinds of strange stories and legends......
"When I was in Cloud City, I once saw the 'black wind', walking on the street, the vendors and pedestrians on both sides suddenly disappeared, the eyes were dark, the wind and sand still hit the face and hurt, I didn't dare to move casually, quickly relied on my memory, groped the body of a willow tree, and clinged closely, so that I was not hurt, the 'black wind', it blew for half an hour......."
"Is there really a 'black wind'? Uncle Sangqi, is that a man-eating monster coming out? Are you scared? ”
"Aren't you scared? Some of them sat in carriages and horses, and when it was suddenly dark, they involuntarily bumped into each other, and some rushed off the bridge and fell into the river! ”
Sang Qi waved his hand to the county lord who was also trying to be lively when he approached, and continued: "Later, some people said that it was not the Black Wind Monster that came out, it may be that there are masters who are setting up altars and want to change their lives against the sky, and some people say that they heard the woman's cry ......."
When the ancients were unable to explain some uncommon natural phenomena, the most common theory was to mythologize natural phenomena, and associate them with gods and monsters, or to attribute them to wise monks and Taoists.
"What is the practice of setting up an altar? What is a change of life against the sky? Song Hao was so frightened that his heart trembled, and he couldn't control his curiosity, so he stared nervously and asked.
Sang Qi also didn't know much: "I don't know much either, it seems that there was indeed a Taoist priest outside the cloud city that day to worship the sky, someone saw it, and the news that came back had noses and eyes, and said that it was nine women with the same birthday, standing on nine altars respectively, and taking the ...... of 'ninety-nine to one' and 'changing one' against the sky."
A woman with the same birthday? Originally, Ah Yuan, who was just coming to listen to the excitement with the children, jumped with his eyebrows, and his ten fingers were clasped: "Sang Qi, Yuncheng, where is it?" When did this happen? ”
Her voice was a little hurried, although the story of Cailian's abduction has passed a long time, and now she is successfully married and is about to give birth to a child, but when she hears what "Eight Characters of Birth" and "Change Your Life Against the Sky", her nerves are still very tense.
Sang Qi didn't dare to talk nonsense as if telling a story, and thought about it carefully: "From now, less than a month, I rushed to Zhuyang County from that place in Yuncheng, because I was worried about encountering the 'black wind' again, so I didn't dare to stay there longer." ”
"Is that 'ninety-nine to one' and 'changing one's life against the sky' confirm? Have you seen it with your own eyes and heard it with your ears? Ah Yuan hated to grab Sang Qi's collar and ask.
"No--sure--I was on the way out of Cloud City, I met a passer-by, he swore to me, and said that he was in a hidden place outside the city at that time to make it convenient, the black wind came, he didn't dare to move, and then I heard someone talking about 'ninety-nine to one' and 'change one's life against the sky', and what to say, 'I finally got together nine women with wonderful birthdays, and the young master's life will definitely be changed'......, I don't know if he made it up blindly, look at his embarrassed appearance, I was really frightened, and after I escaped, I was eager to talk to others. Sang Qi could only tell what he had heard and remembered, after all, he hadn't seen it in person and didn't dare to guarantee anything.
But that's all, that's enough.
Ah Yuan called Zhang Dashan into the house: "You can quickly go to Qiyang to find the general, or Ah Wenying and Wu Lu, and repeat the story told by Sang Qi - no, let Sang Qi go with you!" ”
The soldiers were very fast, Ah Yuan didn't have time to explain more, so he sent Sang Qi to the war horse, fortunately, this kid is not a novice in horseback riding, Zhang Dashan stepped on the horse, and at the same time pulled the reins of Sang Qi, and didn't care whether he ate dinner or not, and whether it was dangerous to rush at night, so he ran away with joy......
According to the few words left by Bai Chengguang, a few of them have been running around like blind people for a long time, and they can't find any trace of the group of tomb robbers. (To be continued......)
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