Chapter 003: Buying Firewood
The buffalo is the son of the fire grandfather, the surname is fire, and the full name of the name is called the fire buffalo.
The surname is the fire name Buffalo, such a name sounds a bit awkward; But the people of the cypress forest want this kind of strange name, just like the strange flavor of tofu and rush to that taste.
The first name and last name sound a little strange, and it seems that it can only feel a little learned.
The cypress forest belongs to the suburbs of Chengdu, which has been a metropolis from ancient times to the present; "Three Kingdoms" was carefully governed by Zhuge Liang, who made the city even more esoteric.
In the early days, Chengdu was a gossip map, and the city buildings were inlaid and stretched out on the gossip map; There are a lot of subtleties in this alone.
Li Longji, the half-bright and half-dusk king in history, fled to Chengdu after encountering the Anshi Rebellion, and the famous poet Du Fu lived in Chengdu for a long time; Even in the 21st century, the number of people who visited the "Du Fu Thatched Cottage" is endless.
In 965 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty general Wang Quanbin led a large army to destroy the Later Shu Mengchang regime in only 66 days.
Meng Chang and the palace ministers were escorted to Bianliang, and Meng Chang's beloved concubine, Madame Hua Rui, was in pain.
Mrs. Hua Rui was a patriotic martyr, and after Meng Chang surrendered to the Northern Song Dynasty, the sergeants followed her to Shun; Madame Blossom wrote a poem in her grief and indignation:
The tree in the city of kings lowered the flag,
Where did the concubine know in the deep palace;
140,000 people disarmed,
None of them were men.
Mrs. Hua Rui scolded Meng Chang and the 140,000 Shu soldiers who surrendered, and was very saddened by Meng Chang's surrender and betrayal.
Madame Hua Rui followed Meng Chang's surrender army and was escorted by the Song army to Bianjing, where she was at Jiameng Pass; Mrs. Blossom wrote a poem "Picking Mulberries" on the wall:
The heart of the first time to leave Shu Dao will be broken,
Away from hatred,
Spring is like a year,
Immediately smell the cuckoo from time to time.
The three thousand palace ladies are all flowers,
Gong Dou Chanjuan,
Bun learning,
Who knows today that it is a prophecy.
Mrs. Hua Rui came to Bianliang, and Meng Chang was poisoned by Zhao Kuangyin; The upright man who sent Jingniang for thousands of miles couldn't withstand the temptation of Madame Hua Rui's beauty, and forcibly included her in the palace.
Zhao Kuangyin's ** brother Zhao Guangyi saw that Mrs. Hua Rui was the best in the world, so he was jealous with his brother; Brewed the famous "candlelight axe shadow" in history.
A talented woman in Shu, Wu Zetian of northern Sichuan became the first female emperor in Chinese history; Mrs. Hua Rui's fame is no less than Wu Zetian, and the Shu people still miss her......
The fire buffalo walked into the courtyard of Liu Erlaizi's house with strong legs and feet, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Liu Er lying on the ground drunk and unconscious; After a moment of ignorance, he quickly turned his gaze away to look at the bundle of chopping wood.
Chopping firewood is more than three feet long, and each one seems to have been carefully selected before being integrated into the bundle of firewood.
The fire buffalo walked up to the bundle of firewood, stretched out his big fan-like hand and wiped the neatly chopped firewood sticks one by one; A smile suddenly filled his face.
The fire buffalo looked at Liu Min and smiled, and said, "Sister, what can you do at such a young age!" Chop back such a tough and neat chopping wood, Uncle Buffalo is going to give you a good price today! ”
Hearing the buffalo say this, he happily took a few steps forward and stood in front of him and giggled and laughed; slapped someone on the back of the house and said: "Brother Buffalo is not wrong, my family Toshiko is a small person and has great skills; Every time I cut back the firewood, several taverns in the village rushed to ask for it, and this time you took the lead; If you are a step late, you will be snatched away by Zhang Datou again! ”
Zhang Datou is the boss of the Yibin Burning Noodles in the Cypress Forest, and he has only been to Liu's house once, and there is no such thing as snatching hard wood; 1.49 meters is purely for the sake of bluffing and inflating the price.
Hearing this, the fire buffalo glanced at her and frowned without speaking.
One meter forty-nine stared at the fire buffalo and opened his eyes and said: "Since Brother Buffalo said that today's firewood is tough, I don't know what price I can give?" ”
The buffalo was stunned, looked at one meter four nine eyes, smiled and said: "Today's bundle of firewood is tough, and the buffalo will add 10 wen to 30 wen on the basis of the previous bundle of 20 wen!" ”
"That's not going to work!" The one-meter-forty-nine melon face immediately stretched out, raised his arm and said: "You can't take away this bundle of dry firewood today without 50 yuan!" ”
After saying this, the ditch went to the back room; Ignore the fire buffalo anymore.
The fire buffalo was hung in the yard and spread out its arms, and said "hi"; looked around and saw Liu Erlaizi lying on the ground in a daze; One meter forty-nine went to the back room angrily, and hurriedly took out two taels of silver from his coat pocket and put them into Liu Min's pocket to give her a look.
In fact, the main purpose of the fire buffalo coming to Liu Er's house today is to see Liu Min, just now his father and grandfather Huo came to the buffalo's tavern to tell him that Liu Min was forced to go up the mountain to chop wood by Liu Er and Xiao Hongping at a young age; The two of them sat at home and ate ready-made, so that the buffalo had time to care more about Liu Min.
The buffalo chief bought chopping wood from Liu Er's house, and Grandpa Huo said that where could he still sit; Immediately carried two taels of broken silver in his arms and came to Liu Er's house in the name of buying firewood, and the above scene appeared.
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Jiaozi coins were already circulating in Yizhou; But most of the time the currency in circulation is "Song Yuan Tongbao".
Song Yuan Tongbao is an iron coin issued during the reign of Zhao Kuangyin, and it is very inconvenient for merchants to use; Silver has also joined the circulation.
Cypress Forest is the same as Chengdu, and the ratio of one or two silver is one tael, which is consistent with Song and Yuan Tongbao; Song Yuan Tongbao is always equal to 1,000 pieces, and one is a penny.
After the fire buffalo gave Liu Min 2 taels of broken silver, he approached her and said, "Sister, my uncle gave you broken silver worth two dollars; In the future, when you go up to the mountain to collect firewood and are hungry, you will buy something to eat to replenish your body! ”
Liu Min burst into tears and said a deep blessing to the fire buffalo; Pointing to Liu Erlaizi, who was drunk on the ground, he said: "Uncle Buffalo, my father is drunk; I'll have to make her some tea! ”
Liu Min said that he was going to go to the kitchen, but he felt that he was going to be beaten without agreeing to go through 1.49 meters; So he walked into the back room and said to 1.49 meters: "Mother, Minzi wants to make tea for Daddy!" ”
1.49 meters sat on the bamboo bed and twisted his body 360 degrees, facing the wall and not showing the door; Liu Min asked, but she didn't answer.
The buffalo stood at the door and shouted: "Xiao Hongping, which tendon is it that you don't reply to the younger sister, and if you don't make a bowl of tea for the second brother Liu, he may get drunk to death; As soon as Liu Er dies, you have to follow him! ”
The buffalo's words suddenly touched the sore spot of one meter forty-nine, and then he turned to look at Liu Min and waved his hand; Meaning to let Liu Min go to the kitchen to make tea for Liu Er.
Liu Min went, and the buffalo shouted again: "Xiao Hongping, you are really a tigress, the seven-year-old female doll has committed a crime by forcing her to go up the mountain to chop wood; You are not afraid of God's punishment! ”
One meter forty-nine was silent, and the fire buffalo picked up the previous words and continued: "What a mafan mother-in-law, if you don't say a word, you will burst out; You can't sit in the house, and the buffalo has to go! ”
The buffalo said this, and Qi Yuxuan said: "The price issue is easy to discuss, and if you don't shake your face at every turn, you still hide like you're doing business!" ”
One meter forty-nine has been dismantled and washed by the saliva of the buffalo, but the buffalo is a person from the cypress forest, and the master can walk on his arm, and she can't afford to provoke her; What's more, people are telling the truth, so they have to come out of the back room and get down to business......