Chapter 120: Ingenuity
It was another few days of dust, and she spent more time with the horse than a person, and she could barely establish a revolutionary friendship in a certain sense, so she named the horse to further deepen the hard-won friendship.
Patting the horse's head, he picked up the water bladder hanging on the horse's back and poured it on his head.
She looked at the city gate from afar, eroded to pale red by the wind, with dozens of real copper nails on them, and rows of golden light. There were many soldiers guarding the tower, and many guards stood on both sides of the gate downstairs, all armed with spears, checking the passers-by.
There weren't many people who wanted to get in and out of the city gates, and she stood on horseback not far away, and the guards squinted in the direction of the sun and shouted, "Get off your horse!"
The backlight slowly urged the horse to come, and he jumped down lightly on the stirrup. The eyes under the hat looked at them a little strangely, why did these people look so weird?
Behind him, the bare ground raised gravel and slammed against the mottled gates.
"Take off your hat. ”
She took it off. Siye was silent.
After a while, the guard stretched out a hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Credentials." ”
She looked down at the black palms, her mind dazed, "What certificate?"
Hearing this soft and sweet voice, the guard's face changed, "You're not a local?"
Pulling at the reins, "No." Everyone's expressions changed, but they didn't raise their spears for a long time, and when they were in shock, they heard the woman in front of them say, "I'm from the Central Plains." ”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked the woman up and down. An older one came out and said, "If you don't have a certificate, you can't enter the city, so you might as well go back." ”
He frowned, looked at the nearby gate, and for a moment buckled his hat to his head and rode away.
"Do you believe the man?" asked one of the soldiers.
"How can the demons have such dark eyes?" the elder shook his head, watching the white fade away.
............
Finally, I can go back, just on the other side of the city gate, it should be the Central Plains of the same spirit stone, which is a popular place for monks, but what kind of certificate do you want!?
Where is she going to get the credentials? Oops, I forgot to ask them...... It's not like a visa or something, is it?
I had a casual bite to eat at a restaurant, only to hear the table next door talking secretly.
It's not that she deliberately wants to hear it, it's just that because the realm has reached the fifth order, the five senses are already extraordinary mortals, and the voice has penetrated into her ears, and she can't stop it.
A bald man: "The voucher can't be obtained, the Central Plains people come to the side, most of them are the best among the people, and it is really difficult to get the voucher from them, and the movement is too big, they die one, and other people will find out immediately, once searched, it will be difficult for us to get out at that time." ”
Another long-haired man with a shawl and a long beard covering his face: "Haha, you can't be justified by certificates, right? If you want me to say, we forged a few of his mother's certificates, but they don't know either." ”
described the very seductive woman: "But we haven't seen the certificate yet." ”
"That's right. The bald head lowered his head, had no intention of drinking, suddenly smashed the wine glass, and said angrily, "It's better for us to just stun them in the middle of the night and kill them, isn't it just a city gate, in the past, with my leper snake ability, who can catch me?"
"Be quiet. The woman reprimanded, and said, "If there is no way, then what you said is feasible." ”
As soon as the words fell, the woman suddenly felt that something was wrong, and when she looked back, she saw that it was a person wearing a hat who tilted her head slightly, as if listening to their conversation.
When the bald head heard this, he dropped a piece of white-cut beef from his mouth, picked up the knife on the table and looked at it.
She turned her head suddenly, if she didn't move, and with such a turn, the eavesdropping behavior was undoubtedly revealed.
But the delicate and soft voice came from under the hat, "You don't want to be overheard, you can go to a private room and talk slowly, you have to sit next to me, I'm not deaf." ”
"It's a female doll!" As soon as the bald head heard the voice, he lowered his vigilance, and the knife in his hand returned to the table, and his mouth did not fall, "What is the female doll doing with a hat, shouldn't it be for the master to show her with a small face!"
Speechless, seeing that the dishes on the table were almost finished, he simply threw a piece of silver with enough weight on the table, raised his legs and left, suddenly stopped and turned around and said, "Then you should stay at home when you look like this!"
The bald head was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand what he meant. But the other two at the same table all bowed their heads and smiled.
After walking a few steps, I saw a boy in Tsing Yi standing on the side of the road, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry about the voucher, as long as the money is in place, everything is easy to say!"
The word certificate fell into his ears, and it was like thunder on the ground, and he didn't know where to get this thing, so he stood quietly not far away and listened.
The man opposite stretched out two fingers to the boy in Tsing Yi and said softly, "The money is ready, just waiting for your goods." "The two of them are sneaky for fear that others will not know that they are making unspeakable deals.
I heard the little boy's shrill voice, "Our master said that he still has a lot of goods there, and he can give them today." ”
The man smiled and nodded, "That's good." ”
The latter words were inaudible, and after a while they seemed to have been negotiated, and the two went in opposite directions. After thinking for a moment, he immediately followed the boy in Tsing Yi.
The little boy in Tsing Yi felt a hand on his shoulder, slowly turned around, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?"
A little nervous, rubbing his little hands, feeling like an outlaw, he asked tentatively, "Can you get the certificate?"
The boy in Tsing Yi nodded, "Yes, do you want it?"
Lu was overjoyed, "What do you want, how much does it cost?"
"Money is negotiable, you come with me to meet our boss first. ”
She was a little alert, but she clenched the tulle under the hat, and it seemed a bit risky to meet someone like this, but in order to get the voucher to get out of the city as soon as possible, she could only go once, and be careful.
Entered a two-entry courtyard, from the outside it looks like the rough style of Saibei, walk in and see, the pattern of flowers and trees and houses are the wind of the Central Plains, which makes people close to each other.
The little boy in Tsing Yi took the lead in the front, entered the hall, turned around and sat her down, and went to call the so-called boss.
The tip of the nose is lightly smelled, the tea in the cup is not poisonous, light and sweet, it is a good product, the yard is decorated with beautiful and lovely, quite elegant, presumably the owner should also be an open-minded person.
A few footsteps hurriedly came from the corridor, and when he sat up straight, he saw a blue brocade boots with a white background stepping in first, followed by a silver robe, a gentle face was quite young, smiling on the snow-white fox fur, and seeing her smile even more, not like a businessman, but like a teacher, every move is Sven, and he looks like Sven.
"The girl wants to get out of town?"
He put down the teacup, and when he saw that he directly pointed to the question and didn't go around the bend, he said, "Yes, as long as you can give me the certificate, the silver two is not a problem." Saying that, she straightened her waist, and her heart was a little weak, but she was afraid that he would open his mouth and ask for a sky-high price that she couldn't take. Her ideas and jewelry are all worth seventy-seven eighty-eight, and if the silver left is not enough, I am afraid that there will be no scraping together.
The man tapped the table with the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile, "That's ......."
A pair of blank eyes stared at him.
The man frowned slightly, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, there are too many people who want to go out of the city these days, and the vouchers I can get are limited, and I finished the ...... just before the girl comes" Seeing her expression become pitiful, the man blinked, "But the new goods will be replenished soon, why don't you wait a few days?"
"How long will it take?" "How could her luck be so bad, forget it, just wait a few days, it's better than nothing."
The man lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then put away the jade folding fan and said, "I'm not sure, it will take ten days and half a month to say the least." ”
So long!, his eyes widened, and he suddenly got up.
"Don't worry, girl, I will fly the pigeon and pass the book to them, maybe it will be a day or two faster. ”
She wanted to cry without tears, she knew that she would have to wait so long, so she would not have returned the inn early, and I am afraid that there is no vacancy when she goes back now.
As if he could read minds, the man suddenly said, "Girl, why don't you stay with me for a few days, and save yourself going back and forth, my subordinates are dull, if you can't find the girl, wouldn't you miss a big deal?"
He nodded subconsciously, and felt that it was inappropriate, but he only saw a pair of smiling amber eyes, and couldn't help but nod again, "It's okay...... But I'll settle the bill. ”
The man didn't say yes, he didn't say no, he stood up, and after instructing the child, he said to her, "Girl, rest first, I won't bother." ”
Everything is fine, this person is polite and polite, he can't be a bad person, right?
The boy tilted his head and glanced at her, "This is it." After that, he pointed to a room at the end of the corridor and said, "That's the boss's room over there." ”
Stunned, the child had already run away with a smile.
It's a bit inexplicable.
Twilight is approaching, and a red sun is sinking in the west.
A few cold stars are slightly white, decorating the indigo sky with prosperity and brilliance.
Groping in the kitchen, this huge pot is embedded in the pot table, and it can't be held up at all, and the fire under the stove needs to be burned to cook, which is really very inconvenient.
"Sister, it's inconvenient for me here!" the little boy muttered, leaning into half of his black soot head and complaining, "You cut a vegetable, what do you have!"
While trying to shred the potatoes in his hand, he said, "Are you going to make a fire?"
"Yes, yes, yes. The boy swooped back, his eyes purred a few times, and after finding that he was not looking at him, a small spark ignited from his little hand, and the firewood in the black pot hole met this open flame, and it actually burned at once.
Seeing that the stove was still quiet like a chicken in the last second, the next second the pot had begun to smoke, and he was in a hurry, almost stabbing in his hand, and quickly poured a spoonful of oil, threw the shredded potatoes down and stir-fried, chopped out some red pepper shreds as quickly as possible, and put them into the pot at the right time.
The aroma in the pot was overflowing for a while, the aroma of potatoes and the aroma of oil were well blended together, sprinkled with an appropriate amount of salt and stirred evenly.
A plate of bright red pepper and shredded potatoes is out of the pot.
The little boy was lying on the edge of the pot, and he almost dragged it to the ground, and he couldn't stand it, so he took a small bowl and filled it for him, and saw that he was eating and looked at the plate, and couldn't help but remind helplessly, "There will be other delicious things in a while, and if you eat it now, you won't be able to eat it for a while." ”
The boy threw away the bowl and sat down under the stove.
He dragged a fat chicken out of the basin, a tender chicken that had been dehaired and eviscerated. She had never eaten a creature like a chicken in the land of Saibei, and she didn't know how it came about, so she thought about it with the chicken and decided to make a steamed chicken.
Because this chicken is so fat, I am afraid that it will damage the umami when it is fried.
She would never admit that it was she who wanted to eat a little......
Take out a small bowl, add salt, sauce, chopped green onion, fennel powder and minced pepper, mix in a small amount of water and stir into a paste, pour it on the chicken and smear it, even the inside. During the pickling time, she had already started to make a few dishes, and then put the chicken in the pot and steamed it, took it out after a stick of incense, tore it up, and deboned it.
Fetching the seasoning, he asked, "What flavor does Ah Zhu like to eat?"
Ah Zhu raised a black little face and said seriously, "The boss likes spicy food." ”
Ask you, not him, what do you do he like? She wordlessly took the small bowl of chili peppers, considered and adjusted the flavor again, put the reseasoned chicken on the plate, put it back in the pot and steam it again.
As night fell, she finally completed her mission as a pseudo-chef and brought the prepared meal to the table.
Shan Ming looked at the chicken that looked very spicy, and he couldn't stop flapping the fan in his hand. Last night, the cook was a maid and served the meal one by one, and then she took her own share and sat down.
If at first she was a little suspicious of his intentions. Now I really don't doubt it at all.
"Eat. Shan Ming picked up the jade book, and before the words fell, Ah Zhu had already started.
"Uh......h It's delicious. Ah Chai ate a pair of buns, and was still persevering in stuffing things into them.
Shan Ming looked a little surprised, picked up a piece of shredded potatoes and tasted it, and couldn't help but praise sincerely, "I didn't expect the girl to have this craft, it's really ingenious." ”
He smiled, bit his chopsticks and loosened his mouth, "Praise it." "If it weren't for the lack of equipment, even if she was given another oven, she would have made him swallow his tongue. It's just that the stove here is a bit difficult to use, and it's not very skillful and a little hindered to play.
"Oh, what are you doing!" Ah Zhu was so dissatisfied that he raised half of his face, and the remaining half of his face was still buried in the bowl.
Shan Ming gritted his teeth and said, "You don't have to eat the bowl, look at the pot, and finish the bowl before picking up the vegetables!"
I ate it slowly, but I felt strange. Shan Ming looks very young and has no object, Ah Zhu can't be his son, but it doesn't seem to be a master-servant relationship, so who is Ah Zhu?
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