Chapter 42 Tea before the Ming Dynasty

When their brothers went to the battlefield for the first time to kill people, although they won the battle, but they were scared to the legs, the general at that time personally came down to reward the three armies, the meat tube was full, the wine tube was enough, that time, he and his brother drank three catties of soju, only to get themselves drunk, and slept a nightmare sleep.

Since then, their brothers have never been afraid, how many times they have been born and died and fought side by side, each time against the enemy is an arrow fatal, penetrating the enemy's heart, Liang Mandou is strong, his arm strength is outstanding, he can open a bow of two hundred stones, the accuracy of the arrow is good, he practices on weekdays, wears Yang in a hundred steps, rides and shoots, often wins the applause of the soldiers, and wins the name of marksman in the army.

The Mujia Army is divided into five battalions: the Shenji Battalion, the Flying Eagle Battalion, the Tiger Battalion, the Jiaolong Battalion, and the Giant Bear Battalion, the Shenji Battalion is the place where the generals and staff are located, and it is the center of the command of the entire Mujia Army.

In the entire barracks, the Flying Eagle Battalion is responsible for exploring the way ahead, playing the vanguard front, or going deep behind the enemy, camouflaging assassination, etc., it is the most dangerous and glorious military camp in the army, and only the best sergeants can go through layers of assessment, as well as a variety of competitions to be qualified to enter, and in the Flying Eagle Battalion, Liang Mandou is a leader, there are many unconvinced people who challenge him, and later they all become friends of life and death.

Now...... Whew, don't say it, Liang Mancang shook his head wordlessly.

"We walked back slowly, just enough to let go of the wine." Liang Mancang stopped his thoughts, barely pulled out a smile, and looked at Gu Daya beside him.

Gu Daya listened to their story, and when she saw him like this, she didn't know where to start with her words of persuasion, so she only nodded silently.

The two of them almost returned empty, walking all the way like flying, Liang Mancang really did as he said, and when he climbed up the Cockscomb Mountain, the little bit of wine on his face had disappeared, and it was the same as usual.

The evening bell of the Temple of Mercy and Grace rang, the bell of the dong was deep and far-reaching, as if knocking on the hearts of the people, Liang Mancang listened quietly, and there was the clarity of Daigo empowerment.

"Let's go back." Liang Mancang drank the last drop of water, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said.

Approaching dusk, there was a haze in the mountains, a thin smoke and light mist, hazy, the two returned to the village, and met Gu Qingying walking with a bamboo basket, inside was a clay pot for porridge and three pairs of dishes and chopsticks, obviously she had just returned from the tea garden.

"Qingying, where is your sister and brother?" Gu Daya took her bamboo basket and asked.

Gu Daya knew that Qingzhu felt the most sorry for this little sister on weekdays, even if she was a little harder, she would not let her run around alone.

"Sister said, I want to make tea today, and I will sell it in a few days, Brother helps her, I can't leave, I will come back by myself, am I very capable?" Qingying said with a grin.

"Are you walking alone at home? Otherwise, come home with me. Gu Daya asked with some concern.

"I've promised Aunt Qin to sleep at her house, next time, next time." Qingying tilted her little head, a little embarrassed.

"Okay, you can go quickly." Gu Daya rubbed Qingying's soft hair and handed the bamboo basket back to her.

Seeing Gu Qingying jumping into the Qin family, Gu Daya turned to Liang Mancang and said, "Brother Mancang, you are still eating at my house today." ”

"Forget about eating, when I put my things and go with you, I have something to say to Uncle Fu." Liang Mancang opened the door and put the bamboo basket home, and the two went back together.

"Dead girl, ask you to sell tea, all day, no shadow can be seen, your father went to sell tea after noon, and he didn't come back this time, eighty percent of the town is looking for you!" Sun was cooking in the kitchen, and when he saw Gu Daya, he lowered his voice and counted her.

"Mother, don't scold me, today, if it weren't for Brother Mancang, you would almost never see me!" Gu Daya stretched out her hand full of wounds in front of Sun.

"Oh, what's wrong with you, you fell off the mountain?" Although she is a girl, but in the end she is biological, Sun saw this, she couldn't help but panic, dusted off the grass clippings on her body, grabbed her hand, and asked distressedly: "Does it hurt?" ”

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Gu Daya pursed her lips and shook her head.

"What the hell is going on?" Sun asked.

Gu Daya told the story of selling tea and game from beginning to end, and told Sun in every possible way not to let Gu Shifu know that he was deceived by Changlong yesterday.

These words frightened this country woman who had not seen much of the world, but fortunately, nothing happened to them, and Sun's heart was settled, and he no longer blamed the eldest girl.

Liang Mancang didn't meet Gu Shifu, so he accompanied Qingshan to talk, he is now able to support the ground activities, hold the bed and walk two or three laps, this time he is busy with spring tea, he is anxious, he only hates himself for getting too slow to help the family do things, Liang Mancang taught him some ways to recover from injuries in the army.

When the sun was setting and the sky was getting dark, Gu Shifu walked back quickly, and before the others entered the house, he asked loudly and anxiously: "Child, mother, has the eldest girl come back?" ”

"Daddy!" Gu Daya ran out excitedly, and her voice changed a little.

"Where did you go all this day? Forget it, forget it, just come back, pour me some tea. Seeing that his daughter was safe and sound, Gu Shifu's hanging heart fell to the ground, and Fang Jue ran back and forth for more than 20 miles of mountain roads in one breath, but he didn't even bother to drink a sip of water, and his throat and eyes were so dry that he was about to smoke.

Gu Shifu sat in the hall, drank three bowls of tea in a row, took out the cigarette stick, lowered his head and filled it with tobacco, and asked, "What happened to you this day, and you only came back now?" ”

"When I was selling game today, I met the street patrol of Cuiping Town, and after chatting, I realized that they and I were under the command of a general, and I was happy for a while, so I had to make an appointment to have a drink together, and I couldn't help but delay the time." Liang Mancang glanced at Gu Daya, and only chose what he wanted to say.

"It's good that nothing happens, speaking of which, this is also human nature, you have to walk around with them more in the future, I know you want to avenge the full pocket, for this reason, make friends with some public people, it will be somewhat helpful to you." Gu Shifu still thought that he couldn't figure it out like yesterday, and persuaded him bitterly.

"Uncle Xie Fu reminded me that if I have the opportunity in the future, I also want to go out to find an errand." Liang Mancang nodded.

"Huh? Well. Gu Shifu didn't expect Liang Mancang to suddenly figure it out, he was surprised for a short time, and then said, "Catch Ming'er, I'll say more good things in front of Lizheng, your body is as strong as a cow, if he sees it, he will definitely use you." ”

"Uncle Fu, the brother who patrols the street said that the Sansheng Tea Shop in Cuiping Town is the most authentic in business, and in the future, our tea will be sold to his family." Liang Mancang bent down and lit a smoking pot for Gu Shifu.

"What you said makes sense, or the old store is reliable, I went to Changlong at noon today to sell tea, and it was closed, I heard from others, the owner of Changlong suddenly had an emergency, closed the store and went back to Nancang County for treatment, my tea at noon was sold to Sansheng, that is, the price was low, and the flag gun was at the first level, only 35 Wen a catty." Gu Shifu lowered his head and smoked, and the smoke pot was clearly extinguished.

"This price is not bad, we evaluated the second level in Changlong this morning, only 30 yuan a catty." Liang Mancang took a sip of tea.

"Really? The price charged yesterday is a first-class fifty Wen, a second-level forty Wen, and it will drop so much today, but it is a stable three-life life, but, then again, without Changlong's high price hanging, tomorrow's market is only afraid of falling even more, and we people make some money, it is difficult! Gu Shifu looked up at him and sighed.

"Qingzhu's family sells tea cakes, why aren't the people in our village the same as her?" Liang Mancang asked suspiciously.

"Hey, if there was no Qingshan, our family would have planned to put the kettle retort regulations this year, so that the big girl and Qingzhu could learn to make tea cakes, but now, with a debt, how can there be spare money to buy a tea-making guy, now, we can only look forward to picking tea early and picking more tea." Gu Shifu spat out a puff of cigarette and sighed.

Pale white smoke shrouded his sad face.

"It's better to be like this, I'll come back anyway, at most go up the mountain to hunt for money, if you can trust me, I will help you carry out the tea to sell, so that you can have an extra labor to grab the tea, otherwise, after the Qingming Valley rain, you can only sell it cheaply, it's a pity." Liang Mancang said bluntly.

"Of course, it's the best, it's just that you just came back from thousands of miles away, and you didn't rest for a day, so you supported you like this, and my uncle couldn't help it." Gu Shifu was a little unbearable.

"What's this, I live in a village, and when I get up the house, I won't have to trouble my uncle and aunt, so it's decided, I'll run in the morning and at noon, you just have to pick tea with peace of mind." Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Liang Mancang put down the tea bowl and got up to leave.

"Don't leave Mancang, have dinner at my aunt's place, isn't this the same as at home, in the future, you don't have to cook alone, a handful of rice, a handful of noodles, and my aunt will do it easily." When Sun heard their words, he was very happy, and when he saw that he was leaving, he hurried out to stay.

"Yes, listen to your aunt, just like in your own home, you're welcome." Gu Shifu also followed suit.

Since this is the case, Liang Mancang no longer shirked, and went back after having dinner at Gu Daya's house.

There are still three days to be Qingming, Gu Qingzhu hurried up, and had already saved thirty tea cakes, plus today's and tomorrow's, there will be almost forty, if according to the price of previous years, one or two halves of silver is a steady earning.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingzhu had great hope in his heart, and he had even made up his mind that as soon as he got the money, he would send Qingsong to the school in the town, he had been delayed at home for too long.

Qingsong didn't know what Sister Ah thought, he just tried to do as much as possible, and when he was waiting for roasted tea in the second half of the night, he always advised Gu Qingzhu to rest, even if he was a man of steel and iron bones, he couldn't help but stay up day and night, and his sister looked obviously thin.

The drizzle in the Qingming season seems to be the eternal seasonal characteristics, the weather is gloomy on this day, a rain is inevitable, the tea farmers of Gujiaao expected this day, but they can't compete with God, they can only stay at home and wait for the weather to improve.

Gu Qingzhu finally saved forty-two tea cakes, she packed up her back basket and went out of the mountain in the morning, tomorrow is Qingming, she must go to Nancang County today, otherwise, after this solar term, no matter how good the tea cakes are, they will not be able to sell at a high price.

The mist in the mountains floats, one by one, sometimes you can see clearly, sometimes you can't tell the direction in three steps, and the peaks and trees seem to float in the clouds, like a fairyland. In the past, on the mountain road in and out, the endless stream of tea sellers were gone, after the last Yang Dafa incident, Gu Qingzhu had a pimple in her heart, she went out this time with a small pair of scissors, hurting people is fake, but it is true that she is brave.

"Green Bamboo!" A male voice came out from behind Leng Buding, accompanied by the sound of footsteps kicking, from far to near.

Gu Qingzhu's hairs stood up suddenly, and she turned to look back, but the white mist was vast, and she couldn't see who it was at all.