Chapter 52: Meeting Friends on the Day of the Market

Every time I go back to the market in Yunjin City, it is a lively day, Yun Zhibai got up from the bamboo bed early, saw that Xi Niang and Xi Er were still asleep, so he got up gently, changed his clothes, pinned the monthly order to his uncle on his waist, and then took out the charcoal in the iron smoker in Xi Niang's room, replaced it with a new one, and put it in Xi Niang's room.

Immediately afterwards, Yun Zhibai boiled a big bowl of porridge, put it in a food box for Xi Niang, and put it on the desk next to the bed in the house, seeing that everything was arranged, he went out with confidence, and now the sky is still slightly bright, because Yun Zhibai lives in the suburbs of Yunjin City, and there is naturally some distance from the city.

Yun Zhibai hurriedly walked to Yunjin City, the city gate has formed a long queue, this Yunjin City is close to Chang'an City, Yunjin City has a total of three famous mountains, north is Bai Qi Mountain, there is Lingyin Temple, the incense is vigorous, the dignitaries and nobles who live on Chang'an Street love to worship the Buddha, ask for the blessing of God, the east of Yunjin City is Bai Qingshan, the bottom of the mountain is Baishan Academy, the opposite of Bai Qi Mountain is Yunjuan Mountain, it is said that the clouds on the top of Yunjuan Mountain are always rolled one by one, so it is specially named Yunjuan Mountain.

This Yunjuan Mountain is the martial arts training ground and hunting ground set up here by General Mo, in the middle of the mountainside, Mo Lin deliberately opened up the mountain and opened up a large field for the soldiers to train, ride horses, draw bows, archery, hunting, Bai Qi Mountain, Bai Qingshan and Yunjuan Mountain The three mountains are closely connected, surrounding the entire Yunjin City and Chang'an City, so these three mountains are very important, the mountains are steep, outsiders and foreign enemies have to go through the mountains and rivers, so this is also an important military territory, and because it is close to Chang'an City, Therefore, entering Yunjin City is to go through some interrogation and search by officers and soldiers.

Yun Zhibai looked at the long queue, some of them were people who went into the city to catch the market, some were carrying things to sell goods, watching the sky gradually turn white and bright, and he was a little anxious in his heart, but fortunately, as the team slowly moved forward, it was finally his turn, Yun Zhibai took out the pass he carried with him, and a soldier wearing armor touched the pockets on both sides of Yun Zhibai, and then groped up and down, seeing that he was not carrying any weapons, he waved his hand, Yun Zhibai hurriedly accelerated his pace and crossed the checkpoint and walked over.

Today's bazaar is particularly lively, people come and go, bustling with a crowd of people, on both sides of the street are teahouses, taverns, cloth villages, butcher shops, pawnshops and workshops, and some green buildings such as Yihong Courtyard, of course, the old bustard does not dare to let those fireworks women sell themselves in the bright light, by drinking tea and eating snacks and the like, secretly do something invisible to people, the roof beam is also vaguely hung a spring courtyard, waiting for the wind to come, Manchun Courtyard, Fengming Courtyard and other signboards, after all, not far from Chang'an Street, although the Tang Dynasty culture is open, But under the Son of Heaven, you have to take into account the face of the Son of Heaven, those small counties that are 108,000 miles away from Chang'an City, but the streets are full of green buildings.

In the open spaces on both sides of the street, there are many small vendors with large umbrellas, including candy blowers; those who play musical instruments; There are those who sell cold flour dough; There are also carpentry toys; There are also people who make octagonal palace lamps, there are people who carry burdens and hurry, there are people who sit in a sedan chair, there are people who ride horses, there are people who drive donkeys to transport goods, and the daughter who is supported by a maidservant, look here, look at it there, the boy brother who follows the small house, fight birds here, look at the chessboard there, the hawkers shout business there, and the tourists play fists and wine in the tavern, so a lively bazaar.

There was also a bridge at the end of the street, and many of the boys who were in the market were leaning on the railings on the side of the bridge, or pointing at the women who were passing by, or watching the boats passing in the river.

Yun Zhibai didn't care about joining in the excitement, he rushed to the butcher shop on the street as soon as possible, and saw that the butcher Zhu was polishing the pig-killing knife with a broken curtain, and when he saw Yun Zhibai walking forward, his eyes immediately lit up, and he asked expectantly, "Mr. Yun, I haven't seen you come to the market for a long time, how much meat do you want to buy today, this meat was just killed in the morning, you see it's still hot, buy some and go back to open the meat." ”

In the past, Yun Zhibai bought meat from Zhu Butcher, Yun Zhibai was also honest, Zhu Butcher said how much silver, he was one or two less people, unlike some people, who gave a few copper coins less, and felt that Zhu Butcher was standing and selling meat, but he could make money, so Zhu Butcher has always had a good impression of Yun Zhibai.

Later, when Yun Zhibai bought meat, Zhu Butcher asked Yun Zhibai what he did for a living, and he knew that this was never less than his silver taels or a teaching gentleman, no wonder he looked like Sven, Zhu Butcher had suffered a loss of knowledge since he was a child, so he had to kill pigs and sell pigs before dawn, and every time Yun Zhibai came to buy pork, he had to add some pork liver and pork loin to him, although Yun Zhibai came to buy pork every time the time interval was half a month and a month, and he couldn't buy much each time, but this teaching gentleman did not dislike him for being a pig killer, I have to say hello to him politely every time, which is to look at him as a pig butcher.

"Xiao Zhu, I want three catties of meat today, get me a better one, it doesn't matter if you have a little more silver." Yun Zhibai looked at the fat is fat, thin is lean pork, he doesn't go to other butcher shops to buy it on weekdays, he likes to buy things like this, and when the family is cooked, he buys it one by one, and this Xiao Zhu buys some meat on weekdays and sticks some pig offal for him, so he is even more embarrassed to buy it elsewhere.

"Mr. Yun, there is a guest at home today, so generous." After saying that, Zhu Butcher's pig killing knife was up and down, and a piece of front leg meat between fat and lean meat was perfectly cut, Zhu Butcher weighed, put the pork into the bag, stretched out his hands, Yun Zhibai understood it, and immediately took out ten copper coins from the money bag on his waist and handed it to Zhu Butcher.

Zhu Butcher did not take the copper coin immediately, but picked up some pork livers next to the pork, and the pork offal was packed in another bag, handed it to Yun Zhibai, and then rubbed his hands on his clothes, and then took Yun Zhibai's copper coin with both hands and put it in the drawer.

"No, Xi Niang just gave birth the night before, I'll buy some good ones for her to make up for her body." Yun Zhibai smiled at Zhu Butcher, and thanked him again, "Look at you, every time you load these good things for me, give you two silver taels and don't want it, how can I afford it, it's just the first few times, I have to take it today, it's not easy for you to kill and sell pigs every day." Yun Zhibai said and took out another copper coin from the money bag on his waist and stuffed it into the hand of Zhu Butcher, where was Zhu Butcher willing to accept it, the two of you came and went back for several rounds, but this copper coin finally fell back into Yun Zhibai's money bag.

"Hey, congratulations to Mr. Yun, Xi Niang gave birth, gave birth to a son or a young lady? Congratulations, Mr. Yun is a daddy. Zhu Butcher rubbed his hands happily for Yun Zhibai, these hawkers are running around for a little livelihood on weekdays, but they are also enthusiastic, and Zhu Butcher has long regarded Yun Zhibai as a friend in his heart, which makes him even happier.

"It's a caring little padded jacket, look at what makes you happy, as if you are a father, you are not young anymore, hurry up and find a girl, go home and have a hot meal to eat, a hot tea to drink." Yun Zhibai looked at the Zhu butcher who suddenly blushed a little, and smiled, this Zhu butcher looked at the tall man, a rough man, and when he talked about it, he was embarrassed.

"This, I, no one looks down on me, I stay with these sows every day, how can any girl want to smell my stinky smell." Zhu Butcher thought that he was the boss, when Yun Zhibai came to him to buy meat for the first time, Yun Zhibai was still a bachelor, and now he is a father, and he is still alone, and he is still as knowledgeable as Mr. Yun, unlike him who is blind, and no girl wants to follow him.

"You can't say such discouraged words, look at you, a talent, I'm still waiting to drink your wedding wine, by the way, when the child is full moon, if you are free, you must come to the child's full moon banquet, okay, that's it, I won't accept the gift money, you are here, okay, you do business, I have to go to the pharmacy to get some tonic for Xi Niang." Yun Zhibai saw that the people behind him stepped forward to buy pork, and he was afraid of delaying Zhu Butcher's business, so he hurriedly said goodbye to him, and Zhu Butcher also waved his hand at Yun Zhibai and replied loudly, "The full moon banquet for children, I must be there on time." ”

Yun Zhibai said goodbye to Zhu Butcher, came to the Wen Medical Hall again, and walked into the medical hall, an old man wearing reading glasses hurriedly got up from behind the counter, "Mr. Yun is here, please, pour a cup of tea for Mr. Yun." When a guy next to him heard what the curator said, he immediately put down the work in his hand, went to pour a cup of tea, and handed it to Yun Zhibai with both hands.

"Old Wen, why are you so polite, every time I come, you treat me so well, I'm really ashamed." Yun Zhibai looked at Mr. Wen Yang, he was really a little embarrassed, this Mr. Wen Yang was much older than him, every time he came, he was so respectful and polite, so that he really didn't dare to be a junior.

"Mr. Wen, you are going to see me outside, who are you, my little girl's teacher, can I not respect you? In terms of age, I am much older than you, and my seniority is higher than yours, but I still owe you this favor. Wen Yang patted Yun Zhibai's shoulder and looked at Yun Zhibai like his son-in-law, but unfortunately, Mr. Yun already had an insider, and when Yun Zhibai was still single, he was still thinking about introducing his little daughter to Mr. Yun.

"Wen Lao, you are still thinking about Wen Rong's matter, this is all my effort, Wen Lao has been grateful to me until now, if you want to say gratitude, every time I come back to get medicine, you have to give one more prescription, my favor, you have already paid it back." Yun Zhibai remembered Wen Rong's incident, originally the scholars recruited by Baishan Academy were all high-ranking nobles' daughters and sons, although this Wen Lao opened a medical hall in Yunjin City, it was also a small business, and his family was small with some silver taels, but he didn't have an official position, and he was not a rich family, so Wen Rong originally had no qualifications to enter Baishan Academy.

But the best academy in this Yunjin City is Baishan Academy, some of the big families in Chang'an City can't get in, so they retreat to the next best and choose Baishan Academy, after all, Baishan Academy is the best college in private schools, Wen Yang originally wanted to send Wen Rong to Baishan Academy, but the qualifications were not enough, at that time, Baishan Academy was mostly on the list of trustees, and Xu Yan didn't pay special attention to Wen Yang, so he never gave a reply, Wen Lao saw that this matter was so difficult, so he thought in his heart that it would be forgotten, so he didn't mention it anymore, Although there is a little regret in my heart, I can't help it.

Coincidentally, once a guest who came to the pharmacy talked about Baishan Academy, he listened to it, it is said that this guest could not enter this Baishan Academy, and then found a lot of relationships to entrust Yun Zhibai, and then entered the school, this Wenyang flame that had been extinguished was ignited again, and hurriedly asked the guest about the origin of this Yun Zhibai.